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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1977)
Clackamas Community College Thursday, September 29, 1977 I BftWm i ccc acuity sets strike date ¡contract negotiations are met with ckamas Community College's Board ration, CCC's faculty has filed certi- b of its intent to strike on or after 4vote of 101-0, the faculty mem- Injcted us to notify the board that ould strike on or after Oct. 20," ley Cressler, president of the Clacka- Wnunity College Education Associa- fcCEA) which represented CCC's 120- | faculty (19 members were absent Is meeting). Sier said the vote came after CCCEA [word that the board rejected the nt terms recommended by a neutral erappointed under state law. [factfinder, William Babcock, was into study bargaining statements of fCCCEA and the CCC Board of Ed- [jfter no agreements could be made [mediation. atthe factfinder recommended was a [living increase of 6.7 per cent and an [infringe benefits (insurance) of 1.5 (for a total of 8.2 per cent," said I, official factfinders report states the [position as "a flat $70 a month a year) per employee, total package, Je of employees on step 10 of Levels I This figure is to include any incre- | raises given, as well as additional benefits to be elected by the Associa- |dollar certain amount." e cost of living from April 1976 to [977 increased 8.2 per Cent alone," issler, | is the second straight year that the ps pushed the faculty into factfinding en rejected the factfinder's recom- bon,according to Cressler. styear we compromised because there ly a 1 per cent difference between te board offered and what the faculty i Photo by John Schrader Almost done. CCC student nears the end of the long registration lines. This year saw record enrollment on Sept. 15 as 715 students registered. During evening registration one student was registered every 30 seconds. wanted," said Dick Andrews, member of the CCC faculty senate, "This year the board again rejected the factfinders re port, but 5 percentage points away from faculty demands. If we accept less this year, we'll have to go through this year after year." "We want the board to bargain in good faith and to pay attention to the factfinders report that the faculty paid for and they (the board) requested," said Andrews. According to Andrews, when the faculty phoned the board's lawyer,Mike Montgomery, and told him of their decision, to accept the factfinders report, he hung up on them saying that in that case they had nothing to talk about. Montgomery then went on television and said the faculty refused to talk to him. "The board sees us (faculty) as a very ex centimeters SN: OLOQ55 Colors by Muriseli Color Services Lab pendable and not very useful tool in the education process," said Andrews. "But what they're really playing with is you (the students)." According to Andrews if the faculty doesn't get what they want, they won't teach as well. "If the morale is at rock bottom, in structors won't teach as well," said Andrews. "What really bothers me is that students are coming out on the short end." "Striking for most of them (faculty) is the very last thing they'd want to do," said Cressler. "But they'll do it if they have to." "What I would personally like to see is that students, faculty and support staff bring pressure so no strike occurs," said Andrews.
