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By DR. THEODORE WENZL §
President, Pa
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In this column, I shall be brief and limit myself to just
point — namely, Growth, For CSEA, Growth is perhaps
the most revealing factor of strength and overall general
well-being that there is

one

During the past year, CSEA has grown in membership
from about 206,000 to over 220,000. Upon reflection, this ts
a truly remarkable achievement which bodes well for our
great organization. This was accomplished amidst such sig-
nificant adversities as

* The genera) leveling off of the numbers now being
recruited in all levels of government.

* The loss of 3,600 members now classified in the group-
ing called Management/Confidential, and

* The continuous challenging by outside private-sector
unions for our membership.

SIDE BY SIDE with this solid membership achievement
stands the fact of increased personnel employed by CSEA
to service its membership. In the past year, overall staff
has increased in numbers from 174 to 191. This increase in
personnel occurred at all levels in the CSEA structure, in-
cluding headquarters, field staff, and new regional offices
personnel

With all of the daily, difficult problems besetting union-
ism in these very troublesome times in this country and
state, it is good to pause and reflect upon our Growth as a
@reat big factual plus. CSEA just keeps growing on and on
in spite of all external forces against tt

In closing, I salute the entire membership and all on
staff who continue to labor in order to keep CSEA the
Number One public-employees union in New York State.

vironmental Conservation take part in the official vig

ering job-related itemy negotiated 'by CSEA and the E
servation employees, Seated, from left, are
negotiating team

Francis ©.

joner und general counsel.for the Department,
Donald Menges, Department
James L. Biggane, commissioner of
dephe, CSEA team; Carole Trifitetti,
Cooney,

Standing,
team: W. Reuben Gorini

Duryea Promises To Lead Fight
For MH Career Ladder Funding

WEST HAVERSTRAW
Low-pald food service work-
ers at mental hygiene insti-
tutions throughout the state
may soon have a new chance for
financial and educational ad~-
vancement as a result of a meet
ing at Helen Hayes Hospital
here Oct, 2 between prominent
assemblymen and members and
staff of Southern Region 3.
Civil Service Employees Assn.

Speaker Perry R. Duryea Jr
of Montauk and Assemblymen
Eugene Levy of Suffern and
Harold K. Grune of Stony Point

jon
Repeat This!

from left,
CBEA collective negotiating speciatint;
the Department of Environmental Conservation
CSEA team; Thomas L. Rider,
CSEA field representative, and Ronald Bernhard, Department team.

Rockefeller Termed
‘Champagne vs Soda’
After Senate Probe

é6y PE WAS CHAMPAGNE
I against soda pop.” This
assessment of Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller was privately in-
dicated by one important Demo-
cratic member of the Senate
Rules Committee following three
days of testimony by the Gover
nor at hearings on his confirma.
tion as Vice President
(Continued on Page 6)

ing of & new departmentlevel agreement cov

vironmental Conservation Department for Con-
DuCharme, chairman of the Department's
Jimmy L, Gamble, president of the CSEA Environmental Conservation Department
chapter and chairman of the CSEA departmental negotiating team,

and John Hanna, deputy com
are: John Sencabaugh, CSEA

Edward Gar-

dr., Department team; James

gave favorable responses to
union members’ pleas for career
ladders for food service workers.
Lorraine Scott, a supervisor of
food service staff at Letchworth
Village and c member of the
statewide committee on career
ladders, explained to the legim
lators what the union members
are asking for

"We want to be trained for
more responsibility and better-
paying jobs, and want this train-
ing to be held at our own insti-
tutions,” she sald. Food service
workers have been taking college

years, but many more would
avail themselves of training if it
were offered at their place of

work, she added,
Affect Thousands
The career ladder concept,

which is already in existence for
civil service workers in other
kinds of Jobs, would give food
service workers “some place to
go” in terms of education and
pay. Ms, Scott said, It would af-
fect approximately 3,000 mental
hygiene employees and 4,000
correctional services employees.

Mr, Duryea told the union he

courses in Poughkeepsie for 10 (Continued on Page 18)

GETTING IT BACK — Charies Jones, left, who had been
suspended from employment at Willowbrook Developmental Center,
receives a check for nearly a year’s back pay after a successful fight
for his reinstatement by the Civil Service Employees Assn. Handing
him the check is Pat Fraser, grievance committee chairman, and
watching is Adele West, CSEA field representative who processed
the third step grievance.

Billing Procedures
To Be Simplified

(Special to The Leader)
ALBANY—Members of the Civil Service Employees Assn.
who pay membership dues and insurance premiums directly
to the union, instead of by payroll deduction, will find bill-
ing procedures simplified and more economical within the

"a 2-1 Vote Nixes
Thruway Pact

ALBANY—By better than
a 2-1 margin, the proposed
new contract covering Thru-
way Authority toll, clerical
and maintenance employees was
rejected for a second time in bal-
Jots counted Oct. 4

The new agreement will have
actively employed and retired
CSEA members billed directly by
Ter Bush & Powell, Inc. for all
CSEA insurances and direct pay
membership dues, according to
Joseph D. Lochner, executive di-
rector of CSEA, In the past,
members paid dues and Group
Life Insurance premiums directly
to the union while Ter Bush &
Powell, Inec., CBEA's inaurance
agency, billed members for pre
miums of the union's Accident
and Health Insurance.
mental Life Insurance.

The matter will be discussed
with Thruway delegates at the
CBEA Convention at the Hotel
Concord this week to see if the
unit should request PERB to
send in 4 fact-finder.

Supple

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bile/Homeowners Insurance, and
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ALBANY — Governor Mal-
colm Wilson issued an ex-
ecutive order last week with
the aim of promoting the
active recruitment, training
and advancement of women
in State departments and
agencies.

The order buttresses the exist-
ing state policy on equal employ-
ment which, as stated in the ord-
er, is “to encourage employment
opportunities for women at all
levels of State government and to
make State government fully re-
flective of the needs, interests and
talents of all our population,”

The Governor's order requires
that each state agency and de-
partment, with the assistance of
the State Department of Civil
Service, take steps to encourage
women to enter the state service,
particularly at the middle and
top levels, and to remove bar-
riers to thelr advancement with-
in the system,

Agencies have been ordered to
review their current recruitment
procedures for new hirees and
assess the records of current fe-
male employeés to give advance-
ment opportunities to any wom-
an unfairly excluded from pro-
motion or training in the past.

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The Carol Burnett Housekeeping Award will be a monthly event at
Willowbrook Developmental Center. At the presentation of the first
award are, from teft: Tony Fontaino, chief supervisor of housekeep-
ing; Charles Harris, president, Vestal Labs; Robert Patton, deputy
commissioner, Department of Mental Hygiene, and Don Fleming,

Give Women An Equal Chance,
Wilson Tells State Agencies

‘As part of the Governor's plan,
the agencies are to remove any
requirements for a job that are
not specifically related to the
duties and responsibilities of that
job. Another step in the pro-
gram will insure that women are
fairly represented in all training
programs

The Governor has alao ordered
every state agency head To report
twice a year on the specific ef-
forts the agency has undertaken
to give women an equiteble rep-
resentation at all levels within
the agency.

Willowbrook
Clean House
Award Given

STATEN ISLAND — The
first presentation of a Carol
Burnett Housekeeping Award
banner was made at the

Following an inspection of the
several buildings at the tnstitu-
tlon by the judges, Butiding 11
was declared the winner with
housekeeper Gertrude Edkins
and cleaners Marla Cruz, Lee
Myon Chul, Frances Wright and
Loretta Polardo accepting the
award. Building 10 won second
place and Building 5, third place.

The unique housekeeping
award, based on Caro] Burnett's
caricature of a cleaning wom-
an, was originated by Anthony
Fontaino, executive housekeeper
and a former president of the
Civil Service Employees Assn.
chapter at Willowbrook, Mr.
Fontaino, who obtained prior
epproval for the use of Miss
Burnett's name, stated that the
purpose of the award “is to rec-
ognize the cooperative efforts of
the housekeeping and building
staffs in the resident buildings
at Willowbrook.”

‘The award will be made on a
monthly basis with a trophy
given to the building winning
the most awards at the end of
a year,

Deputy Commissioner Robert
E. Patton of the Department of
Mental Hygiene was the guest
speaker and presented the first
award to the winners. The judges
included Lynn Meark, epidemt-
ologist of Staten Island Hospital,
Vivien Jouvier, executive house-
keeper of Eger Lutheran Home,
and Thomas F. Gallagher, busi-
ness officer of Manhattan Psy-
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WESTERN
REGION 6

al Headquarters Office:
4122 Union Road
Cheektowaga, N.Y. 14226
(716) 634-3540

By WILLIAM McGOWAN
CSEA Vice-President/Region 6 President

Nothing like success to make anyone feel good! And
we're all feeling pretty good in this region due to our hard-
working staff and members who fought unceasingly to win
the recent challenge against CSEA in the Erie County elec-
tion, Because of the dedication and effort expended, we were
able to do to AFSCME what the Indians.did to George Custer!

Activity has continued in full swing since the opening
of our Regional office. For those who take advantage of the
services offered, information and field staff assistance is
only a phone call away. In case you haven't yet visited the
Regional office, let me encourage you to do so.

