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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1978)
Area’s air rated ‘generally poor’ Photo by Erich Boeketoekle Look closely. Obliterating this landscape are thousands of small dirt, smoke and dust particles, Smog. According to recent tests Eugene-Springfield air has become a carrier and a possible health hazard. Part-timers organized Union vote set for students A union election for University food student workers will be held in about 25 days over a proposed extension of the legal definition of employees eligible for benefits under the current union contract. The union contract currently does not cover em ployees taking less than eight credit hours. If the union’s proposed definition passes, every student worker will be covered by the contract. More than 200 student food service em ployees working in the EMU, the University Inn and Hamilton and Carson Halls will be eligible to vote. If the union loses the election it will be dissolved. “One of the reasons the election will be held at this time,” says Jack Condliffe spokesman for Union 1893, “is that the union negotiation team felt that the only way for the union to get the minimum wage demands is to see a strong indication of support from employees. Without such a show, there is no sense in proceeding with negotiations.” The election plans have resulted from a union petition submitted to the Oregon Employee Relations Board (ERB). University officials and employers have 10 days to file objections to the petition. If they do not, the election must be held within 15 days aftei that period. Student food service employees are encour aged to attend meetings held this week as listed ir their Negotiations Newsletter No. 4. Air quality in the Eugene Springfield area during 1977 was called "generally poor” at the Lane Regional Air Pollution Au thority (LRAPA) Board of Direc tors’ February meeting. The area exceeded federal clean air standards for three pol lutants last year, according to Ralph Johnston, LRAPA Techni cal Services supervisor. Photochemical oxidants, car bon monoxide and suspended particles were over the federal limits. “These excesses of course were not continuous throughout the year, but varied with season and daily meteorological condi tions.” Johnston said. For three hours last August, photochemical oxidants ex ceeded the alert level — they vio lated the federal standard a total of ten times. This pollutant is formed by an atmospheric reaction be tween sunlight and exhaust from automobiles, veneer driers and other combustion processes. The carbon monoxide standard was violated seven times last year; four violations occurred dur ing January, due to restricted air flow. Suspenced particles caused by field burning, continued in 1977. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated Eugene-Springfield as an Air Quality Maintenance Area for this pollutant. The EPA has recently declared non-attainment for the levels of photochemical oxidants and car bon monoxide in the area, with control strategies required to cor rect the situation. Johnston said control strategies will probably be centered around mobile sources, such as the au tomobile. Details on how the require ments will be met and how LRAPA will be involved haven’t been de cided yet, according to Johnston. “It was just last week that we were officially designated as a non-attainment area for carbon monoxide and photochemical ox idants,” he said. The EPA didn’t issue guidelines to meet the re quirements until the end of De cember, he added. The Student Bar Association Presents: STEPHEN MILLER Eugene Attorney speaking on "ATTORNEY ADVERTISING AND LEGAL ETHICS” Tuesday - February 21st 12:30 PM Room 12S - Law School EVERYONE INVITED! WE HAVE TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE WE HAVE TWO SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE for technical majors (computer science, math, physics, chemistry, and ar chitecture). Recipients will be selected on a competitive basis by a board of officers here at the U of 0. Our deadlines for filling career field quotas and awarding scholarships is March 31st. If you have two years of school remaining (graduate or undergraduate), check us out NOW! OUR U OF 0 DETACHMENT HAS AVAILABLE QUOTAS in all career fields that must be filled by March 31st. pilots, navigators, missile, scientific, and administrative management officers. Students awarded pilot quotas will go to AF Pilot Training upon graduation and commissioning. ROTC Gateway to a great way of life. Travis Call CaptaM visit St 1875 taata HaM) 886-3107 DET.690 AFROTC ^
