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GROUP PURCHASING
The Association has had many re
quests from the membership concerning
discount -purchasing. ,
We have made several contacts w ith
firms operating on a state-wide basis
and have had but one offer.
The General Tire Company, through
its Salem dealer has agreed to sell tires,
batteries, home appliances ,auto acces
sories, etc.; to members of the Associa
tion at a substantial discount.
/If the idea is adopted, credit cafds
will be issued by the Company to the
members. ,
The Association is under no obliga
tio n to the Company.
' Adoption of this plan,'would be an
added service to the membership.
RECOM MENDATIONS
Keeping up the interest of th e m em
bership has been a problem. A possible
solution would be ; a news letter mailed
onee a month to each member., This
would require an Address-o-graph m a
chine. The cost is low, but 1J fully | | | |
lieve it would be money well spent.
I I would also recommend breaking
up our large chapters into smaller,
homogeneous groups. By doing this, it
would allow more people to participate
in Association activities, and give Some
of the minority groups a better oppor
tunity to be heard; it I should increase
membership and interest. The move
ment is already under way in Portland
Chapter Np.-;^7,p^
The D istrict Directors should be
called, upon to play a larger part in
promoting O.S.E.A, w ithin their dis
tricts,, ,
In conclusion I would say that the
O.S.E.A. has had a successful year.
W orking conditions have been great
ly improved ¡for the great majority of
State , employees.
Our legislative program was success
ful; wc lost but one im portant meas
ure, but saved Civil Service, .
W e/haye issued charters to six new
chapters since November, 1946.
Respectfully submitted,
FORREST V. STEW ART
Legislative Approval of OSEA
Proposals Listed By DeFrance
To the Members of the Board of D ir
ectors and General Council:
The Law and Legislation Committee
makes the following report.
The presentation of the Oregon State
Employees Association Legislative pro
gram to the 44th Legislative Assembly
resulted in some progress and some
failure.
1. W e received approval of our requests
concerning...
(a) . Payroll deductions for Group
Life Insurance
(b) Six months employment before
entering into Retirement System
(0) Established July 1, 1947 as ef
fective date, of Retirement A ct
(d) Established effective date of
Civil Service A ct
(e) Civil Service Pay Plan was made
effective March 1, 1947 instead
of R B H 1947
(f) Increased salaries for unclassified
employees and officials
(g) The 5 day 40 hour week Was
obtained by action of Boardipf
Control an,d Civil Service Com
mission
2 / W e failed to secure
(a) The removal qf th e,20 year lim
it' on prior service credit but
were promised reconsideration
in 1949
(b) A special "Emergency Salary
Fund,” but, were told th a t/a n
increased emergency fund would
be set up which would be avail
able for the same purpose
We withdrew our request for in
creased regular contributions in lieu
of excess I contributions privilege