aaiation. “of teaching ‘facult

observation reports in the acy fle and their acces- + “ Tenaret a:

_Sibility, to, the observee. “See: story on; <page: one. ey Se 2:

_ LECTURERS FULL-TIME, =>... >
Welfare Fund: ;
First-year Lecturers . ‘Full-time “were tik eligible , for,”
membership: in the City University Welfare .Fund. .

The PSC and BHE have agreed that first-year Lees
turers Full-time should now be eligible for -member-

_ship. CUNY will make a full coneaburon for each .

first-year Lecturer Full-time. “eS
Promotions: ©

The PSC will present to the test-Aindexe the .follow-
ing proposals to meet the needs of Lecturers Full-Time
in the area of promotions.

a. Effective September 1, 1972, all Lecturers Full-
_ time shall be promoted to the title of Assistant Pro-
fessor’upon receiving the doctorate or equivalency. .

b. All Lecturers Full-time who have:the master’s
degree and have served ten years of.cumulative service .
full-time, shall be promoted to Assistant Professor
effective at the beginning of the eleventh pane of
service.
Tenure:
“Lecturers Full-time now receive a certificate of con-
tinuous employment after five years of satisfactory

“~~ continuous service. However some Lecturers Full-time |

. are promoted to an assistant professorship before they
. complete five years of continuous service. ‘ 5
‘. The PSC is. demanding that, beginning with this
., contract,-years of service as a. Lecturer Full-time shall
«be included as service towards tenure in the new rank,
‘and that where part of this service has been part-time,
such service shall be pro- -rated. + fetta
Voting Rights: - Pa ie -

At the present time many Leehatees Full-time cannot
vote for department chairmen and members of P & B

Committees.

The PSC is proposing that all Lactarere Full-time .
shall have the right to vote for chairmen and members
‘of the P & B Committee by secret ballot.

7 ad - ADJUNCTS.

Tenure & Job Security:

Adjuncts cannot obtain tenure at the present time.
The PSC demand is that adjuncts shall receive tenure
upon the eleventh semester Sp ppintneny, effective Sep-
tember 1, 1972.

Preferential Hiring and Rehiring: , _

The PSC proposals state that adjuncts shall | ave:
preferential hiring rights for full-time positions for -
which they are qualified.

Salary:

Adjuncts shall receive a $5.00 hourly increase oper
year. : . j
Fringe Benefits:

Adjuncts at the present time are eligible for member-
ship in the Teachers Retirement System but have No -
- other fringe benefits.

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‘Research’ ‘Assistants: and: Retarch *aSncclates have ne

= job. “security. at. the « -present: time. The'PSC_is“demand- ;*

. ing that Research Assistants-and. Research Associates -_

_ «Shall be granted a Certificate of Continuous Employ-.
- ment; after: ‘five years oh satisfactory: peers
Salary:*” -2 ;

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inferior salary schedule.‘ The PSC is proposing that
Research Assistants’ should *be slotted into the pro-
posed Lecturer Full-time schedule at the nearest higher

_ step, and that Research Associates should be slotted
~ into the proposed salary. schedule, from Lecturer Full-

time ehrones Preteen at era nearest higher salary

step.
COLLEGE. LABORATORY ‘TECHNICIANS:
What is a College Laboratory Technician?: The CLT

performs all the technical -work necessary to keep a

Science. or Engineering department functioning. The-

CLT prepares the laboratory materials, prepares. and

: Research Assistants’ ‘and: “Research - ‘awoolaten have an_

.” to be given‘only two ‘months’ ‘notice*of reappointment ~

demonstrates lectures, builds and modifies laboratory, .

lecture, and research equipment, and must be familiar
with the operation of. sophisticated “laboratory equip-
ment, requisition supplies and _equipment. to

- As the negotiations wore on and finally turned into’
mediation. this is what the CLT. contract demands
boiled down to: ee" ag i ess

“e “PSC Demand: A’single salary. schedule, the elimi-.

nation of the three«grades -A, B,-and C, properly
reflecting our contribution to the educational function,

salaries for technicians:.outside the City University .

