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August, 1973 The OSEA News Page 2 We Offer Personalized Service by Appointment . Why don't you try our personalized service? You'll like it! Just call 362-0992 for an appointment. Shampoo and set $3.50 and up Haircuts________________________________ $3.00 Styling cuts______________________________ $5.00 Comb outs___________ ______________ $1.50 and up Open Thursday and Friday nights until 7:00p.m. The Beauty Center 464 Capitol St. NE On Capitol between Center & Marion In the Capitol Shopping Center 362-0992 _________ A & B SEPTIC TANK SERVICE 363-0761 PERB Rules Employment Division Should Pay Employe Travel Costs The Public Employe Relations Board has ruled the Employment Division should reimburse a group of employes who were forced to move because their jobs were abolished. The problem began a year ago when the Em ployment Division, because of a shortage of funds, abolished a number of positions in various classifications in its field offices located throughout the state. Employes were notified they would be tran sferred to different locations around the state, but the agency said it would not pay their moving costs. OSEA objected to the refusal. Its collective bargaining contract w ith the Employm ent Division requires the agency to reimburse its employes for travel, subsistence and moving expenses that result from transfers made "a t the request of or for the benefit of the employer." After the Association made its objection known, the agency rescinded the notices of transfer and fold employes their positions were being abolished and that they would be laid off. Employes were told they could choose from a list of vacant positions in their classification or elect to be demoted in lieu of layoff. Reimbursement for moving expenses was again denied. OSEA argued that employes could not be laid off because of their service credit ranking, and protested the notice as improper. Some employes were transferred anyway, and the agency would not pay their moving costs. OSEA staff attorney John S. Irvin filed a complaint with the PERB charging the Em ployment Division with failure to comply with the Association's contract. The matter was heard in May by hearing officer James Daniels. He issued a proposed ruling which said the evidence showed the agency would not benefit from the transfers and held there was no violation of the contract. The matter then went to the full board. Irvin argued before both Daniels and the board that when an employe's position is abolished.and he has too many service credits to permit him to be laid off, it is the agency's obligation to transfer him to another position. Fulfillment of that obligation, he contended, was a "benefit" to the agency, and offering the em ploye his choice from a list of vacant positions could not avoid the obligation nor nullify the benefit. The board agreed. It said the "record supports the fact an employer loses both experience and training when a career employe leaves and a new employe must be recruited: Accordingly, we must conclude that the Employment Division benefitted by the retention of these employes." It rejected Daniels' proposed ruling and said the employes should be reimbursed for their moving expenses. Court Rules PERB Has Little Authority in Bargaining Cases The Public Employe Relations Board does not have authority to order a state agency to stop violating a bargaining contract, nor does it have the power to stop practices which constitute a refusal to bargain in good faith. That was the ruling of Marion County Circuit Judge Duane Ertsgaard in a recent case involving the University of Oregon Medical School and a local of the American Federation of State, County collective bargaining bill - HB 2263 - passed by the 1973 legislature. The measure currently is being challenged by a referendum drive, however, and it is not known when, if ever, the bill will become law. Refusal to bargain in good faith and violation of a bargaining contract are two items on a list of designated "unfair labor practices" in HB 2263. The bill says the PERB may not only investigate TUBS» LAVATORIES »TOILETS»GUTTERS and M u n ic ip a l E m p lo ye s U nion. I.-.. A fte r h e a rin g th e case, th e P E R B fo u n d the a n d m a k e fin d in g s on c o m p la in ts o t . u n f a ir la b o r p r a c tic e s , b u t m a y a ls o o r d e r th e p a r t y a t f a u lt to Septic Tanks Cleaned Medical School to be in bad faith and ordered it to bargain in good faith. The agency contended the decision was arbitrary, erroneous and beyond the board's authority and appealed it to the Marion County Circuit Court. Judge Ertsgaard agreed with the Medical School by ruling the board had no authority to issue an order directing a public employer to bargain in good faith. He Said the law only gives the board authority to "make findings and publish them." That weakness in the law is corrected by the Marvin Nisly, new of A & B Septic Service, has 8 experience in the tank business. owner Tank years septic 10% off to state employes! WE CLEAN: SEWERS• LINES» DRAINS* SINKS • REASONABLE RATES» "L A S T M IN U T E EM E R G E N C IE S G L A D L Y " Evenings and Weekends 24-hour No mileage charge in Marion or Polk Counties Lubersky Gets N e w PERB Appointm ent G ov. T o m McCall has reappointed William Lubersky to a three-year term on Oregon's Public Employe Relations Board. Lubersky, a Portland attorney and former president of that city's chamber of commerce, was first appointed to the PERB in 1970. The other two members of the board are J. W. Forrester, Jr., editor and publisher of the Pen dleton East Oregonian, and Paul Bailey, also a Portland attorney. McCall Opens Bond Drive Fully equipped Subaru cars with push-button radio and FRONT WHEEL DRIVE! In addition, our Subaru cars feature the following standard equipment: McPherson strut front suspension, independent torsion bars in the rear. Rack and pinion steering. 1.3 liter, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder, liquir cooled engine that gives up to 30 miles per gallon on regular gas. Thermostatically controlled electric cooling fan. Four speed all synchro transmission. Reclining high back bucket seats. All vinyl upholstery. Wall to wall carpets. Whitewall tires (GL blackwall radialsj. Wheel covers. Wood-grained dash. Parcel shelf. Eastgate Subaru 888 12th Street SE Salem, Oregon Phone:364-8445 or 364-9976 FREE 10-SPEED BIKE WITH NEW CAR PURCHASE. THIS AD MUST BE PRESEN TED. GOOD TO SEPTEMBER 20, 1973. Gov. Tom McCall opened -the annual U. S. Savings Bond Payroll Savings Campaign for Oregon's state employes last week. "Each of us is aware of the importance of providing for a future rainy day, for our children's education, or for a new home or retirement. Yet, in these times of increasing demands upon our incomes, many of us find it extremely difficult to set aside even a small portion of our pay checks on a systematic basis," McCall said. "I'm convinced that one of the best - and least painful - in vestments any of us can make for our future is in the form of U. S. Savings Bonds through the payroll savings plan," he said. McCall appointed Gil Bellamy, ad m in istra to r of the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission, as general chairman of the cam paign. l "cease and desist from the unfair labor practice." CASE W ill A tte n d O S E A ’s C o n v e n tio n Citizen Action by State Employes - OSEA's political action arm - w ill have a "membership table" at the Association's General Council in Portland this fall. That was one of the decisions made by the CAS E Administrative Committee which met at OSEA's headquarters building in Salem recently. Howard R. Walp, chairman of the committee, said Judy Copeland w ill be in charge of the effort to sell CASE memberships at the three-day con vention. She is a member of Motor Vehicle Chapter 86 in Salem. In addition, the committee agreed to offer two- year as well as one-year CASE memberships. Walp said that w ill allow full tax credit if paid in an election year. One-year memberships sell for $10. The committee also voted to repay the final $250 of its loan from the Association. OSEA loaned CASE the money to get the organization started. The loan has been paid in full. CASE presently has 58 members and a bank balance of $1,050. y T T V w w y w Try It - You’ll Like It (SHORT PSYCHOLOGY LESSON) Think you can't afford to save? That you have so many unexpected expenses every month you'd be taking your money out as fast as you put it in? Wrong. It doesn't work that way. Once you start saving by payroll withholding you manage to meet those little emergencies with your take-home pay, and you leave your savings alone to flourish and fatten. Give yourself something to gloat about. State Employes Credit Union . 1328 State St. NE, Salem Telephone: 383-7084 Open Monday through Friday, 9 to 3
