The Public Sector, 1980 April 30

Leaked reports on closings
cause fear and confusion

ALBANY — CSEA Local Presidents at two
state psychiatric centers have reacted with
anger to published reports that their facilities
will be ‘‘closed”’ as part of a plan to reduce
the number of state psychiatric centers.

Harlem Valley Local 409 President Robert
Thompson and Utica Psychiatric Center
President John Giehl said the reports leaked
to the media by state sources were mis-
leading and had caused unnecessary fear and
confusion at the facilities.

Newspapers in the Utica and Poughkeepsie
areas reported last week that the two centers
had been targeted for closing by Mental
Health Commissioner James Prevost. The
Office of Mental Health, which has been
studying the closing of facilities since last
year, has still not officially identified the
hospitals it will propose be closed.

Ironically the reports appeared while Mr,

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Thompson and Region 5 Mental Hygiene
Board of Directors Representative Sue Bucr-
zinski were in Albany meeting with state of-
ficials to discuss the threatened closings.

Dr. Prevost gave assurances at the
meetings that whatever facilities are closed,
there will be no employees laid off. The state
claims it will create new employment at the
centers with other agencies or relocate the
employees to nearby state facilities.

In any event, the threatened closings would
not take place for at least one year and the
union is continuing discussions with OMH
to protest the interests of union members.

CSEA officials say there are still many
questions about the threatened closings of
state hospitals that have not yet been
answered, but they advised mental hygiene

|Prnibilfie
SECTOR

Solution lies with Legislature

workers against reacting to ‘‘rumors’’ before

the actual facts are known.

Association

Official Publication of
The Civil Service Employee

Vol. 2, No, 29

(ISSN 0164 9949)
Wednesday, April 30, 1980

devastated State Purposes Fund.

won’t be layoffs.

delay in the so-called

CSEA political action officials led a rank and
file push just a few weeks ago to uphold Gov.
Hugh Carey’s vetoes of some excessive
Legislative appropriations as the first step in the
union’s three point plan to rescue state agencies.
With the Senate’s Democrats holding together to
defeat an override attempt, it was clear the
budget was in balance and a major economic
crisis was averted, but that doesn’t mean there

On April 19, Governor Carey was quoted by.
Capital District newspapers as stating that the
spring borrowing”
brought about by the protracted budget battle
and a better than expected interest rate on state

-Cautious optimism on preventing layoffs,
_ but new appropriations still necessary

ALBANY — CSEA’s victory in the state
budget battle has led to some cautious optimism
that 5,000 threatened state job layoffs may be
averted by the union’s plan to rescue the

million.

to maintain state agencies,

CSEA President William L. McGowan
cautioned that while great progress has already
been made to avert the layoffs, a great deal

more is stili to be done.

bonds would add nearly $100 million to state
coffers this year. The Governor said he would
ask the Legislature to-restore the new money to
the State Purposes Fund appropriation which
the Legislature slashed by more than $200

While CSEA is cautioning against optimism, it
appears that a solution to the threatened layoffs
may be in the works if the Legislature agrees to
appropriate the savings from the spring borrow-
ing to the State Purposes Fund. Union officials
are urging members to keep up contacts with
Legislators to urge appropriating the new funds

“Right now we're still facing those layoffs and
we will continue to face them until the

1. Ballots for the election of delegates to.
the 1980 AFSCME Convention were mail-
ed to all members of CSEA as of March
1, 1980 on April 10, 1980.

2. Ballots will be picked up at the return
post office bex on the morning of May 1,
1980. Tabulation will commence on May
2, 1980 and continue until complete.

3. Members who have not received a ballot

by April 21, 1980 should call their CSEA
Regional Office between April 22, 1980
and April 25, 1980 for the purpose of ob-
taining a replacement ballot. The CSEA
Regional Offices may be contacted at
the following numbers

Region 1 516/691-1170 Region 4 518/489-5424
Region 2 212/962-3090 Region 5 315/451-6330
Region 3 914/896-8180 Region 6 716/634-3540.

Legislature -acts and appropriates some new
funds to the state agencies. Even with such an
appropriation, the cutback of 9,000 state jobs
through attrition is still on the books. We have
made progress, but this fight is far from over.
Unless we keep up the effort a disaster will
still happen,” he said.

Union political action officials are continuing
their requests to rank and file members to con-
tact their Legislators and press for restoration
of the State Purposes Fund as a means of
eliminating the threatened layoffs.

While addressing the problem of the
devastation of state agencies budgets, CSEA is
also monitoring the fiscal problems that could
be posed for some local governments as a result
of the prolonged budget fight. The union will be
supporting legislative appropriations to deal
with local government fiscal problems resulting
from the crisis.

Wurf blasts budget

WASHINGTON — AFSCME International President
Jerry Wurf is continuing his blistering attack on President
Carter’s proposed Federal budget, charging on the Mutual
Radio Network last week that “urban America will suffer
very sharply’ due to planned budget cuts.

AFSCME economists have already calculated that the
federal budget cutbacks could cost state and local
governments in New York State from $500 million to $1 billion
in aid.

Wurf, also an AFL-CIO Vice President, ripped into the
Administration’s budget proposals, saying the President’s
budget cuts are merely ‘‘a series of political gestures” at a.
time when ‘‘we need controls on an economy that’s on fire,
burning those who are the poorest and the sorriest in our
society.”’

EXECUTIVES IN ACTION FOR MARCH OF DIMES — Carlo Pigliese of East
Meadow, second from left, and Dudley Kinsley of Mineola, second from right,
both CSEA members, were among those in the annual March of Dimes
Executive Walk Committee of the Long Island March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation who planned the annual walk on April 20. The 2 km (1% miles)
executive walk is held in conjunction with the 25 km Super Walk to raise funds
for the foundation. At left is John Simoncic of Plainview, and at right is Robert

Pergament of Kings Point, also members of the committee.

KINGS PARK PSYCHIATRIC CENT!

ER CSEA LOCAL 411 held its ‘‘Honor
Thy Secretary Ceremonies” at the Local’s Administrative Unit meeting on
April 10. Local 411 President Gregory Szurnicki is standing, center, among the
secretaries.

Contracting out at issue

POUGHKEEPSIE — The Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn. has moved its
battle against the contracting out of
two public employee facilities in the
City of Poughkeepsie, city sewer and
parking facilities, from the politically
dominated City Council Chamber to
the Supreme Court Chamber of
Dutchess County.

The Union, with the assistance of
two members, Catherine Olivo and
Patricia Lass, are seeking to have
contracts with Envirotech Cor-
poration and Meyers Parking
Systems, Inc. declared null and void,
contending the City violated section

103 of the General Municipal Law
which requires prior advertisement
for public sealed bidding of contracts
for public work over $3500. CSEA
charges that the City did not advertise
for such bidding and that both con-
tracts far exceed the $3500 public bid
requirement which the City again
violated.

CSEA is seeking the reinstatement
with full back pay and other elements
of their Civil Service job positions
retroactive to December 31, 1979 with
appropriate interest for all employees
of the City of Poughkeepsie who have
been laid off as a result of these con-
tracts.

