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