Laborers Vote to Quit H.U.E.R.A., Form Own Union

By a margin of 37 votes, University laborers elected to let the Groundsmen and Truckers Association represent them in collective bargaining with the University. This marked their official break with the Employees Representative Association, under whose wing they had been.

The maintenance men formed their group shortly after February's H.U.E.R.A. contested election for officers. They had petitioned the State Labor Relations Board for permission to hold the election.

Out of 65 men eligible to vote, 60 cast ballots. The absence of five was accounted for by illness. Forty-eight voted for the split, nine wanted to stay with the H.U.E.R.A., and three said they didn't want to be represented by either group.

President of the maintenance union John Quinlan said the outcome was as he had expected. He emphasized that the men "wanted nothing to do with the A.F.L.," which has been trying to organize a local here.