Tuesday, April 18, 1972
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Bargaining in CPHA strike stalled;
picketing continues for seventh week
Faculty protests modern Ford Cars
hand rails in A ngell Hall recalled
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(Continued from Page 1) ' gotiatlons between strikers and pany's request. (Continued from Page )
countries, send abstracts of their management have been on and Since the strike began February Frier, a spokesman of the ap-
treatment of individual patients off. A state mediator arrived two 23, five demonstrators, none of pealing group, attacks the railings
to CPHA. The company runs the weeks ago to facilitate talks. Ne- them CPHA employes, have been on several grounds. First, he main-
abstracts through its computer gotiators went into session Friday detained by police during picket- tains that while the administrative
and compiles statistics for the and are expected to remain at ing. Charges against all five were directive attempts to define safety
hospitals. work until Sunday or Monday if dropped pending issue of a civil generally for all buildings in he
The corporation is non-profit necessary. warrant, but one of the five was state, at least in Angell Hall the
and sponsored by the American However, management officials arraigned Thursday. Because the directive's definition should not
College of Physicians and the have so far refused to give ground detentions have generally taken apply.
American College of Surgeons on the issue of a union shop, place at the beginning of demon- Frier says that he is not
among other organizations. 'which members feel is crucial to stratiors, some strike supporters against safety regulations but that
the survival of their union, consider them to represent scare they should consider the particular
CPHA is one of very few firms "We don't believe union shop tactics by police, situation, and that he notes that
of Its kind in the state to pay by should be a condition of employ- Police photographers have been there has never been a complaint
piecework. This means that em- ment," Jane Wilkin, CPHA's man- conspicuously present at CPHA concerning the foyer of Angell
ployes must work as fast as they dmntain.Osnsi h
can to meet production quotas. Eyager of employe relations. "If peo- demonstrations. Olson said the Hall. He believes that only two
Pay is adjusted by each orker's ple want to join the union that's photography is done "to document outside railings in the foyer are
fine. We don't see where the un- th actions of the police and the necessary, and the rest not.
speed. Since keypunch and similar ion will have trouble protecting nicketers" in case a violation of
work is easier for young people to if it's true they have 96 per the law should occur. , The foyer, designed in 1924 as a
do employes are often demoted or cent of our employes signed up." Sheriff's deputies have been formal vestibule to the University,
fired as they grow older.Seifsdpte aebe omlvsiuet h nvriy
Chief among union strike ac- hired by CPHA on their off-duty represents a lavish but consistent
In addition to requiring piece- tions has been picketing between time to guard the company's com- neo-classical style based on strong
work pressure, CPHA sets produc-~I shifts as strike-breaking employes puter. These deputies work mostly horizontal and vertical lines.
tion Quotas that similar firms con- enter and leave the CPHA park- inside the building and sometimesd
sder "astronomical" Shapiro said. Ing lot. Student supported dem- apnear in uniform, union sources i Frier argues mnat railings would
Employes generally are required ons'ratiors, starting at about 50. said. "disrupt visually the horizontal
to punch 1500 to 2000 cards a day hsve swelled in attendance in the: Tn an attempt to aid strikers. line of the stairs" and "divide its
with only one or two mistakes al- week to up to 200, Shapiro HRP city council members Jerry width into a series of discrete
lowed a week. said De Grieck (First Ward) and Nan- compartments that would be en-
Shapiro said workers who fall Strikers have been supported by cy Wechsler (2nd Ward) intro- tirely out of keeping with its monu-
below production quotas are first a loose-knit Ann Arbor group duced a motion last Monday to the mentality.
subjected to harassment and, if called the CPHA Strike Support council in support of the strike.
they still fail to produce at the Coalition. Member organizations The motion was defeated.
required level, are dropped a pay include the Washtenaw Organiz- However. De Grieck said HRP
classification. ing Committee. the National Cau- intends to propose next week an
Employps In the union bornin- cis of I abor Committees. the anti - strike - breaking ordinance
ing unit are 80-0 per cent women. Medical Committee for Human that would "preclude as best we
Out of about 170 eligible workers, Rights, and the Human Rights can all strike-breaking."
