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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
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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.
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for over 50 years. Local’s service is prompt, friendly and con
fidential. You select your own terms. There is no minimum
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