Civil Service Leader, 1977 October 14

Vol. XXXVIII, No. 28 Friday, October 14, 1977 Price 20 Cents,

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Region I page 16
Region II page 17
Region III page1s
Region IV News Pages

RegionV Meeting Page9

PRESIDENTS VIEW

By WILLIAM L. McGOWAN
Statewide CSEA President

Wiel spokesperson of the membership you represent.

At the start of my term as president three months ago,
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, October 14, 1977

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dell share joke at ceremony honoring her for helping police apprehend a kidnap suspect. Lawmakers
presented her with proclamation.

In Suffolk County

Crossing Guards Keep Jobs

HAUPPAUGE — The Suf-
folk County School Crossing
Guards unit and Suffolk
County Local 852, Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn., flexed their
political muscles last week to

bring about an overwhelming re-
jection of a proposal to replace
the county-employed guards with
a private security service.

The proposal to fire the 363
school crossing guards, handing

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over their duties to Wackenhut
Corporation, was submitted to
the Legislature by Suffolk Coun-
ty Executive John V. N, Klein.
Mr. Klein claimed the county
would save up to $3 million over
the next three years of the coun-
ty’s four-year contract with the
union.

CSEA officials and crossing
guard leaders had argued dur-
ing the past two weeks that Mr
Klein had negotiated the con-
tract after crossing guards made
significant concessions in col-
lective bargaining.”

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SHORT TAKES

CIVIL SERVICE MAKING CHANGES

‘The U.S, Civil Service Commission has decided to stop asking
government job applicants if they are Communist Party members
and to stop barring job applicants who smoke marijuana during

non-working hours.
.

UNION OPPOSES PRIVATE HOSPITAL CONCEPT

John P. Eiss, president of the
Erie County Local 815, Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn., is urging
county officials to continue its
jurisdiction over Meyer Memorial
Hospital and not turn it over to
& private corporation. The county
legislature is considering such a

proposal and has scheduled pub-
lic hearings on the matter, Mr.

Eiss suggests a public corpora-
tion be set up to manage the
hospital. His union represents
3,500 Erie County employees, 500
of them at Meyer.

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TROY PBA OPPOSES USING CIVILIANS

The Troy Police Benevolent Assn. is on record as opposed to a
plan to use five civilians in a proposed police neighborhood unit
City officials have been considering the neighborhood unit. concept
for two years, but disagreements between the police union and other
groups have stalled the project. If approved, the unit, which would
operate from a storefront, would combat vandalism, youthful drink~
ing parties and burglaries in the Lanisgburgh section of the city

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INVESTIGATORS BEING INVESTIGATED

The tables are being turned on the powerful State Investigation
Commission. It is being investigated. The Assembly Transportation
Committee is looking into charges that the SIC report on alleged
“scandal, inefficiency and favoritism” in the State Department of
Motor Vehicles contained errors and innuendos. In its report, SIC
also called for the firing of Motor Vehicle Commissioner James
Melton.

CAREY ASKS FED AID

One billion dollars in new sewer construction grants in Erie
and Niagara counties would create 170,000 jobs. Governor Carey
has recommended to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
that it approve 237 projects targeted for the grant money.

Vets’ Preference Ending?

Allan K. Campbell, chair-
man of the US. Civil Ser-

the long-standing policy of af-
fording veterans an edge in get-

vice Commission, has told Con-
gress that the Federal Personnel
Management Project is consider-
ing changes in veterans’ prefer-
ence and would welcome the
views of Congress concerning the
changes.

Several options for changes in

ting and keeping civil service
jobs currently are being circu-
lated by the project for com-

ment by interested parties, he
said.
The suggested changes, he

added, all stem from two prin-
cipal concerns: “First, there is

need to channel veterans’ ben-
efits to those that require the
greatest employment assistance
and, second, there is a need to
respond to the pressing employ-
ment needs of women and mi-
norities.””

“Despite these successes,” he
said, “we are faced with com-
peting employment claims by
other groups. These claims are
not always compatible with the
enforcement of the present vet-
erans’ preference legislation.”

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President's View

By WILLIAM L. McGOWAN
Statewide CSEA President

(Continued from Page 1)

I espoused my belief in
maintaining open lines of
communication between the
leadership and- the members
of the CSEA at all times. I
still believe this to be essen-
tial in order to improve our
effectiveness to serve our

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WILLIAM L. McGOWAN

members and strengthen our
union.

I see this convention as a
chance for all of us to re-
flect and act upon the con-
cerns and problems facing
our members as well as the

ASSAULTS

The Leader is developing a
story about Mental Hygiene
workers who have been as-
saulted by patients of the
state's hospitals. Any informa-
tion regarding incidents of
this nature should be sent
to the editor, Civil Service
Leader, 233 Broadway, New
York, N.¥. 10007.

File CSEA

Association as a whole. Per-
sonal matters and issues
have no place at this annual
meeting.

During this week, pro-
grams and meetings will be
held covering a wide range of
matters affecting our mem-
bership through the state.
An issue of particular inter-
est, the deinstitutionalization
of the Department of Mental
Hygiene, will be discussed
and plans presented for fut-
ure legislation designed to
protect our 55,000 CSEA-
represented employees in
Mental Hygiene facilities and
give better care to the pa-
tients of these institutions.

T also urge the delegates of
this annual meeting to make
every attempt to attend
Commissioner John 8S. Dy-
son’s speech on Tuesday
night concerning “The Fut-
ure Economy of New York
State and Its Impact on Pub-
lic Employees.” Have your
questions ready, as I believe
a good deal of insight re-
garding future negotiations
will be gained from this pro-
gram.

You have come to this con-
vention prepared to give us
the input of your rank-and-
file members gained at Local
meetings held before your
arrival here. The essence of
their ideas combined with
your hard work as a partici-
pant in this annual meeting
will be used as the basis for
CSEA’s actions—and accom-
plishments— both now and
in the future.

Grievance

On Pay Hike Problem

ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn. has filed
a class action grievance at the fourth step with the state
office of employee relations, charging that the State of New
York has failed to pay negotiated salary increases to numer-

ous employees under terms of
the contracts negotiated last
April covering employees in the
four major state bargaining units.

The grievance was filed at the
fourth step by mutual agreement
of both parties, meaning the
dispute will go directly to arbi-
tration for resolution. An arbi-
trator is in the process of being
agreed upon at the present time,
and no selection has yet been
made as to who will hear the
case.

The CSEA claims that numer-
ous employees promoted after
April 1, because of the state's
interpretation of the contracts,
have been denied the 5 percent
or $500 minimum increase that
was to be effective April 1. Ad-
ditionally, the same situation has
developed relative to a 4 percent
or $400 minimum increase ef-
fective Oct. 1

‘The situation arose at the con-
clusion of negotiations in April
when the state and the CSEA
took opposite views on how the
negotiated contracts would affect
salary increases for individuals
promoted after April 1 and also
gn longevity increments. The in-

crement question will not come
up until next April 1. The CSEA
pledged to take the matter to
arbitration if the state failed to
grant increases as negotiated by
the union, and when the first
employees to be affected were
denied the full increase, the un-
jon began compiling substantia-
tion for the class action griev-
ance

‘The CSEA is claiming that all
employees in full-time employ-
ment status as of March 31
would receive a salary increase
of & percent of their April 1,
basic annual salary, including the
1977 increment, or $500, which-
ever is greater, and that sub-
sequent promotions should not
affect that negotiated increase.

CREDIT

‘The front page photo in last
week's Leader of the strike
against the Upstate Transpor-
tation Consortium was sup-
plied through the courtesy of
the Saratogian Tri-County
News, Saratoga Springs,

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».NEL FUNCTIONS

Hiring and salary recommendations for Civil Service Employees Assn. staff are responsibility of the
union's Board of Directors personnel committee. Members of this important committee are elected by
their fellow directors at first meeting following installation of new Board. Transportation representative
Timothy McInerney, at head of table, was chosen as chairman by committee members. From left are
Region VI Mental Hygiene’s James Bourkney, Executive's Mary Moore, Chautauqua County's Donald
Maloney, Mr. McInerney, Dutchess County's Ellis Adams, Executive's James Welch and Erie County's
George Clark. Other committee members are Region I Mental Hygiene’s Betty Duffy and Herkimer

County’s Mary Sullivan.

122 Workers Reimbursed
As PERB Uses New Power

FARMINGDALE—In a decision by a State Public Employment Relations Board hear-
ing officer, which represents the first time that PERB has applied newly gained regulatory
powers retroactively, the Farmingdale Union Free School District has been directed to re-
imburse all 122 members of the Civil Service Employees Assn. unit there for two days’ wages

that the District had deducted
from their salaries, plus 3 per-
cent interest.

Since 1961, non-instructional
employees of the school district,
represented by the CSEA, have
been given the day after Thanks-
giving off asa paid holiday. In
November 1976 CSEA and the
District were engaged in nego-
tiations for a successor agree-
ment to one that had expired in
June of that year, and employees
were told they had to report to
work on the Friday following
Thanksgiving,

The workers grieved the order
to work on a day they had been
previously given as a holiday,
but the school board denied the
grievance.

On Friday, Nov. 26, 1976, the
day after Thanksgiving, 122 of
the approximately 155 non-
teaching employees in the dis-
trict did not report for work.
As a result, their employer
charged them with conducting a
strike and docked them for two
days’ pay as the penalty under
the Taylor Law.

In the decision rendered by
PERB hearing officer Cole Pil-
cher, the strike charge by the
District against the CSEA Nas-
sau Educational Local and an
improper practice charge filed

by the CSEA against the District
were considered.

The PERB hearing officer dis-
missed the strike charge, agree-
ing with the CSEA's position
that “the employer cannot manu-
facture 4 strike by ordering em-
ployees .o come to work on a
day upon which they are not
scheduled to work.”

Mr. Pilcher also sustained
CSEA’s improper practice charge
and ordered that all unit em-
ployees be paid for the amount
of salary lost as a result of their
not working on the day after
Thanksgiving, together with 3
percent per annum interest on
the amount reimbursed.

New legislation signed last
July deletes a portion of Civil
Service Law that limited PERB's
power to enter an order other
than one directing the offending
party to negotiate in good faith.
‘The law now allows PERB to
order “such affirmative action as
will effectuate the policies of
this article (but not to assess
exemplary damages), including,
but not limited to the reinstate-
ment of employees with or with-
out back pay.” The Farmingdale
School District decision ts the
first since the law went into

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OCTOBER
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can Legion Hall, Delhi

18—New York Retirees Local 910 meeting: | p.m., 2 World Trade

Center

room 5890, Manhattan

18—Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local 410 meeting: 8 p.m.,
Fairview Firehouse, Violet Avenue, Poughkeepsie.
21—Western Region VI reception honoring CSEA president William

L, McGowan: 7 p.m.,
Cheektowaga.

xecutive Hotel, 4243 Ger

Street,

effect that has been applied re-
troactively.

Prior to this decision, PERB
hearing officers had ruled that
PERB could not issue remedial
relief unless the violation oc-
curred subsequent to the date
the PERB powers bill was signed.

COLLAGE

‘The 12 people selected for
the collage on page 1 are rep-
resentative of the many who
contribute significantly to the
functioning of the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn, They
are: 1, statewide secretary
Irene Carr; 2. executive vice-
president Thomas MeDon-
ough; 3. statewide treasurer
Jack Gallagher; 4. attorney
James Featherstonhaugh;
5. County Division vice-chair-
man Mary Sullivan; 6, attor-
‘ney James Roemer; 7, County
Division hairman Joseph
Lazarony; 8, State Division
executive director Jack Carey;
9%. State Division chairman
William Deck; 10, State Divi-
sion vice-chairman Patricia
Crandall; 11, County Division
executive director Joseph Do-
lan; 12. parliamentarian C

este Rosenkrans.

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, October 14, 1977

No Make-

The State Department of
Civil Service has succeeded
in having dismissed a law-
sult brought against it by a
Nassau County police officer be-
cause of its refusal to provide
him with a make-up examination
for sergeant.

Nassau County Supreme Court
Judge Bernard Tomson ruled the
Police officer had not proved
that the hand and shoulder in-
juries he suffered were severe
enough to prevent him from tak-
ing the examination last Feb-

ruary. Judge Tomson said he
could have had someone help do
his writing.

The officer, Joseph F. Rogers,
sought a make-up examination
claiming that the injuries suf-
fered on duty physically prevent-
ed him taking the exam. Judge
Tomson noted that the Nassau
Civil Service Commission had of-
fered to provide him with an
amanuensis, a person to write
down the answers for him, but
Ptl. Rogers declined the offer.

None of the circumstances re-

NASSAU CSEA FUN TIME
Children of Nassau County Civil Service Employees Assn. members who are Nassau Off-Track Betting
workers are handed orange T-shirts at second annual picnic sponsored by union recently at Salis-
bury Park, East Meadow. T-shirts were inscribed with OTB symbol. More than 600 people were on hand.

p Test For Injured Cop

quiring make-up exams were
present in Officer Rogers’ case,
said the judge. For example, he
pointed out, under state law,
make-up examinations for civil
service promotions are required if
candidates are physically unable
to take them because of sickness
or injury, if the examination is
scheduled on a religious holiday
or if the candidate is on military
duty,

But, Judge Tomson said, the
state and county civil service

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Vet Preference

Keeping Women
From U.S. Jobs

WASHINGTON—The Gen-
eral Accounting Office says
hiring preference for veter-
ans prevents women from
getting federal civil service jobs.

“Veterans' preference in fed-
eral employment, as a public
policy, has been successful in re-
warding veterans for sacrifices
they have made for the nation,”
the federal agency said in a re-
port.

But the report added, “veter-
ans’ benefits preference repre-
sents a dilemma since it is in
conflict with the policy of pro-
viding equal employment oppor-
tunity to the women of the na-
tion.

