The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 17, 1985- Page 3
80,000
Chrysler
workers
on strike
DETROIT - With more than 80,000
workers on the picket lines, weary
negotiators for Chrysler Corp. and the
United Auto Workers returned to the
bargaining table yesterday in both the
United States and Canada.
UAW President Owen Bieber said
many tough issues remained to be
resolved in talks covering 70,000 U.S.
workers at Chrysler plants in 46
facilities in 15 states.
"THERE ARE some tough friction
'points," Bieber said. "More than fric-
tion points, there are some boulders."
Bieber, leader of 70,000 U.S.
strikers, returned to Chrysler
headquarters 10 hours after announ-
.cing the first U.S. Chrysler strike in 12
years.
r "We're going to keep on working. I
want to try to get this thing settled as
'quickly as we can," Bieber said. Universi
"There's still some very tough issues code of n
in there."
Bieber said Chrysler had failed to
'meet the union's demand that it ac-
:cept the pattern of wage, benefit and
job security provided for in UAW con-
'tracts reached a year ago at General
Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. U
THE STRIKES, called at 12:01 a.m.
following a collapse in the separate
bargaining in the United States and When as
Canada, stopped operations at most of was need
Chrysler's 50 plants and warehouses duty of t
in the two countries. ficials" fo
The separate negotiations ended in the Un
just before the midnight Tuesday ex- gave the
piration of contracts in both countries Universit'
and after thousands of workers at two other
"three U.S. Chrysler plants already 1982.
had walked off the job. Oppone
The autoworkers, many of whom have said
once granted substantial wage and rely on th
'benefit concessions during Chrysler's its memb
struggle to avoid bankruptcy, code.
picketed yesterday against their BAKER
recovered employer. was adop
THE TOP ISSUES for U.S. workers of the V
were job security and parts subcon- protests,
{tracting, while strikers in Canada necessar
sought higher wages. decisions.
1' H PE
School Board plan
upsets 'U' parents
By STEPHEN GREGORY
Much to some parent's disappointment, children of
some University students may attend a different elemen-
tary school beginning with the 1986-87 school year.
As of 9:30 p.m. last night, the Ann Arbor Board of
Education remained undecided on a proposal that would
require the children of University students living at the
Northwood housing complex on North Campus to attend
Northside Elementary School.
THE CHILDREN now attend Logan Elementary, a
school that specializes in dealing with children who speak
little or no English.
"The Board considers Northside one of the worst
schools in the district," said Chuck Davis, a graduate
student of Biostatistics who has two children currently at-
tending Logan.
Davis fears his children who only now have adjusted
from their family's move to the University may have
trouble readjusting to a new school.
REUVEN KATZ, another resident of Northwood V, ex-
presses his frustration at his inability to act on this issue:
"Some of us come from a different country and don't pay
taxes, so we cannot vote. We're easy to move around."
"No other school is equipped to deal with children who
speak no English," says Leah Waks, a graduate student in
communications. She said that her son spoke no English
two years ago but is learning in an atmosphere where no
one will make fun of him.
This proposal, however, is only one part of the Boards
proposed long range plan that may reorganize the entire
school district by enlarging or closing some of the existing
schools. Children going to Logan would move to Northside
to accommodate children coming in from a closing school.
EUNICE ROYSTER, President of the Board, cites a
$1.6 million deficit as the cause of the reorganization. She
adds, "We're trying to accommodate the students by ad-
ding a grandfather clause allowing the children of parents
graduating in '87 to remain at Logan."
"There is a need to extend the excellence of the Ann Ar-
bor school system to more students, says Superintendent
Richard Benjamin.
But Katz feels that by solving this need the Board of
Education is just creating problems.
Daily Photo by JAE KIM
ity regent Deane Baker answers questions yesterday about the
nonacademic conduct and "Star Wars" research on campus.
Baker defends
a demi ireedom
Apartheid teach-in begins tonight
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sked why a code of conduct
ed, Baker said it was the
he regents "as public of-
r the protection of members
iversity community. Baker
example of Leo Kelly, a
y student who shot and killed
students in Bursley Hall in
nts of the code, however
that the University should
e civil authorities to protect
hers instead of forming the
ALSO said that the bylaw
ted in 1972 in the aftermath
'ietnam War and campus
and that as times change it is
to review previous regental
INGS
He said the same applied for the
University's research guidelines, also
adopted in 1972. In August the regents
ordered University administrators to
review these guidelines. Baker also
pointed out that the regents recently
voted to revise its bylaws, changing
every reference to man to person.
Baker also defended a reolution
passed by the regents last month,
supporting researchers in the Univer-
sity who choose to do research related
to President Reagan's controversial
Strategic Defense Initiative.
BAKER, WHO has opposed the
University's involvement in politics,
said the resolution was not a political
stand because university researchers
should be able to pick any topic for
study, whether or not the public appr-
approves of such research.
He said the resolution was needed
because of pressure applied on
researchers not to take part in the
controversial research.
