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willing to
cooperate in
a search for
genuine reform”

WHLLIAM L, McGOWAN

Friday, December 30, 1977

Price 20 Cents

REGIONS

— See Pages 8,9 & 16

ALBANY—In response to a heated letter by Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association president William L. McGowan
charging the state Civil Service Department with preparing
secret reports, Civil Service Commission president Victor
S. Bahou has agreed to furnish Mr. McGowan with copies
of the studies which are purported to contain recommenda-
tions for sweeping reforms of the entire New York State
civil service system.

Mr. McGowan criticized Mr. Bahou for not making the
reports available to CSEA officials before news of the studies
were published by an Albany newspaper.

In his letter, Mr. McGowan also cited the CSEA’s “will-
ingness to cooperate in a search for genuine reform” as
evidenced by the union’s joint efforts with Democrats and
Republicans in the Legislature and the staff of the Tempor-
ary Commission on Management and Productivity to secure
civil service reform. Mr. McGowan expressed the CSEA’s
firm opposition to any unilateral changes imposed by the
Civil Service Department without negotiations and “any
secret schemes” to abolish the Merit selection of employees.

Mr. Bahou responded by reaffirming his commitment
to the Merit System, explaining that he was seeking “to
achieve some improvements in the Merit System to make it
more responsive to today’s needs and more consistent with
Merit principles.”

Mr. Bahou also maintained that the publication of the

CSEA Opposes Changes
In Probationary Rules

ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Association has come out solidly against the
proposed changes in the probationary-service rules now being considered by the state’s Civil

Service Commission.

The union’s research director, William L. Blom, told the Commission at a public

hearing Dec. 20 that the current
system would suffice if it were
strictly enforced, adequately
funded and supervised by better-
trained administrators.

‘The proposed changes would,
among other things, require each
employee to serve the maximum
Probationary period; double the
maximum probationary period for
some employees; redefine the
terms “transfer” and “reassign-
ment” so as to require proba-
tionary periods where they are
not now required, and restrict
reassignment possibilities within
@ department or agency.

Instead of the proposed
changes, Mr. Blom suggested to
the Commission that “the pre-
sent rules be strictly adhered to;
that supervisory personnel be bet-
ter trained to implement the pro-
visions of the current rules, and
that any additional funds be
made available through the state
Department of Civil Service and
the operating state departments
and agencies for such training
‘and implementation.”

‘The text of Mr. Blom's re-
marks follows.

“Much has been said and writ-
ten recently attacking New York

State’s present civil service servants, has been described as
Merit System. The System, and archaic, slow-moving, inflexible
its procedures for the recruitment and inefficient. Such critics
and retention of qualified civil

(Continued on Page 3)

CSEA To See Merit Study:

McGowan Blasts Secrecy

contents of the report in the newspaper was done without
his or his department's knowledge. He said that the reports
were probably obtained by the press following the mandatory
filing of the reports with the Department of State.

Mr. Bahou said that the continued existence of the
Merit System depends on its ability to “adapt to meet today's
and tomorrow's needs. I know that both CSEA and the Civil

(Continued on Page 14)

Agency Shop People
As Regular Members
Means Strong Union

ALBANY—The dollar amounts are the same, and both
members and non-members reap the benefits of represen-
tation and negotiations expertise, but beyond these points
there really is very little similarity between being a dues-
paying union member and simply

paying an agency shop fee
Civil Service Employees Asso-
ciation dues are $58.50 a year,
the lowest annual dues of any
major union in the country, and
under legislation passed and
signed into law earlier this year,
agency shop fees are also $58.50
@ year. But the simple fact re-
mains, paying an agency shop
fee does not make an individual
member of the CSEA.
Non-union members receive
the same CSEA-negotiated in-
creases as dues-paying members,
Since the Taylor Law, non-union
members also receive the same
representation. The Agency Shop
established that non-members
should pay an annual fee to off-
set the cost to the union of rep-
resenting and negotiating bene-

fits for non-members.

“There's no question but what
the agency shop bill has made
CSEA and all other public-em-
ployee unions much stronger and
potentially much more effective,”
said CSEA president William L.
McGowan recently, “and I hope
that agency shop people recog-
nize that a stronger union is
beneficial to the individual em-
ployee, and that agency shop is
actually a blessing in disguise be-
cause over the long run it should
Provide additional benefits to
employees.”

Since CSEA dues and agency
shop fees are both $58.50 a year,
it is logical to consider both al-
ternatives to determine which is

(Continued on Page 16)

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, December 30, 1977

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STONY BROOK INSTALLATION
Officers of Stony Brook University Local 614 of the Civil Service Employees Association gather ‘in =

vice-president; Al Varacchi, president, and Mr. Pollicino.

U.S. Agriculture, Railroad Jobs

MANHATTAN—Seven new
federal job opportunities are
available for federal workers
already on the job and for
new job-seekers.

The jobs are available in New
York City, Washington, D.C. and
Little Rock, Ark.

The New York jobs are fruit
and vegetable marketing special-
ist and intelligence research spe-

clalist, The filing deadline for
fruit and vegetable specialist is
Jan. 6, Intelligence research spe-
elalist filing ends Jan. 4,

Fruit and vegetable require-
ments are three years’ experience
distributing or marketing food
products and two years dealing
with agricultural commodities or
agricultural marketing, The post
pays $15,090.

Intelligence research applicants

NYC PLUM BOOK!

3,000 JOBS WITH
THE KOCH ADMINISTRATION

Non-Competitive, Unclassified &

Exempt Titles
With City Government

friendly semi-circle with field representative Nicholas Pollicino, right, after recent installation. From left,
are Helen Fox, treasurer; Ed Zurl, seoond vice-president; Sue Juliano, secretary; Jim Gomes, first

must have three years’ adminis-

at grade 9 and $18,258 at
grade 11.

+ Fingerprint e--miner, position

classification specialist and equal
opportunity specialist are open in
Washington, D.C. Filing ends
Dec. 30 for fingerprint examiner,
for equal opportunity specialist,
Jan. 11, and for position classifi-
cation specialist, March 31.

‘To qualify for the $15,090-a-
year equal opportunity post, can-
didates must have four years’ ex-
perience solving social problems
caused by discrimination and be
able to assemble facts and write
clearly; or hold a bachelor’s de-
gree and have a year’s graduate
study in a directly related field;
or @ combination of both. They
must also know the basis of dis-
crimination and have other
abilities.

The other jobs are railroad
motive power and equipment
safety inspector, railroad track
safety inspector and budget an-
alyst.

Details are available at federal
job centers. In New York City,
the center is at 26 Federal Plaza,
Manhattan.

Fire Building

No Place

To Work, Says CSEA

back into a fire-ravaged building
here owned by a group in which
state Motor Vehicles Commis-
sioner James Melton has an in-
terest.

The converted supermarket had
drawn CSEA protests about work-
ing conditions before it was hit
by a fire. Later, employees were
moved to what CSEA leaders
called even worse conditions in
temporary location across the
street until a showdown in which
workers reported for duty but
refused to work in a dispute
over makeshift quarters.

‘The state withdrew orders fir-
ing the workers in the face of
CSEA negotiations on thelr be-
half. The entire office operation
was later shifted to the State Of-
fice Building in Hauppauge on
s “temporary” basis.

‘The issue was reignited when
CSEA learned that the owners
were refurbishing the structure
and had demanded that the state
resume occupancy. It was under-
stood that the refurbishing had
not corrected inadequate and in-
secure rest room facilities, nor a
dingy, small place used as an

WARNS OF TROUBLE IN ROCKLAND
Warning that a strike by Rockland County employees is
possibility,” Patsy Spicel, president of the county
Service Employees Association Local 844, tells the union's Southern

employees lunchroom.

Irving Fiaumenbaum, president
of CSEA’s Long Island Region I,
and William DeMartino, presi-
dent of the union's Metropolitan
Department of Labor Local,
warned the state to disregard
“political pressures” to force em-
ployees back into the building.

At Leader presstime, there was
still no response from the state
on what action it would take.

Tax Compliance
Asst. Director
Needed By State

State Civil Service Department
officials have scheduled a Jan
9 filing deadline for the $21,554-
a-year assistant director of tax
compliance post.

Oral testing for the job will
begin later in January. The ex-
am is open to state Department
of Taxation and Finance em-
ployees.