“Veterans’ preference hampers
federal agencies from accom-
Plishing their affirmative action
goals.”

The GAO said it did not rec-
ommend abolishing veterans’
preference, but it suggested the
adverse impact on women could
be reduced through Congression-
al action.

The most frequent recommen-
dation by government agencies,
the report said, was to limit ap-
plication of the preference to the
first time the veteran secures a
government job and setting a
time limit for use of preference
after discharge or retirement
from the service.

GAO cited the case of a wo-
man seeking a job as a correc-
tional officer in Atlanta. If all
veterans’ preference had been
excluded, she would have been
first. But with preference in ef-

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fect she was listed 82nd.

Some agencies have used
“questionable procedures” to re-
cruit women who cannot be
reached through the Civil Service
Commission registers, the report
said.

Among these are writing job
descriptions to fit the qualifica-
tions of particular applicants;
listing jobs as intermittent to dis-
courage veterans; requesting and
returning certificates unused un-
til veterans no longer block the

(Continued on Page 13)

Dual Pension
Fee Program
Case Pending

WASHINGTON — The U.S.
Supreme Court will decide
whether an employer may
require women workers with
@ usually longer life span than
men, to make larger pension
fund contributions

‘The justices will hear an ap-
peal by the Los Angeles Depart-
ment of Water and Power of a
lower court ruling, declaring its
retirement plan unlawful

Lawyers for the city say ban-
ning such pension programs
could have a “heavy financial
impact on retirement plans across
the country.” Similar cases are
pending in New York, Michigan,
Maine and North Carolina courts.

(Continued on Page 13)

Sherrye Henry
Monday-Friday,
240-4:00PM
Suffolk Engineer, Park Jobs Opening

HAUPPAUGE — The Suf-
folk County public job mar-
ket is souring again.

The county Civil Service
Department has scheduled six
qualifying exams to fill four jobs.
‘There will be both an open com-
petitive test and a promotional
test for two titles, senior en-
gineering aide and principal en-
gineering aide. These tests will
be held Dec. 10. Applications must
be submitted by Nov. 2.

The other open competitive
jobs are senior park maintenance
foreman, which pays $13,000 a
year; and assistant town park
supervisor, $13,000.

4 aes

Principal engineering aides
($397 bi-weekly) must be high
school graduates with four years
sub-professional civil engineer-
ing experience or a combination
of the training and experience
qualifications.

Promotional principal engine-
ering aide candidates must have
been senior engineering aides
with the county for at least
two years.

Senior engineering ($328 bi-
weekly) applicants must be high
schoo] graduates with at least
two years’ sub-professional civil
engineering experience or a com-
bination of experience and train-

SUFFOLK LEADERS MEET
The Civil Service Employees Assn. is deeply concerned about bills
coming out of state and county legislatures concerning public em-
ployees, say union leaders. In picture, Floyd Linton, presiding officer
of the Suffolk County Legislature, huddies with William Lewis,
Suffolk County CSEA president, in meeting at lawmaker’s office in
Hauppauge. The two discussed bills maintaining county school cross-
ing guards, abolishing in-step hiring for public nurse jobs, restructur-

ing. Promotional aspirants must
have been engineering aides with
the county for at least two years.

Por senior park maintenance

foreman, candidates must be high
school graduates with six years
groundskeeping and maintenance
experience, two of them as sup-

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ervisors, The test date is Nov
19. Filing ends Oct. 19.
Assistant town park supervi-
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It’s NYCLU Vs. PBA —Round 2

The New York Civil Liber-
ties Union says it will take
whatever legal action neces-
sary to counter defamation

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suits filed by New York City
police officers against civilians
who complain of police miscon-
duet.

NYCLU executive director Ira
Glasser said the Patrolmen’s
Benevolent Association's plan to
file such defamation suits, an-
nounced last week, “was nothing
more than a self-serving attempt
to intimidate citizens from seek-
ing redress of police abuse.” Mr.
Glasser said the NYCLU would be
willing to represent every citizen
who is sued for libel as the result
of a complaint to the Civilian
Complaint Review Board.

“There is no legal basis for
such defamation suits,” said Mr.
Glasser. “The law in New York
is crystal clear. Complaints
against lawyers filed with the
Grievance Committee of the bar
association, are absolutely priv-
ileged against libel suits. To force
citizens to incur the expense of
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Suffolk County
School Guards
Staying On Job

(Continued from Page 2)

“What Klein was trying to do,
after having negotiated with us,
was to welch on his deal and
then force the Legislature to vote
the money for his negotiations.
Tt was a cheap political trick
and it didn’t work,” said William
Lewis, Local 882 president.

Mr. Lewis went before the Leg-
islature Oct. 4 and argued that
the county had invested money in
the guards to build up a pro-
fessional force which should not
be thrown away.

“You just don't desert such a
group,” Mr. Lewis said. He also
argued the guards had more than
3,500 years of service among
them. The legislators rejected the
proposal 17-1. Legislator Claire
Sauer (D-Huntington), who cast
the only antiguard vote, 1s not
running for re-election.

But it was outside pressure by
the guards and the union that
legislators say determined the
final vote. Presiding officer Floyd
Linton (D-Miller Place) sald
the crossing guards dispute af-
fected the “PTA and the school
board. The issue had a great
deal of political clout.”

Crossing guards, led by CSEA
crossing guard unit president
Lillian Tully, solicited petitions in
support of the jobs from the
community, They collected 18,000
signatures in three days. Inten-
sive lobbying by union officials
also brought pressure on the
lawmakers.”

“We have to thank those legis-
lators who were helpful to us

in this struggle," Mr. Lewis said, ©

“especially legislators Foley,
Mrazek, Bassano, Noto and
Adier.”

During a recess in the de-
bate, Legislator Tony Noto (R C-
Babylon) presented crossing
guard Carol Waddell with a Leg-
islative Proclamation, While on
duty in Babylon, she prevented
® man from abducting a young
girl, The man was arrested and
is undergoing psychiatric tests.

“School Crossing Guard Carol
Waddel exemplified the finest
conduct and tradition of the Suf-
folk County Police Crossing
Guards in protecting the public
and the small children they are
assigned to observe,” the pro-
clamation reads.

Mr, Klein, however, said he
was prepared for the defeat. He
said he included extra funds
in next year's budget for guards’
salaries.

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8 pm,, Fairview Firehouse, Vio-~
let Avenue, Poughkeepsie.

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MINEOLA—Nov. 19 will be
a big day in Nassau County.

Hundreds of job applicants
will be tested for jobs in 16
title areas that day, They will be
trying for jobs ranging in sal-
ary from $8,170 to $22,429 a
year with Nassau County agen-
cles and several Nassau towns,

villages, school districts and the
Board of Cooperative Educational
Servites (BOCES).

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contruction inspector II and traf-
fie recorder I, both county jobs,
is Oct. 14, Applicants for the
$13,228-a-year building construc-
tion inspector job must be high

Open Continuous

State Job

Calendar

Title

Salary Exam No.
Accounting, Careers In $10,714 20-200
Actuary (Casualty), Associate $18,369 20-416
Actuary (Lif $18,369 20-520
Actuary (Casualty), Principal $22,694 20.417
Actuary fe), Principal $22,694 20-521
Actuary (Life), Senior $14,142 20-519
Actuary (Casualty), Supervising $26,516 20-418
Actuary (Life), Supervising $26,516 20-522
Dental Hy: $ 8,523 20-107
Dentist-In-Training $20,428 27-679
Dentist | $22,694 27-629
Dentist I $25,161 27-680
Trainee $10,118 20-888
$10,714 20-887
jan, Supervising $12,670 20-886
Electroencephalograph Technician $ 7,616 20-308
janitary " $14,142 20-122
$11,337—$12,275 20-109
Engineer, Senior Sanitary $17,429 20-123
Food Service Worker $ 5,827 20-352
Medical Record Administrator $11,337 20-348
Hearing Reporter $11,337 20-211
Histology Technician $8,051 20-170
pega heggrs $11, 164—$14,142 20-113
Libr. Sli $10,155 and up
Medical Specialist | $27,942 20407
Medical Specialist i] $33,704 20-408
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aid Trainee
(Reg & Spanish Speaking) $ 7,204 20.394
Nurse | $10,118 20-584
Nurse Il $11,337 20-585
Nurse Il $11,337 20-586
Nurse Il (Rehabil $11,337 20-587
Nurse, Health Services $10,714—$1 1,489 20-333
Nurse, Licensed Practical $ 8,051 20-106
Nutrition Services Consultant $14,880 20-139
ional Therapist
. & Spanish Speaking $11,337 20.895
Oncigonal Therapist,
ish Speaking) $12,670 20.894
Physio Therapist - 20-177
Physical Therapist, Senior $12,760 20-138
Physical Therapy Assistant | & II
(Spanish Speaking) $9,029 20-175
in, Assistant Clinical $25,161 20-413
1, Clinical $27,974 20-414
il, Clinical $31,055 20-415
|, Compensation Examining $27,942 20-420
trist $27,942 20-390
Psychiatrist II $33,704 20-391
Radiologic Technologist, Radiologic
Technologist (Therapy) $8,051-$10,274 20.334
Stationary Engineer $ 9.546 20-100
$14,142 20-303
$10,714 20-101
Varitype 0} $6811 20-307
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor $14,142 20-140
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee $11,983 20-140

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ppl
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State Plaza, Albany,

Building, Emp

rtment of Health, Tower
lew York 12237.

Specialist In Education—NYS Education Department, State Edu-
cation Building, Albany, New York 12234,

Maintenance Assistants (Mechanic) Motor Equipment Mechan-
ics—NYS Department of Transportation, State Office Building, Al-

bany, New York 12232,

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examination information,

school graduates with at least
four years’ building construction
inspector experience or sik years
building construction foreman,
supervisor or contractor experi-
ence.

‘Traffic Recorder I candidates
must be high school graduates
and hold a driver's licefise. The
post pays $8,170.

Filing closes Oct. 19 for the
other 13 jobs. They are;

Chief accountant, $18,170, need
@ bachelor’s degree in account-
ing and five years accounting
experience, three as a super-
visor,

Accounting executive, $22,429,
need either bachelor’s degree in
accounting or a certified public
accountant license or seven
years accounting experience,
three as a supervisor.

Assistant accountant, $13,050,
need bachelor’s degree in ac-
counting,

Public health nutrionist 1,
$13,228, need bachelor’s degree
in foods and nutrition and basic
sciences and 30 credit hours in
public health nutrition education,
food and nutrition, institutional
management; field work In a
health agency or related training
and two years nutritionist or
related training and two years
nutritionist or dietitian experi-
ence.

Public health nurtitionist HU,
$17,279, need bachelor's degree in
foods and nutrition with prep-
aration in basic sciences and 30
credit hours in public health
nutrition, nutrition education,
foods and nutrition, institutional
management, field work in a
health agency and four years
nutrition or dietetic experience,
two years of which must have
been in @ public health, commu-
nity nutrition service, hospital or
health facility.

Mail and supply clerk, $3.75
an hour, need high school di-
ploma and one year’s messenger
or stockroom experience.

Field accountant, $14,417, need
bachelor’s degree in accounting,
and three years’ accounting ex-
perience.

Accountant HI, $17,279, need
bachelor's degree in accounting
and five years’ accounting ex-

Suffolk Park,
Engineering
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school graduates with three years
park management experience or
a combination of training and
experience.

Applications should go to Suf-
folk County Department of Civil
Service, H, Lee Dennison Execu-
tive Office Building, Veterans

Memorial Highway, Hauppauge
11787.

Helping Women
Return To Work

WHITE PLAINS—The West-
chester County Women's Center
of White Plains is sponsoring a
series of mini-workshops to help
women return to the work force.

The free workshops, open to
all Westchester and Putnam
residents, will focus on balancing
the demands of a family and a
career,

perience, two as a supervisor.

Groundskeeper [V, $14,417,
need high school diploma and
eight years’ experience main-
taining public grounds and me-
chanical grounds-keeping equip-
ment, four years as a supervisor,
and a driver's license.

Planning drafter MH, $11,295,
need associate degree in engine-
ering technology and one year's
planning drafter or technical {l-
lustrator experience; or a high
school diploma and three years
experience.

Planning drafter I, $9,770, need

* associate degree in engineering

technology or a high school di-
ploma and one year's drafting or

illustrating experience.

Accountant I, $11,295, need
bachelor's degree in accounting.

Accountant III, $13,000, need
bachelors degree in accounting
and five years accounting ex-
perience,

Special investigator I, no sal-
ary Announced, need high school
diploma, 10 years criminal in-
vestigation experience, five years
of them investigating syndicated
crime, including narcotics, gam-
bling, bookmaking, policy and
Joansharking cases.

Applicants should contact the
Nassau County Civil Service
Commission, 140 Old Country
Rd., Mineola 11501, for details.

7 Jobs Open In Rockland

NEW CITY—Three promo-
tionals and four open competi-
tive posts are open in Rockland
County. There will be both pro-
motion and open competitive
tests for two titles.

Employees of three county
agencies are eligible for the pro-
motionals, accountant I, senior
psychiatric social worker and
supervising public health nurse.
The open competitive jobs are
accountant I and I, office ser-
vices clerk and senior psychiat-
ric social worker,

‘The promotional accountant I

test is limited to county Depart-
ment of Audit and Control em-
ployees. Only Health Department
aides are eligible for supervising
public health nurse. To be elig-
ible for senior psychiatrist social
worker (promotional), candidates
must be already employed by
the county community health
center.

The filing for all accountant
jobs, office services clerk and
supervising public health nurse
ts Oct. 19. The tests will be held
Nov. 19. For senior psychiatric

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ve. cegeeergrereqerc ner oerenoner ener cer:

" McDermott Announces

ALBANY—The Capital Region of the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn. held its first meeting of the new term on Sept.
26 at the Thruway House in Albany.

