Health care, fair trade key to U.S. industry, speaker says
By Gerrit Koepptnq
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The v«f»rnmon I needs to
tukc more ol .1 roll? in making
the Stairs rnorr i ornpet
ills i-. Douglas I rusi r. formrr
president ol the (nited Auto.
Worki'f- ol \iihtiiii iid I r:
day
S.pr-lktng «l.t -til*• I.Ugene Hi!
'on ! r.i-' f'imiIiiii-d .1 number
of problems, ini luding bit k of
health - ■ *- -and unfair trado
>ant (ions < onftonting labor and
industry during this period ol
im re.isi'd i ompetitiveness
We .ire eng.iged 111 fieri e
et iimimu corn pet 11 ion. im
Hid People Wi ■ 11 We I (Mi ll I go
lee 1 < it,, e ir\ day- ol the
it)-., hut lie .lit! lie'.i't going
lull k
A result ol this mi reusing
level o|i ompetition, braver
Mini, is that competition has hr
come a bu/-/.word fur reducing
wages
B ii i h v fat u sing on I \ on
wages, industry has missed
the other side o( that filiation,
whichfs pr« idut I is 11\ lie said
Itaser said I1 S workers are
some of the most produi tivr in
the world
Hut on a soi nil level, he said,
d von tr\ to mated ihv wages
of Mexico and North Korea
vou are ii! danger of losing the
middle i hiss
!• raser said the rra! haliengr
was no: to lower th( standard,
III living of the I lilted States,
hut to irltfeasi the standard of
living m more poor countries
You i a mm! il i vide up m .art
its. you ran oni\ share alum
riante. ' lie said
I raser also t ailed lor an end
[■ > wha ' O' s od was a s me sided
trade relationship with Japan
Hi’ said Japan's trade polity
discourages I'S automakers
(rum exporting products to Ja
pan
Should Americans stand
idly hv and he slaves of the free
market while American Indus
tries are Is'ing destroyed ' he
asked
One was government timid
help labor would he if the I nit
ed States went ahead and eslati
iisfied universal health tare
Fraser said
The I'rated States is !he
only country in the world
where labor has to negotiate for
health t are. he said
On an economit level. I raser
• aid. industry is put under a
great tinam tal strain hv having
pav tor workers' health t are
Hot industry also has to do
i!s part to mHM' inr i niceo
States inure (ompetitive. hr
said An example of an indus
trial sun ess stor\ is iho Saturn
automobile plant in Spring
fir* 1 <J. IVnn which (.mural
Motors runs
Workers helped design that
plant. ! raser said, and ha\e .i
vwi c in makingdcc.isiohs. sui h
as what ad\ eflising agent v they
will him ami what distributors
tin”, w ill Use
h’ri i-ntlv. the* demand was so
'gm'at for tin* cars that' tin* plant
needed to go to a SO hour work
Insmad of management die
t.iling to tin* u ■ rkers. the issue
was put to a \oti- with HH per
cent of llie workers voting for
the me reused hours
This kind of management is
the trend of the future for both
industry and labor, he said
Douglas Fraser
The labor movnmont c;anmd
in ...iiislifil with-its tradition..;
riiir ut n-tlirn; managers make
(lei is; ins and then fighting
i husi di i isions tliei. don 't
::k■ 1 ravT said
n
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Continued from f’nqe 1
mg .in officer true the Kugcne !*«>>.* •• 1 >«■ pnrttm nt .
tic frets uni omP .riitblr h.ilif) •> i'■ <'! i1 ; r ’
lion
••Any 'iiu.itmti thut myself. .1*. on untftum.i of fit n
.mi Ii.milling .111.: tret iii 1« .i'- ' i 1 >■>''
I’d in 1 H’p.irt till’ nit ofheer. Si .irbotnngh s.i n!
Ask .in% it| i : UPS nr id’L) to n ■ ■ ■ IP'
rnlationship brivsmn the iwo liep.irunenis .uni Uh’
III ir.t : l,,l: i i ■; lip : i I < t t> 11«'ll
i PI) Si" St k* t 'ill!" sii 111 tn !.<■ - ! ' '
(IPS III.in In' >1' H'S I'iPIi Ins ausr of tie s'. ‘ ’ w',,i king
■ . '■ ’ ■
morning .It till' KIM) but then min' ■> m. r P> UPS for
lit, ,i.1 v III 1.1 ( I 111. I-VI n li.is ins vs ! '!' 'k ■ ( )i1 ■
( Inn-, vs im hr.nls (he five Kugrttr jmln r officers .is
r 1 ; s.i 1 Ml. liilnc 11 ■ UPS " ■ : !,*
v.. • i '' .; ! I ' ■ ’■ P.'