A COMMITTEE WAS FORMED to check into a location
for a satellite office in Rochester, also. I hope to hear some-
thing concrete on that shortly, so that our members in the
Rochester area will have a similar operation for their benefit.

Education of our membership continues to be a keynote
interest of ours. Starting Oct, 10, 1974, Region 6 will sponsor
a CSEA Labor Studies Program for interested members, This
program is specifically designed for public employees and
will be offered through the Cornel] University, New York
State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Buffalo Ex-
tension Division. Credit should be given to Celeste Rosen-
crantz and Genevieve Clark who have put in a lot of time
in developing this program with Jeanette Watkins, Cornell
Program Director.

In order to be more effective in the future, I'm always
open to your suggestions, comments, complaints, ete. regard-
ing steps which we can take to serve you better as rank-and-
file members of CSEA. I'm especially interested in hearing
from local government and political subdivision members
and unit presidents.

ALSO, IT’S STILL not too late to submit items for the
upcoming negotiations on these specific subjects: salary,
health insurance, disciplinary procedure and agency shop.
These are the only items to be considered under the re-
opener clause, so be sure to send me your ideas at the Re-
gional office address: 4122 Union Road, Cheektowaga, New
York 14225.

In closing, our next Regional meeting will be held Oct.
18 and 19 at the Trenholm East Inn, Thruway Exit 44,
Victor, New York (near Canandaigua). Ontario County will
be the host chapter for the meeting, I'd certainly like to see
every Western Region chapter and unit represented at this
important meeting

SUMMER'S LAST FLING — members of the State University College at Buffalo chapter of
CSEA relax at an end-of-the-summer picnic at park outside Buffalo, That's Thomas C. Christy, CSEA

field representative, resting at

we edge of the blanket, with, from lef

chapter president Barbara

Chapman, Robert Bogdan, Diane Scroppo, Loretta Scroppo, Sharon Bogdan and Betty Lennon, pres
dent of the SUNY at Plattsburgh chapter.

Retirement Office Hours Upped;
Full-Time Service Is Demanded

BUFFALO—State retirement system personne] are now available in the Buffalo of-
fice on the first four Wednesdays and Fridays of every month, but William L. McGowan,
CSEA Western Region president, says he will not be satisfied until a full-time office is staff-
ed to service the estimated 100,000 non-members of the system in the Buffalo area.

To bolster his argument for
such full-time service, Mr. Mc-
Gowan this week azked all re-
tirement system members and
their beneficiaries, who experi-
ence any delays on visits to the
Buffalo office, or in correspon-
dence to the Albany retirement
system headquarters, to detail
the delays to the Western Region
CSEA office at 4122 Union Rd.,
Cheektowaga, or call there at
634-3540.

“The 6,000 persons who signed
our petitions helped get the ad.
ditional staffing. Now we must
document further the need for
the full time office and the
complaints will help,” Mr, Me-
Gowan said

He explained that the Buffalo
area retirement system represen:
tative, formerly available only
four times monthly, is now at
the Donovan Bldg. office on the
added four days, in a new office
affording more privacy and that
this too can be cred'ted to the
petition filed by CSEA

Referring to the present part
time service as an “old fashioned
ox-cart approach” to informa
tion and guidance, the petition
also said that service in the in
terim relies on correspondence or
long distance phone calls to Al-
bany, which ts both cumbersome
and costly, and that benefits
have been lost or delayed be-

CHECKING CANDIDATES — ‘he presidents and political action chatrman of the 12 chapters

of the Civil Service Employees Assn. in the Rochester area held two nights of candidates’ mcotings at

the Marriott
Democrats the

xt. Listening at this table, from left, are

in Henrietta, Republican legislative candidates were presented the first night, and
Sam Grossfield, Rochester chapter presi-

dent; Jeanne Relsdorf, Craig School chapter delegate; Charles Peritore, Craig Schoo! chapter president,

and Joe Polvino, Rochester chapter first vice-president,

cause there is no nearby full-
time office.

Furthermore, the petition
pointed out that the part-time
service cannot provide the often
complicated information and
guidance to members unfamiliar
with retirement system terminol-
ogy, and that dependents, the
elderly and the infirm are un-

fairly treated as a result.

“CSEA will not be content un-
til a full-time office is available
in Western New York, but we
need the input from everyone
having any dealings with the
retirement system.” Mr. Mc-
Gowan explained in requesting
the letters and phone calls about
delays in the present set-up.

Monroe Deputy Restored
To Job With Back Pay

(From Leader Correspondent)
ROCHESTER—A sheriff's deputy, for whom the Monroe
chapter of the Civil Service Employees Assn. went to bat,
will have his job restored and receive full back pay.
A state arbitrator ordered the Monroe County Sheriff's

Department to return the deputy
to active duty and pay him for
the full three months he wasn't
working while waiting for the
outcome of his case

He had been charged early
this summer with being absent
without leave and will lose a
week's pay for the time he was
gone.

James Hancock, CSEA regional
attorney, represented the deputy
in the case

“This might seem like a small
one, but it's important to the
man involved and it's consistent
with our past record of winning
most arbitration cases,” said
Martin Koenig, chapter presi-
dent, “We're showing the mem-
bers that the CSEA is behind
them all the way,”

Retiree Chief
To Give Talk

ROCHESTER Carol Ann
Peal, newly appointed coordina-
tor of retiree affairs for the Civil
Service Employees Assn., will be
quest speaker at a meeting of
the Rochester Area Retirees
chapter Oct, 23

Ruth MePhee, chapter presi.
dent, said the meeting will give
the chapter's 600 members an
opportunity to learn about pro-
posed legislation affecting re-
trees.

The meeting, which will begin
at 1:30 p.m., will be held in the
auditorium of the Marine Mid-
Jand Bank, corner of Broad and
Chestnut Streets, Rochester

Buffalo SUNY
Dines Oct. 25

BUFFALO — Chapter foun-
ders will be honored at the
10th anniversary of SUNY
at Buffalo chapter of the
Civil Service Employees Assn. at
& dinner-dance Oct, 25 at the
Sheraton East, Walden Ave.

Tickets at $10 a person are
available from social committee
members and chapter board
members, according to chapter
socia) chairman Dorothy Haney.

Included will be an open bar,
starting at 6:30 p.m., with dinner
at 7:30 and dancing to the Mar-
quettes from 10 on.

Kenneth McKenzie, Provost of
Life Long Learning, Chancellor's
Office, Albany, will be the main
speaker. Danny Neaverth, radio
personality of WKBW, will be
master of ceremonies.

Everyone from the University
community is invited, Ms, Wal-
den said, but tickets are limited.
‘They are available from Robert
Smith, William Stoberl, June
Boyle, Roger Frieday, Barbara
Kauffman, Dorothy Lewis, Adri-
an Bieler, Audrey Benzinger,
Mary McCarthy, Ed Villa, Mike
Bay, Jerry Caputo, and Paul
Saleski

Chapter president Edward Du-
dek said invitations have been
extended to al) CSEA statewide,
regional and chapter officers
within Western Region 6.

FL6L ‘8 229qeRO ‘Aepseny ‘HAGVAT AMAUES “HAD
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CIVIL SE

Mayor Beame
Proctaims Fire
Prevention Week

Mayor Abraham D, Beame
presented a proclamation to Fire
Commissioner John T, O'Hagan
at Clty Hall last week designat-
ing the week beginning Oct. 6
as Fire Prevention Week.

The proclamation urges all
citizens to help “make New York
a safer, more beautiful city,” and
calls upon setwols, churches and
the mass media to join “in
spreading the message of safety.”

The Fire Department Museum,
104 Duane St., will also be open
on Oct. 6, through Oct, 11, from
9 am. to 4 p.m, and on Satur
day, October ‘12, from 9 a.m, to
1 p.m. to receive visitors.

BUY
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SUGGESTION CHECKERS — rawara J. Groeber and John
4. Devine, second and third from left, are cited by members of the
Civil Service Commission for tong service to the state's employee
suggestion program. Commission members shown are Michael N.
Scelsi, left, Ersa H, Poston, president, and Charles F, Stockmelster.
Mr. Groeber, director of the Bureau of Office Services, Department
of Social Services, was honored for 25 years service as a member
and chairman of the suggestion review committee at Soctal Services.
Mr. Devine, chief account clerk, Division of Veterans Affairs, was
cited for 27 years as m member and secretary of his agency's sus-
kestion committee,

State Employees Awarded Cash
For Money Saving Ideas

ALBANY — Twenty-five State employees received cash
awards in August for money-saving ideas submitted to the
Employee Suggestion Program, administered by the State

Department of Civil Service.

Mrs. Ersa H. Poston, president
of the Civil Service Commission,
said the 25 received awards to-
taling $1,450 for suggestions ex-
pected to result in yearly savings
to the State of more than $6,400.

