^Ciyil Service Commission Studies Wage Earnings
University Employees As Living Costs Soar
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By LAURA OLSON
Queston: Are the men who work
n the physical plant of the Univer
sity underpaid, and if so, why?
Living costs have skyrocketed in
:he past months, and such condi
tions would seem to call for a raise
n pay for these men. J. O. Lind
strom, business manager of the
University, has this to say about
the question.
“I think the University of Ore
gon should be in a financial posi
tion so it could pay ts employees
wages that are comparable with
(those in the community. It’s unfair
to the University and unfair to the
employees if we don't,” he- stated.
At present the entire matter of
wag^ rates for the physical plant
staff, dormitory workers and office
help is being studied by the state
civil service,. “The University will,
pf course, as an agency of the state,
be governed by the commission’s
rulings,” Jjindstrom added.
He cited the fact that the Univer
sity was 3l state school, and its bud
get was pretty well fixed each two
year period by the legislature. Both
Oregon and Oregon State are run
on allotted budgets. Additional fee
money from students is available
over and above the allotted sum, but
this, for the most part, has- to be
used for additional teachers and
class supplies which are allotted to
the various school departments.
Pay for physical plant employees
of the University ranges from $150
to $312 a month for a 44-hour week,
depending upon the skills of the em
ployees. In industry, custodial
workers, according to the state civil
service commission, are paid from
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$140 to $175 a month, and as Lind
strom pointed out, “the University
is right in the middle since it pays
this class of employees $155 per
month.
He stated that when civil service
comes into effect at Oregon, wages
will not be raised a great deal, al
though some glasses of employ
ment will be increased considera
bly.
Lindstrom emphasized that reg
ular University employees now re
ceive a vacation with pay, and have
sick leave privileges.
“We don’t pay union wages for
skilled workers,” the business man
ager said, “but our rate is within
20 cents of the union rate.” As an
example, plumbers downtown are
paid $1.75 an hour while University
plumbers are paid $1.55. "This de
crease in pay is compensated for by
the fact that the plumbers working
here have the benefit 6f vacation
and sick leave with pay, year round;
employment and a state retirement
benefit,” he added. Since cost ac
counting is made for each separate
job at the University, all physical
plant help is on an hourly basis.
At present the physical piant is
Under the supervision of D. L. Lew
is, but November 1, Kenneth Weid
ner will assume duties as the new
superintendent. Weidner was pre
viously assistant superintendent of
the physical plant at the University
of Washington. He served in World
War II as a captain in the seabee
engineering division.
Due to the increased amount of
building there are more than the
usual number of employees em
ployed in the physical plant. The
staff now numbers 118 men and
women, but in prewar times the
number was 50. They maintain the
100 acres of campus which includes
the main campus, athletic fields,
the chancellor’s residence and the
president’s home. They also take
care of the upkeep of Trailorville,
the housing project behind Skin
ner’s butte, the pre-fab houses
which are located just east of Hay
ward field and the veteran’s dormi
tories west of the music building.
No state tax money or student
fee money is used to run the dormi
tories. All expenses for them are
paid out of the student room and
board bills. The physical plant em
ployees, under the direction of Mrs.
Genevieve Turnipseed, director of
dormitories, make needed repairs to
th dormitories.
“It is hard to get help now,” Lind
strom concluded, “but the physical
plant and its employees are doing 1
as much as possible to see that all
repairs are taken care of properly.”
Question: Are the men who work
in the physical plant of the Univer
sity underpaid, and if so, why?
Administration answer: Physical
plant employees are paid as much as
prevailing conditions allow.
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