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Tuesday, November 11, 1975

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Convention Coverage

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. Wenzl Sees PS&T Ballot Result As Vital

ALBANY — The Public Employ-
ment Relations Board will send out
approximately 40,000 ballots Nov. 11
to state employees in the Profes-
sional, Scientific and Technical Bargain-
ing Unit in a union representation elee-
tion which the chief of the Civil Service
Employees Assn.. the current union, calls
‘one of the most vital union elections in
which state workers have ever partici-
pated.

CSEA president Theodore C. Wenz)
said, "The battle lines are already drawn
for extremely tough negotiations this

Part-Timers’

fall, and one of the terrible consequences
if PS&T people voted to switch unions
would be that state workers would be
divided and weak at the bargaining table.
“PS&T employees would be isolated
from all other state workers and be es-
pecially weak, but such an action would
also weaken thelr fellow employtes and
possibly cause a severe setback for every-
one,” he continued. “Unity is everyone's
benefactor and that's why PS&&T people
should remain united with their fellow
employees under the CSEA banner.”
Dr. Wenzi said he was upset over the
manner in which PERB has handled the

entire election procedure, especially in
allegedly failing to determine if the chal-
lenging union, the Public Employees Fed-
eration, even filed required data on em-
ployee interest.

“But we're going on with this election
because we're ready, and anxious, to get
to the table on behalf of all state work-
ers. and any additional delay would dras-
Weally shorten the time in which nego-
tations would be meaningful,” he noted.

He also reminded PS&T employees
who are on unpaid leave, but otherwise
meet the voting requirements, that they

are eligible to vote in this election.

“PERB refused to mali ballots w
people on unpaid jeave, which is wrong,
but will mail them a special replacement
ballot if the Individual calls PERB to
request a ballot. I advise every eligible
employee on unpaid leave of absence to
take advantage of this by calling and
requesting a ballot, and not let the
powers that be disenfranchise their right
i vote.”

Replacement ballots may be obtained
by calling PERB at: Albany (518) 457-
2929; New York City (212) 661-6970, or
Buffalo (716) 842-2357.

Temporarily Block

Law Briefs
Will Be Filed

ALBANY—BSriefs will soon
be submitted to an arbitrat-
or in the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn.’s case against
the Civil Service Commission on
rights of part-time New York
State employees to receive bene-
fita.

Hearings in the case were con-
cluded in October. Briefs will be
submitted to American Arbitra-
tion Assn. arbitrator Louts
Yagoda, whose decision in the
case js not expected until after
the Thanksgiving holiday. Mr.
Yagoda's decision carmot be ap-
pealed.

‘The case affects thousands of
part-time employed by New York
State, most of whom work in
institutions such as mental hos-
Pitals and prisons.

Part-time state employees rep-
resented by CSEA had always
received benefits such as vaca~
tions and sick leave, on ® pro-
rated basis, until September 1974,
when former Civil Service Com-
missioner Erea Poston issued an
order that all benefits to part-
timers be cut off, unless they
worked five day a week, for at

(Continued on Page 3)

ALBANY Civil Service
Employees Assn. president
Theodore C. Wenzl has de-
manded an immediate meet-
ing with Department of Trans-
portation Commissioner Raymond

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FOR DUTCHESS —. Civit Service Employees Assn. vice-presi-

dent James Lennon, left, on behalf of
he heads, presents cheek for $2,000 to Dut
dent Bernard Veit to ald OSEA members

Schuler and Gov. Hugh L. Carey
to clarify » DOT news release
last week stating that snow and
ite control operations for this
winter “will be completely ade-
quate throughout the State.”

Candidates Have Till Nov. 23
To File For Education, Public
Corp. Seats On CSEA Board

ALBANY — Candidates for
the Education Department
and Public Co
seats on the Civil Service
Employees Assn. State Executive

if

Wenzl: DOT Release A Snow Job

Dr, Wenal sent telegrams to
both officials when it was learned
that the reiease had been issued

CSBA special committee was
meeting with officials from
DOT's Office of Manpower and

submit a
statement.

The Civil Service Employees
Assn, instituted the legal action
which seeks to have the exeou-
tive order declared unconstitu-
tional,

CSEA brought the case to the
State Supreme Court in Erie
County and it asks that the fi-
nancial disclosure statement, or-
dered by Governor Carey's Ex-
ecutive Order Number 10, be de-
clared illegal on the grounds
that the required formal eight-
page statement is too broad and
requires disclosure of information
protected by the Constitution.

If allowed to stand, the union
said, the requirement would af-
fect less than 1,700 of the nearly
150,000 State employees repre-
sented by CSEA, All the affected
employees are in the Profession-
al, Scientific and Technical Bar-
gaining Unit, ane of four major
units of state workers repre-
sented by CSEA. ®

CSEA rezicnal attornsy Char-
les R. Sandler of Buffalo, who
presented the union’s case in
Supreme Court, has also taken
fesue with the required filing
date for submitting the financial
disclosure statement.

In a recent letter to the New
York State Board of Public Dis-

financial disclosure

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Carey’s Earnings
Disclosure Order

BUFFALO--A State Supreme Court justice late last
week issued a temporary restraining order here affecting
an executive order issued by Gov. Hugh L. Carey requiring
State employees earning in excess of $30,000 annually to

15, 1976," he wrote.

Pending a determination on
the constitutionality of the re-
quirement, CSEA has urged state
workers, for their own protec-
tion, to submit an incomplete re~
port. CSEA has advised the em-
Ployees not to complete those
sections of the statement that it
considers a direct violation of
the protection of information
offered by the Constitution

Concerning the eight-page
statement, CSEA’s legal staff
recommends that the affected
employees complete page | in its
entirety; omit all items on page
2; complete page 3 in its en-
Urety; omit pages 4 and 6 in
their entirety; complete Sched-
ule C bul omit Schedule D on
page 6; omit page 7 in its en-
lrety, and complete page 8,

Mr. Sandler said filing of an

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LEADER, Tuesday, November 11, 197:

CIVIL SERVIC

PERB Faults Oyster Bay
In Working Hour Changes

OYSTER BAY—The Town of Oyster Bay has been ordered to negotiate In good
faith concerning changes in the working hours of its employees as a result of an improper
practice charge brought by the union of the town’s workers, the Civil Service Employees

Assn,
‘The 1,200-member CSEA unit
filed the improper practice

charge last January when the
town unilaterally changed the
working hours of sanitation fore-
men.

In a decision, Public Employ-
ment Relations Board hearing
officer Zachary Wellman wrote
that although the CSEA con-
tract with the town “generally
established a normal work day
and week of 8 and 40 hours, re-
spectively, for most other em-
pPloyees, the record established
that employees in the title of
Sanitationman I and I and San-
itation Foreman I have worked
on a ‘completion-of-task’ basis
for at least 20 years, They were
permitted to sign out when all
of the crews they supervised had
completed their daily tasks,”

Mr. Wellman referred to the
1973-74 CSEA contract, which
said: “It is understood that sea-
sonal requirements dictate the
hours to be worked; and that
sanitary collection men shall
work until completion of regular
tasks.”

Last November, however, the

town's superintendent of collec-
tion unilaterally decided that the
approximately eight foremen
would no longer work on a ‘com~-
pletion-of-task’ basis, but would
work a regular eight-hour day.
As & result, since then, foremen
have been required to work from
6:45 am. to 2:45 p.m., several
hours longer than in the past.

The town had contended that
the term “sanitary collection
men” did not refer to foremen.
The arbitrator found that the
parties “clearly understood the
phrase . to be applicable to
the foremen as well as the sani-
tation men.”

Mr. Wellman also said he
found the town's reliance upon
the “management rights” article
of the contract to be “equally
unpersuasive,”

He concluded, “I find nothing
in the contract which would per-
mit the town to act as it did.
Thus, the town violated the Tay-
lor Law by increasing the daily
working hours of the foremen”
without consulting the CSEA.

‘The Oyster Bay unit is one of
the largest CSEA units in the

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state, Its president, Pat D'Alessio,
said of the decision, “We finally
let the town know that they
can’t change anything in the
contract just because they want
to. They have to negotiate with
the union first.”

Mr. D’Alessio said -he feels that
the decision is already having
an effect upon the town's ad-
ministration.

“They used to try stuff like
this all the time. Now they're
calling me and letting me know
what they're thinking about.”

CSEA field representative Nat
Zummo agreed with Mr. D'Ales-
ato,

“The hearing officer's decision
shows the town was wrong in
trying to change the working
hours without negotiating with
the union,” he said. “Their ac-

Testing Scheduled

CONGERS — A free exam-
ination will be scheduled
shortly in New York City for
area residents interested in
obtaining a New York State
High School Equivalency Di-
ploma. Candidates who have not
completed high school, who pass
the examination and who meet
certain other requirements, will
be awarded the diploma.

Applicants should be 19 years
of age or over and residents of
the state for at least 30 days

examination if they meet special
requirements set up by the State
Department of Education.

