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Show j. F. State College re-opens peacefully By Phil Semas College Press Service AN FRANCISCO (CPS)--San Francisco ' College re-opened Monday without ence but with class attendance far below mal and more than 300 faculty members on strike. ibout 2,000 teachers and students keted the main campus entrance. Smaller tips picketed entrances to classroom ldi"8s- v , . i j Estimates by newsmen indicated Ldance was between 25 and 50 per cent hormal jn most buildings, except business Linistration and science, whose students fe been the strongest opponents of the Lent strike that began Nov. 6. Students did not attempt to hold a rally in violation of President S. I. Hayakawa's ban on gatherings of any kind. Roger Alvadado, a leader of the Third World Liberation Front, said there would be no rally 'as long as the picketing is this successful." Hayakawa acknowledged that attendance ranged from "above average ... in some schools and departments to low attendance in others," but he said he was "optimistic " Because "those who wanted to teach or to study were able to work in peace and safety." He added, "I feel that the safety factor is more important than attendance today." The teachers' strike, voted unanimously Sunday night by 300 members of the local chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, was sanctioned Monday by the San Francisco Labor Council. Labor Council Secretary George Johns said this means other union workers will honor the faculty picket lines, stopping deliveries, garbage collection, and other work on the campus. Johns said sanction was being granted "with the clear understanding that we do not regard student problems as labor strike issues." The teachers' union had been demanding that the California State College trustees grant the demands of striking students for a black studies department controlled by black faculty and increased access for minority students, as well as faculty grievances over low pay and heavy teaching loads. Now, the teachers' strike will officially be over the wage and working condition issues only. However, the trustees have refused to negotiate with either the faculty or students on any of these issues. Hayakawa met with the Labor Council before the granted strike sanction and told them San Francisco State was "a working man's school" and that it would "be unfortunate if the working people of San Francisco closed it down." Later he blasted the AFT, which he said "has hitchhiked onto the militant student violence-ridden strike for a vicious power grab." He said there had been "real advances" in negotiations with the student strikers and suggested that "maybe the AFT didn't want those advances to take place." |