Opening the meeting, Wayne Dessingue introduced the

following Capital Region offi-
cers: Joseph McDermott, presi-
dent; Jack Dougherty, first viee-
president; Timothy McInerney,
second vice-president; Eileen
Salisbury, third vice-president;
Carole Trifiletti, secretary, and
Julia Braden, corresponding sec-
retary.

Other CSEA officials at the
meeting included Willlam Mc-
Gowan, statewide president;
Thomas McDonough, executive
vice-president; Jack Carey, as-
sistant executive director; State
Division; and Richard Burstein,
counsel.

Mr. McDermott presented gifts
to Jean Gray, former first vice-
president, and Julia Braden,
former secretary, in recognition
of fine service while they were
in office. In addition, he an-
nounced his appointment of Ms.
Braden as the corresponding sec-
retary for the Region, He then
presented a special plaque to
John Vallee, former second vice-
president, “in appreciation of his
dedication, dependability, and
unselfish service in the Capital
Region in promoting the aims
of the CSEA.”

Mr, McGowan installed the
new regiona] officers and spoke
on his own goals as statewide
president. Emphasizing that he
will work to the best of his
ability for the whole member-
ship, Mr. McGowan told his lis-
teners, “I receive about 100 let~
ters.a day from the rank-and-
file members and I read and
answer all letters from CSEA
members.” He requested help
and ideas from everyone and
stated that he plans to visit
every region.

President's Report

Presenting his first president's
report for the new term, Mr.
McDermott announced the ap-
pointments of committee chair-
men. They are: education, Betty
Lennon; political action, Jean
Myers; publicity, Mary Weid-
man; special transportation,
Dorothy Honeywell; downtown,
Richard Doucette; finance, Nor-
ma Paige; activities, Mary Moore;
audit, Steve Coupas; social, Nonie
Johnson; county, John Vallee;
uptown, Ronald Galinski; Adi-
rondack, Frances Bessette; and
constitution & bylaws, James
Hull,

Mr. McDermott stated that he
has not as yet made appoint-
ments for the communications
and negotiating coordinating
committees, two committees for
which the constitution does not
require him to make appoint-
ments. He added that it had
been recommended that he con-
sider abolishing the negotiating
coordinating committee, since it
does not serve the purpose for
which it was created, and that
no appointments will be made
for the communications commit-
tee until its guidelines have been
set up.

‘Thus far, he stated, members
have been appointed only to the
education, political action, and
finance committees since it was
mecessary for them to begin
work, The remainder of member
appointments are currently being
made

Continuing his report, Mr. Mo-
Dermott discussed a series of
bi-monthly meetings to be held
between himself and the new of-
ficers of the Region to establish

Capital. Region IV
Delegates Prepare
For Convention

a working relationship and to
discuss their aims. He requested
that the officers, under the di-
rection of Mr. Dougherty, read
the regional constitution and by-
laws to make recommendations
or changes to be presented to
that committee by the end of
December.

T concluding, Mr. McDermott
urged State Division locals to
send comments to the Region
concerning job specification for
State Division people. These specs
were recently sent out by Bar-
bara Falzano, research analyst.
He apologized for not returning
phone calls right away, due to
the high number which he re-
ceives daily. He commented that
the communications workshop
held in June has resulted in the
publication of newsletters by
some locals, and urged that they
send copies of their newsletters to
the Region and to the Leader.

He ended by informing locals
that they will be receiving com-
puter printout sheets listing in-
valid addresses and urged them

Pen ete coe

to update their

contracts. Some of the political
subdivisions that are not getting
Agency Shop, he noted, are larger
than some of the state locals.
Mr. Carey added that many peo-
ple are unaware that this is a
two-year bill, and that permis-
sive legislation concerning it can
be discussed under old or new
business.

At this point, Mr. McDermott
announced that membership
cards have been coming from
600-800 new members in the
State Division for the last three
weeks. He urged locals to send
the new applications to the Re-
gion office so that records can
be kept for personal letters to
be sent out to each new member.

It was announced that when
all four Unit contracts for the
State Division are done this

Schedule Orientation
About CSEA Benefits

ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn. in Capital
Region IV, under the direction of William Lochner, field rep-
resentative, has begun a series of orientation meetings in

the state where Agency Shop
into effect.

The program is almed at new
employees and incumbent work-
ers who have been in state serv-
ice for a number of yenrs, but
who have never been made aware
of the benefits and structure of
the union,

‘The main thrust, according to
Mr. Lochner, is to make all em-
ployees aware of the material
benefits which the CSEA has to
offer,

“Most people do not realize that
the CSEA offers many other
things in addition to member
service, collective bargaining, and
the handling of grievances,” he
said. “Members will be informed
that they may obtain life,
homeowners, renters, car and
aceident and health insurance,
better buying service, travel ser-
vice, eye care and expert legal
assistance for other than job
related matters.”

In addition to these goals, the
meetings will serve as a com-
munications medium, allowing
employees to express fears and
displeasures, and to ask ques-
tions. It will provide the field
representative and the Local of-
ficers direct input from the em-
ployees.

Most important, says Mr,
Lochner, such meetings convey
the message that members have
union representation from the
beginning; they are assured that
the CSEA 1s on the spot or “just
a phone call away.”

“When employees identify with
their Local and become cogni-
zant of their strength in unified

legislation has recently gone

purpose, the CSEA will benefit
as a union that truly articulates
the employees’ concern," he com-
mented, “The results of the pro-
gram can be measured by the
positive response in Locals where
meetings have already been held."

month, the Region will deliver
them to the Empire State Plaza
for downtown distribution and to
the State Campus for uptown
distribution, Additional copies
will be given to the locals for
required distribution to non-
members.

All State- Division locals were
urged to support the State Em-
ployees Federated Appeal cam-
paign since this is the only cam-
Paign for state employees that
encompasses all health agencies
that used to have separate soli-
citations.

Locals were urged to recruit
volunteers to staff telephones to
take solicitations for a Special
Arts Festival to be held Nov.
11-13 for the benefit of the
physically and mentally handi-

ommitt ttee Appointments

capped in the Albany area.

‘The many CSEA members who
work in the mental health and
retardation fields should be espe-
cially interested in the festival,
said Mr. McDermott.

Committee Reports

In the third vice-president’s
report, Eileen Salisbury discussed
the recent Women’s Meeting held
in the Empire State Plaza and
announced that literature was
available for anyone who is in-
terested in what happened.

A motion by Gerald Toomey,
president of SUNY Central Ad-
ministration Local 693, to elect
members of the executive com-
mittee of the region resulted in
the following winners from State
‘and County Divisions: Al Mead,

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Agreement Reached
In Rensselaer Prior

To County

Elections

By DEBORAH CASSIDY
RENSSELAER—In Rensselaer County, Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn. members voted 466 to 7 in favor of a two-year
contract offering them a $700 or 7 percent (whichever Is

greater) increase for January
increase effective January 1979.

Other benefits include agree-
ments in which the County will
buy back unused sick time from
employees who have used less
than four days during the year
and will pay a $30 uniform al-
lowance for mechanic's helpers
and a $50 allowance for me-
chanics who use their own tools
on the job.

This settlement comes after
only one month of negotiations
between committees headed by
Sue Ernst, Rensselaer County
unit president, and William Mur-
phy, County Executive. Previous
negotiations for the last two con-
tracts dragged on for a year each
and resulted in imposed contracts
due to the County's insistence
that no money was avatlable for

After 12 Years of Negotiations

Essex Workers Gain

ELIZABETHTOWN — After
more than a year and a half
of negotiations, the Essex
County members of the Civil
Service Employees Assn, have ac-
cepted a 1977-1978 contract con-
taining a $300 bonus for 1977
and a 5.5 percent across-the-
board increase, plus increments,
effective January 1978,

The contract also provides for
@ change in the employees’ health
insurance from the statewide plan
to Blue Cross/Blue Shield Plan C

with Major Medical coverage.
Specific language concerning
layoff, bumping and recall of
noncompetitive labor-class em-
ployees was also included, Em-
ployees will now be granted pay-
ment for compensatory time,
which cannot be taken off for
® specified period, and will be
allowed up to three days bereave-
ment leave for each death in the
immediate family,

Two other important benefits
obtained are the right of non-

1978 and a $600 or 6 percent

an increase.

Massive reform in the state
welfare system has cut the
County's cost for local programs,
making more money available
for the current increases, accord-
ing to Mr. Murphy.

Questions have arisen concern-
ing the effect of political action
on the settlement, since this is
an election year for Mr. Murhpy.

CSEA officials were not avail-
able for comment on this isssue.
The Rensselaer County Local,
however, has announced its en-
dorsement for Robert Stierer,
Mr, Murphy's opponent in the
executive race, because of dis-
satisfaction with Mr. Murphy's
policies and treatment of public
employees in the past.

Contract

competitive and labor-class em-
ployees to make use of the
grievance procedure in matters
of discipline and discharge and
the right of the Local president
or his designee to take five days
per year to attend meetings and
conventions on the statewide or
regional levels.

These benefits represent signi-
ficant gains on the part of these
CSEA members and reflect ef-
forts to strengthen union or-
ganization in small counties,

CAPITAL REGION

REGION OFFICERS
President; Joseph McDermott, Transportation
First Vice-President: E, Jack Dougherty, Taxation
Second Vice-President; Timothy Melnerney, Transportation
Third Vice-President; Eileen Salisbury, Motor Vehicle
Secretary; Carole Trifiletti, Environmental Conservation
‘Treasurer; Mary Jarocki; SUNY at Albany
Regional Supervisor: John Corcoran, Jr.

REGION OFFICE

10 Colvin Avenue
Albany, N.¥.12206

‘Telephone; (518) 459-5595

.
CSEA vice-president Joseph Me-
Dermott gave principal speech at
Saturday evening finale. He listed
foresightedness, planning and in-
novation among traits for suc-
cessful union—"but most import-
ant Is perseverance.”

CSEA president William McGowan, far right, swears in officers of Central Region V at finale of weekend events. Right from Mr. McGowan
are president James Moore, of Utica Psychiatric Center Local 425; executive vice-president Patricia Crandall, of SUC at Cortland Local
605; first vice-president Dorothy Moses, of Williard Psychiatric Center Local 428; second vice-president Beverly McDonald, also of Williard
PC; third vice-president Ralph Young, of Oneida County Local 833; secretary Helen Hanlon, of Syracuse Local 013; treasurer Anna Mae
Darby, also of Utiea PC; executive secretary Richard Cleary, also of Syracuse Local, and corresponding secretary Jackie Chambrone, also

of Utica PC.

Moore Tells Central Region V Goals:
‘Good Relations And Accomplish More’

(From Leader Correspondent)
SYRACUSE Region V of the
Civil Service Employees Assn.
hosted many of the union's lead-
ers, including William McGowan,
statewide president, at its fall
meeting Sept. 30-Oct. 2 here.
Members heard their new-
ly elected Regional president,
James Moore, state that it Is
"a goal of mine to see that staff
of Region V and officers of Re-
gion V have good relations and
accomplish more because of
these closer relationships.”
MeGowan Pledges Action
Priday night was devoted to
issues that will come before the
statewide meeting at the Con-
cord Hotel this week. Presi-
dent McGowan reminded mem-
bers that “we are going into a
convention” and that most of all,
“we're going there to represent
what our members want, not
what we as individuals want.” He
urged Region V delegates time
and again to be clear on what
the membership wants before
casting any votes or stating any
opinions at that convention.
“Our biggest fault,” he said,
“is we only call on the rank and
file when {t's convenient for us.
But, we need their input. Also,
T am going to listen to staff. I'll
give them the tools to do the
job, but I intend to use staff, not
abuse them, And I'm going to
move staff wherever we need
them whenever we need them.”
“T am sick and tired,” he said,
“of this union putting out fires—
of stopping challenges. It is high
time we started making fires and
challenging others. God, if we
ever united and all started
marching to the same drum-
mer, nobody would ever believe
what this union could achieve.”

/

At a meeting of the Region V
state workshop, presided over by
Dale Dusharm of Oswego, staff
attorney Mike Smith answered
questions on workmen's compen-
sation and disciplinary cases.

State collective bargaining
specialist John A. Conoby told
workshop participants that “our
employees are being punished.”
Mr, Conoby urged employees to
file grievances when there are
obvious abuses by the state

“Article 33 is mainly a prob-
Jem in the area of mental hy-
giene,” Mr. Conoby said. And the
state files more and more discip-
linary charges as time goes on.
There were 2,000 such cases in
1974-75 and about that many in
1975-76," Mr. Conoby said.
“Seventy percent of them were
in mental hygiene and 85 to 90
Percent of the cases are argued
successfully by our people,” he
added.

Both Mr. Conoby and Mr.
Smith stressed how important it
is for the union to comply with
deadlines in the grievance pro-
cedure so as not to lose a case

Mr. McGowan interrupted to
inform members that “we in Al-
bany are in the process of draw-
ing up a ‘bill of rights’ for CSEA
members which you can carry in
your purses or wallets.” This an-
nouncement was met with ap-
plause,

OK Board Honorariums

At the closing general mem-
bership meeting, Fred Depew,
acting chairman of the Regional
corrections committee, read off
@ litany of problems in the cor-
rectional institutes which need
attention. Of particular concern
4s the criminally insane being
mixed in with the regular pris-
oners to be supervised by union

Central Region V State Division chairman Dale Dusharm, president
of SUC at Oswego Local 611, and vice-chairman Mary Lauzon, presi-
dent of SUC at Potsdam Local 613, confer at dais during Saturday
morning meeting, where state-employed delegates discussed mutual

problems.

members with no special training
in that area,

John Tanzi of Auburn, vice-
president of the Syracuse area
retirees’ Local, urged the general
membership to support the fight
of the retirees in the legislature
to obtain better benefits. “You
people are going to retire, too,”
he reminded. Mr. Tanzi thanked
Mr. Moore and Mr. McGowan
for paying close attention and
encouraging the efforts of Re-
gion V retirees.

