In
Brief
CONTRACTING
GOES TO VOTE
The practice of contracting-out
government jobs to businesses and
consultants in the private sector is
gaining increased attention around the
state, But public employes should
note action taken against this practice
by members of the Oregon School
Employees Association in Gaston,
Oregon.
In January, they filed Oregon's first
initiative petition concerning activities
of a school board: In this case, against
the board's unilateral authority to
contract-out.
MANAGEMENT NERVOUS ABOUT CLERICAL UNIONS
BUBB GETS NEW
PHONE LINES
Beginning March 9 the Bargaining
Unit Benefits Board (BUBB) will have
new telephone numbers.
The action stems from the Gaston
School Board's December decision to
contract a private company to
transport students. The decision came
despite a five-member citizen
committee's study which found that-
the contract service would cost the
district an additional $100,000 over
the next five years.
You may also call the state toll-free
number 1-800-452-7813. When the
operator answers, ask for BUBB and
you will be connected.
In addition,' if you have any
questions or problems concerning
CNA insurance specifically, you can.
call toll-free 1-800-452-1633 until 8
p.m. Monday through Friday.
H
E OREGON
P U B L IC
A pöbln:«hon of I M O fç o n Public E m plo y» Union
Th« Oregon Public Employe Is published by the Oregon Public
Employes Union, a public em ploye labor organization head
quartered In Salem . Editorial and advertising offices are located at
1127 25th Street SE, Salem , Oregon 9 7 3 0 1 . Second class postage
paid at Salem .
If The O regon Public Employe Is being se n t to the wrong address,
sen d the address label on this paper along with the correct address
should h e se n t to OPEU Headquarters, P.O. Box 121 5 9 , Salem ,
Oregon 9 7 3 0 9 .
USPS 4 1 1 -4 8 0
POSTMASTER: If undelivered, p lease send form 3 5 7 9 to
OPEU, P.O. Box 1 2 1 5 9 , Salem , Oregon 97309.
OREGON PUBLIC EMPLOYES UNION
P.O. Box 12 1 59
Salem , O regon 9 7 3 0 9
Telephone: 5 8 1 -1 5 0 5
Portland members call: 2 2 3 -1 5 6 9
Elsewhere: 8 0 0 -4 5 2 -2 1 4 6
PORTLAND BRANCH OFFICE
2 3 0 0 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97201
Telephone: 2 2 4 -1 8 7 0
PENDLETON BRANCH OFFICE
MEDFORD BRANCH OFFICE
4 2 4 SW 6th
1133 S . Riverside, Suite 7
P.O. Box 1659
Medford, O regon 975 0 1
Pendleton, Oregon 97801
Medford members call 7 7 9 -4 3 2 4
Telephone: 2 7 6 -4 9 8 3
Elsewhere: 8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 9 6 5
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If those conditions exist for the
employer, the newsletter says that the
employer can expect an organizing
campaign to be conducted. The
newsletter does not suggest that
management examine worker
concerns and attempt to give the
female employes the “equal and
similar job conditions” that the
newsletter assumes the workers want.
► If the building is located in a large
metropolitan area;
There will be one line for use by the
general public that will also be a part
of the state “span system." The
number had not been issued at press
time, but it will be available from
information.
SALEM BRANCH OFFICE
1 8 7 0 Hawthorne, NE
Eldred Realty Bldg., Suite 103
Salem , Oregon 9 7 3 0 3
Telephone: 5 8 8 -9 2 3 0
► If the female employes feel as if
they want equal and similar job
conditions as male employes.
► If they have a large concentration
of female employes working in the
building:
The petition, if approved by the
district's voters, will require voter
approval before the district can
contract-out any service presently
performed by school employes.
Subscriptions: $5 per year.
showing more concern for higher
wages and promotion opportunities;
In a recent issue of A/eri, a self
described “management newsletter for
non-union facilities," thé Labor
Relations Association warned
employers that they may be subject to
a union organizing drive:
VOLUME XXIII, No. 2
MARCH 1M1
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► If their female employes are
The growing awareness among
clerical workers that they have much
to gain through belonging to labor
unions has apparently made
management groups nervous.
27 COUNTIES
TAKE OVER
CETAPROGRAM
OPEU OPENS
EUGENE, SALEM
BRANCHES
County officials have voted to take
over primary control of CETA
programs from the state, despite
unanswered questions of financial
liability.
In February. Attorney General Dave
Frohnmayer determined that
contractual rules, that make the state
liable for misuses of CETA funds
between local governments and
subcontractors, violate the Oregon
constitution.
Until Frohnmayer’s ruling, the state
was designated as the prime sponsor
for CETA programs in 27 rural
counties. As prime sponsor, the
Employment Division distributed
$40-million in CETA funds allocated
by the federal government to the 27
counties. Employment kept
$2.2-million of these funds to
administer the program.
Four days after Frohnmayer’s
opinion, Ray Thome. Employment
Division director, ordered all 27
counties to either assume prime
sponsorship and deal directly with the
federal government, or to turn the
CETA programs over to his division.
He cautioned that the counties
would have to be unanimous in their
position, since it is unlikely the federal
government would allow a few •
counties to run CETA programs and
have the state administer the balance.
Twenty-one of the counties were
represented at a Salem meeting to
discuss the issue, and voted
unanimously to assume prime
sponsorship.
However, some county
representatives were not sure their
commissioners would follow suit. One
representative from a Southern
Oregon county told the Salem
Statesman-Journal that his
commissioners had no intention of
taking the political heat that would
come with CETA money in their
county budget.
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In addition. CETA's future under
the Reagan administration is
uncertain, since it has been a favorite
target of conservative budget cutters.
Frohnmayers decision does not
effect CETA programs in the City of
Portland. Multnomah, Washington,
Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Lane,
Jackson, Josephine and Clackamas
counties because they already are
CETA prime sponsors.
Business agents serving state
employes in District 1 and District 2
now have separate branch offices in
Salem and Eugene.
The new Salem branch — where
Cal Hackler, Diane Lovell, Jean
Moyer and Larry Oglesby have their
offices — is located at 1860
Hawthorne St., N.E., Salem, OR
97303. The phone number is
588-9230 (outside Salem call collect);
The new Eugene branch, where
Faith Dubin and Jeff Schrader have
their offices will open on March 3 at
1748 W. 18th Ave., Eugene, OR
97402. At press time a phone
had not been assigned, but will be
available.
OPEU headquarters is still at 1127'
25th SE. in Salem.
SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE
Scholarship applications for the
1981-82 school year have been sent
to chapter presidents. All students
interested in OPEU’s college financial
aid program should contact their local
chapters.
Each scholarship is granted in three
parts — $100 to be applied to tuition
in each of the three terms of the
school year.
Questions concerning eligibility or
procedure should be directed to
Marion Boham. at OPEU
headquarters, by calling
1-800-452-2146 or 581-1505 from
the Salem area.