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About The Oregon public employe. (Salem, Oregon) 1981-???? | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1981)
CO M M ENTARY OFFICERS PRESIDENT DEB BOLTON 664 45th Piece SE Salam 97301 VICE PRESIDENT D. H. "PETE" PETRY 1304 3rd SL Baker 97914 SECRETARY TREASURER 0 . JUNE BLAKLEY 3383 Willamette Or. N. Salem 97303 DIRECTORS 1. JAN BEALS 2660 NE Crocus CL Hillsboro 97123 RICHARD H. WALKER 3618 N. Montana Pori land 97227 2. STEVEN GREEN 6863 Doral Drive SE Salem 97302 KELLY CLEMENCE KATHRINER 672 Chemawa Rd. N. Salem 97303 BARBARA PALMER 670 Chemawa Rd. N. Salem 97303 X RICHARD 0 . YOUNG P.O. Box 3022 Eugene 97403 OPEU: Public Employes With An Advantage LYDDIE BELLE SEDIVY 3177B Lawrence Lebanon 97366 Getting the ball rolling in non-fair share units Recruiting new members is my place on the grievance com e a sie r th a n you m ig h t th in k , once you overcom e in e rtia . T h is m itte e , becam e a m em ber o f the s t a t e - w id e T ra d e s and is especially true in non-fair share agencies where you have to work your tail off to get the ball rolling. Maintenance Committee, and is now the president of Chapter 338. A year-and-a-half ago he probably would have signed a Teamster card and passed some around. A good union steward is priceless. About a third of the people you try to recruit will say, “ I’ll join that damn union when it does something.” This is a lame excuse; it makes little sense, confront them with it. What would they say if we were invad ed?” I’ll join the Army as soon as the war is over?” As a model, I w ill explain what we have done at the University of Oregon to get organized and to b e g in to re c r u it new members. First, we worked hard to fill all negotiated union steward posi tions, because you will find that two-thirds, or more of your new members w ill be recruited by union stewards. How do you get union stewards? When I was president of Chapter 49, I would seek out the worst bitchers and give them a way to change things — become a union steward. I got one prime bitcher to re-join last year. He was very upset with the arbitrary and capricious manner employes were dealt with by management at the Physical Plant. He became a steward, started filing grievances, took Second, we formed a position of membership secretary, which I f ill. The c h a p te r voted $45-a-month for me to use solely for the purpose of recruitment, and membership maintenance. I would help members with pro blems and try to make life un comfortable for non-members. We have signed up 67 new peo ple since July 1, and we haven’t even started a serious drive. If you are in a fair share agen cy now, the ball is already begin ning to roll. You should already have 85 percent membership. If you don’t, get a packet of ap plications from your business agent, or Fred Hasle at OPEU headquaters. Pass them around to members and non-members, wallpaper your work area with them. If someone is already pay ing dues it can’t hurt much to sign a card. When they do sign, invite them to your next meeting and encourage them to par ticipate in some way. Fred Hasle is the staff person working with the Membership Relations Committee. If you have questions or wish to con ta c t me or o th e r m em bers o f th e committee, give Fred a call, at 1-800-452-2146, he w ill relay the (nessage. The members of the committee are: Cornelia Love joy, District 1; Lloyd Horsley, District 2; myself, District 3; Jack Kennedy, District 4; Judy Creighton, District 5; and Vicki Pollack, District 6. John Lennon summed up what to say to the non-member in a universal way in 1966: Try to see it my way, do I have to keep on Talking till I can’t go on? 4. TERRI ANDERSON 542 Morion SI. Ashland 97520 RUTH MONTGOMERY P.O. Box 213 Medlord 97601 6. PAT PETERSON 1810 3rd SL La Grande 97850 CARAJONES 315 South Columbia Milton Freewater 97882 6. RICHARD W . FRASER P.O. Box 604 Westport 97016 STAFF THOMAS J. GALLAGHER Executive Director CHARLENE SHERWOOD Counsel Io the Board BROMLEIGH LAMB Attorney F. PETER DE LUCA Attorney ALICE DALE Attorney MARIA KELTNER Attorney CHUCK MENDENHALL Government Relations Director jan While you see it your way, run the risk of Knowing that our love may soon be gone. We can work it out, we can work it out. Think of what you’re saying, you can get it Wrong and s till you think that It’s alright. Think o f what I’m saying, we can work it out And get It straight or say good night. I have always thought that i t ’s a crime, so I w ill ask you once again. Alan Brown Membership Relations M c M illin Public Relellons Director DOUGLAS CROOKS Editor FRED HASLE Membership and Education ELEANOR M. MEYERS Personnel and Classification Analyst RALPH JULL Business Manager GORDON WEBB Director ol Field Services BUSINESS AGENTS PHIL DEAS FAITH DUBIN JAN EZELL SHARRON FARRELL CAL HACKLER DIANE LOVELL JEAN MOVER LARRY OGLESBY JOE ROCHE JEFF SCHRADER GAIL WASHINGTON JUNE WISSMATH CINDY PARRISH Insurance Administrator
