VOL LXVI No. 105

Thursday February 6 1975

Due to inflation, cutback rumors

KENTUCKY

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an independent student newspaper

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UK maintenance employes may unionize

By LYN HACKER
and
WALTER IIIXSUN
Kernel Staff Writers

Due to inflation and rumors of cleaning
service cutbacks. l2 University workers
are attempting to organize a union.

The movement to unionize became
evident Monday night when leaflets were
posted in an effort to gerenate interest.
said an official source from the proposed
union. The source preferred to remain
annonymous because "I could lose my
job.“

“l'K GIVES ITS workers as little as
possible and in relation to other industries
in town it rates poorly.” the source said

“The unions mam emphasis will be in
higher salary for service and maintenance
crew workers." the source said ” But I
think other employes are interested too ”

The number of night custodians is being
reduced by not filling vacant positions.
according to three night workers The
workers addedthat they are worried about
rumors of a Bliper cent layoff in their work
torce

"THERE HAVE
none are planned.”
president for business affairs

been no layoffs and
said Larry Forgy'. vice
"But there

will be reductions in the force by not filling
jobs when people quit.“

When informed of Forgy's statements,
one night worker said they should have
had a meeting and reasoned with the men.
"You don'tjust start taking people off with
no explanation." he said.

"You con‘t work with a lot of disturbed
men." the worker said “They should feel
their job is important or they will come to
work half-hearted "

“THERE IS NU reason they ithe
w'orkersi should have any fearover that ta
cut in their work force. said James
Wessells. Physical Plant Division (PH)!
director ”I don‘t know that we have less
night janitors now than in October or
November "

liniployes' time sheets would show how
many night custodians worked for the
l'niversity in the last fall. Wessells said
ltut he added that because the sheets are
bundled up. being baided or key punched it
would be “a great deal of trouble” to
examine them

l'icsident (His A Singletary' is taking
care of a 8.3 per cent faculty salary in
crc the expense of the cleaning
\ci‘y ices. according to the workers "It‘s a
case of the big fish eating the little ones."
one night worker said

ase at

Red River Dam delay
continues one week

My RUN .\llT('lll‘ll.l.
Managiig Editor

Land acquisition in the Red Rivertlorge
area by the [7 8 Army ('orps of Engineers
will be delayed forat least one more week,

Land purchasesfor the proposed Red
River dam were scheduled to resume
Friday after a two-month delay. The delay
resulted from an agreement between the
corps‘ Louisville district office and
plaintiffs in a federal suit to allow each
time to prepare a case

'l‘llE Sl'lT “AS brought by several
conservation groups and Powell County
residents who would be affected by the
proposed $29.6 million project. The
Louisville district office is in charge of the
proposed dam‘s construction.

The corps will give lawyers representing
the plaintiffs a five-day notice before
resuming land acquisitions. according to
Martin l’edigo. corps public affairs of
beer

"When we recieve word from the Office
of the Secretaryof the Army in Washington
to procede. then we will give them (the
lawyers) a fiverday warning.“ l’edigo said
Wednesday

l’l-Illlfifl .s'.\ll) 'l'llll five days would not
include weekends and that
expect notification from Washington
before early next week

The live warning will allow
plaintiffs time to fli'l'lflt’
st't‘K ” (mm order pi‘i-vciitiiig the corps
from pun-basing land and proceeding with

he does not

the
want to

day
it they

dam construction l’i-digo said

l)eaii llill RlVKln. an attorney
representing the plaintiffs in the suit. said
a court order would be sought as soon as
the delay ends

"ll‘~ THEY \RF. going to proceed with
the pmject. and if our clients want us to.
we will attempt to halt the construction

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“V\ E HAVEN‘T HEARD of them
messing with the day people," he said.
“We're making just enough to get along
now.“ the worker said

liven if there are no actual layoffs, not
being able to fill the vacant positions
causes just as big a problem. the. worker
explained. “We‘ve got the same amount of
students to work with. maybe even more.“
he said. "Now they've built a new biology
building. so there‘s less people to do more
work '

If the work force is cut St) per cent. there
will be slightly more than one building per
worker to clean. the worker siad

“l IHIN'T THINK the men will take it.‘
he. said. ‘I think they will break down and
ask someone to represent them "

The workers are in a fighting mood the
source from the proposed union said.

Mary Green.
through thick fog which billows from the

London fog?

“Anyone who talks to the people can see
they‘re angry. I mean. people have to live.
It's just a matter of getting solidly
organized."

“There‘s always some concern over
losing your job if you talk of a union,“ the
source said. But in the case of the workers
at llK.they don'thavea lottolose."

“SOMETHING HAS TO happen—7 the
men have a questing look in their eyes,"
one worker said? “They could take it if it
were a proportional cut to all the PPD
departments. but they feel the night
workers are being picked on."

Although the administration. faculty and
students are represented on the Board of
Trustees. the worker said custodians are
not represented on the Board. “Half the
people on the Board don't even know who
thc maintenance people are,“ he said. “If

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nursing junior. passes

l'niversity heating system in damp cold
weather.

Carroll sees himself as a ‘c00perative'
individual; will share state's problems

By JOHN SCIIAAF
Kernel Staff Writer
and
BILL STRAl'B
Assistant Managing Editor
At first glance the inside of the Kentucky
State (‘apital in Frankfort resembles the
monolithic Temple of Karnak. It‘s as if the
marble walled tomb of King Tut had been
shipped piece by piece to America and
reassembled here in the heart of the
Bluegrass.
Traveling edifice a visitor
eventually happens upon ornate
wooden doors. the knobs of which are
engraved with the (lrcat Seal of the
commonwealth of Kentucky.

into the
two

"III. now mic y'all loday""‘
Kentucky's (.ov .luliaii ('arroll
kindly silver liaii‘cd gent who could pass
julep sippiii' Southern
approached with

greets
He is a

for evcryliody's

aristot rat llc an

outstretched hand and a down home
mannerism which belied his position as
governor of Kentucky.

A little over a month ago Julian Morton
(‘arroll vacated the simple third floor
lieutenant governor's office in the
Capitol. walked down about 187 solid
marblesteps and moved into the plush and
power laden Kentucky governor's suite

"There are two ways of being a leader."
(‘arroll said. as he leaned back in his
amply padded blue swivel chair. “( )ne way
is with the heavy hand. I've never been
known to be an individual with a heavy
hand. It might be presumptuous of me to
say. btit I ha vc been known to be a leader "

'l‘lll'? U'I‘lllfll \\ \\' fll‘~ being a leader.
according to (‘arroll “is through
cootx-rative action

“I've had a iepiitation throughout my
life of being a cooperative individual."

f‘arroll said. "an llltll\ itlual who is a team

player. [can bethe team leader or I can be
the team player.“

Carroll said this "team" political
philosophy will place a greater burden on
the members of the state legislature. He
indicated he would share “the problems of
the state with the members of the General
Assembly.“ if he is governor during the
1976 session.

(IUtROLL. A l’/\l)l'(‘:\ll Democrat.
rose to the state‘s highest office following
the November election of former (lov.
Wendell Ford to the l' S Senate.

A graduate of the l'K (‘ollege of Law.
(‘arroll brought extensive experience into
the executive post He was elected to the
Kentucky House of Representatives in
1963. becoming Speaker m 1968. in 1971
t‘arroll climbed further up the political
ladder with his election as lieutenant
governoi

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