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Oregon Daily
Emerald
Friday. November 7, 1986
Eugene. Oregon
Volume 88, Number 47
Pay equity law expected to pass
under Goldschmidt governorship
By Chris Norred
Of th« Emerald
Betsy Boykin is a part-time student.
Like most students, she doesn't have a lot of
money to spare. But unlike most students. Boykin
is a 35-year-old single mother of two teen-agers.
Boykin works full time at the University as a
clerical assistant in the Office of Business Affairs
in Oregon Hall, but her paycheck barely covers
the living expenses of one person, much less
three.
Boykin is far from the typical student, but she
thinks of herself in another context in which she
believes she represents the norm.
Boykin is a "typical" clerical worker in
many ways: She is a woman, she is a mother, she
is single, she is intelligent — and she is under
paid. She has worked at the University for the last
two years, and she takes home about $800 a
month.
"Most of the time I've berm single, we’ve had
to live in subsidized housing because I can't af
ford the standard rental rates," Boykin said.
The money is so tight that budgeting is
almost impossible, she added.
"Invariably something unexpected comes
up.” Boykin said. "My son needs a new pair of
shoes, or my daughter has strep throat and needs
to go to the doctor, and 1 have to pay for that.
We're literally living from paycheck to
paycheck."
Boykin's case is typical among clerical
workers, not only at the University but at all state
agencies in Oregon, said Margarette Mullock, the
Oregon Public Employees Union research direc
tor and former chairperson of the state Com
parable Worth Task Force
But with the new administration headed by
newly elected Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, Hallock
sees hope for real improvement in the pay situa
tion of undervalued clerical workers in the state.
"There will be a pay equity initiative in the
1987 Legislature.” Hallock said. The proposal
will include an upgrade in pay for most of the
undervalued state employees and the establish
ment of a separate fund solely for the purpose of
making those pay raises. Hallock said.
If the new comparable worth proposal is ap
proved. it will signal the culmination of what
Hallock calls a ‘three-year poker game.”
The fight for comparable worth has con
tinued since 1983. but the terms of the battle have
changed somewhat.
The term “comparable worth” was a
euphemism meaning that female-dominated jobs
and male-dominated jobs should be valued equal
ly. The term now used, “pay equity," is not ex
actly the same thing. Hallock said.
"Comparable worth took on some unfor
tunate baggage, namely the notion that all wages
should be determined by a point factor system."
Hallock said. "We only want to use the point fac
tor system to find the undervalued jobs and raise
their wages."
The pay equity "poker game" began in 1983
when the Comparable Worth Task Force com
pleted a study of all jobs in state agencies and
found that systematic discrimination caused large
differences between the pay for jobs filled mostly
by men and those jobs filled mostly by Women,
although the complexity and responsibility of the
jobs were fairly equal, Hallock said.
"There is a 20 percent to 30 percent dif
ference in pay between an entry-level clerical
worker and an entry-level groundskeeper or
maintenance worker, for example," Hallock said.
Beyond the entry level, as the study examin
ed higher-status jobs, it found the differences in
pay began to disappear "At the management
levels, the study showed no systematic dif
ferences." Hallock said. "That’s because there
are relatively no women in those positions."
The 1983 Task Force recommended the state
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Recount may take House
away from Democrats
By Shawn Wirt/. I
IN (W
Willi the l.isl absentee ballots counted I Venn rats took
cnnlnd (it the Oregon IliitiM' of Representatives In ,11-2‘t. Iml
losing Repuhlii .in Rolxirt Mi Daniel w ill ask fur .1 rei mini hi*
said, If <• lix.mili! finds his :i5-vote loss ns actually 11 win. ihi*
House may lx* tied,
Mi Daniel lost lln* Dislrii I ‘>1 llimsi* mmI in klamath Kails
In Dciuin r.il Iternil* Aumns Tin* fin.il vote was 7.7M5 lo
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uni'-fiflli of I percent. nr .12 votes fur the District 5.1 seal,ac
1 nrding tu the klamath (am lit v 1 Irrk Mi l).inn*l will hnvi< In
)mv $15 |H*r pnx mi l (nr a recount. nr n tot.il nl Sl.OHO lm tin*
72 precinct* in his district
Democrat \am \ Wrnmn nf Ashland destroyed any
hopes nt 11 Republican m.ipirit\ Shi*, iv.is finally dix Uirsnl tin*
winner in tin* Dislrii I 52 IIiiiim* run* Thursihv evening .i(li*r
ImniIkik Repuhlii an Kiwi Oltn In 7.172
Tin* “si en.trio nf a stalemate ixitween lln* purlins" 1 until
result in i.n-.s|X!rtki*rs said Phil koisliiiK. press sis.Hilary In
I It him* Speaker Vbw katz
At press time T1iur.sil.iv night. a 1 aui us nl ill nt-wly elected
Democrats 1 hose hat* as i Inn sc Speaker. but one. Jeff
Cilmour. frnm Dislrii I ,'ltl in Salem. held nut. Tu become
speaker. kal/. has In havn all 11 voles
heisling said Cilmour wauled tu become 1 hairman nl the
House Ways and Means < jnmmittoe, currently held by Wayne
i awbush from District .Mi in Hood River.
Democrat John Hagnariol and Republican Duane
Herenslun shared the speakership in the session of
the Washington state legislature when the House was divid
ed -t‘l-40.
An equal partisan split could also result in conservative
Democrats or liberal Republicans switching sides lo form a
majority keisling said, lie couldn't speculate on who would
have the advantage in that situation, he said. "There’s actual
ly only a few of either (who would switch) "
“There will lx? a recount," said House Minority leader
l-arrv Campbell The recount may be paid for by the
Republican party, he said
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Atiyeh, Hatfield to attend ground-breaking ceremony
By Stan Nelson
Of thr Kimrrald
Sen. Mark Hatfield. R-Ore.. and Gov.
Vic Atiyeh are among the dignitaries at
the University today for the official
ground-breaking ceremony of the
University's new $45.3-million science
complex.
The ceremony, which is from 2:30 to 4
p.m.. will be held at the science court
yard on Hast 13th Ave., one-half block
east of University Street. In the event of
rain, the ceremony will be held in the
EMU Ballroom.
The groundbreaking caps a nearly
two-year wait since the Department of
Energy first granted the University $3.3
million in November 1984 to assist in the
planning of the complex, said David
Rowe. University Planning director.
The DOE granted the University an ad
ditional $8 179 million in July 1985, but
the funding was temporarily held up
because of the Gramm-Rudman
amendment.
However, Hatfield and Sen. Bob
Packwood, R-Ore.. were able to win the
release of the money for the complex,
said John Moseley. University vice presi
dent for research.
"Both Hatfield and Packwood were
essential" in the advancement of the
complex. Rowe said. "Without them, it
would not have happened."
It was not until May 27 that a final
agreement was signed on behalf of the
federal government, and the University
accepted the balance of the
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$33.3-million granl on June 5. Rowe
said. The funding should arrive at the
University in mid-November, he added.
The funding will finance the construe
tion of Science V, a physics building,
and Science VI, a geology building.
The funding also will pay for the
extensive renovation of existing science
buildings, including construction of a
new. more prominent entry for the
science library. Fine arts and architec
tural studios and the Museum of Natural
History facility displaced by the science
construction will be replaced with the
funding.
The Oregon legislature also allocated
$12 million for the complex from state
lottery proceeds • designated for
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economic development. The money will
pay for the construction of Science IV-A,
a computer science building, and
Science IV-B, a biotechnica! building.
Kowe called the new science buildings
"one of the most exciting things that's
happened at the University in a long
time. Since the buildings are being built
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