The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195?, January 01, 1949, Page 15, Image 15

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The roll was called by the Secretary
and a quorum was present.
Report of Working Conditions Com­
mittee whs presented by E. F. Chidsey-
WC B Columbia Chapter No. 34 ancb
WC-f^Oregon'Vo’cational School Chap­
ter No. 36 concerned I req u es||f or two
pay ¿ays" a month. Due to. the fact that
the Association has asked the Depart­
m e n t ® speed up ¿their accounting di-
visionsfWMhe employees can be as­
sured of regular pay days, the com­
mittee |tgK^|Sed, to ask for- two pay-
rolls a month. The Highway Depart­
ment has eliminated two pay days on
extra*crev£s, but they do pay per diem
twice a month.
The committee recommended that
no action be taken on this matter at
this time. Columbia Chapter No. 34,
had no objection^ Oregon Vocational
School Chapter No. 36, made no ob­
jection. (Committee recommendation
approved by Council) . '
WC 3, Klainath Falls c t a pjSta No.
12; WC 6, Albany Chapter No. T^rand
WC 11, Newport Chapter No. 11,
garding regular pay days for all em-
plbyeetsV ,i
The committee gibm itted the 'fol­
lowing in lieu B g these" resolutions:
“Urge immediate correction of irregu­
la r pay check, deliveries.” (Adopted by
General Council) . I
WC 4, Klamath Falls Chapter No.
12; WC 9, Newport C h a p ® No. 11;
WC 12, Tillamook Chapter No. 15 and
WC-13, The Dalles Chapter :Ho. 9, re-
qf t B |d 40 hour-five "day week.
Committee substitution, to-wit:
^“Committee fqelsj matter has been
covered by previous action of Council
anddurges Board of Directors to con­
tinue the work of eventually securing
a 40 hour w eekjgryallIffete employees
B | B H pay with private industry.”
I AdopteisT^Gen|Kal Council) I
WC 5, Astoria Chapter No. 8; WC 8,
Tillamook Chapter No. 15; WC 10,
Newport^Chapter No. 11, requested all
¿Employees to be placed on monthly
i^alariesHH
Committee substitution, to-wit:
“Committee refers the council
actionM &#ye^ on policy of placing all
regular state employees on a monthly
salary. I Request I continued action and
every effort be made to secure sâmé,” I
"(Adopted by General Council).
WC 7, Roundup Chapter No."24, re­
garding st'eps’iS r hourly employees.
The committee.- recommended that
no action be taken on this resolution
as this reqüèst wouldlbe^liminated by
the previous resolution placing all
regular employees on a monthly sal­
ary. -(Committee recommendation ap­
proved by Council).
WC 14, Salem Chapter No. 1. That
in the interests of efficient nubficlser-
vice, theWollowing improvements in
working^ conditions should be in ef­
fect: (1) State offices and all state-r;
^fdrni‘s:6 e%>gSS^ ^ ^ ^ ©uld^.bW properly
ventjlafed^hated and maintained; (2)
Proper famSBes for rest period relax-
ation should be provided; (3) Person­
nel officers in departments^should op­
erate to know the difficulties which
disturb employees and should recom­
mend and work foi? corrective meas-1
ures;- (4) The comfort, health and
^BW-being of .emplpyeesf should be of
concern to the employèr and he
shoulddshow true consideration there­
of.
Committee substitution, to-wit:
Adopt sect ion s||~2|-3-4 and add, “The
Committee recommends that any con-
[the. princi-
ples involved in this resolution be in-
^ ^ S i ^ t é d and steps taken I for th eir.
immediate correction.” (Referred to
Executive Secretary ¿by- Council)??*!
WC 15, Salem Chapter No. 1. Ex­
change time and; overtime be allowed
for all supervising employees. This
matter' had already been ^povew d I in
the wages and hours section and the
committee felt ’ftra a ro ^ lu tio n should
not have been submitted to the Work­
ing Conditions CommittëeT It already-
|ggajto.eeh taken care of. (No Action).
Report of the Retirement Committee
Wà | ^ prèsëhted by J. ?E, Morelock,
Chairr^^^M
Mr. Morelock-' remarked that the
committee was .pr^ssed^for time as it
. had ;.to ^consider
étions.
R 1, Columbia -Chapter No. 34.1 Re--
tirement after 20 years of continuous
service.- ^C om m itt^^^ recommendation
was do not pass. (Committee report
adopted)...