CLUW local being formed

ALBANY — The first meeting of the upstate local of the Coalition of
Labor Union Women will be at.7:30 p.m. at the Schenectady YWCA on Thur-

sday, May 16.

All CSEA women who want to be charter members of the upstate CLUW
local are invited to attend this organizational meeting.

The program will also include speakers on the Cottrell and Leonard
organizing effort, and on the continuing J.P. Stevens Boycott.

Page 2

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 30, 1980

Lucy blasts federal cuts
before house committee

AFSCME has blasted a proposed federal budget cutback that would deny
state governments, including New York State, their share of funds from the
General Revenue Sharing program.

AFSCME warned a key Congressional subcommittee that this $2.4 billion
federal budget cutback — which is favored by the Carter Administration and
some Congressional leaders — would mean ‘“‘fiscal disaster for many state

and local governments.”

The AFSCME statement came in a testimony presented by Secretary-
Treasurer Bill Lucy before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations
of the House Government Operations Committee.

In the testimony. Lucy stressed the harm that eliminating the states’
share of General Revenue Sharing will have in New York State.

New York State government would lose $186 million as a result of the cut-
back in General Revenue Sharing, Lucy noted. ‘‘Even before this cutback in
federal aid,” Lucy noted, ‘Governor Carey has proposed a state budget in- _
volving severe cutbacks in public services.”

In addition. Lucy said, “‘Governor Carey has said that, if General Revenue
Sharing payments to the states are cut off, then the state of New York will cut
its own ‘revenue sharing’ program to urban areas.”’ Local governments in
New York State would then suffer from even more severe fiscal problems,
Luey said

lendar
of EVENTS

MAY
1—Southern Region Ill Executive Committee meeting, 7:45 p.m., Holiday Inn, New-
burgh.
2-4—New York State Special Olympics, Staten Island Developmental Center.
3—Long Island Region | political action workshop, 9 a.m,-4:30 p.m., Musicaros,
Melville
6—Westchester County Local 860 Executive Committee meeting, 8 p.m., 196 Maple
Avenue, White Plains.
8—Byram Hills Central School District Unit retirees dinner, 6:30 p.m., Pleasantville
Country Club, Pleasantville.
9-—-Letchworth Village Developmental Center Local 412 dinner dance, Platz! Brau
House,
}2-Sauthern, Region Ill workshop for CSEA members in Orange County, 7-10 p.m.,
Howard Johnsons, Silver Lake. a:
14—Retirement dinner honoring Edwin Cleary, 7 p.m., Musicaro’s, Melville.
16817—Region VI meeting, Holiday Inn, Painted Post, N.Y.
17—Cortland County Local 812, retirement party, American Legion, Tompkins Street,
Cortland.
17—Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Local 406 legislative luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Koenig's
Restaurant, Queens.
19—Saratoga County Local 846, executive board meeting, 7 p.m., Solar Building, High
Street, Ballston Spa.
21—Hudson Valley Armory Employees Local 252, general membership meeting, 1 p.m.,
Ossining Armory, Route 9A, Ossining
21-23—State Division Workshop, Kutcher’s Club, Monticello.
27-—Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Local 418 open house, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Assembly Hall,
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, West Brentwood :
29—KArmory Committee, conference meeting, New Scotland Avenue Armory, Albany
30, 3], June 1—Central Region V conference, Pine Tree Point Club, Alexandria Bay.
30—Harrison Schools Unit Dinner Dance, Laddin’s Terrace, Stamford, Conn.
30-June 1—Suffolk County Department of Social Services Unit 1, 2nd annual social
weekend, Grossingers Hotel, Grossingers.

STEPHEN M. SALAND, second from left, was elected State Assemblyman
from the 99th Assembly District in a special election April 15 to fill the
Assembly seat left vacant by the recent death of Assemblyman Emeel Betros.
CSEA strongly backed his candidacy, and the above photo was taken during a
press conference in Poughkeepsie during which the union announced its en-
dorsement of Mr. Saland. From left are Scott Daniels, chairman of the
Dutchess County CSEA Local political action committee; Mr. Saland; Car-
mine DiBattista, CSEA Region II political action chairman; and Dutchess
County CSEA Local President Ellis Adams.

Tompkins Local continues to halt layoffs

By William C. Hidlay

ITHACA — Tompkins County CSEA
Local 855 has succeeded in preventing
the layoff of as many as a dozen City
of Ithaca public works employees, at
least until June 1, 1980 and possibly
forever.

Local 855 President Lou Nayman
was informed of the initial layoffs in
December 1979 by Ithaca DPW
Garage Steward Pete Albertsman and
Ithaca Unit President Gordy Morgan.

News moved through the CSEA
chain of command in Region V to
Regional Director Frank Martello
and Regional President James
Moore. The help of the statewide
Board of Directors as well as the
CSEA Communications Department
was enlisted to postpone the layoffs
until March 1.

Although the layoffs were schedul-
ed for January 1980, Nayman went
before the Ithaca Common Council in
December and obtained the -post-
ponement which enabled CSEA
research in Albany to prepare infor-
mation showing — or suggesting —

Last phase of
training set

The third and final phase of a
stewards training and certification
program within the Capital Region 1V
of CSEA will be held on May 10 in
Albany, and be repeated on May 17 in
Saratoga Springs. A total of 10 in-
dividual workshops will have been
conducted within the region, attended
by more than 700 CSEA members.

Reservations for both the May 10
and May 17 programs must be made
by May 5 with Betty Lennon, 1542
Palmer Street, Plattsburgh, N.Y
12901

The May 10 program will be held at
the Best Western Inn Towne in Albany
from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., while the
May 17 program will be held at the
Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga
Springs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.,
according to Ms. Lennon.

Edward Perrott
resigns office

PLAINVIEW — Edward Perrott,
President of Nassau Educational
CSEA Local 865, resigned last week,
citing his doctor’s advice to curtail
his activities due to health reasons.

Mr. Perrott has been a member of
the CSEA for 26 years and is the
former first vice president of the
Nassau County Local. He became the
president of the 2,500-member
Educational Local, which he
organized, at its inception eight years
ago.

Frank Fasano, local first vice
president, becomes president of the
Nassau Educational Local
automatically under the Region I con-
stitution.

“Virtually every benefit — from
health and dental care to present pay
rates — now enjoyed by non-
instructional employees, was won or
negotiated by Ed. Other leaders will
come along but they will be hard
pressed to equal Ed’s record of
achievement,’’ said Irving Flaumen-
baum, President of CSEA Region I.

layoffs were not the answer to the
city’s problems.

The recommendation for layoffs
came as a result of a budget squeeze
and a consultant’s report which
questioned the need for the present
system of public works services.

Ithaca has had major flood
problems in the past several years,
and President Nayman warned the
Common Council that layoffs could
mean increased dangers to life and
property.

In the interim between January and
March, CSEA research, with
assistance from AFSCMB’s research
department, gathered information

which demonstrated Ithaca would not
realize any savings from layoffs, but
would actually incur greater expenses
because of lower productivity, un-
employment insurance and seyerance
benefits.

