Portland Observer, September 25, 1905, Page 3
A photographer's journal o f Nicaragua
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Security Storm Doors
Hu hard J Brow n, photographer
f o r the P o rtla n d O b s e rv e r, spent
seven weeks in N icaragu a learning
about and meeting its people His
photographs w ill appear here as a
weeklv feature
"Keep out
the cold ...
and the crooks’"
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Each doot is a
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■ STORM DOOR
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Affordable, high-quality doors
with deadbolt locks front
For som e relig io n in N ica ra g u a is
alive and w ell, and revolutionary
During m asses at S an ta M a ria de
los A n g eles , in M a n a g u a , Father
U rie l V o lin a R ig u e rro d e liv e rs
fie ry m e s s a g e s T h e n h o ld in g
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Appeals Court upholds order
I he Oregon C ourt ol Appeals
upheld a final order issued hx Bureau
o f I abor and Industries C om
missioner Mars Wends Roberts on a
sex discrim ination claim tiled hx a
woman against the City ol Roseburg.
The City ot Roseburg had appealed
the Commissioner's February 1984
order reouiring it to pay Debra
Mobley oser $16,(«Ml in back pas, ac
crued interest and retirement contri
butions. M obley, who was the ad
m in istiatise supervisor o f the city
transit system, and the c ity ’ s only
ssoman in a supersisory position, was
paid considerably less than the city
male administrators ssho performed
substantially similar work.
W ritin g fo r the C ourt, Judge
Jonathan Ness man said, "T h e city
points to differences between
Mobley’s job and each o f those three
jobs but concedes that the similarities
among them are substantial. I he
Commissioner properly concluded
that the four jobs are substantially
similar. Moreover, the Commissioner
properly focused, not on the
qualifications, background, and ex
perience of the persons who held the
comparison jobs, but on a com
parison ot the jobs themselves. The
Commissioner’s ultimate findings ot
fact are supported both by substantial
evidence and by substantial reason."
Moblev was paid less than the shop
s u p e rin te n d e n t, m a in te n a n c e
foreman, and water foreman lo r
wotk on a substantially similar job.
She was paid in the same range as the
city’ s male greenskeeper, whose job
the Commissioner found required
substantially less supervisory and ad
minis, rative responsibility.
Roberts said the landmark decision
"m oves us closer to discussing the
issue o f comparable w orth in the
state's legal system." She stressed that
this was not a comparable worth case,
but addtessed issues related to com
parable worth and was at the cutting
edge ot civil rights law
"Recent Oregon case law arising
out ol Bureau ( o il Rights cases has
been moving along a continuum from
equal pay lo r equal work toward
comparable worth at the other end.
With this case, we have at last advan
ced even beyond p rio r cases.
Moblev's |ob was not equal or sub
Manually equal to those of males paid
more, but it was substantially similar,
and required equivalent combinations
ot substantially similar skills, efforts
and responsibilities. The Court agreed
that a sex discrimination case under
• fregon law could be decided under a
standard ol substantially sim ilar
work, a less strict test than substan
tially equal, through a stricter test
than ‘comparable w ork,’ " Roberts
said.
( omparable worth is an evaluation
system that compares totally different
jobs on the basis of then value to em
ployers, as well as the skill levels
required to perform them.
State Senator Margie Hcndriksen,
D-Eugene, a long time supporter o f
comparable w orth said, " I ’ m
delighted w ith the decision. It's a
gieat victory fo r the elim ination of
wage discrimination, which women
are often the victims of. I commend
the Commissioner on her efforts."
Moblev said alter she learned ol the
decision by the court that she tells like
"th e order is a victory in a sense of
what it may do to r women in the
state.
" I think it is very good that there is
the Bureau to enforce the statutes so
individuals need not get a private at
to rn e y,” Moblev said "W om en
should know there is a place to go."
