Interagency Advisory Committee on Employee Relations

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE & FINANCIAL SERVICES
Bureau of Employee Relations
Telephone (207) 287-4447
FAX (207) 287-4452 TDD (207) 287-4537

No.: OSER-2

Date: June 20, 1974

SUBJECT: Interagency Advisory Committee on Employee Relations

TO: All Holders of Employee Relations Manual

FROM: Governor Kenneth M. Curtis

I am establishing an Interagency Labor Relations Committee to advise me and my office on appropriate policies and guidelines made necessary by Chapter 744, An Act Extending Collective Bargaining Rights to State Employees. Because of the importance of this Act to State employees and State agencies, I am requesting that the following personally serve on the Committee:

Nicholas Caraganis, Director, Personnel
Dean Fisher, Commissioner, Department of Health and Welfare
William Kearns, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health and Corrections
Emilien Levesque, Commissioner, Department of Manpower Affairs
Roger Mallar, Commissioner, Department of Transportation
Carroll McGary, Commissioner, Department of Education and Cultural Services
Otto Siebert, State Budget Officer
Roberta Weil, Commissioner, Department of Business Regulation

Advice of other State officials will be requested when the committee is discussing areas of special interest to them.
KMC:gwd

IMPORTANT BULLETIN - TO BE RETAINED IN EMPLOYEE RELATIONS MANUAL
STATE OF MAINE

Inter-Departmental Memorandum

Date: June 20, 1974

To: All Agency Heads Dept:
From: Governor Kenneth M. Curtis Dept: Executive Office State Employee
Subject: Inter-agency Advisory Committee on Employee Relations

OSER-2

I am establishing an Inter-agency Labor Relations Committee to advise me and my office on appropriate policies and guidelines made necessary by Chapter 744, AN ACT Extending Collective Bargaining Rights to State Employees. Because of the importance of this Act to State employees and State agencies, I am requesting that the following personally serve on the Committee:

Nicholas Caraganis, Director, Personnel
Dean Fisher, Commissioner, Department of Health and Welfare
William Kearns, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health and Corrections
Emilien Levesque, Commissioner, Department of Manpower Affairs
Roger Mallar, Commissioner, Department of Transportation
Carroll McGary, Commissioner, Department of Education and Cultural Services
Otto Siebert, State Budget Officer

Advice of other State officials will be requested when the Committee is discussing areas of special interest to them.

KMC/gwd

Mrs. Roberta M. Weil, Commissioner, Department of Business Regulations was asked to serve on this committee effective August 13, 1974.

You should immediately begin considering who will not be covered by the Act. In your agency see section 979-A, sub-section 6. You should also begin examination of eligible state employees in your agency to determine who ought to be considered supervisory and who ought not under section 979-E.

Additional guidelines and training sessions on the law will be provided as soon as possible.

KMC/js
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