‘Applicatioris are available at
state Civil Service Department
offices at the State Office Build-
ing Campus, Albany; 1 Genesee
St., Buffalo, or 2 World Trade
‘Center, New York City.

Region HI delegates of bad-faith bargaining over a three-year
period by the County Administration, Southern Region president
James Lennon listens and second vice-president Marie Romanelli

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_ CSEA Opposes Probation Rules Changes

“We submit that the short-
comings can be attributed to an
inefficient administration of the
present system, due to an un-
willingness to properly fund each
of its functions, and secondly, to
an untrained and apathetic sup-
ervisory staff in personnel mat-

it easier for me’ attitude. This
is analogous to replacing @ sound
old building structure with a new
one, constructed of inferior ma-
terials, simply to satisfy a cur-
rent wave'of sentiment and de-
sire, without adequate considera-
tion given to future durability.
More often than not an expen-
diture of effort and funds to
restore the capability of using
original means to attain desired

“shortcomings
can be attributed
to an inefficient
administration

of the present
system”

goals proves to be the wiser in-
vestment in the long run.
“What does all of this have to
do with the proposed substitution
of & new Section 4.5 (Probation)
of the Rules for the Classified
Service of the State of New York?
Simply put, it means that we
feel that Section 4.5 of the Rules
of the Classified Service, as it
presently exists, is adequate if
strictly adhered to in application.

“TRANSFER” DEFINED

“The fact that the term “trans-
fer" means a change of position
without further examination
must preclude the possibility of
the transferee meeting qualifica-
tions for the position to which
transferred, With this in mind,
the most important aspect of a
transfer becomes the purpose for
which such a transfer is either
Proposed or accomplished. If, on
the one hand, an employee is
transferred in the best interest
of the State or for his own con-
venience (such as work location),
then there should be no need for
the completion of a probationary
period at all, if such employee
has performed well in the posi-
tion from which he ts transfer-
red and he has had good working
relationship with his co-workers
and supervisors, On the other
hand, if an employee is trans-
ferred to resolve a problem which
has resulted from bad interper-
sonal relationships, then such
employee should be given a trial
or probationary period to see if
the problem persists in a new
environment.

“Under the proposed definition
revisions, the term ‘reassignment’
has been changed to mean from
one position to a position in the
same title under the jurisdiction
of the same appointing authority.
Presently, the change is from
one position to another similar
position under the jurisdiction
of the same appointing authority.
‘The proposed redefinition making

‘reassignments’ possible only to
Positions in the same title sev-
erely restricts reassignment pos-
sibilities within a given depart-
ment or agency. In so doing, the
use of the reassignment proced-
Ure in anticipation of layoffs
would be drastically limited. We
do not feel that such restric-
tions and limitations are in the
best Interest of either the state
or the employee.

PROBATION EXTENDED

“With respect to proposed re-
visions of Section 4.5 of the Rules
for the Classified Service, the
following comments are appro-
priate:

“Section 4.5 (a) (1) extends
the probationary period for each
Permanent appointment from a
competitive list and each original
permanent appointment to the
non-competitive, exempt or labor
class of not less than 26 nor
more than 52 weeks. Under this
proposal, the maximum proba-
tionary period has been doubled
and as such causes a chain re-
action which results in tying up
promotions, increasing the length
of exposure for probationary lay-
offs, and necessitates a change
in the legal time limitations on
temporary and provisional ap-
pointments. Additionally, this
proposed change, wherein a fitty-
two week probationary period was
imposed, would result in # viola-
tion of Article 12 of the contracts
between the State and CSEA

& position in the competitive or
non-competitive class who ac-
cepts an appointment from an

“With respect to the proposal
for Section 4.5 (a) (1) (1), pro-
vision is made here for the re-
quirement of a double proba-

training is undertaken while the
person is employed and may
cover a one-year period.

“The proposed rule change
states that the probationary term
shall begin upon the completion
of a formal training period. It
is therefore possible that the em-
ployee may be serving as @ trai-
nee for one year and then re-
quired to successfully complete a
second year as a probationary
term.

“The proposal for Section 4.5
a) (2), which states that each
promotion to @ position of Grade
13 and below shall be subject to
@ probationary term’ of not less
than 12 nor more than 26 weeks;
and each promotion to a position
in Grade 14 and above shall be
subject to a probationary term
of not less than 26 weeks nor
more than 52 weeks, gives no
indication of a leave of absence
of equal: length in order to hold
the lower level job open for the
promotion process but obviously
holds up permanent appoint-
ments.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

“The proposal for Section 4.5
(a) (3), when taken in con-
Junction with the proposed re-
defined definition of ‘transfer,’
could result in ‘double jeopardy’
for employees transferred to low-
er level positions in the same or

Charge Clifton Park
Anti-Union Actions

ALBANY —Clifton Park Town Supervisor Charles C.
McCloskey reportedly offered to have union designation
cards of Town Highway Department employees returned
from the Public Employment Relations Board if they agreed

to sign a petition requesting
PERB to drop the representation
request of the Civil Service Em-
ployees Association, a union
spokesman charged last week.

Mr. McCloskey refused to
comment when reached by the
Leader and said that counsel had
been retained regarding the mat-
ter.

According to the union spokes-
man, Mr. McCloskey's offer was
made during a meeting with
Highway Department workers on
Dec, 20, when they were also in-
formed about the benefits avail-
able to them as non-union em-
ployees.

The CSEA had filed an tm-
proper practice charge against
the Clifton Park Town Adminis-
tvation earlier this month, for
attempting to persuade Town
workers not to affiliate with the
CSEA.

Reacting to the latest alleged
violation, Capital Region field
supervisor Jack Corcoran said,
“The continued flaunting of the
‘Taylor Law and individual em-
ployee rights by Mr, McCloskey
proves the dire need for a union
in Clifton Park, No matter how
many petitions or requests Mr,
McCloskey makes to PERB to
stop the CSEA representation

campaign, we will not be stop-

cmt jrobeual tae Masten’ 4a
fa) (4) reqiires each employee
to serve the maximum proba-
tionary period. If this is the
intention of the Civil Service
Department, then the flexible
term should be abolished and we
should revert to a procedure fol-
lowed years ago of a fixed pro-
bationary term. We believe that
requiring every employee to serve
the maximum probationary peri-

lower level position. The employee
who takes a higher level position
is generally assisting the ap-
pointing officer in filling a gap
in the organization structure. If
the appointing officer has con-
sidered the employees as suffi-
ciently qualified to advance him
to the higher level position, then

“we suggest that the current rule
be strictly adhered to and further
that supervisory personnel be
better trained to implement the
provisions of the current rule”

od (it probably will be the case
even though the appointing au-
thority has the right to grant
the employee permanent status
before the maximum time), !s
contrary to the spirit and the
intent in the. decision rendered
in the Court of Appeals case
Albano vs, Kirby, May 7, 1975.
This case required informing the
employee at the end of the mini~

factory or unsatisfactory, if the
employee was not so informed,
it was considered that the em-
ployee had satisfactorily com-
pleted his probationary period.
“With respect to the provision
for Section 4.5 (4) (f), there is

ing that the appointing officer

would be extended for the peri-
od of the absence,

“With respect to the provision
for Section 4.5 (4) (h), we ob-
Ject to the terminology of this
section making it permissive for
the appointing officer to consider

Region VI Worker Wins
20 Thousand Backpay

CHEEKTOWAGA—A laborer laid off by the state De-
partment of Transportation almost two. years ago will be
reinstated to his job at the Depew barns with backpay of
about $9,500 per year, according to a unanimous decision

handed down by the Appellate
Division of the state Court of
Appeals.

The decision in favor of Paul
Battaglia, of Buffalo, upheld a
ruling of Supreme Court Justice
James B, Kane in June 1976
that the State erred in determ-
ining Mr. Battaglia’s seniority
status, The state DOT claimed
that sick leaves taken by Mr.
Battaglia of a half day, in 1970
and from Dec, 14, 1972, to Jan
2, 1974, constituted interruptions
in service and thus denied him
tenure.

Justice Kane ruled and the
Appellate Division affirmed that
those absences did not constitute
interruptions of service and
therefore his seniority status,
dating back to November 1966,

would preclude his being laid off.

Mr. Battaglia was represented
by Ronald L. Jaros, regional
counsel for the Civil Service Em-
ployees Association,

the period of service rendered in
the higher level position should
be considered in the completion
of the required probationary pe-
riod in the lower level position.

