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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1976)
Russell Stovzr strike: rt n nroo n 7i I v -J : I i . T 4 Tbe majority cf empbyes at two EnsscII Stover candy cutlets in the country recently joined Iiarshi Esssell Stover empbsyes in vctkg to be represented by the Bakery end Ccufsctkmery 7crhers Internatgtrrel Usian cf America (3 and O. Tie natasnwide Bsasall Stovers candy boycott b t-ggrrsirg its CftSi month cf attempted bargaining, negctiatcrs say. IZeanwhZe, employes tt tbe llcstrose, Co. plant tare received 22-cent end higher raises, ssd about 173 stares ia the EstSsa went csrry the candy. Factory wcrbers tt tie Llaricn, S.CL, ' plant cad expbyes ct Stover's largest warehouse ia AEentewn, Pa. vcted far B ssd C Uaiaa bachiag. while the boycott jsttinues ia the ether fcur ymwyf gyt y ri a pbtst cities. Denver and EZontrcse, Co.. CarhesrZe. Vs. cad Tinrrln. Iincchi employes, tie first to veto for eaiaa bssiizj the boycotts iastigatSoa by tie confeetiaaery union teat March, have been boycotting since inJ-ApriL Lincoln vrnbaaBxCUElcaciEetmj Jcly 11. - Other plants sre balding cleetisns. The Denver plant wO vcte August 13. According to Vau Ea3. director cf research fcr the B csd C Uniaa. negstiatisns sre st s standO because cf "cne Baa's antipathy toward the vssemT Ball said Loss Ward, presiJaat tod ff???npiffl cf tie beard cf Basse!! Stover's, b rchxtaat to "get daeeut working conditions for Baasell Stover workers, if it may make s cot down ia bis own personal prriXT7rd ewnsO percent cf the stock ia BusseS Stover's tad owns the T7ard Paper Box Co. which sells its predict to Stover's. Us&Sr kSsx fssst!as Bowever, Ea3 explained that tbe AFW30-backed boycott was started mainly because cf National Labor., Eelations Board findings cf unfair labor practices going on at tbe Montrose, Co. plant asd because cf the law wage rate at tbe Iiacda plss. PaTI yaid tby h?rr$ fd Tln?Il Stovers for mifalr labor practices wbea tbe cempaay alkgecQy tbreateaed to close down its blitrose plast if essployes favored tbe gaion. BssseS Stover's is now appealisj tbe esse, be said. Bs3 said tbe EasseH Stover Ccsaay wcoM not engss ia "any sexioss bargaisiagT cr cZZsr ccproved wage rates to Lioccla's Stover ecrployes. The average wage rate at tbe Lniccla plant b $2.79 an bear. Lsclsded in tbb eirerage fe tbe $4X3 an bear Don-boyecttisg BsaiEtenaoce workers pay. Ball ssisLAone poond box cf Bcssell Storers chocolates costs $2X5, and the average worker nabes fess than this per boor, be said. C2r c .' if-' 1 . S. . State Sen. Steve Fewlsr ssd Dsr.a?d Stesber, State LegMstcre rtr?M& from Nebraska's 27th district. wi meet in pabla debate blosday, Jsly 5. Tbe two will debate from 7 to 8 p ja. at Koast Eon Baptist Cbsrcb, 12tb and F streets. Pag;, NjiLient inssranee b one topic expected to be debated. Fcnaat for tbe debate incbtes thirty cixctes of dabate followed by m tMrty-minute qssstssa ssd asswer scsssa witb tbe andcce. UNL effices will be closed and there will be no classes on Monday, July 5, m celebration of Independence Day, Jury 4. Tbe University cf Nebraska State BXosenm will be open from 1:33 to 5 p-m. Tbe Nebraska Union wI be closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday, July 3, 4. 