06 per cent have signed cards for Party (HRP). Representatives of The city's present ordinance '
union men'bership. the Progressive Labor Party and prohibits only professional strike-
When CPHA emoloves unionized Students for Democratic Society' breaking by organized groups. De*
six months ago mangement 0ffi- have also been present at demon-! Grieck said the HRP ordinance o
cials went to court claiming that strations. might b in contradiction with
since the corporation is ron-profit Support from other workers has state or local statutes, but "we'd
unionization "las illegal. This also ben strong. The CPHA strik- like to fight that out in court."
charge was overturned but the ers are members of United Auto- Union organizers seem optimis-
company was able to narrow the mobile Workers (UAW) Local 157 tic for the future of the strike. "I
worker group eligible for union Members of Locals 782 and 898 think everything except the union*-,
membership from 211 to 170 by have attended several demonstra- shop will probably be settled very
"harrassment" and firing. Sha- tions. "I gave up a whole half soon," Shapiro said.
i5iro claimed, day's pay to come here," remarked !k
Charges of sgxsm hAve been one 782 member. saying he came %
leveled at CPHA because women "just to give a little support."tdten1iro
tend to fill the less desirable and Local 157 is providing the strik- IV & $)1UU0 'KISS
lower paini jobs at the nlant ers with strike pay and supportive $10.00 per month
Many of the female emnloyes are services.0e
from 18 to 20 years old. sevies
rn teattept to counterasPolice attendance at strike dem- jO DEPOSIT
In the attempt to counteract the
effect of the strike. CPHA has onstrations has been heavy, often FREE DELIVERY, PICK UP
hired a number of ne =amployes as high as one police officer per AND SERVICE
four demonstrators. Ann Arbor's
to fillsre' job osre tan Deputy Police Chief Harold Olson CALL:
100 employes are out on strike and:CALL
About a dozen have quit because said police are there to make sure
of the strike. Shapiro said. employes "get in there and out NVRENTALS
Atuhthsnwemlyssafely" and to "maintain peace '
Aha nough these new emloyes and order". Olson said the police 662-5671 '
have been told their Jobs are per- fisett PAa h o-' I i iI
manent, Shapiro said this is not first went to CPHA at the com- -
possible. "Obviously we won't set-
tle for a contract that leaves our,-
people out in the cold," he said. FLINT STUDENTS - Coming Home ' FNMRfY$ER S
Shapiro expressed the opinion that Lrth Cum e
CPHA management was willing W rOr tne urmer .
"sell down the river" its new em- ATTEND *'y'
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Furthermore, Frier asserts that
the hand rails, designed by the
University architect, are an af-
front to Angell Hall's neo-classical
interior. Frier describes them as
"shoddy Danish modern."
Frier points out that the admin-'
istrative directive allows for Uni-.
versity appeal to the Department
of Labor and he hopes that the
University will make such an'
appeal.
As of now, the Classics Depart-
ment's appeal rests in the hands,
of the Dean's office. Soon after!
the appeal was made, Bland Le-
verette, senior administrative as-
sociate in LSA, said that an appeal
to the state was being considered
and that "as a last resort" the
Plant Department should work out;
some sort of mutal agreement on
the design of the hand rails.
The Plant Department is in1
charge of building the railings. i
One week after Leverette's letter1
had been sent, work on the handi
rails was resumed with no advance'
notice given: in two days it was
finished..
DETROIT UP1h --Ford Motor Co.
announced yesterday it is recall-.
ing nearly 400,000 Ford Torinos
and Mercury Montegos-virtually
the entire 1972 model run of inter-
mediate-sized cars--to correct a
defect which could allow rear
wheels to come off the car.
Gordon Robertson, service engi-
neering manager of Ford's Cus-
tomer Service Division, said the
company has received reports of
rear axle bearing deterioration
caused by a variety of factors. In
extreme cases, Robertson said, the
condition could lead to an axle
shaft coming detached.
A Ford spokesman said there
have been five reported cases
where Torinos or Montegos lost
rear wheels while driving, caus
ing damage to the cars.
Ford said it is sending certified
letters to the owners of the cars,
instructing them to take the ve-
hicles to their dealers for installa-
ion of retained plates which will
give an audible warning of bear-
ing failure before it becomes cri-
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