Roberts, who has the standing ot a
lower court judge, has never lost a sex
discrimination case on a tinal appeal
toa higher court
"T h is proves that victims ol
discrimination can leel conlident that
the Bureau can investigate and handle
even complex or precedent setting
cases," Roberts said
I lie
P o r tla n d
P o lic e
B u re a u ’ s
S e x u a l A s s a u lt P r e v e n t io n P r o g r a m
w ill
o tte r
its
m o n th ly ,
‘ 'W o m e n s t r e n g t h "
9
hour
s e ll d e fe n s e
classes in O c to b e r o n T u e s d a y s
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Beaum ont S chool on 42nd and N I
What's new in non-profit world
I he (. enter for Urban Education
w ill feature a panel presentation on
October 2, that w ill provide par
ticipants with an overview ot some ot
the principal areas ot change in the
nonprofit env ironment.
The panel will consist ol represen
tatives from the ( fregon Community
F o u n d a t i o n , th e I r b a n I e a g u e o l
P o r tla n d a n d le c h n ic .il A ssista n ce to r
( o m n ,u n its S ervices
w h ic h
m a te ria ls
in c lu d e s
th e
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IX -a d h n e t o re g is te r is S e p
9 hour
c la s s
w ith in th e past tw o years
R e g is tr a tio n lo r a ll < X t o b e i classes
b e g a n S e p te m b e r I ’ a n d c o n t in u e s
u n til classes a ie l u l l
P re r e g is tr a t io n is r e q u ir e d
$10,
I r e , m in t l o r w o m e n a n d g i r l s w h o
h a v e c o m p le t e d
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I he
c la s s e s
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tr e e
and
a re
a v a ila b le to w o m e n a n d tee nag e m ils
So, the sales tax proposal failed
SENIOR DISCOUNTS
rejected by Oregon voters on Tuesday
Sept 17, 1986, againl
I was surprised to find our Governor, with his background, as one of
Oregon's leading businessmen, as a proponent of the sales tax proposal
There were many other business people and leading citizens supporting
and promoting this tax Some, of course, had vested interests
It seems clear to me that most states w ith a sales tax are worse off
than those w ith o u t a sales tax
FACT The state ot Oregon has severe management problems The
sales tax proposed solution was only an illusion
FACT In order for the state of Oregon to genera,o the funds necessary
to maintain a balanced budge,, keep its schools financially healthy, offer
some property tax relief, and offer an incentive for business a new ad
mimstrative mangemen, concept and system must fie developed and in
stalled, mainly a, the top, bu, all the way from the top down
There are w ay too m any state and other governm ent em ployees,
doing way too little and being paid way too much, eating up millions of
Oregon tax dollars, much of which is spent outside the state
I know tha, „ is no, politically healthy for a government official to even
whisper words remotely related to any suggestion of changin the status
quo; but, if the state's present management concept does no, change, it
will no, improve; and if it does no, improve, the working masses ol
Oregonians will suffer even more than they are suffering now; and goods
and services will continue to deteriorate far below tha, of foreign imports
tober 6. W e are counting on you to fie there!
The A D S Phoenix Club's objective is to provide inform ation for
wisdom to better improve home, job and financial relationships for its
members
to answer your question
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te m b e r t o
following through" states Ms I oxter
According to ( apt Jim Davis,
"citizens’ vigilance makes all the dil
lerence in police ellorts to cut rising
burglars tales AAe wan, to show out
appreciation ol citizens who are
w illing to make a comm itment to
reducing crime I hex really need to be
com mended."
I he awards were presented at the
Sabin ( ommumtv
Association
meeting, held at Sabin Schix’l
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So there you have it.
Attention Royal Esquire Red card holdors, don', forge, our community
services days, Friday. October 4; Saturday, October 5; and Sunday, Oc
Wigland
Crime prevention awards for
three in Sabin neighborhood
On Monday, September 2.1, 198',
three Sabn citizens received an
award I torn (a p t James Davis, Nor
th Precinct, in recognition of their ef
forts in preventing a burglary on a
Sabin Neighborhood Watch Block
Because of prompt neighborhood ac
lio n , N orth Precinct officers were
able to arrest two burglars One is
already in jail. The victim, Ms Janice
Foster and three o f her neighbors are
testifying in the court case ot the other
burglar. "W e are taking a stand and
246-1575
The Royal Esquire Club's
Community Service Statement
Volum« IX
by A.D.S.
given and received
For som e religion in N ica ra g u a is
alive and w ell, and revo lution ary
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October 1,1985
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