Applications and additionat in-

Programmer, Engineering
Slots Open In W'Chester °

WHITE PLAINS—Applications are being accepted until
Nov. 14 for open-competitive vacancies for programmers,
engineering aides and engineers in town, village and county
offices in Westchester County, Salaries are not set as they

vary with each hiring district.

‘There are no residence require-
ments for the positions, however,
local residents wil receive pref-
erence In hiring, Written tests
will be held Dec. 13.

exam 61-711,
with Westchester schoo! districts
is open to candidates with a high
school diploma and one year of

335, applicants must~be high
school graduates with a year’s

liticaad science or a related field,
and six months’ experience will
also be accepted for the county
Post.

A bachelor’s degree and one
year of experience in program-
ming of internally stored pro-
gram computers will qualify can-
didates for senior programmer
in school districts, exam 61-430.
‘The post is also open to those
who have graduated from a two-
year post high school course and
have three years’ experience; or
high school graduates with five
years’ experience.

For junior engineering aide in
towns and villages, exam 61-922,
applicants must be high school
graduates with a year's experi-
ence in general construction
work, highway maintenance or
survey work. High school gradu-
ates with either a bachelor's de-
gree in civil engineering; or
completion of @ two-year post
high school course in construc-
tion technology and ¢wo years’
experience may apply for junior
civil engineer, exam 61-960.

Village engineer, exam 61-955,
with towns, villages and the City
of Rye, is open to individuals
with a bachelor’s degree in en-
gineering and five years’ experi-
ence in civil engineering work.
Two of those years must be in
the design and supervision over
the construction of public works
facilities. High school graduates
with nine years’ experience, in-

cluding the specialized work may
also apply. All candidates must
have a New York State profes-
sional engineering license,

Application forms may be ob-
tained in person or by mail from
the Westchester County Person-
nel Office, Room 100, County®@
Office Building, White Plains
10601. ‘Those requiring forms by
mail should include a stamped,
self-addressed envelope with the
exam number and title on the
back flap.

Jewish Group Sets
Pre-Chanukah Meet

MANHATTAN—Rose Feu-
erman, president of the Jew-
ish State Employees Assn. of
New York, announced thee
group will hold an open meet-
ing in observance of the Chanu-
kah season Wednesday, Nov, 19.

‘The meeting, which will begin
at 5:30 pm. will be held in
Room 5890, Two World Trade
Center, Manhattan. All Jewish
employees and their guests are
invited to the meeting to greet
association officers and members
as well as representatives from
the Council of Jewish Organiza-
tions in Civil Service.

Ms. Feuerman promiszd that
talks will be short, Refreshments
will be served. e

Compensation Board

Names New Referee

ALBANY—Lee Blech First,
a Riverdale attorney, has
been named to a seven-year
term as a referee of the
Workmen's Compensation Board
by Board Chairman Arthur
Cooperman,

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Beulah B. Thull

TROY — Beulah Bailey
‘Thull, the last living former
president of the Civil Service
Employees Assn. and the
only woman to hold that office,
died Oct. 30 at Samaritan Hos-
pital here after a brief iliness.
She was 84.

A pioneer in the union, Mrs.
‘Thull was instrumental in orga-
nizing many CSEA chapters

(Continued on Page 14)

Samuel E. Jacobs

ALBANY — Judge Samuel
E. Jacobs, counsel for De-
Graff, Foy, Conway and
Holt-Harris, assigned exclu-
sively as an attorney for the
Civil Service Employees Assn,
died here Nov. 6.

Judge Jacobs' most recent
work for CSEA included a vic-
torious lawsuit staying the De-
partment of Transportation

(Continued on Page 14)

Challenge University Policies
On Day After Thanksgiving
And 10-Month Appointments

BUFFALO—The State University committee of the Civil Service Employees Assn.,
went on record last month against the changing of holidays for the day after Thanksgiv-
ing and in opposition to 10-month appointments for classified employees.

In letters sent to State

unit, Civil Service Employees Assn., were installed recently in ceremonies attended by about 60 of
the unit's 80 members, Above, during ceremonies, are Mary Battisti, Broome County chapter president
and installing officer; front row from left: Frank Martin, president; Isabelle Ferenczi, second vice-
president; Debbie Bartolotta, secretary, and Sally Downey, treasurer. Second row from left: Board
members Olga Finch, Ruth Revette, Roberta Taylor, Theresa Strong, Vivian Schell, Barbara Dearstyne

and Roger Geesey,

Wenzl: DOT Release A Snow Job

(Continued from Page 1)
plans for maintaining “last year's
level” of snow and ice control
must be revealed as quickly as
possible since most of the ‘round-
the-clock shifting is scheduled to
ko into effect this week

Dr. Wenzi explained that CSEA
has been trying to get interpre-
tations from the state regarding
the proposed shift work ever
since the plans were announced
earlier this year,

“Mr. Schuler’s statement that
snow and {ce control will be kept
at last year’s level is incredible,”
said Dr. Wenal, “when faced with
the fact that some 240 mainte-
nanes employees have been ter-
minated and there are plans for
& 30 percent cutback of salt and
sand supplies plus a 20 percent

reduction in
the trucks.

“Our members who are DOT
employees are concerned about
the planned use of ‘round-the-
clock shifting,” said the CSEA
president. “Not only because it
will mean working weekends and
nights and the workers will be
away from their families for tong
stretches, but also they have a
deep concern for the safety of
the public who will have to drive
on roads that may be plowed by
an inexperienced laborer or per-
haps not plowed st all because
of inadequate staff to handle all
mergencies."

A spokesman for the CSEA
committze studying the situa-
thon said that proposed schedules
indicate that some workers would

fuel avatiable for

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NANANSAASANAS

Information for the Calendar may be submitted directly

to THE LEADER. It should i

nelude the date, time, place,

address and city for the function. The address is; Civil

Service Leader, 11 Warren St., New York, N. Y. 10007.
Attn.: CSEA Calendar.

NOVEMBER
12—Ithaca Area Retirees chapter meeting p.m., Modse Hal

125 N. Fulton St, Ithaca

Retiree chepter meeting: 6 p.m.

dinner-dance: 6 p.m,

13—Rockland-Westchester Counties
Holiday Inn, Route 303, Orangeburg.
M—Niagara County chapter “Boss's Night
Crown and Anchor Restaurant

14-15—Albany Region IV workshop
16-18—Long Island Region | worksh
18—Utica Psychiatri

The Burrstone, New Hartford.

18—Hudson River Psychiatric Cent
Cheney Conference Room 2A,
18—Representation ballots to be mal

State Professional, ‘

Center chapter general meeting

cientific and Technic

Pine Avenue, Niagara Falls
Queensbury Hotel, Glens Fall
oF

rmey's Inn, Montauk
7:30 p.m
er chatper meeting: 7:30 p.m.
HRPC, Poughkeepsie

iled to-members of the New York
Bargaining Unit

19—Bulfalo chapter dinner meeting: 6 p.m., Plaza Suite Restaurant
One M &T Plaza, Buffalo.

2l—Nassau Department of Public Works unit dinner-dance: Nassai
Inn, New Hyde Park

21-SUNY at Albany chapter executive committee meeting: 5:30

p.m, Ptoliday inn, Central Ave.

Albany

have two shifts in a row or 16
hours on the job, In other cases
employees are scheduled for sev-
en straight days of work. The
rpokesman indicated that this
could be considered an infringe-
ment of religious freedom since
workers would be working on
their usual day of worship, He
said that this situation exists
“because DOT doesn't want to
pay overtime,
Safety Factors

“During

sometimes

good weather, men
will be getting paid
for doing nothing during the
sunset to sunrise shifts since
many types of maintenance jobs
cannot safely be done at night,”
the spokesman said. “But more
significant to the taxpaying pub-
lie 4s that when the bad weather
does come, it's possible that the
men on the shift at the time will
have no experience in driving the
heavy dump trucks that push
the plows, Also, there may not
be enough manpower to handle
the automatic sanders.

“I think that the potential
dangers of this situation should
be more than obvious to the
public who will be commuting or
whose kids will be riding on
school buses,” continued the
spokesman. “By inspecting DOT's
proposed schedules, you can find
abifts on which there are all
laborers and no equipment op-
erators, In such cases the ques~
tion arises as to who is a quali-
fied driver and, indeed, who is
in charge. To save money by
refusing to pay the qualified men
avertime, the state may be risk~
ing lives and expensive equip-
ment,"

In addition to the potential
hazards in the shifting system,
the C8EA committee has had
loca) level reports of massive
ayotf threats, warnings that the
roads would not be safe for their
own children if they didn’t go
along with the shifts, and sug-
gestions that vacations or days
off might not be honored after
4 certain date.

