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Wednesday, March 20, 1974
University Daily Kansan
KUMC to Use Court if Strike Lasts
By BETH RETONDE Kansan Staff Reporter
KANSAS CITY, Kan.-University of Kansas Medical Center officials will go to Wyndotech County District Court today to ask for a contempt clause against striking Medical Center employees if they haven't returned to work, William O. Rieke, vice chancellor for health affairs at the Medical Center, said last night.
Chelsea Rose, business agent for the workers' union, Local 1132, said he thought the workers probably wouldn't return to work today.
The service workers voted Sunday to go on strike yesterday morning to press their demands for a 25 per cent across-the-board pay increase.
An injunction issued against the striking Public Service Employees Union during a strike in January remained in effect, however, and Judge William S. Burns of the district court ordered pickets to leave the area of the Medical Center.
Rose said Judge Burns told representatives of the union that Medical Center officials had requested a contempt citation yesterday and asked it not to want to issue it if it wasn't necessary.
The pickets were removed before the midafternoon deadline set by Judge Burns. Ruke said the situation at the center had improved since the strike began, when 155 of 289 service employees failed to report to work.
He said 86 per cent of the dietary staff, 35 per cent of the housekeeping staff and 9 per cent of the nursing services staff failed to report, to work for the night shift.
Yesterday morning all of the dietary staff, 75 per cent of the housekeeping staff, 70 per cent of the central service employees, 42 per cent of the laundry workers and 23 per cent of the building and grounds employees remained off the job.
The Kansas Board of Regents approved wage increases ranging from 5 to 15 per cent for the employees in January. The proposal was submitted to the state senate director, and has submitted the Senate Finance Council or the legislature, Rose said.
Ross said that because no action had been taken on the January proposal, union members told the University on Sunday that they wanted the 25 per cent increase and would go on strike if their demands weren't met.
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strike, but that supervisory and voluntary personnel helped prepare meals for the
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said efforts would be made to minimize the effect of the strike. He said the school administration should give students an approval for substantial wage increases.
Rieke said that the dietary part of the hospital was the hardest hit because of the
He said sanitary conditions at the hospital weren't affected greatly because supervisors and volunteers had helped in that area also.
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