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January, 1971
The OSEA News
Lower Court Gets Food Service Lawsuit Back
OSEA's lawsuit seeking a
perm anent
in ju n ctio n
to
prevent the U n ive rsity of
Oregon Medical School com-
Jackson Gets
District Post
Ralph Jackson, Jr., former
assistant director of District
Two, moved up to the office of
director this month upon the
resignation of William J. La
Clair.
Jackson was sworn into office
by OSEA President Chalmers
Jones at the Board of Directors
meeting in Salem oh Jan. 16.
An assistant to the State
Engineer in the Hydrographies
Division, Jackson is a member
of Chemeketa Chapter 64. He
has served three terms as its
president, one term as vice-
president and four terms as
delegate to General Council.
The District Two Presidents'
Council w ill elect a new
assistant director to replace
Jackson.
La C lair resigned his office
due to "personal reasons."
plex from contracting its food
service operation to a private
firm has been sent back to
Multnom ah County c irc u it
court to allow the contractor to
be made a party to the suit.
allowed a private firm to have
control of state employes.'
The court held, however, that
the contract was proper and
denied the injunction sought by
OSEA.
OSEA brought the suit
against the Medical School
complex in December, 1969,
protesting a proposed contract
that would engage a private
firm to manage the food service
operations at the Medical
School
and
Tuberculosis
hospitals, and the Medical and
Dental School cafeterias.
Shortly after OSEA brought
its suit the contract was let to
Prophet Foods Company.
However, Prophet was never
made a party to the suit.
The Association appealed the
decision to Oregon's Court of
Appeals. The case was argued
by staff attorney John S. Irvin
last November.
The case was trie d in
M ultnom ah County c irc u it
court in January, 1970. OSEA
contended
th a t
the
management of the food ser-
A/ice operations was work that
could be, and therefore should
be, performed by state merit
system personnel. It argued
that the contract improperly
Central Drug Endorsed
For Another Year To
Provide Low-Cost Drugs
Slate of Oregon Employes Well-Pleased
With Last Year'S Low Prices, Courteous
Services by Central Drug of Portland.
P o r tla n d ,
O re .
(SPE C IAL) — Many
thousands of dollars in
drug savings were
realized by State of
O regon
em p lo ye s,
thanks to the specially-
arranged
Low-Cost
D ru g P la n
■ r ifla
Thousands took ad-
vantage of this op-
portunity to obtain all of
th e ir
prescriptions,
drugs, vita m in s, and
name-brand household
health aids at wholesale
cost plus a small fee. By
showing their OSEA cards, State of Oregon
employes were amazed at the huge savings on
every Item In the store over any other sources.
Typical of the many personal endorsements
being received every day from OSEA mem
bers Is this from Virginia Parkinson, 1969-70
President of Consolidated Chapter 61, Chapter
Employe of the Year In 1969. She writes:
ROBERT
HELDFOND,
Central Drug owner, is
congratulated by OSEA for
his pledge to provide low
cost drugs to state em
ployes during 1971.
"M y
happy
as
s o c la 11 o n
w ltli
CENTRAL DRUG has
been
a
two-fold
pleasure: considerable
savings on prescriptions
|
and many other Items,
and the w arm and
friendly attitude with which customers are
served by the handsome staff. OSEA mem
bers are fortunate to have this fine drug store
on their side!"
All members, active and retired, are urged
to patronize Central Drug and are eligible for
the huge organizational drug savings merely
by showing their OSEA card.
The Court of Appeals
reversed fhe c irc u it court
decision and remanded the
case back to Multnom ah
County c irc u it co u rt w ith
directions to fix a time within
which Prophet Foods could be
made a party to the suit.
In its decision, the Court of
Appeals said:
"B a s ic to the p la in tiff's
PERS Account
Balances Due
State employes w ill get an
nual statements listing the
amount of money in their
retirement accounts in about 60
days.
They are being prepared by
the
P ublic
E m ployes'
Retirement System in Port
land. The agency said the
statements w ill be mailed in
late March or early April.
Each statement w ill list the
to ta l am ount of in te re st
credited to the account of the
employe plus the contributions
made from the tim e he began to
participate in the system.
Also listed in <the statements
w ill be the account balance and
earnings of those members who
elected to participate in the
PERS
v a ria b le
an n u ity
program.
The rate of interest that has
been accredited to each ac
count during the 1970 calendar
year w ill also be reflected in
each statement.
The statem ents w ill be
mailed to state agencies. A
PERS spokesman said it is
their responsibility to see that
they are distributed to em
ployes.
the Motel 6 w ay. . . and Save!
(OSEA's) contentions con
cerning this contract and to the
legal rights and obligations of
ifs members here involved, and
to the respondents as well, is
whether or not those members
under this contract become
employes of Prophet or remain
employes of the State of
Oregon. Basic to the rights and
obligations of Prophet arising
out of this contract is whether
or not the re la tio n sh ip of
m aster and servant exists
between it and the directly
affected mem bers of the
plaintiff union."
"We are of the opinion that
Prophet Foods Company, a
M ichigan co rp o ra tion , is a
necessary party to this case.
Accordingly, we do not reach
the questions herein sought to
be raised."
Hike Due Automobile
Insurance Premiums
OSEA members who have
their automobiles insured with
the N ationwide Insurance
Company w ill probably have a
change in their premium rate
within the next year.
But they won't know whether
they w ill have to may more or
less until they renew their
policy.
The reason for the premium
rate change is that the com-
pany
is
converting
its
automobile rate classification
plan to the expanded type,
which includes a variable rate
feature.
That means the premiums
w ill be more closely based on
the kind of car an individual
has, how he drives it and how
he uses it.
"The variable rate feature
w ill help reward those who
maintain good driving records
and provides surcharges for
those who incur at-fault ac
cidents or m a jo r d riv in g
violations," a spokesman said.
"The new classifications may
cause premiums to increase or
decrease, depending upon the
specific circumstances."
The spokesman said the
conversion to the rating plan
w ill begin March 1. It w ill
become effective immediately
for new policyholders, but will
affect existing policyholders
only upon renewal. That means
it w ill take a year for the
company to switch completely
to the new plan.
To help make the change
over. Nationwide w ill mail a
"policyholder survey" to its
customers approximately two
months before their insurance
is due to be renewed.
Customers are asked to
complete the survey and return
it to the company to make sure
they are placed in a proper
classification.
Employe Retirement
Accounts Valued
Editor's Note: To keep OSEA members informed of the value
of their retirement accounts in the Public Employes'
Retirement System, the OSEA News will publish the following
tables each month. Both the variable annuity portion of the
account (which is invested in common stocks and short term
notes) and the "fixed" portion of the account (which is invested
in long term bonds and mortgages) are listed. The tables show
the current value of each $160 invested in either the variable
annuity account or the "fixed" account.
FIXED
VARIABLE
ACCOUNT
ACCOUNT
March 31, 1970
$102.55
$101.16
April 30, 1970
$ 92.55
$101.55
May 30, 1970
$ 87.51
$101.94
June 30, 1970
$ 85.45
$102.33
July 31, 1970
$ 90.36
$102.71
August 31, 1970
$ 93.51
$103.10
$ 98.45
September 30, 1970
$103.49
October 31, 1970
$ 96.92
$103.88
November 30, 1970
$101.01
$104.26
December 31, 1970
Not available
$104.65
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