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in thè e m p I^ ^ ^ a ÌM ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ W . when
they adopted the é S s m S g io n -'plan pre-;
pared by the civil service commission
arid recommended to the 'emergency
board" that funds be I W fd^^^aiTable
for pmmedia|ejimplementation of the
plan. They are to be ^commendecT for
their speedy and judicious action in
meeting”, and solving this administra
tive problem.
The emergency board, composed of
.S^ia'tqrs' Walsh, Belton and Walker,
R epresenm ® ^| V S Dyke,,. Chadwick,
Semon and Rudie Wilhelm, J r ., a most
B n sferS p H I E group, appw a pheM* the'
prpblem warily but acted witfaEvrs-
dom and d isn atch .fSw ^ th ^ ^ M T '^ ^ S
n i f i c g W B g p tlìe - ^ém ergen^M ^y^
brought into focus.
The Oregon State Employees A s
sociation is gratefuwfor the’^ a g ry ad
justments thus^^^yide’d.“ The associa
Equalization
tion has been very (W sb 3 to; tneg whole
salar^^b’roblem £»and played an im-
Pay Schedule
portant part in its solution. Repre
sentatives Sa th e te ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B w e f è
By Forrest V. Stewart
..mindful
of the magnitude of the prob
Civil service employeesy of the* state
of Oregon, as a group,, are now work lem and cooperated in every way pos
ing under better Ifp nditæ »^ and for sible with lK/frjHlgiBwwi
I go ver nment which holds j ur is die tion
better salariesythan^at any time in the
^VEatàsuch
governmental 11 unctions.
history
M«|MB;y< prevents" us from saying
The salary equalization plan now
pnnre a b o U lM ^ B6[aS ■
O S E A pWyed in
in effectJiS^erhaps the S sti^a|istW
¿bringing about th i^ s B l^ ^ ^ ^ Btm ent.
approach ever made toward compar
GooeWKaste *d:®Hes that we say noth
able pay with c'ornnarh^^Mwsnio'hs.
ing about the infantine mouthings of
in private Industry. The equalization
a m ilignant. minority employee o’r -
plan plus the ten dollar cost/of living
^¿an^%tibh»wnat^|cam e withirilla m ea-
adjustment should, to a very large surable degree, (^.defeating the f /ntire
degree, stop the exôdüs from thejs tate
salary adjustment program.
^ ^ e rvice. The monetary cost to the state
during the past few months from the
loss of hundreds ùfL ~semi-||a|féd and
State Civil Service
skilled workérs has - Keen tremendous.
The Çivil Service- Commission did a
“ Department
seldom hap-
splendid ob in readjusting^ and equal-,
■ They prefer
izing the pay ranges for the 593 d i f -
do the »hiring themselw^a And em-
ferent job classifications. It was, ne ployees themselves ^ : ^ ^ metimesWdtss|
cessary, to compare each classification gruntled over the way the system of
and corresponding salary rangé with job classification works. These feel
the results of the salary survey. (Tab ings broke efeSt last week in someypub-
ulating the 119,000 individual returns lished protests from unidentified
from the survey was a task in itself.) stdte^lp^sfflinel.
The number of salary ranges were re7
We are confident, however, that the
duced from 120. down to 47 which .will great ma j orit-^Bf';^^e&Gmp lo^^ |pre-
I simplify future adjustment proced^ fer to ' work under l l l O l servitO They
ures.
hajv'egjsecuriS in t h e i ^ S s .— one can
The governor, his budget director, easily imagine what nervousness there
and the board of controffljPBlized the w W lib ^ B /ith anO e g tion coming on,
seriousness of the/recent developm ent
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ment salary. We are asking ggM th e
employees be allowed to pay retire
ment on the first $4200 of his salary
and that the state match hi|||ayments
to that amount. This request is m line
with changes in the social security law
recently made by Congres?? Wey;also
are asking other .changes
the retire
ment law which we feel are necessary
and shoùld bé passed in order that our
; retirement law I will be more in line
with other retirement laO B ffijt .ef fe
across the nation.
The above points are the most im
portant parts of our legislative pro
gram and Î have listed the reasons why
we feel they should be g i ^ o w S o a b l^
consideration by the legislator.
—E. F. ChidsèyhJl||esme i^
sSeSSfe>.