A lengthy debate on whether
to ald state board members took
place, and the group voted to
favor honorariums for statewide
Board of Directors members.

George McCarthy of Ogdens-
(Continued on Page 19)

SUNY at Syracuse (Upstate Medical Center) Local 615 served as host for the weekend event that at-

Looking over garment bags that were sold to raise funds for regional
political action are, from left, Fort Sehuyler Local 014 of Utica
president James Currier, regional public relations specialist Chuck
McGeary, Jefferson unit secretary Elaine Duffany and Jefferson
Local 823 president Richard Grieco.

tracted a presumed record of 250 participants from the 20-county Central Region V jurisdiction. Com-
mittee chairman Robert Vincent, standing, checks with committee members and Local officers to make
sure all details were accounted for in arranging smooth-going convention. Seated, from left, are Wil-
Ham La Point, Local 615 president William O'Neill and Loretta Vincent; standing are Ann O'Neill, Rich-

ard Esposito, Barbara Esposito and Rita LaPoint.

(Leader photos by Thomas Hashem)

CENTRAL REGION 5

REGION OFFICERS

President: James Moore, Utica Paychiatric Center

Executive Vice-President: Patricia Crandall, 8UC at Cortland
First Vice-President: Dorothy Moses, Willard Psychiatric
Second Vice-President: Beverly McDonald, Willard Psychiatric
Third Vice-President: Ralph Young, Oneida County
Seeretary: Helen Hanlon, Transportation, Syracuse
‘Treasurer: Anna Mae Darby, Utica Psychiatrie Center
Regional Supervisor: Francis Martello

REGION OFFICE
Room 118, Midtown Plaza
700 East Water Street
Syracuse, N.Y, 13201
‘Telephone; (315) 422-2319
SATELLITE OFFICES
349 Chenango Street
Binghamton, N.¥. 13901
Telephone: (607) 772-1750
300 Bleecker Street
Utiea, N.¥. 13501
‘Telephone: (315) 735-9272
13 Main Street
Canton, N.¥, 13617
Telephone: (315) 386-8131

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1977

Double Standard

Reports about how the Saratoga Springs bus driver
strike was settled brought back some old memories, some
of them bitter and some sweet.

We noted with pleasure that the dispute was settled
smoothly. Union leaders came out of the negotiations with
the feeling both sides received a fair deal.

The Saratoga bus drivers are Civil Service Employees
Assn. members but they are no longer public employees.
They work for Upstate Transit Consortium, of Rochester,
because of a new gimmick more and more schoo! districts
and municipalities are utilizing to avoid their responsibili-
ties to their employees. It’s called contracting out to private
corporations. Municipal and school officials feel this saves
them considerable trouble by not having to deal with the
powerful Employees Association.

Union leaders view the new movement with alarm.
Many of them believe it is a dangerous weapon in the
hands of management, designed to destroy unions and deny
workers their rights.

It did not work out that way in Saratoga Springs. In
fact, union leaders seem to feel the workers made progress
that would have been impossible had they remained public
employees. The reason; There was no Taylor Law to con-
tend with.

Under the Taylor Law, public employees are legally
barred from striking. The Taylor Law has robbed public
servants of what we always thought was a basic American
right, The Taylor Law has transformed public employees
into second-class citizens.

The strike began after the local school board decided
to contract out its bus transportation services for the dis-
trict’s 7,000 pupils, despite a two-year contract it had with
the CSEA that had one more year to run. Upstate Transit
hired all 65 of the drivers and mechanics left over after
the switch occurred, but paid them 50-cents an hour less
than they earned as public employees. There was also no
union contract. The walkout occurred when one worker
was fired for allegedly conducting union organizing activities.

Union leaders demanded a contract, the same wages
the workers earned before the change occurred, and the dis-
missed employee's reinstatement, They won all three de-
mands after nine days on the picket line.

But if they were still public employees, they would face
stiff penalties for their action no matter how justified their
cause. That fact, which is constantly with us, reminds one
of the old sweatshop days when workers had almost no
rights and plenty to complain about. We realize days like
that are not apt to return, but laws prohibiting any seg-
ment of the population of their basic democratic rights can
become a dangerous threat to liberty. We feel it's time state
officials realize how the repressive Taylor Law is making
@ mockery out of what could be good relations between pub-
lic servants and public officials,

It ts certainly pointed up in this instance where the
strike was settled to everyone's benefit, yet the same
employees performing the same jobs would have faced Tay-
lor Law penalties had they been civil servants, (AT)

Amendments:
More Puzzles
For The Voters

In addition to voting on
races in a wide variety of
local government elections,
the voter will find on the
ballot this year a series of ques-
tions involving proposed amend-
ments to the State Constitution
and a proposition that would
authorize the State to borrow
$750 million for a wide variety
of improvements.

Gov, Alfred E. Smith once
said that whenever a question is
put before the voters, one should
consider the fact that 25 percent
of the voters will always vote No,
because they are instinctively
opposed to any change. That
means that a majority must be
obtained from the other 75 per-
cent of the voters. The truth of
Smith's dictum may surface
again in the voting on the var-
fous questions on this year's bal-
lot.

Appointed Judges

A couple of these proposed
Constitutional amendments deal
with restructuring the judicial
system. Of these, the most con-
troversial is a proposed change
to abolish the present method of
electing Judges to the Court of
Appeals and substituting a pro-
cedure under which the Gover-
nor would appoint those judges
after prospective nominees are
approved by a judicial clearance
committee. That committee
would be substantially controlled
by the Governor and the legisla~
tive leaders.

Considerable opposition has
been aroused against this pro-
posal. It is led primarily by re-
tired Court of Appeals Chief
Judge Charles Desmond and Su-
preme Court Judge Frank O'Con-
nor of Queens, Both were elected
to their judicial posts and both
say that to deny voters a choice
in this matter is a denigration
of the democratic process.

Another question on the ballot
is whether a Constitutional Con-
vention with power to rewrite the
entire State Constitution should
be convened. The decisions of the
convention must also be submit-
ted to the voters for approval.
Under the State Constitution,
this question must be put to the
voters every 20 years and this is
the year for presenting it to the
voters.

The last Constitutional Con-
vention was held in 1967. While
many of its proposed changes
were valuable, the entire package
was rejected by the voters, large-
ly over the so-called Blaine
Amendment, which would have
permitted use of public funds to
ald parochial schools,

Tt is generally agreed by ex-
perts that the State Constitution
is too long and too detailed. How-
ever, running a convention may
cost over $50,000,000. Whatever
may be the merits of a Consti-
tutional Convention at this time,
there seems to be no public
groundswell in support of the is-
sue. The general view is that the
Public will reject the proposal.

Promised Goodies
Governor Carey is making @
determined piteh to get voter
approval of the proposed $750
million State bond issue. Accord-
ing to the program worked out
by the Governor, this would pro-
vide many municipalities with
(Continued on Page 11)

Civil Service
Law & You

By RICHARD GABA

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

The Sabbatical Debate

The New York City Board of Education and the United
Federation of Teachers (UFT) entered into a collective bar-
gaining agreement for the period from September 1975 to
September 1977. In December 1975, the board cancelled all
sabbatical leaves and recalled all teachers on sabbaticals.
Those teachers who were recalled had to report back on Feb.
1, 1976. On Dec. 3, 1975, the union filed a grievance pursuant
to the collective bargaining agreement and requested that
the matter be dealt with expeditiously. Upon the employer's
refusal to expedite arbitration, the union commenced an
action in Supreme Court, Kings County, to permanently
enjoin the board from cancelling the sabbaticals. They sued
because the Feb. 1 deadline would have passed before an
arbitration award could have been made. The union's de-
mand for a preliminary injunction was denied. On Jan. 12,
1976, the union demanded arbitration, However, the ar-
bitrator, on Feb. 16, 1976, held that by bringing the suit for
an injunction, the union waived the arbitration provisions
of the contract.

Thereafter, the appellants (teachers) individually filed
demands for arbitration of the sabbatical question as it af-
fected them. The arbitrator held that the doctrine of waiver
did not bar the appellants’ right to arbitrate their disputes.
The board then commenced a proceeding to permanently
stay the arbitration demanded by the appellants.

The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Depart-
ment, in its decision, noted that where a party elects to
have a dispute determined by a court, it generally is deemed
to have waived any right it may have to proceed to arbit-
ration. However, the court held that in this case the appel-
lants cannot be adjudged to have waived their right to
proceed to arbitration, as provided by the collective bar-
gaining agreement.

The court reasoned that in the action brought by the
union for an injunction, the Kings County Supreme Court
judge did not address himself to the underlying Issue of
whether the board has the power to cancel sabbatical leaves.
The court's decision was limited to the question of whether
the union had suffered irreparable harm, which would en-
title it to the injunctive relief sought. Since its decision
can in no way be construed as resolving the dispute con-
cerning the sabbaticals, the Appellate Division held that the
union did not waive the arbitration procedure of the col-
lective bargaining agreement, The court concluded that
without a showing that the appellants had agreed to have
the union act as their designees, they still had their con-
tractual right to independently pursue this grievance to
arbitration, Board of Education of the City School District
of the City of New York vy. Reuther, 396 N.Y¥5.2d 41.
| WHAT’S YOUR OPINION |

By PAMELA CRAIG
‘THE PLACE: Bronx Psychiatric Center
QUESTION: In what way do you feel state employee benefits could be improved or

are they satisfactory?

Delores Hunt, therapy aide: “What really needs

start a scholarship fund for the employees’ chil-
dren or the employees, themselves. I also feel
that we should receive a clothing allowance. Pa-
tients often tear our clothes and we are not re-
imbursed for their replacement,”

Vincent Payne, therapy aide: “There are many
ways the benefits could be im-
proved. Our compensation for
when we get hurt is way out
of line. We lose more now than
we are gaining. We give away
10 days when we are hurt. I
think they should start a form
of harzardous pay when you
are forced to work in a ward
that houses a large percentage
of violent patients. Right now
we suffer for events that hap-
pen on the job, events that we cannot prevent.
Our medical plan should also contribute toward
the cost of eye glasses or pay for the examina-
tion and glasses in full.”

Dorothy Parham, head: dining room attendant:
“The employees here need a
rest room or lounge where they
could have lunch. In dietary,
we don’t go any place for lunch.
I think the union should in-
vestigate and see how many
institutions are without lounges
for the employees to have lunch
and negotiate with the institu-
tion for space, I also wish there
was a career ladder. There ts
little or no mobility for salary

increases within the civil service system. I speak

for dietary as well as for the nursing staff, This

takes the incentive away from performing a

job well.”

tically exceptional children of state workers. These
are all plans to directly benefit the employee and,
with these options, state service would be more
gratifying.”

the union should offer a full
life insurance program. I feel
that we need a clinic provided
by the union for employees to
receive free medical services. We
should have more input regard-
ing the union, Often we find
out what has happened after
the fact. I feel that this causes
members to be dissatisfied, and
T also feel that it is not a very democratic way
of running the union. There should be a com-
mittee set up to see what the union is doing in
Albany.”

Patricia Maher, therapy alde: “I work on an
intensive care unit. I feel that
extra monetary consideration
should be given to those em-
Ployees who work on this type
of unit. The patients we deal
with are the most volatile in

Se FB tne hospital, x feel they should
be staffed by more men than
women, I don't see why we
should have to give 10 days of

di ™ our time because we get as-

saulted by patients, It is un-
acceptable and I never voted for it, and anybody
who did vote for it should have their head
examined,”

RETIREMENT
NEWS & FACTS

By A. L. PETERS

SS Taxes Rising?

If you are in the bracket that earns $37,500 (and I sup-
pose you can say thanks for that), your social security tax will
triple by 1986 if the House Ways and Means Committee gets

its way.

‘The committee voted 20 to 17
last week for a new tax rate and
tax base. It will go from the cur-
rent 5.85 percent to 6.05 percent
next year (already scheduled),
6.45 percent from 1981 to 1984,
6.9 percent by 1986, and 7.5 per-
cent in 1990.

The bill also raises the maxi-
mum wage on which tax is
levied from $16,500 in 1977 to
$19,900 in 1978, $22,900 in 1979,
and $37,500 by 1986.

Both employers’ and employ-
ees’ taxes are raised in this way.

Recent studies blame the de-
pletion of the social security re-
serves to high unemployment,
the aging population and the
relatively small number of work-
ers in ratio with retirees.

‘Under present law, wages up
to $16,500 are taxed for a total of
$965.25. By 1986, if the rate
changes are made, the maximum
tax will be $2,587.50 a year for
those earning $37,500. If infla-
tion continues at the present 6
percent-a-year rate, this will ap-
ply to workers earning about
$24,000 in current salary value.
Comments at the hearings indi-
cate that this is not the end, Ad-
ditional increases are in the
works,

At the same time, the commit-
tee proposed raising the maxi-
mum earnings allowed without
loss of benefits from $3,000 in
1977 to $4,000 in 1978 and $4,500
in 1979, but applied the increase
only to those 65 or over.

eee

Metal or plastic cards sold by
some manufacturers are no sub-
stitute for official Medicare
cards, say Social Security offi-

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

List Expiration
Editor, The Leader:

T am writing this letter with
the hope that others in the same
Position as I will speak out.

In 1971, at the age of 26, I
took the New York City Fire De-
partment Exam, This established
Ust was held in abeyance for
quite sometime (approximately
three years out of a four-year
life) due to:

1, A court case regarding the

hiring of minorities on a three-

to-one basis

2. The New York City fiscal

crisis:

‘This list was extended beyond

its expiration date due to a seri-
ous lack of manpower in the
Fire Department, but only utiliz-
ing it for the hiring of 600 ad-
ditional men.

