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Oregon Supreme Court
as ruled that investment o f
money
from
the
Public
f u n ? ° yee Retirement' System
fund in common stocks is
constitutional.
•t also held that a 1967 law
creating an Investment Council
uS to in 9 'ta U th o rity to 'nvest
up to 10 per cent o f the PERS
fund is legal.
no
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Mar;;
4
procedures
making investment^
The first step, required by
law ,s fo r the council to
®"1plo y
an
investment
counsel mg. firm to handle the
.'"vestments. I t is expected that
it w ill take between three and
fo u r months before the firm - -
firm
JANUARY 1970
Funds in Stock Ruled te ra ,
Legal
Board w ill be developing forms
»
«
a
l i l M
and establishing policies for
employees who choose to have
a certain portion o f their
contributions to PERS invested
in equities.
The
forms
w ill
be
distributed
through
state
agencies. It is an+:*=
fall months.
f ¡ r / ° fiffective date o f the
'V O
Preme C a ..^ .
service system, had not been
dismissed in accordance vv.t
civil service rules.
o
,nvee
Thev require an employe
,
» uuritten statement
luding
facts.
> agen-
to the
Service
ptoyee
learing.
•onoyer
given one-step "exceptional ¡n--rsoni?a,/t,
A former able seaman on
O regon S ta te University s
oceanography research. vessel
ill aet an extra
V e n in a
Pen Officers Given
One-Step Hikes
Dickerson, OSU s
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;,W(U
officer.
oa^ nap P ° ^ rani >s aetiin
,hvestlP>
ent
" I t also seems unreasonab * State
S 'ttin g
that it should take/ - ° ^ . , AS ^ rau^ chair^ er f Robert ty '
issai date)
2
«rissai
aaiei u n ti Wed, Said t h ' r™an o f the co n n '
F
nnel act.or selected
e f,rrns I have - S t
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o '»O c? s;t o ' ’a « " e Ì . e p X Ì 2 '
ft, g
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’ i e a ch
Talks between OSEA and
the Corrections División has
creases."
p • o Or®nce k S s
- —
When he informed Beninger ,sh°VJ/,z° ys' *as o f ^ ^ n ¿ h Cam p
led to one-step salary hikes for
i the
-
| pay
.........
I M
B I be
31 correctional officers at thé
that
hikes
would
• S . T » 6 e c ,
Oregon State Penitentiary.
granted, administer,
Amos E. said,
Reed, "We
as- " re/ < ^ , a^d
sistant
the
I t took some $20,300 to
'ausei
the
certainly to ta lly agree ...
w ith
m . you
* at“ tô ri
g iv e
th e
" e .e x x c c e e p p t tio
io n n a a l
increases.
6 Í Pen
The pay b c ~ lr
to correct an
}lhls j o S ^ Ph^
when the corn
i,5° Pr^ S E
salary range w<
six to four st
ther
because th e
denial.
couldn’t.h ire èr'
The i con
c o - -
tw o bottom step f |
collective bargaining
school to P ^ î e s
kees faile
A t the tim e
ôsEA sS n g
the basic
term w ork schedu
the school agreed t e ^ tQ .
re d u c e d ; Johicontrac
work day, and
•r
(1)
¿
adm inistrator w ork we
working
minimur
rections Divisit governing
overtime,
unsched
that all o ffic e rc o n d ttio n
q &nd m erlt
(2)
one-step ¡n c re a s ,v a c a tio n h *
signed by
among
datel I
range. But it wapaY rai
. Qf Oregon.
T hesituatlonthe U n « « ^ * ^ by start
d up"ca2
as
pt
con&id
to Z *
"
l t waS , X n Wl. Schoonover
fo r,
employ
O ÍI
—t-~rlftS E
io the v
s1
of the failure o f die hospital,
Iregon State Hospital
counsel Queener op
v o f tf Yna^
, ordered by the Public
Relations Board to
three alleged •" «
Vte.i
A f-i
i a psychiatric aide to
| and give him one
s back pay amounting
3.
tA » '
Quèener and
was fired
sus
era! MWaS s'9ned by q p n a
1 hur
,ast L. Aug-
^ 'R r ie v i^ ^ W ^ e s a 9
o s n -ü ö W
Hospital Told To
Restore Job, Pay
¿ " “ ’ '" » « o n S iin !