'Ovi rslI, I v hrm im|ifrssi'ii vs iili tiir I IPSl nth
I i.I ■ pi. vs .»r ki 13 w i'll hr s.iiil
enlist .in.) Ilirv tv mil then- husv
l lji* t nivrrsilv s (cHili.nl vsitii I.IM) vv r- si;;:.ril
luur vr.us .ig. I hr ollii its p.itri i .imp., .mil IP.'
surn•'.miiiu: .f< . .tin U 1 hours It. ‘ n>; vsit!
( IPS ullli rrs
Although OPS .'lllirrs (.III Irgullv ) lilt ft i i unit 1 m
vrrsilv owiir*I |irn|irrH. Ivugrti.- point' h.ivr tuP ns
rnfuri rnirnl invwiu'rr vvilhin i itv Itlliils Hms UPS
"> .\ > l.i.rlv tngeth' : r ni.uiv silua
lions
. ■ .■ r M- ,i very ..i niili. i
.slop Oil !.I‘D Li 1.tn ( llummil/. super \ isor for
! .1!: i 11;»* KPD i.ilf.pvis oftn «;fs ‘There Is a spirit
n| ( i, per ij i it in tt iih I he LTD and ()1’S
U ? ( ii1', imI U'ii iilhters m,n weri i go her in
i .o' ; ., - ' i .i ri ,i r• - I !' ,tr d isi mi ! i eis Ini wti n the two
levels
At I hr ugh i ampus w’l untv officers are Ir.ilneti a!
the sane pi.u e .is [Kiljui officers Ihe, Board ol Putt
•. s untunts an.! I ... ' V ■■■■■ ■
seiuritv ofluefs receive a different, less intensive
training program than police offir >ts do
Cnnsejuenllv. OPS officers are i: t pen::Bled to
. - r ■, \s ; ■; ■ ■■ and have r u i a e:: i :it\ !-i in aha:
rest un i ampus olher than a citizen s arrest
\s a i iiizen. anyone lias the right to make an arrest
il ihev have seen something thev believe is illegal
t hus OPS uitu ers have no more authnniv to arrest a
person than does a ( Iti/eti
VVhlll. then is OPS s purpose Oil I ampus ’ Id OPS
ihrei tilt dares Drayton, the answer is simple
'Our li) is to maintain peace ami order on cam
pus Drayton said
Mllio-ugli drift-rent am! perhaps less evening than
p.a;t i wore Dravton am! m-tvs >■ t '.<■ lull time
sei urilv oth( els have their VS , it k . ..t oil! 'at tilelli
'lo (IPS stdenis safety means sei .ring fltlVondtV
liutldings i lassrooms ami donnitones respond
•mg to Ih*■ emutgrncv i .ills on < atnpus and dealing
with ,inv othi'r problem or situation that arises
With mi i! i.i ii \ resp. in site 1 it a-, and mi t ■ ■ w Ol’S oil
cers, dim1 said in' believes Of’SV limited resources
ari> tiding spr> . ! thin as a consequence .ol'budget -
t igh toning
"1 In- t jmrrsilv ari’.i expects a lot out o) these 0Iti
i its, (roin ; 1 • - ii:::with a for m • ked out ot their
i ar to a false alarm, he said 'There are a lot of ex
pei turn n s tie University p„ts on. a small number oi
people "
An Ol’S officer's |,T the event ni a dung, rolls
i umpus situation one that he or she feels threat
ened or uneasy with is to serve as the eyes am! the
ears for the Ki’I >
OPS officers'! are nut police officers and they
know that (dine said I'hev work with us and
W hen tl'.ev are asked to step asid, they do
( hue said that while hugene police try to avoid in
volving Ol’S officers in dangerous situations due to
then lai k ni vv. upuns. ()I’S otfn r> depending on !i
particular situation, vviil usuatlv get involved along
side the LI'U
in ; ,M thells. Ol’S (diners assist m that situu
::. ,ii. general I v speak.ng he said i! there is a figti!
or someone runs, Ol’S joins right in until the situa
tion is under control But. as poin e of fir ers. we c an't
put them m dangerous positions Imciiuse they don t
hav e a gun
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