University officials,
union's views, The letters were
signed by committee chairman
June Boyle, of SUNY at Buffalo,
and committee members Patricia
Crandall, of SUNY at Cortland;
Edward Dudek, SUNY at Buffalo
and Frank Gilder, SUNY at Aly
bany. All four are statewide
CSEA directors, representing
University employees. 4

The letters were sent following
a meeting of State University
delegates at the CSEA Convention
in Niagara Palls last month.

‘The issue concerning the day
after ‘Thanksgiving is complt-
cated by the fact that several
campuses have adopted separate
policies on whether to grant the
day as a paid day off, even
though the campuses are closed
for school business.

Ms. Boyle said that on the
SUNYAB campus, for example,
employees are asked to give up
holiday in exchange for having
the day after Thanksgiving. She
said that she recommends that
employees sign up to work on the
day after Thanksgiving so they
will not lose their paid holidays,

In the letter to Dr, Caesar
Naples, assistant vice chancellor
of the State University, the com-
mittee suggests that he inform
the vartous campus administra-
tors that the changing of holi-
days is in violation of CSEA’s
contract with the state

The second letter, to Dr. Jer-
ome Komisar, vice chancellor of
the State University, states the
University delegates’ opposition
1o his recent memorandum about
10-month appointments for clas-
sifted employees, Dr, Komisar’s
memorandum had been sent in
September to presidents of the
various state-operated campuses.

In the memorandum, Dr. Kom-
isar outlines the procedures by
whieh classified employees are
to be nudged into the ranks of
the unemployed for two months

the CSEA committee explained the

a year.

He tells the campus presidents
to determine those positions that
are not required on a year-
round basis. New hires are to be
told they must take leave with-
out pay during a specified period
each year,

Currem employees, on the oth-
er hand, are to be persuaded to
volunteer for the two-month
leaves, “If the number of volun-
teers ls not adequate, then lay-
oft procedures should be imple-
mented to identify employees
whose employment will be af-
fected,” the memorandum states.

While the employees will be
entitled to vacation, sick leave
and personal leave accrual during
the 10-month period, they would
have to assume the cost of health
and dental insurance while on
leave without pay. Multiple de-
ductions to cover the leave pe-
riod would not be allowed, Nel-
ther would the apportionment of
pay be allowed over a 26-week
period, Checks would be paid at
the appropriate rate on a bi-
weekly basis.

Credit toward retirement ben-
efits would be based only on
time worked, Therefore, vesting
would take 12 years instead of
10 years,

Classified employees on leave
of absence would be entitled to
unemployment insurance bene-
fits during the summer recess,
the viee chancellor explained,

CSEA's Staite University com-
mittee called the memorandum
proposals “a change in the terms
and conditions of employment
and in complete violation of our
present contract.”

Copies of the two letters were
also sent to CSEA president
Theodore C. Wenzl, executive
vice-president William McGowan
and field representative Paul
Bureh.

File For CSEA Board

(Continued from Page 1)

Chairman Bernard Schmahl
has announced that the two va-
cancies, left by resignations, will
be filled by elections later this
month.

In the meantime, names, ad-
dresses and resumes of the nom-
inees’ backgrounds are to be
submitted to Mr, Schmahl at
CSEA Headquarters, 33 Elk St.,
Albany, N. ¥. 12207 no later than
Noy. 23,

Statewide members of the Ed-
weation Department are eligible
for the one seat, while employees
of the Teachers’ Retirement Sys-
tem and Faoulty-Student Asso-
ciations are eligible for the other
position.

Part-Timer Suit

(Continued from Page 1)
least three - and ~ three - quarter
hours a day,

The order contradicted the
Department of Mental Hygiene
Rules and Regulations which
specify that part-time employees
are eligible for paid sick leave
and peld vacations in proportion
(0 the hours they wort.

There is no financial remu-
neration for either position, al-
though fixed expenses are al-
lowed while on official business
for the union. The Board meets
on an average of once a month.

‘The seats had been held by
Alvin Rubin, Education, and Al
Haile, Public Corporations. Both
have resigned since their election
lust spring to the 116-member
Board of Directors.

Niagara Sets
‘Boss's Night’

NIAGARA FALLS — The
Niagara County chapter,
Civil Service Employees
Assn., will hold its annual
“Boss's Night" Friday. Noy, 14,
at the Crown and Anchor Res-
taurant, Pine Avenue, here.

Cocktails will be served at 6
p.m. followed by a family style
dinner at 7 p.m. with dancing to
follow, according lo chapter
president William Doyle, Chap-
ter secretary Dorothy Hy ts
chairman of the event

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47 DAWAS TAD
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, November 11, 1975

IEROISM REWARDED — two Nassau County Deparment of Recreation and Parks employees
were cited recently for saving the life of a co-worker. Donald Boceafola, of Syosset, white shirt, way
an earthmoving machine which burst into flames, igniting Mr, Boceafola's clothing. The
garments were smothered by two other Department employees, Richard Giannaccora, of

of Hempstead Harbor Beach Park.

and Vincent Melillo Jr.,

of Glen Cove, flanking Mr. Boccafola, The two men were awarded
plaques honoring their act by Andrew Russac, left, technical services administrator for the Department.
Adding their congratulations are Thomas Gargiulo, of Elmont, president of the Department's Civil Ser-
viee Employees Assn. unit, Department Commissioner Richard A. Fitch and Nicholas Dellisanti, director

Showdown Phase Looming
On Canajoharie Contract

CANAJOHARIE—The Canajoharie Village Employees unit, Civil Service Employees

Assn., has voted to aecept a fact-finder's recommended settlement to a contract dispute. “

The village mayor and trustees have already rejected the recommendation, setting up a

head-to-head showdown.
CSEA spokesman Roger Kane,

‘by the state’s Taylor Law as the
next administrative step in the
dispute. Mr, Kane said he will
recommend to the employees that
they undertake a work-to-rule
Job action against the village.

Negotiations on behalf of all
Canajoharie village employees,
inchiding police, have been going
on between CSEA and the village
for several months. The last con-
tract expired May 31, and em-
Ployees have, in effect, been
working without a contract since
that time. All former contract
provisions remain in effect since
the dispute has been in an tm-
passe condition since that time.

In rejecting the fact-finder’s
solution, calling for a two-year
contract with wage increases of
8.5 percent the first year and
65 percent the second, village

mayor Mary Plank notified the
‘State's Public Employment Re-
lations Board that the village is
requesting a legislative hearing.

But Mr, Kane balked at that
suggestion, saying “a legislative
hearing in Canajoharie, under
the circumstances, would be
nothing more than a kangaroo
court,”

Under the legislative hearing
section of the Taylor Law, the
employer conducts a hearing and
establishes a mandated binding
settlement to a contract dispute.

Mr. Kane noted that the vil-
lage mayor and trustees took part
in negotiations from the start,
and now would be placed in the
position of also making a binding
settlement under the legislative
hearing process asked for by the
mayor.

“That's ridiculous and very un-
fair to the employees, and I
am recommending to them that
we refuse to participate in @
legislative hearing and reject
any forced settlement that might

come out of ane because of the
unusual circumstances, In fact,
I believe a legislative hearing in
this case would be illegal be-
cause of the direct dual roles of
the mayor and her trustees,” he
stated.

The village has offered the
employees a 6 percent hike effec-
tive Sept. 1 of this year and a
6 percent increase for next year.

“But,” noted Mr, Kane, “that
offer leaves open the period from
June 1 when the old contract
expired until Sept. 1, and ac-
tually reduces the offer from 6
percent to something like 45
percent on an annual basis for
the first year. That's simply un-
acceptable.”

CSEA suggests a return to the
bargaining table to arrive at an
aceptable contract offer for vil-
lnge employees. “That's the only
real answer, because we cannot
accept the village's last offer
and it's certain that same offer
would be forced upon us at
legislative hearing.” Mr. Kane
said.

Roswell Chapter Files Grievance
On Reporting Moonlighting Jobs

BUFFALO—The 2;000-member Civil Service Employees Assn. chapter at Roswell Park
Memorial Institute here has filed a grievance against a Health Department edict requiring

all workers to list second jobs.

“A man's personal business is his personal business,” said CSEA field representative

“I could very well see a cleaner
working a certain number of
hours every week at Roswell, and
then working a certain number
of hours as @ cleaner at a phar-
maceutical company. What dif-
ference does that make?" Mr.
Stewart asked.

“It's not as if the employee

work survey, was confidential,
but then learned one employee
was forced to give up a second
Job.

“We were told the thing
wouldn't be used against us, but
it was,” Mr, Stewart said

Marvin Nailor, director of
communications for the Health
Department, sald the “moon-
Might" edict was a matter of
ethiea! principles and not de-
signed to find out how much
money employees make.

