Argus Strike Sides Blame Each Other
Argus Strike Sides
Blame Each (^her
the National Labor Relations
Board to full status.
Koeppen said one strike-
breaker had been arrested but
he did not know of any pickets
who had been arrested.
Ann Arbor Police Mayor
Howard Zeck said three non-
picketers had been arrested.
One was for striking y ; .
and leaving the scem\
charged, another brought in
but not charged and a juvenile
(under 17 years of age) cited
"»rr ui charges h^vr
iipany, sirikehreaiv
ice and The News w ;••
a The News. The letter
ot include any names
'signed by all the peo'
Washtenaw dei •iPd.
-ludge Ross the Jinf;;
!i'iucl a legal withavioiii
provision w(-
•iidge Campbell ployes to be ;i''
'inary injunction re. without being harassedL even di.
; by the company since Zeck also showed The News Zeckl ,in-
!fd Auto Workers re- 30 complaints against pickets dicated ii.u. .i"».n 91, e
lative promised that a alleging malicious destruction number had been made on
picket line would be of property, most of which in- both sides. But police have re-
•!ned. The judge ad- volved damaging vehicles go- ceived more complaints about
; the hearing with the ing through the picket \vi .,.'rs.
;on that the parties Zeck said these n'} n-r portion of the letter
be called back into arrests and complaii. Ann Arbor News as
i'2 hours after notice if all that could be fou;' iio eoD.s are all Argus
there were violations of the lice files but there «•: 'Is in
agreement. others- He explained it to
Stewart Katz, the company reports on the Argus • •-v do
"—fv, said the requr-' * tl'ri-p nni filed 10 iii.,. .f.n iiinur .1 n-sdi anihf-
'^f for another h.';; The News said it has been
i'.t1 coming but a
no* been made ' iiickels "could not Si.i-ii brrn wrilleii 'Ailh Quotes
iSurtiier from the truth." t-ious
said police have taken
r.i-'ts by the arm, prevented nines
- -ni from blocking vehicles, f!;-,:., s Ar-
!'>re prevented some gus- <)' .^ by
i being arrested, a scah, the
i^lice do not take scene- i. her
wumd IUOK nitiKiirsimailu'i, drove wt. MW was iai
Leonard Page, a UAW n:tor- pickets the hospital. The scab was al-
ney. left the area briorc v i>le from iowed to stay free. The police
returning a telephone call w0i •: .;'ii" -strtk- didn ii rven go get him until
made by The News. and he crs should -f day- Don't get us all
could not be reached for com- The police o^ iiot all the police have
ment- states that E i-l, some of them know
Kenneth Koeppen, an inter- stop or even ;....ui- .n....i.i. „„-. .. to tti^-ir inhn Rui most
national representative for the from entering. Pickets are al- ol tne , - the
(JAW, said, "picketing has lowed to stop a vehicle and picket ', .ire
hepn primarily conducted in ask the person to honor the pi'ttin.;'
' 1;» but if the driver r' ' ri ine par-
hen the vehicle referred to
allowed to go appeared to
ihf picket line, Zeck ;.i..-kets. It ran
ri'iRsi;ii(--^ i)r-' rtf ^r^i" from said. over one person's leg and
broke the ankle, he said.
There was chaos and officers
the next day. he
; Another portio
'said, "Argus
Acts their scabs
;at break
iglris din
'thing th-
f,n(,l >,,.
damaging ot cars. The police
an1 domp a ^nod iob hut it is
courts have upheld the elec-
tinn and says w have a union.
/ :nil we have a
8 -it down and
& (ederal law
-. union is an
•s right by
law protects
tnese riKBts in addition to-
these rights for workers the
law forbids company and oth-
ers (rom interfering with our
rights. So tell us what hap-
.pens to our rights, and protec-
tion. Aren't we good enough to
p-^f^ rt"— The News ]ust
r of things?
t .1 help out the
that the matter will be sel
by the court in about 11
months. The company will
bargain with the union un!
final decision is reacheil
the court.
• Hochgreve said in in.
meantime the company ha:
moved its hourly work forci
'•by 11 to 36.
' The general manager sai(
'the plant is operating on ;
day-to-day basis. He said
Article
Subjects
Dan McLeister
United Auto Workers UAW
Photographic Equipment & Supplies
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Manufacturing
Local History
Labor Unions
Labor Strikes
Demonstrations & Protests
Crime & Criminals
Attorneys
Argus Inc.
Argus Camera
Ann Arbor Police Department
Ann Arbor News
Ann Arbor Businesses
Ann Arbor News
Old News
Stewart Katz
Ross Campbell
Leonard Page
Kenneth Koeppen
Jerold Lax
Howard R. Zeck
Donald Hochgreve
2601 S State St