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Disney actors denied union
Cobb offer sparks uproar
WASHINGTON (P) - Mickey
Mouse says kids kick his shins.
The Big Bad Wolf says his ears
get pulled, and it hurts.
But the National Labor Rela-
tions Board (NLRB) ruled yes-
terday that just because Mickey
and his friends at Disney World
occasionally run into some nasty
kids, is not reason enough for
the Disney characters to have
their own union.
MICKEY, the Wolf, Snow
White, Br'er Fox and some 60
others at the Florida amuse-
ment park petitioned to form a
unit of the International Alli-
ance of Theatrical Stage Em-
ployes and Motion Pictures op-
erators, AFL-CIO.
Their employers suggested
they be included in an oper-
ators-service unit which repre
sents nearly everyone else em-
ployed at the park, including
the people who sell hot dogs,
guide tourists and change hotel
beds.
Taking their case to the
NLRB, the comic characters
argued that they have special
problems which only their own
union could understand and
fight to solve.
THE CHARACTERS said their
job puts them at the mercy of
visiting children, who often kick
and tug on their costumes, and
requires them to shake hands
and pose for pictures with the
tourists.
They cited "a higher incidence
of minor first-aid problerm''
than experienced by the park's
other employes. The Big Bad
Wolf, for example, complained
that kids pull on his ears, wiich
are attached to a heavy mask.
and that this hurts his real
ears.
argued, also sets them apart
because they have a special
schedule - half-an-hour on and
half-an-hour off for eight-hour
shifts.
But the NLRB wasn't con-
vinced. In dismissing their pe-
tition on final appeal the board
ruled that "the 'characters' are
not actors; they do not con-
stitute a craft.
"They are," the board said,
"essentially unskilled or at best
semiskilled individuals whose
working conditions, benefits,
etc., are similar to those of
other employes working in the
Disney World complex."
Working in the hot sun
the heavy costumes,
with
they
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ASSOCIATES, YOUNG OR OLD, SHORT OR TALL, MAN OR WOM-
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THAT SUCH PERSON DESERVES SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF THEIR
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almost hypocritical, it's illogical
to say, ' I think you have
enough qualifications to be dean
of LSA in this big University,
but all I can offer you is a two-
year contract without tenure.'
. .. I'm a statistician, and when
two and two doesn't make four,
I just don't understand it."
Several faculty members and
University officials called The
Daily to express outrage at the
initial Cobb offer. Former Wo-
men's Commission m e m b e r
Pringle Smith, currently a Bus-
iness Administration s c h o o l
alumni magazine editor, de-
clared: "It is grossly insulting.
They would nevertdare offer
such a contract to a white'
male."
Astronomy Prof. Charles
Crowley said he "found it ap-
palling that a non-tenuretoffer
would be made."
CALLING the no tenure offer
"a little odd" one former LSA
dean said, "When I had been
invited places there was never
any question about tenure. No-
body gives up tenure."
Educators close to Cobb ex-
pressed skepticism about the
University's commitment to af-
firmative action. One source
viewed Cobb's unexpected con-
tract as indicative of a "ritual
that universities are going
through in considering minori-
ties for high posts without ser-
ions intent."
Another source blasted the
University's two year offer as
an insult that clearly said
"We'll try you for a year and
if you don't work out, we'll get
someone else."
ONE UNIVERSITY official
doubted that any dean could
affect the college with only a
two year term.
Echoing earlier reports on
Cobb's top qualifications, Eliza-
beth Toupin, Associate Dean of
students at Tufts University,
yesterday n a m e d Cobb the
"highest ranking female minor-
ity administrator in the North-
east and possibly in the United
States."
