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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1969
ICampus custodians feel
pay raise is 'inadequate9
Issue disputes cause IDA split
by Ron Whitten
V;... Nebraskan Staff Writer
'A raise is an additional
amount of income added to
an existing salary to supple
ment the high cost of living.
Not so, say many of the
custodians working on the
Nebraska campus at least
not in their case.
: Most University janitors
feel the raise recently
granted them was very in
adequate, according to John
Oliva, union organizer of
Local 1827, American
Federation of State, County
and Municipal employees
.(AFSCME), AFL-CIO. The
raise went into effect last
Thursday and was announced
as a "5 per cent increase."
The raise is a five per cent
Increase, but based on the
employe's entire annual
salary.
Wage hikes
Such a wage hike often
amounts to less than $230 a
year, which, to many campus
janitors, is insufficient.
. While custodians were
given a maximum 5 per cent
raise, some University ad
miistrators were given up to
four times that figure.
Acting Chancellor Merk
Hobson will now make the
full Chancellor's salary of
$35,000, an increase of 22 per
cent of his former pay.
President Joseph Soshnik has
been given a 12 per cent hike
amounting to $3300 and Vice
Chancellor G. Robert Ross a
7 per cent raise of $2000.
Deans of Colleges were
each granted a hike of at
least $1500. The salary
figures appeared in the Sept.
27 issue of Lincoln Journal.
"Some of our men," said
Frank L. Beaty, President of
the AFSCME, "are getting
less than what welfare reci
pients are being provided."
Complaints
Besides inadequate pay,
custodians have other com
plaints. John Oliva noted that
many janitors are disturbed
that inexperienced
newcomers are being hired
for more than longtime
employes.
Many janitors feel they are
overworked and do not have
time for coffee breaks.
Resignations of several
employes early this semester
may have caused this pro
blem.
Most discouraging to
custodians is that, as
employes of the state, they
are not allowed to strike.
"There is really nothing the
AFSCME can do about iis
situation," said Oliva.
An "NU employe," in a
letter to the Lincoln Journal
of Oct. 6, said, "Being an
employee of the state you are
discriminated against by the
state itself." Moreover,
despite being a union
member, "we don't really
have any 'true' lever to open
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William Peters, assistant
personnel director for the
University, explained the
problems which have led to
the situation. "Each group of
employes is handled by a
department head," he said.
"Each department head
prepares a budget and allows
for wages."
Consequently, within the
University, some janitors
may be paid more than
others, depending on their
department. In turn, raises
based on salaries would not
be uniform either.
Governor Norbert T.
Tiemann announced Monday
a plan to combat this inequi
ty. The program will provide
a uniform classification
system of employment with
basic pay scale for all
workers who do the same
job.
The difficulty w-ith the
statewide program is that it
requires a Position Ques
tionnaire be filled by each
worker. It will be over a vear
before all forms will be
tabulated and a system
developed.
When the plan is im
plemented, Personnel Direc
tor William Peters feeds it
will make wages equitable.
Peters said, "Then wages
will determine a budget,
rather than having wages be
allotted out of a budget pro
vision." There is no guarantee,
however, that the plan will
alleviate custodian problems.
Union President Beaty hopes
that other measures,
especially LB1096, which
provides for an across-the-board
10 per cent pay hike,
will help.
Peters has suggested that
custodians re-evaluate their
position. He pointed out that
they have received several
increases over the past few
years. He also noted that
while they cannot strike,
custodians do have privileges
not afforded regular union
workers, including eleven
paid legal holidays and
twelve paid sick-leave
days."
Regardless of benefits,
custodians, according to John
Oliva, "are not happy." They
may not find their happiness
in the immediate future
either.
"Its all a long, slow pro
cess," said Beaty, "but
maybe someday we'll get our
share."
Continued from page 1
Abel South, where Brooks lives, is
definitely interested in getting the
project off the ground. Brooks
estimated that a "good majority" of
the residnts in Abel South are in
favor of the coed lounge idea.
Appeasement
Another IDA floor representative,
John Marker of Cather Hall, agreed
that the coed lounge proposal is an
appeasement and a compromise, but
he strongly favors it anyway.
"Through the open lounges we will
be able to show responsibility and
that we can handle more
responsibility," he said.
Marker admitted that IDA has
shown inaction and indecision in ac
ting on the policy. It is only normal,
he said, when such an important issue
raises such strong feelings.
IDA is not afraid to take on any
issue, that's the organization's job,
Marker said. Forceful and immediate
action isn't always the correct solution
to a problem.
Theresa Sledge, president of IDA,
cnirl there are factions develoDine
over the coed lounge issue, but they
are caused by a lack of clarification
of the issue and are blown out of
proportion.
; IDA. is a young organization, she
said, and it's only natural that such
a young organization should have in
ternal difficulties.
Gaining acceptance
"IDA is gaining acceptance every
day," Miss Sledge commented. "It
took a long time for other organiza
tions to gain acceptance on campus."
In the past, she said, IDA hasn't
given enough thought to what direc
tion the organization should take.
Council members should sit down, get
acquainted and decide some of the
goals of the organization.
