Faculty and staff are the lifeblood of the institution. Edie distributed a packet of information that tries to capture the overall themes of Western's appeal. Not clear, in any event Edie thinks it will be difficult to get a bill through. One question that might be raised in the event of collective bargaining would be whether the tuition portion of salaries would be bargainable. Jack Cooley noted that up until last year, salaries were paid out of state funding, and benefits were split between state funding and tuition revenues.
Tuition dollars now no longer go into general fund.
The Committee commended Bob Edie on his approach to these issues. P Jack Cooley, Executive Director, Univ.