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The Daily N cbrasfcan contradicts it-
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Sept 1 6: "United Auto Workers h'
er wanes . . . force the company that
pays then to raise prices and that's
where the consumer leoes ..."
Sept 13: "We encourage faculty
members to . . . form a collective ber
. gaining unit ... it niiht be the only
way ... to receive just compensation
UGQ'i UpiMOSl
Which is your true position? You
oppose tuition hikes for student con
sumers," but tuition b the only practi
cal variable in the UNL wee picture.
- Following the UNO collective bar
gaining fracas end the NU Board of
Resents reply, there was emotional
talk of causing the regents to change
their priorities, close the downtown
center, pare the athletic budget and
the like. The board chose, among other
thing3, to discontinue 63 classes and
fire 21 faculty "members. Those are
final results of the "glamorous" 6.6
percent raise at UNO saluted in the
American Association of University
Professors August letter. The letter
cites a "proverb": "Person who waits at
end of line need bring only small plate."
Presumably, that means UNO faculty
are now at the front of the line with
bigger plates 'plates, however, deco
rated with the heads of feDow faculty
members and the bones of "consumed
classes." UNO h rs:.zilir. 1C33-C1
Increases, but the letter decent specu
late how many faculty members will be
saciukeu next time. -
We should have guessed this would -happen.
The fund3 simply arcnt there.
'Nebraska is poor in annual revenue.
Hence the over-riding Unicameral and
gubernatorial concern is control of
spending. That is why the argument
comparing us with AAU-Land Grant
' univcrsiti es is absurd. They have more
state revenue than we do! Dare we
stand around arguing for more money
when the governor u seeldng federal ,
disaster relief for our drought-stricken
state? UNO thinks so their senate c
president expected "supplemental fund- m
ing" from a Unicameral already under
the gun. And AAUP holds this up as a
model for imitation! ,
If w e're to get a big raise but avoid
firing colleagues or adding .budget, ..
what nest? llany talk of forcing regents
to reorder priorities limit athletic
funding, scrap the veterinary college
or stop gouging other colleges to pay
for computer science, business or en
gineering facilities. A favorite is to cur
tail the Central Administration and
abandon the "Jlegents' Palace" on Hal-
drege Street But one cannot force the
regents to change their priorities oy
arbitration through the Court of In
dustrial Relations, as UNO found out
We'd have to begin the bargaining pro
cess with "changed priorities" as non
negotiable items and then be prepared
to actually strike; stop classes, shut
down the university and man the
picket lines. How many of us are ready ,
to do that? Believe me, I am not
By law, the regents are our govern
ing board, thus Scripturaily, "set in
authority over us (Romans 13)." I be
lieve they f-Irly represent the senti
ment cf their constituencies. Collec
tive bargaining upon substantive lesues
like priorities b an attempt to usurp
their power cf executive as vain as
the War Powers Act that enables our
corrupt, inept Ccr.greas to violate the
Constitution -and run foreign policy. .
The by-laws do not allow faculty to set
university priorities. ' We'd have to
stride to change the by-laws.
' ' Neither large budgets nor reordered
priorities are realbtie. hopes for large
wage increases at UNL. The only ether
avenues axe tuition and "cuts." I re
peat, Daily Netraskan, what's" your
preference? You must agitate for tui
tion hikes to rriee wages unk;.3 you
prefer firings and course curtailments.
. Factors beyond wage are mentioned
in the AAU? letter guaranteed &iy
vance procedures and much influence
. , in governance- far instance. Beth are
' matters that would have to be ironed
. cutasnon-negatiailebargainingiaeujs
with a strike threat in the cfUng, for
they alio attempt to substitute faculty
for executive. But really, grievance
interests only those whose "ox is being
gored." My detailed Faculty Senate
presentation, as head of Acad amis
Freedom and Tenure Committee, show
ing that grievance procedures were
inadequate, aroused as much interest
as a dead carp. Ergo, the senate is sat
isfied with existing grievance proce
dures, except to use grievance as a
S hipping boy."
The stiehyieeue of governance should
have been left alone. I was president of
AAUP during its most successful
(closest) vote to seek collective bar
gaining agency. I now refuse member
ship in an organization that actively
seeks special rights for homosexuals.
DoubtIee3 AAUP will be c' !-ed to bar
gain far rprcie! r :.y a:. J lecbian rights
in future because cf its stand. The
Lue cf governance ucthtred us most
How deej the b e.rgair.ia; ent, AAUP,
share leadership and feeuity reprcs
cniaihsn with il e Vzctlty Ecnate? With
out doubt cfr.eiilj find members of
AAUP would supplest the senate in
matters cf governance via-vii the
Board of P.egents. Authority will coa
lesce where the po-.ver is. 2 tare over,
senators! Bat it's cxpcr.iivc! Dues quad
ruple when AAU? be cure. :3 1 gaining
agent; tZQ to J2C0 annually at least, In
my case, three y--rs ego.
Why unionize? We are. organized
nov, and have 'r .3 much to say in gov
ernance as h la. .fid. The tenate is sat
Lfied with cxi;tir.g grievance proce
dures and I believe v;e are receiving as
fef v."-m I T "
afford. !!y farai!y teat reel'y hurting;
none cf ray Iddi axe ttanir.3 and my -cars
are" eld but repaired.! to the 65
raph Ikrdt I urg2 that we accept what
h given us and cave the jabs cf col
leagues which rrdgkt be forfeited and
prevent high tuition certs that might
force deserving students out cf school
Yes, I'm standing at the "end of the
line with a little plate," but there is food
cn it and I enjoy the company most
of Nebraska b there with me. If I grab a
bigger plate, someone might not get
anything at all NebW. Forde
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