IT am now 31 years of age,
“too old” to take the exam
being given in December and
only approximately 200 away
from being hired,

I have appealed to the proper
authorities involved to give those
eligibles on the list the oppor-
tunity to obtain a job with New
York City, but it is up to the
courts to give such permission
to use this list further than just
for the hiring of 600 men,

I understand the reasons for

withheld upon request.

LETTERS POLICY

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, Al) letters must be signed and bear the
writer's address and telephone number, Names will be

hiring the minorities on a three-
to-one basis, but why not give
the remaining people on the list
& fair chance,

I urge all others who remain
on this Ust to write to Mayor
Beame, Fire Commissioner O'-
Hagan, your Councilmen, etc.
and make them aware of their
feelings.

Name Withheld
Oceanside

Workmen's Comp

Editor, The Leader:

On Sept. 1 I became a com-
pensation case, While perform-
ing my duty as foreman for a
lumber company, I was physic-
ally assaulted and am under

the value of the information
compiled in this article.

I feel it should be posted pub-

Ucly for all employees to read.
KEN RICHARDS
New York City

Licensed To Bike

Editor, The Leader:

If someone else has already
given you this suggestion on how
to increase New York State's bud~
get, it doesn’t hurt to get it once

clals.

‘e Social Security Admints-
tration mails official Medicare
cards to people who have the
protection,” one official said.

“You should always show your
official card when you receive
services covered by Medicare. It's
& good idea to carry your Medi-
care card when you're away from
home. If you lose it, you should
immediately ask the people at
any Social Security office to get
you @ new one.”

Medicare helps pay the health
care expenses of people 65 and
over, disabled people under 65
entitled to social security dis-
ability benefits for 24 consecutive
months or more, and people with
permanent kidney failure, The
benefits are explained in “Your
Medicare Handbook,” which is
mailed to people eligible for the
protection. Copies are also avall-
able at Social Security offices.

The Social Security Adminis-
tration is an agency of the U.S.
Department of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare.

o 8 @

As a 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 Piremen’s Fund.
The Leader or the New York

State Employees’ Retirement Sys-
tem in Albany may be contacted
for information as to how to
obtain the funds.
Following is a listing of those individ
membership

Angel Veoxal
‘William J Warne
(To Be Continued)

(Continued from Page 10)
urgently needed public facilities
and open vast new opportunities
for employment and business op-
portunities. As part of his pro-
motional effort, the Governor is
making a series of announce-
ments spelling out in detall what
every county will get if the prop-
osition is approved. He hopes the
distribution of all of the prom-
ised goodies will overcome public
resistance to additional expendi-
tures, even though they often re-
sult In tax increases.

LL6L “PT 2°99” “Seprea “YAGVAT ADIAWAS WALD
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, October 14, 1977

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By WILLIAM BR. WILLIFORD

I was talking to fellow the other day who had a friend who
died from noise.

That's right, too much noise can make you sick and some sci-
entists are convinced that it can kill you.

‘When somebody with a big mouth shouts, a
message is transmitted from your ears to your
brain and then to your nerves, glands and organs.
A loud or unexpected sound immediately puts
your body on alert. Constantly responding to
these “alerts” is what can make you sick. With
each alert an energy producing hormone called
adrenalin is released into the bloodstream. This
causes the heart to beat faster, muscles to tense
and blood pressure to rise.

So, as you lie in bed every night listening to
your neighbor's dog bark all night, you become
tense and nervous—under stress. This constant insult to your ears
and your body's natural reaction to it can, over a period of years,
lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, chronic headaches
and ulcers.

Even a steady noise, a little lounder than you like, can have
harmful effects. A continuous bombardment of noise can make you
tense and irritable and may eventually lead to emotional and
physical stress. So the next time you tell your son or daughter
that their stereo is driving you crazy—your diagnosis just might
be right,

So what can you do? Speak softly. Wear earplugs. Know that
in some cities there are laws to protect you against noise. And,
if your city doesn’t have a noise control code you can begin a
campaign to establish one.

The New York City nolse control code places noise limits on
horns, sirens, motor vehicles, air compressors, sound amplifying de-
vices and nuisance noises. There are more irritating sounds that
you don’t have to tolerate. You can find out what these are by
writing: Department of Air Resources, EPA, 120 Wall St., New
York City 10005. And in New York City only, if you would like
to register a formal noise complaint, write to the above address
and request the Citizen's Noise Complaint Affidavit Kit.

If you do live in New York City and your neighbor's noise is
ruining your health, you can call the Noise Complaint Center at
966-7500.

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LICENSE INVSTGR 2

Tex Held May 7, 1977

Lin Ex. Aug. 5, 1977

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No Make-up Exam

(Continued from Page 4)
agencies were right in refusing
Ptl. Rogers a make-up examina-
tion.

By rejecting the offer of a
writing assistant at the original

exam, he ruled, the policeman
“has not demonstrated by com-
petent medical evidence that he
was physically unable to take the
examination by utilizing the ser-
vices of an amanuensis.”

Pension Case Pending

(Continued from Page 4)

Before 1975, the Los Angeles
department required women em-
ployees to contribute 15 percent
more to its compulsory retire-
ment plan than men because, ac-
cording to statistics, women live
an average five years longer
than men. Agency officials reas-
oned that women who receive
the same monthly pension pay-
ments as men wind up getting a
larger overall total.

The agency changed its system
in 1975, after the state legisla-
ture outlawed the contested pro-
visions.

A class action sult was filed
by Marie Manhart, a former em-
ployee, and workers Carolyn
Mayschak, Margerie Stoop, Alice
F. Muller and Ethel L. Lehman
and the International Brother-
hood of Electrical Workers Local
18, charging illegal sex discrim-
ination.

U.S. District Judge Harry Pre-
gerson ruled in their favor June
20, 1975, and ordered the de-
partment to refund the differ-

ence between contributions made
by women and men since April 5,
1972, plus 7 percent interest on
overpayments.

A three-judge panel of the
US. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
affirmed his ruling in December
1976.

Vet Preference
Hurting» Women

(Continued from Page 4)
desired applicant, and hiring a
veteran in order to reach an ap-
pPlicant who is being blocked.

“Veterans’ preference could
have an adverse impact on EEO
(Equal Employment Opportun-
ity) and merit principles for
years to come,” the report said.

“This would be especially true
for a male who enlisted in the
military in 1976 and subsequent~
ly retired after completing a 20-
year term. He could still block
a register in 1996."

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, October 14, 1977

By KENNETH SCHEPT

VICTOR — Members of West-
ern Region VI of the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn. voted their
unanimous opposition to the
granting of a proposed $1,000
honorarium to, individuals on the
union's statewide Board of Direc-
tors, The action took place dur-
ing the Regional meeting here at
the Trenholm East Inn, Sept. 30
and Oct. 1

Buffalo Local 003 president
Peter Blaauboer commented that
the CSEA should keep a close ac-
counting of Agency Shop funds,
“Because when the Legislature
reviews the law in two years, it
will be interested in how the
funds were appropriated.” Cur-
rently only the CSEA’s statewide
officers receive honorariums.

The passage of the Agency Shop
Bill in June signaled a substan-
tial increase in the union's treas-
ury

The question of accepting for
union membership those private-

Field supervisor Lee Frank re-
sponds to a question during the
County Division meeting about
how management distinguishes
its supervisory personnel, Accord-
img to Mr. Frank, the definition

Region VI: No Honorariums For Board

Conducting business at the general business meeting are, from left, regional supervisor Lee Frank, treas-
urer Barbara Fauser, third vice-president Ramona Gallagher, president Robert Lattimer, first viee-pres-
ident Genevieve Clark, second vice-president Robert C. Smith and secretary Judith Burgess.

sector employees resulting from
the state or a county contracting
out for services was addressed
by regional president Robert Lat-
timer. He responded, during the
county meeting, to a letter writ-
ten by Metropolitan Region I
president Solomon Bendet ex-
pressing his Region's opposition
to having such workers become
union members.

Mr. Lattimer's position was
that the union should have the
option of representing those em-
ployees; but that the union
should not be required to repre-

TRAINING

Training for all new Local
officers of Region VI will
be held Oct. 29, 9:45 a.m.,
at the Treadway Inn, Ba-
tavia.

Attorney Steven Wiley answered several questions during the State
Division meeting including an inquiry regarding the constitutionality
of the Taylor Law. He is flanked by regional second vice-presidestt
Robert C. Smith and regional treasurer Barbara Fauser.

Erie Education Local treasurer Ruth Walker, left, financial secretary
Charlotte Muche and president Jack Schlenker are attentive during
general business meeting.

Co-chairmen of the Rochester Psychiatric Center Local political
action committee, Willie Rutherford, left, and Willie Drayton, listen
as attorney Steven Wiley makes several points during the State
Division meeting.

sent them all. He cited Willow-
brook Developmental Center,
where the state has, in effect,
contracted out patient care to
United”Cerebral Palsy as a situa-
tion where the union would not
have to represent the private-
sector employees.

“In defense of Bendet, they do
have an issue with UCP; but that
should not result in a mandate
for the rest.of the CSEA,” Mr.
Lattimer said.

Delegates to this week's state-
wide CSEA convention decided to
caucus Monday, Oct. 10, the first
day of meetings at the Concord
Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, to focus
on these and other issues expect-
ed to be debated during the con-
vention.

State, County Meetings

Mr. Lattimer began the state
meeting by informing the mem-
bership about four items with
which they should be concerned.

(Continued on Page 19)

The State Division meeting be-
san with Region VI president
Robert Lattimer outlining sey-
eral problems including the ques-
tion of relief for work days lost

because of last winter's blizzard. chairman Joanne Ripstein.

Niagara County Local past presi-
dent William Doyle asks question
of field supervisor Lee Frank dur-
ing the County Division meeting.

NEXT MEETING

The Jan. 13, 14 meeting
of Region VI will be held
at the Sheraton East, Buf-
falo, and will be co-hosted
by the Roswell Park and
Health Research Locals.

Participating during the general business meeting are, in the front
row, from left, Brockport Local secretary Diane Dougherty, and also
from that Local, Norma Lawrence and George Webster. In the rear,
from Buffalo State University College Local are, from left, second
vice-president Bill MeMillan and treasurer Diane Seroppo.

Conducting business at the County Division meeting are, from left:
seeretary-treasurer Dorothy Hy, chairman Geor

Clark, and vice-
(Leader photos by Hugo Unger)

WESTERN REGION

REGION OFFICERS
President; Robert L. Lattimer, Buffalo Labor
First Vice-President: Genevieve Clark, Roswell Park
Second Vice-President: Robert C, Smith, SUNY at Buffalo
Third Vice-President; Ramona Gallagher, Buffalo Labor
Secretary; Judith Burgess, Ontario County, Geneva SD
Treasurer: Barbara Fauser, Health Research
Regional Supervisor; Lee Frank

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

SATELLITE OFFICE

3159 Winton Rd. South
Rochester, N.Y, 14623

Telephone; (716) 473-1400

Latest

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EXAM 36082
SR ATTORNEY REALTY
‘Ten Held June 18, 1977

Est. Aug. 11, 1977
1 Costanzo Alfred Selkirk...
2 Giter Alan W Albany
} Hallenbeck PD Valatie
4 Degen Fredercik Leonards

Balanis John Albany

April 16, 1977
List Ese. July 29, 1977
Galway

1 Saimon C M 95.4
2 94.0
3 3.3
4 3.4
5 3.0
6 AT
7 2
8 11
9 90.3

89.9

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Hillsdale, N.

5 Economides J A Albany

WHERE TO APPLY
FOR PUBLIC JOBS

NEW YORK CITY — Persons
seeking jobs with the City
should file at the Department of
Personnel, 49 Thomas St. New
York 10013, open weekdays be-
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Special

Those requesting applications
by mail must include a stamped,
self-addressed envelope, to be
received by the Department at
least five days before the dead-
line. Announcements are avail-
able only during the filing period.

By subway, applicants can

Several City agencies do their
own recruiting and hiring. They
include: Beard of Education
(teachers only), 65 Court St.,
Brooklyn 11201, phone: 596-
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.-3p.im.); State

Building Campus, Albany 12239;
Suite 750, 1 W. Genesee St.,
Buffalo 14202: 9 a.m.-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 @ Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza,
York 10007, Its hours are
am, to 5 pm, weekdays only.
Telephone 264-0422.

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

(COLUMBIA COUNTY)
4 BEDROOM HOUSE with attached

Antique Shop zoned for bus. 200°
hvway frontage. Suitable for other
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To-ground
Ample parking, all conveniences. Beau-
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325-3633.

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State And Co ounty | Eligible Lists

4 10 Sen me Richard C Poo ia SR LAND & ie cAI "ADyUSTER
82.9
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$ Higgins 1 Neuberger John Schenectady
6 Nowak 2 Mulvihill James Jackson Hes
7 Peck J Greco:
8 Lindau:
3 Heintz Rose M Stuyvesant IID
4 Alexander Elsie Albany 768
3 Pelton Edward H Albany ............76.6 JR LAND
36 Windle Broce A Schenectady . Tes
37 Pienkowski W M Sch Lise
38 Koowles M K Albany 1 Grimshaw
39 Weakley Richard Middle a Vanbeus
40 Casimo Anne R Albany Schosek
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EXAM 36055 EXAM 36062
IDENT SPEC 2
‘Test Held April 16, 1977
List Est. July 29, 1977
1 Jacobus Pauline Albany
2 Moore Mary K Mechanicvil
3 Higgins Richard Schenectady
4 McAuley Robert Albany

O'Brien Clarence Guilderland
Huyck Dale L Saranac Lk ...
Lawrence Joha E Wayland
7 Griffin E M Amsterdam

EXAM 36061

ASST LAND & CLMS ADJUSTER

Test Held June 4, 1977

List Exe Aug. 22, 1977
Dexter James B Herkimer

"Brien Clarence Guilderland

3 ROOM COTTAGE, fully furnished.
Tool sheed. On beautiful country acre.

(Continued from Page 7)
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, October 14, 1977

LONG ISLAND
REGION 1

Regional Headquarters Office:

740 Broadway (Route 110)

N. Amityville, L.1., N.Y. 11701
Phone: (516) 691-1170

By IRVING FLAUMENBAUM
CSEA Vice-President/Region | President

Unity is the keynote of Region I in 1977-78 with the
Civil Service Employees Assn., buoyed by a surge of dues,
now able to give more support and aid to its chapters in
state, county, and local governmental areas as well as school
units throughout Long Island.