CSEA argued it would be more
practical to let normal employee turn-
over and attrition solve the problem.
This suggestion proved to be the best
solution to the problem because when
the March 1 date arrived, normal
attrition had reduced the workforce
by five — the number the city had
wanted to lay off.

The city has now postponed the
layoffs until June 1. Nayman is con-

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a free CONFIDENTIAL counseling service
established by CSEA under a special finan-
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of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. It is be-
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needs help with a personal, family, medical,
emotional, alcohol or drug related problem.
For further information and the name of a
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views are strictly CONFIDENTIAL.

Ed Cleary retires May 15

NORTH AMITYVILLE — A long-
time CSEA staff member, Long
Island Region I Director Edwin
Cleary, has announced his retirement
from CSEA effective May 15, 1980.

A retirement dinner in honor of Mr
Cleary has been scheduled for 7 p.m
on May 14 at Musicaro’s in Melville,

according to CSEA Region I
President Irving Flaumenbaum.

Reservations for the retirement
dinner should be made with the CSEA
Region I headquarters (516) 691-1170.
Cost of the dinner is $20 per person,
according to Flaumenbaum.

Saratoga mileage increase

BALLSTON SPA — Members of the
Saratoga County Unit*who use their
cars for work have received an in-
crease in mileage from 17 cents to 20
cents a mile, according to Saratoga
County Local 846 Board of Directors
Representative William McTygue.

McTygue said Local 846 President
John Miller in early April had re-

quested the County Board of Super-
visors to reopen negotiations on
mileage. The Local 846 contract does
not have a reapener, he said

Miller received a letter from the
Board of Supervisors on April 15 in-
forming him of a voluntary three-cent
a mile increase, McTygue said.

LONG
DIRECTOR and long-time CSEA
staff member Edwin Cleary has
announced he will retire from CSEA
effective May 15. He made the
announcement at the Region I
Workshop in Montauk, April 7-9.

fident there will not be any layoffs
then. He said he is ‘‘confident this
attrition strategy will demonstrate
the best way to not only prevent
layoffs, but even regain some lost
positions.”” ‘

Nayman stressed the importance of
Albertsman and Morgan in helping
prevent the layoffs. He said: ‘‘Their
action is an outstanding example of
how unionism can work for the benefit
of the membership.

“The process from Pete to Gordy in
the early stage of the layoff threat,
and the follow through the chain of
command to regional, statewide, and
eventually the international level
demonstrates what can happen when
momentum builds and action takes
place.

“The preparation of the infor-
mation by CSEA and AFSCME
research departments, the in-
volvement of CSEA communications
in the production of a hard-hitting
newspaper ad, the cooperation of the
local Ithaca media to tell the full
story accurately all aided in the final
result of no layoffs and another post-
ponement until June 1.

“We are confident that the normal
attrition will bear out our facts and
figures that layoffs are not the
answer.

“We're confident that we can avoid
any layoffs. This is a situation that il-
lustrates how the resources and
strength of the union can be brought
to bear on the problems of one unit.’

ISLAND REGION I

School district retirement problems

RIDGE — The president of the
large Suffolk County Educational
Employees Local 870 says some
school districts, as well as local
governmental subdivisions, do not
meet their obligation to inform
employees about their retirement
system, and as a result ‘there are an
unknown number of our members
who believe they are in the
retirement system, but are not.”

Local 870 President Walter Weeks
said some school districts do not tell
employees about their retirement
rights and programs or provide the
retirement signup card. He said in
those cases detected already, the
union has gone to the school district
involved and had the missing years
paid into the retirement system for

the member involved.
Weeks urged everyone to check

Mad aanbe ny

their retirement status by sending in
the retirement status coupon printed
periodically in The Public Sector.
After sending in the coupon and
receiving information, he said any
member of Local 870 who discovered
he or she is not in the retirement
system should immediately contact
either the unit president or the Local
870 office at (516) 924-6062.

i SEU ot

THE PUBLIC SECTOI

Wednesday, April 30, 1980

GERALD L. PURCELL,
who died April 18
following a brief illness,
was a long-time

union activist who

often was seen

at microphones

at union board meetings,
delegates meetings,

and various other union meetings,
speaking his opinions
and offering ideas

and suggestions

on a wide range

of union topics.

Gerald Purcell dies

LATHAM — Gerald L. Purcell, 36, Second
Vice President of CSEA Capital Region IV anda
long-time union activist who served in a wide
variety of union positions, died on Friday, April
18 at Memorial Hospital, Albany, after a brief
illness.

Mr. Purcell was a printer for the past 16 years
at the State Office of General Services in Albany.
He is survived by his wife, Alicia Murray
Purcell; a son, Michael J. Purcell; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Purcell of Troy; a brother
and two sisters

Funeral services for Mr. Purcell were held on
April 21, with burial in St. Peter’s Cemetery,
Troy.

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Congrats—You Pay Higher Tax Than

Taxwise, you're in a pretty fast league. You pay a
higher tax rate on your income than big oil firms do
on theirs. Congratulations.

Here’s approximately the rate you and other
workers pay at three earnings levels:

© At $15,000 a year, 10 percent;

© At $20,000 a year, 13% percent;

© At $25,000 a year, 20 percent.

By contrast, following is what some of the big oil
companies paid in 1977 (latest available figures) in
effective U.S. taxes as a percentage of their
worldwide income, also noted:

© Exxon 7.4 percent on $7.7 billion;

© Mobil 2.5 on $4.3 billion;

© Texaco 6.3 on $1.6 billion;

© Gulf 6.3 on $2.2 billion;

Atlantic Richfield 1.3 on $908 million;
¢ Marathon 6.6 on $755 million;

© Occidental .9 on $887 million;

¢ Union.(Calif.) 8.1 on $550 million.

More contrasts (still 1977 figures) : 7

© 17 corporations with combined earnings of $2.1 ,
billion paid no federgl,income taxes.

© 38 corpd@pations*with.combined earnings of $33.7
billion paid less than 10 percent in taxes.

¢ A handful of the major banks — now pulling in
20 percent plus on money they loan — paid only 7.1
percent on $2.5 billion in earnings.

¢ AT&T earned $7 bilion and paid at a tax rate of
only eight percent.

* 142 firms from the Fortune 500, with combined
income of $87.8 billion, paid an effective tax rate of
only 17.8 percent, less than the rate paid by a fami-
ly of four with income of $20,500 a year. (The
statutory corporate rate is 48 percent.)

Source: COPE, Committee on Political Education, AFL-CIO

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THE PUBLIC SECTOR’ Wedhesday,

Migneault candidacy backed for board sea

WHITE PLAINS — All CSEA members living in
White Plains are urged to vote for CSEA-endorsed
candidate Wilfred ‘‘Willie”’ Migneault in the May 6
White Plains City School District election, CSEA
Westchester County Legislative and Political
Action Chairman Eleanor McDonald said.

