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Parties vie for minority vote
BY ERIN GIBSON
ASSISTANT STATE & NATIONAL EDITOR
The Democratic Party has
monopolized minority registration
and votes in past elections, but the
Republican Party plans to make
Democrats work to keep those con
stituents this election year.
The U.S. Census Web site shows
that in 1994 more than 80 percent
of black voters were Democrats,
with 10 percent registered as
Republicans and Independents.
Numbers show that Democratic
support has only increased since
then. But the Republicans are
lighting for these votes by target
ing issues important to minority
communities.
Bush has set the example of try
ing to attract the minority popula
tion, which is a heavy church-going
population, by focusing on moral
ity issues, such as marriage.
Bill Peaslee, N.C. Republican
Party chairman, said the party
is attending events to tell people
about its platform. He said they
are emphasizing public education
with the black population.
But the Republican Party has
a history of representing wealthy
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WOMEN’S
EQUALITY DAY
Thursday, August 26
X
CAROLINA WOMEN S CENTER
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and the
10AM-SPM
Y Court (area in front of the Campus Y)
Help us celebrate the anniversary of the 19th Amendment,
giving many women the right to vote.
Are YOU registered to vote yet?
We will have voter registration forms, information about each
candidate’s platforms (local, state, and national), maps of polling places,
a video, music, entertainment, food and fun!
voters, even though minorities
account for most of the lower
income households in the country.
The Democratic Party often
pushes for government supported
programs to help members of the
lower economic classes.
“Minorities have by and large
needed a helping hand more than
anyone else,” said N.C. Rep. Marvin
Lucas, D-Cumberland. “No one
wants a handout, just a hand up.”
According to the N.C. State
Board of Elections, only 4.4 per
cent of black voters were registered
Republicans in October 2002.
Lucas said the Democratic Party
has the upper hand at gaining
minority votes because it focuses
on issues most pertinent to minori
ties, including health care, human
services and education.
“The Democrats have champi
oned education,” he said. “Minorities
are in the public education systems
more than any other group.”
By making the party’s pres
ence known in the community, the
Democratic Party is working hard to
maintain its faithful constituents.
“We are getting people out
there working across the state, in
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to-door,” said Barbara Allen, N.C.
Democratic party chair.
Lucas said minority voters have
a history of looking to church offi
cials and community organizations
for guidance on political issues, so
the Democratic party is working
with these groups to ensure their
support.
“There are groups of grass-roots
folks going into neighborhoods of
formerly disenfranchised (resi
dents),” he said.
UNC sophomore Yvonne Brooks
said she thinks the Democratic
party has worked harder to reach
the black community by broadcast
ing advertisements on urban radio
stations and television channels.
But Peaslee said the Republicans
are working to get their message
out to minority voters.
“We want people to have an
unfiltered exposure to what the
Republican Party is all about,” he
said. “They should be able to look
at the two-party platform without
any spin.”
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Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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News
Workers see changes to
federal overtime policies
BY ALEXANDRA DODSON
STAFF WRITER
New federal regulations for
overtime pay implemented
Monday could affect the millions
of Americans who work more than
the standard 40-hour work week.
The regulations, revisions to the
Fair Labor Standards Act, raise the
maximum yearly salary workers
can earn and still receive manda
tory overtime pay from SB,OOO to
$23,660. Those earning more than
SIOO,OOO typically will not be eli
gible.
The act still demands over
time pay for those working more
than 40 hours a week, but work
ers earning between $23,660 and
SIOO,OOO will not be eligible if
they hold executive, administrative
or professional positions.
James Andrews, president of
the N.C. state AFL-CIO, said these
regulations are better than those
proposed previously but still isolate
many workers. The AFL-CIO is a
national federation representing 13
million workers.
Andrews said research shows
one million people benefitting from
the new regulations, but six million
could lose overtime pay entirely.
Employers might reclassify the
job descriptions of workers in the
$23,660-SIOO,OOO category to
exempt them from the extra pay, he
said, because the job descriptions of
executive, administrative and pro
fessional positions are subjective.
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“Our experience is being replicated
in other universities, both in-state
and out-of-state.”
CHARLES WALDRUP, associate vice president of legal affairs, unc system
Andrews said the new regula
tions are good for large companies
and might be the Bush administra
tion’s way of rewarding businesses
for their support.
“It’s bad politics,” Andrews said,
adding that the regulation hurts
those who worked hard to get into
the middle class and now might
not be eligible to receive extra pay
for extra time worked.
But not all workers will be hurt
by these new regulations.
Charles Waldrup, associate vice
president for legal affairs for the
UNC system, said he has not seen
any cases where an employee will
lose benefits, though his data was
not extensive.
“I was just surprised,” he said. “I
had expected the opposite results.”
Waldrup said he initially assumed
many people would lose benefits,
but found 10 to 15 people in his
office alone who would become eli
gible for overtime pay after being
exempt under the old rules.
He said the now-subject
employees work as administrative
assistants, engineers for UNC-TV
and in other posts, all in the below
-523,660 bracket.
Joanna Carey Smith, associ
ate university counsel, said that
UNC-Chapel Hill spent the sum
mer reviewing different positions
to determine the bill’s effect, and
that only a small percentage of the
University’s 10,000 employees will
be affected.
“We may have taken a different
approach than other employers,”
she said, adding that the University
first looked at employees who will
now be eligible for overtime pay.
Smith said the money used to
pay employees for overtime work
should come from the source of
funds from which they already are
paid. But as a public employer, the
University can pay overtime via
money or time off, she said.
In general, Waldrup said, most
employees in the higher education
field will find they will not lose
benefits.
“Our experience is being repli
cated in other universities, both
in-state and out-of-state,” Waldrup
said. “Maybe people in private
industries will find it different.”
Contact the State & National
Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu.
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