The Oregon state employee., April 01, 1949, Page 9, Image 9

co m m en su rate w ith hisi responsibilities
and position w hen com pared w ith m ost
o th er states. T he grow th of th e state
adds b u rd e n s to o u r leaders and j u '^ S
fies m uch la rg e r salaries th a n those
noX^to be g ran ted .
I Em ployees N ot F u lly In fo rm ed
The. em ployee seems to be th e last
p erson to find out w h at he is to r e ­
ceive fo r his v S 'k . M j^^l e g ita a tu rB in d
civil service com m ission get th e data
early, along w ith ad m in istrato rs and
budget d ep artm en ts. The em ployee
finds out in devious w ays; th ro u g h the
press, by rum ors, by guess, by special
efforts and ev en tu ally by official n o ­
tices h an d ed sp arin g ly around th e of-
fice. T he em ployees w ill a p j ^ ^ i ^ r a
being ad vised of such things at ea rlier
« IB M
A ssum ing th a t all em ployees are by
now fu lly advise.d of w h at th e ir jobs
, 1949 ÿ it
is p ro b ab le th a t th ey are in terested in
w h at h ap p en ed to Jo h n Doe and Ja n e
Roe. W e h av e h e a rd th a t some of the
jnigher paying
la rg e r raises and th a t som e sm aller
p aid positions are to get no in c re a ^ ^
In some instances th a t is tr u e . F o u r or
five classifications get no increase, in ­
cluding b lu e p rin te r I,'’e n g in e ^ o n g a id e
I, civil en g in eer 11 and p ark s su p e r­
visor. M any classifications receive only
a $10 p e r m o n th increase including all
clerk -sten o g ra p h ers
and all clerks ; a large p roportion of all
state em ployees. P rac tic ally all h o u rly -
ra te em ployees get some increases: L a ­
b o rer I, 9 cents p er h o u r to a new
ra te of $ 1.14; la b o re r I I , from
cents per
from 7 to 10 cents p er hour; trad es
craftsm an from; 11 to
h o u r,w eic.
B k i lj R ]
w o rk m an w ill receive $ 1.60 p er hour.
I It m ay be of in te re st to know w h at
has hap p en ed , re la tiv e ly , to ra te s of
■ay b etw een some of the low er and
n ig h er classifications. Using 1939 rates
as a bas^-ÿpe:^Bjfm ^ B of increase in
p ay as of July-1, 1949 (new p ay sched­
ule) show th e follow ing: L aborers,
128% ; larg e thu^ck d ri v e l a « .0
gineering aide I, 122%; ciWlten ^ m ^ g r
II, 52% ; civil en g in eer V, 25 % ; section
B h | » n . 10 Baffin a v irw a n d oiling crew
forem an. 4 4 % ;w e ig h m a s te rs , 56% ;
I
m &M re^ g m e e r
and:% clerk-
sten o g rap h er II, 85%. These com pari-
sons are based o n 's tà rtin g fa te s and
are typical. T hey show, in "général,
th a t th e g re atest progress in getting
w ages n e a re r th e p a rity pay -has been
m ade in the low er ra te brackets. They
t h B B l j n g l g B all
of us’hhave tak en w hen it is realized
th a f ^ ^ ^ l g ^ g ^ h e)5 * n e w g S H a B S s l on
p a rity basis and th a t m ost of th e in ­
crease has come about in th e last few
years. It should b e rem em bered, also,
th a t in addition t o & f O B w a g e jjin -
creases th e re h av e also been g ran ted
m ore lib era l vacation and sick leaves,
sh o rter hours, re tire m e n t and d isab il­
ity pension benefits and som e im -
p rovem ent in w orking conditions. E ven
these benefits are below p a r I w hen
com pared w ith in d u stry and o ther
states.
It is not a coincidence to be shrugged
off t h a t l t h e em ployee’s lot has im ­
proved since 1943. The OSEA w as
form ed in th a t y ear I an d I has been
increasingly gietivé Ejiwellæ IiK M -h o t
b o astfu l to say t h a ^ h e ^ ^ i A mente,
responsible for im provem ents in th e
fac-
tors c o m b in e d .1
. . A ny em ployee w ho has been in state
em ploym ent since 1942 can check on
h i s p ay records and prove at once th a t
fhe OSEA has helped him to th e tu n e
of at least $1,000 in in creased incom e.
^IfM^We w ere no OSEA, th ere Would
be no civil service, no re tire m e n t act,
no fiv e-d ay w eek and m uch low er
w age scales. J u s 11 j - h e ck up o n your
records previous to 1943 and re fresh
your m em ory on w orking conditions
p rio r thereto, not fo rg ettin g th e m iddle
1930’s, and let the facts soak in! C on­
tin u ed su p p o rt of th e OSÈA and. m ore
m em bers in it is th e only su re w ay
you h a B M ^ ^ im n r
y o u r pay
your fu tu re in state
service. If OSEA h ad not been active
this year, you w ould h av e LOSTgB)me
of th e advantages th e A ssociation has
gotten for you. You owe it to y o u r­
self and y o u r OSEA to su p p o rt th e
group w hich has done so m uch for you!
A d m in istrato rs M isu n d erstan d
W age P roblem s
T he ad m in istrato rs, officials and
|few|£K^K>K^^egon’s sta te go v e rn m e n t