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group, for those things w hich w ill im
prove < B b l ^ ^ B g f i c ^ B recognition? of
em ployees’ interests, the right people
in the right jobs, proper pay for honest
w ork, and m aking State jobs attrac
tive enough to gain and hold the kind
of w orker the public has a right to
expect therein. Not a single action of
the O S E A , not a single change b r^ o u S j
Ifpout through our support has failed
to in some w ay im prove the service.
A n em ployer makes a sm aller apologia
B o u t starting rates of pay than he did
before O S E A . W e B v e B B h t fc H a n d
m aintained the principle u h s B s A I
Service that an unsatisfactory em
ploy ee c an b e fir e d. We ask for no
more than justice and a square deal
for all state employees and encourage
our members to exercise patience and
tolerance in their dealing w ith State
problem s. W e have made some head
w ay in obtaining 1 «■ 11 L«"-1
and P ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ » p .l B e e ^ ^ W a
sound financial basis. We have ev i
denced our desire to im prove the State
general' w elfare. W e
have never cham pioned the cause of
an inefficien t em ployee. W e can not
of selfishness,
ereed or strong-arm approaches. These
are evidences of cooperation and a
good spirit of w illingness on the pgg||Sl
of S fa fe e m H é s . I f inefficien cy ex^p
ists i a the public services, we are in -
ter es ted to oust it for the sake of
proper protection to the fa ith fu l, loyal
employees who are our m embers. The I
O S E A believes in protecting itggmfem-
bers, and to date is w orthy of its high
reputation of integrity in promoting
the w elfare of the State and helping
to im prove public service.
Attitudes control action, and when I
the attitudes of em ployer and eggll
ployed become more nearly identical,
real progress w ill be made and true
efficiency w ill become more apparent.
Public servants can
at
titude from
w hen the. pub-
B o n IB terësï?
Wages and Salaries Adjusted; B
Inequities Removed; Progress Made
T here are m any m isunderstandings
a b b u B & B W ||s new pay schedules
wh 1
I J uly 1,
1949. These m isunderstandings occur
among the taxpayers, the- B B a l B i b -
lic, the employee and adm inistrators.
P u b lic M isinform ed A b ou t State W ages
The general public seems to feel
that the state has recently granted
H H increases in wages and salaries
to its adm inistrators, officials and em
ployees and seem inclined to the idea
| K f 3 the overall rates are very high
and costly. Adm inistrators, officials
and ■'employees,
cern them selves w ith B B duty to
fu lly advise the public of the facts;
I through the press and by personal
The average increase per employee
beginning Ju ly 1, 1949, is about $13
a month or about $0.08 an hour. This
$13 is .am increase to present rates of
pay w hich have been acknowledged as
inadequate for m any years. M ost pay
rates, w ith the increase, are below I
those paid by industry, federal agen-
cies and adjoining states for like w ork
and like hours: none of them are
higher. E very pay rate under civil
service is subject 1 oh.^^uTge at any
time and it is w ell know n the state’s
budget w ill not perm it paying p a » & f<
wages for the next biennium . In other
words,
state service are assured of receiving
b e lo w parity pay w ages?.B ? probably
another two years.
T ifiW a d m in il l h ttoW whose s a la r ie s ^
are set by law are, in m any cases,
receive increases in pay^ b e g in n in g *
I B 1, 1 9 4 9 . « W « i iM ^tive/O gB
|& ri\ T he published list seemed long
sounded large. It is factu al to say that
O regon’s adm inistrators and officials
ha ve been w oefu lly under paid for
years and not one is to receive a salary