Center and Union Charge Harassment Late Bulletin to Jewish News The Jewish Family and Children's Service and Local 1640 of the American Federa- tion of State, County and Municipal Employes reached an agreement on an individu- al bargaining basis Wednes- day night. With ratification expected Thursday by the union mem- bership, JFCS employes would be returning to work today or Monday, Samuel Lerner, director, announced. He added that as far as he knew, this was the first of 14 struck United Foundation agencies to have settled on an individual bargaining basis. "We are very pleased that an amicable settlement has been Worked out, mutually satisfac- tory to all," said Lerner. "We will be again available to all our clients." maimEMNI ■ Immol ers "get poverty wages—$L65 an we can't very well change salaries hour." Shaw insists that those who when we're negotiating." He added receive these wages are making that those who are earning $1.65 "last year's salary; negotiations are part-time or summer employes. have been on since last year, and Copies of Shaw's letter to the National Keren Ami Survey Throws Doubt on Program's Effectiveness NEW YORK—The national gov- erning council of the American Association for Jewish Education has received the report of the first national study of Keren Ami pro- grams conducted by its department of statistical research. Robert Arnow, vice chairman of the governing council, in present- ing the report noted that this study, covering the years 1965 to 1967, is a pioneering effort in the subject. Containing 18 tables which anal yze . by Pe schools, auspices, orientation and pupil enrollment, the report also - includes the first compilation of more than 270 beneficiaries of all campaigns. Of 2,900 schools, 498, -- representing 163,000 pupils, re- ported on their Keren Ami pro- gram, said Arnow. The amount of money raised for KA by reporting schools during Jewish Center Director Irwin 1965-66 was $208.797; during 1966- Shaw denied Wednesday that strik- 67 it was $261,168, according to the ing employes would be fired if they survey. did not return to work this week. The amount of money raised by but he conceded to The Jewish reporting ". schools via special sup- News that "If they don't come plemental drives (UJA, UJA-Israel back, we will find replacements." Emergency Fund, JNF, federa- Shaw insisted that the Center was tions), in 1966-67, in addition to legally within its rights in sending those raised for KA, was $75,511. out a letter to the employes. giving KA funds were allotted to over them until Wednesday to return to 270 beneficiaries, which were work. Following the strike, he said, grouped into 10 categories. Distri- "If their jobs are still open, they , butions to UJA, UJA-Israel Emer- can come back. But we can't - guar- gency Fund, JNF and the federa- antee their jobs if we have to hire tions were listed separately as the replacements. – following: UJA, $48,253: UJA-IEF, The Center and Jewish Family $32.409: JNF, $87,512; and federa- and Children's Service have been' tions. $10,023. operating on partial staff for six weeks, since Local 1640 of the American Federation of State. County and Municipal Employes struck 14 United Foundation agen- cies in a contract dispute. Milton Tambor, 1640 president. demanded in a letter Tuesday to the UF labor participation committee that it press UF to cut off annual appropriations to the Center and Detroit Area Boy Scout Council. The 1969 allocation to the Center was $550,000. Thomas Turner, president of the Wayne County AFL-CIO and a , member of the UF labor commit- tee, hesitated to commit himself on the withholding of funds to the two agencies. However, he said he would urge the committee to meet if allegations by Tambor were true. Tambor charged that the Center has "escorted scabs to work" and "harassed pickets by employing an armed photographer accompanied by a German shepherd dog" out- side the Center. Commenting on these charges. Shaw said that the Center does have a German shepherd but it is used only for surveillance within the building and is "taken outside solely for walks or to go home.•' A photographer was used only "to take pictures of the illegal picket- ing," he said. Arnow warned that the study raises many serious questions about the effectiveness of the Keren Ami activity in teaching Jewish civics. Among these ques- tions he listed: • The record-keeping efforts in responding Jewish schools bearing on the KA program leave much to be desired. • Orthodox schools, generally, were not responsive to the request for Keren A • d t • The average amount of money contributed by pupils in responding schools appears to be rather puny and counter-productive education- ally. • Jewish social service institu tions are given preference over Jewish cultural institutions as reci- pients of Keren Ami funds. Will a shift in the thrust of the adult Jewish philanthropic effort be re - flected in the school's KA alloca - tions? • The majority of reporting schools involve pupils in the deci- sion-making process on distri- bution of the Keren Ami funds but do not accord them the right to make the final decision, even with the guidance of the rabbi or principal. • The dearth of comments offer- ed by responding schools regard- ing the qualitative aspects of their Keren Ami program does not per- mit a clear assessment of the ex- tent to which Keren Ami is tied in with their educational program. Union Nixed at Sinai Sinai Hospital employes for the second time June 20, rejected un- strikers were sent to members of ionization through Local 79, of the the Jewish Center with a cover Service Employes International letter signed by President George Union. The final vote was 150-101. Some Keil. 360 employes in 10 departments The agency and the union met were eligible to vote in Friday's briefly last Friday with the State election. Labor Mediation Board, but again On June 5, 1968, Local 79 lost a came to an impasse: the union in- bid for unionization at Sinai by a sists on bargaining along multi- vote of 149-142. agency lines, the Center refuses to Employes are primarily orderlies. bthi argai n on b s i as Sh s. aw con- housekeepers, nurses' aides and tends that there are more differ- dietary workers. Dan Vorkapich, ences than similarities between the organizational director of Local 79, agencies involved, while the union said he felt the union lost "because states that without a unified front, hospital management promised a agency employes are subject to the 20 cent per hour increase as of whims of their employers. July 1. Shaw said he's all for increas- "We'll be back next year," he ing worker salaries, "but you added. can't negotiate with someone who won't sit down at the table with IF YOU TURN THE. you." There has been little curtailment of Center activities, Shaw said. "If • PSIDII DOWN YOU WON'T FIND A MUIR WIND MAN all Center members honored the picket line, we'd have to close the Center. One reason why we have to keep the pressure of the injunction on is so the summer programs Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich. won't be hamstrung." 'V'Wfl SOLL Y'S HERE AGAIN WITH A NEW LOAD OF AUTO-AIR CONDITIONERS $ 1 5 izu o t installation THERMO-KING AUTO-AIR CON- DITIONER. YOU CAN BE SURE WHEN IT'S SOL'S AUTO-AIR CENTER CALL: 532-1097 24750 FIVE MILE RD. them." Tambor charged that many Cen- ter clerical and maintenance work- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, June 27, 1969-13 SECURITY CHARGE CARD DINERS C1-1-1111 WE SERVICE ANY CAR AIR CONDITIONER COME ON IN AND WE'LL HAVE COFFEE AND CONVERSATION There you are in your deep-toned. color- framed striped shirt. What kind of shoes Something that shows as much style sense be- areyou wearing') " _ low the ankle as above? For example: Florsheim's "Sutton", $23.95, in shades of teak with gold-buckled strap. Its pebble-grained leather and slip-on styling can make you look more subtly better-dressed than before. So can the Phillips salespeople. Tell them Northland Center (two stores) about your clothes and they'll Security Charge/Michigan Bankard tell you about their shoes. phillips shoes Since the photographs were taken, the Circuit Court granted an injunction limiting pickets to six at each Center entrance at any one time. The union has re- quested a hearing on the injunc- tion. As for scabs, "eight em- ployes have voluntarily returned to work," said Shaw. He said that they have the right to return because, by the employes' own agreement, the Center is not a closed shop, "But these employes have been harassed by the union, so we have had to accompany MOM MICHIGAN BANKARD Look at your shoes. Everyone else does.