MICHIGAN BELL VS. THE STUDENTS See editorial page Y gritF I~~Ait FAIR High--69 Low-45 Sunny but cooler today and tomorrow Seventy-Seven Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVHI, No. 10 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1967 SEVEN CENTS EIGHT PAGES Union Seeks To Re resent All ' Emp loyes By RON LANDSMAN' While 200 skilled tradesmen' from the plant department walked out in an attempt to force the University into bargaining col- lectively with them, one union is trying to achieve that end by signing up 51 per cent of Univer- sity employes. The union, Local 1583 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employes, has undertaken a recruiting drive with help from , their interna- tional, to raise their membership from 9 per cent to 51 per cent of! the University staff. At the same time, the AFSCME plans to change their stand before the State Labor Mediation, Board to request that the University be organized into one bargaining unit. They had previously asked to represent only a few distinctj units of employes. , Jerry Kendziorski, 'a represen- tative of the international union of the AFSCME, said that they "want jurisdiction for the whole campus." Three unions, the AFSCME, the Washtenaw County Building Trades Council (WCBTC), and the International Union of Oper- ating Engineers (IUOE), as well as the University, have been pet- itioning the board since June, 1966 to determine appropriate bargaining units for the Univer- sity, and hold elections to choose representatives if that is neces- sary. The University has also asked that the staff be organized into one unit, while the WCBTC and the IUOE have both petitioned to represent only their own skilled' trades. Donald Prebenda, attorney - for the WCBTC, said that they "didn't! care what AFSCME did." "Elec- tricians are going to bargain for I electricians and carpenters for carpenters," he said. He added that if it weren't for the Tem- porary Trades Council which or-! ganized the walkout and received support from the WCBTC. the "AFSCME wouldn't have what they have now.". The AFSCME. has picked up almost 400 new members since the walkout start- ed, raising their membership to 1200. This represents a little less than 10 per cent of the Univer- sity's 13,000 non-academic em- ployes. Michigan State University is, embroiled in a case now before the State Supreme Court ques- cal. said then that "the relation- Reister, University personnel offi- union against another" and that demand that the University, re- tioning whether the AFSCME has ship between the unions on a 10- cer, and offered to meet with the University could not get in- gardless of any court decision, the right to represent all employes cal basis is very good." He was him on the walkout. Reister turn- volved in such a situation. "The recognize the union and bargain on that campus. MSU's admin- enthusiastic about the AFSCME ed him down and Kendziorski fol- strike was organized by TTC and collectively with us," he added, in .stration recognized the AFSCME organizational meeting of the lowed with a telegram to Presi- it would be unreasonable for us reference to their current mem- as sole bargaining agent and has I night before and added, "we are dent Harlan Hatcher on Satur- to meet with the AFSCME." The bership drive. been challenged by the IUOE, in this thing together. We have day afternoon. University, however, refuses to Ti who wants to represent skilled the same goal." It said, in part. "I was shock- meet seriously with any employe theetpisentation whicbefore employes at their heating facil- The AFSCME has not taken a ed at Mr. Reister's apparent lack representative, . demanding that gan in June, 1986, will probably ties. clear cut role in the walkout up of concern .. . If Mr. Reister's at- the TTC "send them (the skillednot be settled before the PA 379 The IUOE is also petitioning for to now. The local has not endorsed titude is prevalent throughout the tradesmen) back to work." case. Hy Parker, chief mediation bargaining rights at the Univer- the walkout, although "we have University management it is quite Kendziorski charged in return officer for the board, said that sity. The decision should affect done nothing to discourage our understandable why the University that the University was "strictly the problem arose in the question the situation here. members from walking out," ac- is confronted with a serious la- anti-union, and that is the only of jurisdiction. Local 378 of the Building Serv- cording to Al Taylor, the local bor dispute." basis for any of their actions." "We won't be sure until that is ice Employes International Union president. Kendziorski went on to'Heha d that the Un te nth (BSEIU) which has organized point out that many of the work- The telegram went on to offer e charge niversity is settled whether or not we have a somewhat less than a quarter of ers who have walked out, both to meet with Hatcher or a repre- using "every available vehicle, right to hear the petitions." University dorm employes, joined the skilled tradesmen and the sentative of his. Hatcher hadn't such as the PA 379 case, in or- Because of the possibility of the skilled tradesmen yesterday