Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID lw w Ann Arbor, MI PERMIT NO.13 Ninety- nine years of editorial freedom SUMS Vol. XCIX, NO.10-S Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, July 28,1989Dn Nurses sa no to -U 1 Striking nurses reject University contract offer BY MICHELLE RABIDOUX 1 Striking members of the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council voted this week to reject the hospital's contract offer, by a margin of more than 3 to 1, extending the strike into its ninth day. - "It didn't even come close," said Deborah Stoll, spokesperson for UMPNC. "We had the largest turnout, in terms of numbers and percentages of membership, in the history of our collective bargaining unit." More than 1,000 votes were cast to decide the fate of the proposed University contract, which included possible bonuses for mandatory overtir. and an increase in nursing salaries. The strongest objection to the proposed contract was the issue of bonuses for mandatory overtime. The demands of the UMPNC include a system of volunteer overtime, greater recruitment and retention of staff, and a better system of staffing and scheduling. "As part of the UMPNC, I really feel strongly that the (University's) proposals don't speak to the mem- bership's needs," said Stoll. "What we're looking for is a mechanism to control our practice as professionals. The University wishes to maintain that control for them- selves." See Nurses, Page 2 For over a week, University nurses have picketed outside the hospitals. The strike entered into its ninth day after nurses rejected the University's contract. Journalist speaks about Monaghan and the CIA BY ANN EVELETH Detroit-based journalist Russ Bellant spoke to about 100 people Wednesday in a talk entitled "Tom Monaghan and Religious Totalitarianism; A CIA Connection," sponsored by the newly formed Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza. Bellant is a free-lance journalist and author whose work has been published in the National Catholic Reporter, The Detroit Jewish News, The New York Times, The Detroit News, The Metro Times, The Texan Observer, Extra!, and New America. He has written extensively on right-wing activities. According to Bellant, a new movement based on religious ideology has taken hold in the United States in the last 20 years. There are two currents in this movement. One is the principle of "shepherding disci- pleship" in which a person must submit their life to a "shepherd." The other is "reconstructionism" which states that "all forms of democracy and pluralism must be abolished in favor of religious dictatorship," said Bellant. "These currents are working not only to take over dominant churches, but also country politics," said Bellant. "Jerry Falwell becomes a weak-kneed liberal in the eyes of these people," said Bellant. Today Word of God has an estimated 1,600 adult University Christian Outreach at the University. Its religious practices include "cult control tech- niques, pyramid-style authority submitting members to an ultimate shepherd, and exorcisms, called deliver- ances, which all members are obligated to undergo," said Bellant. Tom Yoder, a Word of God member from 1968 to 1976, said of the group's philosophy, "It's radical anti- feminism, a woman belongs in the home, or celibate for God. Women are completely responsible for child- rearing, and only after the male-child is 12 may the man get involved. Men are not allowed to change dia- pers, and wormen are not allowed to wear pants." Ralph Martin, the ultimate shepherd, or senior leader of present day Word of God, hosts an evangelical television program entitled "Choices We Face" to which Domind's owner Tom Monaghan donated $100,000 in 1986. Martin has also been arrested at Operation Rescue health care clinic attacks. Today Word of God is part of an international umbrella organization called Sword of the Spirit, which has branches in cities including Newark, Baltimore, Manila, Beirut, Managua, Belfast, Johannesburg, and San Jose, Costa Rica. "The operations (Monaghan) is conducting in Honduras are tied to Sword of the Spirit," said Bellant, Journalist Russ Bellant, an expert on right-wing affairs, speaks to a * crowd of 100 on Tom Monaghan and the CIA.