“For reasons already pointed
out, we must very seriously ob-

Classified Service. In lieu of this

Help Offered

gram will be available during
January to employees at the

Valley, Elmira and Gowanda,

Workers at Hudson River and
Buffalo Psychiatric Centers and
Letchworth Village Developmen-
tal Center will be able to par-
ticipate in the program in
February.

The hypertension detection
program will be extended to
other Mental Hygiene facilities
throughout New York State dur-
ing 1978, according to the pro-
gram's Leslie Baer, an associate
professor of medicine at Colum~
bia University.

‘The first phase of the detec-
tion effort was implemented this
month at Psychiatric Institute,
Manhattan

© CSEA calendar

Information for the Calendar may be submitted directly to THE LEADER.

't should include the date, time, pli

address and city for the function.

The address is: Civil Service Leader, 233 Broadway, New York, N. ¥, \eon?,

Attn,: CSEA Colendar,

JANUARY
13-14—Western Region VI meeting: Sheraton Inn-Buffalo East, 2040

Walden Ave., Buffalo.

24—Franklin County Local 817 officers training session and grievance

seminar: 7 p.m., Williams Mansion Nursing Home, Mo!

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, December 30, 1977

Say LI State Building OK

HAUPPAUGE — A New
York State - commissioned
study of the air quality at
the State Office Building in
Hauppauge has found the build-
ing free of fiber glass or rock
woo! contamination.

The Office of General Services
delivered a copy of the report
to the Civil Service Employees
Association last week, fulfilling a
Promise the State made to the
union to order a complete alr-
quality survey in the six-story

Sr. Real Estate

ALBANY—The state Civil Ser-
vice Department established an
eligible list for senior real estate
appraiser on Oct. 17, 1977, as
the result of a September 1977
open competitive exam. The list
contains 68 names.

BUY
U.S.
BONDS!

ons testing was conducted Nov.
17 between 12 noon and 11 p.m.
by the American Can Company.
John J, Naughter Jr., CSEA col-
lective bargaining specialist, was
on hand during that period.

“Our basic assignment was to
measure and/or test ambient in-
door air for possible contamina-
tion by glass wool and/or fiber
glass particulates,” said James
P. MeVeigh, American Can lab-
oratory manager, “This type of
contamination was alleged to
be a possibility from the flow
of air across glass wool insula~
tion batts or through fiber glass
filters. Our findings indicated
that only an occasional glass
woo] fragment was evident in
our samples. Similiar type and
quantity of glass wool fragments
are found in our own office and
laboratory, recirculated air sys-
tem. Consequently, our findings
are negative for fiber glass or
rock wool type contamination.”

The study followed complaints

last July and August about an
unreleased labor department re-
port on carcinogenic effects of
fiber glass particles suspected of
being in the alr. Piber glass filters
used in the alr circulating sys-
tem were replaced by dacron filt-
ers. David Rings, employee re-
lations officer for the state Office
of General Services, promised
Irving Flaumenbaum, CSEA's
Resion I president; Artie Allen,
president, and Bob Pols, griev-
ance chairman of Region 10
Transportation Local, the largest
CSEA group in the building, that
the state would conduct a study
of the air quality and give the
results to the union.

“We want to thank Dave Rings
and his department for their co-
operation in getting this matter
squared away,” said Mr. Flaum-
enbaum. “We will study the find-
ings but we want Mr. Rings to
know that we will take advant-
age of his good nature if we have
any further problems.

HUGH L. CAREY
++ + ne dumping

PAUL HARENBERG
. the wrong places

Harenberg, Carey
Split Over Patient
‘Dumping’ Dispute

MANHATTAN — Assembly-
man Paul E. Harenberg is
angry at Gov. Hugh L. Carey.

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The Bayport Democrat
and the Governor are at odds
over published reports about al-
leged dumping of mental patients
into local communities. Gover-
nor Carey has been quoted deny-
ing the dumping charges. Assem-
blyman Harenberg, Chairman of
the Assembly Subcommittee on
Aftercare, which has been holding
hearings across the state on the
issue, has other ideas.

“He (the Governor) must be
looking in the wrong places,”
said Assemblyman Harenberg.
He made his remarks during the
second day of his Manhattan
public hearings.

“Our hearings around the state
have shown that there are se-
lected pockets of concentrated
placements into flophouses with
little or no provisions for after-
care,” said Mr, Harenberg. “On
the other hand there are com~-
munities who have dealt success-
fully with this issue or have
experienced no problems at
all. If the newspaper reports
are accurate and the Governor
is talking about Bay Shore or
Sayville, then he is way off
base.” Mr. Harenberg's Fifth As-
sembly District includes four of
the state’s mental institutions
including the world’s largest,
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center.

“Because of our proximity to
these hospitals, communities in
my district have long suffered
under the State's policy of dump-
ing patients,” he said. "Many of
the former patients have become
burdens to the communities be-
cause the State has established
no aftercare for them. The un-
fortunate former patients are
neither cared for nor supervised
‘This haphazard procedure does
no one any good except possibly
the boarding house operators who
profit from social services’ place-
ment of former patients in their
houses."

The Assemblyman invited the
Governor to a walking tour of
Suffolk communities where pa-
tients were placed.

“He (the Governor) has to face
the ugly reality of this problem,”
Mr, Harenberg said. “He has to
see the over-saturation of former
patients in Sayville. He has to
see the uncared-for patients hud-
died in rooms of old Slophouses
staring vacantly into space, He
must see unsupervised patients
using people's front lawns as
bathrooms, Then let him tell me
there's no Gumping problem.”

Mr, Harenberg said that he was
pleased with the selection of
Hagop Mashikian as the state De-
partment of Mental Hygiene’s

(Continued on Page 10)
GO TO HEALTH

By WILLIAM BR. WILLIFORD

Healthy Workers

How would you like it if your employer paid you to stop smoking?

And then, how would you like it if that same employer paid for
your membership in an exercise program?

You might be thinking that an employer who does it is either
very rich or very crazy. However, the opposite is
true. Many businessmen are discovering that it is
simply good business to develop employee fitness
programs.

The following article describes one employer
who realized that healthy employees make for a
healthier business:

“Ottawa—Sometimes it literally pays to quit
smoking. Marc Ruel, president of Les Industries
du Hockey Canadien, Inc., in Drummondville,
Quebec, gave the last three holdouts of his office
staff of 15 a no-smoking course anda $500 bonus
after they had abstained for a year.

He has also spent $150 the past three years on each office
worker so they can exercise at a local gym three times a week
after work. Mr. Ruel told In-Put ‘77, a conference on occupational
alcoholism and drug abuse, that the no-smoking and fitness ex-
periment with office workers has wiped out absenteeism and in-
creased productivity. He hopes to make a similar program available
to the company's 125 plant workers within a year.

“Mr. Ruel, a 41-year old non-smoker, said he has made the no-
smoking and fitness program mandatory for all new employees
because it = such a difference ms the quality of Sbete work.”

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lier, however, state income was
exceeding expenditures by $400
million, A spokesman for both
officials attributed the problem,
in part, to additional welfare ex-
penditures, The new figures are
not expected to affect tax cuts
planned for next year.

Say State, City
Discriminating
Against Women

MANHATTAN — New York
State and New York City civil
service systems used qualifica-
tions standards that discriminate

against women, Assemblyman
Jerrold Nadler (D-Man.) has
charged.

Mr. Nadler, speaking at a re-
cent hearing of the state Com-
mission on the Status of Women
at New York City Hall, an-
nounced that he will propose the
following legislation to change
the situation:

© A requirement that part-
time experience be considered
just as seriously as full-time ex-
perience;

* A mandate that old experl-
ence—work done before a per-
son interrupted his career—not
be considered irrelevant;

© A requirement that govern-
ment agencies provide maternity
care coverage (now only required
of private employers) in employ-
ee health insurance plans.

“Our male-orlented laws in this
area are anti-women and anti-
family,” Mr, Nadler said. “Why
shouldn't meaningful volunteer
or part-time experience count the
same a5 full-time paid work?
By this criterion, Eleanor Gug-
wenheimer (New York City's
Commissioner of Consumer Af-
fairs) would not have qualified
for a civil service position,”

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we
Welcome To New Members

IVIL Service Employees Association leaders and members

from the Utica area seem to be earnestly trying to make
life easier for new members who joined CSEA because of the
state's new Agency Shop Law.

