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DECEMBER, 1969
OREGON STATE EMPLOYEE N'EWS
E ffo rt to Help State Police Turns Into Membership Drive
What began as an effo rt by
OSEA to establish a grievance
procedure fo r Oregon State
Policemen has ended up as an
o rg a n iz a tio n a l membership
drive.
"When Gov. Tom McCall
asked our assistance in setting
up grievance procedures in the
Department of State Police, we
accepted the job as strictly an
assignment to perform a need
ed technical service," Thomas
C. Enright, OSEA executive
secretary said in a letter to all
members of the force.
"We repeatedly stated that
any meetings arranged by us
should not be interpreted as an
o rg a n iz a tio n a l membership
drive," he declared.
Since then, Enright said.
two labor union affiliates and
a n o th e r organization have
started campaigns to "organize
State Police."
"Under the circumstances,
it would now be unrealistic for
us to say that we can perform
this service w ithout getting in
volved to some extent in com
peting organization claims," he
asserted.
_
"We have talked with a
number of individual officers
and former officers, and we
feel we have acquired some
understanding of the problems
in the department. We would
still like to talk to you. We
would still like to set up meet
ings, if you and your fellow
officers indicate you want us
to ," Enright said in his letter to
OSEA MEMBERS—
Central Drug
is your very
own drugstore
the force.
He asked officers to consid
er membership in OSEA " i f the
trend in the department is to
wards organizational member
ship."
"The organizational struc
ture o f OSEA is sufficiently
flexible to give you staff
service by.persons knowledge
able in state government, while
preserving your special identity
in chapters set up to f it your
OSEA once again has de
feated an AFL-CIO union in a
collective bargaining repre
sentation election.
Results o f the election, held
earlier this month fo r a special
u n it o f d riv e r's license
examiners in the M otor Ve
hicles Division! gave 37 votes
to OSEA and 24 votes to the
American Federation o f State,
County and Municipal Employ
ees Union. One vote was cast
for no representation.
A lth o u g h 76 employees
were eligible to vote, only 62
ballots were cast.
The election was very close
during early stages o f the tabu
lation. The count, which see
sawed back and forth, was tied
five times before OSEA slowly
began to pull away.
The association was elected
re p re s e n ta tiv e
fo r
the Motor Vehicles Division
over three years ago.
Last fall, the AFSC&ME
union presented a petition
signed by 41 o f the 76 driver's
license examiners calling fo r a
separate bargaining unit, but
Motor Vehicles Administrator
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HONORS OSEA CARDS
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on every item in the store
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recognize, such as Contac, Dristan,
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etc.
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ity drugs.
VITAMINS
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savings. We have Theragran, Unicaps;
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Lighters, Watches, Colognes, etc.
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When driving to Portland, you may park above us in
Central Plaza with 8 floors of parking. Bring ticket in or
tell attendant you are going down to Central Drug.
Salem, The Dalles and other
areas outside Portland were re
presented.
Lewis said the new union
w ill deal w ith problems exist
ing in the areas of hours, wages
and retirement. He said the
group w ill affiliate w ith the
Oregon Council o f Police
Unions, and would ask all
other state policemen to join.
OSEA Defeats AFL-CIO Union In
D river License Exam iner Election
b a rg a in in g
CENTRAL DRUG OF PORTLAND
needs," Enright said.
Last month 20 officers or
ganized The Brotherhood of
Oregon State Policemen and
voted to affiliate w ith the
AFL-CIO.
Wayne Lewis of the Milwau
kie office, a nine-year veteran
o f the force, was elected temp
orary chairman o f the group.
David Gibler, also o f Milwau
kie, was elected temporary sec
retary. State policemen from
Constitution
Changes Need
Chapter O K
A total o f six amendments
w ill be made in OSEA's consti
tution if 41 of its 80 local
chapters vote to ratify them.
The amendments are a
re s u lt o f six resolutions
adopted by delegates to the
1969 General Council last
month.
Most of them are minor. If
ratified, they w ill:
(1) Change the spelling o f
"employee" to "em ploye."
(2) Change the title of
"Junior Past President" to
"Immediate Past President."
(3 ,
R edesignate "C ivil
Service" to "M e rit System"
throughout OSEA's consti
tu tio n and by-law s, and
change the title of its "Civil
S e rv ic e C o m m itte e '' to
"E m p lo y e
Representation
Committee."
(4) Outline the powers and
functions o f OSEA's district
councils.
(5) Change the wording of
Article I (Name and Objects)
of OSEA's constitution.
(6) Create an office of
Director o f Institutions on
OSEA's Board of Directors.
To amend the constitution,
a resolution must be adopted
by a tw o —thirds vote of
General Council delegates, and’
must be ratified by a majority
of the chapters w ithin 120
days.
CO UNTING THE VOTES
E; 8 T ? ' - stanDdingJ
Public Employe Relations Board
mediator, supervised tabulation o f ballots in the bargaining
election held fo r driver's license examiners. C.D. Johansen, left,
represented OSEA and D.W. Christanson represented the Motor
V e h ic le s D iv is io n . T h e A F S C & M E
C hester O tt refused the
request.
The union appealed his de
cision to the Public Employe
Relations Board. It granted the
union's request and ordered
the election.
The election marked the
sixth time the independent
association has defeated an
AFL-CIO affiliated union in a
head-to-head contest.
The first tw o occurred in
1966 when OSEA defeated the
AFSC&ME at Oregon State
Hospital and the University of
Oregon Medical School.
u n io n s e n t n o r e p r e s e n t a t iv e .
In 1967, the association
beat the Building Service Em
ployees International Union in
an election fo r University o f
Oregon custodians.
In the other two elections,
held in 1968 and 1969, OSEA
d e fe a te d the International
B ro th e rh o o d o f Electrical
Workers to win the right to
represent University of Oregon
electicians, and out-polled the
AFSC&ME in a election held
f o r A p p re n tic e s h ip and
Training Division field repre
sentatives in the Bureau of
Labor.
OSEA-BLUE CROSS wishes you
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