Ms. McDonald said she is urging the 1,500 CSEA
members, their families and friends and ‘‘our
brothers and sisters in AFSCME who live in White
Plains to vote for Migneault,”’

Migneault, a CSEA retiree member and former
president of the White Plains School District CSEA
Unit, has an excellent chance of being elected in a
multi-candidate election if there is a strong CSEA
turnout, Ms. McDonald said.

He has been endorsed by Westchester County
Local 860, the White Plains Schools Unit and the
City of White Plains Unit, and his candidacy has
been approved by the Southern Region III and
statewide Legislative and Poltical Action com-
mittees, she said

“Its time we had a willing candidate with Willie's
background who would have a feeling for both sides
and who, from experience, knows how the system
works,’ Ms. McDonald said.

He worked for the White Plains School District as
a custodian for 20 years, retiring on Jan. 2, 1980.

When CSEA organized the non-teaching

. negotiating team in 1976 and in 1979.

Before serving as unit’ president from 1975 to
1979, Migneault was Nominating Committee
chairman from 1971 to 1974. He was on the

He also was active in Local 860 as Newspaper
Committee chairman in 1976-77 and delegate in
1978.

On two occasions Migneault was called upon to
service the United States in wartime, including
1942-45 in the Army Air Corps and 1950-51 in the Air
Force. He has lived in White Plains since 1940.

Migneault said: “‘My 20 years working in the
school system and my experience running a unit
which represents almost 400 employees are my
qualifications for sitting on the school board.

Ms. McDonald, a White Plains resident, said:
‘Willie has many areas of knowledge about the
school system the average board member would
not have, especially in the physical running of the
schools.

“His union background could help lead to more
harmonious relations between the union and the
board.”

She said CSEA hopes to reach the 1,500 CSEA
members living in White Plains with a mailing and
with a telephone bank.

WHITE PLAINS SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE
Wilfred ‘Willie’ Migneault, left, receives the
enthusiastic endorsement of Westchester County

Local 860 President Pat Mascioli. Migneault, a
CSEA retiree member, is a former president of the
White Plains School District Unit.

employees of the school district in 1969, Migneault
was a charter member and was elected as the unit’s
first treasurer.

(Left) STEVE FANTAUZZO of AFSCME International tells the
_ audience that there are many cancer-causing hazards around

the workplace.

(Below) SYLVIA EBERSOLD, President of Rochester CSEA

Local 012, listens to presentation on safety awareness.

Safety awareness
stressed during
regional seminar

BUFFALO — CSEA members from throughout
the vast Western Region VI recently attended an
all-day seminar devoted to improving safety
awareness on the job and recognizing and reporting
safety issues.

CSEA saféty coordinator Nels Carlson conducted
the portion of the seminar dealing with overall
safety awareness. AFSCME International
representative Steve Fantauzzo discussed the
dangers of cancer-related work safety problems.
Frank Faleje chairman of the CSEA Statewide
Safety Committee, discussed various aspects of
safety hazards in the workplace, and indicated he
suffered the loss of a finger due to an accident on
the job.

The well-attended seminar at the Buffalo
Convention Center was one in a series of safety
seminars being conducted around the state by
CSEA

(Right) CRAIG
VELOPMENTAL C
TER Local 405 is
represented at safety
awareness seminar by, from
left, Local 405 President Bob
Love, Evelyn Brown and
James Hoffman.

DE-

DALE HATCH, President
of Barge Canal Local 504,
takes notes during program.

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(Left) BOB SMITH, President of SUNY at Buffalo Local
602, studies safety-related material at the seminar.

MIKE THOMAS of Rochester Psychiatric Center Local 420 smiles
after just receiving a certificate of completion of the safety
awareness program from Region VI President Robert Lattimer,
left background,

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‘It appears that those people. ..in charge...don’t give a damn...

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Hauppauge State Office Building
lacks emergency evacuation plan

HAUPPAUGE — The State Office Building in
Hauppauge is used daily by more than 3,000 State
employees, including members of CSEA Local 016
and Department of Transportation Local 508, and
members of the general public

The big facility is, according to union represen-
tatives, ‘‘a dangerous place to work.”’

CSEA Field Representative Nicholas Pollicino,
who visits the building often in his union activities,
and CSEA Local 016 President John Madlon both
agree that the building is dangerous, and that the
most dangerous situation of all involves evacuating
the building in case of fire or other emergency.

The situation is so bad, Pollicino says, that “it
appears that those people at OGS (Office of
General Services) in charge of this building don’t
give a damn about the safety of the employees or
the public should a fire ever get going.”

Both Pollicino and Madilon said that the following
conditions exist in connection with an evacuation of
the building in case of fire:

¢ Fire alarms are not audible in all parts of the
building

¢ There is no evacuation plan for the building.

¢ There has not been a fire drill for the building
in three vears.

¢ The public address system is not always
operational.

¢ Exiting the building through the cafeteria is
greatly reduced by the locking of most doors enter-
ing the cafeteria.

° Exiting the building through the front doors is
greatly reduced by most of the doors being locked.

© The front doors, which operate by electricity,
could be unopenable if a fire cut off power to the
doors.
© Wheel chair-bound persons visiting the Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation on the third floor of the
building would be in great jeopardy in a fire without
an evacuation plan.

Other dangerous or potentially dangerous con-
ditions at the Hauppauge State Office Building, as
explained by Pollicino and Madlon, include:

CSEA
Safety

Hotline
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LOCAL 016 PRESIDENT
John Madilon, left, five feet
seven inches tall,
demonstrates the height of
the elevator emergency
button to dramatize the plight
of a wheel chair-bound person
caught alone in a stalled
elevator.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 30, 1980

342-4824

— The air circulation system mixes 10 percent
fresh air with 90 percent recirculated air. By mid
afternoon, the air is filled with cigarette smoke.

— In many work areas there is very little air cir
culation because room dividers were built into the
air circulation ducts, blocking the flow of air.

— Electrical and telephone outlets are placed on
the floor of work spaces where employees trip on
them and kick live electrical connections. The con-
nections have been complained about at labor-
management meetings for more than one year.

— Large panes of glass on the front of the
building have fallen. Luckily, no one has been in-
jured or killed by the falling glass.

— Many electrical connections are under desks
where employees work.

— An unknown flaking material has been falling
on persons in the building.

One dangerous situation applies to wheel chair-
bound persons caught alone in a stalled elevator.
The emergency button in the elevators is more than
five feet high.

(Left), IN CASE OF FIRE, persons could exit
the Hauppauge State Office Building through
the cafeteria. However, access to the
cafeteria is limited by the locking of most
doors entering the cafeteria, as Local 016
President John Madlon demonstrates.

THE EASE WITH WHICH EMPLOYEES
can accidentally kick and trip over
electrical and telephone connections in the
Hauppauge State Office Building is
demonstrated in this photo.

IF ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS beneath this desk makes for an unsafe
ea.

Russi

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IN FRONT of the Hauppauge State Office Building is like playing
jette. You never know when a pane of glass might be falling, Local 016
hn Madion said. A number of panes have fallen but no one, as yet, has
pr injured, he said.