An article in the CSEA Monitor recently makes note of
the new members, facing the fact that some of them may
feel they were almost forced to join, and welcomes them.

“In the past,” says the Monitor, which reports on ac-
tivities of Fort Schuyler Local 014, there has been a certain
amount of ‘just below the surface’ hard feelings between
people paying dues and those who are not paying. Now that
Agency Shop is law, it is the intent of your local to make
everyone realize that while it was an important principle
to us, getting dues money from non-members does not mean
we stop there and go no further. We would like everyone to
feel that they belong. There is a place for conscientious
people in CSEA and you are a welcome part of the strength
of your union.”

To do this and to pledge that the union will not merely
take the money of non-members or new “Agency Shop mem-
bers” is praiseworthy. Our discussions with union leaders
across the state convinces us there is a real effort to heal
the wounds of a struggle between union members and non-
members allowed to continue too long,

The CSEA has long been in support of the Agency Shop
Law, which finally made it through both houses of the State
Legislature after several earlier efforts failed. It gives public
unions in the state the right to collect dues from non-
members. Union leaders and most legislators reasoned this
is fair, because non-union employees benefit equally with
members when union negotiators win pay raises and new
worker rights from municipalities.

The Agency Shop Law was never intended to be a
bludgeon hanging over non-members or a means of picking
up some easy cash for the union treasury, Supporters of the
law merely wanted to bring about more equity for both sides.

Many former non-union members were prompted to join
the CSEA following passage of the law. Many of them must
have wondered whether old-time union members resent
them. Would the new members be discriminated against
because they joined only on account of the new law?

We hope not. There is no place in unionism for that
kind of vindictiveness. There is also no room for “second-
class” members. We don't believe there is, but if so, unions
should move a lot faster than with “all deliberate speed”
to eliminate it.

Local 014 seems to have the right idea. It is also urging

its new members to participate in union activities, make .

suggestions, join committees and speak out.

“It goes without saying,” the Monitor article continues,
“but there are things about your union that you may not
like, But you have an option—sit back and bitch about it
or get involved and do something about moving the union
in the best direction possible,”

We urge getting involved. It sounds like good advice for
all union leaders and new union members. (H.A.T,)

New Appointees: ‘

Koch's Gain May
Be Carey's Loss

The appointment by May-
or-elect Edward I. Koch of
Philip L. Tola as Deputy
Mayor for Finance fills a sig-
nificant hole in the Koch cabi-
net, but creates a serious vacuum
in the Carey Administration.

As it is, there have been rapid
turnovers in the Carey cabinet.
Senator Albert Lewis of Brook-
lyn and Senator Karen Burstein
of Nassau-Queens are awaiting
confirmation as Superintendent
of Insurance and as a member
of the Public Service Commis-
sion, respectively. Stephen Berger.
who had been Carey's Social Ser-
vices Commissioner and then
Executive Director of the Emers-
ency Control Board, is no longer
in public service. Peter Goldmark,
who had been the Budget Direc-
tor before Toia, is now the Ex-
ecutive Director of the Port Au-
thority of New York and New
Jersey.

Other high officials in the
Carey cabinet have moved on to
Public service or other private
sector jobs. However, the de-
parture of Tola comes at a par-
ticularly critical time for Gov-
ernor Carey.

Critical Budget

In his capacity as state Bud-
get Director, Toia had the ma-
jor responsibility for shaping the
Carey Administration budget for
the fiscal year starting April 1,
1978. Since that is a state election
year, it is the most critical budget
that the Governor will be re-
quired to submit to the Legisla-
ture towards the end of January.
Tt fs at this critical juncture that
the Governor will be required to
rely upon new hands to flesh out
his proposed fiscal package for
the ensuing fiscal year.

Tt ts already clear that the
budget will be the single most
important political issue that will
come up during the forthcoming
state legislative session, Assem-
bly Minority Leader Perry B.
Duryea, Jr, has been making
Political speeches throughout the
state in which he has made tax
reduction the dominant theme
of his tour. Also, state Senate
Majority Leader Warren M.
Anderson called a special ses-
sion of the Senate to enact tax
reduction legislation.

While Toia’s departure will
exacerbate Carey’s problems in
preparing a budget, he seeming-
ly had no alternative but to con-
sent to Koch's request for Tola,

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Mr. Gaba is a member of the New York Bar and Chairman
of the Nassau County Bar Association Labor Law Committee,

Without Just Cause

The Candor Central School District and the Candor
Teachers’ Association were parties to a collective bargaining
agreement that ended June 30, 1974.

The agreement contained an extension clause that
maintained the status quo of the old contract until a new
one was agreed upon, A new contract was approved by the
Teachers’ Association Sept, 3, 1974 and by the school district
on Sept. 10, 1974, It contained a provision making it effective
as of July 1, 1974,

Both the old and the new contracts contained grievance
procedures terminating in arbitration. However, only the
new contract provided that: “No employee will be reduced in
rank or dismissed within the period of his or her employ-
ment without just cause during the term of this agree-
ment, , .” The contract also specified certain procedures to
be followed before an employee could be terminated. On July
15, 1974, the superintendent of schools notified the appel-
lant, a non-tenured teacher, in writing, that he was not
recommending her for tenure appointment. The appellant
then filed a grievance alleging that she was not fired for
cause and that the dismissal procedure had been violated.
The grievance proceeded to arbitration where the appellant's
contentions were upheld. The school district was then di-
rected to reinstate the appellant with back salary and all
fringe benefits,

The school district moved to vacate the award on the
ground that the arbitrators exceeded their authority. The
Supreme Court denied the motion. However, the Appellate
Division reversed and vacated the award. On further appeal,
the Court of Appeals reversed the disposition of the Appel-
late Division and remitted the matter to the arbitration
panel with instructions to bring about a remedy.

It was the position of the district that notwithstanding
the formal recital, that July 1, 1974, was to be the effective
date of the new contract, the provisions of the dismissal
clause cannot legally be applied retroactively to a dismissal
(July 15, 1974). The Court of Appeals held that where the
school district entered into an agreement with the teachers
providing for arbitration of disputes as to interpretation and
application of the collective bargaining agreement, errors
of law or fact committed by the arbitrators in determining
whether the agreement applied to the discharge of a non-
tenured teacher was beyond the scope of judicial review.
The determination by the arbitrators that the new contract
was applicable became final and conclusive on the school
district,

‘THE COURT then examined the substance of the dis-
missal clause. As to the provision “that no employee may
be dismissed without just cause,” the court held that it was
beyond the power of a board of education to surrender its
responsibility and authority to make tenure decisions, and
thus, any agreement purporting to limit or restrict the un-
fettered right to terminate a probationary appointment at

the close of the probationary period would be unenforceable
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| WHAT’S YOUR OPINION |

By DEBORAH CASSIDY
‘THE PLACE: Troy City Hall
QUESTION: The Civil Service Employees Association has just begun

to fight in the political arena, Candidates from town clerk to supreme
court justices have been endorsed. Do you think that political action

is justified and what effect do yo think it will have on the strength

of the union?

John Holehan, senior planner: “I am in favor
of political action. I think what
the CSEA needs, though, is a
well thought out program, with

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t to vote for. With all these mat
a dh 12 taken into consideration

political action can become a
very effective means of improving the public em-
ployee's situation. The union will, of course, be
made stronger with the support of its members for
the program and the number of successful en-
dorsements in future elections.”

Monty Hayden, engineering aide: “Political action
is justified because it shows
that the public employee is
tired of being on the bottom of
the totem pole, as they say.
We're now aiming to be on top
of things. If the members really
care and really support the
candidates which the union en-
dorses, it will serve to strength-

a iy 004 in the eves of the public. 1

do think, however, that a lim-
ited amount of money should be spent on the
program, in the form of campaign contributions,
and more emphasis should be placed on urging
people to vote for a particular candidate.”

Joan Murray, senior account clerk: “Although a
great number of members are
reluctant to become politically
involved as a union, I think
that political action is neces-
sary for public employees to get
what they want. Candidates for
Public office will start to take
& second look at the demands
of the public employee and will
regard them more favorably
when enacting legislation or
settling contracts. As the union
has more successes in its endorsements it ‘will
become a stronger force in the political realm,”

en the union in its own eyes ~

become a stronger and more cohesive organiza-
tion.”

as before, and would be more

willing to consider candidates as

individuals and for what they

Promise to public employees.
As the CSEA becomes more and more politically
involved, it can only serve to strengthen its role
as a public union.”

