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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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views and emergency shelters
"This will only terminate pri
mary responsibility." said C-oun
cilwoman Nam v Nathanson.
“|This| rtsallv belongs in the court
of the mSC,"
Councilman Kevin Homhuck
le said that transferring respon
sibility will put pressure on other
regional institutions, and hope
fully the state, to help fund the
tamp. "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
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