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University President Dave Frohnmayer listens as Human Rights Alliance member Sarah Jacobson emphasizes the students’ de
mand that the University sign a five-year contract with the Worker Rights Consortium.
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sign any statement.
“I’d be happy to speak to the is
sue, but I’m not going to sign any
thing tonight,” he said.
Students also asked Frohnmay
er to sign on with the WRC, a mon
itoring body which would enforce
fair labor conditions in factories
producing University-licensed
apparel, for a five-year term.
While the President said he
would sign on with the WRC by
the end of this week, provided the
University Senate approves such
action in its upcoming Wednes
day meeting, he also said he is
considering a one-year member
ship at this point. Frohnmayer
said given that the WRC was just
recently established, he thinks a
one-year membership will give
the University a chance to see
whether the WRC will be efficient.
So far, all universities who have
signed on with the monitoring
system to this point have agreed to
one-year terms.
However, some students, such
as Human Rights Alliance mem
ber Sarah Jacobson, said a one
year term will not allow for
enough time to build the relation
ships required to make the WRC
work at its full potential.
“Perhaps it’s the place of the
University of Oregon to be the
ground breaker in this instance,”
Jacobson said.
Students also asked Frohnmay
er to send a letter to University As
sembly members, asking them to
vote to change the composition of
the University Senate and include
more seats for classified staff and
students.
Frohnmayer declined to agree,
saying he would never sign a letter
that he was not involved in com
posing and that he did not believe
in. He also said the University’s
charter might not allow him to in
fluence the University Assembly
in such a way.
The forum further examined
protesters’ demand that Frohn
mayer grant decision-making con
trol to all committees accountable
to him in addition to including
more students on those commit
tees. Frohnmayer urged students
to rethink and reword this de
mand because it allowed for con
flicting final decisions by different
committees.
Protesters’demands
to Frohnmayer
The University will join the Worlcer
Rights Consortium for a five-year
term.
The University will commit to not
joining the Fair Labor Association
or other factory monitoring bodies
as long as they are deficient in re
leasing information to the public,
monitoring visits are prean
nounced and factories are not ful
ly inspected.
The president will grant decision
making control to all committees
accountable to him. Their mem
bership will be changed to include
faculty, classified staff and stu
dents.
The president will write a letterto
University Assembly members,
asking that they vote in support of
changing the composition of the
University Senate to include more
seats for classified workers and
students.
SOURCE; WRC protesters
“I think that the demand ... is
incredibly flawed,” Frohnmayer
said. “It is a formula for anarchy.”
Throughout the forum, students
expressed concern about feeling
excluded from decision-making
on campus.
“It is not with pleasure that we
come here with demands, Presi
dent Frohnmayer,” ASUO Vice
President Mitra Anoushiravani
said. “I am very concerned with
the way you have marginalized
student investment.”
Frohnmayer said students’
voices are heard on campus, and
in the case of the WRC issue, their
demands came at a time where ac
tion was already being taken.
“I would take gentle issue with
those of you who said a sit-in was
necessary ... because the process
was well under way,” he said.
While students were excited to
have met with the president to dis
cuss their demands, some left the
meeting feeling a lack of accom
plishment.
“We didn’t get as many concrete
decisions as we would have
liked,” protester Agatha
Schmaedick, said.
Students will meet with Frohn
mayer again as early as Wednes
day, but definitely by the end of
the week.
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