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About The OSEA news. (Salem, Oregon) 1970-1981 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1970)
Page 3 The OSEA News December, 1970 OSEA Scholarship Applicants Face M ar. 1 Deadline Students who want to apply for an OSEA scholarship or grant-in-aid fo r the 1971-72 school year have less than three months left in which to submit their applications. The deadline is March 1. The program Is open to any OSEA member or an Im mediate member of his fam ily who Is a resident of Oregon. Each applicant m ust be sponsored by a local OSEA chapter, and the sponsoring chapter must contribute to the scholarship fund in order for the applicant to be eligible for an award. To apply, each applicant must submit two forms—an State Employes Due 9 Holidays in 1971 State employes w ill get nine paid holidays during 1971, according to the Personnel Division. They are: New Year's Day, Friday, January 1st. Lincoln's Birthday, Monday, February 1st. W a s h in g to n 's B irth d a y , Monday, February 15th. Court Allows Firing of State Worker The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the State of California to fire a state employe who refused to work on Saturdays for religious reasons. On an 8 to 1 vote, the high court declined a hearing for Thomas Stimpel of Camino, a Seventh Day Adventist. Only Justice William O. Douglas voted to consider the former state employe's appeal. Stimpel, who lost his job as a construction inspector for the C alifornia W ater Resources Department in 1968, contended his religious freedom had been violated. Before being assigned to a project where Saturday work was required, Stimpel said, he had encountered no difficulty because either contractors did not work on Saturday or he had been able to arrange for someone else to take his place on that day. A tenet of his religion is that he must not work from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. His superiors instructed him not to show up for work unless he was ready to work Satur days, he said, and his later failure to report for work was treated as an autom atic resignation. Memorial Day, Monday, May 31st. Independence Day, Sunday, July 4th. Labor Day, Monday, Sep tember 6th. Veterans' Day, Monday, October 25th. Thanksgiving Day, T hu r sday, November 25th. C h r is tm a s , S a tu rd a y , December 25th. "Whenever a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be recognized as a holiday. Whenever a holiday falls on Saturday, it shall not be recognized as a holiday for classified e m ployes," ac cording to Personnel Division rule 34-160. " A ll fu ll-tim e classified employes shall be granted time o ff w ith pay fo r each recognized legal h o lid a y ," Personnel Division rule 34-100 says. "A ll part-time classified employes and all classified employes in a leave without p a y s t a t u s .......s h a ll be g ra n te d time off with pay on a prorata basis for a recognized legal holiday that occurs in a month during which the employe words 32 hours or m ore." "Employes who are required to work on days recognized as holidays which fall within their regular work schedule shall be entitled, in addition to their regular monthly salary, to compensatory tim e off for the tim e worked or, at the discretion of the appointing authority, to be paid in cash for such time worked. Holidays which occur during vacation or sick leave shall not be charged against such leave," the rule says. The rules also say th a t holiday pay, regardless of whether it's in the form of cash or compensatory tim e off, w ill be given at the rate of time and one-half. tooeooeooeooooooooooeooooieoeeooooeeooooooi S -t-r-e -t-c -h Y o u r Pay C h eck That's what our unique "cost-plus" program for OSEA members is designed to do. We can save you money on the cost of prescription drugs. If you will come in, call or write we'll prove it to you. PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY Your COST-PLUS Store Ted Morris, B.S., R.Ph. Telephone: 585-5421 1690 12th Street SE Salem, Oregon 97302 »oooooeoooc OSEA certification form and a scholarship application form. The certification form may be obtained from local chapters or from headquarters. It must be received at OSEA headquarters, 1515 State Street, Salem, 97301, no later than March 1. The scholarship application form, issued by the State Scholarship Commission, may be obtained from any high school or college In Oregon. It must be received by the State Scholarship Commission, 1445 W illam ette Street, Eugene, 97401, no later than March 1. Two types p f awards are made under the program— scholarships and grants-in-aid. Both are awarded on the basis of scholastic achievement and financial need. Scholastic achievem ent is given more consideration in s e le c t in g s c h o l a r s h ip recipients; financial need is given more consideration In s e le