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Chest
pains prompt English professor to visit hospital
David
Vanderwerken, acting chair of the English department, was transported
to Harris Methodist Downtown Tuesday for observation, said TCU Police
officer Fred Pruitt.
He
said an ambulance was called after Vanderwerken began to complain
of chest pains. The ambulance arrived beside the Reed-Sadler mall
around 5 p.m.
Pruitt
said Vanderwerken, who has had triple bypass surgery, asked that
an ambulance be called as a precaution.
Vanderwerken’s
condition was stable Tuesday night and hospital officials were still
running tests, Karen Vanderwerken said.
—Kelly
Maria Howard
School
refuses to negotiate with resident assistants
AMHERST,
Mass. (AP) — University of Massachusetts administrators are
refusing to negotiate with a group of resident assistants who recently
voted to unionize.
The
union filed a complaint against UMass with the Massachusetts Labor
Relations Commission on Tuesday.
The
RAs, students who supervise dormitory residents and activities,
voted earlier this month to join the United Auto Workers.
Organizers
said the March 5 vote made them the nation’s first undergraduate
students to unionize.
Administrators
have argued that the RAs are primarily students and not employees,
and the law does not allow undergraduates to unionize.
“Collective
bargaining laws were not meant to apply to undergraduates,”
said UMass spokeswoman Kay Scanlan. “Their job is tied in with
their academic experience.”
But
James Shaw, president of UAW Local 2322, said: “Once workers
vote in favor of the union, the employer has to sit down and bargain.
We will be bargaining with them sooner or later. That’s the
law.”
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