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U.P.E.I. scarab. 10, 1983

ALLWORK No PAY?

_Chris Baxter . ’ Yearbook Suit Pending

It now appears certain that the dispute between last year's yearbook edit tor, Cynthia King, and this year's U.P.E.I. Stu- Union over payment of wages will see litigation. Each side has already lod- ged a claim for damages and as the court date fast approaches chances for a settlement out-of-court dwindle.

The affair was first bummflm'UJlrfinzattme Student Council meeting

of Sept. ]9,]982. At that time, there was deep

their roles. The motion was finally put to a vote, resulting in a narrow eight for, nine against, on abstention defeat. Subsequently. a mad: ' re-revised fee of $450 was put forth, on which motion Council was split once again, this time, however, caning out in favor of the motion. ' Cynthia, not satisfied with the reduced offer, has since served Council

sue for the original $700

roundtable, sane voiced the opinion that the ,ccmnittee ' menbers had misinterpreted

notice of her intentions to

"I don't think I realized at the time theiserious nature of the contract.

It wasn't presented to

me in a formal way: there V were times I almoSt forgot I'd signed it.

"Now, you'll notice the

contract only says the if camera (see paragraph 4 ‘ above) should be returned 3 in good condition, it ' doesn't say when. The

camera's still mine, 4

if they wanna play that I game!"

VICTOR MOORE: "I think the contract is sound in cont- ent, although it probably should have had a little more detail."

discussed with our lawyer— intent and everything is t there.” LEGAL AIDE "From what I've been told about the agreement, are these important guest—c ions to be asked:

(name withheld):

there

Who-drafted it?

Is it a standard univer- contract?

Is the whole of the doc- ument contained within these four corners?

If not, is it straight- forward in general con- tent?

ON MISSED DEADLINES

VICTOR MOORE: "The first deadline was met and it was

concern expressed over the difficulty Council 'was hav- ing withthe yearbook. V.P External, Victor Moore,was‘ charged with examinging

the matter. '

He reported back to the Oct. 3/82 council’meeting with areccmnerdation that because there‘had been a breech of contract insol- ving missed deadlines, the yearbook editor for the year 81-82 not be paid the the $700 due her. This ' was not agmotion voted on” by Council but a general consensus among then. 'Ihenceforth,‘ the yearbook contract was tr: considered

plus interest and damages; Council has responded with a counter action of their own. And the year}:co]:, of course, rolled off the presses in December.

This past week, the Sun was able to arrange inter- views with several key figures in the dispute. Fran their interviews ‘ - are excerpted the following carments, arranged topically:

'On (the validity of the yearbook contract

JOHN O'BRIEN (Student Coun- cillor): "Personally, I don't think our contract was tight enough, built on a gentlemen's agreement,

it wasn't legally sound

and left us open. More- over, I think the contract is so weak that it can hardly be uSed by either side to accuse the other of breach."

not met; the material was mailed in time but it came in late to Taylor Publish- ing (the company hired to print the yearbook)."

"Of the last two, neither one was even close to being met. Council's demands wer made explicit) we very pol- itely phoned her and phoned her... tried to set up a meeting to discuss pro— gress on the yearbook,

but she was always play— ing field hockey or something."

CYNTHIS KING: "I met the first deadlinegthe second was late. Eric Martine-

w , _ I, Cynthia King, as L-‘earkook Fd'icor, d: here-Id; agree 11° ( the rept from Taylor null and VOld‘. "as carriers all neseseczv‘z wch on the f.’.F.E..-’. Yemx‘ook ’or the year Pub.) said that didn' t

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Having been' infm V for the sum of $700.00 (seven hundred (fellas-s). of Council's decision to withhold of her sflary.£&nflfia drwefltm at the next meetong (003.17) to plead her case.

Council was persuaded to strike an advisory co'ttmittee which whould research the matter further and settle fairly on a reviSed renuneration fee. Among

the four selected to the Carmittee were councillors Mike Trainor and HOWard Beattie. = »

matter, that everyghing

was 0.x. I missed the second deadline mainly be- cause of the grad pictures which were stolen during senior week. I didn't tell the Student Union this imm- ediately. I figured I could still finish it in Septemb- er."

"The contract says noth- ing about ever having to re- port back to the executive. John Gallant(yearbook edit- or 80-81) was even later

It is understood that all nor?! shall be camleterv' :m-~ snappec so me pm’nkr or: or before the fate set chm by the Yea."wa

xvap.

"he Yearbook shall include all event's conneczer' in my

21;. 133:3: the U.P.E.I. Student Lin-Son Inc” 91:! the university as a whole.

_ As Yearbook Editor, I take sole 'z‘esmnsibi ‘ ' the Yearbook Cmera, issued in name ‘ If the carers and accessories are not returned in satis’cctom this contract will be considered null and void.

If this contract cannot be fulfilled due to other personnel not meeting the editor’s deadlines (namely photogtapheze), 37:13 contract mll be. considered null and void, but will be revised

accordingly. Under _d1y "033E? O‘OVIdL'Itions, this contract will be considered than I was - he was paid in At the next coumil session null and void if any of the db??? deadlines are not met. full]- . " the dam burst. The yearbook ' . JOHN GALLANT: "You could Wiee’afufl_3‘flfiks (3 BRIAN BRENNEN<V¢P. interna1)just work there the whole seliberation, has returned Cynthia King: "I signed a "We (the Student UniOn) feel Semester to Put out a re" with a motion for a new contract, prepared before we have solid ground to st- ally 900d b°°k°" remuneration feeof $699, my very own eyes in five and on.' The book was supp- BRIAN BRENNEN‘ "Cynthia.

a mere $1 less than the

Original sum. Needless to say, a few on Council were sorely vexed.

to ten minutes, with the executive of S —82, not this one. I was In the ensuing to get $700.

osed to be in by November, met the first deadline but she (Cynthia) hadn't StrlCtly out Of enthusiasm turned it in 'til December. °°- she says they ( the

The contract‘s legality was grad Pix) were stolen; they