2 -THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT.. FEBRUARY 24, 1979
inlsfcrs Announce Economic DoycoM During Easfor Season
The Durham Interde- Alliance
nnmimtionil Ministerial Carolina
and the North
Chapter of the
Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference announced
this week an economic with,
drawal from North Carolina
merchants during the com
ing Easter season. The
failure of Governor James
Hunt to pardon the Wil
mington 10 and other cases
of criminal justice abuses.
Businessman Floyd McKis
sick, Sr., and Rev. Lorenzo
Lynch are scheduled to
apeak at a worship service
next Wednesday night at
7 pjn at the Oak Grove
Freewill Baptist Church.
An economic withdrawal
from local businesses has
' been discussed ?; by '- the
ministers and SCLC officials
Golden Frinki and Rev; W.
E. Banks, but the ministers
haven't previously endorsed
an economic . . withdrawal
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THE ANNUAL RECOGNITION BANQUET Of tht
North Carolina Human Relations Council presented four
awards to outstanding citizens and firm last week in
Raleigh. Presenting the awards was Governor James B.
Hunt. Awarded for outstanding citizenship was Howard J.
Hunter of Murfreesboro (1); the community leadership
award was presented to Rev. L 0. Saunders of Morgan
ton (2); the business and industry award was presented to
J.C. Penney Company, Inc., of Durham, accepted by upper
level management personnel (3); the most outstanding
Commission award was presented to the New Hanover
Human Relations Commission, and accepted by its director
(4). Also pictured (5) is Henry McCoy, Director of the
North Carolina Human Relations Council.
(Photos by Kelvin A. Bell)
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NUMBER ONE - In Division Four of the Southern Intercollegiate Bowling
Conference is the North Carolina Central University's Women Bowling Team with ,
a record of 9-1 .The team has victories over North Carolina State University; University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A&T State University, University of Virginia and a
split with V P.I. ,,. i f i .,,
Members of the team are:
Cynthia Baldwin SheyLMassery, Scottie Eaiford, Cyleste Bass, Miriam Wade, Rhoda
Keck, Irish Brooks, Wanda Comer, Betty McNeil. ' ' ' '
recoenizine and bargaining
in good taith, with tne Amai
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is that J.P. Stevens workers
represented by ACTWU
have not gone on strike to
stop production as
s workers have done.
USWs rank and file voice
little support either for the
right-to-work law. James
Foster, a 24-year old black
worker commenting on the
strike, said, "most of the
people who are ; going in
are going in .because of
police presence," stating
further, "it would be good
if we didn't have the right-to-work
law in Virginia.''
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neth Jones didn't know
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this; It messes up our
rights" ,
Union officials tried to
avoid a confrontation with :
Governor Daiton . over en
forcement of the right-to-work
law, but the state's
chief executive announced
shortly before he was sche
duled to meet with union
representatives, that he
would support non-union
workers crossing picket lines
by manning plant gates with
' state police.
UNSAFE WORKING
CONDITIONS
, Interviews with workers,
disclose allegations .of
unsafe conditions through
out the plant. Three work
ers were killed in the yard
irt 1978 and scoreis were
injured. Two of the work
ers died when a scaffold
collapsed because it was
suspended by worn ropes
-in defiance of regulations
set by the Occupational
Health . and Safety Admin
istration (OSHA). OSHA
fined the conglomerate
SI 400 for the violation as
a penalty for the deaths.
Twenty-five : year old
Andrew Lewis, a shop
fitter,", was hospitalized for
two months due to an
accident . he claims was
caused by faulty equip-
ment. Another worker in
his shop had a finger severed
last year when a plate drop
ped on his hand. '
"Heck naw, ain't nothing
safe in there,, that's ,one
thing that we are fighting
for," -Lewis commented,
"They don't care about
safety in this shipyard, all ,
they caTe about is money."