dorm workers, are members of answered as of 9 p.m. last night der to avoid collective bargain- appeal, however, union leaders morning and threw up picket lines AFSCME. and was unavailable for comment, ing.' fear that the case may be in the , around five dormitories. On Friday morning an AFSCME Reister countered that the tele- "Once we get a majority of courts for as long as fou' or five L. C. Wells, president of the lo- representative phoned Russell gram was just a "ploy to play one campus workers we're going to more years. LITTLE EFFECT: P Uion Residence Hall Workers Membership COurt Reects A -U sw - ppeal Stage Sympathy Walkout Predicts Government Employment Rise f Holland To 15 Million by 1975 By HENRY GRIX lengthy dinner lines. =At West A handful of dormitory em- Quadrangle, South Quadrangle,} ployes picketed five University Markley Hall and Bursley Hall, residence halls yesterday in sym- services proceeded as usual and pathy with the walkout by skilled absence from the normally light tradesmen... weekend crews was not especially Officials at the residence halls high, according to directors and y111Vi W1V W V V.., } 4u1KV13VV X1W.AQ i reported that the pickets, members of the Building Service Employes International Union, were not able to spur enough of a walkout to disturb the operation of any dor- mitory except East Quadrangle. L. C. Welles was not disappoint- ed in the turnout of pickets, who were contacted abruptly for the half day walkout. He said he had expected enough workers would report to maintain residence halls since the purpose was to slow down rather than to halt dormitory services. He said, "Today is just a show- ing. Monday we will be out in dieticians.} If a major walkout is staged to-. morrow, the University will resort to "contingency plans used for all emergencies," John-Feldkamp, di- rector of residence halls, said Fri- day. Plans would include allowing overtime and using housekeepers, resident personnel and possibly students as parttime help. Students Inaffective A spokesman of BSEIU Local 378, Stephen Barnett, felt the use of students as personnel in the cafeteria would be ineffective as a replacement for regular em- ployes. - He said, "It has proved delivered, one dietitian said she could last 'indefinitely" without regular help. Nevertheless, at Bursley, direc- tor Gerald F. Burkhouse intends to encourage the regular employes- and non-union workers to enter and work by placing a supervisor by the lines. Although he insisted on the "neu- trality" of the dormitories in the labor dispute, South Quad dir- ector, Thomas G. Fox warned employes in a memo that absence from work to participate in the strike would result in loss of pay for the days missed. Fisticuffs? One union memer said, how- ever, that non-union employes would not dare cross picket lines. "They'd get hit if they did." The picketing, originally sched-C uled for last Friday, was post- poned pending court action on an injunction ordering skilled trades- ;men to cease picketing University; force." !highly unsuccessful in the past," At East Quad, ten employes out because students and others lack fnecessary experience. Further, ui aIW~L~~L~V~L V ~± ~1LU L t o a norma o f i parie Barnett feels many students are construction sites. When ;it was report forwork; forcing part time r"on our side" and would not help learned that court action was de- student help to cook and causing ' layed until Monday afternoon, the to break a strike. But a few student part time BSEIU determined to go ahead orkers feared loss of their jobs if with picketing on Saturday. IFC Expects they refused to work during the Residence hall directors expect walkout. the reaction to union activity to Welles and Barnett said they vary from dormitory to dormitory r entended also to allow deliveries with the fluctuating precentage of perishable foods through the of union membership. picket lines. But rumor among The unorganized University bus TV l" Wpickets was that at least milk drivers, some of who mhave been trucks, driven by teamsters, would hoping to join the skilled trades- not cross the lines, men since they first walked out, ' By DAVID JUANN Ace-in-the-Hole are uncertain as to wha they Interfraternity Council expects In the event that pickets decide will do on Monday. "the best rush ever," IFC Vice- to prevent unloading of supplies, A spokesman for five bus drivers' President William Sage told The the residence halls received emer- who belong to the American Fed- * Daily yesterday. gency supplies Friday night. The eration of State, County and Sage attributed his optimistic canned food reservoir could last Municipal Employes, reported outlook to several factors, one of the week. that many of the other full time the most important being the If supplies do continue to be 'drivers are "anti-union." draft. According to Sage, under -- the new system of student defer- ments, much of the pressure to Art Museum Remodels make grades has been removed. An This results in less reluctance to accept the demands of pledging by the first semester freshman. Ac ursN w E hbt Another factor leading to a Public employe unionism and collective bargaining are increas- ing, Prof. Russell