‘The award winners are: Ken-
neth C. Walton of Chateaugay,
assistant ofvil engineer, and Hen-
ry B. Gonyea, of Malone, motor
equipment repairman, both of
the Department of ‘Transporta-
tion in Malone. They suggested
a way to adapt existing trucks
for winter highway sanding oper-
ations, and shared two hundred
dollars,

One hundred

dollars was

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Donovan, of Troy, mail and sup-
ply clerk, shared jointly with
Rita G. Cooley, Rensselaer, sen-
for mail and supply clerk, both
Office of General Services; Wil-
Ham H. Childs, of Amsterdam,
senior clerk, Motor Vehicles, and
Robert A, Begandy, of Rochester,
armory superintendent, Division
of Military and Naval Affairs.

Fifty dollars was awarded to
Anita VanWagner, of Wynants-
kill, and Marguerite T. Scanion,
Cohoes, both Motor Vehicles:
Sgt. Richard A. Fareman, of
Herkimer, and Sgt. Raymond 8.
Ketcham, of Hampton Bays, both
Division of State Police, and
Anette Cohan, of Rochester, De-
partment of Agriculture and
Markets.

Twenty-five dollars was award-
ed to Richard J. Settembre, of
Mattydals, Department of Men-
tal Hygiene in Syracuse; John
T. Roach, of Liverpool; Dorothy
M. Epperson, of Schenectady;
Robert J. Salamack, of Amster-
dam, and Ruth L, Strauss, of
Glendale, all Motor Vehicles;
John D. Swanson, of North Syra
cust, and Raymond M. LaRose,
of Selkirk, both of Agriculture
and Markets, and Herbert C
Peck, of Central Islip, Military
and Naval Affairs.

Cash award winners also re-
ceived Certificates of Merit

Certificates of Merit also were
awarded to Peter Shermeta, of
Loudonville, and Helen Ricc!, of
Holland Patent, both Mental Hy-
giene; William F, Cary, of Rome
and Anne I. Sadek, of Buffalo.
both Labor; Arthur P. Carucet, of
the Bronx, Don Johnson, of Al-
bany, and Gary W. Kirkaam, of
Schenectady, all Motor Vehicles
and L. A. Ellsworth, of Albany.
Office of General Services

Toastmaster Club
Open to Everyone

NEW YORK CITY —The New
York Tosstmaster Club of Toast-
masters International invites
men and women interested in
overcoming fear and self-con-
sciousness in public speaking to
attend their meetings.

There is no cost and no obli-
gation to attend as a guest at
any meeting, The club meets at
355 Lexington Avenue, eighth
floor, David West Agency, on
the second and fourth Mondays
of each month, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Toastmaster program,
non-profit, provides opportunt-
tes to develop skill in lstening,
thinking and speaking, by par.
ticlpating in # series of oral com
munication projects,

Por further information, tele-
phone any evening Stanley Ry-
wor, AS 86-4119, or Robert Elsen-
berg, 969-8549,
LONG ISLAND
REGION 1

Regional Headquarters Office:
740 Broadway (Route 110)
Amityville, L.1.. N.Y, 11701

Phone: (516) 691-1170

By IRVING FLAUMENBAUM
CSEA Vice-President/Region 1 President

The Civil Service Employees Assn
last year in the Long Island Region.
We are a united organization of 50,000 members
that is probably the largest organization of any kind on

Long Island

We are big, we are cohesive and we now really have
the muscle that we have so long deserved

The best example of our realization of strength came
when the City of Long Beach threatened to send civil ser-
vants home empty-handed with payless paydays. The power
of 50,000 members in the region and more than 200,000
statewide called the bluff, and no member of CSEA Is going

to go home empty-handed

IT WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED situation
in the history of New York State has a municipal employer

come to employe
money for pay.”

and said,

CSEA came up with an offer to lend the employer $400,-
000 in order to meet the payroll until the end of the fiscal
year. We didn't have to advance the money, as it turned
out, The city, faced with our offer, arranged a bank financ-
ing to carry through to the end of the fiscal year

But CSEA members would have been put behind the
eight-ball without that power behind them.

Four hundred members in the City of Long Beach unit
would have been outmaneuvered,
the CSEA statewide behind them.

When the CSEA can call the bluff of any employer,

we've come of age

That's just what it has all been about from the start

more than 50 years ago.

Where would 50 employees in a unit be without the
other 199,950 CSEA members? Where would 400 in Long
Beach be without the support of 49,600 others in the Region;
state employees, county employees, school district employees,
water-district and library-district employees?

We've shown what organization
is still a unit of a few hundred that thinks it can go it alone,

God help them

THAT POWER that we have just begun to realize must
be translated into political action

If, as an organization, we have the dollars to call a
bluff, we have the votes to call a bluffer.

We are about to enter into the most ambitious program
of political endorsements we in CSEA have ever undertaken
Our numbers alone mean nothing to the politicians, but
our numbers welded into one voice as an organization will

mean life and death to them.

We are like the sleeping giant, which never realized

its strength

But, now we do. Our 50,000 members have the power to
take a spouse, and a relative or two, and a few neighbors
to the voting booth. We can multiply our considerable num-
bers into the most powerful bloc in the state. And, this year,

we're going to do it

Our state and regional political action committees have
carefully studied voting records.

us are known, Those who deserve our support are known

We will be so guided.

This is another example of the maturity of CSEA

OUR LONG ISLAND Region has coordinated the efforts
of each of our 16 chapters in the most natural way, with all
of our actions debated and discussed by the presidents of
each chapter in monthly meetings of the Regional Executive

Board

It is not to be overlooked that Long Island Region 1
has led the state in new memberships since the start of

this year.

came of age in the

Never before

except for the power of

means, And

Those who are not with

Rule Dusted
Off, Worker
Comes Back

SMITHTOWN The Civil
Service Employees Assn, has
used the little-known Sec. 76
of the Civil Service Law to
overturn an improper suspension
of a Suffolk County Park ranger

Instead of the more cumber
somé procedure of an appeal to
the Supreme Court, CSEA field
representative William Griffin
dusted off See. 76 and won the
case.

The employee had been sus-
pended for 10 days without pay
after being served with a piece
of paper that did not specify
the charges against him nor ad.
vise him of his rights. In a brief
See, 15 disciplinary hearing, the
employee remained silent and
asked for dismissal of the
charges. The departmental trial
board found him guilty

But, under the appeal ‘proce-
dures provided by Sec. 76, Mr
Griffin filed the CSEA argument
with county personnel officer
‘Teresa H. Keyes. Ms. Keyes ruled
that "there was no substantial
compliance with the procedural
requirements for such diselplin
ary action I am therefore
directing that the deciaton be
reversed and that you be paid
for the 10 days suspension time.

As a result of the ruling, it
was understood that the county
was directing all departments to
honor the safeguards that the
law provides for employees.

Nassau Retiree
Chapter Sought

AMITYVILLE Long Is-
land Regional headquarters
here is coordinating informa-
tion for retirees in Nassau
County regarding the proposed
Nassau County Retirees chapter
of the Civil Service Employees
Assn.

Retired members interested in
helping to start a chapter were
urged to eall regional field super
visor Edwin J, Cleary at the re-
gional office, 740 Broadway,
North Amityville. Telephone 691-
1170

The Suffolk Area Retirees
chapter, headed by Michael
Murphy, had offered to serve as
a bi-county chapter, but the state
board of directors decided that
the geographic spread was too
great and that Nassau County
has enough retired members to
form a separate chapter

Declare Suffolk ~
County Impasse

SMITHTOWN—The Suffolk chapter, Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn., declared an impasse In negotiations with the

county last week

Chapter president James Corbin said that the county

had been “dragging its feet"
throughout a series of weekly
meetings and "it appeared in
evitable that impasse would be
the route we have to go.” The
CBEA and county must now
agree on a mutually acceptable
impartial mediator

Meanwhile, the towns of
Hempstead and North Hemp-
stead in neighboring Nassau
County also dectared impasses in
thelr quests for contracts, on the
heels of the impasse called in the
Nassau chapter's negotiations
with that county:

A CSEA negotiator comment
ed: “Impasse appears to be the
thing this year

Mr Corbin said that the im-
passe represented “the first real
step toward meaningful negotia-
tions, whereby both parties must
identify their priorities so that
the mediator may, tn fact, assist
both parties.” He added, "My
answer to the membership, a:
president, is to continue the fine
performance of your work during
this new stage of the negotia-
tions.”

The chapter had submitted
180 demands on behalf of blue-
and white-collar members, The
contract will govern pay and
working conditions for almost
8,000 county employees.

May Charge Smithtown
On Refusal To Bargain

SMITHTOWN—The Suffolk chapter, Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn., is contemplating an unfair-labor-practices
charge against the Town of Smithtown for refusal to bar-
gain because a bid for a challenge election is pending

The challenge. filed by the
National Maritime Union, has
been the subject of a lengthy ex-
amination before a Public Em:
ployment Relations Board hear-
ing examiner since late summer
pected shortly from
g examiner Zachary Well:

man.

The town has refused repeated
demands to open negotiations,

Chapter president James Cor-
bin said the evidence at the
hearing, in which CSEA chal-
lenged the validity of a large
number of NMU petitions,
showed that the outside union
sacrificed the welfare of the em-
ployees in “a reckless gamble"
for an election “they cannot
win,”

Mr. Corbin said the vast ma.
jority of Smithtown’ employees
have indicated to CSEA workers
that they are properly skeptical
of the campaign rhetoric of the

ENCH APPOINTED

ALBANY Robert Ench, of
Melville, has been appointed
member of the council of the
State Agricultural and Technical
College at Farmingdale for an
unsalaried term ending July 1,
1982

NMU, which many employees
have dubbed “not much of a un-
fon.

