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About The Oregon public employe. (Salem, Oregon) 1981-???? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1981)
O N I O N A F F A I R S . . . “Better Than Anticipated” du cted a h ig h ly visib le cam paign to he a d -o ff th e de a u th oriza tion pe tition . W eekly m eetings, in fo rm a tio n tables next to any d e a u th oriza tion a ctivity, letters to th e e d ito r in th e lo cal and cam pus newspapers and on e-o n-on e c o n ta ct w ith every em ploye in the ba rga ining u n it has kept nearly 40 people busy. “ O ur em phasis has been ed uca tion on fa ir share," said D onna G lathar, m em bership o rg an izer fo r th e local. “ R ight now we are ta kin g stra ig h t aim at the issues su rro u n d in g fa ir share. F o llo w in g th is cam paign we w ill channel o u r local's enthusiasm in to an othe r strong m em bership cam paign.” G lathar said tha t the a n ti-fa ir share g ro u p seemed to th in k raising the required nu m be r o f names w o u ld not be d iffic u lt. "W e countered th e ir in itia l big push and then, as th e ba ttle go t tougher, the y seemed to go do w n h ill,” she said. "N o w they are hardly active. " B y c o n tra s t, w e h a ve re a lly expanded th e base o f o u r active people d u rin g this cam paign. M ore and m ore I am hearing m em bers express a co n fid e n ce tha t as a union the y can get th in g s done.” A n o th e r area w here fa ir op po ne nts have had tro u b le m ou nt ing an effective cam paign is in the C h ild re n 's Services D ivision. “ It's d iffic u lt to speculate w hat th e result w o uld have been tw o years ago, but the (de au th oriza tion ) p e titio n s are not ge ttin g m any names no w ," said Don Prebus, pre sid ent o f th e CSD local. “ T h is sho w o f streng th is due largely to th e changes OPEU has un de rg o n e —th e m em bers now know the y can be m uch m ore involved in th e barga ining process and as a result o f th e un io n's new openness, th e y feel they can make an im pact. “ O u r cam paign to organize against a possible de au th oriza tion attem pt w ill fit n ice ly w ith o u r e ffo rts to co n tin u e org a n izin g o u r local state w ide," Prebus con tinu ed . "W e are fo rm in g a com m ittee th a t encom passes each d is tric t and m any field offices. "H ow ever, w e are not try in g to he ad -off any de a u th o riza tio n pe ti tio n , n o r w ill fa ir share be th e p rim ary issue if a p e titio n is successful. “ Fair share w ill o n ly be a veh icle fo r education. We w ill focu s on in fo rm in g CSD em ployes w h y a un io n is n e c e s s a ry a n d s h o w th e m th e o rg a n izin g and b a rga ining to o ls they have at th e ir disposal to help m ake better w o rkin g con d itio n s. “ I am very ty p ic a l o f th e m a jo rity of em ployes in C SD ,” Prebus said. "I looked do w n on th e union, because I aspired to be in m anagem ent. B ut my aspirations to becom e a m anager were frustrated tim e and again. So I looked fo r an othe r o u tle t fo r my energies and becam e active in OPEU. A t firs t I was surprised at th e in p u t I had. 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