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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Tuesday, January 19, 1971
Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, January 19, 1971 ~'
SENATE ASSEMBLY:
Faculty unit to study
unionization is sue '
r Executive ofiicers
criticize judicial plan
WAGE .ISSUE.
The question of whether the
faculty should unionize will be one
of the areas studied by a special
committee which was formed yes-
terday by Senate Assembly, the
faculty representative body.
The committee will focus on
methods for increasing the facul-
ty's. role in University decision-
Wage hie
key block
to pact
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gaining member Clarence Massey
said yesterday that for one cate-
gory, workers would receive a $.15
increase the first year, but none
the second. Many union bargain-
ers expressed the general belief
that "the top people were getting
the money while the little people
were getting nothing."
The administration's use of an
eight per cent wage increase for
state civil service employes effec-
tive this July as "guidelines" in
their talks with the union is also
misleading.
Not only are state workers the
highest paid in the state, but an
eight per cent increase in what
the University pays its AFSCME
workers would'still fall short of
their counterparts in state service
in several areas.
Among those are both "begin-
ning and head"rcook positions,
where a maximum wage for a be-
ginning cook is $3.38 an hour un-
der state civil service and current-
ly $2.60 an hr. for the University's
cooks.
Apparently, the University is
hoping that its other economic
proposals will offset the disagree-
ment on the basic wage increase.
The two other main segments of
its proposal would provide for:
-Reclassification of certain
jobs, resulting in higher 'pay
grades for some employes, and,
--Certain changes in rate struc-
ture which would "narrow the
gap between low and high paying
jobs.
While both these provisions
have yet to gain union acceptance
(though agreement is believed
close on the former), the Univer-
sity appears confident the union
will be forced to give in.
Frinkerhoff said yesterday, "the
law o supply and demand stil
works. It we were paying less, we
wouldn't have the workers."
making policies-particularly eco-
nomic matters.
According to the proposal, the
committee would look into ways
of altering the existing faculty
government to accomplish this,'
but would also investigate whether
the faculty might be more effec-
tive in its policy-making aims by
establishing "a unit affiliated with
a state or national organization."
"After a careful, rational ex-
amination of the present system,
the group would look into what
our alternatives are," Eggertsen
said.
"Formost in the minds of many
faculty members is the question of
should we have a bargaining unit,"
Eggertsen added.
The question of unionizing the
faculty has recently been dis-
cussed by an increasing number of
University professors. In view of
this interest, the local chapter of
the American Association of Uni-
versity Professors (AAUP) soon
plans to poll the faculty on whe-
ther the AAUP ,should take steps
to form a union.
Assembly action on the pro-
posed Sports Service building was
postponed until a special meeting
tomorrow night. An Assembly
committee to study the need and
merits of the proposed building,
appointed last December, issued
its report yesterday. However, be-
cause many Assembly members
said they needed more time to
study the committee's eight-page
report, formal action was delayed.
Petitioners
back union
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state his organization's support for
AFSCME in their bargaining with
the University.
A \member of the Women in
Support of Women Workers group,
which works closely with the coal-
ition, addressed the crowd, de-
manding that the University end
all discrimination in hiring and
wages against women and all mi-
nority groups.
Clair Otis, a representative of
AFSCME, also spoke at the rally
stating the possibility of a strike
and telling students, "if you de-
mand services, the University wil
be pressured to provide them."
Following the rally, about 50
1 persons marched to the Adminis-
tration Bldg., where they were mel
in the lobby by Knauss.
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determines the measure of dam-
ages. Insofar as you look at the
civil model, it's not out of keep-
ing for the jury to provide penal-
ties rather than the judges," St.
An. ine added.
S t u d e n t Government Council
Executive Vice President Jerry De
Grieck said yesterday, "To have
penalties set by anything but a
student jury violates the principle
of trial by peers and again shows
a lack of trust on the part of the
executive officers.-
The memorandum also urges
that all procedural rulings be
made by a majority of the trial
judges. Under the committee's
draft, the trial panel would have
to be unanimous on rulings to
prohibit testimony, such as testi-
mony which aims at establishing
a political defense and on rulings
to bar trial participants from the
'courtroom.
