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al government grants, which
raises the issue of whether lay
offs would risk federal contract
violations
When the furlough would
come also presents some prob
lems for the entire University
community Possibilities include
shortening the terms so all have
an equal number of teaching
days (winter term currently is
shorter than the other two
terms), extending spring and
Christmas vacations, and
beginning school later in the fall
and ending earlier in the spring
Hill says shortening the terms
seems the most likely, although
he says faculty at least should
have the opportunity to contin
ue to teach in spite of the salary
cut
But "I would not ask the
faculty to do that,' he says
“If the faculty decide to do
that on their own, that's fine But
‘They’re talking about the extras
and we’re talking about bread
and butter,' says OPEU Pres.
Becky Bragg.
it's not fair for an administrator
to ask them to work without
compensation "
Jim Tattersall, economics
department head and the past
president of the Association of
Oregon Faculties, says he
thinks faculty might show up
anyway, because of a “strong
commitment” that the budget
burden not fall too heavily on
students
Many faculty are not as wor
ried about their own living stan
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dards as they are about what
further salary erosion would do
to the University's ability to hire
top faculty in the future, Tatter
sail says
"The really crucial question is
how long this can go on and
still maintain a respectable
university," he says
Oregon faculty salaries have
fallen 30 percent behind the rate
of inflation in the last 10 years,
according to AOF statistics, and
Tattersall questions whether the
University can continue to
compete with industry for top
professionals
A 1979 study showed the
"real" income of university
professors declined 17 5 per
cent from 1967 to 1978, while
the salaries of steelworkers in
creased 32 percent and the
salaries of autoworkers in
creased 24 percent
"The figures are so fantastic
that it's really hard to believe,"
Tattersall says
Tattersall, Hill and Bragg all
agree on one point — that the
salary reduction is not inevitable
and that the Legislature may
have its own ideas on how to
handle the budget when it
meets Jan 18
"I feel very strongly (that) the
state isn't broke,” and that al
ternatives other than those
proposed by the governor can
be found, he says
Hill is not ready to predict how
many faculty would leave the
University if the salary cut is
enacted, but he does foresee
the cut could be the breaking
point for some
“I don't know who we'd lose ”
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