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Page 2 f $ OREGON STATE EMPLOYEE NEWS Circuit Court Dismisses AFL-CIO Bargaining Suit June Issue To Feature Association’s An Oregon AFL-CIO lawsuit, which sought to have the 1965 col- i?.c^ vec ne?otiation procedures law declared unconstitutional and the Scholarship Civil Service rules adopted in accordance with the law voided, was dismissed by a three-judge panel in Portland May 2 when the court sustained a demurrer filed by the defendant Oregon Civil Service Recipients Commission and joined in by intervenor OSEA. The action means that the Civil Service Commission can continue . to hold collective bargaining rep resentation elections. Nineteen e- lections have been completed, and 10 more scheduled to be held. Three checks totaling $400 were In handing down the decision, recently presented to the South car G. Oberman, President of on which all three judges concur western Oregon Community Col Coos Bay Chapter 65, presented a $150 check donated by his chap red, Multnomah County Cir lege student loan fund by three ter; and Roy Lake, President of cuit Court Judge Paul R. Harris OSEA chapters located in South Curry Chapter 93, presented a said there was no allegation by the western Oregon. $150 check given by his chap AFL-CIO in its complaint that it The presentations were made ter. had been injured by either the col to SWOCC President Jack E. lective bargaining law or the rules Brookins at the college. Accompanying the three chapter adopted by the Civil Service Com Verner C. Stout, President of presidents was James Cunning-, mission to implement the law. Coquille Chapter 10, presented a ham, Coos Bay Chapter 65 Del Judge Harris said the demurrer $100 check from his chapter; Os- egate, who was instrumental in was granted on the grounds that starting the project which led to the donation. no “justiciable controversy” exis ted that could be acted upon by The three chapters undertook the the court. raising of student loan funds as In the 1965 legislative session, a cooperative venture which grew the United Labor Lobby introduced out of their feeling of having a a bill which would have put sup strong attachment to the commun ervision of collective bargaining ity which extends beyond the 40- under the Labor Commissioner. hour work week. OSEA’s bill to give supervision The three chapters have a tot to the Civil Service Commission al of 212 members. was enacted by the legislature, and the labor groups attacked its constitutionality on the claim that it delegated legislative authority to Employees who are anticipating the state agency without sufficient a two-step increase based on the standards to guide it in the adop Civil Service Commission’s pro tion of the rules. posed mid-biennium salary adjust Although it dismissed organized ment plan will in most cases be labor’s suit, the court did not disappointed, according to OSEA rule upon the law’s constitutional Wage and Salary Analyst Everett ity. However, Baker County Cir B. Stiles. cuit Court Judge Lyle R. Wolff He said the recommended plan said, “ As; far q s I ’m concerned, sh o w s 25 c l a s s e s r e c e iv in g tw o - th e s ta tu te i s c o n s titu tio n a l.” s t e p i n c r e a s e s . H o w ev er, h e sa id , After the hearing, OSEA’s legal the implementation will be limited council Thomas C. Enright said, to a one-step increase except in > Several of the state’s lowerpaid “Because our law and legislation those cases where a larger in classifications may have starting committee was the author of the crease is needed to bring the em salaries less than the federal min iaw which was attacked, and be ployee to the new minimum sal imum wage after February 1, 1967. OSEA Wage and Salary Analyst cause the suit hung a cloud over ary established for the class. the law, we were naturally con He said in past years salary Everett B. Stiles said that at new cerned, even though we did ex plan implementation has been on minimum wage law bill, which is pect this result. a step-to-step basis. For the July presently on the floor of the UJS. We are particularly pleased by 1 adjustments, however, increases House of Representatives, will in Judge Wolff’s opinion that there are being limited to one-step. crease the nation’s minimum wage is no doubt in his mind of the As an example, Stiles said, the from $1.25 to $1.40 per hour. law’s constitutionality.” adjustment plan recommends that That is about $242 per month. i The labor attorney argued Lab the Meat Cutter 1 classifications “ There is no provision in the o r’s Arguments that the Civil Ser be increased from range 15, $342 law that states the minimum wage vice Commission was established to $440, to range 17, $380 to $480. must be met by the State of Ore to protect the individual rights of Stiles pointed out that the only gon. However, in the past the state state employees and not to es employees in this class who would has had a starting salary at least tablish collective bargaining pro receive more than one-step atthis equal to the minimum wage, * ’ Stiles cedures. time would be those presently at