Budget Readied
For Nassau Ed

HICKSVILLE — A budget
for the Nassau Educational
chapter, Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn., will be pre-
sented to the chapter board of
directors at a meeting Oct. 19
at the Bounty Inn, Peninsula
and Rockaway Bivds., Hewlett.

A financial report will be sub-
mitted and dinner-dance plans
will be discussed. All unit presi-
dents are urged to attend.

The proposed budget was de-
veloped at a meeting Sept. 26 of
the executive board at chapter
headquarters, 111 Old Country
Rd., Hicksville. Attending were
Ed Perrott, president; Prank Pa-
sano, first vice-president; Ben
Gumin, second vice-president
Nuriel Casano, secretary; Wil-
lam Koehler, treasurer. and
William Link, convention dele-
gate,

CONTRACT OK — iticiais of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the

chapter sign a local agreement, the reportedly first such reached at the local level and contain.

ing many gains for employees. In the front row, from left, are: Jurgen Krause, associate director of

personnel; John 8, Toll, SUNY president; Al J. Varacehi, chapter president and hi
negotiators; Nicholas Pollicino, CSEA field representative,

of the CSEA

and Claire MeCarthy, negotiating team.

Standing, from left: Kenneth Nugent, negotiating team; Joseph Hamel, assistant vice-president for
finance and management; Libby Lorio, William Geshell and Elizabeth Coulter, negotiating team; Lee
Yasumura, director of personnel; Ed Zuri, co-chairman of the negotiating team, and Joseph Di Stefano,

Selma Schirmer and Ann Hinek,

negotiating team.

FL6L “8 22qo~RH “epson, “YAGVAT AOTANGS MAR)
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1974

Career Ladders

T THE meeting last spring of the Civil Service Employees

Assn., Malcolm Wilson spoke for the first time to the
CSEA Delegates assembled at the Concord Hotel, Not that
it was a get-acquainted meeting for the Governor, who had
previously amassed a large following among public employees
&s a result of his 20 years in the State Legislature and 15
years as Lieutenant Governor. But it was his first formal
appearance before the union in his role as the state's chief
executive.

CSEA, at that time, was particularly agitated about
delays in the implementation of a career ladder program for
food service workers in the Mental Hygiene Department, as
well as several other career ladders in various other state
departments.

In fact,’a large number of public employees from around
the state had set up informational pickets and marched
around the Capital grounds a mere week or two before the
Delegates meeting, A meeting was arranged hurriedly with
OER chairman Melvin Osterman. The meeting produced
some fist-pounding, but little else.

Then the Governor made his appearance before the
Delegates, and promised that a settlement would be reached
by October. Career ladders have been a rather hushed issue
since that time.

Now the Governor—as well as his gubernatorial oppo-
nent, Hugh Carey—has accepted an invitation to address the
Delegates at their fall meeting, again at the Concord.

Rumors at Leader presstime indicated that a settlement
on the career ladder issue is near at hand, and may be an-
nounced at the meeting this week.

If so, it certainly will be a feather in the cap of all
concerned who have worked to achieve the agreement,
through negotiations, The real winners, of course, will be
the food service workers.

Helping Hand

NOTHER example of civil service employee dedication to
their own particular responsibilities pops up at the
Willowbrook Developmental Center on Staten Island. Clean-
ing staffs in the buildings there will vie for the monthly
“Carol Burnett Housekeeping Award,” and the team that
wins the most times in a year will get a trophy, The good-
natured campaign is symbolized by a banner depicting a
caricature of a charwoman as popularized by Carol Burnett
on her TV show.

The idea for the friendly competition, where no one
really loses, was carried out in the employee ranks, It is
another message to management at contract time that
the people across the table represent responsible and think-
ing individuals, and negotiations should proceed on that
basis,

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
Lengthy 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,

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‘The hearings have estentially
confirmed the opinion of New
York voters who, in the past 16
years, have overwhelmingly elec-
ted him to an unprecedented four
terms as Governor. |

Tn the course of three days
of tough questioning by the
members of the Democratically
controlled Rules Committee,
Rockefeller emerged as a dedi-
cated and sophisticated public
official, with broad visions of
goals within the reach of the
American people. During those
three days, Rockefeller fielded a
broad range of questions that
touched upon the most pressing
and most delicate issues that
confront us now and that may
trouble us in the years ahead.
Rockefeller displayed such
finger-tip familiarity with the
issues that he evoked admiring
comments from the Senate Com-
mittee, the press and the public
who attended the hearings.

Well Informed

Indeed, the only question that
remained on the lips of those
who attended the hearings was
not whether Rockefeller was
qualified for the Vice Presidency,
but rather how his vast talents
and experience could be best em-
ployed in that office.

Clearly the Governor was well
informed about the most signifi-
cant international problems —
threats to the security of the
currency exchange system, those
involving the European Common
Market and the particularly
acute financial situation in Italy
that led to the downfall of its
government last week, the con-
tinued tensions in the Middle
East, and problems relating to
Latin America,

Governor Rockefeller ts equal:
ly expert with respect to domes-
tc problems, particularly prob-
lems of the economy which Pres-
ident Ford has appropriately
tagged as the Nation’s number
one problem. As the President's
summit conference on the econ-
omy clearly indicated, there are
almost as many solutions to our
economic problems as there are
economists in the country. The
only trouble is that the proposals
advanced by the experts so com-
pletely conflict with each other
as to produce s quandary.

No Magic Wand

Rockefeller, no more than
anyone else, has the solution at
his finger tips. It was known,
however, that the National Com-
mission for Critical Cholces, of
which he has been chairman, was
ready to go public with its studies
the week before his designation as
Vice President, Inside knowledge
had it that the Economy was sin-
gléd out as the No, 1 priority. It
was Rockefeller himself who, at
that time, told his associates that
“If we don't recognize the econo-
my as our top priority, we won't
have the opportunity to deal with
the others.”

Obviously there ts no magic
wand that will overnight put an
end to skyrocketing prices, sta-
bilize employment, produce
mortgage money for homebuild-
ing, and clear up international
trade balances. What Rockefeller
ean do ts to restore a sense of
confidence in the business com-
munity which ean go far towards
easing tho problems uf economic
stagnation,

‘There is no doubt in anyone's
mind that Rockefeller will be
overwhelmingly confirmed ap
Vice President by Congress.
What has become urgent about

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

Appointment Of Lawyers Challenged

A proceeding was commenced in New York County
under Article 78 as well as an action for declaratory judg-
ment wherein the petitioners sought judgment to the effect
that certain positions in the Law Department of the City
of New York entitled “Assistant Corporation Counsel” had
to be filled by appointment from a civil service list after
competitive examination. Those positions had been classified
previously by the Civil Service Commission as being in the
exempt class of the classified civil service. Motions were
made to dismiss the proceedings and for summary judgment.
There were a number of procedural issues that had to be
disposed of, but the importance of this case lies in the
substance which the petitioners are trying to accomplish.

Since the inception of this litigation, the petitioners had
been attempting to test in the courts the basis upon which
the Corporation Counsel has made appointments of law-
yers to the Law Department under the exempt status. The
Corporation Counsel's action was supported by the termina-
tion of the Civil Service Commission to the effect that the
positions belong in the exempt class. However, administra-
tive determinations of the Civil Service Commission must
be measured against the State Constitution, which is the
groundwork upon which all legislation is built

ARTICLE V, SECTION 6 of the New York State Constitu-
tion states: “Appointments and promotions in the civil ser-
vice of the state and all of the civil divisions thereof, in-
cluding cities and villages, shall be made according to merit
and fitness to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by exam-
ination which, as far as practicable, shall be competitive...”

There is no question that the Civil Service Law gives
the local commission authority to classify positions, and
furthermore, it cannot be questioned that it Is the duty of
the commission in the exercise of its statutory authority
to use its discretion in determining what is practicable.
This discretion, however, is not an uncontrolled one.

The authority to make civil service appointments with-
out examination in the exempt class is limited by Section
41 of the Civil Service Law, which lists the exceptions for
appointment without competitive examination, Section 41
(1)(b) permits appointment to the exempt class of “depu-
ties of principal executive officers authorized by law to
act generally for and in place of their principals.” Section
41 (1)(e) permits exempt appointments to other subordinate
Positions where examinations may be found not to be
practicable

THE CORPORATION COUNSEL argued that the ap-
pointment of Assistant Corporation Counsels in the exempt
Class is expressly permitted by statute. However, the court
pointed out that merely calling an employee a deputy is
not alone sufficient unless the duties of a deputy apply to
his position. It therefore becomes important to resolve the
factual issues which cannot be determined on the pleadings
and papers before the court. It is necessary to take testi-
mony as to the actual responsibilities and authority in rela-
tion to the Corporation Counsel which Is exercised by the
petitioners, The title may not necessarily be controlling, but
the delegation of authority and responsibility may well be
determinative of the issue.

