The Cadre -

17 February 1998

Faculty Negotiations

Faculty contract negotiations are well under way

BY ERYN FAGAN

Faculty contract nego- tiations are well under way, with face-to-face talks having begun on the January 18. As the negotiations are still pend- ing, very little has been offi- cially disclosed yet, and appar- ently even most of the faculty members are unaware of the latest developments.

The Economic Benefits Committee of the Faculty As- sociation conducts a survey of the professors around - ber, investigating which issues are of the greatest import among members. The Com- mittee then uses this informa- tion to formulate a package of items which is presented to and voted upon by the faculty.

Each side of the talks, the Faculty and the Board of Governors, has a group of rep- preees vonvo each consisting of

-throwers,” includ- — a og a Chic f Negotiator. It is here that both sides attempt to reach some sort < —— upon that original package. Af- terwards, the job of the ben- efits committee is to relay these results back to the faculty and to reflect upon them as needed.

This process occurs every year, as currently the option of “multi-year indica- tions” is not offered, accord- ing to Dr. Lawther, member of the benefits committee.

But according to Lawther, many faculty feel that

power, which results in an ap- proximate loss of 5 to 6 per- cent.

The second issue con- cerns tuition waivers, or the lack thereof. This is, essen- tially, a reduced tuition for the children of faculty to attend UPEI. Lawther states that this benefit is roughly the norm among Canadian universities.

“A lotofus would liketo have a tuition waiver,” said Lawther, “It would be a posi- tive thing.”

There has been re- newed interest in this issue with the high faculty turnover within the past couple of years and the inclusion of new, younger professors, he says,

and it could be a “recruitment initiative” eee. .A third incentive in negotiations, typically, would be health plans and related benefits.

Neil Henry, Vice Presi- dent of Finances and Chief

eee for the BOG, de- nied any comments at this time for the sake of confidentiality

and diplomacy.

Dr. Richard Kurial, ex- ecutive of the Faculty Asso- ciation and Chief for that side, also declined com- ment on any of the specifics of

the negotiations. He did, how-

ever, affirm that a major i

among the “list of items” would be money.

The alternative Federal Budget Gains Student Support

BY TODD MACLEAN

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