“We're not so much interested
in what our employees are mak-

Open Continuous

State Job

Calendar

20413
20-520
20-522
20-521
20416
20418
20-519
2414
20415
Dental Hygienist $ 8, 20-107
Dietitian $10,714 = 20-124
Supervising Dietitia $12,760 20-167
Technician $7,616 20-308
Heaney has Worker ss ; i Son
be aed Le ut
Histology Technician $ 8,051 20-170
Assistant Hydraulic Engineer $14,142 20-135
— raulic Engineer 17, 20-136
$10,714 20-558
Coney Technician $8,051 20-12
Public Librarians $10,155 & U 20-339
Licensed Practical Nurse 20-106
gag ev wh ie Albany) $
nic—Statewide except 7.616 varies
Medical Specialist | 27,942 24-407
Medical Specialist Il (Bd. $33,704 20-408
Medical Specialist Il (Bd. $35,373 20408
Mental Hygiene Asst. Therapy Aide 7,204 20-394
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide (TBS) $7,616 20.394
Motor Equipment Repai
(Statewide except Albany) $9546 varies
Nurse | $10,118 20-584
Nene ([Prychi H aay ao-Bes
atric) 11,337
Offat Prise Moe Ooaaist Hid 20-402
Pharmaci: hs s $12,670 20-19%
Peed pra ; $14,880 oy
inci ctuary (Casualty) $22,694
oe | $27,942 20-390
jatrist I Bigible) $35,373 20-391
Psychiatrist Il Certified) $35,373. 20-39!
fiology T. vee AGT B32-$9 20-334
Te Sd anton) ($8,079-$8, 20.334
eo Records quae Fed e4
Asst. initia Sontedag 14,1 1
Senior Senitery $17,429 20-123
Specialists in Education {$16,358-$22,694) 20-312
Stationary Engineer $9, 20-100
Senior Stationary Engineer $10,714 20-101
m Fireman $7616 20-303
Stenographer-Typist $ varies varies
Varitype Operator $6811 20-307

Additional information on required
application forms may be obtained
Department of Civil Service: State

Mia Applicants can file in
10047; or Suite

Na Yok 14202.
ity the examination

lifying experience and

mail or in pees at the State
ice Building Campus, Albany
monly at Two World Tak Coates
| West Genessee Street, Buffalo,

by, its rumber and tile. Mail

Speci
application form when completed to the State Department of
Service, State Office Building Campus, Albany, New York 12226.

Probation Group Tenders

Endorsement

To Sullivan

BINGHAMTON—The statewide Civil Service Employees
Assn, probation committee, meeting recently here, threw its
unanimous support to the appointment of Robert F. Sul-
livan for New York State Director of Probation.

James Brady, committee chair-
man, was directed by the group
to forward its feelings to CSEA
President Theodore C. Wena) for
his action.

The committee's vote came
during a meeting called to dis-
“‘ctormatien Service INSULATION._Yor'mey net be ayiog © COtOn School Unit Wins

Call (202) 389-2741 WEATHER STRIP WINDOWS = give blood, but some day you

Washington, D.C, 20420 SAVE MONEY, ENERGY — may be dying to get it. Improper Practice Action

eeeseseseee eeeresrs, CROTON—The Civil Service Employees Assn. has been

Civil Service Activities Association

Fall & Winter Travel
Program is Here!
And Winter _ Packages tot exmewne ‘tam ef

aad do no memorandum of agreement
oo reached by the parties at the
conclusion of negotiations for a
1974-75 contract.

‘The CSEA Croton School unit
charged In a PERB hearing that
the school district had unilater-
ally altered the terms and con-
ditions of employment of cer-
tain employees within the nego-
tiating unit. The union also
charged that the District had

@ bus driver title and eliminated
two existing titles, night custo-
dian-bus driver and custodian-
bus driver, This resulted in a
reduction in salaries for the af-

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sustained in a recent finding by the Public Employment
Relations Board on an improper practice charge the union
filed against the Croton-Harmon School District.

implement the changes, although
no agreement to delete the titles
from the contract had been
made by CSEA. Mr. O'Connor
added that the district had not
formally requested the deletions.
He said that the district's board
of education had refused a re-
quest for @ meeting to discuss
the matter after he had de-
manded it pay the proper rate
of pay based upon proper classi-
fication.

PERB hearing officer Zachary
Wellman found that the record
“overwhelmingly supports
‘CSEA’s contention that it had
not agreed to the elimination of
the two positions or to their re-
allocation,” and that the dis-
trict had failed to bargain in
good faith.

The hearing officer further
found that the district was in
violation of the Public Em-
ployees’ Fair Employment Act in
that the District's improper con-
duct was designed to deprive the
employees of their rights.

Mr, Wellman recommended
that the district be ordered to
negotiate in good faith with
CSEA and that a contract be
executed retaining the deleted
positions. Additionally, the em-
ployees are to be reimbursed for
any losses sustained by them as
@ result of the district’s uni-
lateral action,

Warn City Job
Conditions May
Become Bleaker

MANHATTAN — Felix J.
Cuervo, president of the Na-
tive New Yorkers’ Historical
Assn., predicted last week
that New York City employees

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, November 11, 1975

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1975

Pa
Civil Service Month

HIS is not a guest editorial, but we are lifting Governor

Carey's proclamation statement of November as “Civil
Service Organization Month” for direct quote in its entirety,
since he states the case well:

“Ninety-two years ago, New York became the first state
in the nation to establish a Civil Service system—a system
in which state government employees are elected on the
basis of merit.

“Today, New York State maintains its leadership role
in Civil Service. A dedicated corps of Civil Service employees
performs the vital work through which the various agencies
of state government serve the 18 million citizens of New
York State.

“These workers, carefully selected for their skills, knowl-
edge and abilities, serve the public in a wide range of occu-
pational specialties. Their work affects nearly every phase
of our dafly lives.

“Now, therefore, I, Hugh L, Carey, Governor of the
State of New York, do hereby proclaim the month of No-
vember, 1975, as

CIVIL SERVICE ORGANIZATION MONTH
in New York State, in recognition of the historic and con-
tinuing tradition of service to the public performed by the
Civil Service employees of the State of New York.”

Early Warning

N light of all the words that have been written this year

against the use of State Employees’ Retirement System
funds to ball out New York City, we remember that one
of the first warning voices against the fund's use was nearly
@ year ago by Civil Service Employees Assn. president
Theodore C. Wenzl.

At that time, he raised objection to the threatened
use of the employees’ pensions “to make questionable in-
vestments such as buying bonds to support the ailing Urban
Development Corp.”

Just think now, if the Retirement Fund had been used
then to bail out UDC, what would New York City have had
to fall back on?

Prophetic Too Soon

HERE is a time lag between the time an editorial is
written and the time that it is distributed to the
readership.

This time lag was most evident last week as the con~
tents of Vice President Rockefeller’s letter to President Ford
were made public only minutes after The Leader had been
printed with an editorial suggesting that the Vice President
consider declining renomination.

The intent of the editorial was that Rockefeller might
exert more influence on Republican policies if he were to
be unsilenced by Vice Presidential loyalty to a President
who seems preoccupied by the threat of a primary challenge
by the party's conservative Ronald Reagan,

Tn light of the editorial’s coming true while the paper
was in the process of distribution, what was intended as
food for thought now seems susceptible to partisan inter-
pretation. It was not meant to be a political diatribe.

Although the editorial proyed to be prophetic, please
remember that it was written before the Rockefeller action
was known,

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sion, @ majority of whose mem-
bers are Demoorats. He then suc-

Mr. Gaba is a member of the firm of White, Walsh and
P.C., and chairman of the Nassau County Bar Association
Law Committee.

“Deemed Resignation”

Rule 15.4 of the Rules of the Westchester County Civil
Service Commission states that “any employee who absents
himself from duty for three (3) consecutive days without
consent shall be deemed to have resigned in bad standing as
of the beginning of such unauthorized absence, unless an
explanation acceptable to the appointing officer is submit-
ted by such employee within a reasonable time thereafter.
Such unauthorized absence may also be made grounds for
disciplinary action.”

eee Cece. %

AN EMPLOYEE who held a permanent position as Cor-
rection Officer in the Department of Correction since 1971
was seriously injured while working at the Westchester
County Penitentiary in March 1974, The employee went on
sick leave with the knowledge of the Corrections Commis-
sioner. The employee sought to return to his job on June 26,
1974 but was not permitted to do so. An Article 78 preceeding
was commenced. The Commissioner contended that the em-
ployee was examined by Dr. “E” on June 14 who reported to
the Commissioner that the employee was able to return to
work. A letter was prepared by the Commissioner and sent
to the employee by certified mail, advising the employee of
Dr, “E's” findings. The letter was never produced for the
court, and it is undisputed that the letter was never de-
Hvered to the employee. The employee alleged in his petition
that he was informed by his personal physician (Dr, “P")
that he could return to work on June 24, However, he did
not report for work that day because under the existing
work schedules, the 24 and 25 of June were his regular days
off. When he reported on the 26, he was not permitted to
work,

ee ie

IN THE COURT PROCEEDING, the Commissioner took
the position that because the employee did not report for
work until June 26 when he was able on June 14, that he
resigned his position under Rule 15.4 of the Westchester
County Civil Service Commission Rules. The employee ar-
gued that Rule 15.4 had previously been held invalid in an
earlier Supreme Court case in Westchester County on the
grounds that it was In conflict with Section 75 of the Civil
Service Law. In reaching its decision to order the employee
reinstated without back pay, the court pointed out an ap-
parent conflict between the Appellate Divisions in the Third
and Fourth Departments concerning whether a “deemed
resignation” rule was in conflict with Section 75, Civil Ser-
vice Law, In this case, the Commissioner admitted he was
aware of the employee's injury in March 1974, and that the
employee never received the Commissioner's letter to return
to work after the June 14 report by Dr. “E.” Therefore, the
court held, the bad standing resignation was equivalent to a
dismissal without charges and a hearing in violation of Sec-
tion 75, Civil Service Law.