Suggestion Program
saves state millions

Since it began in 1946, the State Employee Suggestion Program has n.ade it
possible for state employees to turn their work-related ideas into cash awards,
and for the state itself to realize millions of dollars in savings as a result of
cost-reduction suggestions submitted by the employees.

However, many employees still are not fully aware of how the program
operates. The following questions and answers were prepared by the State
Department of Civil Service, which administers the Employee Suggestion
Program.

Q. Who is eligible to submit ideas to the Employee Suggestion Program?

A. New York State employees and retirees from New York State service.

Q. In general, what kinds of suggestions are acceptable for an award
consideration?

A. Those which will directly contribute to economy or efficiency in the
performance of a function of State government and which are outside the
Suggester’s job responsibilities.

Q. How do I submit my ideas?

A. The easiest way is to use one of the printed suggestion blanks They
should be available in your agency but, if not, call or write to the Suggestion
Program Office for one.

Q. When should I submit my suggestion?

A. As soon as your idea is developed; suggestions submitted more than six
months following implementation cannot be accepted.

Q. How will I know whether my suggestion has been received in the
Suggestion Program Office?

A. You will be sent an acknowledgment slip informing you of the number
assigned to your suggestion.

Q. Are there any kinds of ideas which are not eligible for award con-
sideration?

A. Yes. Among them are suggestions pertaining to routine safety prac-
tices, creation of new positions or classification of positions, imposition of new
or additional taxes or fees of revenue purposes, personal grievances and
matters subject to the bargaining process.

Q. Who will evaluate my suggestion?

A. There is in each agency a Departmental Suggestion Committee whose
duty it is to handle suggestions pertaining to operations of that agency.

Q. How can this small group be qualified to evaluate all types of
suggestions?

A. They aren’t. Suggestions of a technical nature are referred by the Com-
mittee to persons in the agency having a good knowledge of the area con-
cerned.

Q. If I so desire,.can my suggestion be treated anonymously?

A. Yes, check the appropriate box on the suggestion blank. However, the
names of award winners are released for publication.

Q. May two or more employees work together on a suggestion?

A. Yes. However, such joint suggestions must be signed by all of the
suggesters.

Q. Can I submit a suggestion which concerns an agency other than the one
in which I am employed?

A. Yes.

Q. How long will it take the Committee to evaluate my idea?

A. The Committees are asked to send in a final report within 90 days of
receipt of a suggestion. However, at times, because of the press of their
regular job duties or because of the volume of ideas to be considered, they are
unable to meet this deadline. In such cases, the Suggestion Program Office
periodically follows up on your suggestion; it is not forgotten.

A. How will I know whether my idea has been approved?

A. You will be notified by mail.

Q. If my suggestion is not approved, will I be told why?

A. Yes, any time a suggestion is disapproved, the suggester is informed of
the reason.

Q. What if my suggestion is disapproved but is later put into effect?

A. Suggestions which are not adopted remain in our active file for two
years following the notice of disapproval. If your idea is implemented during
this two-year period, and governing conditions are the same, consideration for
an award will be given. If you want to retain rights to the idea beyond the two-
year period, you must resubmit it during the month preceding the expiration
date.

Q. If my suggestion is adopted, what kind of award will I get?

A. All suggesters whose ideas are approved and put into effect receive a
Certificate of Merit signed by the Governor and by members of the Civil Ser-
vice Commission. In addition, if the suggestion will result in significant tangi-
ble or intangible benefits to the State, the suggester receives a monetary
award. First-award winners are also given a desk pen.

Q. How much will I receive?

A, The’ minimum cash award is $25; the largest award ever granted was
$15,000.

Q. Who determines the amount of award to be granted?

A. The final decision is made by the Civil Service Commission taking into
consideration the recommendation made by persons who evaluated the idea,
Q. What factors are considered in determining the award amount?

A, Nature of the idea, originality, extent of use, effectiveness, ingenuity,
effort involved, importance of the operation affected and resultant savings.

Q. How long will it take to receive my award check?

A. Approximately six weeks following the granting of the award by the
Civil Service Commission. In some cases, part of the award is delayed until the
full value of first-year savings can be ascertained.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 30, 1980 Page Jae: :

Workshop teaches this union job

Shop steward,

in the trenches
every day,

first line of defense
for union members

By Brendan Coyne

KINGSTON — More than 50 CSEA members
turned out on the snowy last night of March here
to discuss the roles of the shop steward and the
grievance procedure.

Larry Seanlon, CSEA Coordinator of School
District Affairs, and John Deyo, CSEA Field
Representative for Dutchess and Ulster Coun-
ties, conducted the workshop using discussion
and exercises to draw out their audiences’ con-
cepts of the shop steward and understanding of
the grievance procedure.

CSEA Region III President James Lennon
thanked Scanlon and Deyo for a “‘fine presen-
tation.” He stressed the importance of such
training sessions and said he hoped the region
would one day have a ‘“‘labor college.”

In an exercise, which Deyo called a ‘‘quiz,”
participants were asked to name the most im-
portant position in the union. When the answers
were tallied, most had indicated the shop
steward according to Scanlon.

Scanlon indicated his agreement with this
assessment, saying the shop steward was more
‘important than any union officer in that he or she
“ig out in the trenches, on the job eight hours a
day,” bearing the burden of union work.

“The shop steward is the first person
membership sees,’’ added Deyo, as he and
Scanlon worked in tandem.

When Scanlon asked participants to come up
with adjectives describing the shop steward,
they offered a wide variety, including
diplomatic, aggressive, knowledgeable. Scanlon
said the wide range indicated the many roles
that the shop steward plays.

TAKING PART IN THE MARCH 31 workshop in Kingston are CSEA REGION If
members, from left, Jacqueline Schwartz, Francis Argulewicz, Mike attended by,

Bauer and Michelle Scheu.

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SOUTHERN REGION III PRESIDENT James Lennon,

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right, joins members of the Region III

Education Committee at the workshop in Kingston for CSEA members in Ulster County. Joining
Lennon at the table are, from left, committee member Carolyn Zappe, Mrs. Lennon, committee
Chairman Janice Schaff and committee member Grace Woods.

Scanlon called the shop steward an. ‘‘ad-
vocate,’’ one who presses the interests of his
fellow workers. The participants themselves,
many of whom are shop stewards, fleshed out
the description of the shop steward.

Said one man, a shop steward must be patient,
with workers as well as management. A short
temper won’t help him deal with an angry, abus-
ed worker.

In response to Scanlon’s question as to the
reason for describing the shop steward as
“‘Jonely,’’ a woman said, ‘“‘How many are willing
to take the job?’ Her answer drew knowing
smiles and murmuring agreement.

A revealing exercise; tested assumptions
regarding people and work, Participants
were asked,jwhether they ‘agréed or ais greed
with such statements as: ‘The most effective
supervisor #8 one who gets the results expected,
regardless of the methods he/she uses in handl-
ing people.”

The results indicated that most of those
present were flexible and capable of inspiring

fellow workers — good shop steward material,
according to Deyo.

