POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 231, S. 315, S. 1086, S. 1288, and S. 1636 TO PROVIDE AN EQUITABLE SYSTEM FOR FIXING AND AD- COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE GALE W. MCGEE, Wyoming, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware DAVID MINTON, Staff Director and Counsel (II) Moss, Hon. Frank E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah.. Burdick, Hon. Quentin N., a U.S. Senator from the State of North Dakota_ Harris, Hon. Fred R., a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma.. Griner, John F., national president, American Federation of Government Employees; accompanied by Clyde W. Webber, executive vice presi- dent; Carl K. Sadler, legislative representative; and Stephen Koczak, Ryan, William H., national coordinator and legislative representative, Government Employees Department of the International Association of Machinists and Aero-Space Workers, AFL-CIO; accompanied by Saul S. Hampton, Hon. Robert E., chairman, U. S. Civil Service Commission; accompanied by Raymond Jacobson, director, Bureau of Policies and Standards; and Raymond C. Weissenborn, chief, Pay Policy Division____ McCart, John A., operations director, Government Employees Council, Wolkomir, Dr. Nathan T., president, National Federation of Federal Employees; accompanied by Ben Hinden, legislative representative _____ Lyons, Kenneth T., president, National Association of Government Em- ployees; accompanied by Alan Whitney, executive vice president, and Wevodau, Richard I., legislative director, National Association of Post Office and General Services Maintenance Employees.. Paterno, Vincent J., president, Association of Civilian Technicians; ac- companied by Jack H. Reagor, vice president, Wage Board of the As- Kelley, Hon. Roger T., Assistant Secretary of Defense, Manpower and Re- serve Affairs; accompanied by Carl Clewlow, deputy Assistant Secretary, Civilian Personnel Policy; and Raymond J. Braitsch, director of wage Griner, John F., national president, American Federation of Government Griner, John F., national president, American Federation of Government 154 163 225 231 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Articles, publications, etc.: Communications to: Senator McGee from Andrew J. Biemiller, director of the department Chairman Hampton from Senator McGee dated March 30, 1971; Senator McGee from Raymond Jacobson, director, Bureau of Policies areas_. Senator McGee from David Sullivan, general president, Service Employees International Union, dated April 30, 1971; supporting S. 231__. Senator McGee from Joseph Curran, president, National Maritime Union of America dated May 7, 1971; statement on S. 231_. Selected tables and charts: Page 180 119 183 183 209 255 255 125–126 Coordinated Federal wage system, Chicago, Ill., February 1970 127 128 129 Comparative rates of pay for truckdrivers in the Chicago area be- 131-133 Annex I(b)-Coordinated Federal wage system wage area; San Francisco, Calif., September-October 1970. 134-136 Annex I(c)-Coordinated Federal wage system by area; Washington, Total number of employees and their average pay in the classified service, the postal field service and the wage board system; June 30, 1969 156 Wage increases for 68 major wage areas throughout the United 210 218 219 Veterans' Administration laundry worker rate changes; Chicago, Ill WAGE BOARD LEGISLATION MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1971 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE, Washington, D.C. The committee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in the auditorium of the New Senate Office Building, Senator Gale W. McGee (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators McGee, Stevens, Moss, Burdick, Bellmon, Randolph, Fong, and Hollings. Staff members present: David Minton, staff director and counsel; Clyde DuPont, minority counsel; Richard G. Fuller, and Dan Doherty, professional staff members. The CHAIRMAN. The committee hearing will come to order. Senator Fong has just sent word that he will be a moment or two late. He is in an appropriations hearing at this time, where I am supposed to be too, but we try to cover both fronts, so he is covering for me there while I try to cover for him here for just a short time. He will be here shortly, but we will now get underway. We are not without observing that I think we should have held this in J.F.K. Stadium. [Applause.] It is noteworthy also that on this Monday morning eight of our nine committee members are present and accounted for. I think that is an enviable record for any committee on a Monday morning early in the session. OPENING STATEMENT This hearing is convened to hear testimony on wage board legislation. If it is true, as some say, that "third time is charm," then we are due to be charmed. Because this is the third time this committee has conducted hearings and acted on a piece of legislation to revise the wage board pay system. In 1967, we reported out, and the Senate unanimously passed S. 2302. But the House of Representatives was apparently not ready to act at that time, and the bill died in committee over there. We did manage to salvage the Monroney amendment, out of the 90th Congress, but administrative interpretations and bureaucratic efforts to destroy that law have delayed its proper implementation in many cases. In 1970, this committee reported out, and the Senate again unanimously passed, a second wage board bill; and that bill, H.R. 17809, was sent to the President for his approval. It was tailored to achieve his approval. As a matter of fact-and no one knows this better than the witness before us this morning, John Griner that bill was so tailored to meet the approval of the incumbent |