NLRB showdown Monday Notre Dame to answer charges Mike Redenour University with the unfair labor Staff Reporter practice charge, it’s up to the NLRB in this hearing. The Board is A showdown between the Na­ calling the shots.” tional Labor Relations Board (NL­ Commenting on the delay of the RB) and Notre Dame comes to a hearing from the originally head this Monday when the NL- scheduled February 15 date, Law­ RB’s unfair labor practice charge rence charged, “ The University filed last January against the doesn’t want this hearing to occur. *The University will be presented at a It’s to their advantage the longer it hearing in the County-City Build­ takes to reach a decision on the ing. unionization of the grounds­ Delayed for almost two months keepers. Until this unfair labor because of a mutual agreement charge is settled we cannot proceed between the NLRB and the Univer­ with the issue of the grounds­ sity, the hearing Monday will keepers unionization effort.” center around three charges origi­ The Teamsters were advised by nally made by Teamsters Local 364 their lawyers not to proceed with Observer an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and st. mary's in conjunction with an attempt to the unionization effort until the unionize made last fall by 21 unfair labor charge was settled, he Vol. XII, No. 112 Friday, April 7, 1978 groundskeepers. said. Lawrence did not give a The charges state Notre Dame reason for the lawyers discontinu­ threatened to fire the groundskeep­ ance of the unionization effort. ers, announced wage increases and Lawrence added,“ We’re sorry other benefits to the employees for the delay but we think the to influence them not to join the University is guilty of the charge.” Castellini, Vera/d/ union, and contracted out the food Bull stated that Notre Dame also service at the dining halls. wants to proceed with the issue of Notre Dame will be represented the unionization effort. “ We want by Ed Moran M cKenna, vice-president; Debbie wasn’t made until 12 midnight at the hearing by the Chicago law to get this cloud (the unfair labor Smith, secretary; and Aaron Bell, Tuesday, neither ticket had a firm, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather charge) over with. We are inno­ In voting held yesterday, the treasurer. chance to any last-minute cam­ and Geraldson. Thomas Bull, cent,” he emphasized. Jerry Castellini ticket defeated the Voting for juniors was limited to paigning. personnel director commented yes­ Bull questioned the union’s halt Terry Frick ticket in a contested off-campus students and was not a “ We couldn’t just call up all the terday, “ Notre Dame can't antici­ to the proceedings of the grounds­ senior class officers election and general run-off election. Frick people we knew who lived off- pate what the NLRB will say since keepers unionization effort. the Jim Veraldi ticket won over the contested Tuesday’s election be­ (continued on page 8] they will go first in the proceed­ “ What are they trying to accom­ Rosemary Abowd ticket in the cause the off-campus polling place, ings. But we are out to demon­ plish?” he asked. sophomore class officers run-off located in the Huddle, was closed strate that the rules were fol­ The hearing will be “ fairly election. prematurely during the original Experts defend lowed.” Bull would not reveal the formal,” according to Lawrence, Castellini was elected as senior election. Castellini won the first strategy that Notre Dame plans to an administrative judge of the class president. His fellow officers election with 468 votes to Frick’s take at the hearing. NLRB will preside at the 10 a.m. are Julie Rittenhouse, vice-pres­ 458 votes. O nly seven of the 135 Social Security Mike Lawrence, assistant busi­ Monday hearing. The hearing, to ident; Barb Langhenry, secretary; juniors living off-campus voted on ness representative of Teamsters be held on the seventh floor in the and Gary Fair, treasurer. Veraldi, Tuesday. WASHINGTON [AP] - Two author­ Local 364, said yesterday, “ Al­ Commissioner’s Board Room, is who won as sophomore class In the election held yesterday, ities on Social Security urged though we originally charged the open to the public. president is joined by Maureen eleven off-campus juniors voted, Congress yesterday not to be the majority again favoring the panicked into rolling back the Castellini ticket. The votes split Social Security tax increases en­ seven for Castellini and four for acted last year. They told the Frick. Senate Finance subcommittee on Judicial Board In the initial sophomore officers Social Security that - taken as a election, 69 percent of the fresh­ whole - the benefit changes and tax by Bob Verettoni