Page '2-Saturday, July 29, 1978-The Michigan Daily WORKERS AWAIT COURT RULING Postal Union postpones ratification vote WASHINGTON (AP) - The union promised to hold up the mailings was rejected by a union advisory com- tee should force the union's negotiating American Postal Workers Union (AP- until U.S. District Judge Barrington mittee comprised of local union team to return to the bargaining table WU) agreed yesterday to delay the Parker rules on the suit, brought by leaders. with the U.S. Postal Service. start of a ratification vote on a con- John Richards, president of the Pit- IN A SURPRISE move Thursday, the However, Emmet Andrews, troversial new contract until a federal tsburgh area local. committee voted 29-15 to reject the president and chief negotiator of the judge rules on a local union leader's The judge indicated he would rule by three-year contract but it then voted 30- union, said the constitution only suit to block the balloting. next Friday on the request for an injun- 9 to send it out to the rank-and-file for a requires that the committee vote on the The APWU, the nation's largest ction to stop the vote, ratification vote, accord. postal union, had planned to mail Richards charged in his suit, filed Richards contended that the con- THE JUDGE turned down a request ratification ballots to its 280,000 mem- yesterday, that the APWU was stitution requires the committee's en- by Richards for a temporary bers next Wednesday. violating its constitution by beginning dorsement before the pact can be sent restraining order after Andrews BUT AT A hearing yesterday, the ratification of a proposed accord that to the field. A rejection by the commit- promised to delay mailing ballots. A hearing on Richards' request for an in- junction was scheduled for next Tuesday. After the hearing, Andrews criticized Richards "and his associates for trying to deprive the. . . members of this union of their right to vote on the proposed contract and for flying in the O RE R 'face of the advisory committee vote * authorizing such action." The proposed contract, reached-a week ago between the Postal Service and four unions representing 554,000 workers, has sparked wildcat walkouts by workers in New Jersey and Califor- Student Newspaper at The University of Michigan r------------WRITE YOUR AD HERE! ----------- 1 ii ---------CLIPAND MAIL TODAY!------------I I I I USE THIS HANDY CHART TO QUICKLY ARRIVE AT AD COST S WORDS 1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days 6 days addi. I 0-10 1.15 2.30 3.05 3.80 4.55 5.30 .75 - I 11-15 1.40 2.80 3.70 4.60 5.50 6.40 .90 Pleaseindicate 16-20 1.65 3.30 4.35 5.40 6.45 7.50 1.05 where t/isad - - - - - - is to run: I 21-25 1.90 3.80 5.00 6.20 7.40 8.60 1.20 , forrest 26-30 2.15 4.30 5.65 7.00 8.35 9.70 1.35 for sale I 31-35 2.40 4.80 6.30 7.80 9.30 10.80 1.50 hepwsnted * I 36-40 2.65 5.30 6.95 8.60 10.25 11.90 1.65 personsl I 41-45 2.90 5.80 7.60 9.40 11.20 13.00 1.80 etc I 1 46-50 3.15 6.30 8.25 10.20 12.15 14.10 1.95 HyhntdSeven words per line. Each group of characters counts as one word. I .words over 5 characters count as two words-This includes telephone numbers. a I Mail with Check to: 24 4. 6.0 709 The Mi1han Dnlyd 4 2 420 Maynrd AnnArbr,MI 48109 NAME ADDRESS NCITy LPHONE na and calls for its rejetion by scat tered local leaders across the country. 'U'-HE W agreement null and void' (Continued from Page One) sonnel office and Shapiro's office all worked to prepare the specified materials by the second week in July. The Labor Department announced its approval on July 12. ACCORDING TO University General Counsel Roderick Daane, the Labor Department's two major complaints about the discrimination part of the agreement were "the investigation (of possible racial or sexual discrimination) by OCR had been inadequate and not sufficient basis for the supposed deficiencies which the January agreement sought to correct, and if deficiencies had been demon- strated, the agreement would not go far enough to correct them." Daane also said the Labor Depar- tment had interpreted a recent federal court order as forbidding prospective agreements. Labor had told HEW that the January agreement was illegal, as it dictated affirmative action program guidelines to the University and then #approved the program without knowing whether the stipulations would be met. "Labor found much more acceptable about what we had done previously (in terms of affirmative action) than did HEW," Shapiro said, adding that the Labor Department has "said we'd had a good program." "I PERSONALLY feel the Labor Department approval is much more professional and efficient in terms of the program," continued Shapiro. The vice president said the Labor Department had accused HEW of not producing enough facts during the in- vestigation conducted prior to the signing of the January agreement to accuse the University of discrimination, which, Shapiro added, "is exactly what we believed all along."