Vo). 78, No. 135
Eugene, Oregon 9^405
Friday, April 29, 1977
GTFs cheer in vote for unionization
By BILL LUTZ
Of the Emerald
With an uproarious cheer the Graduate
Teaching Fellows (GTFs) ushered in their
victory in an election Thursday night which
recognized the Graduate Teaching Fellows
Federation (GTFF) as their collective bar
gaining agent.
The GTFF won by a 3-2 margin in which
more than two thirds of the 750 eligible
GTFs voted The final tally was 232 for the
GTFF and 191 for no representation at all.
Reading from a prepared statement Jerry
Lembcke. secretary of the GTFF, said:
The size and margin of the vote show
beyond a doubt that GTFs favor unioniza
tion We face many problems, among them
falling wages, lack of day care, over
crowded classes, and the absence of
^equitable hiring procedures. Today's vote
^fcrhows clearly that these problems are seri
^Bus and widespread and that GTFs want a
strong collective bargaining voice in order
to resotve these problems ’
Lembcke went on to say that the GTFF
hopes to begin preliminary contract negoti
ations with the University in the next two
weeks.
Dean of the Graduate School Aaron
Novick. representing the administration,
said he was happy to see such an excellent
turnout, calling the outcome of the election
substantial Novick said "however I still
see GTFs as students — not employes of
the University
Asked if the University would meet the
GTFF at the bargaining table Novick said, I
hope there is no conflict
The issue of whether GTFs are stu
dents or employes has been the major con
flict between the University and the GTFs
since their organizing drive began in the
Fall of 1975.
The issue was settled February 4 of this
year when the Employment Relations
Board (ERB) issued an order stating that
GTFs, whose employment is not part of a
degree requirement, were employes, and
that an election would be held.
Now that the GTFF is the legally recog
nized collective bargaining voice of GTFs, a
series of meetings will be held to see what
the bargaining priorities the GTFs have.
"ft’s their union. These meetings are in
tended to get their (GTFs ) input,” said Cal
Hams, GTFF president.
Another concern of the GTFF, said Har
ns. is the continuous turnover of GTFs. Be
cause GTFs only keep their positions from
one to three years, creating continuity and
vitality in their union is a pnority.
We will continue our organizing drive
and encourage younger GTFs to join the
union and take part, especially m leader
ship positions," said Harris.
Harns also said he hopes the victory here
will help GTFs around the country.
We will stand ready to aid any organiz
ing efforts at other campuses," he said.
The Oregon Federation of Teachers
(OFT), the statewide organization of the
American Federation of Teachers with
which the GTFF is affiliated, recently intro
duced a bill (Senate Bill 1029) to the
Oregon Legislature, which would recog
nize. all GTFs as employes under the State
Public Emplyes Law.
SB 1029 would cut short the State Board
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Photo by Perry Gaskill
GTFs and friends expectantly look on as representatives of the University, the GTFF and
the ERB tally the GTFF victory.
Feldman, Tyler to vie for ASUO presidency
By KEVIN HACKETT
Of the Emerald
Gary Feldman and Dave Tyler
will oppose each other for the pos
ition of ASUO president in next
week s general elections.
Feldman and Tyler easily out
distanced three other candidates
in the ASUO primary elections
completed Thursday
Gary Feldman
Feldman nabbed 415 — 28.1
per cent — of the 1,479 votes cast
for president. Tyler received 376
votes and 25 4 per cent of the
tally. Craig Geary garnered 268
votes for 18.1 per cent. Paul Bartel
got 249 votes for 16.8 per cent
and Eric Bellman received 159
votes for 10.8 per cent.
Jeff Warren led the race for the
Incidental Fee Committee posi
tion. Warren received 313 votes
and will be opposed by Scott Bas
sett m the general election. Bas
sett received 207 votes. Following
Warren and Bassett were: Bill
Dickey. 164 votes: Jetea John
son, 130; Brian Baird. 70: Al Hol
combe. 64; Hamid Snori. 36; John
Clark, 23 and Bish Lai. 21.
Kari Leitz and Dusty Rhodes
were elected to the EMU Board.
Leitz received 421 votes and
Rhodes garnered 416. Jeff
Danielson and Barry Pilip tied for
the remaining EMU Board posi
tion with 405 votes each. They will
face each other in the general
election. Craig Moodhe received
333 votes.
Two Student University Affairs
Board (SUAB) positions were fil
led in the primary. Roberta Ramzv
defeated John Mozena 30 to 22
for SUAB position #9, Physics,'
General Sciences, Math, Geology
and Chemistry. Deborah Medalia
ran unopposed for position #7,
Health, PE and Recreation.
Write-in candidate Robin Geer
was declared the winner for posi
tion #11, Art Education, Art His
tory. Fine and Applied Arts.
Peter Fels and David Zarosinski
will run-off for position #1, Law
and CSPA. Fels gained 43 votes
to 30 for Zarosinski and 24 for
Carol Dickey. Jan Chamberlin led
the balloting for position #2, Jour
nalism and Speech. She received
55 votes and will face Keli Osborn
who got 26 votes. Lisa Miller re
ceived 22 votes.
There were no candidates for
positions #15. Liberal Arts. Inter
disciplinary Studies and Unclas
sified and #16, Sociology and An
thropology. Josh Smith got four
write-in votes and Robin Barlow
three for position #15. Brian Alex
ander received three write-ins and
Brian Rademacher two for posi
tion #16. These people are eligi
ble to run for these positions in the
general election if they file with the
ASUO office by 5 p.m. today ac
cording to Jamie Burns, ASUO
vice-president.
Students voted to retain the
class officer positions that would
have been abolished by amend
ment # 1. It received 682 no votes
and 559 yes votes. All four of the
other amendments on the ballot
won overwhelming voter ap
proval.
In the class officer races,
Andrea Gellatly, with 170 votes,
will oppose Randy Ohlendorf, who
received 98 votes, for senior class
president. Cathy Teamen and
David Beckwith move on to the
general election after leading the
senior vice-president voting.
Teamen received 152 votes and
Beckwith 73. Dan Christ ran un
opposed for secretary-treasurer.
David White's 72 votes and
Russ Fleming's 69 votes enabled
them to move on to the general
elections for junior class presi
Dave Tyler
dent. Tom Christ won the
vice-president’s position by gar
nering more than 50 per cent of
the vote over his opponent Robert
Benz. Maury Plumlee ran unop
posed for secretary-treasurer.
Mike Haddock s 150 votes gave
him a plurality and was declared
winner for sophomore president.
He defeated Dean Freed who had
77 votes. Dale Richards and Cary
Walker will face each other in
general elections for vice
president. Richards received 124
votes to 108 for Walker. Dave
Lofts ran unopposed for
secretary-treasurer.
The only OSPIRG positions that
will be contested in the general
election are for Consumer Affairs
and Media Contact. Cindy Cutler
led the balloting for the two open
Consumer Affairs spots with 376
votes. Cynthia Hurlbutt was next
with 261 followed by Bob Nash
with 233 and Dave Tobin with 145.
Robin Geer and Susan Swegar
will vie for the Media Contact posi
tion. Geer edged Swegar 320 to
319 in the primary. The other OS
PIRG candidates were unop
posed. Michael Shaffer and Mar
cus Bureker took the two positions
for Environmental Concerns.
Community Outreach Liaison will
be Mylene Simons. Sharon Hill
will be treasurer and Karen Aydt
won one of two Human Rights
spots. Write-in candidates Lucy
Bodilly and Wilson Smith can vie
for the other spot if they file with
the ASUO.