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Grievance
Procedures
The OSEA Board of Directors has
not as yet developed a set of rules to
be followed in handling employee
grievances. However, some of the
chapters have set up their own griev
ance procedure. A study of these in
dicates they follow a common pattern.
They proceed along the following
lines:
■ 1- A chapter grievance committee
of 3 to 5 members.
2. A member having a grievance
must first present his problem to his
supervisor.
3. If satisfaction is not forthcoming
then, the member presents his case in
writing to the chapter committee.
(Three signed copies.)
4. The chapter committee investi
gates all complaints. Where a com
plaint is justified, the comntiittee at
tempts a solution with the supervisor
and department head. When the griev
ance cannot be settled by the commit
tee it is then presented to the OSEA
headquarters and referred to the state
grievance committee.
Experience has proved that it is
imperative that all grievances be pre
sented in writing and chapters would
be wise to accept none other. The state
committee will accept none unless it is
in writing. This procedure is protec
tion for the complainant as well as the
Association-
The headquarters office. nor the
state grievance committee can under
take the settlement of an individual
grievance unless referred by the chap
ter committee.
Doctor to Patient: “Your blood pres
sure £ is normal, but for these times
that’s not so good.”
—E. Atkins in Medical Economics.
Vulcanizing and Recapping
THE PERFECT SQUELCH
The admiral heading a bureau in
Washington Was sure he knew more
about highly technical matters than, the
experts. He refused to accept recom
mendations without numerous trivial
corrections, and the bureau’s work
lagged sadly.
Prodded to speed lip operations, the
admiral summoned his staff for a lec
ture on the necessity of streamlining
procedures.. “Whatever bottlenecks ex
ist,” he concluded, “I demand that you
get rid of them. Any comments?”
“Sir,” said an irreverent reserve of
ficer, “in my experience with bottles^
I’ve observed that the necks are al
ways at the top.” —Francis Charles in
the Saturday Evening Post.
The sense of humor is the oil of life’s
engine. Without it the machinery
creaks and groans. No lot is so hard, no
aspect of things so grim, but it relaxes
before a hearty laugh. —G . S. Merrian.
Mere parsimony is not economy . . 8
Expense, and great expense, may be
an essential, part in true economy . . I
Economy is a distributive virtue, and
consists, not in saving, but in selection.
—Edmund Burke.
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