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About The OSEA news. (Salem, Oregon) 1970-1981 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1981)
OSEA News Page 2 Promotions are workshop issue a ■A ’ It was news that most in the audience knew from personal experience. “More families in the U.S. have a second worker than ever before.” “Despite this increase in two- worker families, the distribu tion of income in the U.S. is greater than at any time in our history.” And because of this gap between needs and income, “ most families will still have two wage earners ten years from now.” It was with these cold, hard facts that OSEA Executive Director Thomas Gallagher opened a workshop where Portland-area clerical workers were given insight to avenues that are open to higher pay. At the Jan. 10 workshop, which was organized by OSEA’s District 1 office, Gallagher told the participants there are three ways that they can increase their income — by securing a pay increase through a new contract, by gaining reclassi- r Call for Pietro's boycott Farm workers who pick the tomatoes that go into such products as Campbell’s Tomato Juice are continuing their struggle for better conditions in the tomato fields of the Mid west. The farm w orkers a r e making two demands: that they be included in annual negotiations betw een the growers and Campbell’s and Libby’s, and that the two giant canning companies set up a fund to retrain farm workers displaced by mechanization. U ntil these goals a r e reached, a re continuing their boycott of Campbell’s and Libby's products. In Oregon, farm worker supporters are focusing on Pietro’s Pizza, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Campbell’s. Consumers are being asked to boycott Pietro’s until Campbell’s negotiates a fair settlement with the farm w o rk ers. F or further inform ation, contact David Papen or Ginny O’Farrell a t the Oregon F arm Worker Support Committee, 516-15th St., N.E., Salem, OR 97301 or call 364-7963. fication or by obtaining a promotion. The m ajor thrust of most workshop sessions was to give concrete advice on how to ob tain a promotion. Participants received instruction in job interviewing, filling out the state job application, grading guidelines and the m ajor pit- falls in taking the state job test and what to look for in the gram m ar and math portions of the state job test. A m a jo r point of the workshop, that was stressed many times during the four- hour session, was that people have to take the initiative to get what they want. In addressing this point, Gallagher told the participants, “We are going to get you a pay increase in the upcoming negotiations, but we need your input. You can help by watching the negotiating process and being involved in them through your local BURCs and par ticipating in OSEA.” 1 1 Thanks for supporting our boycott > Dear OSEA: On behalf of the striking farm workers, we would like to thank you and our union brothers and sisters for your recent endorsement of the Campbell’s and Libby’s boy cotts. W e a r e con tin u in g to se e k support from groups through out Oregon. Your endorsement helps to spur others on. Ginny O’Farrell Oregon F arm Workers Support Committee Two opinions cut surgery N EW YORK, N .Y .— Researchers have found that mandatory second opinions for elective surgery could reduce unnecessary surgeries and help contain rising hospital costs. Dr. Eugene McCarthy and research er Madelon Finkel described the results of a se c o n d -o p in io n p r o g ra m initiated by New Y ork H ospital in conjunction with several multi-employer welfare funds in the G reater New York City area. The Cornell program 'involved a voluntary and a mandatory second opinion plan. The decrease in the number of surgeries because of the mandatory program translated into a 9 percent decrease in surgical claims for the United Store Workers and a 12 percent decline for the Building Service Workers’ Fund (Local 32B-J), according to the study. They concluded that findings to d ate “ p rese n t strong arguments for advocating a m a n d a to r y se c o n d -o p in io n program. Medicine has nothing to fear from an informed patient/consum er who can actively participate in decision making concerning h is/h er h ealthcare.” Women win major court ruling The OSEA News is published by the Oregon State Employes Association, a public employe labor organi zation headquartered in Salem. Editorial and adver tising offices are located at 1127 - 25th Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301. Second class postage paid at Salem. For the first time, the Federal Circuit Court of Ap peals has ruled in favor of a suit based on the concept of Comparable Worth. Comparable worth is the concept that certain types of jobs, especially those tradi tionally held by women such as nursing and clerical work, have been paid less than jobs of equal value traditionally held by men. The theory holds that if this is d iscrim in atio n ag a in st women, it should be eliminated by bringing the wages for these jobs up to the level of jobs requiring comparable skills and responsibilities that have traditionally been held by men. The suit in question was brought by the International Union of Electrical, Radio, and ■ If The OSEA News is being sent to the wrong address, the address label on this paper along with the correct address should be sent to OSEA Headquarters, P.O, Box 12159, Salem, Oregon 97309. Subscriptions: 15 per year. MOTOR INNS USPS 411-480 Postm aster: If undelivered, please send form 3579 to OSEA, P.O. Box 12159, Salem, Oregon 97309. Oregon State Employes Association 1127 - 25th Street SE Salem, Oregon 97301 Telephone: 581-1505 Portland members call: 223-1569 Elsewhere: 800-452-2146 Portland Branch Office 2300 SW Sixth Avenue Portland, Oregon 97201 Telephone: 224-1870 Medford Branch Office 1133 S. Riverside, Suite 6 Medford, Oregon 97501 Telephone: 779-4324 P e n d leto n B ran ch Office 424 SW 6th P .O . Box 1659 P e n d leto n , O regon 97801 T elephone: 276-4983 M achine W orkers (IU E ) ag a in st the W estinghouse Corporation. The Circuit Court of Appeals ruling means that the case will go back to the Federal District Court, which will now be required to determine if the Westinghouse Corporation has engaged in illegal discrim ination against its women em ployes. 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