Pay equity
do a job classification and wage
change to correct the dif
ferences. Hallock said.
In the 1985 Legislature.
Senate Bill 59 proposed to
dedicate $5 million to
upgrading pay of the most
undervalued jobs and allocated
$500,000 to the state Personnel
Division to complete a
reclassification study.
All state workers are
"classified” in accordance with
how complex and demanding
their jobs are. The pay scale is
divided along classification
lines, so in theory, jobs with
similar levels of complexity pay
similar salaries.
But Gov. Vic Atiyeh vetoed
the Senate bill, giving two main
reasons: he wanted to complete
the classification study to deter
mine the undervalued jobs
before raising pay, and he
disagreed with the bill's provi
sion that no state employee's
wages could be frozen if they
were found to be overvalued.
Atiyeh then requested money
to continue the classification
study. State employees were
outraged at the veto, and
Atiyeh’s request for money to
complete the study drew fire.
The Legislature approved the
reclassification study on condi
tion that the Personnel Division
focus on the most undervalued
jobs and present a pay raise pro
posal to the 1987 legislature.
"It’s a tragedy we have spent
this much time and money stu
dying the fact that the state
underpays one-quarter of its
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workforce, and we have not
spent one dime on eradicating
that problem.” Hallock said.
One area where pay improve
ment is most needed, and most
likely, is among clerical and
service employees in the State
System of Higher Education.
Hallock said.
"The higher education
classified staff is grossly under
paid for the work they do."
Hallock said. "For the level of
complexity and responsibility,
their iobs are undervalued by 10
helping them push slowly
toward their goals.
“Since pay equity is
something that affects me per
sonally. I felt like I had to do
something personally to con
tribute." Boykin said. "The
solidarity I feel with the other
clerical workers on campus is
very moving to me. What we do
for a living is honorable. It's as
honorable as groundskeeping,
or plumbing, or painting, and
it’s often more complex and
demanding.” she said.
‘It's a tragedy that we have spent this
much time and money studying the fact
that the state underpays one-quarter of its
workforce, and we have not spent one
dime on eradicating that problem.'
— Margarette Hallock
percent to 30 percent compared
to other jobs in the state.
‘‘Higher education depends a
lot on clerical employees, that 's
why the employees hen? an? so
active in the union," Hallock
said.
In fact. OPEU membership at
the Uni' sity has increased by
leaps and bounds in the past
three years to its current level
including about 75 percent of
all classified employees hen?.
Boykin, who is chairperson of
the clerical committee at the
University, said she thinks the
solidarity of clerical workers is
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McDaniel said he thinks he still has a chance at a win.
"In any race within 35 votes, there's always potential," he
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the House hinges on his race, he said. "I wish it hadn't
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About one-half th«* employees
the OPEl 1 represents are clerical
workers, nearly all of whom are
women, said kathv Wittwer,
the OPEIJ higher education
bargaining chairperson who is
an accounting clerk in the
University's Instructional
Media Center.
Wittwer said the solidarity of
clerical workers has greatly
helped to increase their voice
and draw supinirt to their side
in the fight for pay equity. "Pay
equity is one of the top
priorities supported by the
whole union.” Wittwer said
“There is widespread agree
ment that full-time state
employees should not have to
be subsidized by public ser
vices.” Hallock said. Strong
supporters of pay equity in
clude University President Paul
Olum and Oregon ..late Univer
sity President )ohn Byrne.
Some opponents to pay equi
ty argue that it would upset the
free-markot determination of
wages.
But "market wages reflect
yours of discrimination against
women," said Hallock. a former
economics professor.
"Eliminating that disadvantage
requires a proactive interven
tion in the market."
Wittwer added: "The other
side of that same coin is that the
work we do is intrinsically more
valuable than what we're being
paid. We don't like to think
about what would happen at the
University if the «lassified staff
were not around
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