said. He held that the rules adopted the $342 rate, since it would take He pointed out that if no sal by the commission violate the in a two-step increase to raise them ary increases are given to Ore tent of the law. to the new minimum, which is gon’s nine lowest paid classes, He claimed that the commission $380. which have starting salaries below authorized each agency to estab All other employees in this $242 per month, before the law lish collective bargaining proce classification, regardless of their passes, the state will be in the dures, which, in effect, permit the pay, will receive only a one-step position of paying less than the federal minimum wage. employer to make its own rules. adjustment. $400 Given Student Fund Most Salary Adjustments Only 1 Step Salaries May Slide Below Minimum Pay The Oregon State Employees Association Announces Its 1966 Summer Membership Drive M AY, 1966 OSEA Wins 5 More Bargaining Elections The Oregon State Employees Association has continued its string of unbroken victories in collective bargaining represent ative elections held in five state agencies since April 28. Out of a total of 1,933 eligible voters in the last five elections, OSEA received a 1,057 votés, and 65 were cast for no representa tion. Results of the elections are list ed below, with the OSEA vote list ed first, the vote for no rep resentation second and the num ber of eligible voters in each ag ency listed in parentheses: Department of Employment, 431-27 (708); Department of Forestry, 254-11 (369); Southern Oregon College, 60-0 (113); East ern Oregon State Hospital, 133- 4(389); and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, 179-23(354). Petitions Completed OSEA-rân unopposed in all five elections. However, in every elec tion employees have the choice of voting for no representation. The association has recently completed circulating representa tive election petitions at the Ore gon College of Education and the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The Civil Service Commission has scheduled the OCE election for June 28, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., in the OCE Student Center Lounge. The Workmen’s Compensation Board election has not yet been scheduled. Petitions Authorized The OSEA Employment Re lations Committee has approved the circulation of representa tive selection petitions in 11 ad ditional state agencies. They are the Highway Depart ment, Department of Commerce, State Land Board, Water Re sources Board, Board of Parole and Probation, Marine Board, Fire Marshall, Civil Defense, Board of Nursing, Board of Aeronautics, and the Tuberculosis Hospital. Voted OSEA hi the 19 elections held so far, 3,094 state employees have voted for OSEA as their collective bar gaining representative, and 182 have voted for no representation. There were approximately 5,880 eligible voters in the elections. Bargaining Election Results At A Glance Department OSEA E m p lo y m e n t ........ ........... F o r e s t r y ............. .................... .431 Southern Oregon College ................ ... 60 Eastern Oregon State Hospital .... -133 Oregon Liquor Control Commission .179 No Representation 27 11 S H O 4 23 Additional Bargaining Elections Scheduled THURSDAY, JUNE 2 Board of Cosmetic Therapy, ballots by m ail, deadline 5:00 p.m. Board of Pharmacy, ballots by m ail, deadline 5:00 p-m. FRIDAY.JUNE 3 Blind Commission, ballots by m ail, deadline 5:00 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 13 Oregon State Tax Commission, 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.. Room 27, West end of basement. State Office Building, ' Salem. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 Oregon State School for the Deaf, ballots by m ail, deadline 5:00 p.m. Oregon State School for the Blind, ballots by m ail, deadline 5:00 p.m. THURSDAY, JUNE 16 Oregon State Correctional Institution, ballots by m ail, deadline 5:00 p.m. TUESDAY, JUNE 28 Oregon College of Education, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 « m .. Main entrance, Student Center Lounge, OCE campus. Begins June 1 . . . . Ends August 15 Solicitors w ill receive varying cash awards for enrolling non-members who have the following amounts of continuous state service: 1 to 2 years...................... 2 to 3 years ............. 3 to 5 years....................... 5 to 10 years......................... Over 10 years........................... ..................... $1.00 $2.00 $3.00 $4.00 $5.00 Cash awards w ill be mailed directly to the solicitors on a weekly basis as enrollment forms are received by OSEA Headquarters from the chapters. Get on the bandwagon! Earn som e extra vacation money w hile helping your association build its numerical strength tor the 1967 legislative session. Money Service For State Employees $25 to $1500 State employees have been preferred customers at Local Loan for over 50 years. Local’s service is prompt, friendly and con fidential. You select your own terms. There is no minimum charge, you pay only for the time you keep the money. 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