Miss Sledge emphasized that she
can't say "This is our goal, this is
the course of action we're taking,"
that is for the council to decide.
"I can have my personal feelings,
but I can't speak for all 5,400
dormitory residents on campus," she
said.
The solution is to strengthen
dormitory government. If IDA is not
relevant, then it is because council
members do not know what the feel
ings of the residents really are, she
said.
Executives can provide limited
direction, primarily in the areas of
planning social events and social ac
tivities, she continued. But dorm
representatives must come to council
meetings with an accurate idea of
what feelings of residents are.
Miss Sledge also pointed out that
in the past IDA has felt if a dormitory
would pull out, the organization would
die.
"It would be unfortunate to lose
a dorm," she said. "It would weaken
IDA an extent, but the organization
would not be killed."
IDA is an approved, recognized and
accepted group on campus, she
pointed out. On issues which concern
all dormitory students, IDA is always
consulted for an opinion. There is no
merit in another dormitory organiza
tion, Miss Sledge added.
Political party seeks involvement
by Sara Schwleder
Nebraska Staff Writer
Electorate '69 is thinking
about reincarnation.
Electorate '69 is an ASUN
party organized last spring.
The party ran a slate of
candidates and promised to
reorganize in the fall. Nearly
half of ASUN Senate is made
up of Electorate party
members. Two meetings
have been held this week to
discuss the reorganization of
the party, arousing fears that
Electorate senators would
form a voting block and take
control of Student Senate.
"This year's version of
Electorate has no intention of
forming a voting block in
Senate," according to former
Electorate campaign
manager Glenn N e e s .
"Electorate senators will not
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theme for this year's All
University Fund drive to be
held October 20 through
November 14. The four
charities which AUF has
selected to support include
Caner, Red Cross, Muscular
Distropy, U.S.O. and the
World University Service.
The AUF Dance will be
Saturday, October 18, from
8:30-12 p.m. in the Coliseum.
Voting for Campus Queen
and BMOC will take place at
the dance. Ticket price is
$1.50 and The Chancellors
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to the charities.
Greek and dormitory
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2. AUF is the only campus
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be controlled or organized in
any way by the party."
"The emphasis is not on
the senators, anyway," said
Rich Page, former Elec
torate candidate. "Emphasis
in Electorate is on involving
the student body in ASUN
work."
Independent voting
"This year the Electorate
people have all been voting
independently," noted Diane
Theisen, ASUN vice-president.
"I think everyone has
pretty much been following
their own opinions."
The group of students who
worked in the Electorate
campaign last spring will
combine with any other in
terested students and any
other interested senators to
form a group "to get things
done," said Nees.
Nees outlined a proposal to
be presented to the Elec
torate group for approval
within the next two weeks.
The plan is designed to in
volve more of the student
body in the governing pro
cess. It will be composed of
small groups of students
called "task-forces," who are
interested in specific pro
blems. The task forces will
decide on short-term, at
tainable goals. They will
work in conjunction with
ASUN committees if possible.
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The purpose of the task
force is three-fold, according
to Nees. First, it would pro
vide a vehicle for students to
change things. Secondly, it
would provide organization to
initiate projects. Thirdly, it
would provide support for
ASUN by providing man
power to research various
projects.
"When two or three
students come to us and want
to get something - done, we
refer them to others who are
also interested in that
particular project," Nees
explained. "The goals would
be specific enough that they
could be accomplished within
a relatively short span of
time. After the project is
complete, the group
disbands."
If the project is under the
jurisdiction of an ASUN
committee, the task-force
would "dissolve into" the
committee and use ASUN
machinery to accomplish
their' goal, Nees added If
the ASUN committee is
already working on the pro
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tion in a support capacity.
"There are a variety of
things to do that ASUN can
not provide a way of doing,"
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needs pushing, the task-
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from any discussion con
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ministration. The task-forces
would merely be a group of
interested students."
Steering committee
"The organization of Elec
torate is streamlined around
action instead of com
mittees," noted Page.
The purpose of the propos
ed plan is flexibility.
Heading the organization
would be a six-member
"steering committee." The
steering committee would be
composed of two ASUN
senators, a public-relations
director, two students, and a
"special adviser" who is
chosen at large.
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mittee on the chain of com
mand would be a task-force
coordinator and an
e x ecutive-secretary. The
task-force coordinator would
keep track of individual
groups and the executive
secretary would call and
preside over meetings.
The organizational struc
ture is designed to provide
maximum efficiency with a
minimum of red-tape.
Meeting hangup
"We just don't want to get
hung up on meetings," Page
commented. "Some
organizations get so involved
in their structure that the
spend all their time setting
up meetings and not getting
anything done."
The name "Electorate"
may be changed, because of
obvious political connotu
tions.
"This group really ha
very little to do with the
original political party,"
Nees said, "although the
senators we campaigned fo;
last spring will appoint thi
steering committee."
Both Nees and Page sai:
they plan to officiall
withdraw from thi
organization because o
possible conflict with nc
appointments.
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ASUN, while Page will b
working on the Council fo
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