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Why Join with 3,500 Employees?
Just Tackle This O.S.E.A. Program All By
Yourself— and Find the Answer
Organized independently four years
ago and operating in the interests of
all state employees, the O.S.E.A. has
an imposing record of achievements
and a still more imposing program fof
united action of its, 31 chapters. With
a membership that has passed the 3,500
mark and chapters throughout the state,
the program drawn up by the repre
sentative board of directors is a real
challenge to every s t a r e employee—
whether or not he or she is a member
of the O.S.E.A.
If you don’t believe there’s a job
ahead, just try out this recent list of
aims some dull day—and then j see if
you won’t be screaming for help from
some 3,499 other members facing the
same conditions and problems. Here is
,the program:
(1) Parity pay with nearby states
and private industry.
(’2) Fair administration of State Civ
il Service system.
! (3)' Maintenance and development
of retirement system.
(4) Protection of individual rights
of employees.
(5 ) Increased period for vacation
time.
(6) Readjustment of pay ranges in
certain classifications.
Correction of joh allocations in
individual Cases.
(8) An in-service training program.
(9) A sound tax structure for the
-state. ,
Possibly you aren’t interested in the
future. Then let’s glance at the past.
In four short years since the O.S.E.A.
was organized from the discouraged
members of five union groups who had
been getting almost nothing from their
high, fees and dues, here are some def
inite achievements ife which the as
sociation had a leading or active share
(incidentally what was your part in
these gains—did you do anything or
did you just benefit?0 ;
( t) Enactment of State Civil Serv
ice and Employes’ Retirement plan.
-fZ) In 1945 a $20 a month pay raise'
for 1,500 state workers.
!946 a $10 a month general
salary increase.
(4) In 1947 new civil service pay
schedule advanced four months.
» ( S) Cumulative 90-day sick leave
for classified employe.
(6) Uniform vacation and holiday
privileges.'
(7) Establishment df 5-day 40-hour
work week principle.
'(8) Institution employes’ week . re^<
duced from 60 to 48 hours.
. ,(•9,)* Sick leave | for 1,100 hourly
’workers»
I (10) -Expense allowances for 500
state employes formerly barred.
■ ( f l ) Fighting for all employees’
rights—-in legislature and from day to
day.
If you just aren’t interested in one
or a dozen of these items, maybe you’re}
in the wrong place. But if you are, now
is the time to put your shoulder to the
wheel—along with a few thousand
more— and work for better conditions
that will mean higher morale for eyery
employe and a better state for every
one. Where can you find an investment
with higher returns—both for your
dollars and your efforts.
The one sensible thing to do with
a disappointment J's to put it out pf
your mind and think of something
cheerful.
—Mark Twain.-