FOLLOWING THE COURT'S DECISION to reinstate the
employee without back pay, a motion was made by the em-
ployee for reargument. On this reargument, it was pointed

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RETIREMENT || What's Your Opinion

NEWS & FACTS pais
Has the increased city transit fare caused any problems or hardships in traveling on public trans-
portation?
* :
Will Default Affect Pensions? THE PLACE
Police Plaza, Manhattan.
By AL. PETERS

What would happen to pensions if the city defaulted? OPINIONS
Inasmuch as pensions are paid out of established funds,
they would not be directly affected immediately. Pension
checks would still go out as they have in the past. However, Sam Feldman, computer technician: “I use transit © Alex MeKennan, assistant custodian, Police De-
payments into the pension funds dally and nowadays t's costing partment: “The money has gone
would be affected in the same date, Dec. 5, and to adjourn. me about $10 to $15 a week to | up, but it seems like the subway
way as payrolls and probably’ The session took four minutes, travel on business and just get- service has slowed down a little
with the same priority. ‘The Board of Trustees issues ting around. So it has really hurt bit, At least more than ft was
In the long-term view pension reports from time to time. The me. In fact, it's causing a defin- during the 36-cent fare, Some-
funds themselves might well be last ome covered 1969, 1970 and He hardship on me. But since I times I have to wait five or six
radically affected in three ways: 1971. have no other way of getting minutes longer for a train in
© The courts may decide that vere around New York, I'm stuck with the morning while coming to
pension fund payments have a traveling on public transporte- work. There should be much bet-
lower priority. tion. Going out to movies or to ter service for the additional 16
© The New York City securi- visit friends Is about the only cents, but the service instead is
ties, and possibly the New York time I get to use another form of really lousy. I'd take my car to
State securities held by the ‘¢ransportation—my car, At those times, I might work, but it would cost me #4 a day just to park
furids, might not recetve the in- be lucky enough to find a parking space, but i, so it's cheaper for me to ride the subway and
come from interest which was never when I'm in Manhattan on business.” suffer the hardships of paying the 50 cents.

contemplated and even the prin-
¢ipal would be worth less than
was anticipated. *

* The funds themselves are
actuarially not valid. This means
that even if all went well with
Payments into the fund and
there was no default in interest
or principal of the City and
State securities, the fund could
well run out as early as 1977.

A report from the Permanent
Commission on Public Employee
Pensions and Retirement Sys-
tems released last March pointed
out that the figures on which
the pension fund was created
and still operates were based on
1916 life expectancy. People have
learned to live longer and so
the pensions go on longer. In
that report, which ts still largely
overlooked in current crises, the
statement was clearly made: “By
1977 . there will be no assets
in the New York City employees
retirement system and the New
York City teachers retirement
system which could be allocated
to cover the Mabilities for bene-
fits already earned by active
members—those not yet re-
tired. The Commission explained
that the assets would not be
sufficient to cover the amount
that should be set aside for re-
trees at that time. In such event
the system can no longer be
cerified as being actuarially
sound as required by law, In the
same report, the Commission
found that the City Pire De-
partment Pension Pund is no
jJonger actuarially sound and
Uhat its deficit has increased
sharply, from $166-million in
1969 to $380-million In 1973."

The New York Olty Retire-
ment System controls a little
more than §4 billion of monies
set aside to pay pensions to for-
mer city employees. It meets ap-
proximately once » month to
approve the amounts and pen-
sion arrangements for an aver-
age of 10,000 retirees each year.

ting waste in the City’s manage-
ment and operation.
‘That is not a bad launching

LETTERS

Attica Aid

Editor, The Leader:

Between Sept. 9 and 14, 1971,
| the Attioa Correctional Pucil-
ity, an incident occurred that
aroused the interest of the en-

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taxicabs are too expensive. 80
pad for a race for Mayor of the are the only mode of transportation svailab!

subways

Albert Tedescl, inspector, Buildings Department:

“Tt has not made me change my

it more expensive to get to work.
If I could use my car, I would,
but with all the traffic congestion
on highways and streets, sub-
ways are a faster form of trans-
portation. So I continue to use
it. However, I ride the subway
out of necessity and I try to
avoid riding any time I really

don’t have to, If I did, the increased subway and

bus fare would really kill me.”

TO THE EDITOR

M thetr
the hostages would die.

i Civil Service Law & You i

(Contineed from Page 6)

out to the court that Section 77, Civil Service Law requires
that an employee who is reinstated be granted all his back
pay and other benefits, less other earnings and unemploy-
ment insurance. The court, therefore, revised its decision to

said that since the Commissioner knew of the employee's

injury, and since the employee did not receive
letter to return to work, then it could
employee was absent without consen!
of Rule 15.4. The decision, therefore,
of whether Rule 15.4 is in conflict
Service Law, In the Matter of DeMuro v. Gray,

2d Dept., May 5, 1975,

the certified

not be said that the
it within the meaning
left open the question
with Section 75, Civil
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Betty Cohen, housewife: “I don’t work so that

saves some money, but still I
have to get around New York
and the higher fares are a defin-
ite problem. Luckily for me, I
have a half-rate senior citizens
card which allows me to pay
less to ride the subways et cer-
tain times. I try to avoid riding
public transportation when the
half-fare is not in effect, but
if I am forced to ride, I ride.
T have no other choice, so in

is a hardship for me.”

as citizens, are obligated to en-
sure the defense of our police-
men.
Therefore, we of the Syracuse
chapter of the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn. pledge our support
to those men who did their jobs
in the public service and now
stand accused,
Richard A. Bersani
Acting President
Syracuse Chapter CSEA

Our Jane

Editor, The Leader:

May ! take this opportunity to
thank you for the excellent cov-
erage which you have given to
the guidance counselors of the
New York City Schools. The arti-
cles written by Dr, Bloomfield
were brilliant, and we were de-
Ughted to share them with mem-
bers of the staff and with par-
ent leaders,

We are also grateful for the
columns by Ms. Jane Bernstein
Our Jane — Hooray!

Her understanding of the
schoo! situation is quite unique.

Daisy K. Shaw
Director

Bureau of Educational and
Vocational Guidance

ANHAUAS MAD

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, Tuesday, November 11, 197:

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER.

Miss,

A., Summer Bartholomew, of Mercer, Calif, graced the head table during

the banquct the last evening of the 65th annual CSEA Convention in Niagara Falls
Jast month. She is shown here in the company of CSEA president Theodore C. Wenzl,
as sites chairman and former CSEA vice-president Richard Tarmey beams in the

background,

CSEA Special Civil Service

The special civil service committee of
the Civil Service Employees Assn. is
chaired by Jean C. Gray, of the Thruway
Authority Headquarters, with committee
co-chairman Robert Lattimer, of Baf-
falo Manpower Services, and committee
members Nicholas Abbatiello, Canute
Bernard, Betty Duffy, Jimmy Gamble,
Timothy McInerney, Gerald Pureell,
Ernst Stroebel, Jack Weitz and James
Welch,

Your Special Civil Service Com-
mittee met four times during 1975
to discuss such subjects as Equal
Employment Opportunities for Wo-
men in New York State Government,
Ethnic Coding of State employees, State
Layoff procedures, extended leaves of ab-
sences by certain State employees, Com-
prehensive Employment and Training Act
(CETA) and other subjects covered by
Civil & jee Law. As you already know,
this committee, when changed from the
Ad Hoc Affirmative Action Committee to
the Special Civil Service Committee, was
charged with the responsibility of being
@ watchdog on the Merit System.

For your Information, due to the com-
plexities of the Comprehensive Employ-
ment and Training Act (CETA), an Ad
Hoc Committee for CETA was formed
and Robert Lattimer, the Co-chairman of
this committee, was named Chairman in
order that there would be close coordina-
tion between the two committees.

