GRINNELL COLLEGE SCARLET & BLACK THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER Vol. LXXVlI 'orinnell, Iowa, December 12, 1969 Plans Set for Mortiiorium ; Dec.Theme:Peuce on Earth The Vietnam Moratorium Committee has announced that one oi its major eiiorts in December will be activity by students in their home towns during Christmas vacation. Acitivities suggested include canvassing neighborhoods, distributing leanem to shoppers, organizing oi high school students, sending delegations to elected oiiicials, and holding vigils or processions on Christmas evc, one ot the three Moratorium days this month. Sam Brown, co-coordinator oi the Vietnam Moratorium Committeesaid, “Itwould indeed be a tragedy to miss the opportunity to carry the an’ war movement from our university communities to our home towns. The work necessary to end the war ill Vietnam cannot be restricted to the areas where we have already been active, We must ‘Take the Moratorium Home for Christmas.’ " The Vietnam Moratorium Committee recently sent a special memo to its more than 3.000 campus organizers urging diem to devote their attention to lMoratorium, Cont. on Pg. 3, Col.l No. if Vote on 3&6 Union By MARK GRAESER . On December 22, 1969, a referendum will he held to determine Whether the Physical Plant employees tBtiGl want the Teamsters Union to represent them [or the purpose oi collective bargaining. it a simple majority of all non supervisory employees iavors representation by Teamsters Union Local No, 90 of Des Momes, the college administration will begin negotiating with union representatives to bargain for a contract covering all phases or working conditions for BRIG WflWWflmflmi '4: ’ . Photograph by David Snyder 3.5% workers. The referendum is being held at the request oi Paul Neal, lmstlless agent in Local 90, and that Union's legal council. Robert Conlcy, oi the Connolly, O'Malley. and Coiiicy law firm in Des Moiiics. At a December 2 meeting ivilh Physical Plant Director Dale H‘dwll. VICC Dresident Donald W. Lainbie. and business manager Ralph Poihcrcnk representing the college administration. Neal and Conley presented ”authorization" slips signed by it; 3&0 employees or approximately 5i per cent oi the 90 lull timeworkers The slips, though not binding, each state the permission of the worker to allow the Teamsters Union to represent him. _ The relerendiim date was announced at a meeting last Monday o| all Physical Plant employees with President Glenn chgctt and Lambtc. At this meeting _l"lqul, Pomcrenk, and the employee siiperv soi, were excluded in order that the workers might air some of their grievances to Le mil 21ml Lainhit‘ without lnzlr oi cp sets and to permit trcc diSCUSSlOn " Leggctt aildrc. ed the assembled worker , saying “in the interest oi complete communication. we called this meeting to give you the opportunity to talk about the question at grievances", Both Leggcttand Lalnble made it clear that tticy would pi-cicr that the worker settle their grievances without a union. “I Joyce Buck, Prof Here; Dead at 34 Mix cc Buck ‘34, assistant prole or ol pliys cdiicatioii ror women at nell, died Fl‘ltltly, November 23, in a Cedar Rapids hospital alter a long Illness. A lus7 Grinncll graduate who corned an MS. degree lrom Indiana University in iooz, Miss Buck joined the Grinllcll iaculty in 196-1.Sllehzld pi-e ously taught at high schools in River Rouge, Mich. Des Plaiiics, Ill. and Wyandotta, Mich, had served as director oi membership services with the American in‘littlle ol Park Executives in Wheeling, w v Miss Buck was born in Chicago, ”1., on Sept 22, 1935, and was griitluatcd lrom Manic Township High School in Des Plaincs. Ill. in V353 A memorial service for Miss Buck was held on Sunday, Nov. .30, at the First United Presbyterian Church. Howard Blirklc conducted the service and Richard H. winters spoke, The family requests that I‘ncmcrlrl gifts be given to the general scholarship tunds ot Grillllcll. don't want a union", said Loggctt. “and 1 hope we can work something out " Lainbie. too. thullglll that the worker's grievances could be settled. “I hope without a union,” sinec the college as a nonproiit institution does not come under the jurisdiction ol the National Labor .Rclatlons Board, Pi-csidcnl Leggett has the legal right to deny unionization. However he insisted he would not deny the move: “I Could say no. bill I don’l intend to do that. it could only make things worse”, he silid. The workers will basically it three alternative courses of iiction in the relerendum. They can vote to unlollize with the Tcamslcl‘s. they can defeat the rclcrcndum but choose to join cllllcl' another union or term their own “bargaining group” or "company union"; or tiicy can dccidc to torego a union iillogctlicr and rcly on administration “good faith" to scttic their grievances The S‘&B has learned ol the worker major grievances, but has agreed not to make them ))\!l)llt until alter the DL‘cmnilcr 22 Bio ion ill order not to jt‘o Lll‘Lt.‘ the bargaining p ion oi the union, However. a low ot the grievances were comlllunlcatcd to Leggctt Monday, and these can publici Al pr .cnt, many workers indicated, there is no seniority iii-riliigcmciit whereby they may ticnctit ilic longer they woi , tor the collcgc. particularly with regard to wages and vacation days. All workers from the vctcriiiis to the newly-employed gt‘t tllt; silme nulnhcr ol vacation d - per year. ten days, “You need to give a man something to work lor. like maybe three weeks vac tioii tiller he's been here ten years”. silld one worker “Well, surely your pay has something to do with how long you’ve been here" Leggclt zlvcrrctl “No, sir, notat all i”, countered several Workers in unison. The pro ’tlcnt turthcr hcard complaints train the maids about the new “loolngc space" system which was implcinentcd in September. The system divided the mald’s work loads into units oi time to be spent on each nzlltlcular dilly, such as twclvc iniiilitcs to sweep a corridor. etc. Now maids llaVO- several different duties in several dillercnl halls, when last year each inaid was responsible [or a particular hall. “Yes, I had heard that a few of tho inaids were unhappy with the new system“. Prcsidciil Leggett responded. “All of them are”. said one maid, and the others nodded in agreement. Leggett asked the assembled workers “what kind of grievance machinery do you have noiW” “Zero”. replied several workers on be B&G, Cont. on Pg.3, Co|.3