Political action tops the regional priority list this year.
The availability of funds gives the union real teeth so that
we can bite, and unfriendly politicians will yell. Whereas,
in the past, CSEA endorsements were weakened by the lack
of financial backup to make them fully felt, this new dimen-
sion gives us the capability to deliver.

In addition, we are attempting to organize—on a volun-
tary basis—CSEA members who wil] work at campaign head-
quarters of candidates the union endorses. Often, campaign
workers are more welcome by a candidate than funds, for
it is the human elements in campaigns that produce win-
ning political magic. The ability to deliver this one-two
punch should make the CSEA a powerful political force in
the two Long Island counties over the next few years.

By having political unity as our prime focus, we can
avoid the embarrassing but understandable spectacle of two
CSEA units endorsing opposing candidates. This year, unit
and chapter political action committees will work closely
with the regional committee to assure a smooth and co-
hesive endorsement procedure. Where we are undecided,
all factors will be weighed, and all sides will be able to pre-
sent arguments for the candidates of their choice, before
putting final endorsement to a vote. The regional commit-
tee will maintain liaison with the state and headquarter’s
political action committees in making final determinations.

‘This year we have also urged the necessity of unity so
if a strike or job action is called by one unit, it will be sup-
ported by members from other Region I units, with money,
men and materials,

i Se

CHIEF AMONG THE OTHER issues confronting Region
I this year is the deinstitutionalization of Mental Hygiene.
More than 11,000 Mental Hygiene members are concentrated
in the Long Island region. To combat the dumping of men-
tal patients into communities and the resulting loss of jobs
by members, a regional Mental Hygiene committee, chaired
by Danny Donohue, CSEA president, Central Islip Union
Local 404, has been lobbying at the state and local level
for CSEA goals and is investigating and monitoring local
conditions to assure a minimum impact on members’ jobs
or new state policies and legislation, We view the fight
against foolhardy decentralization as one of our most im-
portant goals, and if community facilities are to be built
by the state, we insist they be manned by retrained civil
servants on the state payroll.

Under the able leadership of president Walter Weeks,
Suffolk Educational chapter, and Edward Perrott, Nassau
Educational chapter, gains of 6 to 8 percent in salaries have
been negotiated this year despite hard sledding against ad-
verse economic conditions, The hard work of these chapters
has greatly increased their membership. In the higher edu-
cation department, Al Varacchi, SUNY at Stony Brook presi-
dent, is doing a fine job as chairman of the newly formed
Universities committee.

In our counties, CSEA members elected two new presi-
dents: Bill Lewis in Suffolk and Nick Abbatiello in Nassau
Both men show vigorous leadership and have backgrounds
as grievance chairmen and are emphasizing this basic labor
area, The impact of the Agency Shop has produced a tre-
mendous increase in membership in both counties ‘and new
members are both vociferous and stimulating to the union.

Towns and villages remain the key areas on Long Island
where the Agency Shop agreement has to be implemented.
The Region is lending its support and staff experts to Local
units who do not have an Agency Shop clause in their 1977-
78 contracts. All in all, it is a period of growth and strength-
ening for Region I and an exciting, vital time to be part of
this labor movement,

Seek Reform Of Political Fund

(From Leader Correspondent)

NORTH AMITYVILLE—Long Island Region I delegation last week voted unanimously
to fight for reform of a committee overseeing political action funds at the statewide Civil
Service Employees Assn. delegates’ convention, which opened Oct. 10.

Delegates of the 19 chapters in the Long Island Region also unanimously supported

proposals that would apportion
political action money with one-
third for statewide purposes and
two-thirds for Regionwide pur-
poses, and to assure sharing of
Agency Shop fees by the state-
wide organization and chapters
and units.

The delegates reached agree-

NOTICE TO NASSAU
Through an inadvertence in the
Nassau County Controller's of-
fice, some members of the CSEA
were overcharged on thelr dues.
This is being rectified so it will
not happen again. In addition,

ment in a special pre-convention
caucus called by Region president
Irving Flaumenbaum, The meet-
ing was held Oct. 2 at Musicaro’s
Restaurant, Melville.

Tt was the second year that the
Region held such a caucus
to discuss convention issues,

COUNTY EMPLOYEES

Nassau Local 830 is sending a
list of those who overpaid on
their dues to the CSEA Albany
office, from which refunds will
be made to each person who
made these overpayments.

Court Officers Warned
About Classification Plan

MINEOLA—The new Long Island Courts local of the

Civil Service Employees Assn. has secured tentative infor-
mation from the Office of Court Administration indicating
that some court officers may be disadvantaged by a proposed

classification in state service.
Hyde Smith, of Nassau Court,
and Joe Osman, of Suffolk Fa-
mily Court, interim leaders of the
new local pending elections, se-
cured the first information in a
conference with John Wynne,
director of personnel of the Of-
fice of Court Administration.
Mr. Wynne told the CSEA
leaders that the grade and sal-
ary scale for the position of state
court officer had not been fixed.
However, based on the present
grade and scale, the CSEA lead-
ers calculated that some court
officers on Long Island who
qualify for longevity could be
slotted into the state classifica-
tion paying a little less than they
will be earning at that time. The
result would be that they would
face no prospects of further in-
crements or longevity increases.
Further talks were expected to
learn of plans for other titles,
including court clerks, stenogra-
phic personnel and supervisory
personnel.

Plan Testimonial
For Flaumenbaum

MINEOLA—The 29th annual
dinner-dance of Nassau Local
830 of the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn. will be turned this
year into a testimonial dinner
for past president Irving Flaum-
enbaum on Saturday, Oct. 22. A
Umited number of tickets at $20
per person are available from
the Nassau Local Office, phone
number (516) 535-2522.

‘There will be a cocktail hour,
full course dinner, dancing to a
large band and a floor show. The
place is the Malibu Beach Club,
Lido Beach, Long Island,

Close to half of the 1,500 mem-
bers of the Court Local are court
officers.

Mr. Smith and Mr. Osman
submitted the data to their board
of directors and circulated ‘t
‘among upstate court locals.

Nassau Board Meets

MINEOLA — Nassau Local 830
of the Civil Service Employees
Assn. has scheduled its next
regular board of directors meet-
ing for Oct. 19. The board meets
regularly at 5:30 p.m. the third
Wednesday of each month at
the Salisbury Club in Hempstead.

‘The meeting produced unani-
mous agreement on convention
issues after hearing a call for
unity from Peter Higgerson,

President of Long Island State
Parks Local 102.

PETER HIGGERSON

The delegates backed a pro-
posal by Martin Langer, chair-
man of the statewide political
action committee, to create a
24-member board of trustees,
with equal representation from
the six regions, to oversee a poli-
tical action war chest that is
expected to grow to about $700,-
000 @ year. Mr. Langer'’s recom-
mendations also included the 2-1
split between local action and
statewide action.

Sharing of Agency Shop fees
was part of the report submitted
by Kenneth Cadieux, chairman of
the statewide constitution and
by-laws committee.

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FINALIZE OCEANSIDE CONTRACT

Civil Service Employees Assn. negotiators for Nassau Local 830's
Oceanside Secretarial unit recently finalized a three-year contract
for the unit's members. After many months of negotiating, they
were successful in achieving a 5 percent annual increase plus step
inerements and a new dental plan. Other benefits were retained, A
labor-management committee will continue to work out details of
upgrading positions and in-service courses, Seated negotiators are,
from left, Trudy Fox, Florence Esrig and Rose Kalland; standing
are CSEA field representative Nat Zummo, Betty Dunwoody and
Margaret Pepe.

LONG ISLAND REGION 1

REGION OFFICERS

President: Irving Flaumenbaum, Nassau County

First Vice-President: James Corbin, Suffolk County
Second Vice-President; Nicholas Abbatiello, Nassau County
Third Vice-President: Ruth Braverman, Nassau County
Fourth Vice-President; Peter Higgerson, LI State Park
Secretary; Dorothy Goets, Suffolk County

‘Treasurer; Sam Piscitelli, Nassau County
Regional Supervisor; Edwin Cleary

REGION OFFICE
740 Broadway (Route 110)
North Amityville, LL,
N.¥. 11701
Telephone: (516) 691-1170

SATELLITE OFFICE
350 Vanderbilt Motor P’kwy
Hauppauge, LL, N.Y, 11787
Telephone: (516) 273-2211
(CSEA 211)

METROPOLITAN

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Regional H. rs Offi
11 Park Place (Room 1210)
New York City, N.Y 10007

Phone: (212) 962-3090

By SOLOMON BENDET
CSEA Vice-Presient/Region I President

Unity has always been the hallmark of the Civil Service
Employees Assn., because, despite the variety of our career
goals and our geographic locations throughout the state,
we have been united as union members in our ambition for
a better way of living for our members in just compensation
for our services in behalf of and for the public,

We in Metropolitan Region II, however, are in the
midst of a battle to preserve this precious unity that has
made our union so strong in the face of adversity through
the years.

At Willowbrook Developmental! Center on Staten Island,
United Cerebral Palsy has taken over certain work func-
tions, despite objections by the union.

At the Delegates Convention this week, it is expected
that a major topic of discussion for union policy decision
will be whether private-sector workers may be granted
CSEA membership if they are performing the work of public
employees.

If the delegates were to adopt this policy, this would
place our union in a precarious position at Willowbrook and
be harmful to our valued unity, Should we accept United
Cerebral Palsy employees as members, a conflict of interest
would arise between them and our present employees at
Willowbrook.

We in Metropolitan Region II view this situation with
alarm, and voted in our regional executive committee meet-
ing last month that the CSEA position should be to “refuse
to accept as members employees of private employers to
whom state work has been contracted out.”

We argue in favor of the traditional CSEA philosophy
that the private sector belongs to private sector unions and
the public sector to the CSEA. We do not ever want to be
put into the position of having to choose between two groups
of members competing for the same jobs.

Do we betray our long-standing, loyal employees for
the sake of a few more dollars for the union treasury?

We in Metropolitan Region II are united in recognition
of this threat to our unity, and are determined to oppose
any change in our union's constitution that could prove
potentially harmful to all CSEA members throughout the
state.

. . .

There are other items that Metropolitan Region II dis-
cussed at its pre-convention meeting last month, and that
we believe are of importance to all CSEA members.

Among the recommendations that were approved by
our delegates are:

—That the estimated reimbursement to the Association
of the cost of handling the group life insurance plan be as-
sumed by the State of New York and not be taken out of
life insurance premiums paid by the employees. Since the
State pays the cost of administering the management/con-
fidential life insurance plan, it should do the same for our
four Bargaining Units.

—That the dental plan for state employees in the four
Bargaining Units be improved and made similar to the one
given to management/confidential employees.

—That the Travelers Insurance Company be requested
to immediately reinstate the previously eliminated 10 per-
cent life insurance dividend.

—That no pensions or fringe benefits, whether private
or public, be subject to taxation. There is a move on to
change the state Constitution so that pensions will be tax-
able, and we want to go on record to prevent this from
happening.

—That the New York State Employees Retirement Sys-
tem make every effort to reduce the cost of options selected
by retirees.

These are all items that require our immediate atten-
tion, since they are vital to the well-being of our members.

As individuals we are like leaves in the wind, although
each of us may possess individual! strengths. In our union,
however, our unity provides us with a power that we are
obligated to exercise for the betterment of our members,

The officers and delegates of Metropolitan Region II are
determined to fight for what we believe to be the best in-
terests of the Civil Service Employees Assn.’s members.

Suggest Changes In
“C) REGION 2 Aide Jobs At Bronx Hearing

Therapy

BRONX—The director of the New York City regional office of the state Department
of Mental Hygiene, Alvin Mesnikoff, has indicated that the state should make provisions
for those employees, specifically mental hygiene therapy aides, who may lack the skills
or the disposition required by the job as the focus of the state's mental hygiene program

changes from custodial care to
a more therapeutic, community
oriented approach.

Dr. Mesnikoff made his re-
marks as part of the testimony
he delivered Oct. 4, during a
hearing conducted by the State
Senate Mental Hygiene and Ad-
diction Control Committee, at
Bronx Psychiatric Center.

He indicated, during a subse-
quent telephone interview, that
workers should be “evaluated to
determine in what area their
skills lie.” Job placements could
be made on the basis of work
which would be most appropriate
to the person's skills.

Asked specifically where peo-
ple could be placed, Dr, Mesni-
koff responded that the mental
hygiene system is “large and
includes many different jobs re-
quiring a variety of skills.” De-
veloping “single systems of ser-
vice," so that community agen-
cies function in close coopera-
tion with each other would, he
said, also facilitate the place-
ment of workers in a variety of
positions.

The public hearing, conducted
by State Senator Prank Padavan,
was held to review the charges

Restore Time
To4 Workers

QUEENS—Four employees
of the Creedmoor Psychiatric
Center have had time lost
due to job-related injuries
restored to them because of con-
tract grievances filed in their be-
half by the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn.

