The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, August 9, 1983 - Page 3 Official predicts more jobs for service workers By DAN GRANTHAM Automation may change the work- place, but fears that it will eliminate thousands of jobs are unjustified, a federal labor department official said yesterday at the Michigan League. While increased skills may become necessary with some technological ad- vances, many jobs will still require little education, said Neal Rosenthal, chief of the labor department's oc- cupational outlook division. "EMPLOYMENT in most oc- cupations is going to grow despite automation," he said. "There is still going to be a need for truck drivers and janitors." Rosenthal spoke last night to 100 par- ticipants in the "World Congress on the Human Aspects of Automation," kicking off a four-day conference hosted by the University. The event is sponsored by the Society of Manufac- turing Engineers (SME), an inter- national organization with more than 70,000 members from 60 countries. Citing projections from the Oc- cupational Outlook Handhook, which his department produces, Rosenthal said the 1990's will bring 17.5 million more jobs, half of which will be in ser- vice areas. Service jobs include janitorial work, food service workers, and nurses' aides. ALTHOUGH most of the growth will be in service jobs, positions in education and high technology will be growing at a faster rate, Rosenthal said. Of the twenty fastest growing oc- cupations, five are related to com- puters, showing "the great effect that technology has on fast growth," he said. Rosenthal cautioned against fears that unskilled workers may become ob- solete saying that technology and See HIGH, Page 5 D aily '11o oy uy _ m ' " Demonstrators march with their signs at a rally sponsored by the Community United Against Anti-Gay Violence last Saturday in front of the Federal Building on the corner of Fifth and Liberty Streets. G ri ac kers rally against anti-gay violence By JACKIE YOUNG "1983 will be seen as the year of the queer," said a speaker at last Saturday's gay rally which drew nearly 80 people to the Federal Building on Liberty Street and Fifth Avenue. The rally was sponsored by the Community United Against Anti-Gay Violence to protest an incident at a Lesbian/Gay Pride Week rally June 25, when a man was arrested by Ann Arbor police for threatening a group of gays with a shotgun. IN SATURDAY'S RALLY, Donovan Mack, leader of a local gay group, came to the microphone with a paper bag over his head, representing the "straight" masks gays are forced to hide behind. "What's a self-respecting queer to do?" Mack said. "You have sex, you get AIDS. You put on an apron and go to work, you get fired. If you come out to the world, some cuckoo points a gun at you." Referring to the local incidents of mistreatment and misunderstanding of gays, Mack said, "it is plain to see that Ann Arbor is not yet used to (gays) asking for equal rights." HE ALSO SAID GAYS are not taken seriously enough when they ask for equal treatment. "It is great to get media coverage, but we are looked at like we are troubled kids," he said. At the rally, participants chanted in unison slogans ranging from the serious "Come together, celebrate, no more violence, no more hate," to the enthusiastic, "1-3- 5-9 lesbian- re mighty fine." Many of .ne demonstrators wore cut-off jeans and t- shirts, but there were also businessmen in suits and ties. See GAY, Page 4 Fleetwood Diner hosts benefit to raise money By KAREN TENSA Friends of the Fleetwood Diner, Ann Arbor's greasiest greasy spoon, are holding a benefit Saturday to help bail out the financially-strapped restaurant. The legendary Fleetwood, located on the corner of South Ashley and Liberty, closed and filed for bankruptcy last May because of unpaid taxes. It reop- ened in early June under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy laws, which give the diner six months to reorganize and propose a method for repaying its debts. SATURDAY'S gala affair will kick off at the diner itself, with a dinner of burgers and champagne "just for the anomaly of it," said Leslie DePietro, a faithful Fleetwood patron and one of the event's organizers. After dinner, benefit participants will travel down Main Street to Boards and Billiards, where they will see the film Diner. The evening will cost $25 for Friends of the Fleetwood, and $50 for Fleetwood Patrons. DEPIETRO, WHO calls herself a "friend of the Fleetwood," says she "didn't want to see them go under." "At the Fleetwood, you can rub shoulders with professors on one hand, and with Hell's Angel's on the other," she said. Kaye Dumsick, the Fleetwood's owner, also hopes to schedule a fall benefit at Joe's Star Lounge on North Main, DePietro said. Reservations are necessary to attend the benefit. ,., ,Y ,r,,TO , -- .. .C.. The financially troubled Fleetwood Diner located on the corner of W. Liberty and Ashley will be the scene of a fund raiser Saturday to save the restaurant.