On a less controversial issue, Baker
said that it is realistic for the Univer-
sity to compete with better funded
schools as Harvard and Berkeley,
though students would probably have
to face the brunt of the economic bur-
den.
Looking to the future, Baker said it
was "unrealistic" to expect the state
to provide the funding the university
needs.
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Support the Struggle for Freedom in
South Africa."
Representatives of local
organizations opposed to apartheid
will also be on hand and have
literature available to help par-
ticipants learn how they can become
active in the movement against apar-
theid.
Education about the history and
origins of apartheid and its resistance
is another focus of the program.
Correction
Carole Burkhardt, the University of
Michigan Fitness Research Center's
director of testing, said the stress test
administered by the center, a per-
son's heart rate and other vital signs
are measured while running on a
treadmill or peddling on an exercise
bike. In addition, the life analysis
questionnaire is filled out in conjun-
ction with corporate health care
promotions and is not used in fitness
testing. An article in yesterday's
Daily incorrectly reported this infor-
mation.
At Tuesday night's meeting, the
Michigan Student Assembly voted to
endorse a state House bill calling for
the State of Michigan Public Em-
ployees Retirement System to divest
of stocks it holds in companies doing
business in South Africa. An article in
yesterday's Daily incorrectly repor-
ted this information.
"From all the stories in the news,
people have gotten glimpses, but they
don't have a sense of background and
dynamics of the resistance
movement," said Ransby.
Tonight's program includes a film
about the history of the struggle
against apartheid in South Africa
called "Generations of Resistance."
This 1980 film goes beyond just
providing information about the apar-
theid system to show "blacks as
makers of their own history," said
Delgado.
It contains footage of people direc-
tly involved in the resistance
movement, including Nelson and
Winnie Mandela and Montatlepula
Chabaku, a South African exile who
was a leader of the women's resistan-
ce to pass laws in the 1950's. Chabaku
will be speaking here Friday night.
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A briefing on the Middle East entitled, "The Islamic Revival: Im-
plications for the Middle East and the United States," will take place all
day today, beginning at 9:15 a.m. at the Gerald Ford Library, 1000 Beal
Avenue, North Campus. This briefing, sponsored by the Center for Near
Eastern and North African Studies is the first of a series.
Films
Anthropology - Niai: The Story of a Kung Woman & Born for Hard
Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson, 7 p.m., MLB 2.
CG - The Stunt Man, 7 & 9 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall.
MED - Dirty Harry, 7:30 p.m.; Magnum Force, 9:30 p.m., Nat. Sci.
Aud.
Hill St. - Straight Time, 7 & 9 p.m., 1429 Hill Street.
MTF - Beverly Hills Cop, 7 & 9:10 p.m., Michigan Theater.
C2 - The American Friend, 6:45 & 9:50 p.m.; Chambre 666, 9 p.m.,
MLB 4.
} Performances
Free China Student Association - 1985 Youth Goodwill Mission from
Taiwan, Republic of China, An Adventure in Chinese Songs & Dance, 7:30
p.m., Power Center.
Major Events - Air Supply, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium.
Music at Midday - Brahms & Schumann, viola, Benson Headley, 12:15
p.m., Pendleton Room, Union.
Performance Network - Loot, 8 p.m., 408 W. Washington.
Speakers
Music Anthropology - Brown Bag Lecture, Annelou Van Gijn, "Wear-
trace Analysis of Flints from some Late Neolithic Coastal Sites in the
Netherlands," noon, 2009 Mus.
Anthropology - Lecture, T. Struhsaker, "New Perspectives on the
Evolution of Mating Systems Among Forest Guenons, Cercopitheous,
Based on Longterm Studies in Kibale Forest, Uganda," 3 p.m., Aud. D,
Angell Hall.
Business Administration - Lecture, Julie Gerschick, "The Use of
Computers in Accounting," 4 p.m., 130 Business Admin. Bldg.
Japanese Studies - Brown Bag Lecture, Frank Shulman,
"Bibliographic Resources in Japanese Studies," noon, Lane Hall Com-
mons Room.
Meetings
University AA - Meeting, noon, 3200 Union.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship - Meeting, 7 p.m., Henderson
Room, Michigan League.
Sailing Club - Meeting, Crewing for Racing, 7:45 p.m., 311 E. Engin.
HAP-NICA - meeting for Ann Arbor Construction Brigade in
Nicaragua, 7:30 p.m., Union.
Miscellaneous
His House Christian Fellowship - Bible Study, 7:30 p.m., 925 E. Ann.
Computing Center - Workshop, Rick Riolo, A Survey of Database
Management Systems in MTS, 7 p.m., 1013 NUBS.
CEW - Research Report Series, noon, 2nd floor, 350 South Thayer.
Chemistry - Seminar, Arthur Olson, "Computer Graphics in the Study
of Molecular Interactions," 4 p.m., 1200 Chemistry.
CRLT - Workshop, William Colburn, Effective Lecturing, 7 p.m., 1320
Kresge Library.
Housing - Special Program, Workshop Sweetgrass Basket Making, 7-'
p.m., Amabtaba Lounge, South Quad.
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