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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1973)
State Treasurer Redden reports: Collective bargaining legislation to aid faculty ] A recently enacted piece of legislation (HB 2263, establishing collective bargaining for the pub lic employee sector, will have the effect of giving faculty members within the state system of higher education bargaining rights in stead of “begging rights,” State Treasurer James Redden said Tuesday. Speaking to about 30 faculty members and some students in the EMU Dad’s Room, Redden said previous legislation dealing with collective bargaining had not really been drafted with the purposes of including all public employees. He said a limited collective bargaining bill affect ing state employees was passed in 1969. “Under that law, bargaining units within local governments could ask to come under the law, but very few did,” he said. “Up until the new law, Oregon State employees had fairly good bar gaining rights while faculty members were limited to begging rights,” he said. The former Medford attorney and author of HB 2263 said when he was appointed to the gover nor's task force to study collect ive bargaining for the public sector, he wasn’t sure how broad a spectrum of employees the bill would encompass. “I asked myself ‘how much will the public put up with?’ and ‘Should we lump everyone under the same law?’ We decided that everyone should come under the law in order to give tljem effect ive bargaining power,” Redden said. The law does exclude certain employees such as firemen and policemen from going on strike. Redden outlined the steps to be taken in the bargaining process. The first step, he said, involves choosing an approporiate bar gaining unit. Once chosen, that organization represents the fac ulty in negotiations with the employer. If negotiations are at an impasse, then the Public Employees Relations Board (PERB) is notified, and they provide for state mediation. If mediation fails to break the impasse, than an objective fact finding crew examines the issues and presents the facts. “If fact-finding does not resolve the dispute then the employees can strike,” says Redden. He adds, however, that at any point in the negotiation process one of the parties can request binding arbitration. “Binding arbitration is strong medicine, but the beauty of it is that the parties will make up their minds rather than have someone unfamiliar with the en tire affair come in and make a binding arbitrary decision.” After Redden delivered his talk he fielded questions from the audience. Among those topics he touched were: Higher Education—“I think higher education has been com ing under an increasing amount of fire from the public, and their reaction against higher education spending is hard to fight. But I think all public institutions are facing this kind of difficulty!’ Communication between Legis Student plans to run for state representative John Stewart announced his candidacy for State Representa tive from District 41 in Lane John Stewart County Wednesday morning. Stewart plans to enter the Demo cratic primary. The incumbent Representative is Republican Mary Burrows. Stewart is the first announced candidate for the office. Stewart, a 21-year-old Univer sity student, was a delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Con vention. He served as the first chairer of Sen. George McGov ern’s presidential campaign in Oregon. He called for change through the legislative process including a complete conflict of interest and public disclosure act for public officials and candidates during a news conference in the Eugene Hotel. He also advocates stronger health and day care programs in Oregon. Stewart said he supports stiff environmental legislation to “protect the Willamette Valley from unchecked industrialization and urban blight.” Stewart also advocated the le galizing of marijuana and lower ing the drinking age to 19. In a published release, Stewart accounted both his campaign's financial status and his personal assets. lators and faculty—“Certainly not everyone in the Legislature is informed about what is going on at the University,” he said. “Sev eral of them are though, and especially the ones in the Ways and Means Committee.” “I think the faculty should have more contact with the Legislators also. Faculty representatives or organizations should attempt to explain to the Legislators exactly what their problems are. I don’t think the Legislators understand some of the problems of the faculty and I don’t think the faculty understands some of the problems of the Legislators.” Running for Governor—“I think | so. There’s a disadvantage in ! announcing too early because any work I do as State Treasurer would be suspect. Also given tne attitude of the public today, I don’t think Oregonians are ready to have 11 months of campaign ing,” he said. “But if tomorrow was filing day, I’d be filing.” ( - ft DAIRY—ANNI \ 343-2112 1810 Chambers? I Breakfast served anytime / Dinners and Luncheons ' Homemade pies and soups 33 varieties shake to and sundae flavors pest f burgers < in town!1 5:30a.m. ll:00p.m Where there's . 4 quality all-ways." A Nice Place To Go ww < J sw TONIGHT: NOVEMBER 1, 7:30 p.m. “JESUS CHRIST: GOD, MAN OR BOTH?” Warren Starr Gerlinger Lounge INTER-VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Shop For Christmas Now! GIVE A COLOR PORTRAIT Ask for our Student Package Rates SOGGE STUDIO OF PHOTOGRAPHY j ON CAMPUS 1214 Kincaid 344-3432 % y, e»o* * &ale 'a«» Fr; Shoes... Reg 12.00 to 35.00 Now 6®° to 19*° Boots... 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