S 5 ? C™ M r t
U0 Employees
Receive *254
For Overtime
at Oregon
\ o iio f " " J
Education was
I
- ^ lr h
otiated fo r the
‘
bee,
s « M employees
elected
. ' • » r e a , ? 1 Mhee b u o i
B L ,
Tei’ l>' ,o« e S e J C “ «
f t is a
Of
r?ces-
f°Peratc
s 542 mi«/,
2 f th e i
\e fPon
,
arn°
~
n
2 " was
E
- r negotiated
f s
c by
t ó
member. John M. Schoonover
and signed by Dr. Leonard W.
Rice, OCE president.
_
The document sets fo rth the
basic w ork week and work day
at the school. I t says the work
at the SC
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era^ anagercha r Ä R C^ ? e." pt, 9 . . .
. .
steZh®x a9reen’ent,?uw ;Gí,,, Jr^ dismissal was appeated
«eps for r e s o fX ^ h n e s fiv e e P E R B by j ohn S. Irvin. ‘ W
Advances.
9 emp'oyeei\ staff attornev
----- — . Cof«t
<sh h ^ s f'rst tho
’ fhe hospitaContraCT O
ell discuss his grievamp,Oyee=e. Queener
1 ir e n S ©
•mmediate «nn- n ance ^ ’fh i misconduct oiD nV© TS LI
“ Pervisor sha, K
^ r - The occasions. It r
e q u ip m e n t
Oregon
° p « “ tOT at Eastern
paid $3,:
$3,209 fo r his
rAllege was pwd
following
SEA last
^small collectai
u n l \ t the J o n g tl
a A th e
ance
best
Receive
J/o»|
Everett 1
Ligated tl.
roe worke
I
fat RÇ
™pfoy«eS Get
3 ,9 2 9 in Overtime
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l ’a c K n S h S
^ /m a tte r be9
T h e O re g o n S ta te E m p lo y ees A s s o c ia tio n Is established
to work for the betterment 6f working c o n d itio n s , con­
c o n ta c t
member Donald
They claimed tn
® ^ □ attend
« « t ^
tinuity of employment and security in retirement of em­
ployes in the state service; to promote efficiency, equality
and justice through a personnel system based on merit
principles; to represent employes in collective bargaining
and m erit system procedures; to actively endorse or
resist, in a manner compatible with the public interest,
legislation affecting the welfare of its members; to
provide services and benefits for the common good; and to
encourage support of and compliance with law.:— -A rticle
I of the Constitution of the Oregon State Employees
Association.
Honderiah » ,d * ^ „ 1 case
wero n o - S
f
«
7
rm li female
One would M
permit
to
5
« , that S S T Ä •» « » " “ I *
they submit to the school e
• i~ > n 's statement mdicab
«ult from
Emp,oye Re,a'
u o r C o n tro l
f 'P p r o y e c , A l i a
r r °cess
_dSt discui WU1 be d e v
' eaös^ employ a c c o rd a n ce
Wl
l
the Dental
men«. "Iv iih o u . valid
school
has refused to sign the agree
ments, the complaint c h a rts .
During negotiations OSEA
tA/as represented by stan
members John M j Schoonover
Dm
i OC
d CA““ B
,e.a ts U"ìo"
- a
j^ssions is requ«
.
bg f|led w ith the board
, ie sessions are h'
m e 'la w allowing such
?nd of their regular
to be brought against a
• i S ? 9e ° o y w » P ass« lb V ,h e
days
.
tie r'X M hear em »?nUaI m erit
S ^ ? h an r * P o yees
ot
O rn e n t say ^ » o t Contro,
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e® 1
^
‘ ^ Im T & e r tlo n s B o « !.
