AFSCME Union complains about lack of student support Continued from Page 3 Fus The Michigan Daily-Thursday, March 10, 1988-Page 5 Conference to focus on workers By ELIZABETH STUPPLER Students can learn about and dis- cuss the issues affecting the United States' work force at the Institute of Public Policy Studies' (IPPS) fourth annual student-organized conference on "Developing Human Capital in Changing U.S. Economy" tomor- row. "IPPS's goal is to try to stimu- late conversation between academics and practitioners," IPPS Director and Professor of Political Science Edie Goldenberg said. "We exist in order to bring practi- tioners together and discuss issues overlapping," said IPPS conference chair Tracy Gomes. Gomes said the IPPS's conference is unique because about 30 public policy graduate students organized it. "It is the only student-run policy conference in the entire Midwest," she said. Speakers from Michigan and sur- rounding states will discuss topics including educational reform, manu- facturing matters, working women in the changing U.S. economy, adult literacy in the U.S., minorities in the U.S. workforce, and re-training dis- placed workers. "(The conference) helps public policy students learn about the policy area it addresses, and organize and pull off a totally professional high quality conference," Goldberg said. In past years, between 200 and 500 students have participated in the event. The conference will be held from 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in the Rackham Building. The picketers expressed support for Nelson McEwen, a Black Build- ing Services employee who said he was the victim of a racially moti- vated assault by supervisor James Boyd last month, and Avis Maria, a union steward who was suspended indefinitely last month after arguing with supervisor Tim Block. Maria said Block tried to prevent her from taking a written grievance from McEwen. Boyd and Block were unavailable for comment yesterday. Workers at the picket also voiced anger about working conditions in Building Services, and said the de- partment is understaffed and supervi- sors intimidate employees who com- plain about the conditions. "PEOPLE SHOULD be aware that if they come here (to work), they're going to get subjected to this kind of harassment," union steward Doug Heidman said. But University Assistant Person- nel Administrator Bruce Pringle said yesterday he believes management respects the employees and the grievance procedure. The grievance procedure "is a contractual right the workers have,, and we take it very seriously... as to supervisors obstructing the grievance procedure, I'm not aware of that at all." said Pringle. ; Fliers, which were circulated, around campus prior to the picket, called on students to gather on the Diag yesterday at noon to march to Plant Building Services and join the Research Continued from Page 1 Justin Schwartz, a member of the Michigan Alliance for Disarmament, said, "The increase in military fund- ing is a very disturbing trend. It basically shows that the University has a very strong commitment to becoming 'Pentagon Midwest."' Schwartz attributed part of the in- crease to the change in the regents' research guidelines, which were changed last year. Before the change, classified research that was deter- mined to have an "end-use" that could be used to "kill or maim human be- ings" was not allowed at the Univer- sity. No such restrictions now exist. There is only one classified re- search project currently being con- ducted at the University - a study by Theodore Birdsall, an electrical engineering and computer science professor. Schwartz supports the notion that the University impose strong restric- tions on the types of research that can be conducted. Tammy Wagner, the Michigan Student Assembly military research adviser and a member of the Coali- tion Against Weapons Research, said the amount of research funded by the DOD is a "bad sign." "We have to try to put an end to weapons research at the University," she said. I IT I~ fi~1t POLICE NOTES AFSCME workers protest alleged incidents of racism involving building ser- vices supervisors by picketing in front of the plant services building. picket, but only one student showed up. SEVERAL union members said they were disappointed with the lack of student participation. AFSCME bargaining chair Judy Levy criticized the United Coalition Against Racism (UCAR), which endorsed the picket, and said the group had not done enough to encourage student partici- pation. UCAR's endorsement of the picket was "paper support, not real support," Levy said. "I would en- courage them to make it real sup- port." But UCAR steering committee member Kim Smith said yesterday, that the lack of student turnout was' not the group's fault. "It's not like we can just say 'go' and people will go," Smith said. "All' we can do is advertise." Break-in arrest Ann Arbor police arrested a sus- pect Tuesday for attempting to break into a residence in the 1100 block of Church Street and steal $500 worth of tapes and compact discs, Sgt. Jan Suomala said yesterday. Suomala said the suspect was attempting the theft through an un- locked door when he was seen by other building residents, who called the police. 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