Vol. XIX, No. 17
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon
April 8, 1986
Part-timers gain election
By Dean Grey
News Editor
After nine months of con
tinual legal battles the part-’,
time teachers of the college
will put the issue of represen
tation to a vote. On April 25
ballots will be mailed out by
the Employment Relations
Board (ERB) for voting.
The ballot will be mailed on
ly to eligible voters predeter
mined by the ERB. The part-
timers will have two choices,
either representation by
Clackamas Community Col
lege Part-time Association,
OEA/NEA, (CCCPTA) or no
representation at all.
“ERB has determined that
eligible voters are employees in
the bargaining unit for whom
’Statements of Appointments’
are issued for Spring term and
not cancelled as of the date
ballots are mailed or for whom
’Statements of Appointment’
have been issued 'and not
cancelled for any one of the
three last preceding terms and
who have reasonable expecta
tions of continued employ
ment at the time of the closing
of the election,” according to
a letter sent out by Keyser to
the staff last week.
On July 31, 1985 the
original petition for a part-
time teachers bargaining unit
was filed with the ERB to
which the college filed an ob
jection.
According
to
the
petitioner’s memorandum fil
ed by Monica Smith, one of
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the attorneys for CCCPTA,
the college said that the unit
description was “vague and
nebulous.”
A bargaining unit descrip
tion that was agreeable to both
sides was submitted on Oc
tober 28 of that same year,
and reads as follows.
Included are all instructors
(except those specifically ex
cluded),
librarians,
counselors, nurses, coaches,
and department chairpersons
employed by Clackamas Com
munity College who are not in
cluded in the bargaining unit
for which representation was
certified by this board on
January 24, 1975 in case No.
C-407.
On October 30, after the
bargaining unit was decided
board agent Bromleigh S.
Lamb, assigned to this case,
requested a list of employees
that fit the above description.
A list, according to the
memorandum, was supplied
by the college on November 13
which led to the following two
rulings made by Lamb.
“The amended petition was
supported by an adequate
showing of interest. Second,
that he was unable to make a
determination (were such a
determination required) as to
whether the original petition
was supported by a showing of
interest, due to the College’s
failure to provide a list that ac
curately reflected the bargain
Ducks,
others
enjoy
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ing unit description contained
in that petition.”
On February 4, 1986 agent
Lamb ordered that “as soon
as practical” an election
would be held. The College
then had 14 days, of which it
took all, to file any objections.
The College held that the
original petition didn’t have
an adequate showing of in
terest thus making the amend
ed petition invalid.
An ERB ruling states that
“The Board or its agents shall
determine the adequacy of the
showing of interest and such a
decision shall not be subject to
any collateral attack.”.
At the March board meeting
Rick True, part-time teacher,
formally introduced the the
organization to the board.
The ERB held a hearing on
March 21, where the College
made its final attempt in
delaying the election. The Col
lege maintained that the CC
CPTA didn’t have an ade
quate showing of interest in
their petition. “In fact,” ac
cording to the Clackamas
Part-timer, a newsletter for
the part-time teachers, “the
petition calling for an election
was supported by more than
50 percent of the eligible part-
timers (only 30 percent is re
quired by ERB rules).
All ballots must be returned
to the ERB by May 9 and on
May 12 at 10 am they will be
counted in the ERB offices.
Brown,
Binns
capture
sprints at
Linn-Benton
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Clean up crews work on clearing away what remains of,
Clackamas Community College’s, Smuckers Hall.
College operating levy
passes on first try
By Dean Grey
News Editor
The results from the March
25, levy election were “a
strong statement of support
from the community,” said
John Keyser, president of the
college.
The two year Levy was pass
ed by a vote of 28,865 to
16,467 on the first try.
“Its a strong affirmation
that we are on the right track
with with our message to hold
the line on spending while
maintaining
quality
education,” continued Keyser.
The margin of victory was
64 percent, the second highest
in the history of the college.
The highest came about in the
August 1977 election with a
margin of 68 percent. This,
however came on the third try
for the levy.
“I have to believe,” stated
Keyser, “that our fiscal
responsibility, by holding the
line on the levy, was rewarded
by the voters overwhelming
approval of the levy.”
The participation in the first
mail-in election was well below
the expected. Out of the 70 to
90 thousand voters hoped for
only 45,332 sent their ballots
back in.
The next thing on the agen
da is the proposal of a tax
base. The college, by law, is
supposed to bring a tax base
before the voters this year.
They need to only decide on a
May or November election.
A tax base would set an
amount of money that the col
lege would receive and each
year it would rise 6 percent
each year. If the college passed
a tax base in May, the request
would be identical to the levy
passed. The next year, 87-88,
the request would rise the 6
percent instead of the 4 per
cent that was promised by the
college. With this in mind,
Keyser sent a memo saying that
the college would try for the
november election.