"To require unanimous consent
for certain kinds of procedural
rulings is extremely dubious," the
executive officers conclude. "One
associate judge who believed that
under no circumstances should a
complainant or defendant ever be
physically excluded could make
the trial literally impossible to
conduct."
St. Antoine said of the objec-
tion, "This is a good indication of
the heart of the problem-the ex-
tent to which we are willing to
rely on the faith of the different'
groups involved."
He acknowledged that one as-
|sociate judge could conceivably
obstruct the system but pointed
out that Central Student Judi-
ciary, which uses multiple judges,
has not had a problem in this
regard.
rTheexecutive officers also pro-
pose changes in selection proced-
ures for various offices in the ju-
dicial plan.
They suggest that the outside
presiding judge and the complaint
referee be selected by the Regents
from a panel selected by majority
vote of the half-student, half-
faculty appeals court.
The committee recommends that
the presiding judge and complaint
referee be nominated by a two-
thirds vote of the appeals court
and be approved by SGC and Sen-
ate Assembly, the faculty repre-
I sentative body, as well as the
Regents.
'The people chosen will have
to have the confidence of all three
sectors of the University commu-
nity,"= De Grieck commented.
, The executive officers also ex-
press dissatisfaction with having
SGC approve appointees. "When-
l ever it is provided that Student
Government Council will make
appointments the fact must be
faced that it cannot be said to be
tI representative of the total student
.body," the memorandum states.
"What can be more representa-
tive than allowing all students to;
vote for officers and Council mem-
bers?" De Grieck countered.
Among other recommendations,
the executive officers believe that:
-Complaints should have to be
filed within 30 days of an alleged
violation rather than 60 days as
proposed by the committee;
-More than one presiding judge
should be appointed to facilitate
quicker scheduling of trials;
-The complaint referee should
be a person from within rather:
than outside the University com-
munity as the committee sug-
gested;
-Appeal to the University pres-
ident or the faculty of the de-
fendant's academic unit should
not be included in the plan.
So far the judiciary committee
proposal has been endorsed either
in principle or with minor changes
by the public health, social work,
architecture and design, education,
engineering, library science, liter-
ary, music, nursing and pharmacy
colleges faculties.
However, the law, dentistry,
natural resources and graduate'
school faculties have urged that
the plan be rejected.
Employes begin
(Continued from Page 1) were high, and several workers as-
sion. in return for which all other serted they were unanimously pre-
demands would be foregone, pared to strike.
A union spokesman said this According to the chief organizer
morning that the earliest ratifi-a
cation meeting could be held at the hospital last n ght, the
would be Wednesday." picketig is itended to run 24
University spokesmen had indi- hours a day in six four-hour shifts
cated that the University would beginning at midnight last night.
seek an injunction against the un- Women picketers, however, were
ion if they went on strike. A walk- limited to duty between the hours
out by the employes is illegal un- at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
der a state law which forbids pub- All over campus picketers were
lic employes from striking. slow to appear, and at North
Firemen at Wil'ow Run airport
will continue to perform emer-
gency services, defined by the un-
ion as "protection against pro-
perty damage, bodily injury and
security protection." However they
will refuse to work on cleaning
duties, errands or inspections, ac-
cording to two firemen.
"A fireman can't support his
family on one job on the pay the
University gives us and if a man
gets killed he doesn't get shit,"
said one firefighter.
The strike itself began quietly
around campus as workers filed
slowly off their jobs to meetings
called to organize. workers for
picket duty. At the meetings, held
at six campus locations, spirits
walkout at
'U'
Al
Campus one captain said diffi-
culty was being encountered in se-
curing picketers for last night's
shifts. "Everybody wants to work
tomorrow," said the captain.
