The purpose of this art— 'cle is to give you an idea f what went on at the Stu— ent Union meeting Sunday evening.

The first thing that came up of interest is that the campus police had 15 coats ordered last year. They were heavy parkas and expensive.

en they arrived President "Woozy" MacDonald sent back ten of the jackets and ordn ered 10 lighter ones, giving us five for football and hoc- key games and ten for events taking place indoors. The _ saving was approximiately $25 per jacket.

Okterberfest is coming up and the Council has de— cided that it will be held Oct 30, 31 and Nov. 1. They are presently looking for a chairperson so if you are interested drop down to the Student Union office and let them know.

The Student Union has ta—

ken a new medical insurance' plan. It's called the Zur— ich plan and has been used in years past. Their reasons for reverting to the former policy are substantial. First of\all, Whereas Blue Cross charges one dollar per prescription with Zurich it is free. Not only that, there is more complete coverage in things like accidental den- tal costs, crutches, wheel~ chairs, etc. In order to get your prescription student I.D. cards must be shown at any of the ten or so stores that will have that will have a list of the students cov— ered by the plan. If you can not make it to one of these drug stores get a receipt and take it the Student U— nion office. They will see to it that you get reimbur- sed. And if you are already

covered by another medical plan, go to the office be—

fore Oct. 10 and you will

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ut a contract. In the ne- otiations since, all issues ave been decided, or nearly 0, with the single excep— ion of a most crucial issue wages.

At present the workers \ ave a wage scale varying _ rom $4700 to $8300 a year. ery few workers are making ore than $6000. Hence, the orkers are striving for a, ubstantial increase (at the xpress wishes of the union,

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we have not named any ne— gotiating figures). Manage- ment's offers have not ap- proached the level of the union's minimum requests.

As a result, negotiations, as of this writing, are at a most crucial point. JWednes— day at 9:00a.m. a negotia- tion meeting with be held, and the sane day a Union meeting to discuss manage-

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get your $8 back. This year the cafeteria is being run independently

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Younker. Her rent for the facilities is nil. The rea- son this is that the cafe- teria has consistently run at a loss and the Executive felt it could not charge rent for a losing operation. The Council did not object to the decision as such but felt that they should have been contacted.before it was made. Since few Council mem— bers left their addresses in April as they were requested to do, it was rather diffi- cult to contact them and so it was agreed that the Execs had acted rightly but that a better system should be set up for the future.

It was decided that no organization outside Student” Union nor Committee within ‘

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Social events. The single exception was that each class (Senior, Junior, Sophomore, and Freshmen) should sponser one Pig during the year. There was a report on dam- ages to the Barn the past year so long that to attempt to list them all would turn this already over—long art- icle into a_yearbook. Some examplesi the cigeratte mach— ine was robbed three times; chairs were wrecked, stolen, and slashed by knives, lights were ripped of the ceiling, urinal piping torn out, etc.

Negotiate form in which raises are to be. Management is pushing for across the board per- centage wage increases, while Union desires are for equal dollar increases for workers. As a hypothetical example, if a wage increase averaging 10% is settled on, then according to manage- ment, a worker earning $8000 would then earn $8800; a worker drawing $5000 would make $5500. Union demands would have each employee ob- tai ing equal increases; ia_Jd

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In total there was $3000 worth. You could bring in a pretty good band with that money so let's bring it to a stop. If you see someone wrecking our building call the Campus Police and, if necessary, point out the guy. If you are afraid of losing a friend let me tell you, there are people on campus

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worthwlile friends.

The Student Union is look— ing for an Electoral Officer and three Council members - one Education and two Science reps; Further information is available at the Student U— nion Office.

It was suggested that the S.U. join the Atlantic Fed- eration of Students. However the motion was postponed in order to give the Council more time to study the bene— fits of paying a $75 member— ship fee. Joining the organ- ization would enable us to have more clout when pushing for greater Student Aid as well as provide more commun— ication and co—operation a— mong Atlantic Student Unions.

The Evaluation Committee is looking for two students to work with Bob O'Rourke, head of the Faculty Associa— tion, on an anti-calendar. An anti—calendar is a summary of the views of the last years students on courses to aid in choosing courses.Thev

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using the above examples with a different percentage, $8650, and$5650, respec- ‘ tively. (Incidently, when faced with a similar propo— sal last spring by the Faculty Association, in their negotiations, the Uni— versity flatly refused to consider it and eventually the Association backed down).

A new twist was added to the dispute recently. Man- agement has been demandeng huge amounts of overtime

.from workers, in an obvious attempt to get all necessary work done in the event of a strike decision. Friday, Sept.12, one worker refused to work Sat. & Sun., in the

day, and Monday evenings as ordered, having already worked three evenings that week. Consequently, he was suspended for three days.

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used by the administration, expect new developements in the dispute by the next edition of the Cadre.

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