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The Cadre, Oct. 21, 1975, page 2w

Maintenance

'Well, it's finally come to a head. The maintenance workers have gone on strike for higher wages. So with the flexibility students have come to expect from the Cadre, the intended editor- ial was scrapped and this one submitted it its stead.

Maintencance workers at this university have too long been making an abysmal— ly small wage...barely $4700 per year for 30 of the 44 members of the union. At today's prices that would not cover even the necessi— ties. The university has of— fered$6100. itely an improvement and —

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in percentage terms a one which would indicate that they are bargaining with at least some good faith. How- ever it is still not a wage which would allow them to live at a decent standard. It has been argued by the university that to give them what they are asking — about $7200 — would mean adding a further deficit to a budget that already is too far into the red. This may be true but it does not absolve the university from its obliga- tions to give its employees a decent wage. It may be that the only solution to the problem would be to in-

Kip -Get It On Dear Editor,

I would like to address this letter to Kip Puiia re-

garding his article Voting, Voodoo, Variety, and the

Varn in the Oct. 14 issue of the Cadre:

Kip, do you think that U.P.E.I. students will allow thier mentality to slip to

the level of the foul writ-

ing that you present? Do you'

enjoy writing this garbage? I strongly advocate that an— alytical perception is need— ed to uproot the distrubing forces on this campus. but the selfish temperment and

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‘1 are exhibiting in your art-

icle is unnecessary and in nary poor taste.

sentation academic courses

least use your own initiat- ive in developing the skill of how to think properly. By thought is progress deter-

mined. You obviously have no val—

id basis for expecting last- ~ing success in the pursuit

' of your selfish aims. You're

fooling no one but yourself

., so snap out of your mesmer—

ized state and establish some alert thinking in the

.direction of right motives!

Laurie Quiggin

Getting ,‘IT’ -At Last‘

To the Editor:

In refence to your arti— cle concerning the boys at Memorial Hall (we are not getting it!). Well,7thanks to the Co-Ed Dance that was held last wednesday, some of us are getting "IT". Hence there is a shortage of penij

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crease tuition next year by perhaps $5 per course. If this is true then we should accept the medicine with the proverbial teaspoon of sugar known that both as responsi- ble employers and as prose pective employees we must pay them the money.

The next question is what should we do to aid the wor- kers to their struggle.There are at least five possible alternatives ranging in sev— ierety from ' joining the workers on the line all the way through boycotting class— es, having study sessions,

The next question is what can be done to aid the work— ers to their struggle. We have at least five alterna- tives a)occupying a building or office, b)holding a demo— nstration, c) holding study sessions, d) joining the line or e) boycotting classes.Any or all of these alternatives could be used together. One thing that is clear though, is that a simple class boyr cott would have next to no effect. An abnormally high absentee high at classes does not indicate anything more than that — an abnorm— ally high rate of absentee—

ism.

Non—attendance of classes can be an extremely effect— ive weapon but only when

used in combination with o—

thers. We must make our non- attendance felt. It is my personal opinion that of all

'the alternatives listed a—

bove, the only one which should not be used is occu— pying a building; the time is neither ripe nor is it 7 useful to use a strategy whose only outcome may be for the government to enact back-to—work legislation. If so nothing at all would be accomplished. Howevr if all other alternatives are ex— hausted and the strike has. drug along for a month or two possibly...

However all of the alter— natives with the exception of this one show promise.To have a study session (invite Baker or Clough to speak!!)

Any method which shows that we are determined in our opposition and not mere— ly taking a good opportunity to ahve a free vacation from classes is worthy of consid- eration. I urge to Student Council (this editorial was written before Sunday's mee- ting) to fight on all fronts and to cooperate with the workers and the few interest— ed faculty to push for a_just settlement. If we do not do so now then we will have missed one of our first*op— portunities to show that”wez are responsible and consci- entious members of the com— munity in which we live.

‘The Cadre is a member of the Can- adian University Press (C.U.P.).

' The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policy of either the Cadre or the Student Union. Please address all mail or submissions to The Cadre, U.P.E.I.; Charlottetown, P.E.I. or drop it,, in our box in the basement of Memorial. Phone 2-4121 Ext 376. The deadline for the newspaper is Friday at 12:00 noon. All submis— sions must be received by that time to be accepted for publica-

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~_. 4.» ; i. - ‘~:°¢-:: Editor: Dave MacRae - .' _ , ,1 Mana in Editor: T R dd‘ greys; “Him, g g ony e in 3‘“ u_¢:g :- XJL Sports Editor: Mickey Place '3‘; (kio- F g °¥‘ News Editor: Kenny Higgins “he. 84 El" C.U.P. Editor: John Jenkins :2. .VTEQ; 1.: Staff: Chuck Gosnell, Colin Mac- Ogfihkmfiyp: Mm,hymwmflm )Iz‘ 1 Contributors: Art Laffin, Charles “,3. 0 >26 '6’. g, Mills, Joyce Burnett, Kip, Puiia, by, ,. Jack MacKay, Stan Dalton m.” ‘

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