Examinations may be considered impracticable where a
confidential relationship exists between the appointing of-
ficer and the subordinate employee, but that confidentiality
is & substance which can only be explored through the taking
of testimony so that a factual determination can finally
be made. Accordingly, the court denied respondents’ motion
to dismiss the case, and the matter was restored to the
trial calendar for a hearing. Grossman y, Rankin, 356 N.Y.S.
2d 921

the confirmation is the need to
speed up the process, so that
Government at the executive
level will be fully and constitu-
tionally re-established, This is a
vital first step for the Nation to
recover from the tensions of
Watergate. It is a vital step to
wet the Nation moving forward
with resolve and dedication to-
wards the resolution of its prob-

Jems.

‘There are many Democrats—
as well as Republicans — who
sense that the public is beginning
to view the confirmation pro-
ceedings as a stall for political
advantage. It was not the intent
of the 25th Amendinent to the
Constitution that tne Vice Presi-
deney should be used as a toy
and political ploy.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Respect, Please

Editor, The Leader:

T have been recently informed
that one of the school superin-
tendents has been quoted as re-
ferring to school custodians as
“Janitors.” I offer my sympathy
to that individual for his tgnor-
ance to the fact that there are
no “Janitors” in the employ of
any school district on Long Is-
Jand.

‘The fact that some adminis-
trators take the Uberty to ad-
dress their employees subordin-

ate to them supports previous
statements that some school ad-
ministrators assume they are
corporate magnates and fail to
realize that they are public ser-
vants as well as the people they
supervise. ;

‘This statement is not intended
to demean employees in other
municipalities or political sub-
divisions; it is purely a point of
information to those who are ig-
norant of the fact that there
are no janitors employed within
the school districts of the edu-
cational chapters.

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Compensation Examining Physician | $27,942 20-420
Construction Safety $10,914 20-125
Consultant Public Health Nurse $17,429 20-320
Correction Officer (Male) $10,714 20-541
Dental Hygienist $8523 20-107
Dietician $10,714 20-124
Electroencephalograph Technician $7,616 20-308
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Trainee (Span. Speaking) $10,118 20-387
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Trainee (Span. Speaking) $10,118 20-388
Factory Inspector $10,118 — 20-126
Food Service Worker $5,827 20-352
Hearing Reporter $11,337 20-211
Histology Technician $ 8,051 20-170
Hospital Intern Corrections $10,118 20-555
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Industrial Foreman $10,714 20-558
Junior Engineer $11,337 20-166
Laboratory Technician $8,051 20-121
Medical Specialist 1 $27,942 20-407
Medical Specialist I $33,704 == 20-408
Medical Specialist Il $35,373 20-408
Medical Specialist III $38,449 20-409
Mental Hygiene Asst. Therapy Aide $ 7,204 20-394
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide (TBS) $7,618 20-394
Nurses Services Consultant $15,684 © 20-405
Nurse | $10,118 20-584
Nurse Il $11,337 20-585
Nurse Il (Psychiatric) $11,337 20-586
Nurse II (Rehabilitation) $11,337
Occupational Therapist $11,337 - 20-176
Offset Printing Machine Operator $6450 20-402
Pathologists | $27,942 20-410
Pathologist |! (Board Eligible) $33,704 = 20-411
Pathologist Il (Board Certified $35,373 20-411
Pathologist III $38,449 = 20-412
Pharmacist $12,670 20-14

i rapist $11,337 20-177
Principal Actuary (Casualty) $22,694 «= 20417
Supervising Actuary (Casualty) $26,516 20418
Senior Actuary (Life) $14,142 = 20-519
Associate Actuary (Life) $18,369 20-520
Principal Actuary (Life $22,694 = 20-521
Supervising Actuary (Life) $26,516
Pefchiatst I Bourd Bight $3370 20391

iatrist Il )Board Eligible) k
Psychiatrist Ill (Board Sethed $35,373 20-391
Psychologist | $15,684 20-102
Psychologist II $17,429 20-103
Associate Prychologist $17,429 20-104

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25th Street and 6th Avenue
Open Noon to 7 P.M. Admission $1.25

PL6T “8 229q9PO “Mepeny “YIGVAT FOLANAS TAD
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, October 8, 1974

Broadway as a City-owned office

programs, the renovat of
et 3 eo building, renovation of §1 Cham-

the Manhattan Municipal Build-
ing, hela programs directea #rs Street—formerly known as
at redeveloping the Manhattan. ‘the Emigrant Saving; Bank
Civic Center; completion of the Building, now occupisd by City
City’s high intensity strest-light- 98encies and a Department of
ing program; alterations to pub- Real Estate Apartment Renova-
Mie buildings to include the ac- tion program.

Open Competitive

State Job Calendar

Applications Accepted Until October 21
Written Exam November 23

Associate Chemist (Air Pollution) $17,429 23-651
Medical Facilities Auditor, Senior $13,404 =. 24-116
Medical Facilities Auditor, Associate $17,429 24-117
Medical Facilities Auditor, Principal $21,545 24-118
Senior Stenographer $ 8,051 20.989

Applications Accepted Until November 4

Oral Exam Nov. Thru Jan. 1975
Public Administration Internships $11,164 27460

Applications Accepted Until November 11

Oral Exam In December
Associate Adirondack Park Specialist $17,429 27429

Applications Accepted Until November 11
Written Exams December 14

Buoy Light Tender $6811 24-123
Canal Maintenance Foreman $9,546 24-124
Canal Structure Operator $7,616 24-125
Senior Airport Dev. Specialist (no exam) $17.429 27.455
Associate Airport Dev. Specialist (no exam)... $21,545 27-454
Un © $10,714 24-130

NHR
Open Continuous

State Job Calendar

(Continued from Page 7)

Public Librarians $10,155 & Up 20.339
Radiology Technologist ($7,632-$9,004) 20-334
Radiology Technologist (T.8. Service) eorese79n 20-334
Rehabilitation Counselor $14,142 20-155
Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee 20-155
Senior Pharmacist 20-194
Senior Recreation Therapist 20-553
Steam Fireman 20-303
Stenographor-Typist varies
Stationary Engineer 20-100
Se ationary Engineer $10,714 20-101
sts in Education ($16,358-§22,694) 20.312
ring Therapist $11,337 20-178
Engineer $14,142 20-122
Senior Sanitary Engineer $17,429 20-123
Senior Occupational Therapist $12,670 20.550
Senior Physical Therapist $12,670 20-551
Sr. S} and Hearing Therapist $12,670 20-552
Senior Recreation Therapist $11,277 20-553
Supervising Dietitian $12,760 20.167
Supervising Vet n $14,880 20.313/314
Unemployment Insurance Claims Examiner
(Spanish Speaking) $10,714 20-389
Varitype Operator $6811 20.307
Vocational Instructor I-IV $9,546/$12,670  20-131/134

Additional information on required qualifying experience and
application forms may be obtained by mail or in person at the fol-
lowing offices of the State Department of Civil Service: State Office
iding Campus, Albany, New York 12226; or Two World Trade
Center, New York, New Vrork 10047; or Suite 750, | West Geneseo
Street, Buffalo, New York 14202,

Specify the examination by its number and title, Mail your
application form when completed to the State Department of Civil
Service, State Office Building Campus, Albany, New York 12226.

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$2100 double

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Commenting on the appoint-
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lize once again the expert ser-
vices of an experienced admin-
istrator such as Commissionsr
Murphy. He should be particu-
larly helpful to us in. the all-
important fire prevention activi-
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NEW YORK CITY
REGION 2

Regional He: rters Office:
11 Park Place (Room 1210)
New York City, N.Y. 10007

Pho: (212) 962-3090

By SOLOMON BENDET
CSEA Vice-President/Region 2 President

New York City Region 2 (and its predecessor, the Metro-
politan Conference) has long enjoyed a reputation for
militancy within the Civil Service Employees Assn.

It is a reputation well-deserved, since we have always
felt that the purpose of our union has been to fight for the
best interests of our members—across a bargaining table, if
possible, but with a willingness to resort to stronger measures,
if necessary.

While we congratulate our fellow members in other areas
of the state for their successful defenses against raids by
outside private-sector unions during the past year, we also
warn against future, increased efforts by these private-
sector unions to continue their so-far unsuccessful efforts
to divide and conquer our great organization.

IT IS PARTLY because we here in New York City live
side by side with these outside unions that we have devel-
oped this reputation for militancy. It is for the survival of
our independence that we are constantly striving to improve
the situation of our members, so that they will realize that
our democratic methods do work.