On Dec, 12, 1974, Miss Hilda Ford, a
representative of Commissioner Poston,
met with this committee in which she
discussed the opportunities for women in
New York State Government. Also dis-

Presiding over meeting of non-teaching school district employees at Monday pancl discumion were, from left, Vincent DiBriensa,
Suffolk Educational chapter; David Silberman, Nassau 3

Nassau Educational; Jake Banek, Oneida Educational, and Hugh Crapeer, Dutchess
probation officers and social service workers, had separate mectings te discuss particular problems faced by lecal government

employces statewide.

cussed was the statistics showing the
heavy concentration of females in the
lower grades such as clerks, typists and
stenographers, but it was concluded that
this would change due to the increased
opportunities for women in higher paying
positions.

In January 1975, this committee met
to discuss the Ethnic Coding of State
employees. In September 1974 the coding
of State employees was suspended by
Governor Wilson due to the vigorous pro-
tests by CSEA. A task-force committee
was appointed by the Governor to ex-
amine the issue and a representative
from CSEA was appointed to that com-
mittee. As a result of various meetings
and recommendations a report was issued
by this task foree in November 1974, and

Russel Cheney, president of (Putnam
County chapter 840, leans forward in
anticipation of key argument during dis-
cussion in County Division meeting.

Western Thruway Authority's Alfred Jeris
and Attica’s Mark Nowicki listen atten-
tively as debate is held on a timetable to
be followed on state negotiations.

Committee Report

the temporary suspension of the ethnic
data systems was terminated and the
survey was to be continued but with the
recommendations of this committee to
be included. During the summer Mr.
Roche of the Civil Service Department
met with this committee and explained
the procedure of the Ethnic Survey as to
the form now used and security taken.
For your information, categorization
must be based on a visual assessment of
the individual's ethnicity. No one should
be asked his or her ethnicity.

On April 25, 1975 representatives of
CSEA appeared at a hearing before the
Senate Committee on Civil Service in
the Legislative Office Building in Albany,
New York. The purpose was to bring to
their attention some of the problems and

Sullivan County chapter $43's Alan Greenfield, excoutive representative, and Thomas
Schmidt, from left, confer with CSEA field staffer Phil Miller and Syracuse Region V
supervisor Frank Martelle during break between business sessions.

inequities encountered by CSEA. The
areas discussed were equal employment
opportunity, 1-out-of-3 rule for selection,
oral examinations, job-related contents
of examinations, requests by State de-
partments and agencies for excessive ex-
empt classification of positions and
finally excessive leaves of absences.

In conclusion this committee wishes
to bring to the attention of the dele-
gates that this committee was formed
basically to help the chapters in prob-
lems concerning affirmative action. As
of the present time, we have recelved
input from only a few chapters. It would
be advisable for the chapters to appoint
a small affirmative action committee to
work with management in order to pre-
vent problems from arising

CSEA Membership Committee Report

Samuel Emmett, of New York
Howard Cropsey, of Albany

The main concern of the Member-
ship Committee continues to be the
growth of our Association

The continued increase in CSEA’s
membership is a result of the Associa-
tion's effective mail campaigns to solicit
non-members in both Political Subdivi-
sions and the State on a regular and
continuing basis. For the second year,
we have inereased our numbers even
though there was an estimated attrition
of 10 percent in our ranks each year

This Committee has been made aware
that membership is of major concern to
all Staff Employees, Chapter Presidents,
Statewide Officers and Delegates. A tally
is now being kept of new member appli-
cations submitted by each fieldman
During the last year over 15,000 new
members have been solicited by the Pield
Staff, direct or through chapters and
units they serve.

The continual improyement of CSEA
data processing systems and operations
permit identifying non-member employ-
es in those bargaining units which we
represent, ‘This ability permits direct-
mail solicitations for membership to be
made and chapter officers and represen-
tatives as well as CSEA staff the oppor-
tunity to appeal to non-members in
person, With reference to the State ser-
vice, our identification of non-members
is very comp but in the County Divi-
it depends upon receiving machine
readable information from each local
government which has been arranged in
some places, Our County Division Chap-

sion

EXHIBIT 6
CSEA_MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS
STATE COUNTY RETIREE TOTAL

DIVISION DIVISION MEMBERS MEMBERS
6/1/74 Audit 118,808 84,890 16,409 220,107
6/1/78 Audit 123,637 92,327 16,409 232,373
NEW MEMBERS.
FROM NOTICE FROM
5/15/75 to 9/17/75 4,569 5,898 * 10,467
Estimated Attrition
Since 5/15/75 8,205) (2,455)
TOTAL 125,001 95,769 16,409 237,139
Increase of 6/1/75
Over 6/1/74 Audit + 4,829 7,437 12,266

RECAP OF ABOVE

9/11/75 6/1/75 6/1/74 6/1/73
Full Members 220,770 =—215,964 = 203,698 191,349
Retriees 16409 16,409 16,409 15,38!
Total 237,139 232,373 «220,107 206,730

ter Presidents and representatives of CSEA services and programs, including

County Division Chapters on the County
Executive Committee could assist greaily
by working closely with CSEA Manager
of Computer Services to secure from each
Political subdivision machine readable in-
formation which would supply CSEA with
ly information on all non-members so
that we could solicit their membership
directly by mall and through member-
ship committees of chapters and units
Also very desirable is a provision in each
local government work contract that
would permit scess to all employees
during work hours for brief 15-minute
interviews on a quarterly basis to explain

insurance programs.

Your Committee acknowledges the in-
novative and responsible efforts put forth
by CSEA management at 33 Elk Street in
the continued drive to solicit new mem-
bers, Because of the importance of con-
tinued growth in membership for the suc-
cess of CSEA, the Membership Committee
recommends that the Director's Consti-
tution and By-Laws Committee consider
inclusion of the Membership Committee
as @ Board of Director's Standing Com-
mittee. This would allow the Membership
Committee Chairman to attend all meet-
ings of CSEA's Board of Directors,

1975 MEMBERSHIP REPORT

TO DATE EXHIBIT C
REGION JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY
1—LONG ISLAND 424 454 504 424 469
Il — NEW YORK CITY 2% 0 oT 4g 240 114
Ill — SOUTHERN 4 39563 KP 297
IV — ALBANY 317 365 468 241 253
Vv — SYRACUSE 415 SAP 399 275 317
Vi — BUFFALO 7 = 291 “9 = =6MO OMI
MONTHLY TOTALS 2,609 2,331 «2,902 2.089 1,791

TOTALS

To
JUNE JULY AUG. DATE
266 198 31 3,050
7 71 89 | «(1,612
294 319 271 | «3,190
145 192 138 2A19
160 257 183 2.555
317 233 302 3,139
1,279 1,370 1,294 15,665

Three of the Association's best known ladies exchange

greetings.

CSEA president; Celeste Resenkrans, statewide educa- tween
tion chairman,
chairman,

fourth vice-president Carmine DiBattista,

From left are Pauline Wenal, wife of the

Among the large contingent from Westchester County
local 860 were chapter secretary irene Amaral and

and Deloras Fussell, statewide sockal

wervice ade
York City chapter 10's Martha Owens, left, and Al- + Agriculture
bany Tax and Finance chapter 6290's Santa Orsino Schermerhorn
among (he auton’: ment inflieential members. combined

Bicentennial spirit is displayed by James
Corbin, president of Suffolk County
chapter 852. Mr. Corbin pointed out that
much good publicity could be gained for
CSEA by participation in Bicentennial
events,

It’s an annual event for Dutchess Edu-
cational chapter 867's John Famelette to
distribute United States flag decals, This
year he set up a booth at the Conven-
tion and gave hundreds of Bicentennial
flag decals to delegates.

C. Rush, delegate from Green Haven Correctional Fa-
cility chapter 158, talks with Helen Mayes Hospital

chapter 302°s Patricia Comerford, treasurer of Southern
Region Ill, and Health Research chapter 315’s Barbara

and

Pauser, treasurer of Western Region VI.

Court of Claims chapter 624 president Julie Drew and

Marlecls chapter 650 delegate Jon
were among attentive participants in

Delegates Meeting at Convention Center,

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MOUNT VERNON—The contents of a political flyer distributed by Tom Sharpe,
unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Mayor of Mount Vernon in last week's election, has
brought a protest from Don Webster, president of the Mount Vernon unit, Civil Service

Employees Assn.

Mr. Webster, In @ letter to
Thomas W. Wallace, executive
director of the New York State

flagrant misrepresentation of
employee behavior in the City of
Mount Vernon.”

‘The flyer contained a photo-
graph of an individual reading a
newspaper. Ib was captioned: “If
we don't stop the waste, Mount
Vernon will become another New
York. This city employee spent
your tax-dollars on 9-25-75 read-
ing the newspaper, Don't you
think your money could be bet-

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ORANGEBURG The
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Onondaga Schedules
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Retirees To Meet

Service Employees Assn., will
hold a dinner meeting Thursday,
Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. at the Holiday
Tnn here on Route 303.