Mary DuBois, senior account clerk: “Yes, I think
that the political action pro-
gram is justified. It's the best
way to let elected officials know

that political involvement will
definitely strengthen the union.

It will be viewed as a more sophisticated force
in the labor world.”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RETIREMENT
NEWS & FACTS

By A. L. PETERS

Don’t Miss This Chance

services, But, it is not necessary
to be eligible for benefits or to
even apply for them to receive
Disabled people may take the
initiative in seeking out these
services, All they have to do is

“write to the state’s vocational

rehabilitation agency.

A person accepted by the agen-
cy for rehabilitation services may
receive one or more of the fol-
lowing:

© Rehabilitation counseling
which may include a plan for
achieving self-support.

© Medical examination—med-
ical, surgical, or hospital serv-
ices may be provided to reduce
or remove & person's disability,

© Physical aids such as artifi-
lal limbs, braces, hearing alds,
eyeglasses, or other devices.

© Job training in a vocational
school, college or university, or
a rehabilitation facility.

© Job placement and follow-
up to help a disabled person find
the right job and to help him
adjust to a new occupation.

People who, want more in-
formation about social security
disability benefits or vocational
rehabilitation services can con-
tact any social security office.
‘The address and telephone num-
ber of the nearest office can be
found in the telephone directory
under “Social Security Adminis-

. 28 @

As @ public service, The Leader
continues to publish the names
of individuals who are benefict-
aries of unclaimed checks from
the New York State Employees’
Retirement System and the State
Policemen’s and Firemen’s Pund.
The Leader or the New York

On, “Melvyn

McTeigue, Philip
Menendez, Feliciano

Monroe, Yvonne E
Moore, Winston .

Muchard, Cecelia... Rochester
Mullenix, Je, Averil A Jefferson
Newton, George ....... ‘ahington
Norman, Robert A Albian
Norris, Carolyn

Offerding, Anastasia.
Ortiz, Gloria E

Pecoraro, Alice

Peeling, William T
Perkins, DeWiee R

(To Be Conti

(Continued from Page 6)
mounting fiscal problems. The

most pressing matter is the col-
lective bargaining to begin shortly

with transit employees followed
shortly after by additional bar-

gaining with other city employees.

Since the city's budget seems to
be in the red at the moment in
figures that reach the half-bil-
lion-dollar mark, further wage
increases will cut deeper into the
city's solvency.

‘Tola will find himself demand-
ing greater fiscal ald from the
state for the city, in his new post,

budget that will have tax reduc-
tion as its principal priority.

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Another Term

Editor, The Leader:

On Deo, 10, 1977, CBS showed
how patients were kicked out of
@ psychiatric center. Now, they
live in some hotel with no heat,
where they pay $218 rent per
month. They are also a burden

sign the death penalty, but he
lets people die out there on the
street. Instead of running again,
Governor Carey should resign. I
think that what he ts doing is
worse than Watergate, because
hundreds of people are dying
in mental hygiene institutions

State Employees’ Retirement Sys-
tem in Albany may be contacted
for information as to how to
obtain the funds.

Yelling ‘Fire’

With reference to the recent _ a8 against public policy. Accord-
discussion of the KKK, I would ya whos’ wempenti ‘eraienes por ingly, that part of the award
the school district

on NYC welfare, for the aged. ‘St Albeos a head
I believe that half of your All the Governor is doing is ft Pan a amas
fires in NYC are not started by raising taxes and driving busi- Suffers
Sorbo by tte pets wpm Su ote sae Than ho ome Got Band a ok HEA TiS et Touran ne
are free on the streets. They are wants another term. Buffalo
in city in New York State. killing and hurting, nor does ee i 42 ment to the procedural aspect of
every city scl J JOHN M. VanDUZER the right to free assembly include Holden, Vaugha J ““Brooklya the dismissal clause is mot to
Governor Carey would not Middletown the right to conspire. Molle, te, Laweence T -Albaey be set aside as against public
Bince the KKK is nothing but mii S°"tiainy NL Ganendetgee policy. ‘Therefore, that part of
® conspiracy to harm innocent a Kenora Lake the arbitrator's decision holding
people, they have no right to Hust, Alice & ie Pewee; that the district violated
LETTERS POLICY meet and publicize their views. ” Pelagrio ‘Buffale component of the agreement
The CSEA deny mem-

Letters to the Editor should be less than 200 words.
The Leader reserves the right to extract or condense
pertinent sections of letters that exceed the maximum
length. Meaning or intent of a letter is never changed.
Extensive letters that cannot be edited to a reasonable
length are not used unless their viewpoint is so unique
that, in The Leader’s judgment, an exception should
be made, All letters must be signed and bear the
writer's address and telephone number. Names will be
withheld upon request.

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LONG ISLAND REGION

RVICE LEADER, Friday, December 30, 1977

IRVING FLAUMENBAUM
President

GEOGRAPHIC area includes state, county
and educational chapters within Long Island
that encompasses Nassau and Suffolk counties.

REGION OFFICE

740 Broadway (Route 110)
North Amityville, L.I., N.Y. 11701
telephone: (516) 691-1170

SATELLITE OFFICE

350 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, LI, N.Y. 11787
telephone: (516) 273-2211 (CSEA 211)

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JAMES CORBIN
First Vice-President

SOLOMON BENDET
President

GEOGRAPHIC area includes state and au-
thorities chapters within New York City that
encompasses Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens
and Richmond counties, and certain state
entities within Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk and
Westchester counties.

REGION OFFICE

11 Park Place (Room 1210)
New York City, N.Y. 10007
telephone. (212) 962-3090

SOUTHERN REGION Iil

GEOGRAPHIC area includes state, county,
educational and authorities chapters within
Mid-Hudson Valley that encompasses Dutch-
ess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan,
Ulster and Westchester counties.

REGION OFFICE
Old Albany Post Road, North (RD 1) @
Pishkill, N.Y. 12524

telephone (914) 896-8180

SATELLITE OFFICE

222 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, N.Y.
telephone: (914) 946-6905

(*died Dec. 11, 1977)

JOSEPH McDERMOTT
President

GEOGRAPHIC area includes state, county,
educational and authorities chapters within
Capital District and Adirondack areas that
encompass Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Essex,
Pulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rens-
selaer Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie,
Warren and Washington counties.

REGION OFFICE

10 Colvin Avenue

Albany, N.Y. 12206

telephone: (518) 459-5595

SATELLITE OFFICE

53 Broad Street

Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12901

telephone: (518) 563-0761

* CAPITAL REGSON IV

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JACK DOUGHERTY
First Vice-President

Second Vice-President

JAMES MOORE
President

GEOGRAPHIC area includes state, county,
educational and authorities chapters within
central New York that encompases Broome,
Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Dela-
ware, Franklin, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis,
Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego,
Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Tioga and
Tompkins counties.

REGION OFFICE
700 East Water Street Room 118
Syracuse, N.Y. 13210

CENTRAL REGION V

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telephone; (315) 422-2319

SATELLITE OFFICES
14 Hopper St. 13 Main 8t. 349 Chenango St.
Utica 13501 Canton 13617 Binghamton 13901

(315) 735-9272 (315) 386-8131 (607) 772-1750

DOROTHY MOSES
First Vice-President

PATRICIA CRANDALL
Executive Vice-President

WESTERN REGION VI

NEW OFFICERS OF THE SIX GEOGRAPHIC REG] iS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSN.

GEOGRAPHIC area includes state, county,
educational and authorities chapters within
western New York that encompasses Allegany,
Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Liv-
ingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans,
Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates counties.

REGION OFFICE
4245 Union Road
Cheektowaga, N.Y. 14225
telephone: (716) 634-3540

SATELLITE OFFICE
3159 Winton Road South
Rochester, N.Y. 14623
telephone: (716) 473-1400

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Employees

WHITE PLAINS—Twenty-nine
Westchester County employees,
representing 14 departments,
were honored for 25 years of
service at @ special ceremony
recently in the conference room
of the Heajth and Social Services
Building, 85 Court St. White
Plains.

County Executive Alfred B,
DelBello presented pins to the
women and tle tacks to the men,
as well as certificates of ap-
preciation. James W. Dolen,
county personnel officer, depart-
ment and division heads, and
guests and relatives of those hon-
ored were on hand.