Moving onto a discussion of the grievance
procedure, Scanlon stressed the importance of
keeping grievances on file. Turning again to his
audience, Scanlon elicited some reasons for the
significance of this procedure. One member said
the keeping of grievance records helped to es-
tablish past practice policy.

Scanlon said keeping a record of grievances
can point out problem areas in contracts.

Scanlon outlined the necessary elements of a
fact sheet. He cautioned his audience not to ask
leading questions when gathering information
from witnesses to problems. ‘‘Don’t put words in
their mouths; let them tell you what happened,”
Scanlon said.

He also discussed remedy: ‘‘what will it take
to solve the problem?”

Scanlon advised his listeners to use the phrase
“including but not limited to’’ when citing a
section of a contract or civil service law. “Be
general enough to protect your fellow worker,”
Scanlon said.

I WORKSHOP for CSEA members in Ulster County was
from left, Sheryl McDonald, Barbara Schulte and Anne Spero.

(Far Left) THE BILLY HARRIS SPORTS-
MANSHIP TROPHY, sponsored by Onondaga
County CSEA Local 834, is presented to boxer Marc
Mero at the recently held fifth annual Syracuse
Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions.
Presenting the trophy for Local 834 Presid

Thomas Murphy is boxing coach Billy Harris.

(Left) ST. MARTINS BOXING CLUB of Rochester
Coach Don Simkin holds the Pat Nappi Outstanding
Coach trophy which is awarded at the fifth annual
Syracuse Golden Gloves Tournament of Cham-
pions, The trophy is sponsored by Downstate
Medical Center CSEA Local 615. Behind Simpkiggis
CSEA Communications Associate Char,
McGeary.

James Forsyth an emerging union activist
rapidly gaining recognition

CENTRAL ISLIP — Back on
January 26, 1980, Long Island
Region I hosted the first CSEA
Safety and Health Workshop. Two
CSEA officials were given the
lion's share of the credit for
organizing the highly successful
program — Gregory Szurnicki and
James Forsyth, chairman and co-
chairman respectively of the
Region I Training, Information and
Education (TIE) Committee.

Szurnicki, President of Kings
Park Psychiatric Center CSEA
Local 411 and a long-time union ac-
tivist, was well recognized for his
union activities over the years. But
probably most of the persons who
attended that successful January
26 workshop had never heard of
James Forsyth up until that time.
For while Forsyth has been a very
active and visible member of
Central Islip Psychiatric Center
(CIPC) Local 404 since 1975, it has
only been since the fall of 1979 that
he has emerged as a union activist
at the Region I level.

In addition to the safety
workshop in January, the TIE
Committee has organized regfonal
workshops for officer training,
steward training and political
action in April and May and a
second safety workshop is being
planned for the fall of 1980, Forsyth
Said.

Forsyth joined CSEA in 1959
when he was employed by CIPC.

Although he wanted to become ac-,

tive in the union, his desire,
enthusiasm and ability was not for-
mally recognized until 1975 when
then — newly elected Local 404
President Danny Donohue ap-
pointed Forsyth shop steward for
operational employees.

In 1977, Forsyth was appointed as
a delegate for Local 404: and was
elected to the position again in
1978.

In 1978, he was appointed to fill
the unexpired term of the Local 404
first vice president. He was elected
to the position in 1979.

Donohue appointed Forsyth
chairman of the Local 404
Education Committee in 1978. For-
syth was instrumental in working
with management to set up two
courses for employees in air con-
ditioning and refrigeration.

In 1980, as co-chairman of the
Local 404 Education committee, he
is working on organizing a motor
control course for the employees.

In the fall of 1979, Region I
President Irving Flaumenbaum ap-
pointed Forsyth co-chairman of the
TIE Committee and named him to
the regional trial board. The board

has met four times since his ap-
pointment, Forsyth said. é

Donohue appointed Forsyth
grievance chairman in 1979, where
he works closely with Donohue,
CSEA Field Representative

Nicholas Pollisino and Regional At, *

torney Lesterskipkind, °°? '3® 8!

“Being grievance chairman is a
little like being’a laWyer, priest
and big brother,’’ Forsyth said.

Under an expanded shop steward
setup since 1975, he is steward for
the electrical shops as one of five
stewards for the operational
employees.

He worked as a therapy aide at
CIPC from 1959 to'1970. Since then,
he has been an electrical
mechanics assistant.

Prior to working at CIPC, For-
syth served in the U.S. Army and
as a member of Local 7 of the
Roofers Union, AFL, in New
Jersey.

Forsyth is married and has three
children.

LONG ISLAND REGION I
TRAINING, INFORMATION AND
EDUCATION COMMITTEE ac-
tivities are discussed by com-
mittee Co-chairman James For-

syth, left, and Chairman Gregory

Szurnicki.

FACES in
the crowd

The Civil Service Employees Assn. is
blessed with a wealth of dedicated and
capable activists, from the grassroots
level to the highest echelon, Thousands
upon thousands of union members
across the State participate in the ac-
tivities of CSEA at all levels and in
varying ways. It is this membership in-
volvement that provides the real, deep-
seated strength of the powerful union.
Periodically The Public Sector focuses
the spotlight on individual activists
who, because of their high-level con-
tributions on behalf of the membership,
are becoming recognizable “Faces in
the Crowd”’ of the thousands of people
who help the union function effectively.

CENTRAL ISLIP PSYCHIATRIC
CENTER LOCAL 404 First Vice
President James Forsyth, left,
talks with President Danny
Donohue.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES... Memorial Day reminder

Where Would You Be
Without Them?

Memorial Day will be observed by
State employees on Monday, May 26

The observance date is based on a
recent amendment to the General
Construction Law. Under the
amendment, Memorial Day will be
observed as a legal holiday on the last

Monday in May. The change took
effect recently

Friday, May 30, which was to have
been the Memorial Day observance
date for State employees, will be
treated as a regular workday.

