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NAACP Continued from Page 1 loft the NAACP shortly after Chavis was fired last fall The lawsuit seeks $2 1 mil lion in punitive and compen satory damages, plus an unspecified amount in bat k pay, severance pay and other damages. It also seeks promo tions (or women workers and a court order ordering the NAACP to halt discriminato ry prnctii es The lawsuit is not meant to ‘ harass the new leadership" o( hoard Chair Myrlie livers Williams, hut seeks to unrav el a pattern of discrimination against women in the Hf>-year old organization. said David Hlum, attorney for the plain tiffs "There is a history that < <*r tainly points to this kind of problem at the NAACP over tie past few years," Hlum said the class action was attached to a lawsuit filed last month by Stephanie Hones, an attorney at the NAACP’* Baltimore headquarters from Dei ember 1991 until last August Rones 37, alleges breach of contrai t. sexual harassment and (lit crimination and wrongful Mai iatory firing Rimes was joined hy Barbara Coggins of Chicago, a J5-year NAACP employee and nation al director of the NAACI*'*. ACT SO program, whic h pro motes academic: excellence among black high school sin dents ACT-SO is a major NAACP program, with an animal bud get of alxnit $500,000 It plac es Coggins on par with male pro gram heads and regional dire* tors in the c ivil rights group But Coggins, 42. is paid about $32,000 a year, approximate ly one-third to one-hall less than the others, the lawsuit says "II you examine every cate gory, invariably women were paid a lot less than men doing the same kind of work, Blum said "There was a pattern that was pervasive When seeking contributions for A Cl SO. the NAACP rou tinely submits budgets that indie ate Coggins rec eives "SO pen ent more a year above what she w as actually paid" between 1001 and 1004. the lawim11 *ay* Coggins brought the pay issue to tin* attention of NAACP officials. and got no satisfactory response. the law suit mv* Slid has sought a raise, hut didn't rwttivi) one Only two woman an* among the 12 top professional* at the NAACP, even though women make up about 75 pert out of the NAAU’ i work fort e, the lawsuit said Women typically are paid at least 25 pert ent less than men Also, the lawsuit contend*, women receive fewer "privi leges of spending" on travel, training and entertainment Men in senior staff positions often receive "consulting work" bonuses while women do not, the lawsuit said It also alleges that opportunities to attend seminars or training programs are disproportion ately offered to men Decisions to give a few women professionals higher salaries or benefits, the law suit says, "appeared related not to their capat ities but to their special relationships with male officials of defen dant NAACP Waiting for a hot deal on a POwerBook? 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Zupan said "It's been hard watching the destruction take place and 1 think it (the tier ision) shows the seriousness of the case and the urgency behind it '* Last Thursday , two Amazon buildings were demolished to make room for an access road for construi tion equt pment Before Monday s stay was issued, contractors at the site could demolish the buildings at any time. According to Stutter, the $5,000 was raised by several members of the community who support saving the complex from demolition "We've had generous support from a number of community members on getting the loan together," Stotter said "M\ < bents are going to have to work hard to pay Uu k the loan to < on Untie their struggle A press conference is sched uled for 11 (X) a rn today in the Amazon playground to announce the stay and the halt of the demolition. Zupan said discussion svill also Iw held on paying the money back by encouraging people to continue to send in donations to replace the loans. In terms of how the stay affects the University, Kyster said Monday that although plans to replace and rebuild the complex at East 24th Avenue and Patterson Street will contin ue, important deadlines are C-, r 1 .SS tag clOMf "A long delay could add up to $! million to construction cost if we miss our construction season this fall." I.vster said, "and even a short delay could prevent moving the to St Vincent de Paul units M Under an agreement reached by the t ity of Eugene. Universi ty officials and Terry Mi Donald, ext* utive director of St. Vincent tie Paul. McDonald has until May 1 r> to move Hi units (two buildings) to a city-owned site a! 2(H) K 10th Ave . with the possi bilitv of moving more of the total 2-14 units during Phase II construction. 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