The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, January 9, 1979-Page 5, 'oil workers stall strike reject 21 proposalse DENVER (AP) - Oil workestruck one refinery yesterday and hjored a strike at a second one as theileaders rejected offers from 21 comAnies in the first major union test of resident Carter's wage-price guideline Contracts covering 60,000 nembers of the Denver-based Oil, Chical and Atomic Workers Internatial Union expired at midnight Sund but the union delayed calling a stre while it gave further study to a prosal from Amoco. EVEN THOUGH workei were told by the union to report to ork yester-'t i day, a Gulf Oil refinery inort Arthur, Texas, with about 3,000 un workers, was disrupted by oil woers pickets. Oil workers also were horing a picket line set up by other unio at an ARCO plant in Port Arthur. T2 ARCO plant er rom1 ear toear A.F. Grospiron, uniojresident, said the strike in Port Arthur was unauthorized but was nther illegal nor a wildcat strike sincee contract had W hat other stores comn onents in our storeConsider expired, ote stoessiidstre what you can The Amoco proposcis a two-year of- o l e h 1lf fer reportedly callingrr a 73 cents-per- promise, W e also offer you a 60- buy at Tech Hifi for just hour increase in thiirst year and a $ wage reopener clauthe second year. guarantees. In writing. day defective exchange $359 (shown below). It's a Amoco is a comply trademark of d yceetv Standard Oil Co. currently Our 7-day moneyback guarantee, 30-day price complete system featuring averaging $8.82 arhour,, the 73 cent th to -ae Harman- hike amounts to alut an 8.3 per cent guarantee says that you protection, 1-year loud- increase.arevlutr can return whatever you speaker trial, and extended Kardon 330C receiver, fringe benefit gu~lines allow for a rir p a e ni e ev r seven per cent incase over the life of buy from us and get your warranties. acontract..ha d o eG rad73x However, if thenion agreed to hold a t m tctrtbe wt itsH wae ice the secon year to QQ g g -automatic turntable (with it aeinrae tescndya omoney back, if our compo- In addition to our guar-Pikrn catdg)ad less than six per at, it would bring the en don't s u as good - - contract into appliance with the as guidelines.ds antees, Tech Hifi gives you t "best-buy" E The union's imember bargaining in your home as you hoped the EPI 70 policy committ met for about 20 another reason to smile. minutes yesterly, then adjourned. ihey would loudspeakers. Grospiron said would meet later for theyrwo ld.eOu further discuion of the Amoco The fantastic sound of proposal. Our 3-month exchange Th f THE UNIO traditionally has negotiated a"ndel"contract with one guarantee lets you live with these quality components ,of the major oilompanies, then sought lets liv similar terms'ith other companies. equipment r three will put a g n on our face. More than 4oontracts with 100 dif- yo~ur eq im n or pute grin your ferent compans are to be negotiated. e . . A Grospiron sd the possibility of a eniire months. And f you re Our guarantees will nationwide wkout remained "very i real," and sa the bargaining policy not 100 o pleased, we 11 keep it there. committee yterday rejected all oil company offs that proposed a two- give you 100 credit year agreennt and percentage in- harman kardon creases in eat year of the agreement. towards any He identifil the rejected offers as other coming fron Exxon, Union, Texaco, PICKERING Sohio, Mobi'Gulf, Conoco, Chevron, * Ashland, Clrter, Quaker State, Jef- -F ferson Chenal, Tosaco, Cenex, Total Leonard, DNa, Getty, BP, and ARCO. Offers fromiusky and Coch which dif- fered slight from the others also were * rejected, haid. Grospiro said most of the rejected - - proposals cered a seven per cent wage increase iraoth years of two-year cib- tracts, or qht per cent in the first year and six pr cent in the second - a: r.< :"..°?" proposal tat would have met Carter's guidelines LEARN TO I This Winter At I Special U of M Rates EuEvery Tuesday afternoon begin- ning January 16 through February 20. YCourses for Everyone - Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Skiers. LiBuses leave Ann Arbor 12:00 noon - returning 5:OV p.m. L]One (1) hour lessrn, tows, rental equipment and trans- pertation - $85.00 illne (1) hour lesson, tows, and transportation (yoai supply your own-- - 4quipment) - $6C.00 - Register N OW at North Cam pu s may be available in all sto res at ali times. Under Recreation Buiding, 2375 Hubbard some circumstances, rain checks may be given (across from Bursley Hall) - Phone or equal-value substitutions made. 763-4560 Open 8:30 a.m. - 4:3) p.m., ___ Monday through Friday from vs Jan. 2 tot Ja. 12. First ski ~..a 1V components at the rih DriCe.