Coordinators from former Student voted on election procedure. They men class voted, but no ticket won increases voted in December were Senior Staff Reporter Body President Dave Bender’s decided to use a simple majority of by the two-thirds majority nec­ a great step forward. cabinet, noted that there was some the members present. Twelve of essary for a first-ballot victory. Noting that an effort to roll back Jayne Rizzo, vice-presidential confusion with this year’s new the 22 H all J-Board Chairmen This forced a run-off. some of the tax increases is candidate on the recently defeated selection process. attended and voted at last night’s The Veraldi ticket won yester­ gathering steam in Congress, Rob­ Mike Schlageter ticket in the At a meeting Monday night to meeting. day’s run-off by a total of 101 votes, ert M. Ball, who headed Social student body officers election, was elect the Judicial Coordinator, “ This Council has an awful lot of pulling in 54 percent of the votes. Security during the Kennedy, elected Judicial Coordinator last Dane noted, half the people who potential for next year," Talbot Veraldi’s slate polled 579 votes to Johnson and Nixon administra­ night by a majority vote of Hall showed up were the Hall J-Board said. “ There’s no reason anyone 478 received by Abowds tickte. tions, said “ it would be the wiser Judicial Board chairmen. chairmen for next year. The here at Notre Dame should be Stressing participation as one of course not to legislate on this Rizzo defeated Kevin Mescall, constitution, however, stipulates pim ped as fa r as the ju d icia l his major themes, Veraldi said, matter at all this year.” Hall J-Board chairman from Alum­ that the outgoing chairmen should process goes.” “ We want to get the sophomore He and Robert J. Myers, who was ni, and Mary Ellen Woods, soph­ do the voting. “ Dean of Students James class involved by getting out and the nation’s chief Social Security omore from Breen-Phillips. Dane also noted that there were Roemer has been the greatest all talking with them. But we don’t actuary for 23 years, agreed that The Judicial Coordinator serves no by-laws for the actual election year long,’’ he concluded. want to tell them what to do.” the public has zeroed in on last as chairman of the Judicial Council, procedure. This led to further “ Whether people want to believe it Commenting on the voting con­ year’s tax increases and ignored a board of the Hall Judicial Board confusion, he said. or not, he’s really cooperated with troversy in the senior class officers the improved benefits. chairmen that was formed under Before last night’s, election, the us. I’m sure he’ll do the same with election, winning candidate Cas­ The high-income workers in their the new Student Government con­ outgoing Hall J-Board Chairmen Jayne.” tellini said, “ It’s all over with. It early 40s who seem to be complain­ stitution. should be buried as quickly as it ing loudest about the tax increases According to the constitution, was uncovered." apparently do not realize that when the Judicial Coordinator “ shall “ We disagreed with the run-off, they retire, their Social Security promote efforts that will foster but that’s over now,” Castellini benefits will be about $21,000 a greater student understanding of continued, “ We will thoroughly year or more than $30,000 for a the University rules.” examine the election procedure so couple, Ball said. “ The upcoming year is a critical this never happens again." Once a worker is retired, he one for the future of the Judicial Commenting on plans for next added, his or her Social Security Council,” Rizzo noted. “ The year, Castellini said, “ We plan to pension will be shielded forever Council has the potential to become do more than the senior class has against inflation. "Fifteen years an active campus voice on behalf of ever done before. I hope the senior after retirement, the Social Secu­ the students.” class is ready for a good year, rity beneficiary will still be able to “ We can take an active stand on because we are.” buy the same level of living as at issues that effect the entire cam­ Losing candidate Frick com­ the time of retirement,” Ball said. pus, especially working in con­ mented on the election foul-up, “ It Ball and Myers testified before junction with other organizations was a bad situation that d id n ’t have the Senate panel only a day after on campus, like the CLC, Student to happen.” House Democrats - claiming strong Government, and the HPC,” she Frick rejected the idea of holdin reaction from voters - went on said. an entirely separate election which record in favor of reducing last Rizzo said she would like to see would have been held today.