The llcpptier Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon, Thursday, November 22, 1979 THIRTEEN
Average hourly pay in Oregon firms shows downward trend, labor agency says; work week is longer
The average hourly earn- State Employment Division's
ings of Oregon's manufactur- Research and Statistics see
ing production workers slid 13 tion has reported. This down
cents in August to $7.98. the turn is characteristic of the
July-to-August trend of pre- from $8-90 to 886 Per hour" moving from $8.73 per hour in rise in average hourly earn- the production of nonferrous
vious years. Only veneer and plywood juy t0 $8.86 in August. ings (from $9.35 to $9.50) was metals other than aluminum.
- In the wood products indus- establishments registered a in the primary metals cheifly due to premium vaca- In the nondurable goods
try, average earnings fell. 8ain of any consequence, industry, the 15 cent monthly tion pay at firms engaged in sector, a more dramatic drop
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in average earnings was
reported ($7.42 to $7.10). In
canning and preserving, there
was an increase in the
proportion of lower-paid sea
sonal workers to assist pri
marily in the processing of
beans, shrimp, and cod which
led to a decline in earnings to
4G cents per hour (from $.69 to
$5.46 per hour). And apparel
establishments reported a 10
cent per hour drop over-the-month
(from$4.38 to $4.28 per
hour). In the paper and allied
products industry, a 16 cents
per hour decline was regis
tered (from $10.8:5 to $9.87).
Average slatewide work
week in August (39.1 hours)
was above both July Ci9.0) and
August, 1978 (38.9 hours). In
the durable goods sector,
lumber and wood products
establishments reported a 40.3
workweek in August as com
pared to 40.5 hours in July and
39.8 hours in August, 1978. The
monthly decline was chiefly
due to a shortened workweek
because of vacations at log
ging establishments.
In the nondurable goods
sector, the average workweek
moved to 37.7 hours in August
from 37.0 in July and 38.0 in
August, 1978. Seasonal food
processing activity led to an
incrase in the average work
week at canning and preserv
ing establishments from 33.3
hours in July to 36.1 hours in
August compared with 37.8
hours in August, 1978.
Textile and apparel firms
also registered significant
increases. In textiles the
workweek registered 38.1
hours in August, 35.0 hours in
July and 38.3 hours in August,
1978. In apparel, the work
week averaged 36.3 hours in
august, 31.5 hours in July and
35.9 hours in August, 1978.
Average weekly hours for
construction workers in Ore
gon remained unchanged in
August from July's level of
36.4 hours and compares with
35.8 hours in August, 1978.
Average hourly earnings in
creased substantially for the
third month running to a level
of $12.23 from July's $12.08 and
the $10.98 level recorded in
August, 1978, the State Em
ployment Division reports.
Cash, not
food stamps,
due for test
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture will conduct a
demonstration project to pro
vide cash rather than food
stamps to participating house
holds in which every member
is either 65 years of age or
over or has been determined
eligible to receive Suppleme
tal Security Income (SSI),
Assistant Secretary Carol
Tucker Foreman has announ
ced. SSI is a cash assistance
program administered by the
Social Security Administra
tion that provides benefits for
aged, blind and disabled
people.
"The project v ill examine
whether this alternative form
of food assistance will encour
age participation by eligible
elderly and handicapped per
sons, enabling them to im
prove their nutrition," Fore
man said. "Checks in the
amount of their food stamp
allotments will be mailed on a
monthly basis."
The project is authorized by
the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
Currently, about half of the
eligible households with aged,
blind and other handicapped
members are participating in
the Food Stamp Program.
Eight sites will be selected
nationwide, with an urban
rural balance. Project areas
may be on a statewide or local
basis, and all eligible house
holds in the designated area
will participate. The demon
stration projects will begin in
April 1980 and operate for a
year.
The project will also test
whether more aged and handi
capped will participate if they
can apply and be interviewed
at a location other than a
welfare or food .sanip office.
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