Currently, on the local level, much attention is being
devoted by regional leadership to the improvement of safety
standards in the World Trade Center to make sure that our
members who work there can be assured that reasonable
safety precautions are taken against an outbreak of fire
or being stuck in an elevator

Regional representatives have testified before the Sen-
ate Committee on Safety in High-Rise Buildings, and have
met with the New York City Fire Commissioner to press our
demands on safety. I y with pride that we have been
directing our efforts in that direction for three years, long
before public attention started to turn toward the situation
in the World Trade Center. Sometimes, though, it takes many
years of spadework before results are evident, Again, though,
it has been our militancy in this area that 1s now achieving
results,

On a statewide level we have been speaking out for the
need of various improvements in our contracts with the
state, The third year of our current contract is open for re-
negotiation. These negotiations will begin soon. New York
City Region has been actively campaigning for a cost-of-
living adjustment to be included in the contract, in order
to help, our members better cope with runaway inflation
that we all face

We feel that it is in the best interest of the state and
the welfare of all its people to have the best qualified people
in responsible positions within civil service. The state needs
to hold onto and continue to recruit the best people to handle
the multitude of functions of our state government. To pro-
mote this goal, we have also been militant about other areas
that affect our members. We believe that many improve-
Ments are needed in the disciplinary procedure to protect
the rights of our working members, and we believe that a
cost-of-living escalator provision should be made to include
those former employees who have retired from state service
since 1969.

AND OUR MILITANCY extends even within the execu
tive council of this region. It is with pride that I can say
that there is not a single “yes” man or woman among our
regional officers, First vice-president Ronnie Smith of Wil-
lowbrook, second vice-president Vincent Rubano of the
State Insurance Fund; third vice-president William Cun-
ningham of Brooklyn State; secretary Dorothy King of
Creedmoor and newly elected treasurer John Eversley of
Parole, as well as the various chapter presidents who com-
pose our executive council, all bring their own distinct ideas
to regional meetings.

Sometimes we differ greatly among ourselves, but issues
are put to majority vote. We pray that our collective deci-
sions are right for the membership, and our success will
make us all winners.

At the meeting between representatives of the CSEA Metropolitan chapter Division of Employment,
and management, are, seated, from left: Antonio Murphy, associate personnel administrator, and
Martin Sherman, Hugh O'Pray and Tom Perlman, CSEA; standing, from left: John Maselli, the
principal ageney labor relations representative; Ralph Fabiano, Willard Wagner and Connie Minardi,
CSEA; David Zaron, director, employee relations; William DeMartino, chapter president, and Jay Ber-

man and John MacAvoy, CSEA.

(Leader photo by Lou Salzbern)

DofE Labor and Management
Thrash Out Local Problems

MANHATTAN—Representatives of the Metropolitan chapter, Division of Employ-
ment, Civil Service Employees Assn., met recently with management representatives to try
to resolve some problems unique to the New York City area,

The CSEA contingent was headed by chapter president William J. DeMartino, and

the management staff was head-
ed by David Zaron, director of
employee relations. The agenda
covered such items as staffing
problems, the new-careers pro-
gram and problems at the World
Trade Center

Mr, DeMartino pointed out
there appeared to be a tendency
on the part of management to
expand the span of control, and
to increase the duties of existing
titles rather than offering pro-

motional opportunities from civil
service lists that are apparently
frozen.
Out of Title

Examples were given of a sen-
jor claims examiner supervising
in excess of 30 persons, and of
employment interviewers acting
as senior employment interview
ers for periods in excess of 30
days. Management replied that
each case was individual and

A & M Negotiators Hit
On Lack Of Good Faith

NEW YORK CITY—Management negotiators represent~

ing the Department of Agriculture and Markets failed to
negotiate in good faith with the Civil Service Employees
Assn., especially with regard to the keeping of time records,

according to Abraham I. Libow,
New York City chapter grievance
chairman and negotiator

He made the charge in a letter
to Joseph Reedy, CSEA bargain-
ing’ specialist, and other CSEA
negotiators representing the De-
partment employees.

A memorandum of understand-
ing was to be signed on June 12
which said, “*The Department
agrees to work with CSEA in
researching the simplification of
field inspectors’ dally time reo-
ords.”” (Memorandum of Under-
standing, Section 111 D.)

Because of changes requested
by the Office of Employee Rela-
tions, not effecting this para-
graph, the signing of this mem-
orandum of Understanding has
been delayed. However, Mr.
Libow said in his detter, Depart
ment negotiators have not lived
up to this agreement, On July 1,
a Ume record procedure was
adopt: in the meat inspection
division, the largest division in
this Department, greatly compli
cating the existing procedures
and in direct contradiction to
the avowed purpose of the mo
orandum of understanding, Mr.
Libow sald,

In his letter, Mr. Libow re-
Quests that this memorandum
of understanding not be signed

until a meeting can be held by
the CSEA negotiators to reassess
the situation,

In an unrelated matter, Mr.
Libow also refers in his letter
to an item which was to be in
the memorandum of understand-
ing but was deleted because of
@ decision made by OER, This
involved the appointment of one
CSEA nonmanagement employee,
not an officer in any CSEA
chapter, to Department's
performance rating board. Mr.
Libow suggests that this provi-
sion should not be left out of the
memorandum, as such an ap-
pointment is acceptable accord:
ing to civil service rules and reg-
ulations,

the

Armory Meeting

STATEN ISLAND—A} Knight.
President of the Metropolitan
Armori¢s chapter, Civil Service
Employees Assn., nnounced a
general membership meeting for
Oct. 24. The seasion will be at
2 pm. at the Staten Island Ar
mory, 321 Manor Ra

should be examined as such, as
the added duties may be within
the specifications of the job title
4s outlined by the Civil Service
Commission.

Connie Minardi of the CSEA
pointed out that those emplosees
who had completed courses un-
der the new-caresrs program al-
most a year ago are currently
working without having been
afforded the opportunity to take
the promised examination, which
would enable them to become
permanent employees in a higher
title, Mr. Zaron sald plans for
that examination were in the
works.

After discussions about items
such as the poor planning that
caused the transfer of security
guards from unemployment In-
surance offices to the locations
that distributed the Neighbor-
hood Youth Corps checks, atten-
tion was centered on some of the
problems plaguing the World
Trade Center

Ask For Cleanliness

The CSEA representatives
unanimously cited the filthy con-
dition of the satellite eating
areas, resulting from the lack of
qualified maintenance staff, and
noted that the main cafeteria
had been on the Board of Health
list as unsanitary. Management
promised to look into the current
cleaning contract as well as in-
vestigate the higher prices of
food in the cafeteria

The final discussion covered
complaints that the feeling of
the crush of humanity within
the World Trade Center was be-
ing aggravated by the poor ele-
vator service provided. The in-
flexible time schedule of work:
ing hours established by man-
agement was cited. It was
brought out that the Port Au-
thority stated that all of the
express elevators to the 44th
floor were not necessary in or-
der to transport the staff on the
connecting floors. This particu-
lar situation was left unresolved.

Management representatives
expressed hope that such meet-
ings as these could be held more
frequently than in the past,

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, October 8, L974

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The appointment of

Pedro
Velez as vice-president for com-

munity relations for the 19-
member municipal hospital net-
work was announced last week
by Dr, John L. 8. Holloman, Jr.
president of the Health and Hos
pitals Corp, “Pete Velez brings
to this position & unique blend
of experience both as health care
administrator and, more impor-
tant, as community activist and
leader,” Dr, Holloman said.

‘The appointment of Victor A
Solomon, well-known civil rights
leader and community activist,
as director of the new Office

for the Health and Hospitals
Equal Employment Opportunity
Corporation, was announced last
week by Dr. John L. 5. Holloman,
Jr, Health and Hospitals Corp.
president,

TO ONEONTA
ALBANY—Mrs, Clifton Tam-
sett, of South New Berlin, has
been appointed to the Counetl
of the State University College at
Oneonta for a term ending July
1, 1976. There is no salary.

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Job Calendar

Applications Accepted To October 15

Written Exams November 2-3
Interdepartmental Promotion Exams

Senior Stenographer 35-603
Senior Stenographer (Law) 6-9 35-604
Supvg. Toll Collector * 35-622
Toll Section Supervisor * 35-623
*Salary varies with agency.
Correctional Services
Senior Commissary Clerk G9 35-593
Principal Commissioner Clerk G-12 35-594
Associate Medical F 6-23 35-601
Principal Medical 6-27 35-602
Senior Medical Facilities Auditor 6-18 35-600
Senior Sanitary Chemist G-18 35-595
Labor
Senior Chemist (Industrial Hygiene) G18 35-611

Applications Accepted To November 4
Written Exam December 14

Interdepartmental
Senior Civil Engineer G23 35-616
Departmental

Administrative Aide G-11 35-58!

