Negotiators hope to end strike at bargaining table today
By Jackie Barry
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Negotiators will return to the
t>«rgaming table today in yet
another round of talks aimed at
ending the 21 -day-old teachers’
strike.
Talks are scheduled to
resume at 1 p.m at the Village
Green Motor Hotel in Cottage
Grove. Representatives from
both sides expressed hope this
would lx? the last session.
"Every time I always ho|>e
that that’s it. I put all my eggs in
one basket.” said Bette
Shoemaker, a first-grade teacher
at Ida Patterson Elementary. "I
just live from one bargaining
session to the next."
“We're always hopeful
something will break the log
jam." said Geoff Masters, an
Oregon Education Association
consultant on special assign
ment in Eugene.
Masters said he thought addi
tions to the luirgaining table
may have added some new
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ideas and believes that even
though there’s been more move
ment on issues than in past ses
sions. there hasn't been
enough.
"It's going to take til the
middle of September (to reach
an agreement) at that rate." he
said.
Neither side is sure how Mon
day’s fairground protest and
resulting arrests will affect
negotiations or the ability of the
parties to work together when
the strike is settled.
Four striking teachers were
arrested for disorderly conduct
and a television news
photographer was arrested for
fourth-degree assault during the
protest, according to a Register
Guard report They all were
released on their own
recognizance
District Superintendent
Margaret Nichols said the
events "bothered" her. but she
doesn't think they will make a
settlement more difficult. She
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said talks hinge on money and
other issues and not on
behavior.
Nichols said she'd received
calls from people expressing
dismay or disappointment over
the events and one person ex
pressing anger because she
couldn't get to her home
An issue such as the arrest of
a teacher typically is not part of
teacher evaluation because it
isn't related to teaching perfor
mance. Nichols said.
She noted teacher conduct ex
pected by the public Is higher
than the ordinary standard,
however.
"We expect more dignity,
more self-restraint,” she said
Nichols said it's sad when
professionals behave in a way
that doesn't do credit to the
maturity and dignity expected
Masters is not sure communi
ty opinion of Monday's arrests
matters, he said. The communi
ty stood by for months and mon
ths while negotiations dragged
on. and members of the com
munity should force the district
to make fair and equitable pro
posals. he said.
"Our purpose was to give a
very strong message to the scabs
that we don't want them here."
Masters said. "All they are is
glorified babysitters."
The relationships that exist
between building ad
ministrators and teachers
varies, according to Masters
The union receives reports that
some administrators are doing
the best they can. and some are
very negative and hurtful to the
striking teachers, he said,
Ida Patterson's principal,
Virg Erickson, "has been very
responsible." Shoemaker said.
The building staff remains
"tight" and continues to meet,
she said.
Two part-time teachers at Ida
Patterson continue to teach
because their contract requires
them to do so. Shoemaker said.
"YVe all understand that."
she said.
ASUO, Student Senate to discuss
changes to grievance procedure
By Carolyn Umberson
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Lucy Kaplan ami Kandy Mac
Donald will moot today with
student grievance represen
tatives to discuss the proposed
changes to the grievance
procedure.
Kaplan, director of the Office
of Student Advocacy, and Mac
Donald. Student Senate chair
man. have invited represen
tatives from the offices of affir
mative action, the dean of
students, academic advising,
the Department of Inter
collegiate Athletics, financial
aid. ASIJO mediation, the
ASIK) Executive and the Com
mittee on the Status of Women,
among others, to brainstorm
ideas and suggestions before the
changes are finalized.
The proposed changes actual
ly occur in the introductory rule
of the Grievance Division and
attempt to clarify the pro
cedures outlined in Division 3
of the Oregon Administrative
Rules, according to a memo
from the office of the vice presi
dent for administration
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Kaplan said the proposed
changes are not tremendously
different from the current rules,
but she sees the need for other
groups to get involved in the
rule-making process. This is
one reason for today's meeting,
she said.
"I also want to explore the
possibility of independently or
jointly requesting deferment of
the rule-making decision." she
said, referring to her comments
in Tuesday's Oregon Daily
Emerald.
Although there is no state
mandated time limit for the
University to implement these
procedures. Kaplan is hoping to
request a 90-day deferment in
implementation to allow full
commentary on the proposed
changes, she said.
Kaplan said they am likely to
get a favorable response from
the administration on extending
the finalization date.
Muriel Jackson, assistant vice
president for administration,
said tentatively, no action
would be taken until two weeks
after a planned public hearing
on May 14. Shu was informally
told the University could take
up to a year to make a decision
but would have to hold a second
public hearing in that time,
jackson said.
The proposed amendment is
the result of a recommendation
by the University provost s of
fice in consultation with the
faculty advisory council,
Jackson said. It would give
stricter boundaries concerning
which offices handle what
grievances as well as describe
how students initiate
grievances, she said.
The proposal also would
identify which employees and
students are covered solely by
collective bargaining
agreements, what timelines are
used and limits the amount of
campus procedures a grievant
may implement when pursuing
a grievance on the same subject
Kaplan said she hopes all
those involved learn something
from today's meeting, planned
for 3:30 p in in EMU Cedar
Room C.
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