By 1 a.m. this morning there
were no picketers on the central
campus area, and the lone picket
at the hospital was reported to
have gone home due to the cold.
One picket captain said I a s t
night that emphasis would not'
be placed on picketing until the
hours of 4 and 8 a.m. however. He
added that picketers would also be
sent to the Dearborn campus and
Willow Run Laboratories a r e a s
today.
There were indications that
Hospital Officials were concerned
about security at the Medical Cen-
ter. Numbers of University Hos-
pital Police and Sanford Security
men were stationed in and
around the Ann Street entrance to
University Hospital.
Sanford Security and University
security vehicles were prominent ;their snack bars. stocking up on
around the area. popcorn and corn chips.
"I don't know how many of us A resident advisor in South
there usually are, but theres a Quad's Hunt House explained that
pretty good sized group of us utI each student would receive two
here tonight," said one security; plastic garbage bags one for per-
guard. g ss ishable trash and one for paper.
No garbage would thus be allowed
Security was also tightened for' to accumulate in the incinerator
newsmen. All reporters and pho- rooms, she explained.
tographers were instructed to At Sunday iight's union meet-
register at the hospital informa- ing, McCracken told the member.
tion desk. ship that the vote to extend the
Louis Graff, chief of University contract Thursday night was split
Hospital public relations, said three to three among members of
early this morning that it was im- the bargaining committee, with
possible to ascertain the extent of McCracken providing the deciding
absenteeism. He said that all De- vote not to strike then.
partment Chairmen at the Medi- The walkout was originally
cal Center had been notified of scheduled for last Thursday night.
the walk-out and had been in- However, progress was reported
structed to take a head count later being made at negotiations and
in the morning, the two parties agreed to extend
"It's very quiet," he said sr- the contract through last night.
veying the empty corridor leading
into the hospital.
In dormitories, reaction to the GYad
strike was mixed. s t
The predominant student reac- Ge"-tuet
tion was one of mild discontent. loic pc p
"Will school shut down? Will I pti ce
have to go home? How long will bu Y
it last? What will I eat?" were Che'
the questions that concerned most
students.
Except for the shutdown of ele-
vators in South Quad, the heat
remained on, the trash cans em-
pty, the halls clear and all other
conveniences apparently as yet
unaffected.
As the midnight strike deadilne
neared, dorm residents flocked to
to
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Classes on, dorms open
as workers go on strike
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AFSCME workers do the cooking.
The board's Housing U n i t
Committee last week set a pol-
icy that student employees would
not be expected to work and that
no penalties would be exacted if
they refused to cross picket lines.
Several of the dormitories were
preparing for the strike last night.
Some of the supervisory personel,
non-union workers who will at-
tempt to maintain minimal serv-
ices in the dorms during the
strike, slept in the dorms last
night. One such worker said she
would in this way avoid crossing
picket lines this morning.
Other dormitories shut down
their elevators at midnight this
morning. One dorm official s a i d
last night this was done because,
in case of an emergency, no main-
tenance men would be available to
repair the elevators. He added the
closing of the elevators was also'
a security precaution against po-
tential vandals.
Some dorm officials circulated
memos last night with tentative
preparations for the maintenance
of the halls. One building direct-
or informed his staff that gar-
bage would be separated into per-
ishable and nonperishable groups,
and that students would be asked
to keep at least the nonperish-
able bags in their rooms until the
end of the worker's walkout.
Alfred Ueker, manager of the
University's power plant, said yes-j
terday he expects the plant to
continue operations as usual. In
the event of a strike, he said, "WeI
will maintain heat and electrical
services."
The plant is manned by mem-
bers of the International Union of
Operating Engineers (IUOE), whoI
could conceivably refuse to crossj
picket lines or could stage a sym-
pathy strike.
Bernard Mayotte, union ste-
ward for the local IUOE chapter,
has said, "If AFSCME had a pick-
et line around the heating plant, I
wouldn't cross it and don't ex-
pect many other workers to."
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