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Negotiators listed in scrrcroi "tafks
A 53 page contract proposal
is currently in the negotiation
process between Morrow
County teachers and school
board members.
Dr. Wallace Wolff, Hepp
ner. is acting spokesman for
the three-man board team
consisting of Kenney Broad
bent, Boardman and I r v
iRauch, Lexington.
' Marshall Hesla, A.C.
Houghton Elementary School
Irrigon, is acting spokesman
Teacher
negotiations
, Teachers and classified em
ployees, meeting with sub
committees of the Morrow
County School District Board,
completed their second nego
tiating session without reach
ing any major agreements.
Key to the teachers' request
has been the 53 page contract
proposal which deals largely
with working conditions. The
Board and teachers have
agreed to negotiate this por
tion of the teachers' request
before turning attention to
salary and fringe benefits
requests.
Major differences of opinion
have occurred between the
board and teachers' group
over whether or not some
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for the teacher's team of John
Dawson, president of the,
Morrow County Education
Association and Steven
Brownfield, Heppner. Backup
team members consist of
George Koffler, Heppner;
Clayton Herzog. Heppner
Junior High; Bob Kaltwasser,
Riverside High School, Board
man and Bob Beitle, repre
senting the lone faculty.
Since the passing of the
Collective Bargaining Act in
items in the request are re
quired bargaining items or
are permissive. Both sides
have agreed to seek further
clarification on these items.
Classified employees have
requested 25 percent base pay
hikes for secretaries and
aides, 20 per cent base pay
increase for cooks and 15 per
cent increase for custodial
personnel.
Increases of $20 per month
are also being sought in bus
drivers' pay and an increase
to $3.50 per hour for hours
spent in laundry and cleaning
and in driving activity buses.
The next meeting of the
negotiating groups will be
Jan. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at
Riverside High School.
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1973. negotiations permit
teachers to have a say in the
provisions of their contracts
and working conditions.
Though negotiation sessions
have been held in the past,
packet of this size and dimen
sion is new to Morrow Coun
ty. While the board has stated
it would like to see the new
Contract last for three years,
the teachers position is for
A Growing
one year. Written by the
teachers' negotiation team
beginning last winter, the
packet was presented to the
board in late November of this
year.
"This is the first time our
board has ever been present
ed anything like this," said
Hesla. "But most urban
schools have already passed
similar packets."
The packet contains 27
Part of Heppner
articles for negotiation. They
range from provisions for thei
negotiation procedure itself to
grievances, layoff and recall,
personal and academic free
dom, substitute teachers and
salary and benefit provisions.
"We think we're making
some progress," said Wolff,
"We've always had friendly
relations with the teachers
and intend to continue them.
We will continue the negotia
and Morrow County with a growing concern
tion process until we reach an
agreement that is satisfac
tory." "The board's objective is to
secure adequate educational
facilities while representing
the people of Morrow Coun
ty." said Wolff.
All citizens are allowed to
attend the negotiating ses
sions. Delegations are allowed
to speak only at regular board
meetings.
Archie Ball Sr. and
Ron Stubblefield
top winners
John Van Winkle tells us
that the First Federal Savings
and Loan has completed the
drawings for the prltes they
offered In connection with the
grand opening of their branch
offices In Hoard man and Hep
pner. in Boardman on Dec. 20, the
name of Ron Stubblefield, a
student at lllverside High,
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was drawn as the big winner.
In Heppner, Mayor Sweeney
drew the name of Archie Ball
senior for the top prlie. Each
of these lucky gentlemen won
a True Tone Console Stereo. ,
Branch manager Van Wink
le wishes to thank all who
helped make their openings In
Heppner and Boardman successful.
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