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3 Stute Pey Scute Stuys tu r n Public Workers' Losses Pun Into M illions since 1942 By FLO Y D Q U E R Y W hile an, exhaustive report on pay of state employees as compared w ith indus try and other service is not intended, we are presenting B f e w | ^ S p 4 r w ns ¿and an outline, of w hat the Oregon State Emp^wgesf AssSK^Bioix T ^ rvingluo do. The table below shows average m onthly earnings, 193 8 through 1947. FiguB B r industry were secured from the U nem ploym ent Com pensation C om mission. Figures for I|g g iB |m p lo y e e s were I ^Secured from inform ation pub - lished by the Budget DiW gtor, and from state departm ents who keep a ^ g jprd of average m onthly earnings. A m o u n ^ I ^ O t h o s e t h e end of each year. A v e ra g e M onthly R ates of P a y C o m p ara tiv e G a in or Loss to S tate E m ployees In W a g e s year 19 ^ 8 ’ I I . - $ 840,000 I $ 1940 672,000 1941 12^ S ° 1942 ______ ■ ■ B ^ ^ H ________ T o th jM — I 2,016,000 _4,158,i?Q0 1944 19;45 1946 1947 I -4,074,000 0,000 12 ’5 2 0 ’0 0 0 |H jjh TO 638,000 3,78O;d0O » 1 1 , 068,000 M&T'rtrnb'g« of Ig K iS W ^S B B ^tim a te d as 7,000 1939 th ro u g h 1945. 10,000 in 1946 a n d 1947. u ly 1947. th ro jjO M B jyi?-1948 vagim i fro m 10,269 MoW u g f M w i t h w m H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ é d in A pril. Employees who carried on grame,'f un c- tions during the w ar took a financial 1 + $ 9 beating. Their relative position was $108 1938 + 11 120 im proved to some extent by the $20 109 1939 B H + 5 ||§ H o f M 3iBg'adjustm ent e f f e S v é from 113 1940 - 2 125 June 1 to December 31, 1948, b u t they 127 1941 - 46 144, are stillI considerably below their coun 190 1942.' H I -5 3 159 terparts in industry. The Ez/gzizccrz'/zg 212 H l6 -4 4 ^ S S y E c^^albuj>l|hhgrand construction 172 1944 - B 196 1945|1 1 180 Indexes show a ' T f c ^ :^ W eragj| for J u l y B ^ ^ |m l $ 1 . 3 8 6 per hour for c ò n i-1 -2 6 220 1946 -3 7 202 mon construction B bor and per 1947 245 - hour for skilled labor. G etting closer ra te s a t t h e * T he . en d BOÉB45 fre&ipwsÉÜ^gBpôs't; w a r a d ju s t- home, we fin d tffa S T illa ^ ffl^ C o u n ty | m ent o v e rtim e pay, etc. pays $1.20 per hour for common la bor. Compare this w ith the $1.05 per H ow H a v e S tate E m ployees F a re d ? I hour paid by thÉ 3§gté ;df O regnn, and I f . one calculates the com parative th a t am ount^ only '; since. June 1, 1948 earning'^pf state^ r m d o y e e s " ^ a group w ith those of industrial workers in to prior to w hich the rate; was $0.94! Perhaps the large financial loss sus tal dollars, some sta r tained by state employees who stayed T p rth ! In ?'the I table w hich follows, the com parative status of state employees w ith the State dùrihgf p B M o ^ a and p art of the burden of being a is arrived at as follows: End of year hand, dollar differences are; averaged and ap publ^ijjservant, b u t on the state employees can state w ith Jwstifi- plied to the/.averaggl num ber of - state ,4eation th a t tELe; lastlappropriation voted employees for th a t year. ■Erid o f In d u stri/ S ta te $117 BEH State ¿ ^ D iffe r e n c e
