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STRIKE Continued from Page 1 ar« workers hurt- who have not forgotten those wfio crossed the picket line during the strike eight years ago |1HH7|. and feel ings of resentment are being brought up all over again." Lewis said the strike in 10H7 lasted alxiut a week, and many (Mioplo in managerial positions levered some ol the joins vault ed by striking employees, since people in managerial positions are rial permitted to slriki* The University declined to com moot about how it would han dle a strike at thi* time l^ewis wild lit* did not antici pate any sort of violence should tht< strike occur, and no strikers would impede students from going into any buildings The Oregon Public Employees Union will vote on April it on whether or not to strike If workers do vote to strike, the earliest the state wide strike would begin is Mav 6, duo lo s 30 day mandatory "cooling off" period imposed by the union and a ten-day notic e to employers Karla Spent e, president of the OPEU, said that the union is trying to avert a strike and is stressing the important t> of plat ing more attention on a report by fact finder Luella Nelson Nelson was hired by the union and the state jointly It. ;tVvt-\s the i. iinfrat tual situn lion of stale employees In her report, Nelson found thal the salaries of University union members were 6 pen ent below the state average for county and municipal employ ees and that the university union employees deserved a pay increase The state has rejected Nelson's finding "Our position causes the state no net loss in budget," Spence said "We just want to stay even, the increase doesn't impac l other budgets such as prison reform or higher educa tion " Union members asked University President Dave Frohnmayer to attend the rally and show support for the work ers. hut neither Frohnmayer nor an administration representa tive attended the rally, said Jerry Carson, a 54 year-old University student and night custodian for University hous ing Barbara Edwards, special counsel to the President, said that she did receive the request hut said that Krohnmayer was unable to attend the rally because of an executive staff meeting off-campus at that tune Edwards said that she did not interpret the request ns hav ing asked for a representative Christine Leonard, assistant Ci President Ernhninavrr. said on behalf of Krohnmayer that he was "supportive of all employees' right to their free dom of expression." However, Carson, said that he did not think that Krohnmayer was supportive of the workers at all. "Krohnmayer is a politician, and he just says what he has to say and doesn't care what hap pens." Carson said. Carson makes approximately $650 a month. He pays $415 a month in rent and must nolle* t urns to supplement his income Canon also receives $:t() a w»»ek selling his plasma. Carson said he will receive a $94 pay cut due to Measure H. leaving him with “barely enough to live on " No one can afford to go on strike, especially him. Carson said "I'm not crying for me, I'll survive," Carson said. "If 1 go homeless again. I don't care I'll just try and find another job and liv<> off of macaroni and cheese for a long tiro*." Charles Potts ha* been a training supervisor at Carson dining hall for 14 years Potts said he worked as a janitor off i ainpus last year to supplement hi* income because hi* University wage* were not enough to cover his cost of liv ing expenses. "I'm lucky my wife works in child earn Iwsause 1 know that we couldn't afford the high cost of regular child care for our two son* " Potts said that he was unaware of any request for Frohnmayer or a representative to attend the rally, hut was not disappointed by his absence because "Frohnmayor's role as a state administrator does not allow him to discuss strike issues." "I think ho iFrohnmayerJ sincerely cores about the University stole workers and our situation," Potts said. “I have a good idea of where his heart is in this matter." Potts also said he thought President Frohnmover was "probably the most supportive president this University has hod in a long time." Vice President Dan Williams said that if a strike does oc cur, ■.indents c on expect that such services as the University power plant, laboratories that hove ongoing experiments requiring 24 hour attention, dorm housing and dining balls will lie maintained to the best extent possible. “If some of our workers choose not to come to work, it will not Ixi business as usual," Williams said "We'll do the best we can with the critical services," Scott McLoud, a junior and general science major said that he sympathizes with the state employees “State employees work very hared, and they're basically being stabbed in the back," McLoud said. Me Loud, whose mother is a state employee with the Department of Environmental Quality, said, "i understand I might suffer bec ause ! use the dining hall, but I'll live through it." 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"As long as Eugene carries this." he said, "other areas will not kick in." The car camp originally had a budget of $85,900. nearly 30 percent higher than the budget of a year ago. Officials last fall attributed the increase to the fact that Lane ShelterOire pays its staff more and uses fewer volunteers than White Bird Clinic, which managed the camp last year Susan Ban. executive director of Lane ShelterCare. said the agency needed to increase staffing to deal with security and help in other programs on the site. "We were originally budgeted to have only one person on the site at a tune." Ban said. "We rual ly needed two people during peak activity times " The agency began to overlap shifts during the late afternoon and evening, she said. “This made residents and staff much happier,*' she said. Other unexpected costs Mu.iUui- SJ, 0 0( i for two addition* a I portable toilets. $1,500 for a wheelchair act*?ssible ramp to the camp trailer office. 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