According to Harold Krangle,
CSEA field representative, the
four employees involved had won
the right to have their accrued
lost time restored following hear-
ings held before the Workmen's
Compensation Board,

The administration of the psy-
chiatric center, however, did not
act to restore the lost time until
the grievances were filed with
the help of Terry Dawson, form-
er local president, and Mr.
Krangle.

Mr. Krangle termed the Creed-
moor administration's reluctance
to restore the time despite the
WCB's directive as being “ridicu-
lous" and “lacking in compet-
ency in dealing with even the
simplest of tasks.”

‘Those who have had time re-
stored are Alberta Williams, 22
days; Barbara Dixon, 42 days;
Mary Guy O'Connor, 106 days,
and William Hawkins, 236 days.

of patient abuse and ineffective
administration at Bronx Psy-
chiatric Center made in a report
issued by the state's Commission
of Investigation, The hearing was
held in an attempt, according to
Senator Padavan, to evaluate the
report and determine if condi-
tions were as serious as charged.

Hugh F. Butts, director of
Bronx Psychiatric Center, was
the first person to appear be-
fore the committee. He said, in
part, “Little concern has been
focused on the effect of charges
of ‘ineptitude’ and ‘indifference’
leveled at employees of this hos-
pital. I wish to publicaly com-
mend the staff of Bronx Psy-
chiatric Center for the stalwart
manner in which they have con-
ducted themselves during a very
troubled period.”

Dr. Butts responded to ques-
tions regarding how reports of
violent incidents were filed and
to what authority they were for-
warded. He indicated that the
reports went to the state mental
hygiene regional office but that,
until recently, the reports were
not sent on a current basis.

Asked about thefts from the
institution, and what, if any-
thing, had been done to mini-
mize the problem which some
sources estimate to be about
$119,000 in state property per
year, Dr. Butts described the
problem of overseeing an insti-
tution which stretches over more
than 100 unfenced urban acres.

He said that for three years
an allocation of $65,000 for a
guard post had been dropped
from the state’s budget. Senator
Padavan pointed out that a pre-
fabricated guard house had been
acquired by Creedmoor Psychia-

WILLOWBROOK PICKETING
A main concern in Region II re-
cently, with implications for un-

is the effort by United
Cerebral Palsy to take over pa-
tient care at Willowbrook De-
velopmental Center. CSEA mem-
bers are pictured demonstrating
at UCP headquarters, Manhattan.

tric Center for substantially less
money. He urged that Dr. Butts
contact the administrators at
Creedmoor for details about pur-
chase of the guard house.

The next scheduled speaker
was the chairman of the State
Investigation Commission, David
W. Brown. Instead, the SIC’s
first assistant counsel James
Slater appeared, He was asked
by Senator Padavan about the
procedures which were used in
compiling tne report, specifically
how incidents of alleged patient
abuse were chosen for investiga-
tion and with what methods shat
investigation was pursued. There
was a particular patient cited
in the report, who testified at
times that her assaulter was a
Bronx Psychiatric employee; at
other times she said it was her
husband,

Mr. Slater avoided characteriz-
ing either the hospital or the
report and responded carefully
and factually, sparring verbally
at times with Senator Padavan
who, commenting that he had
been given chairman Brown's as-
surances that Mr. Slater would
be cooperative, said, “perhaps I
should have subpoenaed Mr.
Brown.”

Blanche Sanchez, president of
the Board of Visitors at Bronx
Psychiatric Center was not op-
timistic about dealing with the
state or with the administration
of the hospital when it came to
resolving patient care problems
with which her group is involved.
She said that if the state had
acted when it was informed of
problems at Bronx Psychiatric
there would have been no need
for the hearing at which she
was testifying. Meetings with
Dr, Butts, she said, were “low
key"; and she seemed to feel
that the results of those meet-
ings were also low key.

“Violent incidents have ac-
celerated,” she said. “We need
an adolescent unit.” The great-
er number of suicides are com-
mitted by adolescents in seclu-
sion cells, she said.

Mental hygiene therapy aides
interviewed at the Bronx Psy-
chiatric Center also expressed
concern about the adolescent pa-
tient population, The aides said
that the adolescents generate
tension in wards with older pa-
tients and that the adolescents
are generally the most assaul-
tive toward the employees.

‘Ms, Sanchez requested that the
following areas be investigated:
the use of seclusion cells; drug
use; unfreezing of staff funds,
and the playing of the numbers
at the hospital.

METROPOLITAN REGION 2

President; Solomon Bendet, New York City
First Vice-President; William DeMartino, Metro Labor

REGION OFFICE

11 Park Place (Room ww)
New York City, N.¥, 10007

Second Vice-President; Dorothy King, Creedmoor Psychiatric Telephone: (212) 962-3090
‘Third Vice-President; William Cunningham, Kingsbero PC
Secretary: Peggy Clark, Institute for Mental Retardation
‘Treasurer: John Eversiey, NY Parole District

Regional Supervisor: George Bispham

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E LEADER, Friday, October 14, 1977

SOUTHERN
REGION 3

Regional Headquarters Office:
Old Route 9, North (RD 2)
Fishkill, N.Y. 12524
Phone: (914) 896-8180

By JAMES LENNON
CSEA Vice-President/Region Ill President

We are entering a new era of unionism at Southern Re-
gion in this year of 1977. At one time, unions were only con-
cerned with the wages, hours and working conditions of
their members. Now we are still vitally concerned with these
basic functions of the labor movement, but we are moving
rapidly into the area of helping to maintain the well-being
of all of our members.

We ate working to see that the people who belong to
Southern Region of the CSEA get a good day’s pay for their
work and receive all of the benefits to which they are en-
titled as public employees. But to be truly happy on their
jobs, they must be in good physical and mental condition,
and we have spared no effort to make sure that they are
provided with the maximum amount of health benefits. A
recent example of our concern was in southern Westchester,
Rockland and the Fishkill area where we were able to get a
better dental plan for public employees.

An effort that goes even deeper into the personal lives
of individuals is the Employees Assistance Program, which
is a pioneering endeavor launched jointly by Southern Re-
gion of CSEA and the Department of Mental Hygiene’s Mid-
Hudson Region. This program, which began 14 months ago,
is a pilot project undertaken for the 13,000 employees of
the department's Mid-Hudson Region. The ultimate goal
of the EAP is to extend it to include all 60,000 employees of
the Mental Hygiene Department throughout the state and
eventually all public employees in the State of New York.

‘The EAP is truly a new step in the history of labor and
management and, to be successful, it requires the complete
cooperation of both groups. Its purpose is to help save the
jobs, and with it the physical and mental well-being of
public employees afflicted with such problems as alcoholism,
drug addiction, other physical and mental illnesses or fi-
nancial or family difficulties.

The key element in the EAP is the coordinator, who
is a person with the confidence of both labor and manage-
ment. The employee with problems goes to see the coordin-
ator as a friend and a fellow worker, who tries to find as-
sistance that will enable him to solve his problems. Man-
agement has agreed that a request for assistance will not
jeopardize an employee's job security or promotional op-
portunities and that all record of these requests will be
strictly confidential.

. . .

SOUTHERN REGION is also moving ahead on other
fronts in its battles in behalf of its members. One program
in the health field—which the Region is considering when
funds are available—would be to purchase and operate a
Regional Health Van, which would travel to all chapters
and units to provide blood-pressure screening and many
other health-related examinations.

On the financial front, Southern Region ts talking with
area banks on the possibility of trying to provide members
with low-cost loans and free-checking accounts. This could
help members in many ways.

We also haven't forgotten our retirees and, to strengthen
their position in CSEA, I have recently appointed a three-
member committee to meet with Nellie Davis, statewide
retiree chairman, to draw up appropriate resolutions which
could be introduced at our convention and board meetings.

To continue to do the quality job that the CSEA and
particularly Southern Region is used to doing, we definitely
need more field staff. With the institution of the Agency
Shop law, more dues money will be coming into the CSEA
and I feel it is only right that some of these funds be used
for more field staff in this large and growing Region.

. . .

SOUTHERN REGION has continued its perfect batting
average in the challenges brought by the Building Service
Employees International Union, winning last summer in the
latest challenges in Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan
counties, The SEIU has not been able to oust us in a
oiugle challenge election. It proves that the CSEA must be
doing something right. My sincere thanks to a great staff
and outstanding Region and Local officers for their full
cooperation

Caution Against Interference By Special
Interests In CSEA Political Endorsements

By HERBERT GELLER

FISHKILL —A strong plea
to prevent elected party offi-
clals from serving on CSEA
political action committees
that endorse political candidates
was made by Southern Region
TIT president James Lennon at a
meeting Sept. 28 of Southern Re-
gion delegates to the Oct. 10 CSEA
statewide convention.

Mr. Lennon proposed that new
by-laws be enacted forbidding
elected party officials—whether
state or county — from serving
on any CSEA political action
committee.

“It is not fair to the CSEA and
not fair to the candidates to al-
low people holding political party
posts to serve on political action
committees. We want PAC's
choice of candidates to be as un-
biased as possible,” Mr. Lennon
said.

CSEA’s political action com-
mittue became a topic at the
delegates meeting when Martin
Langer, statewide PAC chairman,
gave a report to the members.
Mr. Langer, who is a Southern
Region member, pointed out
that a total of $690,000 will be
available to the CSEA for polit-
feal action, It will come through
the allocation of $2.60 a year
from each member's annual dues

Election Laws

In compliance with election
laws, members have the right to
refuse this contribution, Mr.
Langer said.

A total of 66 percent of the
PAC money will go to the six
regions, so that each region will
receive about 11 percent of the
statewide funds. No region will
get less than $10,000, Mr. Langer
said. The remaining 34 percent
will be used for statewide CSEA
activities.

‘The statewide fund would be
administered by a trusteeship
council consisting of the. state-
wide CSEA officers, the six re-
gional presidents and four mem-
bers elected at large throughout
the state.

Each region will be able to
endorse all local candidates and
those running for the State Sen-
ate and Assembly in their areas.
‘The funds that are allocated to
each region for political action
can be administered by that re-
gion, Mr. Langer said.

Employees’ Best Interest

‘The statewide PAC chairman
advised that endorsements of
candidates be carefully weighed
by all political action committee
members as to what would be the
best interests of public employees
and the CSEA in these endorse-
ments, In some cases it might be
wise to be neutral, Mr. Langer
said.

Marie Romanelli, Southern
Region III second vice-president,
asked if the new rule was being
complied with, that provides that

Putting their heads together to discuss the regional program are,
from left, field representative John Deyo, second vice-president
Marie Romanelli, regional supervisor Thomas Luposello and third
vice-president Rose Marcinkowski. (Leader photos by Ted Keplae)

all convention delegates be noti-
fied 30 days in advance of the
state convention of all proposals
to be brought up on the conven-
tion floor.

Local presidents have re-
ceived such notification but no-
tices were not sent to other dele-
gates, she said.

President Lennon said he
would check on this at the con-
vention. He also pointed out that
it was the Southern Region that
established both the 30-day rule
and a convention meeting of
delegates so that those attending
the statewide convention would
be thoroughly informed,

A lot of information on all
proposed revisions of the CSEA
constitution and by-laws to be
discussed at the convention was
given by Kenneth Cadieux, state-
wide chairman of the committee
for the revision of the constitu-
tion and by-laws.

Clarence Lokey, secretary of
Retirees Local 917 for Orange,
Ulster and Sullivan Counties,
read a letter from his chapter

(Continued on Page 19)

Orange-Ulster-Sullivan Retirees
Local 917 secretary Clarence
Lokey urges that priority be
given to retiree membership
drive.

CSEA director James Welch (Executive), right, accompanied by
Jerry Brewster, arrives at meeting to talk with members of State
Police locals. Both men are affiliated with New York State Police
Headquarters Local 697 in Albany, where Mr. Welch is Local president,

SOUTHERN REGION 3

REGION OFFICERS

President; James Lennon, East Hudson Parkway Authority
First Vice-President: John Clark, Letehworth Village

Second Vice-President:Marie Romanelll, SUC at New Paltz
‘Third Vice-President: Rose Marcinkowski, Wallkill Correctional
Seoretary; Trisha Graff, Rockland Psychiatric

‘Treasurer: Rose Mary K, Smith, Rockland Psychiatric
Regional Supervisor; Thomas Luposello

REGION OFFICE
Old Albany Post Road,
North (RD 2)
Fishkill, N.Y, 12524
Telephone; (914) 8180

SATELLITE OFFICE
196 Maple Avenue
White Plains, N.¥, 10601
Telephone; (914) 235-28:

James Jarnot, left, delegate from Buffalo Local 003, and Peter Biaau-
boer, president of that group, are attentive to remarks made by
regional president Robert Lattimer during the State Division meeting.

A meeting was also held during the weekend for Region VI members
of social service units so that they might be oriented, by a statewide
CSEA committee, about how changes in state regulations will affect
them. From the Wayne County Local are, from left: Dorann Cole,

Joan Fisher and Gail Townsend.

West Against Honorariums

(Continued from Page 14)
“The matters are not all pleas-
ant,” he said:

—The Western Region presi-
dent said that CSEA headquar-
ters in Albany was waiting for
printing to be completed on the
last of the four separate Bargain-
ing Unit contracts, which would
then be distributed.

—In response to a letter sent
to Gov. Hugh Carey regarding
his veto of a bill providing that
employees not be charged for
days lost as a result of last win-
ter’s blizzard, Mr. Lattimer re-
ceived a reply from Donald Wol-
lett, director of the Office of
Employee Relations. The explan-
ation provided by Wollett was
that if the Governor had signed
the bill, he would have been
granting employees a benefit not
won in collective bargaining,
which, he indicated, could “en-
courage employees to make end-
runs” around the collective bar-
gaining process.

