Statesman Journal from Salem, Oregon • Page 16

UA, Statesman Journal, Salem, Nov. 21, 1976 fate foopers expect union question to come to vote in 60 days By DAVID REYES i Oregon Statesman Reporter A state trooper from Portland, Robert McAllister, expects a petition campaign for a state po-. lice labor union to lead to a vote within 60 days, he said Friday. McAllister said petitions were sent to all state police offices in Oregon and are being signed at an encouraging rate. The petition needs signatures of 30 per cent of the 900 troopers in Oregon to have an election conducted by the Oregon Employe Relations Board.

The goal of the union would be to improve working conditions, grievance procedures and job security, McAllister said. MCALLISTER, 32, was type of union, especially a policemen's union. He also did not want to be identified. At the Albany office one trooper simply said he "was not supposed to answer anything about the union." McAllister said, "There are a lot of younger guys getting out of college joining the OSP, who don't want to have that military system. They say "They can question it.

But they better not question it too loudly." legislature too. If we win, the law gives us the power to arbitrate." As far as grievances are concerned, "when they see him (superintendent) the common answer is, 'If you don't like it you can get the he said. McAllister said the salary is good on a monthly basis troopers are paid $950 to $1,547 but troopers would like other benefits. AMONG THOSE they would like are full medical coverage, paid dental in Whatever the outcome of the petition campaign, discussing the union was described as a "touchy queston around here" by a Salem senior trooper. "THIS IS just like a military operation.

I know that civilians have a hard time understanding that; there is a chain of command here," said the officer, wo did not want his identity known. A state trooper from the Corvallis office said he was not in favor of any surance for their families, and the right to discuss grievances without fear of reprimand, according to McAllister. The union is seeking membership from recruits, troopers and senior troopers; anyone above the rank of corporal is considered a supervisor, said McAllister. This is McAllister's second attempt to form a union. He met defeat in 1974 when, with 664 member votes, the election was lost by 23 votes, he said.

get anything a trooper wants with personal contact with the superintendent's office," Fisher said. "In other words, if a trooper was dissatisfied, he could go to the superintendent's office to negotiate and then we would contact the executive department, who could contact the legislature," he said. "OF COURSE, if they have a union they don't have this," he added. McAllister said, "This union would go to the pensation time and a grievance board," he said. He added that OSP offers a ratio of 1 to 1 compensatory time off for overtime work and other agencies offer 1V6 to 1.

"THE SUPERINTENDENT has a right to suspend us but we don't have a board to go to," he said. Supt. Robert Fisher said he prefers troopers to use existing systems, but said the formation of a union is a decision for the troopers to make. "We feel that we can an Astoria policeman for two and a half years before joining the OSP in 1972. He was recently transferred from Eugene to Portland and works out of the Hayden Island office.

The organization, if formed, wuld be called the Oregon State Police officers Association and McAllister will act as its president, he said. "We are just trying to achieve what other agencies are doing. Other agencies offer overtime, com- 3 Benton County Records My-yyy 'y-yyyyyyv M' iginaiiy iz.uu to 4U.UU pants, skirts, shirts, vests, blazers, shirt-jackets, even jumpsuits for lucky you! Plum, light and dark green, brown, camel, black, rust or grey, sizes 8 to 18. Town Country Sportswear, all stores. CIRCUIT COURT v- Sheila Ann Morse and Marvin Clay Morse: Petition seeks divorce.

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