¿ nu
f
JW W -
Lack of Good Faith' Bargaining
LdCK Ul
h . e . « l, . « ¡ -
« e m ^ e e s R e ln in ’ o o d ^
^
^ per-
r’
^
aLd^“
*" sin«
' hat a f l c io
.defeated an
• fr<? ^ i ! J ^ c?«ective k ï ° n ,n the first
jntal School
met
V
n election
heídainÍng run° f f
, 8. ,n
« « Ä S ? h e U ^ ^ '^ m h n , ^
"
for
nf
Section
w >th " the
wh°
they finid
ä h X T " ,a*1' '«
staff meetings.
f
e m p lo y ^ lÍT th rePreSentS 40
t iJ L
,n the main u n it o f
0 S M Defeats AFL-CIO Unlon l n
[¡cense Examiner Election
1 porting reasons.
the agency
OSEA once again has de-
bv f T 8 ne?otiat feated an AFL-CiQ .union in a
y sta ff member colle ctive bargaining repre-
« « g<°'*
atdes-
sentation election.
'Tbe document
Results o f the election, held
n t ings shall be pre» earlier this month fo r a special
bargaimn«
collective
between
the e m p lo v e p ? u n i t o f d r iv e r ' s 1 ¡cense
State
and the new •
examiners in the M otor Ve-
,nun© hides Division, gave 37 votes
moloyees a*®
nd -in 9.
7^0
,.n‘
t0
¿nth
to OSEA and 24 votes to the
hours, an
_
results o t the American Federation o f State,
tw o ■ - 7
bave
Bo<h
Six
emP ¿ ? 0 0 lo t
yf° c 4$ bonis» P®r
emni« 100 ShaU
gii bo u nty and Municipal Employ-
,he
T p t « " eariS
» tw
case j ardw otkscbedul - _ Ptoyee in the f o r ees Union. One vote was cast
■CV 1 see’ T erttm e « o ik ¡*
Standat , . though the. copy o f t h e rating.
'» « « —
f n r r no
no representation.
renrecentatirkn«- .3
fo
« ‘“ ^ X u o f a h ^ F
overt
Empie
J to woTk oveiv
c-mpjoyees have th.
A lth o u g h 76 employees
tequtfed
o i th< discuss the evaluatewere el'9'ble to vote' on,V 62
earlier action.
tim e the.new procedure was in —f h a t ^ y O S I^
the PerfO1X lo y e e s aieach o f the evaluate" ba,'° tS w erecast
vrhd-
J
i
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Danj
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n
i,e
B
W
01
"We reserve the right to
m any ernp
f Ot a desire.
tors
The election was very close
effect. They were hired bVmll be
,oM»eaby_tì' . „ . was Pa' d
challenge any and all appoint­
Welfare and Employment.
straight tin*
t ice
“ In the event th . J “ ™19 ea5,y stages o f the tabu-
9'wen e m p lT cu ” Vusene»
ments made to the clerk 1
w othed. This P
disagrees with L.th er at,on- The count' wh,ch see'
A committee composed o f r them- Qteg<n m
,
(n o n - ty p in g ) classification
in effect fo r sOin
j,e mav « i! th. the eva sawed back and forth, was tied
representatives from OSEA,ai faileo
R ich a rd
during the. tim é entry into that
OSEA
® n • accorriUbmit his ° b jfive times before OSEA slowly
the PERB, the Personnel Di-
DPn
Sundin»
investigation o f th “ ^ r d a n c e with the began to pull away.
c la s s if ic a t io n
was n o n ­
vision and the agencies con-F rench,
J ersoil> *''aynd Clifford
com petitive," OSEA said in its
mV \ .^ in e how
vance Ptocedum
procedu«.
The
was elected
cerned is being formed to solve
after
parson an
how
°
The association
ass
letter to the PERB with-
det^oyees are enl ^ e e n ie n t says.
’ bargaining representative f o r ,
the problem o f hiring dis-m,
tland,
¿¡gj ¡gge.
pot
wnH,°n th e 'hatter w ith -5 deci' »ys'cal and verbs
c o lle c tiv e ^ " 1 0 9 ^ 0 ^ ^
^ lng days.