Speakers will include Thomas
Gilmartin, CSEA coordinator of
retiree activities, and Martin
Langer, the union's statewide
political action committee chair~
man, according to chapter pres-
ident George Celentano, Invita~
tions to address the meeting
have been sent to State Sena-

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Ave, Nyack, N.Y. 10060. The
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Grievance Victory Brings Bridge
Workers Back Overtime Wages

FISHKILL—A third-step grievance decision has been won by the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn.'s Bridge Authority chapter, resulting in back overtime pay for two of the

union’s members.

Milton Zwickel, chairman of the State Bridge Authority, issued the decision after

the matter had been denied by
administrative officers at the
first two steps of the grievance
procedure.

At issue was whether the au-
thority could bring in part-time
employees at regular pay to sub-
stitute for permanent, full-time

time for toll collectors will be
given to the permanent Civil
Service toll collectors for the
first five days of each employee's
sickness. All collectors, when
called, are required to come to

CSEA field representative John
Deyo said the Authority had
been illegally calling part-time
employees, at straight pay, to
avoid paying overtime to full-
time, permanent employees who

60 such employees, Mr. Deyo
said.

Armory Employees

Pose Suggestions
To CSEA & State

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demands, including future contract ves of one year and
full state underwriting of family hospitalization insurance,
were suggested for inclusion in the coming pact talks be-

tween the state and the Civil

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ference president Dick Houghtal-
ing, of Genesee Valley Armory

Employees chapter.

It was also suggested that
CSEA encourage passage of bills
before the Legislature to pro-
vide coverage for all armory

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Southern Region III officers are attentive as regional president James Lennon talks to delegates at

meeting last month in Newburgh, Seated from left, are treasurer Patricia Comerford,

Helen Hayes

Hospital; secretary Sandra Cappillino, Transportation Region 8, and second vice-president Richard
Snyder, Wassaic Developmental Center,

Region III Assails Pension
Use To Aid New York City

NEWBURGH—Members of Southern Region III, Civil Service Employees Assn., gave
unanimous support to the proposition that State Comptroller Arthur Levitt should keep
hands off state employees’ pension funds, even for the purpose of aiding New York City

in its current financial crisis.

The Region III members voted
unanimously at a meeting at the
Fishkill Holiday Inn recently to
ask CSEA Headquarters to back
the Westchester County CSEA
chapter's court action intended
to” prevent Comptroller Levitt
from investing $25 million in
New York State tax anticipation
notes in order to help New Yotk
Cit? in its fiseal crisis.

The sult was heard by the
State Court of Appeals Oct, 17.
Tt was rejected by the court,
which allowed Comptroller Levitt
to Invest the money as he saw
fit. The funds were invested in
state notes that day in order to
prevent the city from going into
default.

Members of Southern Region
and its Westchester chapter were
of the opinion the night before
the court decision, that regard-
less of how it was decided, bring-
ing the case to the state's high-
est court would be a moral vie-
tory

‘They believed the case would
uphold the principal that the
pension funds, held in trust by
Comptroller Levitt, who is the
official trustee of pension money
contributed by state employees,
should be held inviolate and
should not be imprudentiy in-
vested.

The resolution backing the
Westchester County sult was first
approved by a meeting of the
county division of the Southern
Region, It was then approved at
a full membership meeting which
followed separate meetings of
the Region's county and state
divisions.

‘The resolution asked full mor-
al and financial backing for the
Westchester chapter's efforts to
bring the pension fund expendi-
tures before the courts.

Regional attorney Arthur Grac
outlined the moral and legal case
against the Comptroller's spend-
ing the pension funds to the
Southern Region members, The
sult seeks the removal of Mr.
Levitt as penaion fund trustee.

Mr. Grae said Mr, Levitt's ac-
tien as trustee of the pension

funds was in conflict with his
job of state Comptroller, The
trustee of the pension funds, Mr.
Grae said, is expected to obtain
the greatest interest possible
when investing pension money.
As comptroller his job calls for
him to try to get the lowest
amount of interest possible when
selling state bonds or notes.

“How can he get both the
lowest amount of interest and
the highest amount of interest?”
Mr. Grae asked.

Mr. Levitt, Mr. Grae alleged,
is investing the fund’s money in
a way that no prudent investor
for @ private company would do.
If he invested the funds of pri-
vate employees In this manner,
he would be criticized and
stopped by the courts.

“Does this mean that private
employees have more rights than
public employees?" Mr, Grae in«
quired.

The attorney said in the legal
brief he submitted that there
were numerous violations of the
US. and State Constitutions by
Mr. Levitt.

‘The court action stemmed from
a resolution made by Staniey
Boguski, Westchester chapter
legislative chairman, at the state-
wide CSIEA convention in Nia~
gare Falls on Oct, 1, Mr. Bogu-
ski made the resolution during
@ speech on the convention floor
denouncing the use of pension
funds to help New York City.
‘The resolution, which sought le-
gal action to prevent the use of
pension funds for such purposes,
was approved by the convention
delegates.

There were numerous questions
at the Southern Region meeting
as to Why CSBA ag a whole did
not back the sult agains; Comp-
trolier Levitt, but left it to be
brought by Westehester chapter.

“AN the credit would have
gone to the entire CSBA and
Not Just wo the Westchester chap-
ter M the state officers had back-
ed his sus," Phil DelPiaz of
be Middletown Hospital chapter

Southern Region [1 presirtent

Westchester County
second vice-president
Boguski explains reasons for his
opposition to use of employees’
pension funds to ald New York
City.

local 860
Stanley

James J. Lennon voted to ab-
stain from taking on the suit
against the Comptroler on the
incorrect information that he
was going to invest the money
in state bonds, not short term
notes,

“The statewide officers stick
together when they make a de-
cision. Having been given no
authorisation on the question
from Southern Region, I did not
feel that I was empowered to
0 ahead on my own on this
lawsuit,” Mr, Lennon said.

The Southern Region presi-
dent also pointed out that his
name was put on the lawsult as
@ courtesy by Westchester chap-
ter,
“Bince several of the peope
bringing the laweult live in the
sane city 1 do, New Rochelle,
why wasn't I given the addi-
onal courtesy of being called
up and informed of all of the
details regarding this lawsuit?"
Mr, Lennon asked. “I might
have voted differently on the
question if they had done 40.”

Taylor Law & Job Actions
Scheduled On The Agenda
At Albany Region Meeting

ALBANY—Albany Region IV, Civil Service Employees
Assn. will hold a regional workshop at the Queensbury Hotel,
Glens Falls, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-16.

The Friday night session will include a general business

meeting and a separate school

‘The Saturday session will have
two separate presentations. The
morning session wil) deal with
the Taylor Law, with various as-
pects and implications of the law
te be presented. John Sands,
from the New York State School
of Industrial and Labor Rela-
tions at Cornell University and
a professor at the Albany Law
School, will present the main
address of this session. Mr.
Sands will also serve as & mem-
ber of a discussion panel with
Martin Barr, counsel with the
Public Employment Relations
Board that enforces the various
rules of the Taylor Law, and
James Roemer, counsel for
CSEA. The pane! will be open to
questions from the floor.

The afternoon session will
have a presentation, “How a
Union Organizes for a Job Ac-
tion,” and will deal with the
various types of job actions that
have been utilized in various
situations in the past. CSEA or-
ganizer Lee Frank will lead the
session,

A discussion will follow with
questions on the two topics dis-
cussed.

A late Halloween Dinner party
will be held that evening, Par-

Disclosure Order

(Continued from Page 1)
incomplete statement, as recom-
mended by CSEA, does not con-
siitute a waiver of the individ-
ual’s right to object at a future
date to the various inconsisten-
cies and ambiguities contained
in Executive Order Number 10,
or the Financial Disclosure
Statement, or to challenge the
legality of the order and state-
ment.”

Beulah

(Continued from Page 3)
throughout the state and laid
the cornerstone of the CSEA
Headquarters building, 33 Elk
St, Albany, when it was bullt.
Mrs. Thull was a graduate of
Cornell University and attended
its graduate school of library
selence and school of public fi-
nanee, She was a librarian for
the State Tax Department and
ultimately became @ research as-
sistant to the New York State
Tax Commission and the State
Comptroller's Office.

Active in many fields, Mrs.
Thuil was Rensselaer County
historian emerita, Earlier this
year she was presented with «

tlelpants are asked to dress ac-
cordingly.

‘The Sunday morning session will
handle any business left on the
agenda.

Correction

In recent editions of The
Leader, details of two con-
tract settlements involving
the Chemung Solid Waste
District and the Ichabod Crane
Board of Education, Valatie, and
employees represented by the
Civil Service Employees Assn.
were reversed.

In the Chemung settlement,
the new contract, retroactive to
Jan, 1, calls for a 13 percent
hike In pay for the first year of
the pact and a 5 percent boost in
the second. Also granted was a
uniform allowance plus person-
al and union business time off.
The Chemung settlement also
calls for a "75-I' retirement
plan, Retroactive pay ranged
from $500 to $1,400 for the 36
workers covered in the agree-
ment. It was the first CSEA con-
tract for the workers, according
to union field representative
Jack Miller.