A. Smith of the Law School said recently. Smith, who chaired Gov. George Romney's Advisory Committee on Public Employe Unionism, point- ed out that by 1975 government employment at federal, state and. local levels is expected to increase to about 15 million-one out of every five civilian 'employes in the country. The problem is becoming in- creasingly a matter of public con- cern because "a rising amount of militancy on the part of public employes, with a backlash of pub- lie concern has developed," Smith told members of tho Missouri. State Bar. He said unions in the private sector have contrastingly had dif- ficulty even in maintaining their total membership at the levels of 10 years ago. Public sector unionization could, conflict with union attempts to accelerate the organization of white collar workers in the pri- vate sector, he said. Smith pointed to "some trau- ma and almost internal convul- sion among professional associa- tions now representing teachers. "Their internal question has been whether they are now, or should be, 'unions' and act as 'such," he said. He added that unionization pro- duces new problems between per- sonnel and management, and in- evitably some degree of resorting to concerted pressure by employe organizations, whether legally per- missible or not. "The goal of such pressure is a system which will be viable andl compatible with general public in- terest and more consistent with! our democratic principles." Smith said.1 Government policy toward pub- lic employe unionization so far leaves many questions unanswered, Smith said. For example, should' the legally permissible subject areas of collective bargaining be! narrower than in the private sec- MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS Local 231, in Detroit. The teachers are seeking better facilities and higher salaries Presently some 300,000 of the city's students are basking in the sunshine wh THREE YEAR PROJECT: Revision of State Pena Could Refresh Musty. Teachers. 5Ruling Bans SClass Cuts t }LB. Faculty Appellate Supports Circuit Judgment Granting Injunction GRAND RAPIDS (P)-- Michi- gan teachers are public employes, and have no right to strike, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled s h yesterday. In a decision expected to affect the 28 school districts where .* . .*.. "'" ' teachers have refused to work without contracts, a three-judge panel upheld a lower court ruling forbidding teachers "from striking under any guise whatsoever." -Associated Press "We find that the teachers are picket Cass High School now public employes as used in from the school board. the Public Employes Relations Act, ile negotiations continue. although they have not com- fenced working this fall," the court said. "We reject the argument of the defendants that the teachers are tnot public employes because they do not have i ndividual written SC od e contracts as required by the school code of 1955," the court said. The court's decision upheld a tatu ts ruling by Ottawa County Circuit Judge Raymond Smith, who last week granted the Board of Edu- [ge, under the revised code, cation Holland an injunction or- o1mit a defendant to as dering the city's 230 teachers back s 60 days of diagnosis for to work. illness. Appeal Likely ugh the code would in- The Holland Education Associ- the penalties for the type ation, bargaining agent for the ses which inflame ghetto teachers and an affiliate of the ts, it is not merely a riot National Education Association, isher. The code substan- said it would appeal the ruling to orbids general harassment the Michigan Supreme Court. in vicious phone calls. It Michigan law allows public em- legislation but does not ployes to organize and bargain sweeping legal grounds for collectively, but prohibits them ns. Its sections on court from striking. However, the law ons may streamline the contains no specific penalties. and lessen hardship but Some 500,000 Michigan students, ease the burdens of court- including 300,000 in Detroit, -have guilt, not returned to school this fall as code, instead, offers to up- the result of contract disputes, e criminal law process and most of them on involving higher readable. If it is adopted, pay, between teachers groups and de may indeed lessen in- school boards. which ledd to riots-but The court ruled that in the Hol- making the Michigan legal land case the teachers were on healthier and stronger.- strike because they were withhold- ing the performance of what usu- ally would be their duties and be- cause the school board set a date for the opening of school which has passed. " Strikers Protest Sin K orea Reaction by teachers's groups to the ruling was swift. .g ovation and tfns show "It's unrealistic," said Thomas ." Other service club dir- Hill,, director of organization for also acclaimed the show. the Michigan Federation of Teach- WS studiedthswho p .r ers. "Our locals will maintain WSU students who per- their position of no-contract, no- for one night with MUS- wr. re concluding a nine-week work." a Korea. They have been o Mary Ellen Riordan, president Kingtea.usiyal"AFunyof the American Federation of Hapngdo the a Fny teachers, Local 231 which rep- Happened on the Way to