Agriculture & Markets
Supy. Dairy Products Inspector G-19 35-624
Senior Dairy Products Inspector G-16 35-625
Supy. Farm Products Inspector 6-19 35-626
Senior Farm Products Inspector G16 35-627
Supervising Food Inspector G-16 35-628
Senior Food Inspector G16 35-629
Senior Horticultural Inspector 6-16 35-630
Chief Meat Inspector 6-21 35-631
Supervising Meat Inspector 6-19 35-632
Senior Meat Inspector G-16 35-633
Associate Marketing Rep. 6-19 35-651
Senior Marketing Representative 6-15 35-652
Chief Marketing Representative G-22 39-036
(Oral exam held in Dec, 1974)

Audit & Control

Principal Retirement Benefit Examiner G-21 35-641
Associate Retirement Benefits Examiner G17 35-642
Senior Retirement Benefits Examiner 6-1 35-643
Retirement Benefits Examiner 6-11 35-644

Correctional Services
Correction Captain 6-24 35-635

Dept. Of Transportation
Canal General Foreman G-17 35-647

Environmental Services
Senior Environmental Analyst G-18 35-655
Principal Fish & Wildlife Technician G-14 35-657
Senior Fish & Wildlife Tec! 6-10 35-658
Associate Director, Div. of Pure Water 6-34 39-044
(Oral exam held in Dec. 1974)

Executive
Supervising Natural Disaster
Civil Defense Representative G-22 39.046
{Oral exam held in Nov, 1974)
Health (Exch. of Hospitals)
Senior Radiological Chemist G-18 35-663
{Labor (State Insurance Fund)

Associate Underwriter 6.21 35-636
Senior Underwriter G-18 35-637
Underwriter 6-14 35-638
Principal Underwriter 6-24 39-045
(Oral exam held in Nov. 1974)

Teachers Retirement
Sr. Retirement Benefits Examiner GS-14 35-645
Retirement Benefits Examiner 6-11 35-646

Continuous Recruitment
Senior Hydraulic Engineer 6-23 30-202
Assistant Hydraulic Engineer 6.19 30-203

Additional information on required qualifying experience and
exam subject can be obtained by requesting @ job announcement
from the state Dept. of Civil Service or your gency personnel
office.

Regional offices of the Dept. of Civil Servic located at
the World Trade Center, Tower 2, 55th floor, Manhattan 10047,
488-4248; State Office Campus, Albany, N. Y. 12226; and Suite 750,
1 W. Genesee St., Buffalo 14202,

Applicants may obtain announcments either in nor by
sending @ stamped, self-addressed envelope with their request. Be
sure to specify the exam title and number,

“CASA” Assisting Honduras Victims

HEMPSTEAD — The Coor-
dinating Agency for Spanish
Americans, CASA, is assist-
ing in the collection of re-
lief supplies for the unfortunate
vietims of Honduras,

Volunteers and donations for
this relief supply effort are des-
perately needed. Items needed
include canned goods, light-

weight clothing (wearable and
clean), cotton blankets, bed
sheets, powdered milk, bandages,
water purification tablets, flash-
lights, water pumps, shoes, kero-
sene lamps, portable gas stoves,
shovels, picks, walkie talkies,
and generators.

Anyone wishing to make a do-
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lice, who have been detailed to
fact in the title so specified, for
one year or longer, will continue
in said title for a period of
365 days:

‘They are: Assistant Chiefs
Charles E. McCarthy, Manhat-
tan North Area, and Carl Rav-
ens, of the Manhattan South
Area.

Deputy Chief Thomas Reid, of
the Inspectional Services Bureau.

Inspectors Anthony Aguanno,
of the Richmond Area, and Mau-
rice McAuley, of the Manhat-
tan ‘Traffic Area

and Deputy Inspectors Lester
P, Edelberg, of the 114th Precint;
Irving Levitan, of the Brooklyn
South Area; Joseph G. Samp-
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Senior Planner List

ALBANY — A senior natural
resources planner eligible list, re-
sulting from open competitive
exam 24-074, was established
Sept. 26 by the state Department
of Civil Service. The list con-
tains 35 names,

ERIE COLLEGE HEAD

ALBANY — Dr. Robert H.
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agree Co terminate the Partnership.

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Phone: (914) 896-8180

By JAMES LENNON
CSEA Vice-President/Region 3 President

In March I spoke with confidence about the challenges
we would be facing in the future In the Southern Region.
Today I am happy to report that we have met these chal-
lenges head-on, and have emerged victorious from each
of them.

First, an outside union decided to challenge CSEA for
the right to represent the workers of Orange County. Initi-
ally, they couldn't even get enough interest to warrant an
election, but when one was finally held last summer, CSEA
won handily, The other union then tried to claim the elec-
tion was unfair, but the state Public Employment Relations
Board has thrown out all of the outside union's protests
against CSEA, and only two complaints against the county's
conduct are still unresolved, We expect favorable decisions
on these from PERB very shortly

CSEA ALSO WON the representation election in Ulster
County. Again, public employees proved they prefer the
tried-and-true wages, benefits and services they get from
CSEA, to the false promises of an outside union.

Finally, we beat the Service Employees International
Union (SEIU) in a representation election in Westchester
County's Town of Greenburgh by a better than 4-to-1 mar-
gin. We are gratified by all these demonstrations of confi-
dence in the leadership of our union, and I want to make
it clear that we attribute these victories to the untiring
work of our rank-and-file members, with the aid of our field
staff, to retain CSEA as representative of public employees
in the Southern Region.

In Sullivan County, we faced another kind of challenge.
and won. This was an attempt — on the part of SEIU, the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Em-
ployees and the county itself to “divide and conquer”
the county unit we had represented by splintering it into
three small units. CSEA took on all three challengers and
stuck to our firm policy that strength comes not through
division but through unity. A short time ago, PERB ruled
in our favor by deciding the most appropriate bargaining
unit would be the one big unit we had always represented,
with just-a handful — fewer than 20 — supervisors in the
Department of Public Works as a second unit. Elections will
be held soon in both these units, and we are confident the
results will be the same as in all other units where we have
faced challenges in the past six months.

fHE GRAND OPENING of our regional headquarters Sept
14 was @ huge success, thanks to the hard work of our super
Grand Opening Committee.” The event was attended by
members of Congress and the State and County Legislatures

And speaking of the regional headquarters, I should
mention that we have four new field representatives. They
are Don Patrick for Westchester County and the Ossining

Correctional Facility; Tom Quimby, for Ulster and Dutchess
Counties; Larry nh, for Rockland and Putnam Counties,
nd George Sinko, for Orange and Sullivan Counties. These
men provide on-the-spot assistance to all CSEA members,
no matter what their question or problem might be. And
finally, we have a new secretary to help the capable Judy
Morrison with the diversified dutt involved in the regional
headquarters, She ts Alice Dittmar, and she is a welcome
addition to the always busy Fishkill office

Our regior other new staffer is Geni Abrams, a public

ations associate who publicizes the going:
hapters and units. For

on of all our
ong time ¥ have asked for a public

ations person to get out the fliers and leaflets that each
unit needs to publicize CSEA news in the local medin and
hopefully soon to develop a regional newsletter. Gen} was
experienced in reporting and editing on the Middletown
Record and should be able handle al! these chores for us.

In the brief space I have, I have tried to bring you up
to date on these challenging and exciting six months in our
region, Hope to see many of you at the convention!

Process Many Grievances
By Putnam County Chapter

BREWSTER—It's “open season on grievances” in the Putnam County chapter of the
Civil Service Employees Assn., according to attorney Arthur Grae of White Plains.

“The chapter had gone a long time without filing grievances, but we're making
up for that now,” Mr. Grae said recently. “We're urging all

legitimate grievance to come for-
ward with it."

The county chapter president,
Russell Cheney, said grievances
that are already being acted on
seem to be going in favor of the
union members

Kent Grievances

“In the Town of Kent, where
we have several grievances pend-
Ing, the town Is now sitting down
with our attorney to try to avoid
going to arbitration. The twon
knows {t would lose if the cases
get that far,” Mr, Cheney said

One of the cases is that of An-
drew Stelner, who was fired tl-
legally in January, The CSEA ts
trying to get him the back pay
that the town owes him, although
it is not known whether he would
accept reinstatement to his job
once he wins that,

“The same highway superin-
tendent, Ray McDougal, {s still
there, McDougal is the guy who
WMegally fired Steiner in the first
place, and I'm not sure Steiner
would want to go back to work
for him,” Mr, Chaney said. Mr
Steiner could not be reached for
comment Friday morning

Mr. McDougal, who “acts as
though he’s a little god,” accord-
ing to Mr. Cheney, was elected
in January to # four-year term.
Mr. Steiner was a motor equip-
ment operator in the highway
department.

Went To Court

Mr. Steiner's case has already
gone through a court proceding.
where the decision was to send
the case to arbitration, Mr. Che-
ney feels that the town, by trying
to avoid arbitration, is
admitting they were wrong In
firing Steiner.”

In another case in the Town
of Kent, CSEA member Richard
Smith was fired for allegedly
drinking on the job, along with
another person, who was fired
for the same reason. The other
person was hired back, but Mr.
Smith was not

“Here again the town ts work-
ing with Grae to find an accept
able solution because, if they
don't they're going to arbitra-

tor Mr. Cheney said.

Still more grievances in the
town involve an illegal demotion
and an illegal firing, Mr. Cheney
expressed confidence Priday that
all the eases will be settled fa-
vorably to the CSEA members.

Putnam Grievances

The Putnam County unit Is
also filing grievances concerning
County Treasurer David Bruen’s
failure to provide personnel man-
uals, quarterly-reports on leave
accruals, and monthly lists of
new employees’ names and ad-
dresess, and to provide for the

those who feel they have a

automatic deduction of payments
for Master Plan insurance—all
of which he Is called upon to do
in the unit's contract with the
county.

Finally, the unit is waiting for
the county's list of possible ar-
bitrators in a case involving two
employees who were not given
the promotional raise that was
due to them when they received
promotions in January 1973, Mr.
Cheney said it was “just a matter
of time” before the arbitration
will be decided in favor of the
CSEA.