^ 'h three .¡ents, the institui
Next t if the emoiA
,ve*
lp the fir s t inc aqreem e n t estab
.-^
is o r cannAg.
c a n « ^ yee and
ard rouna
found "th
tl Monday
Monday tniuuay
through Frt
- P e rv visor
" o era
m a
ar t u
• - - V
•
x .v
Two University o f Ore9d" ^ Problem, OY ,-f
res°'ve insufficient to s hedule fo r driver 1»cen
—
no
.o
r
the
.,O
.
working fo r me
,
A ll overtime workecTby em­
ployees in the Highway Depart­
ment will, be paid in cash at the
rate o f time and one-half.
Back
o v e r t im e
That decision was made by amounting to nearh, « u ^' aáá
t19efiotte ’i ' , o n o f o s E A in J u n e
the big agency last month.
has been given to fi« / $4'000
^
n t a c t e d " S c h o o n S 'OX S
"The payment fo r overtime o f the housing deoartí^P ° yees
applies to all those in eligible student health s e r S T t
classifications o f range 27 and University o f Óreaon
” th ®
a th le tic
schedule, they did n ^ t ° P th s
below, a n d 'to specifically des-
Adm inistration ¿ t f l
i
time 'floated field classifications that said 56 emnlA»,^ P°- men
colleges;
p
a
d
aram
M
,ave
had
p
rio
r
approval,"
the
housing
^
^
V
e
a
s
:
die
^ R r o b fe r o w a itb a c iS ;
He was P M M H . . . .
M M U M IH IB H
fo r the extra w ork which
lepartment said,
«3.322; and
from September-; 1960 throug
The decision meane
» the student healthmployees ° f
6607.
ea'th
flot
Sèotember. IJ*68-
Th h
_
Problems:
y a
t a
/ S
c h
o in o in / A
method used by the
tern
ito
w
e e s
her
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Tf,
T
o n t r a c t
B e n in g e r. b a r g a / ^
?o,,ectiVe
Will be paicLfor at-
[ series of
outside of their
hours as the result
Mentation by OSEA.
¿Jffnployees invoiv
¿mpensated fo r a to
íc s íá H
Examiner Hours
Highway to Pay lift
Cash Overtime , * U
or reduce to a
scheduled or
the
of
new shifts or d ifferent days
o ft The college w ill reschedule
the basis f i
Tongue Ptfnt Union
-w... m
ade Training Pay D«*e
Out; OSEA Elected
NiacLaren Workers
X9a,n»f\
SV
t?
—
consecutive working hours in a
24.
neriod. exclusive ot
OSEA Helps Wemhe.
»3 2 0 9 Overtime
c««'
O re rtìm e , » • » * «
¿ en " « S o t i a t e ? h »
collective
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2
to §
c °mmon
b’ona/,.
"’ "»»nerica i „ .
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nSEA-OCE Contrad Covers Working[ Conditions
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funds and therefore investmeri
from those funds in stock
OfiS
not
l/inla+A’ '■ tf-
'^estment o f "fin e
Fun* Fina ìh,
'Y Beg,
OSEA Helps Former Yaqum o
Seaman Collects M on I ,
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OSEA Forces Withdrawal of Non-Competitive Hiring Policy
The Personnel Division's
new policy o f perm itting state
agencies to hire clerk 1 's (non­
typing) w ith o u t a competitive
examination was recinded after
OSEA filed a complaint against
the practice w ith the Public
Employe Relations Board.
In its complaint, OSEA
o f registration classes, fo r
which no competitive examin­
ation is required.
The state currently hires
domestic workers, institutional
workers, highway maintenance
men, laborers, custodians and a
few other classes under the
registration class provision.
might otherwise not be able to
q u a lify
by, c o m p e titiv e
examination.
The agencies were identified
as the Public Welfare Com­
mission, the Employment D i­
vision and the Division o f V o ­
cational Rehabilitation.
Following the meeting, the
COUNTING THE VOTES
Kenneth E. Brown, standing.
Public Employe Relations Board
mediator, supervised tabulation o f ballots in the bargaining
election hé,d fo r driver's license examiners. C.D. Johansen, left,
represented OSEA and D.W. Christanson represented the M otor
Vehicles Division. The AFSC&ME union sent no renres^ntatiup