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Perspectives
§TEIN SPONSORS
SICK LEAVE BILL
’♦ SALEM -- Declaring ita “ necessary
step for modem families and working
people,” Slate Representative Beverly
fyyin. D-Portland, has sponsored a bill
allowing employees to take sick leave
tOiCare for a dependent
i! “ It is fitting in our times far employers
to accommodate employees by providing
reasonable absences for fam ily
illnesses,” Stein said testifying before
li>fc House Labor Com mittee on
Wednesday. “ People should be able to
care for their dependents without the
threat of losing a job when that care is
required.
; “ One of the major changes facing
Ofegonians today is in the nature of the
workforce, brought about by increasing
nqmbers of single parent households,
working mothers, and dual career
families,” she said.
: Stein is the chief sponsor of House
Bill 3283, which will require an employer
to allow an employee to use his or her
sick leave to care for an ill dependent.
The intent is that the leave be used for
unexpected, emergency situations, such
as when one’s child needs attending for
a day or two.
Amendments to the bill would limit
the amount of sick leave that can be
taken to twenty days per year, whether
sick leave benefits are provided for by
the employer or not, Stein said. “ For
example, if a business allows twelve
days of paid leave, an employee can use
that time plus eight days of unpaid
leave under this bill,” she said.
Since passage o f similar legislation
in Washington state, twelve companies
have violated the law, which applies
only to companies providing paid sick
leave. In addition, several Washington
companies have changed their offered
leave benefits or have dropped sick
leave benefits altogether. Stein testified
that this type of action by employers to
avoid compliance demonstrates the need
for HB 3283.
A dependent, as defined in the bill, is
a child, spouse, parent, grandparent, or
other individual who is a dependent of
the employee.
“ The needs of the family must now
be balanced with the demands of the
workplace in order to promote family
stability and economic security,” Stein
stated.
The Cultural
Background For
Black History, Part
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The following citations are two of
the scores 1 submitted to the Portland
School District in my role as a consultant
involved in the development of the
"Mathematics And Science Scope And
Sequence" manual for the African-
American curriculum process (1983).
"Dr. William A. Brown: In the fashion
of Imhotep, Chief Architect and Pyramid
Builder for Egyptian King Zoser (2700
B.C.), this Black architect is responsible
for the design and construction of all
U.S. Air Force facilities around the
world. A specialist in m athem atical
criteria in building standards. Dr. Brown
heads the Air Force construction staff at
the Pentagon."
"Brigadier General Dr. David M.
Hall: A logistics m athem atician, Dr.
Hallmanages billions of dollars of data
processing equipment (19 billion dollar
budget overall) for the U.S. Air Force.
The overwhelming magnitude of his
financial responsibilities can be seen in
the context that this Black man manages
more monies than is the entire national
budget for over one hundred individual
countries."
Now, as a teacher or counselor
working with minority youth, could you
do much better for a motivational device/
role models to inspire your students - to
early on develop and practice their
analytic and cognitive skills? We school
district consultants also submitted related
lesson plans which I hope are being
used. 1 know that mine are being used
in several cities in the East and south
thanks to the Principals of Excellence
organization.
Let us return to the age of Imhotep,
the african architect mentioned earlier,
4000 years ago we had Black engineers
supervising even greater projects - setting
the standards for Africa, Greece, Rome
and today’s world. The name commonly
given was "Chief orminister of Works."
The exact same title is still used in
France and other European countries.
Among such great engineers was
Amenhetep who had quarried and carved
two 100 ton statues, The Colossi of
Memnon, Along with the Great Pyramid
they were one of "The Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World" (see p. 245,
Montei, Eternal Egypt).
The world has been in imitation ever
since; Napoleon, the great general of
France, brought back from Africa every
concept and artifact he could lay his
hands on (1803). The Eiffei Tower in
Paris was a version of the towering
African Obelisks. The Statue of Liberty
shipped to America was in imitation of
the grandoise "Colossi." The heads of
our early presidents carved into the side
of Mount Rushmore do not begin to
compare with the Cliffside sculptures of
Black Kings and Pharaohs along the
Nile. Who was it that said, "Imitation is
the most sincere form of Hattery?"
And there was the Famed Senmut,
the Chief of Works who executed the
urban designs of Queen H atshepsut
(1503 B.C.). One of my students
remarked that "she had to be the baddest
of all the African sisters" - to have
originated the modern concept of broad,
landscaped boulevards, city parks and
gardens, municipal zoos, and public
squares (ibid, Montet). Let us note that
a 1919 aerial view of Portland’s L ad d ’s
by McKinley Burt
A d d itio n "was patterned after
Washington D.C.' s diagonal streets and
traffic circles” - faithfully copied from
the designs of Benjamin Banneker, the
African-American Surveyor.
(See p.8, Section A., This Week for 1/
22/86)
There can be no doubt that the
pioneering Africans laid the foundations
for the world’s urbanization and
techology. I follow on here with a
citation of the parameters that modem
historiographers use to judge a culture.
Obviously, Africa met or exceeded them.
"As a consequence, the Urban
Revolution is followed in our scheme
by the Irrigation Revolution, which
provided the technological basis for the
appearance of the first regional
civilizations. Significant technological
advances include construction of large
canals for irrigation and navigation,
new types of watercraft, systems of
roads, and cities with large public
buildings (pyramids, temples, and
palaces), as well as ideographic writing,
systems of weights and measures, and
scientific developments, especially in
the realms of mathem atics and
astronomy."
P.13, Ribeiro, The Civilization Process,
1968
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