: THE PUBLIC SECTOR Wednesday iil 30.1980 i

OPEN CONTINUOUS
STATE JOB CALENDAR

tle

Senior Medical Records Technician .......
Pharmacist (salary varies with location) ..
Assistant Sanitary Engineer ..
Senior Sanitary Engineer .
Clinical Physician I ....
Clinical Physician II..
Assistant Clinical Pecan
Attorney ..
Assistant Attorney...
Attorney Trainee .
Junior Engineer...
(Bachelor’s Degree)
Junior Engineer
(Master’s Degree)
Dental Hygienist .
Licensed Practical Nurse .
Nutrition Services Consultant.
Stationary Engineer ...... :
Senior Stationary Engineer ..
Occupational Therapy Assistant Is;
Occupational Therapy Assistant I .
(Spanish Speaking)
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor .
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee
Medical Record Technician . .
Histology Technician
Professional Positions in Auditing and Accounting. .
Computer Programmer..
Computer Programmer (Scientific):
Senior Programmer .
Senior Computer Programmer
Mobility Instructor ..............
Instructor of the Blind .
Health Services Nurse......
__+(salary varies-with ‘Jocation)
Senior Heating and Ventilating Engineer
Senior Sanitary Engineer (Design)
Senior Building Electrical Engineer
Senior Building Structural Engineer
Senior Mechanical Construction Engineer .
Senior Plumbing Engineer. .
Assistant Stationary Engineer
Electroencephalograph Technician .
Radiologic Technologist
(salary varies with location)
Medical Record Administrator
Food: Service Worker] lo... sccas-2s
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee ...
Mental ilygiene Therapy Aide Trainee
(Spanish Speaking)
Associate Actuary (Casualty)
Principal Actuary (Casualty)
Supervising Actuary (Casualty)
Assistant Actuary Rais
Nurse I
Nurse II .
Nurse II (Psychia
Nurse II (Rehabilitation) .
Medical Specialist II .
Medical peer 1
Psychiatrist I..
Psychiatrist II. Weis
Social Services Management Trainee. ne
Social Services Management Specialist . .
Social Services Management Trainee...
(Spanish Speaking)
Social Services Management Specialist .. ..
(Spanish Speaking)
Industrial Training Supervisor
(salary varies depending on specialty)
Physical Therapist .
Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking)
Senior Physical Therapist ‘
Senior Physical Therap: (Spaniat Shesbie)
Speech Pathologist .
Audiologist
Assistant Speech Pathologist .
Assistant Audiologist ...
Dietician Trainee ... .
Dietician ‘
Supervising Dietician .... $13,304
Stenographer (NYC only) . y aye $6,650
Typist (NYC only) . tier nny Tern C eA 6,071
Senior Occupational Therapist . i sau seen eee s $12,670
Senior Occupational Therapist $12,670
(Spanish Speaking)
Occupational Therapist .
Occupational Therapist (Spi

eceeees $10,624
$14,388-$15,562
; $16,

-$11,250-$12,025

$18,301
$18,301
$18,301
$18,301
$18,301
$18,301
87.616
£87,616

$8,454-$10,369

++ $11,904
$6,456

$10,824
a ae $11,450
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+. $11,337
$11,337
$12,670
$12,670
$12,670
$12,670
$11,337
$11,337
$10,624
$11,250

. $11,337
$11,337

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COMPETITIVE
PROMOTIONAL EXAMS

(State Employees Only)

FILING ENDS MAY 12, 1980

TITLE
Associate Career Opportunities Analyst... .
Associate Classification and Pay Analyst
Associate Computer Programmer/Analyst .
Associate Employee Insurance Representative .
Associate Municipal Personnel Consultant ...
Associate Personnel Services Representative .
Associate Staffing Services Representative .
Chief Physical Therapist .
Economist Series . .
Research Series
Head Physical Therapist .
Senior Biostatistician ..
Senior Civil Engineer
Senior Statistician
Chies Auditor of State Expenditures ..
Principal Career Opportunities Analyst .
Principal Classification and Pay Analyst .
Principal Employee Insurance Representative
Principal Municipal Personnel Consultant
Principal Personnel Services Representative .
Principal Staffing Services Representative
Director, Operations Bureau ....
Transportation Planning Aide I ....
Transportation Planning Aide II .
Associate Petroleum Engineer
Associate Sanitary Construction Engineer
Associate Sanitary Engineer ....
Assistant Director,

Division of Technical Services bees
Assistant Director of Local ‘Assessment Services
Associate Tax Valuation Engineer
Assistant Tax Valuation Engineer .

Senior Tax Valuation Engineer ..
enor te Probation Officer ....

ducati Hoga Assistant IT. :
Senior Student Control Representative ..

STATE OPEN COMPETITIVE
JOB CALENDAR

FILING ENDS MAY 19, 1980

SALARY EXAM NO.
25-210
24-936

TITLE

Bank Examiner
Business Consultant.......
Collection Specialist I
Collection Specialist II .
Municipal Information Systems Consultant It.
Municipal Information Systems Consultant I.
Municipal Information Systems Consultant IV
Research Analyst (Transportation) .....
Statistician, Senior .... Q
Student Loan Control Representative, Senior .
Student Loan Control Representative
Tax Valuation Engineer, Assistant .
‘Tax Valuation Engineer, Senior ..
“Teaching Assistant
Transportation Analyst .
Transportation Planning Aide w
Area Administrator, Public Health ..............
Child Protective Services Specialist 1......
Child Protective Services Specialist 1

“Spanish Speaking) ......

CSEA Safety Hotline
800-342-4824

The New York State Employees’ Retirement System provides a regular
schedule of visitations by counseling representatives of the Retirement System
to various areas of the state.

The service is intended for personal visits on a ‘‘first come-first served’’
basis, and no appointments are necessary. Telephone calls, however, cannot be
accepted. Persons who wish to call for certain information should call the
Albany office of the State Employees’ Retirement System at (518) 474-7736.

The following is the monthly visiting day schedule for the counseling ser-
vice at the various locations around the state:

City or Village Monthly Visiting Days

Address

@ = Albany Gov. Smith State Office Bldg. Every Business Day
Binghamton _ State Office Bldg. 4 First and Third Wednes-
jay
Buffalo Gen. Wm. Donovan Office Bldg. First, Second, Third,
(125 Main Street) Fourth, Wed. and Fri.
Canton County Courthouse First Thurs.
Goshen County Center Third Thurs.

@ Hauppauge State Office Bldg. First and Fourth Wed.

Horseheads Village Hall

Second and Fourth Tues.

Little Valley County Office Bldg. Second and Fourth Mon.

Lockport Municipal Bldg. Third Mon.
Mayville Chautauqua County Health and First Mon.
Social Service Bldg.
Mineola 222 Willis Ave. First and Fourth Mon.

e@ Plattsburgh County Center

Third Thurs.

Pomona County Health Complex - Bldg. A First and Third Fri.

Poughkeepsie County Office Bldg. First Thurs.

Riverhead County Center Third Wed.

Rochester 155 W. Main Street (Rm. 513) Second and Fourth Thurs.

Syracuse County Courthouse Second and Fourth Fri,
® Utica State Office Bldg. First and Third Tues.

Watertown State Office Bldg. First Fri.

White Plains Westchester County Center Second and Third Mon.

(except July)
State Office Bldg. 270 Broadway First and Third Tues.
New York City (23rd Floor)

II World Trade Ctr. (44th Floor) Second and Fourth Tues.

RETIREES HONORED — The Thousand Islands State Park and Recreation
Commission recently honored four retirees. The retirees, representing 67
years of State service, were presented Commission awards for commendable
or meritorious service and each received an award on behalf of the Black
River Local of the Civil Service Employees Assn. Present at the recent award
ceremonies were, left to right, Charles J. Elliott, Regional Manager; Frank S.
Silver, 31 years service; Sydney Patterson, 14 years service; Russell McNeil,
12 years service; Edward Betters, 10 years service, and Rocco Crescenzi,
CSEA Representative-Park Maintenance Supervisor II.

Advisory Council report

The Advisory Council for the
Retirement System was organized in
1959 and was reorganized and expand-
ed in 1977. The Council includes
representatives of public employers,
employee groups, pensioners,
munieipal organizations, the
Legislature and the private sector. It
advises the Comptroller on a broad
range of retirement matters, in-
cluding the type and cost of benefits,
Federal-State interaction in the
pension field, Social Security, and the
administration of the Systems.

