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About The Oregon state employee news. (Salem, Oregon) 1959-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1968)
JULY, 1968 OREGON STATE EMPLOYEE NEWS Page 2 Yaquina Crew Members Get $ 1 9 8 0 Back Pay i , i D i i / < \z /* A k iT D A /'T c ir^ k ic n Months of negotiation between OSEA and the Highway Dtpartment culminated June 20, with the signing of a basic collective bargaining contract. OSEA Executive Secretary Thomas C. Enright, left, and State Highway Engineer Forrest Cooper signed the document. Witnessing the event were, from left, David Moehring and Gene Huntley, Highway; Everett Stiks and Edward Wilson OSEA; and E. S. Hunter, Highway. HIGHWAY CONTRACT SIGNED Basic Bargaining Contracts Negotiated W ith Agencies OSEA has negotiated basic collective bargaining contracts with four more major state agencies during the past six weeks. Nearly 3,500 classified em ployees are now working under the terms of the documents. The first was negotiated May 27 with the University of Ore gon Dental School in Portland. It was signed by Dr. Louis G. Terkla, Dean of the School. It covers some 91 employees. The next contract became effective June 10 when it was signed by Andrew F. Juras, administrator of the Public Welfare Commission. About 875 employees now work under its terms. The third contract covers If you work in or close to the capitol, First National is your most convenient banking location. And along with convenience comes the kind of we-want- your business attitude that has made First National Oregon's leading bank. Here you’ll find a fine choice of saving and checking accounts, all kinds of home loans, personal loans and all kinds of specialized banking services to help you manage your money better. the 2,409 employees in the big bargaining unit in the Highway Department. It was signed by Forrest Cooper, state highway engineer, on June 20. The fourth was negotiated with Eastern Oregon College July 1. It was signed by Averno M. Rempel, president, and cov ers some 116 employees. The basic collective bargain ing contracts have been described as “ ground rule” agreements which outline the procedures to be followed in establishing collective bargain ing between OSEA and an agency. Once it is started, supple mental agreements spelling out specific bargaining items will be added to the basic contract. OSEA now has bargaining contracts with 34 major state agencies. Additional contract negotia tions are going on in a number of agencies. They include the Department of Agriculture, Portland State College, Oregon Correctional Institutional and the University of Oregon. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Telephones - Extra Long Beds Television' - Room Coffee Two Blocks to City Center • PLAZA MOTEL Drive-In Convenience, Too! there was enough money avail able to make the pay raises step-to-step. He also pointed out a civil service rule which states, “ when a pay range for any class is increased, individual salary rates shall be raised to the corresponding step unless the commission adopts an al ternate procedure at the time of adjustment.” No formal. Alternate proced ure was ever adopted by the commission, Wilson claimed. The employees represented by OSEA were Rudolph Buda, Robert Fries, Robert Ingersoll, Francis Jennings, Howard Linse and Reuben Loskota. They will receive $1,980 in back pay. Spread The OSEA Word By BETTY FRENCH Director of Membership Membership is the life blood of our association. I know all members are concerned and interested in membership growth and in the efforts to enroll new OSEA members. In order to strengthen and im prove our association, we must continue to grow. Every chapter should be o r ganized for membership re cruitment (ideally on a daily and constant basis) and should be in the final stages of the statewide membership drive. The letters and information al materials that were mailed earlier this_summer have made all state employees aware of OSEA. Now is the time for personal contact follow-ups. EVERY state employee should be contacted this summer and invited to join. This job isn’t as big as it sounds. If every chapter attempts to contact ev ery non-member in its working area, it can be accomplished easily. L e t ’s m a k e s u r e e v e r y n o n - member gets the word about OSEA. Let’s make sure every one understands that almost every benefit enjoyed by state employees in Oregon today is either directly or indirectly the result of work done by our association over the past 25 years. Every member’s interestand support of OSEA is solicited— and appreciated. borrow the money you w ant from ID EA L IOAN the Company that likes to say “ YES” Check the chart below for the amount you want to borrow and the payment plan best suited to your budget. 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It began last July when the employees, who range from a ship’s electrician to the master of the vessel, received a two- step pay increase in the Civil Service Commission’s 1967 compensation plan. They were given only one- step of the raise, however. OSEA claimed they were en titled to step-to-step adjust ments, the same as other em ployees. When the pay plan was adopt ed, OSU’s personnel officer said some departments operating on grant funds would have prob lems implementing the plan on a step-to-step basis. The commission at that time approved the plan but stated, according to its minutes, that if some departments had ser ious problem areas they should “ work with the civil service staff to get them ironed out.’* Edward L.Wilson, OSEA staff member who represented the Yaquina’s crew during the pro longed negotiations, claimed Phone 382-1621 Mr. and Mrs Quentin Newton 1 4 3 0 Hill St., Bend IQCAL IOAN SALEM 342 Capitol St., NE Phone 364-8491 Paul Staight, Mgr. PORTLAND 208 Morgan Bldg. 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