Daily Bulletin

Monday, May 13, 1996

Parking's up to $2

The budget also indicated that monthly rates for parking would be rising from the present $14 to $20 in the coming year. The increases are apparently supported by the report of an ad hoc parking committee that studied the whole situation last year; the provost is expected to make its report public any time now, but he seems to have his time taken up with budgets, government relations, faculty certification and other such affairs.

Labour board hears UW's case

Hearings could go on for a while, according to the OLRB notice: they "will continue on consecutive days from Monday to Thursday, excluding Fridays and holidays until completed or as the Board otherwise directs. The purpose of the hearing is to hear the evidence and representations of the parties with respect to all matters relating to this application which have not been settled."

The parties are the faculty association, which wants to be the bargaining agent for faculty members and professional librarians, and the University of Waterloo (the board of governors and administration) as the employer of those people. Major issues in this week's hearing are whether the association, if it does get certified as a union, should represent such groups as part-time instructors, department chairs, and librarians, or just full-time faculty and those part-timers who work more than 50 per cent of full-time.

The OLRB has already ruled against one request from UW. After the vote last month, management sent in a new submission asking for a mail ballot of faculty members who were off campus on sabbatical or for other professional reasons at the time of the voting. UW provost Jim Kalbfleisch said Friday that the faculty association gave the OLRB a submission opposing that new request, and the request was turned down.

Results of senate election

Notes as a week begins

• The pension and benefits committee is meeting all morning today (Needles Hall room 3004) to see what its four investment managers have to say about the growth and safety of the millions that are entrusted to them. The committee holds such meetings periodically to hear from Connor, Clark & Lunn, Gryphon Investment Counsel, M. K. Wong & Associates, and Sceptre Investment Counsel.
• Co-op students are looking ahead to the fall work term: job posting #1 will be available on bulletin boards and the Student Access system at 10 this morning.
• It's Suicide Prevention Week, the local Suicide Prevention Coalition advises. A fragment of advice from that direction: "Suicidal thoughts, behaviour and attempts are cries for help. Suicide is sometimes seen as the only option out of an unbearable situation. The tragedy of a suicide can have a dangerous ripple effect among family, friends or acquaintances." A phone number for more information: 745-1166.
• Today from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room 2 of the Student Life Centre, there will be a meeting for anybody interested in the volunteering at the Do-It-Yourself Bike Repair Centre. Volunteering would require two hours per week, and while you don't need to be an expert bike mechanic, familiarity with how a bike works is preferred. If you can't attend the meeting, but are interested, you can e-mail Ted Harms, tmharms@library.

And thanks for your support

Chris Redmond -- credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004

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