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Ì7 Quote and Unquote ■ An article in the September 1946 is- su’e- | o f I th e M onthly Labor Review BARBARA ATM A N , Editor shows that theré -is a steady increase in The Maine State Department„of Per the number of states which have enact-, sonnel has established an. advisory coun ed civil service laws. "By the middle óf cil on personnel, as, a, means for devel 1945,'2-2 of *the. 4/f states had civil- oping better relations w ith state de service * sy&femss>,,;,est ablished by law, partments. and other* groups.. The coun ‘wm ^^applyliiftp^ all branches of the cil includes representatives of the Gov state government. In six: of these states ernor’s office, the House and Senate, such,legislation was adopted in 1940 or operating departments, employee groups, later .//(This includes Oregon). In the the Budget Office, and the publid|Bfe remaining 26 states some departments, ,Civil Service A ssem bly^/v for /.example , unemployment compen January 1947. sation, employment service and welfare divisons, operate under a ’m erit'^sys-/ tern.” These latter - 'are departments An ordinance adopted by the Port land, Oregon, City Council establishes which receive part of their funds from i ^standard work we,ek of forty hours the federal government. "M erit systems for all city employees, effective Janu of appointment are much less prevalent ary 1, except for the uniformed per in' counties, municipalities and smaller sonnel ''ofr the police a n d ' fire bureaus1, units of local government than in state •tinder the ordinance, employees will re governm ents/’ ceive tirhe .and a half off w ith pay for I "Y o u 'ca n ’i / f i r e a? civil service em all w o rk irie x e 'e s s n f eight hours per day or 48 hours per week.-^-Giyil Ser ployee,” an argument often used by opponents of the merit system, is given vice Assembly Newsletter, Jan. 1947. little support in figures released recent ly by thè Michigan State. I Givi!- Service A dministrative; and clerical workers Commission; Thomas , J. Wilson, State I in over half the 933 cities with more Personnel Director,' has difeected public than 10,00-0, population now work less attention-to the fact t h a t s t a t e than 42 hours/a- week, and the per- ^employees have been discharged during I ’'eentage is, steadily growing .according ■f he last six years. O f this iiumber, only/ B to.ya, report by ,the International City 63 were retinstated after appealing'fo / ’Managers’ Association. I the Civil Service?' Commission. More than half of thè discharges were on the Dayton, Ohio, where an ordinance . I was recently adopted placing all city -grounds of- incompetency. Ih I calling employees Sofa-five-day, 4 0 /houk/week, attention to the discharge .figures^I Mr. I is ?ykemplary of the .trend. .-Iri general, Wilson? contrasted present conditions larger.-cities have shorter work/weeks I w ith those which prevailed prior to the fo r’white collared employees that/ small /establishment of the state civil service er cities,.? recent surveys-indicate. program. In thè old days, he said, ef /J/SL Louis has established a minimum forts to discharge inefficient em work week o f 3 8 hours for. all city em- ployees were frequently blocked by the , ^-ployees in the classified services, w ith W jP Qdays cumulativewii'cation and two political sponsor's of' such employees. days sick leave for eachm onth. Balti Even after employees' were discharged, more recently-/decided to give' a four- they were often reinstated when ap month- trial ' to a fiy'e-d^y wefek -with pointing authorities ^succumbed to pol work Lours-from 8:45 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. •A -From Journal o f" State and Local itical pressure.— Civil Service,. Assembly Newsletter. /G o vern m en t' Employees, Dec. 1946.