and our Board of Education counterpart, the Labora-
tory Specialist,;-who has a single salary schedule of

: $13,050 to $19,250 in 12 steps.:
- .BHE response: In negotiation and inediation this is’

what was offered by the Board negotiators: no change
in’ salary ~schedule;: no increments; for those under

no San a
=rected’. -college : presidents™that.. HEO’s and Business ,

f

_the introduction of a new title, Associate Business

; $14,000, ‘a’ 6% increase per year; and for those earn- .

ing $14,000 to $15,600, a 5.5%-increase per year. The -

increment would be part of the 5.5% or 8%. -increase. +

. Workload . -

“e PSC demands’ 35 hours per week -(30 bones as-_

signed, 5 unassigned for professional development);
option for.a 4-‘or 6-day week; 30 hour workload ef-

Labor Day. Early dismissal from non-air conditioned
offices and laboratories for. excessive heat; uniform
calendar which includes official holidays, recesses, and
annual leave periods; and no assignment to guard,
security, maintenance, or other non-professional duties.
’ BHE response: 35 hours per week, assigned day,

~ members of the faculty.

of their salaries: as ‘compared* with-other faculty mem- ..

fective from last recitation in Spring Semester until °.

afternoon or. evening, or night, any day of the week; -

no 30-hour summer schedule. 6

_ Annual Leave a Chg

e PSC demand:-In an’ effort to “induce: “agreement :

by the°BHE the original proposals were reduced to 45

* partly, we must admit, it is the fault’ of librarians. -

- vidual attention, advice and help—the librarians have

Se tn ae
“thind-class Citizens,” p30 -oSe LYS e~
+ Added, to: the insult: of insecurity, former’ Vice Chan- ~_

cellor Bernard Mintz, shortly before he left office, di-

‘Managers. with more’than one year of service were __

‘or -dismissal-.and that those with less*than one year
were to -be’ given only one month’s notice. His suc-.,
“cessor, Vice* Chancellor David Newton, has - continued .
this policy. =>? :

Since most of these “professional wish to remain in”
higher education, the notice of nonreappointment comes -
too late in the year for them to find other employment. .

The PSC is demanding in the new contract some"
kind of job security. for these groups, plus the same
. notification of appointment or reappointment as en- oS
joyed by the rest of the instructional staff. We also “+ ©
seek an increase over the current 23-day annual leave
period and the option of a four-day week.

For Business Managers, we are asking for parity
rights between the senior and community colleges; -

pea

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Manager; the use of the Business Manager series for
positions in purchasing and_ accounting; and minimum
staffing patterns to provide adequate Business Mar-
_ agers in each of the four titles in accordance Raa the :
student population at each college. io TE J

oer LIBRARIANS |. 2s. S71

“No one in the CUNY community denies that ithrartes. é

‘are an essential part, “the heart,” as the cliche goes,.
‘of every college campus. Many, however, would be.at. «
a loss if asked to explain exactly..why the library func- _
tion is so crucia! to the educational process. And a few”
of the. so-called “friends of the library,” especially -=-"~
the administrators, look at the librarians as outsiders *" _”
‘who somehow should pay for the ‘privilege | of being. c

“ “

~

It is this paradoxical attitude: ‘of high regard for I
libraries and low regard for librarians which.is.respon-

sible .for depriving librarians of approximately 15%~ >

bers holding the same rank and having the same-or.. Se
equivalent qualifications, and which seriously impairs. «
. their promotional opportunities by denying them - the *
“ academic annual leave. = _.

What is the reason for this unreasonable “attitude? ._
On basis of our experience in negotiating for the new
contract we can clearly state that the roots of this- sree
attitude grow from a lack of knowledge or misunder- --, -.
standing of the true nature of library’s. function and _ .-
librarians’ responsibilities in the present setting. And ~~.

themselves who did not push aggressively enough for .
recognition of their work..: - -

-With new trends in education éinpbenteing individu-~
~ alization of learning and with the Open “Admission -*~
program which brings in students who need more indi-

~ PSC/CLARION NOVEMBER 30, 1972