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Show Monday, March 29, 1999 4 The Daily Utah Chronicle -- by Phil Ftickinger (lexcartobnyahoo.com) PR. MGSWtLL FEEL. I SOMETIMES LIKE A NWMSER . .. AT THS ScHooL, AAP IT SHoUlPNT THAT WAV. IT MAKES ME WoMPER... E th vo OF COURSE AftuT NOW OAi, WE ARE ? WHO 1 PSSSTl po, GOlMCr r AAtfE? WR To $AL (?0 OUR EST To SHOW WHAT It! ArtltfER mMHt ... HAS I continued from page ties Randy Turpin spoke to media on the administration's behalf. He said Shores was replaced in an effort to 1999 SENIOR EXHIBITION I save money. Terry Lowe is a carpenter for the U who protested at the event. "I think what happened to Shores is terri-blc.ait makes me nervous for Featuring the Work of University of Utah Graduating Seniors myself." William Tibbitts is a first year law student at the U who showed up because "I think it's unethical to fire a man who has a family." For the most part, protest organizers were happy with the turn-uAFSCME local chapter President Patty Collins called the protest a "symbolic gesture to management of the U." "We had some decent media coverand a lively group age, good show-u- p of protesters. We hope the administration is listening," Goodwin said. U President J. Bernard Machen did not answer calls from The Daily Utah Chronicle. Assistant Vice President for Facili p. LJ rJ 2-- D WORK: GALLERY lOrJ - 49 - 424 323 PHOTOGRAPHY & SCULPTURE: 412 OPEfJirJG RECEPTIONS: March 26: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm April 1 6: 5:00 pm irKj - 7:00 pm programs mm flafi0i mm i IN THE FRONT 1 ROW OF Y0UR EIGHT O'CLOCK A W IT. I SHORES SAY HE SITS His SECMAITV The Division Facilities Construction and Management, a state agency, assumed campus roofing projects. DFCM contracts private firms to work at the U. One of the programs it works with involves prisoners. Of the three roofers on campus, two were let go. One remained. "We need one person for maintenance work. We formally had three. But that was prior to the time that the state's program significantly produced results. One can easily keep the work that's required." The worker who was able to keep his job was apparently not a member of the union. The Chronicle could not reach the employee. Mike Foote, the roofer let go with at the Shores, has since been U. Foote previously belonged to the W PIPM'T 1 WAS THAT KIP'S SOA. . . ANP FROtA PROFESSORS CARE WE i CUSS ? A if If union but apparently quit his membership. Some speculate his new job depended on him quitting AFSCME. "Now he won't talk to anybody. I think it was set up," Shores said. The Chronicle could not get a reach Foote. Grievance Process Shores is nearing the third and possibly final step of the grievance process. According the U policy and procedures manual, the employee must first try to work the problem out with an immediate supervisor. Shores said he talked to Norwood. "He more or less said to take it up higher." The second step involves a formal review of the situation by a higher level boss. Shores said he spoke with the division manager who told him the same thing. The Chronicle was unable to contact him. Now Shores will appear in front of a staff grievance committee. He said he is feeling positive about the next step. "At least I may get some answers this time." A vice president or president can override the decision the grievance committee has made. Shores said he has mixed feelings about his former place of employment. He misses the friends he has made over the last three decades, but he does not want his former job back. "I'd be cutting my own throat. I know I wouldn't last very long." Shores said he never expected to lose his job. "I would haven't worked there for so many years. Nobody expects something like that to happen." " Tibbitts, with Deborah Rath and Anthony Rossi, is forming an organization through the Associated Students of the University of Utah called the Student Labor Action Committee. They are sponsoring a discussion on the Paul Shores issue on Thursday at noon, in Room 323 in the O. Ray Olpin University Union. hv ' ; 1 , - ft ry ' " 'J y Frank has a degree. But that doesn't mean he's too high brow for the Chronicle. He .3 m picks one up every morning. You can too! |