In the midst of the strong pro-
Frye sentiment that has steadily
mounted since the Regents' vote
11 days ago, many faculty mem-
Jamaica is 4,400 square
miles, roughly the size of Con-
necticut. With a population of
two million it is epproximately
146 miles long and 51 miles at
its broadest.
bers predicted that Cobb would sions of the problems they are
bow out. However, a source faced with," one high Univer-
close to Cobb told the Daily sity source said the Adminis-
Monday night that the Connec- tration's strict silence has im-
ticut biologist was still very in- posed an unreal situation in
terested in the position. which nobody knows what's
Several sources were alarmed happening."
at reports that the Executive Cobb could not be reached for
Officers might refer a new set comment yesterday.
of deanship candidate names to President Fleming, who re-
the Regents for consideration, portedly was ready to offer
thereby overruling the search terms to Cobb Monday night,
committee's recommendations. was suffering from influenza
While asserting "the highest yesterday. Vice President
confidence in Fleming and Rhodes' secretary said, "There
Rhodes as practical realists is no new statement" on the
who understand all the dimen- Cobb controversy.
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"I've supported GEO in other
ways by donating money and
signing petitions," commented
one LSA spohomore, "but if
they decide to strike I'd still
go to classes. Their demands
are reasonable, but I just want
to get out of here. I'm sorry."
One senior in LSA looking for-
ward to graduation said she'd
given the situation a lot of
thought and concluded that she
"definitely can't s u p p o r t a
strike.
"I'd like to," she explained,
"but if my professors don't give
me any leeway I have no choice.
"BESIDES," SHE added, "I've
had some pretty rotten experi-
ences with TF's. That only in-
creases my unwillingness to
support a strike."
Echoing this dissatisfaction
with University teaching fel-
lows, one sophomore in engi-
neering said he would have no
reservations about crossing a
GEO picket line.
"I've found very few quality
TF's whom I'm willing to sup-
port," he asserted. "Add that
to the enormous out of state
tuition I'm paying and there's
no way I'll stay out of class
For the money I'm paying I m
going to get an education."
ONE SENIOR in natural re-,
sources said for her the decisionI
not to support the strike was
simple. "I just want to get these
classes over and then get the
hell out of here," she com-
mented.
Surmising that she w o u I d
probably not lend her support in
the event of a strike, one fresh-
woman in LSA said she would
consider support only under one
circumstance.
"If the University wishes to
refund my tuition for those days
I am outeof school in support
of the strike, and furthermore
promise not to hold me respon-
sible for material I miss during
those same days I will gladly
sit home and catch up on my
work.
"But I won't pay the Univer-
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continued. "I have better things
to do with my money than that.
I also refuse to jeopardize my
academic standing by not go-
ing to lectures if they're offer-
ed. I have no choice. I'd like
to support them but it's neither
academically nor economically
feasible."
ANOTHER LSA freshwoman
stressing the importance eco-
nomic concerns had in her al-
ready formed decision not to
support a GEO strike, believes
support would be "impractical
for me as a student. If I sup-
port their demand for wage in-
crease it's going to cost me.
If they get more, I pay more,"
she concluded.
Despite the preponderence o
undergraduates unwilling to sup
port any GEO strike action
some students have alread
pledged affirmative s u p p o r
should a strike prove imminent
In _anticipation of a strike
several students have formu
lated a GEO Undergraduate
Support Committee. LSA senio
Jim Wrigley, one of the com
mittee's organizers, explained
that although the group pres
ently consists of "only ten .o
12 students," he expects sub.
stantial student turnout at their
mass meeting tomorrow.
"WE STRONGLY believe that
students should become involved
in supporting the strike because
many of the demands GEO i
fighting for effect them,"' said
Wrigley. He cited the issue of
maximum class size, and the
request for more teaching fel-
low and student input into cur.
riculum planning as two of the
major concerns.
Wrigley ventured that under.
graduates on the committee
would even go as far as to join
GEO members in the pickel
line "if need be."
Another undergraduate vow
ing support for GEO if a strike
should prove necessary, was e
LSA -junior who expressed dis
may over "the ugly precedents
being set."
"The result of the curreni
situation could effect the entire
future of GEO," he said. ]
thoroughly support their de
mands and I would never cros:
their picket lines. I sincerel3
sympathize with them. The
University has had more that
Ienough time to make good themi
demands."
A resident director at one o
the University dormitories, saic
he was also doing "everythini
in my power to get my resi
dents to support the strike, an(
I think they will.
"It's very easy to get people
not to go to classes," he mused
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SECOND LECTURE: Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 4 p.m.
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