Pdge 2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, August 6, 1983 'U' tradesworkers ratify new By DAN GRANTHAM The University's skilled tradesworkers will be seeing a little more money in their paychecks following the'ratification of a new one- year contract Thursday. Members of the Washtenaw County Local Trades Board approved the con- tract by a "significant majority," ac- cording to University chief negotiator George Carter, who would not release the exact vote. UNIVERSITY officials began bargaining June 21 with the board, which represents 320 workers, in- cluding the Univeristy's carpenters, roofers, and other construction workers. Negotiators finally ham- mered out an agreement last Sunday, the day the previous contract was to expire. contract Carter said the new contract will in- crease wages a total of 41 to 51 cents per hour, depending upon the worker's classification. There are about 20 classifications for skilled tradesworkers. UNDER THE new contract, workers gained the right to retain their original seniority when they return after being laid off. The agreement marks the second time this year University employees have been granted a raise in contract negotiations. Local 1583 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, which represents the University's 2100 service and maintenance workers, gained a 4 percent wage increase with the ratification of their new contract July 26. Tappan Hall to get addition (Continued from Page 1) connected to Tappan Hall, the addition will house what some say is the most extensive art history library between the East Coast and Chicago. 'CURRENTLY, the visual collection consists of 235,000 slides and 165,000 photographs stored in Tappan Hall. The University also owns 50,000 books on art history which are scattered in various University libraries. But some of these valuable research and teaching aids are in danger, Isaac- son said. The old building is a firetrap, and also lacks adequate climate control for the long-term preservation of the priceless materials. The slide and photograph collection presents a particular problem, Isaac- son said, because it has become so large that it is putting a hazardous strain on the floor of the 90-year-old building. TO REMEDY this, the floor of the lower level of the new building will be larger and have a better weight- bearing capacity than Tappan Hall. Climate controls in the new building will help to better preserve the collec- tion. But the new facilities aren't just for books and slides. Plans call for 44 new study carrels, two lecture halls, a new chairman's office, and two new rooms for graduate seminars in Western and Asian art. Also included in the new wing will be a microform room, slide and photograph workrooms, a darkroom, and a student copy room, where upper- level students prepare their own slides for presentations. Victoria Julius, an archival assistant and graduate student in art history, said that the cramped quarters are due for an improvement. "We sort of run (the collection) out of a shoe box. It will be wonderful to have more room for the archives, and the rest of the research materials housed in this building," she said. The University has pledged $600,000 toward the project, and LSA has promised $300,000. The department is attempting to raise the other $1.4 million through private donations. The art history department will be temporarily located in East Engineering building until December 1984, when the project is expected to be finished. TODAY Novel idea N THE NEXT month, pedestrians in Seattle may be approached by "literary construction workers" asking for their words, thoughts, and dreams. The goal: the first novel written by an entire city. If the pedestrians comply, they may find their thoughts and phrases published in "Invisible Seattle." "This will put Seattle on the map of world literature where it has been conspicously absent for some time," said Phil Wohlstetter, spokesman for the loose group involved in the project. Construction began Tuesday with the members of the "Novelization Union Local 26," whose slogan is, "We write novels the way they used to build cathedrals." Wearing white overalls and hardhats, they approached passers-by with the line:"Excuse me, we are makinga novel. Could we borrow some of your words?" All answers will be put into a computer and spewed out at random during the city's Bumber- shoot Festival on Labor Day weekend. Scribes will then take turns writing chapters of what will become a detective novel containing comments gar- nered from the interviews. HAPPENINGS SATURDAY Highlight The School of Music will be importing musicians and actors from the 15th century to perform at the 14th Annual Medieval Festival from 10 a.m., to 7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at the music school pond on North Campus. Films Cinema Guild - The Shining, 7:30 & 9:40 p.m., Lorch Hall. AAFC - Raiders Of The Lost Ark, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., MLB 4. Cinema Two - The Man Who Would Be King, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., auditorium A, Angell Hall. Performances Performance Network - "Cabaret," 81p.m., 4081W. Washington. Student Theatre Arts Complex - "The Real Inspector Hound," 7:30 p.m., Union Ballroom. Meetings Ann Arbor Go Club - 2-7 p.m., 1433 Mason Hall. Miscellaneous The Community United Against Anti-Gay Violence - Rally to Re-affirm Lesbian/Gay Pride, 1 p.m., Federal Building. SUNDAY Films CFT - Life Of Brian, 5:30, 7:15, & 9p.m., Michigan Theater. Performances Performance Network - "Cabaret," 6:30 p.m., 4081W. Washington. Student Theatre Arts Complex - "The Real Inspector Hound," 7:30 p.m., Michigan Union Ballroom. Union Arts Program - Claritha Buggs, 81p.m., Michigan Union, Pendleton Room. Michigan Video Writers - Benefit of Rick's American Cafe, Ragnar Kvaran and Aluminum Beach, 8:30 p.m., Rick's American Cafe. Miscellaneous The Ecology Center - Workshop, "Household Toxics: Alternative and Disposal," 1 p.m., Leslie Laboratories, 1831 Traver Road. Department of Parks and Recreation - Fuller Pool Biatholon, 81a.m., 1519 Fuller Road. MONDAY Performances School of Music - Carillon Recital, 7 p.m., Burton Tower. Meetings Tae Kwon Do Club - 6 p.m., Outside, behind IM Building. Christian Science Organization -7:15p.m., Room D, Michigan League. Miscellaneous Humanities - "English Technical Writing for Japanese Managers & Engineers," conference, all day, North Campus Commons Society of Mechanical Engineers - "World Congress on the Human Aspect of Automation," all day. 4 4 4 4 4 The Michigan Daily Vol. XCIII, No. 32-S Saturday, August 6, 1983 (ISSN 0745-967X) The Michigan Daily is edited ann managed by students at the Univer- sity of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings duringthe Universityyear at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Subscription rates: $13 September through April (2 emesters); $14 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published tri-weekly Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $3.50 in Ann Arbor; $5 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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