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Page 4 The OSEA News JANUARY, 1970 H E ADQ UA RTE RS O F F IC E PO R TLA N D BRANCH O F F IC E 1515 State Street, Salem, Oregon, 97301 | 1432 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon, 97201 or P.O. Box 2307, Salem, Oregon, 97308 | Telephone: 224-1870 - Telephone: 581-1505 Published monthly by the Oregon State Employes Association OREGON STATE EM PLOYES ASSO CIATIO N OSEA D ire c to r« PRE51OÊNT G E R A R D J. L 1 E 8 E R T Z 2708 NE 2 2 n d ' Portland 97212 S M ITH FRENCH 912 £ 15th Place TbeGa!tts9706S VICE PRESIDENT R. FLO YD BAXTER 871 Cascade Dr W Salem 97304 SECRET ARY-TREASURER AD ELE EG AN 1325 Cbemekata HE Salem 9739Î EMPLOYE REPRESENTATION RAYM OND RUFF 5040 5W 775th Ateba 97006 INSURANCE L E S T E R B . S T R IC K L E R Tl?b McKinley Plat e CwvaliK97330 LAW LEGISLATION . A . R. " P A T " PANISS1D» 695 Thompson NE Salem 97303 MEMBERSHIP M A R G A R E T FO STER 3 02 W W 0« iN 6 7 Corvattis97330 PUBLIC RELATIONS- .• J A M E S D Y E R P O Scut 1229 Eugene 97403 RETIREMENT A R T H U R K R IC H E V S K Y 7625 SÊ Franklin Portland97200 ACADEMIC a»« unclassified P A U L W E S W tG 2112 Folk St, Corvallis07330 D is tric t D irector* FAe Court Said.. by John S. Irvin, OSEA Staff Attorney From the Executive Secretary J j|SM I ¿ l BETH BRANDES 106 NE 82nd Ave | Portland 97213 2, R O N A L D N A IR N 665 Oregon Aye< 0 alias97338 3. C A R L W IN F R E Y Route 1, Sox 307A M yrtle Creek 97457 4 R IC H A R D Y O U N G | 3949 Summer« Lana Ktonwft Falls 97603 5?. D E L B E R T C H A N E Y OZS'SEOth Pendleton 6. W IL L IA M PLEMMONS Authority to Dismiss The Oregon statutes concerning trial service employes in state service provide, in essence, that the employe gets "regular” status, unless notified by the "appointing authority" before the end of his trial service period that his services have not been satisfactory. In a noteworthy New York case, a city accountant was notified of termination for unsatisfactory service by a supervisory committee before the end of his trial service period. City civil service rules covering the situation closely resembled present Oregon statutory provisions. The city Board of Education was the appointing authority in this case, and several weeks after the end of the accountant's trial service period the board ratified the termination action taken by the committee. The trial court held that the accountant was entitled to reinstatement because the termination of trial service was not made by the appointing authority. On appeal, however, the Appellate Division held that the termination action had been validly ratified by the appointing authority. But on final appeal the employe won reinstatement as a permanent status employe. The Court of Appeals was not impressed by the argument that the Board of Education couldn't reasonably be required to pass on every termination. It held that notice of termination had to come from the appointing authority. It also held that without such notice, permanent status vested at the end of the employe's trial service period and the attempted ratification could not relate back to divest the employe of his permanent status. (Citation: People ex rel. Goldschmidt v. Board of Education of City of New York, 217 N.Y.470, 112 N.E. 167.) Economy or Evasion? It has long been an open secret that Higher Education would like to "contract o u t" to provide private companies all of its university and college food services and some other services which it does not like to perform. An OSEA lawsuit in 1967 stopped an attempt to contract janitorial services at Portland State. A new contract device involving food services at the U. of 0 . Medical School complex is now being tried. Higher Ed bigwigs, who treat their classified employes more shabbily than do any other state employers, long have chaffed at merit system restrictions. Poor admini strators that they are, they see a chance to get rid of some of their more onerous responsibilities via the contract route. All is cloaked in a claim of increased efficiency and economy. Contracting out for services traditionally performed by merit system employes is controversial across the nation. Civil service or merit system supporters see it as a much more sophisticated way of dispensing political spoils than individual job patronage. Association people in California tell us it is one of the favorite political gimmicks of the Ronald Reagan administration. We can substantiate no claim of "politics" in the present case; certainly there is none on the part of the state administration. However, persons concerned with keeping a system free from political spoils had better be giving some thought to the contracting out cases. The potential is always there. Insiders at Portland State now admit privately that OSEA saved them from a big mistake in 1967. We hope to perform the same favor for the Med School. If we are not successful in the circuit court, "contracting o u t" will undoubtedly have its day in the Supreme Court of Oregon. 2635 Seavy Curie Corvallis 97330 7 EAR L W ARZYNSKI 720 E 34th The Dalles 07058 8. T H E O D O R E T H O M P S O N 508 N Holladay Orfys Seaside 97138 0. M Y R T L E J A R V IS Station A Griffith Hall Salem 97330 Professional Staff T H O M A S C . E N R IG H T Executive Secretary EVERETT B. STILES Executive Assistant, Lagia lative Representation and Research C .Ö . J O H A N S E N . Executive Assistant, Oper ations and Business Manage went J O H N S . IR V IN Staff Attorney D O N A LD G. O LD S . Membership, Insurance Services Manager D O N A L D A . B E N IN G E R Field Representative JOHN M. SCHOONOVER Field Representative G IL B E R T C. P O L A N S K I Field Representative H A R R Y G. W A R D Field Representative JO H N . F . L E W IS Office Manager D A L E E. LE A C H Public Relations Manager and Editor O ffic is i •-iMffSÎiCD-'/ ^ s e d a t io n , o AOA-yfDfd or