Carey, Harenberg

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regional director for Suffolk and
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very same day I read of the Gov-
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read of Mashikian’s pledge to
stop the dumping of mental pa-
tients by Long Island's state in-
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pledge,” said Mr. Harenberg.

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New York State
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Help Wanted M/F

THE ARMY RESERVE NURSE CORPS;
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‘PART-TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE
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Registered nurses, male and female, ah join
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33 (up to age 39 with commensurate ex-
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month in a hospital near your home and two
weeks a year at Army hospitals such as Ft.
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To find out if ible, please call (212) 836-4100, Exten-
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Colonel Eileen M. Bonner, Coordinator,
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$10,714 20-200
$18,369 = 20-416
$18,369 20-520
$22,694 20417
$22,694 20-521
$14,142 20-519
$26,516 20-418
$26,516 20-522
$11,337 20-885
$12,670 20-882
$8523 20-107
428 (27-679
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$25,161 27-680
$10,118 20-888
$10,714 20-887
$12,670 20-886
$7,616 20-308
$14,142 20-122
$11,337-$12,275 20-109
$17,429 20-123
$5827 20-352
$ 8,051 20-170
$11,164—$14,142 20-113
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Medical Record Administrator $11,337 =. 20-348
Medical Specialist | $27,942 20-407
Medical Specialist Il $33,704 20.408
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aid Trainee
(Reg & Spanish Speaking) $ 7,204 20-394
Motor Carrier Transportation Specialist $13,404 20-889
Nurse | $10,118 20-584
Nurse Il... $11,337 20-585
Nurse Il (Psychiatric) $11,337 20-586
Nurse Ii bilitation) $11,337 20-587
Nurse, Health Services $10,714-$11,489 20-333
Nurse, Licensed Practical $ 8,051 20-106
Nutrition Services Consultant $14,880 20-139
Oceu | Therapist
eg. & oe seta $11,337 20-895
vere a
(Reg. & Spanish Speaking) $12,670 20-894
Physical Therapist - 20-177
Physical Therapist, Senior $12,760 20-138
Physical Therapy Assistant | & II
(Spanish Speaking) $9,029 20-175
Physician, Assistant Clinical $25,161 20-413
Physician 1, Clinical $27,974 20414
Prion |. Compenati farsa 20420
cian |, ion Examining 7,
iatrist | $27,942 20-390
Psychiatrist I $33,704 20-391
Radiologic Technologist, Radiologic
T ist (Therapy) $8,051-$10,274 20-334
Speech P ist, Assistant $11,337 20-884
Speech Pathologist $12,670 20-883
Stationary Engineer 9546 20-100
Stationary Engineer, Assistant $14,142
Stati Engineer, Senior $10,714 20-101
Varitype ator $6811 20-307
Vocational ation Counselor $14,142 20-140
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee ....$11,983 20-140

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, December 30, 1977

Deaths Point Up Danger Of Nurse Cut Backs

ALBANY — The Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association
says that the State of New
York continues to jeopardize
the health and safety of some
1,200 state employees of the De-
partment of Tax and Finance by
refusing to re-establish a nurs-
ing unit in Building 9 at the
State Office Building Campus
here, The union charges that the
deaths of two women employees
in the building over the past two
months point up the need for re-
opening the nursing unit which
was closed down over 18 months
ago.

Santa P. Orsino, president of
the Albany Taxation and Finance
Local, and Jack Dougherty, the
Local's representative on the

CSEA Board of Directors, met
recently with CSEA president
William L. McGowan to seek ad-
ditional help in getting the Bulld-
ing 9 Employee Health Service
nursing station re-established.
erty told Mr. McGowan that Tax
and Finance employees in the
building are upset over the lack
of a nursing unit in the facility,
and that apprehension has in-
creased with the sudden and un-
expected deaths of the two wo-
men ‘employees during November
and December.

“We're not claiming that either
life could have been saved if ade-
quate medical services were more
readily available, but it's a pos-
sibility,” Mr. McGowan said. He

CSEA's 6 Diverse

(Continued from Page 16)
ond largest number of state em-
ployees within the statewide
union,

Southern Region III ts the
most evenly distributed between
state and local government em~-

Onondaga County Local 834, with
3,191 members, is the only large
single group within the Region.

Western Region VI, with the
‘state's second and third largest
cities, Buffalo and Rochester,
has a@ large concentration of
members in Erie County Local
815 and in Monroe County Lo-
cal 828, where those metropolitan
areas are, Otherwise its member-
ship is rather evenly distributed
throughout its approximately 65
Locals. Included within its mem-
bership, though, is the union's
most influential member, CSEA
president William L. McGowan,
whose home base is at West
Seneca Developmental Center Lo-
cal 427,

Common Goal

It should be evident then that
there 1s a great diversity among
the Regions, although they all
share the common goal of work-
ing for their members.

‘This diversity is reflected to
some degree by the regional of-
ficers who are elected for two-
year terms in odd-number years.

In Long Island Reg on I, six
Of the seven officers are local
government employees, but all
Metropolitan Region II officers
are state employees. Southern Re-
gion IIT and Capital Region IV
have all state officers, too; this
could be expected in Region IV,
but ts surprising in Region II,

since the local government em-
Ployees are in a slight majority
there, Central Region V and
Western Region VI each have
only one local government of-
ficer.

An oddity is that Long Island
Region's one state-employed of-
ficer and Central Region’s one
local-government employed offi-
cer are black—two of the four
black regional officers.

Another important “minority,”
women, is the majority among
regional officers. Women hold 20
of the 38 regional offices, in-
cluding all six secretaryships.

In three regions, Southern,
Central and Western, there are
only two male officers, but in
all regions the president is a
man, Other offices are relatively
evenly distributed.

‘The Leadership

‘Two of the regional presidents,
Long Island Region I's Irving
Flaumenbaum, and Metropolitan
Region II's Solomon Bendet, are
among the most legendary fig-
ures of CSEA history, Both men
had served at different times as
a statewide vice-president and
as a conference president before
the union was restructured more
than four years ago into the re-
gional organizations.

With the gain in importance
of the regions, new leaders began
to emerge in other regions.
Southern Region II's James
Lennon and Capital Region IV's
Joseph McDermott won their
presidencies during the first re-
gional elections, in 1973.

Mr, McDermott, who was in his
thirties at the time of his orig-
inal election, was then the only
member of the younger genera-
tion among the top officers, In
1975 he was joined by Western
Region's Robert Lattimer and
this year by Central Region's
James Moore, who was still in
his twenties when the election
period began.

‘The regional presidents are
also equal vice-presidents of the
statewide union, Elected by re-
gionwide balloting, they serve
with the statewide-elected pres-
ident, William L. McGowan; ex-
ecutive vice-president, Thomas
McDonough; secretary, Irene
Carr, and treasurer, Jack Gal-
lagher, as the statewide officers,

Thus, Central Region V, with
Ms. Carr and Mr. Gallagher as
well as Mr, Moore, has the great-
est representation among the of-
ficers. Western Region VI, with
Mr. MeGowan and Mr. Lattimer,
and Capital Region IV, with Mr.
McDonough and Mr, McDermott,
each have two. The three south-

noted that the Department ‘ot
Taxation and Finance also is
actively seeking reinstatement of
Building 9 nursing unit which
was removed in mid-May of 1976.
Department executive deputy
commissioner Joseph A. F. Val-
enti, in a letter to Civil Service
Commissioner Victor 8. Bahou
shortly after the November death,
said, “Although we will never
know, there are questions in the
minds of employees of this De-
partment as to whether or not
her life could have been saved
if nursing services were available
in this Building and her needs
administered to immediately.”
Mr. Valenti also noted that both
the CSEA and the department

Jointly protested the May 1976

Regions

erly Regions, despite their mem-
bership edge, currently have only
the regional presidents/statewide
vice-presidents.

‘The fact that each Region is
guaranteed at least one ranking
Officer came as a reaction, in
large part, to the elections of
1971, before restructuring. At
that time, six of the then-eight
officers hailed from what was
known as Capital District Con-
ference, although they were all
elected statewide.