c tin g g r a n t - in - a id recipients. OSEA Count Creeps Up New member enrollments last month were considerably below those recorded in Oc tober, but despite that fact membership in OSEA con tinued to creep upward. The association recorded a net gain of only 18 members during November, according to th e Decem ber l m e m b e r s h ip report. It shows th a t 381 members joined during the month, while 363 left state service in that tim e. Six of OSEA's nine districts recorded net gains. They were led by District Six which had a net gain of 16. It was followed by District Five with 11, District Three with 9, District Eight with 3, District Seven with 2 and District Two with 1. Two districts recorded net losses. They are District One with 13 and District Nine with 11. District Four remained even. OSU Faculty Chapter 72 In Corvallis led all chapters with a net gain of 11 new members. It was followed by Oregon Chapter 22 and Putnam- Stephens Chapter 23, both located in Salem, with 9 each. here ' s six reasons ; TO STAY AT THE EG YPTIAN M OTEL ! 1— Direct dial phones 2— Color cable TV 3— Queen size and long boy beds 4— It's quiet and r.estful 5— Yet It's right down town 6— But bestof ail, we give a c o m m e r c ia l discount to OSEA members! Egyptian Motel 728 N.W. 6th Street Grants Pass, Oregon Phone: 476-6601 The monetary amount of both scholarships and grants-in-aid range from $200 to $400 per year, payable one-third each term or one-half each semester. The number and amount of the annual awards depends upon the total amount of the fund. Recipients may attend any accredited in s titu tio n , in cluding private schools and out- of-state schools. Responsibility for selecting recipients and determ ining whether the award w ill consist of a scholarship or grant-in-aid rests with the State Scholarship Commission, under guidelines set forth by OSEA. The program is w holly supported by voluntary con tributions from OSEA's 80 local chapters throughout the state. Since the program began in 1958, OSEA has awarded some $39,050 in financial aid to association members and their families seeking an higher education. OSEA Asks $4,230 In Back Overtime OSEA has asked the Department of General Ser vices to pay two watchmen $4,230 for overtime they worked during the past three years. The claims were filed by staff member John M. Schoonover on behalf of Parley E. Brown N ew Conciliator Kenneth E. Brown, an em ploye of the Public Employe Relations Board, has been appointed Oregon's state conciliator. He w ill be in charge of the PERB's Conciliation Service Division. B ro w n w/J/ h a v e i m - m e d ia te supervision o f the mediation of labor disputes in both public and private em ploym ent, Me.lvln H. C le v e la n d , e x e c u tiv e secretary of the PERB, said in announcing the pro motion. The d ivision also w ill provide staff assistance to the board in determining employe representation for collective bargaining in state and local governm ent, Cleveland said. Brown, an attorney, has been employed by the PERB since October, 1969, as a mediator of labor disputes. A native of Salem, Brown attended Salem public schools, the University of Nevada and W illam ette U nive rsity Law School. Prior to his employment by the board, he practiced law in Silverton. M cK inley and Calvin C. Skelley. Both men are mem bers of OSEA's Capitol Chapter 19 in Salem. McKinley's claim amounts to $2,797.44, and Skelley should get $1,432.96, according to Schoonover. Most of the overtime accrued because each of the men were required to work a double shift on weekends, Schoonover said. He said they were paid at a straight-time rate when they should have been paid at the rate of tim e and one-half. He asked General Services to pay the men in accordance with Personnel Division rule 34-200: "O v e rtim e shall be con sidered as that tim e worked by an employe in excess of a s c h e d u le o f e i g h t h o u r s p e r d a y , o r 40 h o u rs p e r w e e k w ith in th e basic work week covering the employe." Another rule (34-260) says, "Compensation for overtime shall be at the rate of tim e and one-half, and may be either by cash or compensatory time off, at the discretion of the ap pointing authority." General Services Director Leander Q uiring told Schoonover that his agency Is now In the process of "evaluating the two claim s." RIDERS WANTED Wanted: 2 riders from Beaverton to Salem, Monday thru Friday, or w ill form a car pool. Please contact Ray Hinds at 378- 3732 In Salem or 645-2030 in Beaverton. STATE EMPLOYES/ is our current dividend on savings! Ail state employes in Marion, Poik, Linn and Y a m h ill Counties may save—or borrow—at Oregon Employes Federal Credit Union. Oregon Employes Federal Credit Union 1515 State Street, Salem Phone: 581-1505 Hours: Noon to 5:00 p.m. BEST PLACE TO SAVE OR BORROW M M M M W M W M N M M W M M M M M M fW M M M M M
