What About that Strike? ECCAD Support Staff for higher wages A report by Andrew Robulack On Wednesday, March 11, 1992, the ECCAD Negotiating committee of the Vancouver Municipal and Regional Employee’s Union served the College with a 72 hour strike notice. It is not certain that there will be a strike; negotiations between College administration and the Union Committee are ongoing throughout the weekend. If there is a strike it will begin Monday morning, March 16. The ECCAD Negotiating committee represents the support staff of ECCAD which consists of reception and office staff, facility maintenance personnel, technical/studio assistants, and library staff who voted 93% in favour of job action. The present dispute is resultant of negotiations which have been ongoing since September. The support staff have been without a contract since March 31 of last year and without a pay increase for even longer. As of March 11, the College has offered support staff a 5% increase in wages in the first year and 2.5% in the second year. The Negotiation committee is asking for an increse in salary of between 9 and 12%. The VMREU states: “We remain far apart on wages.” Phil Vernon, an ECCAD student who prompted the Negotiation Committee to begin publicly informing staff and students about the talks, puts it like this: “Pay equity 1s another important issue in the negotiations. Many staff, mostly women, are being paid less for work of equal value to other jobs with higher pay. They deserve equal pay.” Alan Barkley offers students and staff assurance that they will not be penalized if they take part in picket lines, though any assignments, missed classes, etc. will the responsibility of individual students and their instructors. College buildings will remain open during a strike and it is likely that picket lines will be up at all ‘ocations. Whether students or instructors respect picket lines is a purely individual decision. Vernon says: “The tech-assistants will not be around to help. For students to fill in for them would amount to scabbing.” Foundation Studio Assistant Gary Coward urges students to make an effort to understand the reasons behind the talks and the possible strike. Coward also hopes that students will not feel exclusive of the College emplyees’ concerns but sympathize with them. Map of the Month Average tourist's visit to Emily Carr (elapsed time 4 minutes, 29 € seconds) ~ ots ae ay sie. ee a eh ¢ arte l Mea ae 5 “ Ke 1.) reception desk H ~ - picks up various t P. Be : a es flashy brochures, en / ‘ t <— fees asks receptionists t ge / 2 s three times what, { . ~. exactly, this whole / ‘ ay place is? (1 minute, ° , [ eae : 45 seconds) S ra / pene ar Yaa 3.) Charles H. Scott Gal- San = a ed = — = lery:-same reaction, how- Sp tl t works -looks ; 5: : ever, spends two full min- s a ma ee rie thinks utes debating how to pro- ee ce re i he 4 ee a ae Ty Ole tat nounce exhibiting artist's ; y see (2:22) tax dollars (22 sec- names onds} |~ 4.) the mighty planet couch Oo | RAIA WEI gh PPA PEDDLE PEP DAP Pop Jeff Griffiths Letters To Whom It May Concern: The Planet of the Arts could be a great student paper if it were not for the fluff that passes for articles. I am thinking, in particular, of the “Horrorscope” penned by the so-called Spiritual Bunnies. | thought | had left such sophomoric tripe with the MAD magazines of my youth. Speaking from the heart, this space could be filled with more interesting stuff to read. It takes the same amount of brain power to read something of value as it does to read trash. | would like to read more thought provoking articles. It’s not the concept of a horoscope that I dislike. I like them. I read them. I do not find the Spiritual Bunnies’ brand of humour funny at all. I’m sure it could be, I’ve read some sparks of true comic inspiration from the Spiritual Bunnies, but these are too few and far between to warrant continuation of the Horrorscope. Split Hare et ae BABE I PIAA CAPE MA AEP. AP APRS PED Ee IO I UT AO MO aD att ey aD Notes on the College’s Identity Crisis The students are the best representatives this college has. As public liaisons their feelings and attitudes towards this institution is what reaches the public’s ear. Emily Carr’s increasing beaurocracy, and the level of politics imposed on the student, that of the instructor and the more general politics of art, sets up a stifling creative milieu. This milieu also includes increased space restrictions which the administration handles by increasing enrollment, irrational time constraints (that students had to spend a whole term of their time fighting to regain), reduced quality of instruction, as well as a whole list of miscellaneous complaints and quarrels the student body has had with administration from the cafeteria to janitorial service, has a tendency to tarnish the polished image you're seeking. | feel that in fact this move towards a more forward presentation of the college to the public is just another PR device to secure more students and funding for the college when the administration is ineffectively handling current discrepancies. I don’t believe that slick College Catalogues, brochures and poster ads’are really what the college needs when dealing with its identity. A more solid institution that ~ promotes and supports the student body is what 1s needed. Then the College’s identity will be secured. Janel Danering Fourth Year, Studio Major Planet of the Arts Volume 7 Issue #6 Editor: Paul Shoebridge Art Director: Mohammad H. Salemy Assistant Editors: Jeff Griffiths, Andrew Robulack Poetry Editor: Andrew Robulack Proofreading: Jeff Griffiths, Andrew Robulack Typesetting: Catherine Silva, Alison Abell, Justin Miles, Terry Dawes Paste-Up and Layout: Catherine Silva, Alison Abell, Justin Miles Contributors: Alison Abell, Catherine Silva, James Smathers, Alan Barkley, Jeff Griffiths, M.H. Salemy, Andrew Robulack, Terry Dawes, Neil Eustache, Justin Miles, Doug Scott, Tasha Moth, Jeffrey Nickel, Dale Mervyn, Kasey Goldstraw, Clayton Giles, Spiritual Bunnies Graphic Contributors: Jean-Pierre Brown, Josh Wapp, Earl Stefanyshen, JCW (John, is that you?), Mark Stafford, John Lam, David Cooper, Jennifer Prokop Illustration: Images courtesy of Jean-Pierre Brown and his amazing photocopier Cover courtesy of: Mari Murray Faculty Advisor: Vacationing, in the Foundation office Special thanks to: Sylvia Decle, for filling our PMT orders before their time. The Vancouver Playhouse. Ken Chamberlain, for his search through the archives. John Lam, for providing us with Jeffrey Nickel's article. Panagopoulos, for the great vegetarian pizzas (next time though, beef ‘em up a bit) Corrections, Apologies: To Andrew, who felt that we he deserved more credits than he received. We forgot to credit him for drawing the last Map of the Month. This Issue's Numbers: cost - $1135: pizzas consumed- 10; words- 23130; number of 1500 word art history essays this would make- 15.42; art history classes missed by Planet staff to work on this issue- 13.5 The Planet of the Arts is a student run publication from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, funded by the Student Union. We welcome unsolicited contributions, provided they include the contributor's real name. Articles must be typewrit- ten and double spaced: We reserve the right to edit submis- sions to increase clarity and to eliminate racism, sexism and homophobia. Photos and drawings should be black and white. Submissions can be dropped off at our office (room 242), or in our mailbox at the front desk. : Planet of the Arts C/O ECCAD, 1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver, B.C, V6H 3R9, 844-3861 What About that Strike? 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