Current members of the Advisory
are:

Barbara Pickell, Civil Service Employees’
Association, Victor Bahou, Civil Service Com-
mission, Hon, Frank J. Barbaro, Assembly
Committee on Governmental Employees,
William Clay, Council 82 of American
Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, Edwin Crawford, Association of
Counties, Eleanor Dailey, Retired Public
Employees Association, Robert Gollnick,
Professional Fire Fighters Association, Hon.
Owen H. Johnson, Senate Civil Service Com-
mittee, Edward Jones, Thruway Authority,
Gordon C. Perry, Conference of Mayors,
Robert B. Peters, Mobil Oil Corp., Terese F.
Pick, American Telephone & Telegraph Com-
pany, Stanley L. Raub, NYS School Boards
Association, William Sanford, Association of
Towns, Gerald F. Washburn, Police Conference
of New York, Inc.

: Retirees hold meeting in Florida

New York State and subdivision retirees met in March at New Port
Richey, Florida. There were 380 in attendance, with 55 Florida communities
represented.

Arrangements were in charge of chairman Lou Colby, assisted by Lee
Smith, Pauline Fitchpatrick and Alice Hammond. The main‘speaker was Tom
Gilmartin, CSEA Retiree Coordinator from CSEA Headquarters in Albany. »

Claude and Mrs. Rowell of Rochester were also in attendance. Claude was
active in Local, Region and State CSEA at one time held the offices of fourth
and fifth vice president. Much information was exchanged as well as old
friendships renewed

‘Check your retirement system status

» Are you a participating member of the New York State Euploverst
Retirement System? Are you sure?

As hard as it may be to believe, some public employees find out too late
that their employer has neglected to enroll them as members of the Employees
Retirement System. l.

CSEA has recently won retroactive retirement payments on behalf of
members who thought they had a pension coming but found out when they were
ready to retire that they were never enrolled in the System by their employers.
Usually the problem can be resolved, but there is no need to take the risk of

‘starting off your retirement with that type of hassle.

The New York State Employees Retirement System can provide you with
specific information on your status as a Retirement System member. To check
on your status as a member of the Employees Retirement System, campeicte

and mail the coupon below. Please print clearly. LONG-TIME .CSEA member

and first vice president of
Westchester County Local 860
Carmine LaMagna has announc-
ed his retirement from the
county effective Aug. 25, 1980.
He announced his pending
retirement at the April 2, 1980,
Local 860 Executive Committee
meeting. While he plans to retire
from the county in August,

To; The New York State Retirement System
Governor Smith Office Building
@ Albany, New York 12244

dam requesting lnfennchen: on my status as a member
York State pinpleyees Retirement System,

Moms. LaMagna said at the meeting he
Address plans to become an active CSEA
retiree member. \ a e
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 30, 1980

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WEST BRENTWOOD — The
Civil Service Employees Assn.
here, pointing to the success of
Small World, a day care center at
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, is ac-
tively supporting that service
while pushing for day care centers
to be established throughout the
state.

“It's a good service to our
members,”’ said Bill Chacona,
President of CSEA Local 418 at
Pilgrim. ‘‘Many employees had
poor attendance records because
| they worried about their children
© at home with babysitters. Now,
| with their children cared for at
| their place of employment, atten-
i dance has improved and
| employees are psychologically
assured that their children are be-
ing well treated and only seconds
away if something happens.”’

Chacona said he was working
with other CSEA leaders and with
CSEA lobbyists to obtain state help
to establish day care centers in
other government facilities.

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Now in its fourth year, Small

| World is managing successfully
without state subsidies for its
operating expenses. The CSEA
contract provides for free space,
heating, cooling and lighting for
the large airy yellow and white
room that houses the day care
center. Small World cares for 60
enrolled children of employees and
residents of the nearby com-
munity.

Small World accepts children
from the infant stage to
kindergarten age. ‘‘Approximately

75 percent of the children enrolled
in the center are the children of

Pilgrim employees,’ said Leila
Holmes, Small World Director.
The Center employs a staff of
eleven including Ms. Holmes, Judy
Poplawski, her assistant, a
custodian, three teachers, three
teacher's aides and three foster
grand-parents.

When the center got started in
1976, original plans called for full
state support. Student nurses were
to tend to the children and earn
credit toward their degrees. Fees
were set at $2.50 a day. But the
plans fell through and the center
was made a self-supporting
operation by the state. Fees are
$55 a week but there are
“‘scholarships available for
employees in the lower grades,”
Ms. Holmes said.

CSEA is helping to keep Small
World costs down, according to
Chacona. The local donated $1000
recently and former president
Betty Duffy purchased — with her
own money — wooden radiator
covers so the children would not
get burned accidentally. In ad-
dition, CSEA recently donated the
center’s outdoor playground
equipment. The center was
decorated with murals painted by
Occupational Therapist Terri Ben-
Aroya, whose son, David, attends
Small World kindergarten.

The service is advertised in local
newspapers but Ms. Holmes said
that ‘‘word of mouth is best’ to
attract new customers, especially
among the employees of Pilgrim.

“It’s fantastic. I would
recommend it to any parent,” said
CSEA member Ada Mitchell, a
typist in the motivational center
building, whose 23-month old son,

portrait.

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~ THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 30, 1980

Small World day care center improves
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center attendance

SMALL WORLD Director Leila Holmes, second from left, and CSEA
Local 418 President Bill Chacona, second from right, are flanked by
children Aileen Hsueh, left, and Aisha Black, right.

Jhamal, is enrolled in Small
World, ‘‘He is well-taken care of.
The food is well-balanced and the
child plays with children of all
races and doesn’t see any pre-
judice.”’

Mrs. Mitchell said that when she
kept Jhamal at home she was con-
stantly concerned about him. “I
was always worried about having
to rush home if he got sick. Here
they take the child to a doctor if
anything is wrong. Best of all, they
show him a lot of love,” she said.

James and Carmen Wilson,
CSEA members who work in the
Pilgrim laundry, had their son
James, 5, with a babysitter until a
year and a half ago. They are
pleased with Small World for a
number of reasons.

“First, James likes it. He is

A LARGE AND DEDICATED STAFF operates Small World, a day care center at the Pilgrim
Psychiatric Center. CSEA Local 418 President Bill Chacona, upper right, joins in this staff

learning a lot. He can read and
count now. The education he’s
getting will give him an edge when
he enters grade school,’’ Mr.
Wilson said.

The success of Small World and
its popularity with members has
spurred with CSEA to try to obtain
additional state support for day
care centers.

“We are working and lobbying
the legislature for funds. Now that
Children’s Place in the Empire
State Plaza in Albany has opened,
things are loosening up a bit. We
are trying to get supplemental in-
come for day care centers to offset
their every day operational ex-
penses so we can lower the costs to
our members and make it possible
for other institutions to open
centers,’’ Chacona said.

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