7
E m ployee Cooperation
N eeded fo r E fficien cy
turned .^^ithout a
push or a pull. State service cannot
perform to its highest efficien cy w ith
out a little m ore pow er than is now
Ping generated.
w oY^sTh‘er.eiis^r^ e x ^ s e : for, ‘pnldier-
ing” B f i h e job. The "place to be lazy
is on our own time, preferably in bed.
There is no place in public em ploy
ment for
and
Even
unions don’t dem and sleeping I hours I
jfeffdffijeal B B r o
the Q h a l-‘‘ on com pany tim e, although it does
seem at
lenge and points the w a y to better
things. The State at present enjoys I break their own necks b y im jSSM gB
the leadership of a G overn or who has H b^m uch.
It is high jg rn i
.
d
p u b licly dem onstrated an interest in
the w e lfa re of State em ployees and
our m idst
who only asks for honesty in the
and thus help ourselves by m eriting,
perform ance of d u ty . M any able State
as a w hole, the consideration that hon
adm inistrators appreciate the w o rk er’s
es
t em ploy ees d eserve! It take s but a I
problem s and are doing their u f ^ ^ |
to rectify those conditions w h ich have
O SE A R esponsibility
in the past created low m orale among
The O regon State Em ployees A sso
the em ployees.
ciation, composed of m any far-seein g
It seems to me that now is the ap
and thoughtful state em ployees, w as
propriate tim e for ev ery State em
form ed under the
the
ployee to take stock of him self and
w e lfa re of the St ate 1 and the w e lfa re - 1
see w h ere he rig h tfu lly belongs in the
of State em ployees are inseparable. A s
an Association, ifffi
longs there at all. It is trite to repeat
been directed tow ards im provem ent of
here the m axim s of honesty, integrity,
w orkin g conditions and thus to the
conscience, lo y a lty and the other a t
im provem ent of the service rendered.
tributes of fa ith fu l and efficien t ser
W e are rem iss in our responsibili
vice. Em ploym ent is a contract to be
kept in good faith by the p £ arti^ ^ l|||^ | ties if w e do not support the ;good
m easures w e h ave la rg ely created;
C iv il Service, R etirem ent, better w o rk
tion w ith foreknow led ge of the w o rk
ing conditions, better p ay
a
ing conditions, pay, etc. and contracts
w a tch fu l service to help them I do tlw
O m q ^ th e: w o rk called for by his posi
th ey are supposed to do; im -
tion before he has a. rigMB^HMs com -
S 3 about to
p ens a tion. The era of “ som ething for I prove the service.
I .I g B S S e h t abuses and m is-uses of
nothing” is one of illusion and never
C iv il S e rv ice appointm ents, prom o-
existed. People who apparen tly get
larg e profit for little w o rk could I tions, exam inations and the lik e must
be corrected. The retirem ent System
quite easily be losing m ore than they
m ust be fair, generous and adequate
realize. If w e honestly appraise those
in its protection to the aged and dis
things w h ich are of lasting value, w e
abled. W ork
w ill q u ickly appreciate how few they
overtim e pay, basic rates of pay and
are and how easily and sim ply they
all other personnel m atters m ust be
m ay
e attained. A fte r all, w e do
fair, non-discrim inatory and m eritor
h ave to liv e w ith ourselves!
ious.
As citizens, w e are charged w ith
Th ere rem ains I mu ch t o be I
upholding la w and order. A s em ployees
along these lines and the O SE A can
W B B B M sW S H aravith responsibility to
a large part in
d eliver the service w e have contract
proper fu lfillm ent. One w a y to m ake
ed to render. The
progress is by
m easure of how m uch w ork w e are to
do, nor is it the yard stick of w h at a tti
in these respects?
tude w e EÉelald
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