WAGE AND HOUR
COMMITTEE REPORT
The Highway Commission at their
meeting September 24th, with the ap
proval of the Governor and Budget
Director and at the suggestion of the
State Highway Engineer, adopted a re
vised wage schedule retroactive to Sep
tember 1, 1945 raising wages of all
State Highway Employees except those
in the higher brackets. Hourly rate em
ployees received a boost of 11c per
hour. Monthly rate employees a boost
of $20,00 per month w ith some few
exceptions in the case of the clerical
classifications where a standardized wage
schedule is being worked out by the
Budget Director to apply uniformly to
all state departments. All except 22 em
ployees / in the higher brackets out of
the more than 1700 Highway Depart
ment employees received wage adjust
ments.
An inspection of the payroll records
of a few of the State Departments on
file in the Secretary of States office dis
close that several other departments
have made similar adjustments. The
Forestry Department payrolls show sal
ary increases for 5 5 out of 66 employees.
Payrolls in July show nine salary ad
justments for the Department of La
bor; 35 salary adjustments for the In
dustrial Accident Commission; 30 salary
adjustments for the Tax Commission;
34 salary adjustments for the Unem
ployment Compensation Commission; a
general revision was made in the De
partment of State.
Further study of wage schedules in
the State Departments is under way.
The Executive Secretary is conferring
with the various department heads,
commissions, Boards, office of Budget
Director and the Governor. The Execu
tive Secretary appeared before the State
Highway Commission at its meeting
August 30th and presented data indi
cating the need of wage adjustments.
Progress is being made in the direc
tion of equalizing wages paid state em
ployees w ith those paid by cities, coun
ties and local industries. State employees
particularly appreciate the consideration
and understanding of state officials who
authorize these adjustments when true
conditions are made known.
Civil Service Commission
Opens Salem Office
The State Civil Service Commission
has opened offices at 319 State Capitol
Building. Miss Jean Douglass recently
employed by the N avy Department in
Seattle has been selected as secretary to
Mr. j. N. Chambers, chairman of the
Commission.
Applications for the office of Direc
tor are coming in from many states, in
cluding Oregon, New York, Minnesota,
California, Louisiana and Washington.
Several have been received from men
in the service. All applications must
be in by October 15. Shortly after that
date the examination will be given for
the selection of a permanent director.
Welcome O.S.P.D. No. 27
The twenty-seventh chapter of the
OSEA has been established from among
the employees of the Oregon State
Printing Department. Twenty-eight of
the fifty-one employees came in as char
ter members. This is an excellent show
ing on the part of the Printing Depart
ment. It is the second chapter to be set
up in that building. The Department of
Agriculture is housed under the same
roof.
We welcome the O.S.P.D. chapter
and extend our thanks to those who so
generously helped in its organization.
Mr. W. H. Mills was elected presi
dent and Miss Gen Longen secretary-
treasurer.