In the event a vacancy occurs
within one of the regional presi-
dencies, the first vice-president
(or executive vice-president in
Central Region V) moves up to
the position. To date this has
not happened, although there
have been two deaths and one
resignation among lower regional
officers since the Regions be-
came operational,

The most recent was earlier
this month when Southern Re-
gion II first vice-president John
Clark succumbed after a long
illness. The decision on filling
his position has not yet been
made within the Region, accord-
ing to Region III president James
Lennon,

Mr. Clark, in addition, held a
seat on the statewide Board of
Directors as the Mental Hygiene
representative for Southern Re-
gion. The Board seat will be fill-
ed by a. regionwide election un-
der procedures to be announced
by the auspices of the statewide
election procedures committee,

Photos of regional officers and
other pertinent information on
the Regions appear on pages
8 and 9,

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closing of the nursing unit under
the guise of cutbacks in the De-
partment of Civil Service budget
and a demand for services cre-
ated by the opening of offices in
the Empire State Plaza in down-
town Albany.

The Employees Health Service
unit is a function of the Depart-
ment of Civil Service, and such
nursing units are provided at
work locations containing ap-
proximately 1,000 or more em-
ployees under departmental
agreements between CSEA and
the State.

Commissioner Bahou replied
last month that “because of cur-
rent expenditure ceilings, we are
having difficulty in properly
staffing the existing nursing
stations,” and “. . . we do not
now have the resources to staff
@ nursing station in Butlding 9
and I am not optimistic that the
Legislature would provide the
needed funds for fiscal year
1978-79,"

The Civil Service Department
said the May 1976 closing was
necessitated because of budget
cutbacks, but Mr. MeGowan said
that CSEA checked and the De-
partment has not requested funds
for a Building 9 nursing unit in
next year’s budget. “So I fail to
understand how Commissioner
Bahou can express concern over
the plight of the employees there
and express pessimism over fund-

ing if he doesn't put in a request
for the funds in the first place.”

Ms. Orsino and Mr. Dougherty
have met with Department of
Taxation and Finance manage-
ment to seek a solution to the
Building 9 situation. The Depart-
ment, based on those meetings
with the union representatives, is
arranging to provide various
emergency equipment to be lo-
cated in Building 9 for use by
nurses responding to an emerg-
ency in the building. Building 9
employees are served by a nurs-
ing unit in nearby Building 8, a
situation CSEA contends is dan-
gerous and does not provide ade-
quate service to Building 9. An
additional step being taken by
management is the physical re-
location of the Building 8 nurs-
ing unit from the fourth floor to
the first floor, which should im-
prove response time to Building
9. But that, too, is an inadequate
solution to the real problem, ac-
cording to the CSEA.

“It's inconceivable that the
state refuses to recognize that
we are talking about possible life
and death situations involving
about 1,200 people in Building 9,
or refuses to correct the situation
if they do recognize the haz-
ard,” Mr. McGowan said. “Once
again, as CSEA has done in the
past, I am asking management
to correct this situation before
another tragedy occurs.”

Rap Merit Study Secrecy

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Service Department share a common concern that the Merit
System will, and must, survive. I hope we can cooperate

to that end.”

At Leader presstime, all of the reports had not yet been
received by Mr. McGowan, but he expressed hope that the
proposed changes would agree with the union’s concept of

civil service reform.

Plan Region Vi Meet Jan.13,14

CHEEKTOWAGA—Region VI
of the Civil Service Employees
Association will hold # meeting
Jan. 13 and 14, at the Sheraton
Inn—Buffalo East, 2040 Walden
Ave., Buffalo.

Workshops and a general busi-
ness meeting are planned. In-
surance representatives and
CSEA director of the office of

member services Jack Carey
will be present Priday evening.
Reservations may be made di-
rectly with the Sheraton: sin-
gles, $30, doubles, $39. Lunch
will be $7, including gratuity.
Reservations must be made by
Jan. 7. Those planning to attend
should notify the Western Re-
gion office at (716) 634-3450,

Asst. Appraiser

ALBANY—The state Civil Ser-
vice Department established an
eligible list for asst, real estate
appraiser on Oct. 17, 1977, as

the result of a September 1977
open competitive exam. The Ist
contains 18 names.

o

Ease Handicapped
Employment Rules

Handicapped people who pass
civil service examinations should
find it easier to get state jobs
because of a new State Depart-

review procedure.
Starting Dec. 1 medical eval-
uations of handicapped job

after individuals. were interview-
ed by state agencies, and even

medical evaluations are now con-
cerned only with individuals’ abil-
ity to perform essential duties.

‘The new procedure was adopt-

Medical evaluations were
formerly required for all handi-
capped candidates. Sometimes,
before medical evaluations were
completed, other people were
hired for the jobs.

The new procedure applies to
all competitive class titles except
jobs like correction officer,
building guard or institution
safety officer for which a quali-
fying physical test is part of
civil service requirements.

%
AT WOMEN'S CONVENTION IN HOUSTON

Although there as non-voting observers, Civil Service Employees
Association secretary Irene Carr, left, and Clinton Local

10 presi-

Federal Job Calendar

These jobs are open in New York City or surrounding counties
until further notice. Applicants should contact U.S, Civil Service
Commission's New York City Area office. Requirements vary.
GENERAL SCHEDULE POSITIONS
Written Test Required At Some Grade Levels

dent Francis Bessette were “thrilled” to be the union's representa-
tives at the first annual Women’s Convention last month in Hous-
ton, CSEA director Jean C. Gray (Authorities), who has been a
key mover of the women's movement within the CSEA, had expected
to attend, but was sidelined by illness, Ms. Carr and Ms. Bessette
said it was interesting to be there, but tantalizing not to be able
to take an active part in the debates, Here they are shown at the
entrance to Houston's Convention Center.

Title

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Medical Aid (Sterile Supplies)
Nuclear Medicine Technician
Photographer

Physical Therapy Assistant
Reporting Stenographer

Sila Store Checker
Shorthand Reporter

Tractor Operator

Travel Clerk (Typing)

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Chief Engineer ‘ab Diesel) Operator
ple nic Shiptitter
jaster (Ferryboat) Ship Surveyor
Ordinance Equipment Mechanic Welder :

For further information, contact a federal job information center
at either 26 Federal Plaza, New York, 10007 (telephone (212) 264-

0422); 590 Grand Concourse, Bronx, 10451

12) 292-4666); 271

Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, 11201 (212)330-7671).

*The salary grades pay as follows:
$7,930; grade 4, $8,902; grade 5, $9,959; grade 6, $11,10

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Fight For Women's
Rights, Ms. Carr
Says To CSEAers

ONEONTA—Irene Carr wants the Civil Service Employ-
ees Association to become more involved in the fight for

equal rights for women.

Ms, Carr, the union's secretary, wants CSEA to form

statewide and regional women’s
committees and to get the CSEA
to work with. the Coalition of
Labor Union Women.

She made known her ideas
shortly after she and Frances
Bessette, president of the union's
Clinton Loca] 810, returned from
the first annual Women’s Con-
vention last month in Houston,
Tex., where both women repre-
sented CSEA as observers.

“Women are on the move,”
she wrote in a post-convention
report to CSEA leaders and mem-
bers, “and it has just begun.
You will hear more about com-
parability studies—the State of
Washington's public employee
union conducted a study of life
titles and came up with inequi-
ties amounting to many thou-

sands of dollars which they are
presently in the process of lob-
bying for.”

Ms. Carr said the CSEA should
study the Washington report. She
said different title designations
can hide the fact that men are
often paid more than women
for the same work,

“This is iy an area
where CSEA can have input ‘no
negotiations with their concern,”
she continued. “Plans are being
made for another meeting to be
held in Albany, and we are to
be considered in these plans. It
is our hope that CSEA can keep
informed in advance of what is
happening on both the state and
national levels in regard to the
concerns of women.”

Seek Rensselaer TV Tech

TROY—Hudson Valley Com-
munity College needs a television
— oe

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‘ASSOCIATES
Subsance of Limited Partnership Cersi-
ficate filed in NY County Clerk's Ottice
on 11/4/77, Busioes is to mace a
thoroughbred facehorse, John Harvard.

Principal place of business 1623 30d
Ave, NYC. The names, addremes and

Bronx, NY ($2,200); Shaheed Rahaman,
473 Crescear Street, Bklys, NY ($2.
200); Jeanwe Unger, 273 Bellmore Rd.,
Eas Meadow, NY ($2,200); Archur
Unger, 273 Bellmore Rd., East Meadow,
NY ($2,200); Daniel Rindos, 39 Mer-

ions aggregatig
$19,665 at rave of $1,035 per month
from 6/1/77 through 12/31/78. The
Limited

center technician.