The non-instructional Crane
School employees won an across-
the-board wage increase of 27
cents per hour with the excep-
tion of bus drivers who will re-
ceive 15 cents per hour more, All
eligible employees will receive
increments. The increase is ret-
roactive to July 1, the date the
previous contract expired, ac-
cording to CSEA field represen-
tative Michael Carroll. Overall
the settlement will cost the
school district 78 percent but
some employees will receive in-
creases of up to 15 percent dur-
ing the 1975-76 school year.

B. Thull

certificate of commendation
from the American Assn. of
State and Local History citing
her “long and continuous service
to the field of local history as
county historian.”

Mrs. Thull was a charter
member of the State Federation
of Women's Clubs and was listed
on that organization's honor roll.
A campaigner for women’s suf-
ferage, she was also a charter
member of the State Women's
Legislative Forum and the
founder and first president of
the Rensselaer County League of
Women Voters. She was also a
founder of the Rensselaer Coun-
ty Camptire Girls.

Judge Samuel E. Jacobs

(Continued from Page 3)
from laying off 369 and success-
ful legal action against the
forced use of state employee
pension funds to purchase Mu-
nicipal Assistance Corp. bonds.

Long active in civie affairs, he
served as an asaistant corpora-
tlon counsel for the City of Al-
Dany and was elected to two
terms as @ Judge of the City
Court here. In 1968,a an asso-

clate of DeGraff, Foy, Conway
and Holt-Harris, he began his
work with CSEA while maintain-
ing the position of special assis-
tant corporation counsel for the
Clty of Albany. Judge Jacobs was
also past president of the Albany
County Bar Association.

He \s survived by his wife,
Shirley, five children, and nine
grandchildren. Memorial cortri-
butions may be made wo the
Heart Pund.
Need Manager, : screta

The following is a simu-
lated radio broadcast by the
State Employment Service.
The jobs noted, however, are
real ones.

ANNOUNCER: Are you look-
ing for work? If so, you will
want to check these openings
listed with the New York State
Employment Service, Make a
note of the number to call if
@ Job interests you, If the posi-
tion is in New York City call
(212) 488-7390, For jobs outside
of New York City in nearby com-
munities, consult the Nassau and
Westchester telephone director-
jes. Look under New York State
Department of Labor-Job Bank.

If you find that today’s open-
ings aren't suitable for you, keep
in mind that there are many
other kinds of work available a‘
our New York State Employment
Service offices. And remember,
there js never a fee to you or
to the employer who Hsts his
job with us. Now the listing:

SPEAKER 1. A retail apparel
chain with headquarters in Man-
hattan needs a STORE MAN-
AGER, Applicant must have
four-year college degree and some
experience as a manegement
trainee. Will rotate among six
New York City stores relieving
other managers, Will work Sat-
urdays and some evenings, Sal-
ary $10,000 a year,

2. A Queeng service station
has an opening for an experi-
enced AUTOMOBILE MECHAN-
TC. Knowledge of automatic
transmissions not required. The
pay is $5 an hour, could go
higher depending on experience,

3, A SECRETARY is being
sought by a Manhattan insurance
company, Must be able to take
steno at 100 words a minute. Will
do typing, make sppointments,
perform other secretarial duties.
The position pays $200-$225 8
week, depending on the job-seek-
ers’ experience. Some overtime is
required.

4, Up in the Bronx, a machine
shop hag the help wanted sign

Spanish is required and the of-

age $140-$150 a week.

7. On Long Island, a LATHE
OPERATOR with at least a year
of experience is in demand. Will
operate lathe to make aluminum
spools for X-ray machine hous-
ings. There ts no set-up work on
this job. The hours are 1:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. and the pay Is $3
an hour.

8. Elsewhere on the Island, an
employer ts trying to locate an
all - around UPHOLSTERER.
Will work on expensive custom
furniture, The job pays $5 an
hour and up, depending on ex-
perience.

9. Back in the City, a health
care facility in Manhattan ts
calling for an ELECTRONIC
TECHNICIAN, Must have some
college background and two-five
years experience. Will set up,
maintain and repair electrical
and electronic
for laboratory test animals, Must
have lab background and some

knowledge of antmal physiology.

Job pays $161.85 a week.
13, There are some profession-

Must join union. The starting

ity and experience,
16. In Manhattan, there's an
opening for a TRAPFIC AGENT

Suggestion Awards Go To 47

Forty-seven New York City
employees have been awarded
certificates of merit and cash
awards for suggestions to save
New York City money.

‘The suggestions—the project is
sponsored by City Personnel De-
partment—saved the City an es-
timated $23,257 the first year.

‘The top award of $250 went to
park foreman Anthony Guigil-
ano of Queens, He suggested
moving the 18th green at Forest
Park Golf Course near the main
entrance instead of at the far
end of the course, This change
reduces cost of maintaining gute
watchers at the old exit,

McGarry, Tranait
Louls Trophy, ‘TA; and Joseph
Rodrigues, TA.

Corporation; Bertram Alexander,
TA; Edith Armstrong, TA; Sal-

TA; Verneal Kiser, HRA;

and Nancy Zweig, Finance Ad-

1

From. York State, Daniel
Angiolett! of the TA was hon-
ored and from New Jersey Law-
rence Welngroff, Comptroller's
Office was an award recipient,

BUY U.S.

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Public Forum

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WHERE TO APPLY
FOR PUBLIC JOBS

should file at the Department of
Personnel, 49 Thomas St, New
York 10013, open weekdays be-
tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Special
hours for Thursdays are 8:30
am. to 5:30 p.m.

‘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 avat!-
able only during the filing period.

By subway, applicants can
reach the filing office via the
IND (Chambers St.); BMT (City
Hall); Lexington IRT (Brooklyn
Bridge). For advance informa-
tion on ¢itles, call 566-8700,

Several City agencies do their
own recruiting and hiring. They
include:

370 Jay St. Brooklyn 11201,
phone: 852-5000.

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 Department of Civil Service
are located at the World Trade
Center, Tower 2, 55th floor, New
York 10048 (phone: 466-4248: 10
a.m.-3 pan.); State Office Cam-
pus, Albany, 12226; Suite 760, 1
W Genesee St., Buffalo 14202:
9 am.-4 p.m. Applicants may ob-
tain announcements by writing
(the Albany office only) or by
applying in person at any of
the three.

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

FEDERAL — The US. Civil
Service Commission, New York
Region, runs a Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
York 10007. Its hours are 6:30
am. te 5 p.m. weekdays only.
‘Telephone 264-0422.

Pederal entrants living upstate

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, November 11, 1975

Westchester County local 860 president Raymond Cassidy explains reasons behind
his chapter's law suit to prevent State Comptroller Arthur Levitt from investing
pension funds in tax anticipation notes. Listening are Westchester’s Edward Carafs
and, in background, Sullivan County chapter president Earl Bivins.

South Region Takes Stand
On Pension Investments

See Story on
Page 14

Highland Training School Letchworth Village chap-
chapter 550 president Mary ter 412's Manny Ramires is
Jackson was spirited par- shown in thoughtful pose
tcipant during discussion. as he seeks information for

ABOVE: Donald Webster, White
Plains unit president, clarifies
Westchester chapter's position on
sult to block investment of em-
ployees’ pension funds.

RIGHT: Green Haven Corree-
tional Facility chapter 158 presi-

dent Carl Golub asks support for
nine prison foremen, who have

noe received assurances of job
replacement, Listening in fore-
ground ts CSEA director Nicholas
Puzziferri (Mental Hygiene,
Southern Region)

BELOW: Bea Kee, of Helen
Hayes Hospital, explains her
vis for upcoming state nego-
tiations,

Meeting on social services problems are, from left, H. Larry Jonke, Westchester; Alan Goodman, Sul-
livan; Pat Thomas, Orange; Sharon Vance, Putnam; Helen MeCullun, Dutchess; Larry Seanlen, CREA
fleld representative, and chairman Pat Spiccl, Kockland. The regional commiliee was set up

summer in an effort to better coordinate and aid in communications between the statewide secial
services committee and the local units.

Elected as Southern Region Il members of statewide negotiating teams are, seated from left, Rose
Marcinkowski, Highland Training Scheel; Patricia Comerford, Helen Hayes Hospital, and Marie Ro-
manelli, SUNY at New Paltz, Standing are Harold McKinney, Hudson River PC; John Long, Jr.,
Helen Hayes Hospital; Rebert Comeau, Eastern New York Correctional Facility; Phil DelPizzo, Middle-
town PC, and Alexander Hoag, Middletown PC.

Rockland County chapter 844 president John
Maure presided over mecting of Southern Region
Couny Division in his capacity as regional first
vice-president. Dutchess chapter's Pat Robins is
shown with him.

Luposelio, left, listens as Leteh-
Clark informs him of conditions at his
= CSBA director (Mental Hygiene,

(Lender phows by Ted Kapias)