Huron High's Status Being Determined

As strikes by operating engi- neers and trowel tradesmen enter their second week in Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor public school officials are attempting to determine whether Hurón High will be ready to open! this fall. Work is continuing on thel building on a "limited basis"! Sooren Gozmanian, 1 editer said today. Electricians, I plumbers, sheet - metal work- ers and pipefitters are working,! while operating engineers andl trowel trades are striking. A meeting is scheduled withl the contractor, A. Z. Shminal and Sons Co., to assess, the ef-l f eet of the partial strike on thel opening date of Huron High. I i Negotiations during the nextl two days will determine wheth- er or not two more building trades unions will go on strike against the Washtenaw Countyl Associated General Contractors: and Ann Arbor Home Builders Association. Carpenters' Local 512 is beingl represented in Jackson tonightl at a meeting of the district I council of south - central Mich-I igan, the executive board of I which will vote to walk out onl all contractors associations inj the district or work anotherl week while negotiations contin-l ue, Ray Gilbert, a representa-I Itive of the carpenters said to-l day. Tomorrow night a special! membership meeting of the 1 penters' local will hear the dis-1 trict council's report and con- tractors-builders' wage 1 als. No further negotiation 1 sions have been scheduled. Laborers Local 959 is I ing at the union's offices, 3080 I Platt Kd., at 7:30 p.m. today to decide whether to work another week, strike immediately or accept contractors - bunders wage proposals. Nearly 60 per cent of the "striking" trowel tradesmen of .Local 14, are back to work, JoIseph Wojtowicz, business agent for the union, said today. With 36 interim agreements signed with independent contractors, the trowel tra des unión has not yet set a date for talks to resume between contractors - builders committee and trowel trades negotiators. "We're ready to meet anytime, but they're going to have to cali II the meeting," Wojtowicz said.