The Michigan Daily-Friday, November 10, 1978-Page 5 Nuclear foe wants labor help GEO reps to meet wit By R.J. SMITH ' Organized labor would benefit from he'replacement of nuclear energy with solar and other forms of safe and inex- pensive power, Harvey Wasserman, one of the country's leading opponents of" 'nuclear energy, told about 100 listeners at the Michigan Union 13llroom last night. 'People who work in *unions and in the factories eat the same food, drink the same water, and breath the same air that the people who don't work in the factories do ... but they are on the line '.5cause they were told by the industry that their jobs, their livelihood depen- ded on the untramelled expansion of in- dustry," Wasserman said. "BUT WHAT WE'VE found since is that this infinite expansion promotes more unemployment." Wasserman, a 1967 University graduate is the author of "Harvey Wasserman's History of the United States," along with - numerous magazine articles. He is also one of the original members of the Clamshell Alliance, the most famous anti-nuclear group in America. According to Wasserman, American industry looks for ways to grow while limiting total expenditures such as em- ployees' salaries. This practice is thus .capitalintensive" rather than "labor intensive," because its prime goal is to make money rather than create jobs. THE USE OF NUCLEAR power, ac- cording to Wasserman, is a prime example'of capital intensive practices. "A power company, as it's'telling you you're going to have to move, says when it comes to your town 'we're going to create a number of jobs to make this plant," he said. But he emphasized that after the construction of the plant, only about 200 people are needed to maintain it "After construction, nuclear reactors have the worst jobs-per-dollar ratio of any industry in the world," he said. He also said even the construction of the plant-which in the case of a plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire was plan- ned to take around 3,000 workers and ten years to build-hardly helps the local community. "IN SE4ABROOK, they took twoem- ployees fromt the state, and the rest came froi upstate or Massachuset- ts-they had people commuting a hun- ~d~dmilesa day," Wasserman stated. Jobs could be only by turning energy and work usage more effi vation is labor it 'People unions an eat the sat the same breath the the people in the fact( they arec cause the) the indus jobs, their pended on led expan try.' -Har created, he explained, talking about putting massive solar] to other areas for energy sattelites into orbit that would ing to make our energy collect solar energy, and beam it down cient. Energy conser- to earth as microwaves so that Detroit ntensive, said Wasser- Edison could collect them and sell them," Wasserman said later. who work in Wasserman also spoke out against the high, unstable cost of nuclear reac- d in factories tors, and of the utility companys' inability to pay for the ones they buy. me food, drink "The cost of nuclear energy is always water, and going up, and after 30 years, they still ', don't understand much about it, they same air that can't make it safe or reliable," he ex- who don't work plained. The plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire, was first estimated in the pries do . . . but 60s to cost the state $250 million, but the the line be- price was later raised by about $9 million, Wasserman said. Presently, y were told by however, the conservative price put on ." the plant is at least $2.5 billion, with try that their some reports saying it will cost as much r livelihood de- as $4 billion. Earlier in the afternoon, Wasserman i the untramel- had made an appearance at an anti- of nuclear energy rally on the Diag, which sion of indus- began at noon. His Ann Arbor ap- pearance was sponsored by the Friends of the Arbor Alliance, a local-based an- vey Wasserman ti-nuclear group. By SHELLEY WOLSON Representatives of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) have tentatively scheduled an informal meeting with four University Regents in hopes of achieving a solution to current labor disputes between GEO and the University. The talk is slated for December 5th, when GEO legal defense committee members will explain past grievances and current GEO demands. "We'll just talk and see what their response is," said legal defense chair- man Mike Clark. HEARINGS HAVE been in progress since last May, under the direction of the Michigan Employment Relations Commission (MERC), to determine whether Graduate Student Assistants (GSAs) are students or employees. Should MERC decide they are em- ployees, as GEO asserts, GSAs would gain the right to bargain collectively. Five Teaching Assistants (TAs) en- ded GEO's round of testimony yester- day, as University representative Robert Vercruysse continued his at- tempt to prove GSAs' work has been primarily used for their own disser- tations, rather than to benefit the University. But GEO . counsel Mark Cousens maintained that even if the GSAs' work did benefit themselves, it was at the same time aiding the University. SOCIOLOGY TA Melissa Clark was the 23rd and last witness to testify. In her testimony, she presented the results from a GEO-conducted survey, which provided information on every GSA's job status. Vercruysse, however, objected to the survey. "My basic objection is that this sur- vey is from a self-serving group and it's a lot of hearsay answers. This survey was done by a party with an interest in the proceedings," Vercruysse asserted. "This information was compiled in order to reflect the balance of the h Regents bargaining unit. It shows that the wit- nesses we've presented so far are backed up by some records," Cousens replied. After a brief session, GEO decided to withdraw the exhibits. Administrative Law Judge Shlomo Sperka then adjour- ned the hearings, which will resume on December 19. Meanwhile, GEO closed its presiden- tial nominations last Thursday with former GEO vice-president Marty Bombeck the only nominee. Ballots with her name and space for a write-in candidate were mailed to all fully-paid GEO members yesterday. The votes must be turned in by November 22 at 6:00 p.m. I- - -- - - "- - -" -'' INTRODUCTORY OFFERI I1 I &1 1160BROADWAY'I Located next to Kroger's large or 665-7777 PICK-UP ONLY! medium pizza Offer good only with coupon, I------------------------------ man. As an example of energy usage that could be corrected by conservation practices, Wasserman turned* to Detroit: "Look at the Rennaisance Cen- ter-it looks like they tried to build the smallest building they could for using the most amount of energy." Such conservation jobs would involve things like adding insulation, creating energy efficient buildings, and redesigning other energy-using operations. IT IS IMPORTANT to note, Wasser- man said, that these kinds of jobs would not be the $10 or $20 an hour jobs" that a nuclear worker would receive, but said they can be "as high as we want them to be." Solar energy, said Wasserman, would produce even more jobs than conser- vation would. "You have copper tubing, and hook it up with a few simple devices ... you bang it out, and stick it on the. rooof, and that all takes somebody to do it. Now, to equal a nuclear plant, of course, it may take a million of these. But that is where the jobs are," he explained. 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