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Decision seen as setback
By Mike Sims
Of the Emerald
Bean McFadden, University director of affir
mative action, sees a recent court ruling on affir
mative action programs and “last-hired-first
fired” policies as another setback for women and
minority men.
“It simply means that their chances, their
hopes, are shot down again,” McFadden says of
women and minorities. And she further asserts
that persons currently holding positions of
seniority in the workplace have “benefitted
doubly” — from the ruling, as well as past
discriminatory policies.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided June 12 that
the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects
racially neutral seniority systems. The court held
that courts may not deprive white employees
seniority rights in cases where minority workers
failed to prove they were victims of actual
discrimination.
The decision was made in response to a
federal district court ruling that prohibited the ci
ty of Memphis, Tenn. from implementing a last
hired-first-fired layoff plan for firefighters during
a 1981 municipal fiscal crisis.
Affairs board tabs
1984-85 officers
The Student University Affairs Board has
elected its chair and vice chair for the 1984-85
school year.
Sara Tenney, a senior psychology major, will
chair the 18-member legislative branch of student
government. Selected as vice chair is Jeff Penn
ington, a senior finance major.
In addition, SUAB member Larry Sebring has
been elected 1984-85 vice chair of the University
Senate, a deliberative and advisory body of 36
faculty and the 18 SUAB members.
SUAB members, representing each depart
ment, school or college at the University, hold
joint appointments on the University Senate and
the University Assembly. Members are selected
during the spring student body elections and
serve two-year terms.
The lower court said that the plan would af
fect a disproportionate number of blacks hired
under a recent affirmative action program. The
Supreme Court overturned that ruling in a 6-3
decision.
McFadden couldn’t predict what outcome, if
any, the Supreme Court ruling would have on the
University. “We’ll examine each particular area
(of occupation) and do what needs to be done to
preserve the University’s affirmative action
policies,’’ McFadden says
McFadden says that University policies deal
ing with hiring, firing and seniority differ accor
ding to areas of occupation. She explained that
circumstances differ with regard to administra
tion, faculty, Graduate Teaching Fellows and
classified staff.
Peggy Nagae, assistant dean of the law
school, took the issues of affirmative action and
seniority a step further. “The problem is much
larger than any seniority system — it’s our
society’s whole attitude toward work,” she
asserted.
“We need to learn as a society that people at
the bottom of the work structure are as valuable as
those at the top,” Nagae says.
University to host
Women’s League
The Older Women’s League will hold
its first state conference at the University on
Sunday.
I-aurie Shields, the co-founder and na
tional vice president of OWL. will give the
keynote address at the conference, speaking
on how “Middle Aged and Older Women
begin to Advocate for Themselves."
Founded three years ago by Tislt Som
mers and Shields-. OWL is a rapidly grow
ing advocacy organization for middle-aged
and older women. In the mid-lU70s, Som
mers and Shields initiated the national
displaced-homemakers movement by foun
ding The Alliance for Displaced
I loniemakers.
The conference is scheduled to begin tit
4 p.m . admission is free.
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