—The Public Employment Re-
lations Board was to have ruled
last week on whether to permit
a challenge to the CSEA's Pro-
fessional, Scientific and Techni-
cal Unit by the Service Employ-
ees International Union.

—Mr, Lattimer was critical of
a lack of response to a letter
which he sent to Local presidents
on July 19 asking for the names
of people to staff a committee to

investigate how working condl-
tions could be improved for
PS&T personnel. “Some Local
presidents did not take the time,
or have the ambition,” to answer
the letter, Mr. Lattimer said,
Following state committee re-
ports, regional attorney Steven
Wiley responded to several ques-
tions including one posed by
Stewart Bowdon, vice-president
of the State School for the Blind
Local 200, regarding the consti-
tutionality of the Taylor Law.
Mr. Wiley said the union's in-
tention should not be the elim-
ination of the Taylor Law, but
its modification, specifically to
effect changes in the penalties
for striking. Having the law
however, according to Mr. Wiley,
is better than having no rights
at all against an employer,
Mr. Wiley also addressed the
change in the union contract re-

Honor McGowan

CHEEKTOWAGA — Western
Region VI of the Civil Service
Employees Assn. will hold a re-
ception Oct. 21, in honor of
CSEA president William L. Mc-
Gowan, at the Executive Hotel,
4243 Genesee Street, Cheekto-
wags, starting at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $5.00 per person
and may be obtained through the
Regional office, (716) 634-3540.
Deadline for tickets is Oct. 14.

Capital Region Organizes For New Term

(Continued from Page 8)
Jean Book, Samuel Ciraulo, Ernst
Srtoebel, Richard Doucette, Ron-
ald Galinski, Gerald Toomey,
Betty Lennon and Earl Kilma:
tin. In addition to these mem-
bers, the board includes all the
Region officers and the corre-
sponding secretary.

Mr. McDermott stated that at
the last CSEA Board of Direc-
tors’ meeting a motion was made
during the budget committee re-
port to give each board member
@ maximum honorarium of
$1,000, predicated on $100 for
each meeting they attend.

After much discussion, the mo-
tion was referred back to the
statewide budget committee. Mr.
McDermott advised members to
talk to their Board members and
express their opinion on hon-

A tentative budget was pre-
sented by Norma Paige and was
accepted. She stated that a fi-
nalized budget with minor
changes would be made shortly.

Nonle Johnson announced
plans for the fall workshop to
be held Nov. 18-20. A motion

was made by Earl Kilmartin to
hold it at the Queensbury Hotel
in Glens Falls; the motion was
accepted.

Betty Lennon reported that
the education committee is
making plans for a stewards’
training program sponsored by
Cornell University and a pro-
gram on parliamentary proced-
ure to be presented at the work~-
shop. She added that the commit-
tee is also planning four mini-
workshops on disciplinary prob-
lems to be held throughout the
Region.

Jean Myers reported that the
political action committee has
held a few meetings already and
urged Locals to supply her with
@ list of members for their poli-
tical action committees. She re-
minded them that the deadline
for submission of endorsements
and particulars is Oct. 7.

She stated that the Board of
Directors recommended that
$2.60, 50 percent statewide and
50 percent regionwide, be set
aside for the political action fund.
After much discussion with the
statewide committee, it was de-

cided that a recommendation
would be made to the Board of
Directors changing this to 34
percent for the statewide and
66 percent for the regions, This
will only be a one-year split,
she said, and may be re-exam-
ined and changed after elections.

Mr. McGowan spoke about a
ceremony to be held in honor
of Chester Arthur, a United
States President from New York
State, who introuced civil ser-
vice legislation on the federal
level when he was in office. The
CSEA, he said, has been hon-
ored by an invitation to partici-
pate in the ceremony.

Mike Palumba, of the Depart-
ment of Audit and Control,
pressed some concern over the
guidelines for the new employees
benefit program in the state,
commenting that in his agency,
members are often harassed for
signing up to take courses. Mr.
McDermott promised to look into
the matter.

Paul St. John, of the Depart-
ment of Transportation, reported
that he was recently elected to
the Federal Credit Union Board,

Good Relations In Central Region

right direction,”
said of the successful effort.
Moira Greiner of SUNY One-
onta took over from Jim Cur-
rier, president of the Fort Schul-
yer Local, as president of the Re-
gional political action committee.

ments, which will be announced
by the Regional president.

Mr, Currier, in thanking com-
mittee members for their help in
his year as committee head, said
“we had a landmark year and
we got it one way—involyement.
‘The proof of our hard work ts
in the bills passed and in the
bills we managed to stall or keep
from being voted on or enacted.
Remember that success ts not al-
ways measured by what's been
passed,”

Mr, Moore cited Bill O'Neill
and Bob Vincent, of Upstate
Medical Local 615, for thelr work

in arranging the convention and
thanked that Local for hosting
the meeting.

Other special guests at the
convention included Joseph Mc-
Dermott, Capital Region presi-
dent; Jack Gallagher, statewide
treasurer; Tom McDonough, ex-
ecutive vice-president; Irene
Carr, statewide secretary; Joe
Dolan, assistant executive direc-
tor for local government; Jack
Carey, assistant executive direc-

and advised that every state
member can join. He added that
90 percent of the participants are
CSEA members and 10 percent
are management, while on the
Board of Directors 90 percent
are management and 10 percent
are CSEA. Their assets are over
$500 thousand and could go up
to $100 million, he said, urging
members to pick up the litera-
ture which he has made available.

The meeting was concluded
with @ recommendation by John
Wyngaard that delegates for the
convention get together before-
hand to discuss issues which will
come up and to prepare to have
more individuals stand up and
speak.

garding compensation after an
on-the-job. injury. The first ten
days out of work are now ap-
Plied against the individual's sick
time. If there is a recurring ab-
sence resulting from the same
injury, Mr, Wiley indicated that
sick time could not again be de-
ducted.

Mr. Lattimer noted his con-
cern about the harassment of
Local leaders by personnel ad-
ministrators. “Some personnel
people attempt to have Local
presidents sign agreements lim-
iting the time during which
union business can be conducted,”
he said.

Characterizing himself and re-
gional supervisor Lee Prank as
“the traveling goon show,” he
asked the members to “make us
aware of problems as they hap-
pen,” so that he and Mr. Frank
could travel wherever necessary
to confront management about
this problem.

Mr. Lattimer told county mem-
bers to contact the regional of-
fice with problems. “Whatever
you fee] you want from the Re-
gion, we are there; one thing
which we're not is clairvoyant.”

General Business Meeting

Mr. Frank, Region VI super-
visor, praised the work of Mon-
roe County president Martin
Koenig and his Local's crisis
committee for the success of
that group's recent strike.

Mr. Koenig and Ramona Gal-
lagher, regional political action
committee co-chairmen, reported
on the progress made in setting
up a mechanism to assess each
member an amount of money for
political action, and to have those
funds strictly regulated. Current-
ly the Local makes its recommen-
dation for use of such funds to
the Region, which forward the
suggestion to a statewide board
of trustees.

Also, attending a separate
meeting at the Trenholm East
Inn were Region VI members of
social service units receiving
orientation about changes in reg-
ulations, from members of @
statewide social services commit-
tee.

‘The Friday evening through
Saturday Region VI meeting was
hosted by Ontario County Local
835.

Southern Region

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officers asking Southern Region
to back the following proposals
for retirees;

1. To amend an act of the
Legislature to make retirement
permissible for those reaching 65
on April 1, 1978, and for subse-
quent years. Present legislation
only applies to those reaching 65
in 1977.

2. To press for passage of a
$2,000 death benefit and a dental
health plan, the same as now
available for full-time employees.

3. To request revision of the
CSEA charter to include retirees
in the organization with limited
rights to vote in regional elec-
tions, “We would like to be part
of the family,” Mr. Lokey said.

“We also urge that our new
CBEA president, William Mo-
Gowan, have CSEA go all-out to
wet as many as possible of the
86,000 retirees who are not mem-
bers to come into the organiza-
tion, This should be a priority
item,” Mr, Lokey concluded.

LL6T “PT PqowE ‘epg “YAGVAT AANAS TAD
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, October 14, 1977

TREASURER’S
PERSPECTIVE

By JACK GALLAGHER
CSEA Treasurer

As we attend the fall convention of CSEA, Inc., I feel
we may have come to a major point in the history of our
great union. After two years of extremely difficult financial
stress there is a ray of hope. The prior two years resulted
in a combined loss of over 1.5 million dollars, but with every-
one beginning to pay their share through the Agency Shop
fee, our future financial picture will be much brighter. The
income generated through the collection of the Agency Shop
fee should approach three million dollars this fiscal year.

I hope that our fellow employees who formerly did not
choose to belong to our union will be so inclined now. It
is only with swelling membership rolls that we can bargain
for the kind of contracts our membership deserves. We will
be flexing some of our new financial strength with the
formation of a political action fund, which will accumulate
over one half million dollars in this fiscal year alone. Won't
those politicians who view CSEA as a “paper tiger” be
surprised!

There is much to do both at the Association Headquar-
ters and in all Locals as we grow financially. At Headquarters
I will pursue the collection of agency fee income wherever
we have a clause that entitles us to it. In those areas where
this provision is not part of the contract, we will attempt
to have it installed, so that all who benefit from our nego-
tlations pay their proportionate share of the costs. On the
local level, a strong executive board must proceed in an
orderly and responsible fashion in administering the budget
of the Local. They must be accountable to the membership
for thelr actions and must keep accurate records of all
financial transactions. I plan to hold seminars in all the
Regions to ald newly elected Local officials in the perform-
ance of their fiduciary responsibilities.

McGOWAN, CSEA HELP FUND-RAISING DRIVE
The Civil Service Employees Assn. is helping the fund-raising and
publicity aspects of the “Very Special Arts Festivals.” New York
State co-chairman, Vivienne Anderson, is shown ‘here measuring
CSEA president William L. MeGowan for a “Very Special” T-shirt,
The group sponsors festivals throughout the state each spring and
summer featuring the crafts and art work produced by
children, and demonstrates how such children can be helped by arts
Programs, The CSEA represents more than 60,000 people working
in institutions for the handicapped in the state, Fund-raising kickoff
for the festivals will be Noy, 11-13.

Special Statewide Delegates’ Meeting
Tentative Program, October 10-14, 1977

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10

1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
8:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER II

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

9:30 a.m-12:30 p.m.

9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.5:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
8:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

8:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

9:00 a.m.
.m.-12:30 p.m.

Registration and Certification of Delegates (Promenade Lobby).
Workshop—legal services for CSEA members (Roman Room),
Joseph Conway, chairman, statewide legal assistance com-
mittee, presiding. Thomas Linden, staff coordinator, Rich-
ard Burstein, Ass't Counsel,
Dinner for all Delegates.
State Departmental Meetings:
Mental Hygiene (Doric Room)
Transportation (lonic Room)
tcc Room A231)
loom A224)
Socal Services (Room A226)
State Police (Board Room)
Education (Room A233
Correctional Services (Athenian Room)
State University (Roman Room)
Environmental Conservation (Room A229)
Tax and Finance (Grecian bond
Division for Youth (Room 8)

Commission for Human Rights [Room A228)
Executive Dept. and rig ee A227)
Thruway Authority [Room A230

Breakfast for all Delegat
Registration and Certi ion of Delegates (Promenade Lobby).
State Bargaining Unit Meetings:
Administrative Unit (Doric Room)
Institutional Unit (Little Club)
Operational Unit (Roman Room)
PS&T Unit (lonic Room)
Authorities (Room ren
County Delegates Panel Discussion:
|. Statewide Probation (Room A234)
James Brady, chairma: Ne Carkon, coordinator
2. Statewide Social Si jan Room)
Richard Tarmey, chairman, Miller, coordinator
3. Statewide Non-Teaching nt District Employees
Veiner Room)
dward Perrott, chairman, Danny Jinks coordinator
4."CETA Revisited" (Corinthian Room)
John Curtin, New York State Dept. of Labor, Joseph J.
Dolan, ass't executive director, moderator; Joseph La-
zarony, chairman, County Executive Division, presiding.
Retirees Meeting (Athenian Room)
Thomas A. Gilmartin, staff coordinator
Lunch for all Delegates.
State Division Delegates Meeting (The Columns) William
Deck, chairman, State Executive Committee, presiding.
County Division Delegates Meeting (Cordillion Room) Joseph
Lazarony, chairman, County Division, presiding.
Retirees Meeting (Athenian Room)
Thomas A. Gilmartin, staff coordinator.
Dinner for all Delegates.
Education Programs:
"The Future Economy of New York State auid Its Impact
on Public Employees" (Cordillion Room) John S. Dyson,
Commissioner, New York State Dept. of Commerce.
“Emotional, Social and Financial Factors affecting Retire-
ment" (The Columns) Celeste Rosenkranz, chairman,
wide education committee; Edward Brown, actuary,
York State Employees Retirement System.

Breakfast for all Delegates.
Seminar on Parliamentary Procedure (Athenian Room).
Registration and Certification of Delegates mene Lebby).
First Ger Business Meeti mperi
Presiding: William L. McGowan, tsta" resident
Welcome—David Kauffman, chairman, ce County
Board of Supervisors
by aaa Richard S. Kain, American Arbitration

Busi wa ip Delegates (Imperial Room).
jiness Meeting for Imperial Room)
Speaker: Senate Majority Leader —. Anderson
Cocktail Party

Pht Ral Ter Bush & Powell and Travellers Insur-

ance Com)
Pay pad igl

Breakfast for all py

Boiness Meeting for tes.

Business Meeting for all Delegates (Imperial Room).
Speaker: Assembly Speaker Stanley Steingut

Cocktail Party (The Columns)

Compliments of the Concord Hotel
Delegate Banquet

Breakfast.
Business Meeting for all Delegates (Imperial Room).