Thfursday, July 13; 1974 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PaeThrees Makarios blames Greece in instigating Cyprus junta Tradeworkers end walkout, accept contract By JEFF SORENSEN A three-week-old University trade- workers' strike ended yesterday as mem- bers of the Washtenaw Building and Con- struction Trades Council "unanimously' ratified a new contract. "WITh THE ratification, union mem- bers are expected back to work this morning," said University Personnel Di- rector Russel Reister. The new contract, which runs until July 31, 1977, grants an immediate across the board wage hike of 52 cents an hour. Of that, 50 cents an hour is retroactive to April 1. An additional 53 cents per hour in- crease will take effect July 1, 1975 and there will be a final increase of 55 cents on Aug. 1, 1976. Under the new contract, tradesmen in pay grade five-the majority of work- ers involved--will be making $6.79 per hour. There is no cost of living provision in the contract. The striking tradesmen had demanded first-year salary increases of 11 per cent or roughly 69 cents per hour. Such an increase would have been in line with rates being paid in the local construction trades by private contrac- tors and was endorsed by state fact finder Alan Walt. The University, however, contended that the union's demand, which included a second-year hike of 8.75 per cent and a third-year hike of 7 per cent, was "excessive." The 290 University electricians, plumb- ers and carpenters represented by the Council have been striking since June 27 for higher wages, although it is tech- nically illegal under state law for public employes to walk off the job. University spokesmen said that a com- parison to rates paid by private con- tractors was unfair because University tradesmen are provided with year-round employment white outside workers are dependent upon the seasonal availability of jobs. The original contract with the trades- men expired March 31. Negotiations had been on-going since January and involved some 30 bargain- ing sessions and the intervention of a state labor mediator and fact finder, < y The Assniated Pres Archbishop Makarios charged yester- day that the "abominable jontA" in Greece engineered his ouster a-' presi- dent of Cyprus and vowed that Cypriotz will resist until the Athens mil' ry gov- ernment is overthrown. el itAddressing cheerin Greek demons'tr- tors from his third-floor hotel window in London, M akarios said: "I ape the day will soon come when the people of Greece will themselves get rid of the hated dictat rinhip oppressii them." THE ESTIMATED 3,000 d'monstraturs responded: "Resistance! Resitance!" The Makarios goymernmient was toied Monday by a rebellion if the 10.000-ui Cyprus national guard, the Mc herran- ean island nation's armis hi: is led by Greek officers. Turkish Prime Mliniter Iiiit Ecv1 atso arrived in Itondn yesterdiv for ur- gent consultations with Primet Minister Hmro hWilson and other Irimius memder -- Makarios said tie had no plm om miec Ecevit. ECEVIT ALSO blimed iw G r e e k government for the commiti' Makar- ios, but said he was "after a imeacefmil solution." Reports fron 'turkey said Ecevi had ordered 90,000 troops to. the Mediterrain- ean shore close to Cyprus before leaving for London. Turkey's troop movements and station- ing of warships in the area emphasized that country's concern for the independ- ence of Cyprus and the protection oh its Turkish minority. The island nation has about 490,000 Greeks and 115,000 Turks. AP Photo THE MILITARY officers who over- BRITISH PRIME Minister Harold Wilson (right) and Archbishop Makarios, threw Makarios are believed committed deposed president of Cyprus, pose for photographers outside No. 10 Downing to enosis, or union with Greece, which Street in London yesterday. They met for talks after Makarios escaped from a Turkey firmly opposes. military coup in Cyprus. See ATHENS, Page 8 ostalover a ulcauses 34 employe dis By CHERYL PILATE A massive overhaul in local postal operations, which will move the regional mail processing center from Ann Arbor to Dearborn, has resulted in the termi- nation of 34 part-time positions. According to several city letter car- riers, the new mail sorting system will also result in delivery delays with out- of-town dispatches. AT THE HEART of the postal revamp is a nationwide program to save money Ypsi council fails to show at hash meeting By DAVID WHITING Some 150 dope smokers congregated in Ypsilanti yesterday for a special city council meeting to discuss a judge's recent ruling overturning the city's pot ordinance. But, the meeting failed to take place when not enough council members show- ed up to fill a quorum. LAST THURSDAY, 14th District Court Judge Thomas Shea declared the city's five dollar fine for possession of mari- juana approved by voters in last April's election, invalid, The move prompted two Ypsilanti HRPI councilmen to call last night's special meeting. The "hash bash" held at city hal to coincide with the meeting, was intended to demonstrate support of the dope ordi- nance and test Shea's ruling. NO ARRESTS were made of those smoking marijuana in and around city hall. Only three of the 11 council members showed at the meeting. Six are deeded for a quorum. HRP members Harold Baize and Eric Jackson were in attend- ance as was Democrat Susan Lindsay. Baize said "the rest of council just doesn't give a damn" in reference to the no-quorum meeting. Jackson added "the lie (of working within the system) has been exposed." MEMBERS OF the audience sat in vacant council chairs smoking and pass- ing joints while Baize and Jackson moved to put the Shea issue on the next See YPSI, Page 8 through personnel cutbacks and more centralized letter processing. "Responsible government calls for us- ing as few peopleas possible," said Ann Arbor Postmaster Richard Schneeberger. The 34 postal assistants, all of whom are students, were sent notices of termi- nation yesterday, although they were aware of the impending discharges for more than two weeks. HIRED AS part of a nationwide pro- gram inititated during the Kennedy ad- ministration, the students were required to show financial need before they could qualify for the year-long, part-time po- sitioni. "I really think we got a bad deal," said one postal assistant. "We were guaranteed a year of employment, and now we're all out of jobs." The students, who are paid $4.54 per hour and restricted to 16 hours per week, could not qualify for union pro- tection because of their part-time status. Many of them depend on their job in- come for meeting tuition fees. "MOST OF THE postal assistants are pretty upset," said a clerical super- visor. "Some of them don't know if they'll be able to go to school in the fall now." Presently, the Ann Arbor post office serves as the "Sectional Center Facil- ity," for Ypsilanti and 15 neighboring "satellite" communities. For the past three years, the city has processed all regional mail and sent it directly to Detroit Metro Airport for dispatch. Under the new letter sorting system, which will take effect Aug. 3, all mail being sent out of Ann Arbor will be re- routed through Dearborn for sorting and then transported to Detroit for dispatch- ing. charges ALTHOUGH Schneeberger emphasizes that the mails "will keep moving at the same rate," postal employes remain highly skeptical of the new system. "They claim it won't effect delivery, but I don't really believe that," said one postal clerk. "Service is our biggest commodity and that's exactly what's being destroyed." According to Schneeberger, Ann Ar- bor's function as the regional letter pro- cessing center was intended to be only a temporary measure. THlE VOL.UME of letters being; pro- cessed by time city's pool office does not "justify the use of amitomaed expensive equipment," he continued. The re-routing system has drawn wide- spread criticis from ('ongremsiona hopeful IRmt Egnor tii sources within the postal unions. "At the heart of this innovation is a postal service desire to cut back on personnel to save money, whether or not service suffers in the process," Eg- nor said. According to a source within one of the city's two postal unions, the new sorting system will "considerably delay service." An article published in the Detroit News July 11 reported the Dearborn post office, which will serve as the new re- gional headquarters, has been picketed by disgruntled employes protesting the heavy work loads and poor service to customers. According to Schneeberger, however, all local mails sent to Dearborn will be promptly processed and no delays will result.