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...better research grants? Both the faculty and the University benfit. But what about the students? Who will pick up the slack if junior members are freed from classroom responsibilities? The senior faculty, even if they could be found within state lines, have probably forgotten how. Maybe they could hire baby-sitters...
What the three networks must do, insists Jackson, is hire more blacks for management and on-air positions and use the services of more minority-owned businesses. Jackson is seeking from the networks the same kind of "covenants" he has signed with several major corporations, including Kentucky Fried Chicken, Coca-Cola, 7-Up and Burger King. Whatever the merits of Jackson's arguments, the PUSH crusade has begun to look a bit like an outtake from the satirical film Network...
Nonetheless, PUSH started picketing WBBM's offices twice a week and urged black viewers to tune out. In December the organization presented a proposed agreement to the station. The document called upon WBBM to hire two male black or Hispanic anchors and establish a 40% employment quota for minorities. It said the station should conduct 35% of its banking with black-owned institutions and assign 25% of its legal business to minority lawyers. WBBM also was asked to donate $10 million to the United Negro College Fund and $1 million to "black organizations designated by PUSH...
Union officials at yesterday's session said they renewed threats of demonstrations in front of the troubled club after management said it might hire outside workers to replace regular personnel during their regularly scheduled weekend hours on April...
Bozzotto, who has threatened to organize awildcat picket if the Harvard Faculty Clubcontinues to hire outside weekend help, askedstudents for their support. But Bozzotto said hewould not object if Harvard students filled theweekend shifts...