Vol. 77, No. 81
Eugene, Oregon 97403
Wednesday, January 21,1976
Drawing By GrxJy Sato
Hershey bars from heaven?
Who would believe that manufactured goods came from some god?
According to an Australian anthropologist it was perfectly logical for this
group of natives See story on Page 6.
Graduate Teaching Fellows move
closer to unionization, bargaining
The drive to unionize the University s
Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) has
moved one step further, according to Jerry
Lembcke, one of the movement’s
organizers.
Last December, Lembcke and other
organizers circulated a petition to gain
collective bargaining rights, naming the
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) as
their intended bargaining agent. When
signatures from the necessary 30 per cent
of the GTFs was obtained, the petition was
forwarded to the Oregon Employment
Relations Board (ERB) for certification.
The petition was accepted as valid,”
said Lembcke, "and we re now in the
10-day period in which the University has
the opportunity to consider the bargaining
unit." He further said that after the 10 days,
the drive organizers and the AFT will get
together with the University to confirm the
bargaining unit and to set a date to vote on
accepting the AFT as the GFTs’
representative.
Other unions may still attempt to secure
the bargaining rights for the GFTs,
according to Lembcke, by circulating a
petition of their own and getting signatures
from just 10 per cent of the unit. This action
would have to be taken before the 10-day
period expires.
According to the organizing committee,
the issue which has generated the most
interest thus far is health insurance. The
main stance is that since GTFs are
University employes, they should be
entitled to the same health insurance
benefits that faculty, staff and their families
receive.
They are also interested in stopping the
"under-the-table" agreements which they
say currently exist in some departments.
These agreements require GFTs to work
extra hours in order to receive their
appointments.
The organization of the GTFs does not
directly interfere with the current effort by
the University faculty to organize. The
GTFs are not included in the faculty
bargaining unit, because "faculty" in that
case is defined as those with rank of
instructor and higher, which GTFs are not.
“We re different than the faculty in
responsibilities and in our relation to the
University," said Lembcke. “Were
supporting the faculty in their efforts, and
they will be stronger because we re
organized. We will cooperate with the
faculty where we can."
Lembcke said an AFT local for the GTFs
is currently being formed and organizers
are conducting a membership drive.
Interested persons should contact
Lembcke at 343-4022.
State board addresses
residency, equal rights
By PATTY FARRELL
Of the Emerald
Dissatisfaction by university presidents
over a revised budgeting system
persuaded the State Board of Higher
Education Tuesday to approve basically
the same budgeting system for the next
biennium that it used for 1975-77.
Committee recommendations from
December s board meeting had endorsed a
new system of budgeting which would
place heavier emphasis on programs.
But modifications by the board's staff
suggested that the new system only be
used to figure program improvement within
the budget. Approving those
recommendations and adopting the new in
a Portland meeting, the board still made no
basic change in the method for figuring
higher education s base budget.
The method used last year for figuring the
board s request for higher education funds
from the state Legislature was based
primarily on full-time equivalent (FTE)
count. The new system, though it will be
used only for figuring program
improvement for the board's next request,
takes into account qualifications other than
just enrollment. Some of these
considerations include non-sponsored
research. Iibranes, and public and student
services.
At the meeting, ASUO Pres. Jim Bernau
argued against putting more money into
non-sponsored research.
The new budgeting guidelines mean
non-sponsored research would get 50 per
cent more money than now. It may be very
hard in the future to maintain the
instructional role,'' Bernau said.
Roy Lieuallen. Chancellor of the State
System of Higher Education, disagreed
with Bernau that the new guidelines placed
too much emphasis on research.
“Research is an appropriate, and
extremely important role for a university to
play,” said Lieuallen. “When society
declines to commit some of its resources to
the unknown, the society is in deep
trouble."
The board also changed the residency
requirements for out-of-state students,
eliminating marital status and age as
factors in granting Oregon residency.
Previously students over 21 and all
marned students could be dependent on
parents who live out of state. Now all
out-of-state students must be financially
independent in order to become residents
of Oregon.
Upon the prompting of Mark Cogan,
ASUO administrative assistant, the board
delayed making the residency changes
effective until fall term 1976. Also in
response to Cogan's doubts, board
member Robert Ingalls pointed out that any
student who presently has Oregon
residency will not be affected by the new
rules.
In other business, acting board chairer
Philip Joss would permit only legislators
and the Affirmative Action director of the
governor s office to speak on the new
discrimination ruling before the board.
Harold Williams, state Affirmative Action
director said that the committee
recommendations on discrimination
grievance proceedings were unfair to
students.
“The proposal benefits the institutions
and is a dreamland for the attorney
general s office because it gives students
little opportunity for redress,” he said.
Williams also argued that the
recommended proceedings were too
“in-house," since grievances would be
handled by the institutions and could be
appealed only to the chancellor s office. He
said that his office should be brought into
the evaluation process.
We should be involved in the initial stage
with the institutions since we are
responsible for seeing that the institutions
as well as the students are protected.
State Rep. Norma Pauliss. R-Salem.
attacked the board, saying it has shoved
onto the citizen the board s responsibility
for eliminating discrimination in higher
education.
Pauliss stressed that House Bill 2131. a
bill passed in the I975 Legislature which
outlawed discrimination in higher
education, was not a fly-by-night piece of
legislation." She argued at the grievance
proceedings under board consideration
violated legislative intent.
“The law requires that you set the rules,
besides just grievance proceedings, by
which the institutions can be
self-evaluated,” Pauliss told the board.
"And you have not done that.”
“Were not trying to set up an
administrative nightmare,” she added.
Pauliss warned the board of possible
lawsuits and militant action if it did not take
more positive steps in eliminating
discrimination. She asked that the board
again send the rules back to committee
requesting more specific
( Continued on P age 5)
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