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About The OSEA news. (Salem, Oregon) 1970-1981 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1970)
A member ot the Association ot Governmental Employees (AGE), which includes over 500,000 public employees Volume X II___________ ' __________________ May, 1970 f ._________________ _________Number 5 Executive Department to Ask For July 1 Pay OSE A has been told by the Executive Department that it will ask the Emergency Board to release funds to give state employes an across-the-board, one-step pay raise on July 1. The request will be made at the board's meeting later this month, Edward G. Westerdahl, director, said. If granted, the raise will be the final step in the so-called "4-6-5" pay plan adopted by the 1969 Legislature. The first step of that plan was taken on April 1, 1969, when employes got an average four per cent increase. Three months later they got an average six per cent hike. The final step in the plan will be something less than five per cent, however, because, as is Agriculture Adopts Bargaining Contract The D epartm ent of Agriculture has agreed to sign OSEA's new, tw o-year collective bargaining contract. It's the first state agency to adopt the document. Agreement was reached after 42 hours of negotiations between agency and OSEA representatives. It will cover some 55 employes who work in C. John survey data used in the development of the state's current pay plan. The last session of the L e g is la tu re a p p ro p ria te d $4,160,000 to the Emergency Board for mid-blennium salary increases. The money, if released, w ill be used by general fund agencies for pay raises. Dedicated fund agen cies a lready have the necessary money, but need authorization from the board to spend it for pay raises. D. M. E v e r e it Portland. Johansen The contract has three sections. The firs t, which contains the General Provisions, is s im ila r to OSEA's old "basic contract" except that it provides for binding arbitration of disputes arising over interpretation or application of terms of the contract. The second section outlines 21 specific employe benefits. They include those Items which are not covered in the Personnel Division rules, or those which Schoonover. Two Grain Division employes. Chuck Tarlton and Larry Behm, sat in on the negotiations. E. A. Bamford, Ben Allen, Allen P lum m er and Lloyd Griffiths negotiated for the agency. "Negotiations were cordial and straightforward. It was obvious the Agriculture team had. done their homework. It was a pleasure to deal with th e m ," Stiles said of the negotiating sessions. B. S tile s , and Membership Drive Offers Cash Prizes It was developed by M a rg a re t Foster, OSEA's membership director, and her M e m b e rs h ip C o m m itte e . Here's the way it will work: During the next three months the names of recruiters and new members they enroll will be taken from enrollm ent forms received at headquar ters. After the campaign ends, there will be drawings to determine winners of the cash awards. There are two prize lists, one for recruiters and one for new members, Mrs. Foster noted. She said there will be two separate drawings to deter mine winners in each category. individual classes, was based on the following factors: (1) A survey of state agencies brought forth a preponderant recommendation from ad ministrators to grant an across- the-board increase at this time. (2) The rapidly increasing cost of living has affected all state employes. (3) Salaries paid by com peting p rivate and public employers have been in creasing by rates ranging from five to ten per cent per year since the collection of the the agency head has the authority to grant employes. It also provides for binding a r bitration of employe grievances. A list of employes excluded from the bargaining unit is contained in the contract's third section. OSEA's negotiating team was made up of staff members th e a g e n c y 's G r a in D iv is io n in Both OSEA members and the new members they enroll will have a chance to win cash awards totaling $500 in the association's three-month membership campaign which began May 1. always the case with salary funds, "other payroll e x penses" must be deducted. " O P E " consists of such em ployer-paid expenses as social security, retirem en t contribution, industrial ac cident insurance, and so forth. Westerdahl said that some classifications "are probably fu rth e r behind competition than others." He noted that the decision to implement salary adjustments across-the-board, rather than to give special consideration to For the recruiters, first prize will pay $100. Second prize is $50 and third prize is $40. In addition, ten cash awards of $12.50 each will be given to recruiters. For the new members enrolled during the campaign, first prize is $50, second prize is $25 and third prize is $20. Mrs. Foster said ten additional awards of $7.50 each also will be given to new members. Finally, a prize of $15 will go to the chapter whose recruiter wins first prize in the drawing. Mrs. Foster said the cam paign ends July 31. In order for enrollment forms to be counted in the campaign they must be received at headquarters by Aug. 4. "Since this is a drawing, everyone has about an equal chance to w in," she said. "Of course, the more new members a recruiter enrolls, the more chance he has to have his name drawn." O r* P B»»! j I «fci. .. 1 If Went to the Moon and Back NASA's Apollo 11 command ship Columbia, which carried astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins to the moon and back, drew big crowds during the week it was on display in front of the Capitol. Many state employes who work on the mall saw the six-ton space module. It's still scorched and charred from the heat of re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. That's OSEA staff member Donald A. Beninger peering into the porthole. $5,400 in Scholarships, Grants Awarded to 17 OSEA Students OSEA has awarded $5,400 in scholarships and grants-in-aid to 17 students from throughout Oregon for the 1970-71 school year. Amounts of the awards ranged from $200 to $400. Recipients include eight graduating high school seniors and nine students already enrolled in colleges and universities. The names, home towns and amount of awards of students who received scholarships are: Reta Shuman, Pendleton, $400. Jeffry Culbertson, Astoria, $300. Karen Hogue, Woodburn, $300. Christine Phipps, Salem, $300. Dan Cornthw aite, A m ity, $200 Linden Ho, Corvallis, $200. Robert Milne, Portland, $200. Eva Prinslow, Gervais, $200. Students who were awarded grants-in-aid are: William Alsdorf, West Linn, $400. Karen Blades, Portland, $400. David H attenhauer, Pen dleton, $400. Linda Wingenbach, Astoria, $400. Rebecca Burch, Salem, $300. Russell Mitchell, Ashland, $400. Deanna Sandy, Coquille, $300. Celia Smith, Nehalem, $300. Toby Van Kirk, Warrenton, $400. Some 180 students from high schools and colleges throughout Oregon competed for the awards. Recipients were selected by the Oregon State Scholarship Commission. Scholastic achievement and potential as well as financial need was taken info con sideration in selecting the finalists. OSEA's annual scholarship program is financed by voluntary contributions from its 81 local chapters. Since the program began in 1958, 84 scholarships and 36 grants-in-aid totaling $33,650 have been awarded to students of OSEA families seeking an higher education. See pages 6 and 7 for pictures and details.