Tresents Detroit's 11,000 techers, MUSKET tour, called "En- said the "ruling by the appeals nMe USTA, willdat-for court doesn't ,change anything in ment USA," will last rDetroit at all." ~nths. Soonsored comoletelv - larger rush is "a change in the general attitude of fraternities to- ward academics," Sage said. More than ever before, schol- astic achievement is being stressed in the fraternity system. Exempli- fying this change in attitude is the fact that last semester the average grade point for all affiliated un- dergraduate men was the highest By NADINE COHODAS were acquired in conjunction with The University of Michigan Mu- the 27th Congress of Orientalists seum of Art, after nearly a year held here last summer. of alterations, re-opened last April Following these two 'displays, with a newer, more modern look an Alumni Arts Show will be held and much more space. from Oct. 1 to Oct. 29. The remodeling job, estimated at $750,000. was made possible by a contribution from museum pa- tron Walter R. Parker,<><>:: tor. s Originally the art center, which comparable to the overall under- is located across from the Union, graduate men's average of 2.71t slctd co.fomteUin Emdlifyimn ts age in a.7i. did not have enough space to dis- Emplifying this change in atti- play its complete collections. Most tude is the fact that last semester pa t bumlin coci d bys the average grade point for all the Michian Alumni Association. affiliated undergraduate men was These gic s. Alumni wsrto the highest ever recorded by IFC. moved to the Union last year, and At 2.67, it was comparable to the the museum has since taken over overall undergraduate men's aver- the whole building. t age of 2.71. With the added space, the art Sage also pointed to a changing center has installed four new gal- trend in the pledging policies of leries. There is a new Print Study many fraternities. The traditional Room on the first floor which con- torture chamber practices are tains the museum's collection of being abandoned in favor of moreit constructive methods, he said. pNer-Eastern Art makes up the This- trend may be seen during new second floor gallery. Help Week, which has changed In addition to the new galleries from sleeplessness and alienation the museum has built more offices to constructive work around the for its staff in the basement A house. laboratory and collections from A further innovation this se- were also added. The laboratory is mester is "the addition of an IBM doing research on better methods system to facilitate registration of ' for preserving art works. rushees and speed the processing A complete air-conditioning sys- C ', T' l S t r e i i f F C C J c s t s c c I k {4 By NEAL BRUSS A revised criminal code for Michigan emerged this week as the state's - and the nation's - longest and hottest summer fin- ally appeared to wane. Work on the code has taken three years, almost as long as American cities have been embroiled in violence. The code, which was drafted by University Law School Professors B. James George Jr. and Jerold H. Israel, offers laws which would counter ghetto injustice, give defendants better legal options and toughen the penalties against rioters. Thecode is expected to be em- bodied soon in a bill to the Legis- lature. While the code offers standards of conduct for poten- tially-explosive situations like ar- rests and harassment, it also eliminates archaic and virtually unenforcable legislation. Reduces Statutes The code, which was written for two committees of the State Bar of Michigan - the Special Committee for the Revision of the Criminal Code and the Criminal' Jurisprudence Committee - re- duces the number of criminal statute section from about 3,500 to 350. House-to-House repair service swindles become major crimes un- der the revisions, but current san- ctions against inciting Indians to violate a treaty with the United States are omitted. Penalties are stiffened for ille- gally using credit cards, passing bad checks and shoplifting, but statutes against duelling are drop- mothers, if conception occured through rape or incest, or if in{ a physician's opinion the. baby would be born with grave mental or physical defect. Laws prohibiting adultery, se- duction and notorious cohabita- tion are omitted from the code.' "Any realistic observer of the contemporry scene knows that if all the adulterers were jailed; and if all those living with persons to whom they are not and cannot be legally married were imprisoned, a massive campaign of jail con- struction would have to be under-, taken," says George. Prostitution Provision Stronger penalties for prostitu- tion-which include mnaking a date th prostitute's customer liable for make it criminal punishment--are in the the cot code. justices Similarly, the code toughens only by controls on narcotics. system GIs Award MUSI Standing Ovatioil Special To The Daily standin SEOUL, Korea - The Univer- got twi sity's 1967 MUSKET cast, in the- ectof's midst of its Far Eastern tour, per- The formed here alongside students formed from Wayne State University last KET a week. tour im The MUSKET group arrived in perforn Korea on Aug. 26. 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