5. be shown at 2:43 pxt. on Monday, 'Wednesday and Friday and at 23 pja. each Saturday and Sunday. Alternatiss witb 13 Stars" wSl be "The Pecpfe", a program about American Indian legends cf the sky, shown at 2:43 pan. on Tuesday and Thursday and at 3:45 pan. each Saturday and Sunday. StuZy Tour Sfiy no The Ralph Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum, 14th and U streets, will present the program "13 Stars", beginning Saturday, Jury 3. "13 Stars" charts the heritage and future of the United States reflected in the stars. The time trip wSI start in the year 227$, go back to 1034 and will end in 2073 AD. The show will be presented Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Jury 3, 4 and 5. After that ft will Flights and Study Tours b sponsoring a charter flight to London or to Zurich, Switzerland from Dec 23, 1373 through Jan. 14, 1377. Three-credit-hour study tours registration through tbe UNL Extension Division begins at 343 Nebraska Union in Jury. Flight-Only and Non-Credit tour registration begins in August. Interested students may register m the Nebraska Union. Information about the tours may be obtained at the Flights and Study Tours office, 315 Nebraska Union. lug VJorttsStap The Lincoln Action Program (LAP) will sponsor a work shop on redlining Thursday. July 24 from 1 to 4 pan. Redlining is diserinrinatibn according to geographical area in extension of credit. The workshop will be at the American Forward Association Eldg., 8th and D streets. Gale CIncotta, chairwoman cf the National People's Action Group, based in Chicago, wSI be the featured speaker. State Sen. Steven Fowler of Lincoln, chairman of the Legislature's Urban Affairs Committee, also wCI speak at the workshop. Aeccrdlsg to Martha Gestb, local czba negctiatcr and 23-year-veteraa choecMe dlppsr, workers receive a pecny-an-bour raise each year for tbe Crst 15 years cf employment and no raise titer that tcne. Gesch ccjEph&ed cf "no seniority rigbts" sayc tbe "cl&r hdp gets pushed around," and are given co reecgnitka but all tbe odd isbs at tbe local th szd P factory. And ccspagy benefits are tligbt. tbe werfcers said. According; to Ball, employes make a maximum cf CO a Bosth ia retirement pension. Ecalth insurance b cfTered at $11 a month wbkh provides for a maximum cf 33 days bospitalizstioa payment. Ball said these benais are "issadeQuate." . Believing ia tbb msafoqsagy and believing- ia tbe "prmriple cf the thing" keeps local BasseH Stover workers boycotting, they said. ' They dip chocolate cr load crates cf candy cn push-carts for eight hours a day. Then they spend two hours a day outside cf every store selling Russell Stovers candy telling the consumer not to buy tbe product they helped produce. While workers recently bad " a two-week vacation boycott picketing was at a mlnsnium locally. About 153-175 stores ia tbe natloa have agreed net to carry BusseS Stover's candy during tbe bey cctt. Ball said. Two large rh& stores have agreed net to advertise or display the candy. ' Figures on recent saiss cf Russell Stovers candy were not available. But Ball said tbe company b "profitable and successfuT and that the candy has a "fine reputation." HaayesisdLssrs One local employe who has spent hours carryings the "Dent Buy RusseQ Stovers Candy" sign, said, "Yea slave for $2.45 an hour from 7:23 to 4 every day, while tbe bead guy in Kansas Cfty (Mo.) clears several raHEoa." Russell Stovers President, Loub 7ard, when ques tioned about his opinion of tbe boycott, rcfred to talk about it. Another executive was unavsf!.'.!.Ia for comment. As employes vote for tbe union, the boycott gams momentum. Martha Gesch said, "If the candy doesn't move, the profit goes down." The werisrs bepe to force Ward into acting on their complaints, since be "refuses to listen" to their problems, she said. "It's too many years to throw dawn tbe drain," she said. "You've got to try." 4& '4 The Summer Nebraskan is published weekly by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School cf Journalism during eight weeks of the summer sessions. The Summer Nebraskan office b 119 Avery Hall. City Campus. Telephone 472-2421. 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