LOW WAGES
The average wage in the
yard is now about $550
air hour, two dollars below
the average at unionized
yards in the North. U$YV
, workers irt basic . steel
average about $9 an , hour.
Tenneco recently ; gave
workers a 6.5 increase,
which workers complained,,
was not enough. Tenneco
claimed the increase was in
line with President Carter's
voluntary ' 7 wage and
price guidelines. '
' ' V RACISM?
Local 8888 'President
Wayne Crosby sayi inqut
Ties about racism in the
plant "really Irks me",
' adding "a lot . of people
. . talk about that, but racism
Mtat should be frozen at
10F. or leu, and as quickly
as possible.
T INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS on the NCCU campus
will be examined in March 6 seminar, sponsored by the
Danforth Associates at North Carolina Central University,
The seminar, chaired by Dr. Octavia B. Knight, is scheduled
at 7 pjn.', Tuesday, March 6, in room 102 ofthe Taylor
Education Building. -' l
Dr. Norman C. Johnson, chairman of the department, ot
education, will welcome seminar participants and Dr. C.
James Dyer, associate professor of education, will deliver
the keynote address, "Enhancing Human Interactions.
, Three dialogue groups are scheduled. Dr. Joanne Rowe,
' associate professor of physical education, will lead a group
in discussion of "Problems and Issues That Hinder Inter
, action." Mrs. Wanda S. Harrelson, NCCU graduatestudent,
will chair the discussion of "Some Barriers to Effective
Communication." Michael Howell, president , of the NCCU
v Student Government Association,! will lead a group in
"Examining Attitudes Toward Interpersonal. Relationships.
. According to Dr, Knight, "The purpose of the Seminar is
to focus on the patterns of interpersonal relationships
' which exist . within- the University among racial ethnic
minorities - both faculty and students as they affect
teaching and learning." . '
Members of the seminar staff, in addition to Dr. Knight,
are Mrs. Cecelia S. Jones, co-chairman; Mrs. Virginia D.
Borders; and Ms. Ahgelia Davis. : . ,
AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING of the Durham
Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children will be
held in the Taylor Education Building auditorium at North
Carolina Central University at 7 pjn Thursday, March 8.
Applications for membership will be available at the meet
ing. For further information), please contact Mrs. Cecelia S.
Jones at 683-6416.
DR. S. W. FLEMING, acting chairman of the depart
ment of marketing and management in the North Carolina
Central University School of Business; Dr. T. R. Richmond,
dean of the School of Business; and S. R- Jain, assistant
professor of management and marketing, presented papers
at the Invitational Deans' Seminar of the American Assem
bly of Collegiate Schools of Business in Atlanta. J
TWO NCCU LAW STUDENTS were quarterfinalists
among 25 teams in the regional round of the National Trial
Competition, held at the University of Mississippi. Ronald
L Newton and James D. Williams acted as co-counsel in the
mock trial of a federal conspiracy case.
THREE NCCU LAW STUDENTS are scheduled to com
pete in the client counseling competition sponsored by the
American Bar Association at Washington and Lee Univer
sity School of Law in Lexington, Va., March 10, Last year's
NCCU team placed second in this regional competition. :
THE HIGH SCHOOL LEGAL EDUCATION PROJECT
conducted by; students of the North Carolina Central
University School of Law has been expanded over the past
two years to include Durham High School and Jordan
High School. The program was originally offered at
Hillside High School NCCU law students provide legal
education to high school students through role playing,
discussions, and rnock- trials with high school students
playing the principal roles.,
RONALD W. BE LTON, assistant professor of law at
NCCU, will attend a Clinical Teachers Training Conference
at the Harvard University School of Law April 20 and 21 -The
conference is sponsored by the National Institute foi
Trial Advocacy. '
A DISSERTATION by Winifred L. Stoelting of tht
North Carolina Central University English department is
.a. a a . f . 1 1 t . J XM J
irlanvAmwjYdLhtJBiuseum, at ujj ruin Avenue
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emnfwill be frelenting cttt&petl! 5ow of
works by Hale Woodruff. Dr. Stoelting's dissertation, com
pleted last August at Emory University, is entitled "Hale
Woodruff, Artist and Education: The Atlanta Years."
