NEGOTIATING CONTRACT
Food service workers call off work-stoppage
by Sherie Stark
Summer Trojan Editor
A threatened two-hour work stoppage by Food Services workers was avoided Monday through negotiations with university officials, Carlos Vellanweth. the workers' attorney, said Tuesday.
He said that the work-stoppage was proposed in protest of plainclothed security officers intimidating workers.
"The pretense was that they were watching for student shoplifters, but what they were actually doing was trying to scare workers from supporting the union demands for the new contract under negotiation." he said.
The workers' 35 demands, now backed by local union
11	for hotel, restaurants and bartenders, include cost of living raises, guaranteed seniority clauses, consistent work schedules, and paid Mexican holidays, (90% of the food service workers are of Mexican descent).
The new contract, still under negotiation, will replace the three-year contract that expired July 1.
At Monday’s meeting between university administrators, union representatives and food workers, the university apologized for the interference of the security officers. The workers, in turn, called off the prop-
osed work stoppage, which was to have run two hours Monday, four Tuesday and eight Wednesday.
“The workers belong to the union, but the union has not represented them in the past,” Vellanweth said. He said that 90% of the workers’ grievances have not been taken care of in the past, so the workers lost faith and
"There are men that have been here 15 years that are making $2.50 an hour,” the attorney said. "People don't know from one day to the next when they're working—they can't plan a dentist appointment for fear that their schedule will be changed."
called in outside help (the attorney) this time to present their case—first to the union, and then to the university.
“In the contract that just expired, about 80% of the provisions were in favor ofthe employer. That contract was agreed upon with the “backing” ofthe union. Now, after putting pressure on the union to accept and sup-
port these demands, they’re realistically behind us, and 100% of the workers are behind us. so things are happening.”
Once an agreement has been reached, the results will be presented again to the workers for ratification. Until that time, the contract that expired July 1 will be honored on a day-to-day basis, the attorney said.
"There are men that have been here 15 years that are making $2.50 an hour,” Vellanweth said. "People don't know from one day to the next when they're working—they can’t plan a dentist appointment for fear that their schedule will be changed.”
He said that another of the demands is that future contracts expire in September, rather than June, because of the political advantage the workers would have during a full workload season.
"If they want to strike in June, it’s not going to hurt the university that much, because there aren't that many workers on campus anyway. It would balance the powers on each side a little more if the workers had the strategy of a peak load to work with.” he said.
Further negotiations took place Thursday, but results were unavailable at press time. Food services administrators could not be reached Wednesday for comment.
Prof featured on CBS Tuesday night
by Charles Beckwith
High School Workshop Franklin High School
Virginia Boyack, director of the Pre-Retirement Education Project in Gerontology, was interviewed recently for a documentary that deals with the problems faced during retirement.
The program, which will be shown Tuesday at 8 p.m., on CBS, is hosted by Charles Collingwood. It includes scenes of Boyack working
with groups of senior citizens, and an interview with Collingwood.
Boyack discusses the physical, psychological, and social issues evolving around the subjects of preretirement and retirement living. She also tells of the importance of middle age. “Decisions we make during our middle years about the mental, physical and social aspects of our lives will determine our lifestyle and sense of well being in retirement,” she said.
Senior citizens from Fontana, California and Des Moines, Iowa were also interviewed. They talked about their personal experiences and problems in retirement — problems such as loneliness, living on a fixed income, and trying to find ways to spend their increased leisure time.
Boyack was also interviewed by Ralph Story at the Senior Olympics last Tuesday night.
University of Southern California
Volume LXXII, Number 71_________________________________	Los	Angeles, California	Friday,	July	22,	1977
Summer
Trojan
Gl BULGE—The aftermath of WWII at University Avenue and Childs Way, indicating that the parking problem is nothing new at USC.
Signs of the times at bookstore
by Tina Volz High School Workshop Ojai Valley School
Reading signs and posters around campus is a hobby all of us thrillseekers get caught up in sometime. Those little slips of paper are by no means thrilling, but they always seem to catch the eyes of innocent bystanders passing by. Reading them over the person would probably comment, “just a bunch of junk advertisements.”
But there is more to some of these “junk advertisements” than meets the eye. If our innocent bystanders were to examine some of the boards more closely, they would probably find a yellow poster reading “Sign Service, department of the bookstore” NOT the typical junk advertisement... an advertisement for the answer to our thrillseeker prayers ... creative posters.
Dennis Archamba, Operations Manager of the bookstore, has been running the service for the past three or four months and he claims it has been profitable.
“The only problem the service has run into is an over crowded schedule. A small amount of copies, under 30, usually take two days to complete, but with the large orders from Food Service, it’s
impossible to make anything but a one week allowance for completion,” he said.
Byong Peak, the printer, just started working for the service a few days ago. He has just finished a logo for the bookstore for their project A.I.M. (Attitude, Improvement, Motivation). The design is a flower with five petals, representing the unity of service for “friends, faculty, alumni, students, and staff.”
Archamba said the easiest, quickest way to have signs printed is to bring your typed order to the Operations Manager’s office at the bookstore. For reasons of clarity no order can be taken over the telephone, he said.
A one-week allowance for completion of all work of 30 signs or less should be expected, and those wanting more than 30 signs made will have special arrangements made.
"We will make every effort to complete your signs in a matter of days and will notify you by phone when the signs are completed for you or your staff to pick them up. We will give you the total costs at that time,” he said.
Check, cash, credit card, or DO. should be ready when you pick up the order. Students, as well as faculty and staff, can use the sign service.
DOUBIE EXPOSED—John Reynolds, director of the News Bureau for many years and probably the best authority on USC's history, is currently researching a commemorative pictorial history for the university's centennial. Long a photography buff, he is now busy collecting, borrowing and hunting down photographs for the book, which will be published in 1980.
NEW SERVICE
A man and his photographs