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Oregon Daily THURSDAY, APRIL 13,1995 EUGENE. OREGON VOLUME 96 ISSUE 111 Workers rally to call attention to plight OPEU: Union members hope to avoid strike, but are prepared tor the worst nonetheless Samantha Marlin Qr+gon Oily fmgrMf Hot) limit's wakes tip a vary wntkdat morning at ft 10 a.m and rides his bike to an 8:00 a m Chinese class (tint he is auditing After ( lass, ho begins work at Carson Dining Hall, where as a food ser vice worker, he manages the salad bar Jam os take* a half-hour lunch brook, unpaid, than works until 9 p m. Wednesday, in his brook Imtweon the end of his class and work, fames, on Oregon Public Employe’s Union mem ber for nine months, attended the OPEU rally in front of fohnsnn Hall. Approximately 200 other protesters joined him to voice dissent about the effects of Measure H on slate workers and other unresolved contract issues James has been working at Carson for two years, whic h qualifies him as a level one food service worker This means he is ill the bottom of the pay st ale, ami a state wide strike would result $70 decrease in monthly wages Hart Lewis, who is the treasurer of local 85 of the Ol’l tf at the University, said there was no strike fund to cover lost wages for striking union members, be* ause the fund was depleted due to the rising cost of health Insurance for state workers James and his live-in girlfriend and her son would have to live off of money they hove been saving for ihti last two years to buy a house if he is fort ml to strike "1 like my job and don"! want to do anything that would damage tha University. but at this time workers am not boittg treated right,” fa mas said "I do iny part and should f»> treated fairly lamas said tha (aval of anxiety for employees at ( arson is rising eat h day "This [situation! pits one worker against the other." fames said "There Turn to STRIKE, Page -I City Council votes to fund car camp through May Homeless: i he unanimous decision delays closure of car camp until May 31 Ben Moebius Osgof! Daify £metatd The (U'nteimial Car (jimp will avoid early closure thanks to $5,000 in emer gency funding granted by the Eugene City Council in n work session Wednesday. The car camp exponent ed a budget shortfall of $10,000. half of which will be covered by a prior donation from the Sacred Heart Health Care System, because of unexpected needs discov ered by the managers of the camp, Lane ShelterC-are The shortfall would have forced the camp to close at the end of April. The council decided, in a unani mous vote, to approve funding the car camp until Ma\ :t t, when it was scheduled to close. However, the council also unanimously approved a motion to end the city’s primary responsibility for the camp, which is located in a parking lot near Autzen Stadium, after this year The motion will shift responsibili ty to the Intergovernmental Human Servic es Committee, which already allocates funds for housing services Turn to CAMP, Page 4 Residents at tha Cantannlal Car Camp, focatod near Autian Stadium, racaivad a raprtve from tha Eugena City Council Wadnasday Counciloni votad unanimously to fund tt>a car camp through May 31; a budgat shortfall would ha vs for cad tha camp to class at tha and of tha April. Candidates seek aid increases Platform: Nat Farnam, Eli Elder say students should protest cuts to federal financial aid Amy Columbo Nat Famam and Kti Elder. can didates for the ASUO Executive, said they are two "regular guvs" wtio want to api**al to the major its of tin* student body who fail to vote durum campus elections. Neither of the i <in dictates have been involved in the ASUO in the past. It is a fea* ture trial makes the tuam unique "We're outsiders and we're not stuck in all the politics of the ASUO," Famam said “Hopefully, we address this apathy by appealing to the gen eral student body who feel that they don't have candidates that express their interests," he said. M> r t OMrOtM mu Mat Famam and Ell Eldar are running for the ASUO President and Vice President positions. Faniatn and Eldar are running on a platform with the issues of stopping police harassment, rent increases and cuts in financial aid. They propose meeting with the police department, the city council ami the mayor to lobby for students' rights The two would like to increase communication between students Turn to ASUO, Page 7 OSPIRG’s statement OK’d by senate PFC: Committee will hear OSPIRG s budget tonight Natasha Shepard The ASUO Student Sen ate voted to approve the controversial goal state ment of the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group with only one dis senting vote Wednesday night. The revised goal state ment was passed after less than half an hour of Senate discussion. approving QSPIRG's eligibility to he funded by student inci Turn to SENATE. Page 8 ■ GOOD MORNING ► SACRAMf NTO (AP) — Ono of two now Interstate 5 bodges quickly built to replace spans washed away in recent Hoods opened lo traffic Wednesday T he northbound bridge ow Arroyo Pasajoro, near Coalirvga. opened about ? pm. 33 days after the washouts, the state Department ot Transportation announced. 1 he southbound span was expected to open Wednesday night, said Caltrans spokesman Jim Drago Seven people died when their cars tell into the raging creek as they drove along the interstate on the night ot March 10. Ono motorist survived by clinging to branches ot bushes along the creek until he was rescued an hour later. Contractor C C Meyers of Rancho Cordova had estimated costs ot $3.6 million to rebuild the bridges In 50 days. Working around the dock. Meyers com pieted the project 17 days ahead ot schedule