DR. WOODROW W. NICHOLS, associate professor
and chairman of the department of geography at North
Carolina Central University, is the author of an article in
' The Journal of Environmental Systems. The article is
entitled "Propensity for Interaction in a Spatial and Racial
Context" ' 'i
has never come into the
picture at all." Asked
about job discrimination in
promotions, Crosby says the
PSA, through racist by-laws,
had "a. lot to do with
mat (racist promotions)."
Estimates of the racial
make-up of the shipyard
range from forty to fifty
per cent black. Twenty
seven year old black ship
right, Nathaniel Barnes,
replied to a question,
"What does it mean to be
black and work in the
shipyard?" "It's hell, man.
It can be rough," Barnes
added that whites get pro
motions and raises easier
than do blacks. James Fos
ter . also said while raises
are generally harder , for
workers to get, they are
much harder for blacks.
GRIEVANCE
PROCEDL RES
Job disputes are settled
by the firm hand of super
visors, union members say.
"Hey man, this plant is run
out ofthe 18508 and that's
a fact," said Crosby. 'The
worker, just doesn't , have
any say so," declared
another picketing' worker,
"The iupejvisors are always
right.". Unjustified layoffs,
and disapproval of leave
time appealed to unsympa
thetic management officials
are major compalints.
DESIGN WORKERS
March, 1977, negotiations
broke down. The company's
final offer was less than
workers received before
affiliation with the steel
workers union. 1
Vacation and sick leave,
previously lumped together
and carried to the next year
up to 256 hours, was reduc
ed to 200 hours annually
with none carried from one
year to the next. Tenneco
also stalled in taking out
400 workers from, the
12,000 member bargaining
unit, but that wasn't allow
ed by the NLRB which
ruled last August that the
giant oil conglomerate was
engaging in unfair labor
practices. Retirement was
decreased from the less than
SI 00 a month stipend. In
the matter of seniority,
Tenneco insisted on laying
off any worker that it
.wanted regardless of years
onv the Job, The total
package of benefits, includ
ing wages, showed an in
crease of 1.5.
Seventy-five per cent of
the striking designers are
. still on strike, but are
scattered throughout the
tUnited States. Many . come
home for the weekend
after working on temporary
contracts at other locations.
Negotiations that had been
broken off since August,
1978, recently resumed, but
so far, neither management
nor workers will jay how
LOCAL 8417
f)n etrllrat fnr 97 mnntVit
is the1 Designer Local 8417. the talks are moving,
These' "are1 the company ' STRIKE BENEF
technical workers which in
cludes a '"Jargc number of
engineers! They were , affili
ated'Wjthth'e Steelworkers
In January , 1 977, a year be
fore the shipyard workers.
Three years, prior, their contract-offered
by , the PSA
and ' Tenneco was turned
down, Earnest ' Surles, an
articulate ' . picket captain,
nlil ivnrWrt tvnn in
the need of an international,; mortgagors and landlords
uiuuu, iauiet uiwi uic roA, ana oincr mcrcnanu y
STRIKE BENEFITS
AND SUPPORT
Strike benefits for
workers are between $30
$40 depending upon wheth
er the striker is married and
has children. Wayne Crosby
says that amount may be
increased, depending upon
how much is in the strike
fund after , the first few
weeks. Workers have applied
for food stamps and many
a ' 'a
That realization came years
after Tenneco became the
parent corporation for the1
shipyard.' V-'.- . , -
The company didn't con
test the election, but by :
they'll wait for their money,
. Churches, others unions,
and tome businesses have
donated money, food and
clothing, says Local Presi
dent Crosby. '