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SEIU: Salaries will now be equal statewide
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staff perform on our campuses that is
valued by the entire campus communi
ty,” acting chancellor of OUS George
Pemsteiner said in a press release.
Star Holmberg, SEIU member of
the higher education bargaining
team, said she is recommending a
“yes” vote on the contract language
for 28 newly revised articles.
“I’m very hopeful that it will pass. A
lot of our members feel it to be a bal
anced contract, especially considering
we’re coming out of a step freeze,”
Holmbeig said.
For two years, classified employees
have not gotten a salary step increase,
which is calculated for inflation and
cost of living increases.
Those at the bargaining table wanted
compensation for these lost wages.
Salary increases of 2 percent or $50
per month, whichever is more, were
made effective July 1, and a second in
crease of the same amount will take
place on Dec. 1,2006.
“The new contract is not
necessarily making up for the cost
of living increases we’ve seen since
the freeze,” Holmberg said. “But we
did prevail on issues around region
al salary selectives increases. ”
Rick Hampton, director of Labor and
Employee Relations for OUS manage
ment said, “I think it’s a good agree
ment for the workers and OUS. ”
“Individual workers may not feel like
they’re made whole by this agreement,”
Hampton said, “but the intent was to pro
vide as much catch-up as possible, and
they’re getting the same packages that all
other state employees are getting. ”
The OUS management representa
tives originally proposed regional salary
selectives where people at different uni
versities would be paid different salaries
for the same work.
“We got salary selectives for all seven
schools,” Holmberg said, referring to
University of Oregon, Oregon State Uni
versity, Portland State University, East
ern Oregon University, Southern Oregon
University, Western Oregon University
and Oregon Institute of Technology.
“Total, we got 21 classifications for
salary selectives increases,” Holmberg
said, which is effective Jan. 1, 2006,
“making more places for people to go
within their classification. ”
Holmberg attributes the success of
the union not only to union representa
tives at the bargaining table, but all clas
sified workers who wrote letters to
chancellor Pemsteiner and all who or
ganized and attended rallies.
“It’s the actions of members in the
process that really made the bargaining
contract to be successful,” Holmberg
said, "not just the bargaining table. ”
Classified workers on step one
through six of the pay range as of July
1 will receive an additional step if they
did not receive a step increase between
July 1 and Oct. 1,2003. In addition, em
ployees who work 80 hours per month
or more will receive full Public Employ
ees Benefits Board health, dental and
basic life insurance through December
2006. Part-time employees will receive
pro-rated benefits contribution and sub
sidy through the end of 2007.
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Response: Mayor supports civil rights for all people
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advertisement in the Register-Guard
costs between $600 and $4,000 de
pending on size and placement.
“There are a lot of Christian organi
zations who are doing everything they
can to stop gay people from entering
into any kind of legally recognized
committed relationship,” Edwards
said. “My concern is that the upstand
ing partner with whom I form that
bond should be entitled to any em
ployment benefits I have, social secu
rity — hospital visitation is a biggie.”
Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy was at
the event and stood in the photograph.
“I’m a strong supporter of basic
rights for all people in the communi
ty,” Piercy said. “And I’m glad to stand
here today.”
Piercy said she heard about the
event by e-mail.
Local talk radio host Nancy Stapp
helped publicize the event on station
KOPT 1600AM.
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“My friend Haliie told me she want
ed to do something about that ad,”
Stapp said. Edwards went on Stapp’s
radio program several times in order to
talk about the event.
“We’ve got to get the word out,”
Stapp said. “We’ve got to answer
that hatred with love — and a
family photo.”
Stapp said she too was impressed by
the turnout.
“I love community radio,” Stapp
said. “You can decide two days ago to
do something and tell people to come
and they will.”
Stapp said she hopes more people
will help support the cause.
“This isn’t a gay issue. It’s a human
rights issue,” Stapp said. “And good
people know that.”
Dan McGuire, who took some of the
pictures at the event, heard about the
event through Stapp’s broadcast.
“I’m always listening to the pro
gressive programs on the radio,”
McGuire said.
“My marriage does not need de
fending,” said local activist Mac Mc
Fadden, who was at the event.
McFadden is a veteran of the war
in Vietnam.
“One of the reasons why I thought I
served was liberty and justice for all,”
McFadden said. “And I really believe in
that, and that means liberty for every
body, even people I don’t like.”
McFadden said he has a number of
homosexual friends, and that he thinks
they ought to have the right to marry.
“We have different lifestyles and
that doesn’t bother me,” he said.
The Defense of Marriage Coalition is
a Portland-based nonprofit that was
active in lobbying for the passage of
Measure 36, which defined marriage
in Oregon as a union between one
man and one woman.
“The Defense of Marriage Coali
tion is a bi-partisan organization of
concerned pastors, elected officials,
community leaders and citizens
united together to preserve mar
riage as a union only between one
man and one woman,” according to
the Web site.
According to the coalition’s adver
tisement that ran in the Register
Guard, “SB1000 Undermines Measure
36 ... gives gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and
transgender individuals the same mi
nority status as African-Americans ...
Violates the Separation of Church and
State ... Requires Public Education on
Sexual Orientation.”
Representatives of the coalition
were unavailable for comment.
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