Friday, April 19, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Phone workers want pay raise
Strike ends friendly voice
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—More than 200,000 Bell Telephone system and Western Electric Co. workers across the nation were called out on strike for higher wages Thursday. For most Americans, telephone service was not disrupted.
The strike was called by the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, in only nine states and the District of Columbia where wage reopener clauses in their contracts had expired. But the union asked its members to quit work in sympathy with striking Western Electric Co. workers wherever Western Electric had plants.
A spokesman said this meant some but not all CWA members were out in "about 40" states. But only about half of the CWA's 440,000 total membership was immediately called out.
Chiefly the effects were noticed by telephone subscribers trying to make calls which required an
operator-collect, person-to-person, credit card and information calls. Dial telephone operations were not hampered but Joseph A. Beirne, the CWA president, said they would be affected as equipment started to break down.
"The voice with the smile will be gone for a while," Beirne said at a news conference called just before the walkout began. Then he left union headquarters here and joined a picket line briefly outside a Washington telephone office.
Beirne said negotiations with Western Electric Co. officials in New York City were continuing. Western Electric contracts usually set the pattern for all CWA member employees of American Telephone & Telegraph, the parent company of Bell System and Western Electric, which manufactures and installs telephone equipment.
In Ohio supervisory and management workers pressed into
Official Bulletin
TODAY
Foreign Students. You are encouraged to apply for the one-week Summer Crossroads program in Colorado. 226 Strong Hall.
Trip to the Ozarks. International Club trip to the Ozarks will be the 18th annual Big Sky game in I-Club office, Kansas Union. Free transportation. Deadline: April 25.
Social Work Field Instructors. All Day. Kansas Union.
Symposium of Nuclear Structure. All Day, Kansas Union.
All Day. Kansas' Union.
Social Work Field Instructors.
All Day.
Peace Corps Language Aptitude Test. 11 a.m. (Also 2 & 4 p.m.) A 30-minute non-competitive test for all students enrolled in application with you, 305 Kansas Union.
Peace Corps Bag Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. Peace Corps Volunteer rector of the Peace Corps, will speak on "The Role of the Peace Corps in Sunflower Internships." Sunflower Room, Kansas Union.
Engineering Exposition. 2 p.m.
Learned Hall.
Popular Film. 7 & 9:30 p.m. "King Rat." Dyche Auditorium.
Computer Science Lecture, 4 p.m. Prof. Donald R. Fitzwater, University of Wisconsin, "Modeling of Computer Systems." 301 Summerfield.
SATURDAY
Symposium on Nuclear Structure. All Day. Kansas Union.
service as operators told long distance customers, "due to labor difficulties, we are accepting only emergency calls." But this was not the case in most places.
Explorer Scouts KU Relays Engl-
inship Academy (UREEK) All Day. Allen Field House.
Engineering Exposition. 9 a.m. Learned Hall.
AT&T asked non-striking supervisory and management personnel to work 12-hour shifts to keep the Bell system's 83.7 million telephones functioning.
Hindu Society Meeting. 5 p.m.
Prayer and Discussion, "Metaphysical
Concepts of Hindu Delties and their
Student in the Universe." Methodist Student
Center.
Popular Film. 7 & 9:30 p.m. "King Rat." Dyche Auditorium.
University Women's Club - Faculty Club Spring Dinner Dance. 7:30 p.m.
"And Suddenly It's Spring." Kansas Union Ballroom.
SUA Spring Concert. 8 p.m. The Temptations, Allen Field House.
SUNDAY
Concert Choir. 3:30 p.m. University Theatre.
International Club Banquet of Nations. 5 p.m. Food from around the stadium, and queen contest. Open to the public. Kansas Union Ballroom.
Engineering and Architecture
10:30 p.m. Big B
Room, Kansas Union
Popular Film. 7 & 9:30 p.m. "King Rat." Dyche Auditorium.
Lecture. 8 p.m. Dr. Benjamin Spock.
Hoch Auditorium.
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May Ozark trip set
A weekend at the Ozarks near Branson, Mo., will be sponsored by the KU International Club May 3-5. Bus transportation will be free, and housing will be $3 per night. Registration deadline
is April 25.
Activities planned include water skiing, fishing, boating, horseback riding, swimming and special trips to Silver Dollar City, Mo., and Marvel Cave.
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