GTFs
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the cost of day care, she finds her
self competing for dollars with
other student parents at the Uni
versity.
“I know [paying for childcare]
is a huge problem for a lot of peo
ple besides myself,” she said. “I’d
look forward to [a childcare sub
sidy for GTFs] partly for my own
self-interests but also because I
recognize that there are a lot of
people out there who need this
even more than I do.”
Yaju Dharmarajah, a vice presi
dent for the Graduate Teaching
Fellows Federation and the
union’s chief negotiator, said he
personally believes allocating
money for a GTF childcare sub
sidy is one of the most important is
sues in the upcoming negotiations.
“I’d like a 100 percent subsidy
for all GTF parents,” he said. “I
think it would show that the Uni
versity recognizes that when a
majority of GTFs go home, they
are fathers and mothers and that
their children need day care.”
The union has a long list of oth
er issues it will be bringing to the
bargaining table when the negoti
ations resume, Dharmarajah said.
Those issues include adding a
clause guaranteeing GTFs sick
and family leave; incorporating
so-called “training grant” gradu
ate students into the union’s
membership; and laying the legal
groundwork to limit departments
from contracting out GTF work to
undergraduates or graduate stu
dents who are not GTFs.
In contrast, University Employ
ee Relations Manager Mark Zu
nich outlined relatively few major
issues his team will be bringing to
the table.
Zunich, who serves as the Uni
versity’s head negotiator, listed
several contract language
changes, including one that
would allow GTF paychecks to
vary slightly from month to
month, allowing for quirks in the
University’s payroll processing
system. GTFs’ total salaries would
not be affected.
The two major economic is
sues, pay and health-care benefits,
will not be included in the cur
rent bargaining session. Those is
sues were worked out this sum
mer, when, in the face of skyrock
eting health care costs, the teams
met to work out a special health
care agreement.
Under the agreement, effective
Sept. 16, the union agreed to cap
GTF pay raises for the 2000-2001
bargaining year at 1 percent and
1.25 percent for the 2001-2002
bargaining year. The University
agreed to make larger lump sum
health insurance premium pay
ments into the GTF Health and
Welfare Trust Fund.
Both sides agreed that the sum
mer negotiation session was
tense. But Zunich said discussing
the pay and health care benefits
this summer effectively “tied up”
the traditionally contentious is
sues, allowing both sides to focus
on other non-economic issues.
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tions, individuals and support
from the state helped pay for the
multi-million dollar cost of the
renovation.
“A few individuals originally
came forward with $1.8 million
to support the project and from
there we took it to the Chancellor
of the State System, Governor
Kitzhaber and the State Legisla
ture,” he said.
Robertson said the Legislature
agreed to match dollar-for-dollar
in state bonds what was raised
privately. He said he hopes the
renovation will enable the
UOMA to expand in new direc
tions and attract major traveling
exhibitions.
Kaci Manning, manager of pub
lic relations at the museum, said
she is excited about the improve
ments to the facility that she sees
as “the premier visual arts re
source for metropolitan Eu
gene/Springfield, and all of Lane
County.”
For example, Manning said the
updated museum will feature a
museum cafe and store, new
north and south sculpture gar
dens, a revised loading and park
ing area and ADA accessibility
throughout the building.
Manning said the renovation
will also enable the museum to
more adequately keep up with
modern museum standards and
provide a better environment for
visitors.
Although exact dates for the
closure and renovation of the
UOMA have not yet been final
ized, Deborah Carl, the outreach
coordinator for the museum, said
plans are in place for renovations
to begin in late spring.
After the renovation is com
plete, Robertson said the museum
will feature a 4,700-square-foot
rotating exhibit gallery for major
national and international travel
ing exhibitions.
Carl said she looks forward to
the new studio space and interac
tive gallery that will also be in
cluded in the museum’s renova
tion.
“The studio space is all for fam
ilies, students and adults, not just
kids,” Carl said.
Carl added that the museum
will continue to focus on school
tours and outreach to younger
children.
But Robertson said he hopes
the renovations will enable the
museum to reach out not just to
children, but to all people.
“We hope to take it in new di
rections in the 21st century,” he
said.
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