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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1979)
Minority, female training topic The Apprenticeship Outreach Pro gram sta ff o f the state Bureau o f Labor will discuss the role o f women and m in o ritie s in ap p re n tic e s h ip Wednesday, July 11th at 7:00 p.m . at the K in g N eig h b o rh o o d F a c ility , 4815 N .E . 7th Avenue. The Outreach program is a six- m o n th , specially fu n ded p ro je c t operated by the Bureau o f Labor and designed to re c ru it wom en and m inority males into apprenticeable trades. Recent statistics released by Oregon Labor Commissioner M ary Wendy Roberts show that since the program ’s inception in March, the number o f women in apprenticeship has increased by almost 28 per cent. M in o ritie s in apprenticeship p ro grams have increased by more than 14 per cent. Figures for June show 161 female and 299 minority appren tices and trainees in Oregon. “ I think the marked increase in fe male and minority enrollment in the last three months speaks highly o f the effectiveness o f the project, and credit should go to the Outreach staff and the entire Apprenticeship and T ra in in g D iv is io n ,” C o m missioner Roberts said. "B u t Cm not content until women and minorities are much more represented in ap- prcnticeable trades. W ith more than 5,200 apprentices and trainees in the state, we still have a long ways to go.” Portland Obsarvor Thursday, July B. 1979 Paga 5 X O th er programs com plem enting the Outreach program include the U rb an League’ s L abo r Education Advancement Program (L E A P ), and programs operated by M t. H ood and Portland Com munity Colleges. In addition to Ruiz, the Appren ticeship Outreach Program staff in cludes Charlye M olden, Faith M ay hew, Jari Castle, and Audrey Par sons, coordinator. LOOK FOR THE BIG "T" "A Sure Sign of Good Taste” S taff may be contacted for inior- m ation at 229-5125, or visited in R oom 509 o f the S tate O ffic e Building, 1400 S.W . 5th Avenue. W hat do you look for in choosing a food store? W ide selection? Competitive prices? Confidence in the quality of the items you buy? We provide all of these ingredients at every TRADEWELL Store. And, because we really value you as a C ustom er, we add a no the r in g re d ie n t that we think is the most im portant of all: Friendly, personal ser vice every time you shop! Remember, look for the Big ” T " — it's a sure sign of good tastel Businessmen attend conference Janice M . Foster (right) Providence Medical Center's affirmative ac tion officer, listens to Denise High, 20, talk about her job as an instru ment aide at the 483 bed hospital. High, a Gresham resident, and stu dent in Mt. Hood Community College's Operating Room Technician program is one of eight CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Train ing Act) employees who have summer jobs at the medical center. High will work through August and then return to collage. (Photo: Provi dence Medical Center/Fred Lemke., Hospital jobs draw students A combined effort by Providence M edical Center and local govern ments has produced summer jobs for eight high school and college students. W orking with the C E T A (C om p rehensive Employment and Training Act) programs o f the C ity o f Port land and W ash in g to n and M u lt nom ah C o u n tie s , P M C is p a r ticipating in the summer jobs pro gram for the second year. ----- Janice Foster, a ffirm ative action officer at the medical center, said “ we had good experiences with our C E T A people last year so we have expanded o u r in v o lv e m e n t. Last summer we accepted three students, this year we have eight.” The students are working in diverse areas o f the483-bed medical facility. One student who is studying to be an operating room technician at M t. H ood Com m unity College, works as an instrum ent aide in the surgery a rea. O th e r students w o rk as a security assistant, a groundskeeper, and office assistant. One participant, under the su pervision o f the hospital’ s chief physical therapist, works as a physical therapy assis tant. The summer jobs program has a number o f goals in addition to pro viding meaningful work and income to the students. The participants gain exposure to the different jo b possi bilities in the health care field and are being taught work habits necessary to holding jobs and advancing their careers in private industry. Joyce Jorgensen, director o f per sonnel at P ro v id e n c e , said " t h e program is mutually beneficial; the student employees gain the benefits o f the work experience and Income and the hospital benefits from addi tional staffing help at no cost to the hospital. Salaries are payed for by CETA. Foster added that “ there are cost savings not only to the hospital but also to the community at large. This type o f program promotes indepen dence from social welfare programs and e v e n tu a lly puts experienced workers into the jo b m arket.” The employees at Providence are from C E T A programs sponsored by the C ity o f Portland and the Wash ington-M ultnom ah Consortium. The students will remain at the medical center through the end o f August and will return to school in the fall. Desegregation orders upheld (Continued from page 1 col. 6) V o lu n ta ry Plans Judge John Sirica has ordered the Chicago School District to design an acceptable desegregation plan by September 15th or risk prosecution by the Justice D epartm en t. D avid Tatel, director o f the O ffice o f C ivil Rights, H E W , said if a satisfactory plan is not developed, his office will consider re fe rra l to the Justice Departm ent fo r prosecution under the 1964 Civil Rights A ct. C h ic a g o is o p e ra tin g u nd er a voluntary deseregation plan that at tempts to attract white students to Black schools and Black students to w h ite schools th ro u g h m agnet programs. The voluntary plan has at tra c te d B lack stu d ents, but not whites. Last week, H E W announced that a lth o u g h th e P o rtla n d S chool District was found to discriminate against Black students, it could not be found in non-compliance under H E W regulations because it is acting under a voluntary desegregation plan (not court-ordered). The official fin dings have not yet been released. Tw enty-four delegates from O re gon to the C o n feren ce on Sm all Business will be seeking in-put as to how the g overnm ent can fu rth e r assist small business owners in the development o f their businesses. Some 3,500 delegates will meet in Washington, D .C . in January 1980 to advise the Carter Adm inistration on the concerns o f the nation’ s small businesses. These representatives were selected from regional and state conferences held recently. This will be the first citizen conference o f the current administration and will assist the W hite House in the development o f economic policies to be proposed to Congress. The Oregon delegation, which in cludes small business owners from throughout the state will be focusing in on eight m ajor areas. These areas include: in fla tio n , capital fo rm a - tion and tax reform , federal pro c u rem en t, re g u la tio n s and the elimination o f paperwork, minority small business development, inter national trade, economic policy and programs, and women in business. The delegates are asking that local business owners get in v o lv e d by subm itting w ritten suggestions or recommendations on what the gov ernment can do to assist the small business o w n e r. These w ritte n suggestions should be addressed to: Ruth Brownell, Delegate Secretary, White House Conference on Small Business, P .O . Box 12308, Salem, Oregon 97309. Delegates from Portland include: R ob ert B oyer, Bruce B roussard, W arren C hung, Eugene Jackson, Robert L aug h lin , A la n C ole and Elon Ellis. 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