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Eat till the cows come home! Holy Cow in the afternoon! By popular demand, we’ve extended our hours until 7pm Monday through Thursday. To celebrate, treat a friend to a free meal. fA Buy 1 Meal | (3pm - 7pm M-Th) | £r your friend eats free! equal or lesser value/expires June 15,2001 J Student Groups Advertise your events in the Oregon Daily Emerald, / We have special university rates. Call 346-3712. Protest continued from page 1 “In this kind of dispute, we need to make sure we support the work ers and that the community stands up and supports them,” said Pete Sorensen, Lane County Commis sioner. State Sen. Tony Corcoran, D-Cot tage Grove, read a statement of sup port for the newspaper employees on behalf of seven state legislators from Lane County, and a spokesper son for U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio also presented a statement supporting the guild. The crowd also included employees not in the guild — distri bution workers — who tried to unionize in the past. Sixty distribution workers began organizing a union at The Register Guard last year. Teamsters Union 206 representative Stefan Ostrach said more than 60 percent of distribution employees signed up before Register Guard management stepped in with unfair labor practices. “They fired a woman, held cap tive-audience meetings, solicited grievances directly and gave big rais es. That killed it, right there,” he said. The National Labor Relations Board ruled recently that The Regis ter-Guard had committed pervasive and unfair labor practices against the distributors during the union organ izing. People in the crowd chanted along with organizers at the rally, saying “Zinser, go home,” a reference to a Tennessee lawyer hired by the news paper to bargain with employees. Pressmen, who print the paper at The Register-Guard, have been negotiat ing with the owners since their con tract expired on March 31st. Demonstrators lifted white signs with protest messages into the air. Various union representatives held banners or flags aloft, including Head Start workers, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and the UAW National Writers Union. Writ ers Union member Sally Sheklow spoke in support of the newspaper employees’ contract demands. “We support writers being paid a living wage for what they do,” she said. Highway continued from page 1 ODOT plans for new roads through the Oregon Transportation Plan, which considers long-term transportation issues and new road construction. “Projects are based on local communities’ recommendations and sources for funding,” said John Jackley, ODOT public affairs manager, adding that ODOT fun nels projects through a priority process known as S.T.I.P. before they can be started. This approach doesn’t always work and is the reason why multi ple bills on transportation are be ing introduced at the legislative level, Kropf said. Get Ready for Summer! Plan Your Classes Now! The UO Summer Session Catalog with Schedule of Classes is now available on campus. catalog contains important information about courses and programs offered this summer, registration, housing, and fees. Telephone and DuckWeb registration starts May 7. ere Now! Pick Up Your Free Copy Today Pick up your copy today in the Summer Session office, 333 Oregon Hall, or at the UO Bookstore Telephone (541) 346-3475 http:/ 7uosummer.uoregon.edu/ “ODOT is a huge bureaucracy, and they have the mindset to do whatever they think is right,” he said. “But they are not getting the job done.” He estimates the project will re quire two sessions to implement because a cost analysis will need to be completed before the project can be started. Tolls could be one way to fi nance the project. “Other states have used tolls,” Jackley said. “To date, they have not been used by Oregon to pay for road projects.” Jackley said HB 3195 would have a huge fiscal impact on the state, in part because the roads would cross a number of small creeks as well as the McKenzie and Santiam rivers. “We would have to construct more bridges,” he said. “You’re talking around $400 million for the cost of that bill, with no sources identified to pay for it.” Kropf explained Oregon needs to become more innovative and creative in its solutions — includ ing financing. He suggested the legislature keep extra construction lanes in place when the current ex pansion project between Albany and Salem wraps up. “Since the [federal government is] paying for it, they require we rip those extra lanes out of there when we finish — unless the legis lature mandates they remain,” Kropf said. “That’s millions of dol lars to take that base rock out, when we could use it.” Other states have opted to pay for expansions with pavement leasing, which requires the con tractor to build a project for the state and maintain the pavement for a set number of years. The committee has scheduled a public hearing on the bill for May 2 at the Capitol building in Salem. GOLF CLUB at ttt '9i«t4t College Students -*20.00 822-3220 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!! THE UO CULTURAL FORUM PRESENTS: THE 31ST ANNUAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL The Cultural Forum is currently seeking a volunteer crew for the event to be held Mai: 18-20. 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