PLAIN DEALER, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1990- 5-B 'They're the poor serving the poor' United Way agencies' workers are underpaid, union says By META McMILLIAN STAFF WRITER United Way Services should allocate more money to member agencies so they can offer higher salaries to their underpaid employees, say union leaders representing those workers. "United Way should also 'help those agencies negotiate with funders to guarantee money to maintain those competitive salaries, according to the Social Agencies Employees Union, District 1199. Annual minimum salaries of workers represented by the union and employed by United Way agencies are at least $2.000 to $6.000 less than those United Way recommends, a union report released yesterday shows. "They are the poor serving the poor," said Netta Berman, staff representative for the union. The salary gap represents "involuntary contributions to United Way and United Way agencies," she said.
Thirteen of 17 agencies represented by the AFL-CIO-affiliated union are United Way agencies. The 700 workers in those 13 agencies include child-care, maintenance and clerical workers. The report showed an assistant teacher at the Phillis Wheatley Association social services agency earns a minimum of $8,812 a year $6,238 a year less than what United Way recommends for that job. Mary Ann Schubert of Cleveland said love for her job had kept her at Merrick House, a United Way and union agency, for 11 years as a daycare teacher. She earns $14,500 a year.
Six years ago she became a John Adams By DESIREE F. HICKS STAFF WRITER Charles M. (Mike) Shaddow, principal of Cleveland's John Adams High School, last night was hired as administrative principal of Cleveland Heights High School. The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education unanimously Cleve. approved SuUniv.
Hts. perintendent schools Lauree P. Gearity's appointments of Shaddow and James Easton, who will be the assistant superintendent. Gearity said the appointments, effective Aug. 1, were with input from the district's staff and residents.
Shaddow's three-year contract will pay $74,991 annually, while Easton will earn $68,000 a year under his two-year contract. Shaddow, 43, replaces Hugh E. Burkett, principal of Heights High since 1984. Burkett resigned in February, effective July 31, to become an associate area superintendent for the Prince William County schools in Northern Virginia. Burkett announced his resignation a week after hundreds of students and a few parents demonstrated at the school, protesting what they said was inequitable discipline of blacks, racial and cultural insensitivity and other issues.
The school also had to contend with an escalating gang problem this year. However; Burkett and other school officials said the walkout did not prompt him to leave. In an interview earlier yesterday, Shaddow said of the "I really still don't have full specifics on what actually occurred." the Nevertheless, Heights High, which has about 2.500 students, "has tremendous capability to be the finest high school in the state of Ohio," he said. Shaddow who formerly lived Sin tax battler says more cash, time could have defeated issue By CATHERINE L. KISSLING than of its money from Cleve- STAFF WRITER Given a little more time and a few more dollars from the liquor and tobacco industries, Columbusbased political consultant Philip Craig believes his group could have defeated last month's Gateway stadium-arena ballot issue.
"When you get outspent by nearly 4 to 1, $300,000, which seems like a formidable sum, begins to diminish rapidly." Craig said yesterday, referring to campaign spending by Citizens Against Unfair Taxation. The Gateway opponents, funded by the liquor and tobacco industries, counted $314,946 in campaign cash contributions, according to a report filed last. week and an earlier disclosure made in April with the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. It spent $314.952. during its three-week campaign, according to the reports, $180,954 of that on media advertising.
County voters narrowly approved the so-called Gateway sin tax last month. The tax, which will be levied on wholesale sales of tobacco, beer and wine and retail sales of liquor, goes into effect Aug. 1. The Gateway to the Future Committee, bankrolled by Cleveland's corporations, spent more than $1 million promoting the issue's passage, according to its campaign finance disclosures. It did not report receiving in-kind services.
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part-time security guard to supplement her salary. Schubert said she had raised three children on the salaries. "I don't think I could do it said the Cleveland resident. But, "I love my job. Most of us are underpaid, but dedicated." The union's report said she should be making $20,000 a year.
"This situation has sneaked up on us, because of inflation, the job crunch and the federal government gnawing away the so-called safety net," Berman said. "We've created a whole class of working poor in social agencies. The result has been low morale, turnovers and the loss of quality staff. "United Way has the responsibility and ability to take the leadership in remedying the problem." Jack C. Costello, president and chief professional officer of United Way, said his organization could not tell non-profit organizations how to spend money.
But he said he would write boards and administrators at United Way agencies to urge them to make competitive salaries a priority. United Way will work closely with leaders of member agencies to raise salaries of workers within three years, Costello said. United Way cannot promise to allocate more money, he said. United Way last year raised $51.9 million to fund 153 Northeast Ohio social service agencies. Don Slocum, associate director of planning for Neighborhood Centers Association, a United Way affiliate, said political leaders should do more to get federal and state social services dollars into community programs so higher salaries can be paid.
principal hired for in Cleveland Heights for 13 years said he planned to be very visible principal and to encourage students, parents, teachers and others to get involved at Heights High. "I want to hear when people are upset," said Shaddow, a South Russell resident. Shaddow has been principal of John Adams which he said had 1,200 to 1,250 students for three years. He is a former social studies teacher and has been a unit principal at John Adams and an assistant principal two intermediate schools in Cleveland. He received a bachelor's degree from Rider College in New Jersey, a master's from John Carroll University and a doctorate from Kent State University, Gearity said Easton has been principal of Buena Vista High School in Saginaw, Mich.
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