9
OSEA General Council
Adopts Policies for 1950
The
State Employees'*
d atio n , at th eir ^7th State Convention
held a S P d |itlà n d |^ ^ ra ^ ^ m ’è r B 8 , 19
and 20 a d o p t e d f o r - th e l
coming y ear ànd elected new officers
charged w it^ th e , ' d u ty jja B f f if tn g out
those policies.
I The actions of th e convention coni-^
prising 54 d e le g a t;^ and 48|?dÉfpterSj
arid representing some 5,000 OSEA
m em bers in State employ, follows :
Retirement Policies
1. T hat full credit for all p rior ser
vice b e granted and th a t the pension
allow ance be at the ra te of $4.00 p er
m onth for each year
rendered by th e employeei. (U nder the
present R etirem ent Act, the retired
State em ployeeds allowed a m axim um
z>f 2 0 -y |iw ao f service (pin or to Ju ly 1,
■946) and b u t $2.50
m onth pen-
BBBgBr-- year of such lim ited tiinë) I
2. T h a W g lab ility retirem ent pay
m ents^ be perm issible to an eligible
employee fafter ten Hfefag* of ’ service
regardless of cause of disability, u n
less self m îlic te d .æ T h e présen t Act
requires 15 years).
3. T hat th e OSEA S bm it a p lan
perm itting a S tate employee m em ber
of the system to earn retirem ent afte r
30 years of service to his employer.
’(A t present th e a ttQrimg l of certain,
ages is re q u ire d ).
4. To study [the feasibility of w iden
ing' the field of investing R etirem ent
funds to produce a higher, safe yield.
;(P resent lim itations as now applied to
g en e jo K u n d sy o f the State, prifriarily
of low y ield ).
. 5. To^sponsor an am endm ent to the
R etirem ent Act w hereby th e -- bene^fl
ciaries of aryj employejg^/wrio dies be
fore retirem en t age but afte r 10 years
of service, , w illt-r^ ë iy e ''-an annunity
from trié S tate equal to |m |p p r.jB ded
by the employees' contributions to the
R etirem ent Fund. (A t present, the em
ployee’s b e n e f ic ^ o ¿receives only th at
annunity purchased by hislqw n m oney;
considerably less than is provided in
most other stateK an d in d u strial pen- I
sion Plan s) •
6. To study retirem ent plans of other
States, industry, Railroads, Federal So
cial Security, F ederal re tu ^ m é n t and
others for the purpose of incorporat
ing the best practices thereof to the
present Oregon R etirem ent Act.
Insurance Policies
1, To open up th e present OSEA
G roup Rife Insurance plan to all State
employees and to obtain payrifent of I
prem ium s by payroll deductions from
a lK S ^ te D ep artm en ts^(P resen t insur-y
ance has been for m em bers o n ly ).
2. To c o n d u c ta study to detenpine
the fea^siom fy of am ending the W ork-
m en’s Compensation Act to provide
for sickness benefits through th è S tate
Tn d-iistrial^ ASderitB^'Òm m issi'dn.
all State employees by prem ium pay-;,
roll deductions on an e m p 'ib ^ ^ ^ q p ^ :
tional basis. ( At present various com -.
m ereiai agen.cie^ contract w ith any
staté^employee groups for such service, -
and the employees express some dis
satisfaction w ith the*is^rym ^;:a ctually
received.^®
Civil Service Policies
1. T hat the 4 ^ nditionarM O jfflol|of
employees autom atically change to
th a t of “reg u lar” after the completion
of 6 m onths of satisfactory
(A
“conditional” employee hris no assur
ance of tenure of position o r Civil Ser-il
attains regular
E a & isZ only b y (a) provingB gi^ability
during a tria l service period of 6
m onths, in the case of a new employee,
¿brj(b) by being approved for J ri^ ra s i^
tiori by exam ination or by em ployer
acceptarij^ in the case of em ployees in
se riv l^ ^ e f o r f f ij^ ^ S l^ llth e Act or; in
th e lease" of one erifw eyed since then,
by certification from lists; Of qualified
ap p lifean ^^H
2. T h at positions of technical, su
pervisory and adm inistrative n atu re
be filled from l ^ s É ìte a te d by prom o-