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ganizatioxi, fall roughly into three cate
gories: (1) unaffiliated employees who
at present time approximate a third to
a half of the state service; (2) em
ployees of the AFL State, County and
Municipal Employees, or specific AFL
craft groups whose exact numbers are
not known; (3) employees of the State
Employees’ Association, whose member
ship comprises approximately a third
to a half of the state service. The lat
ter group is an independent association
and numbers in its membership mem
bers of certain of the AFL craft groups.
To the writers’ knowledge there is no
CIO membership. The organized em
ployee groups, generally speaking; were
largely responsible for the passage of
the original act and for protecting it
against undesirable legislative amend
ments at the last legislative session.
Despite the influence of the employee
groups, the civil service commission has
steadfastly refused to become associated
as directly representing the views of
employee groups, departments or any
other groups in state affairs.
The writers have experienced in Ore
gon a situation which they have found
in other jurisdictions, namely, that
most department heads are sincerely
interested for personal reasons or other-
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wise, in the interests of their own em
ployees. Many times the personnel agen
cy makes a determination based on an
overall service viewpoint which is ap
proved neither by the department head
nor individual employees affected. This
point is mentioned primarily to indi
cate that the frequently encountered
employee attitude of suspicion toward
the department head,. at least in many
public jurisdictions, isz not well-
founded. .
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