Rensselaer County Civil Serv-
ice Commission officials have
scheduled a Feb. 21 eligible exam
for the $9,324-a-year post and
set a Jan. 25 filing deadline for
the exam.

‘To quality for the exam, can-
didates must possess an associate
degree in electronics or electrical
technology and at least two
years’ experience installing,
maintaining and repairing tele-
vision sets and electronic equip-
ment; or @ high school diploma
and four years’ experience or
equivalent combinations of both.

Applicants must have been
New York State residents for at

toga, Albany or Columbia Coun-
ties for at least four months,

Job hopefuls should contact
the Rensselaer County Civil Ser-
vice Commission, Court House,
‘Troy.

i Raa ch
WHERE TO APPLY
_FOR PUBLIC JOBS_

(teachers only),
Brooklyn 11201,
8060.

The Board of Higher Educa-
tion advises teaching staff ap-
plicants to contact the individ-
ual schools; non-faculty jobs are
filled through the Personnel De-
partment directly.

STATE — Regional offices of
the State Department of Civil
Service are located at the World
Trade Center, Tower 2, 55th
floor, New York 10048 (phone
488-4248: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.); State
Building Campus, Albany 12239;
Suite 750, 1 W. Genesee Bt,
Buffalo 14202: 9 am.-4 p.m. Ap-
plicants may obtain announce-
ments by writing (the Albany of-
fice only) or by applying in per-
son at any of the three.

Various State Employment
Service offices can provide ap-
plications in person, but not by
mail.

For positions with the Unified
Court System throughout New
York State, applicants should
contact the Staffing Services
Unit, Room 1209, Office of Court
Admin, 270 Broadway, N.Y.
phone 488-4141.

FEDERAL — The US, Civil
Service Commission, New York
Region, runs a Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
York 10007. Its hours are 8:36
am. to 5 p.m, weekdays only.
Telephone 264-0422.

Federal entrants living upstate
(North of Dutchess County)
should contact the Syracuse Area
Office, 301 Erie Bivd. West,
Syracuse 13202, Toll-free calls
may be made to (800) 522-7407.
Pederal titles have no deadline

Full
Is The Key
To Prosperity.

LL6I “Og 29quieceg ‘Mepyy “YAGVAT AOIAUTS TAD
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, December 30, 1977

CSEA’s 6 Regions: Strength Through Diversity

What Do They Do?
When Do They Act?
Where Are They Located?
Why Are They Important?
How Do They Differ?

By MARVIN BAXLEY

Although all Gaul was di-
vided into three parts, as
any student of Latin knows,
the Civil Service Employees
Association is divided into six
Regions for administrative pur-
Poses.

Each of the Regions contains a
cross-section of the union mem-
bership, although Metropolitan
Region II does not include any
local government workers.

Each Region, under the lead-
ership of an elected president
and other officers, operates with
@ staff that inclades a field ser-
vices supervisor, field represen-

Meetings are held on a regu-
lar basis, usually monthly, some-
times in executive council of all
Local presidents within the in-
dividual Region and sometimes in
@ general delegates meeting. The

regional delegates may be elected
by their Locals especially to at-
tend regional meetings or they
may be doubling as statewide
delegates.

Open Meetings

The regional delegates meet-
ings are open to any interested
member, especially at region-
sponsored workshops, which are
held once or twice a year, de-
Pending on the Region.

Political action is probably
the most important of the re-
gional functions, although sup-
Portive action may be discussed
in the event of trouble such as
& strike by one of the member
Locals. The Regions do not have
authority, however, to authorize
a strike.

In addition, the Regions -nay
thrash out collective # ~~ , they
may wish to take on fewide
union policy. This usual / occurs
just prior to a statewide dele-
gates convention, and familiar-

Agency Shop People
Receive ‘The Leader’

ALBANY—Last week the circulation of this newspaper,
the largest newspaper for public employees in the country,
jumped by several thousand. That's because the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association elected to send copies to all

Name CSEA
P.R. Ass't
Director

ALBANY —Gary G. Fryer
has been named assistant
director of public relations
for the Civil Service Employ-

The appointee will be respon-
sible to Roger A. Cole, CSEA
director of public relations, and
will have statewide communica-

has a staff of twleve full-time

those non-members who, under
the law enacted earlier this year,
now pay agency shop fees.

“I believe strongly in a good
communication program, and
although the union was not re-
quired to do so, I believe our

great many were primarily un-
informed about important events
affecting their careers.

“I hope that by becoming an
important link in the union's
lines of communication, they will
realize the tremendous range of
areas in which CSEA is involved
on their behalf and become more
aware of the benefits of joining
‘and supporting thelr union.”

iH
H it :

of the kennelmen to laborer, but
that the persistent effort by the
union finally won out over the
‘Town's position.

izes regional delegates with con-
troversial issues prior to the
statewide decision-making. The
individual regions may come to
different decisions, however,

Two of the regions, Central
Region V and Western Region
VI, have Counties Workshops to
give local government members
@ chance to exchange information
and to seek advice on similar
problems. Both these Regions,
especially Region V, have an
extensive committee setup to deal
with other areas of special in-
terest for segments of the mem-
bership, such as University, Men-
tal Hygiene, Transportation,
School District and Correction
employees.

Southern Region OT and Cen-
tral Region V occasionally hold
separate meetings for state and
local government employees, and
Capital Region IV conducts mini-
workshops for local government
employees at different locations
within the Region. Since most
state workers in the Capital Re-
gion are located either at the
State Campus or the Empire
State Mall, that Region even has
an Uptown and a Downtown
committee that pay attention to
general needs of employees with-
in their specific areas. In addi-
tion, there is an Adirondack
committee for Region IV's North
Country.

The three northern regions,
Capital Region IV, Central Re-
gion V and Western Region VI,
cover the most territory, ranging
over a 48-county area. Within
the three regions, there are ap-
proximately 230 Locals.

Whereas only 85 Locals are
located within the nine counties
and five New York City bor-
oughs of the three southerly Re-
gions, Long Island Region I, Met-
ropolitan Region II and Southern
Region III, the majority of the
union membership is within their
relatively compact area.

Long Island Region I, in fact,
with its nearly 50,000 members,
is far and away the largest sin-
gle Region in terms of member-
ship, with about two-thirds of

these. in local government. It
includes the largest individual
Local, Nassau Local 830, and the
third largest, Suffolk Local 852,
as well as Suffolk Education Lo-
cal 870, largest Local for non-
teaching school employees; Pil-
grim Psychiatric Center Local
418, located at the largest Men-
tal Hygiene institution in the
world, and Town of Hempstead
unit, largest unit in the union

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JACK GALLAGHER
‘Treasurer

and larger than most Locals.
Metropolitan Region II con-
tains the two largest locals of
state employees in the union:
New York City Local 010 and
Willowbrook Developmental Cen-
ter Local 429, as well as the fourth
largest state Local, Creedmoor
Psychiatric Center Local 406. Al-
together, the 21 Locals of Met-
ropolitan Region II have the sec-

(Continued on Page 14)

THOMAS McDONOUGH
Executive Vice-President

CSEA Membership Rolls
Increase 2,000 Per Week

ALBANY — Every week
since early September, an
average of about 2,000 new
union membership applica-
tions arrive at the headquarters
of the Civil Service Employees
Association here. And the over-
whelming majority of the ap-
plications flooding in are from
former non-members affected
by the inception last September
of the agency shop legislation.

“There was a lot of misunder-

whatever reasons, remained non-
members of their unions, From
early August, when the bill was
signed, until early September,
when it became effective, we
reached every single non-mem-
ber affected, and the results show
me that our message was received
and believed.”

Mr. McGowan explained, “I
have always had a theory that,
while the vast majority of em-
ployees had always joined and

not join simply did not under-
stand the benefits of union mem-
bership. Agency shop sort of had
the effect of forcing former non-

Strong Union

members to learn more about
thelr union, and also of forcing
the union itself to make a more
concerted effort to reach every
non-member."

“I don’t believe most new
members signing up are doing
80 because of agency shop itself,
but rather that the inception of
agency shop caused them to
make @ decision now that they
had been putting off for some
time,” Mr. McGowan said. “Most
of them would have joined
eventually on a voluntary basis
but agency shop accelerated that
action. Now it is plainly up to
CBEA to prove to those new
members, and to all our faithful
jong-time members, that mem-
bership is in their best interests.