BRIGHTEN OFFICE — Not only beautiful and bright, but

they work hard to provide various office services for Southern Region

3, headquartered in Fishkill, Dutchess Count:

Secretaries Judy Mor-

rison and Alice Dittmar, from left, go over a press release prepared
by public relations specialist Geni Abrams,

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY — southern Region 5 field supervisor Thomas Luposello, seated
far right, goes over plans with two of the four newcomers to the regional field staff as three of the
tried-and-true field veterans add some tidbits from their on-the-job experiences, Seated, from left,

comer Thomas Quimby and veteran Ronald Mazsola.

woomer Larry Scanlon with veteran Joseph O'Connor, Standing are organizer Thomas Brann, new-

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Jon Schermerhorn presents
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Enjoying a few moments conversation are, from left, Region 4 third
vice-president John Vallee; guest William McGowan, Region 6 pres-
ident, and Dorothy MacTavish, CSEA statewide secretary.

Participants in business session are, from left, Reida Koskowskl,
Hudson Training School chapter vice-president; Howard Crary.
Social Services chapter president; Alberta Alger, Social Service

delegate. and Ernestine Coleman, Hudson president,

Delegation from Albany Division of Employment chapter are, from

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secretary Marion Ahearn, delegate Kay Gaucas, delexate Muriel
Lubiner and vice-president Dorothy Honeywell,

Constitution and By-Laws committee chairman Ernest K. Wagner,
left, accepts congratulations from Region president Joseph MeDer-

assignment to

Albany Region 4
Meeting _... story on page 20

val on Constituti j 5
ket approval on Constitution | 4. and Research chapter president Ernst Stroebel, left, gets

together with fellow CSEA Board of Directors members Bernard
Dwyer, Public Service, and Cindy Egan, Criminal Justice Services
Executive), and Public Service chapter president Richard Doucette.

‘

Seated at head table are, from left, Region 4 secretary Nonie K
Johnson; Region 4 first vice-president Jean C. Gray; guest Irving
Flaumenbaum, Region 1 president; guest James Lennon, Region
2 president, and guest Ralph Natale, Region 1 third vice-president.

Jimmy Gamble, right, Environmental Conservation chapter presi-

dent and En Con representative to CS
chapter delegation of,
president George Wallace,
Lindsey.

A Board of Directors, heads

from left, Doug Hindle, Kernan Davis, vice-
Shirley Fusco,

Helen Rest and Emily

(Leader photos by Ray Hoy)

vice-president
left, ex-
plains developments at Orange
St, Parking Lot to Nick Fiscar-
eli, chairman of Region's down-
town committee, as Region pres-
ident Joseph McDermott listens.

RIGHT: Attentive _ listeners,
from left, are guest Joseph Dolan,
CSEA assistant executive direc-
tor—county; Mary Toomey, Mo-
tor Vehicles delegate; Pauline
McDonough, Audit and Control
delegate, and guest June Boyle
CSEA Board of Directors.

Standing for Pledge of Allegiance prior to opening of business session are, from left, Labor chapter
delegation members Arthur Sullivan, delegate; Mildred Olender, @elegate; Margaret Poggtoll, former
president, retired, and Frances Risti, treasurer, and SUNY at Albany chapter delegation members
Robert Meccarielio, delegate, and Mary Jarocki, treasurer.
ALBANY 4a
REGIONS 4

Regional Headquarters Office:
10 Colvin Avenue
Albany, N.Y. 12206

Phone: (518) 459-5595

By JOSEPH McDERMOTT
CSEA Vice-President/Region 4 President

One of the more important considerations in summing
up Year One for the Albany Region of CSEA involves the
question — What major problem HAS NOT occurred be-
tween October 1973 and October 1974?

Region 4 has not been faced by the problem of a chal-
lenge to any of our 80 chapters by an outside union during
that time. Certainly, this is not typical when compared to
what has occurred in other CSEA regions

In the Albany Region we have been instrumental in
establishing an aggressive, get-tough policy. This policy grew
out of our feeling that CSEA should not always be on the
defensive; that we should be the challengers. This policy
has now been taken to heart by other areas and target lists
have been formulated. In the Albany Region, we have iden-
tified 15 to 20 groups presently represented by other inde-
pendents, AFL-CIO affiliates or private sector unions as
potential targets for challenges.

ON THE OTHER SIDE of the coin, we have already ex-
panded during the past year by adding five new chapters.
One of them, the Hudson River-Black River Regulating
District, involves a quasi-governmental employer, an area
about which the chairman of the CSEA charter committee,
Francis G, Miller, has commented, “I am glad to see that
we are serious about getting Into these types of situations
when we consider expansion.”

In addition, 11 new local governmental bargaining units
have been incorporated into existing chapters. This type
of expansion has increased our membership in our Albany
County chapter alone, by 52.3 percent in one year

Of course we are not without faults. Many state depart-
ment chapters have not yet been able to totally overcome
their losses from the establishment of the management-
confidential group.

REGION 4 CHAPTERS c

many activities, both social- and union-oi to a satis
factory degree. Our Region activities committee has exper
mented with new endeavors. One, our Mix and Mingle Dance
in June, attracted 550 guests. The Department of Transpor-
tation chapter utilized the occasion for the installation of
its executive board by Thomas McDonough, who was in
attendance. Many Regional chapters are considering the
Possibility of en masse installations at this type of function
during 1975, since all chapter general-election time frames
are similar.

During the past year the Region has submitted items
to the various statewide committees for both Delegates and
Board actions.

In September 1974, Region 4 became the first area to
completely revise and establish a Constitution and By-Laws,
which encompasses the total operational framework of the
multifarious needs envisioned, above and beyond those man-
dated by the Regional Model Constitution.

During Year One, it has been possible for us to support
our brethren throughout the state during challenge periods
and in other needs by supplementing their field staffs with
personnel, The Albany Region will continue to act in this
responsive and responsible manner in the future.

tinue to p

in the

Rensselaer Members Nix
Pay Hike, Longer Hours

TROY

(Special to The Leader)

Rensselaer County employees have narrowly rejected a proposed change in

their contract which would have provided increased wages in exchange for an increase in

the work-week hours, The proposal for more pay in return

came from County Executive
tatives of the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn., which represents
the employees.

County employees are present-
ly covered by a three-year con:
tract calling for a wage hike of
4 percent this year and § per.
cent next year, the final year
of the agreement, Following a
series of meetings with CSEA
Mr. Murphy offered to provide
wage hikes totaling 16 percent
for highway department employ
ees and 12 percent for the re-
mainder of the county employ-
ees for 1975 in exchange for an
increase tn working hours

Highway employees, Who
would have gone from the pres-
ent 10-hour per day, four-day
per week work schedule, and
a paid lunch hour in the proc
to an eight-hour, five-day work
week, rejected that proposal by
a count of 58-12. Th» remainder
of the county employees at the
CSEA meeting to vote on the
proposals rejected their 12 per-
cent wage hike proposal by 114-
110. About one-half of thos: em
ployees would have been re
quired to increase thelr work
week from 35 hours to 37%
hours in exchange for the ad
ditional money

Mr. Murphy stated after his
proposals were rejected that the
present 6 percent hike for next
year would be retained, since
there was no time for further
discussions because the county
budget was due Sept. 30. How-
ever, Joseph Lagarony, president
af the Rensselaer County CSEA
unit, said he was hopeful that
further discussions could be held
to work out some modifications
of Mr hy’s original propo-

sals

Mr. Lazarony, who said the
proposals for a trade-off of sal-
ary and productivity Increases
were presented to the CSEA

nip without any recom
by the Cs
indicated that th

ot changes were

the membership
creased wage offers did not also
ide any consideration for the
az cost of
Lazarony said he and his
negotiating team feel that fu-
ture talks on a change in the
1975 portion of the contract

for increased productivity

William Murphy after a series of discussions with represen-

would be fruitrul if the cost-of-
living factor can be covered also,
However, Mr. Murphy has pub-
licly stated that it ts unilkely he
will reopen the talks again,

An additional proposal, to in
crease the mileage reimburse-
ment rate from 12 cents to 15
cents for county employees using
their own cars on county busi-
ness, wasaccepted by the county
employees, and Mr. Murphy has
said he will institute that chi
for 1975.

Capital Retirees
To Meet Oct. 16

ALBANY — The Capital Dis-
trict Retirees chapter. Civil Ser-
vice Employers Assn, will hold
its first meeting of the fall sea
ron Oct, 16 at 1 p.m, at the
CSEA Headquarters, 33 Elk St
Albany

Guest speaker will be Assem-
blyman Charles D, Cook, Mr
Cook represents the Counties of
Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie,
Montgomery and Delaware. He ts
also a member of the Assembly
Committees on Government Em.
ployees and Social Services,

A short business meeting will
be held with John Joyce. pres
dent, presiding. All retirees are
invited to attend

Saranac Lake
Calls On PERB
For Conciliator

SARANAC LAKE — The
Saranac Lake unit, Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn,, has
asked the State Public Em-

loyment Relations Board to as-

sign a coneiliator fn its current
contract dispute with the Board
of Education.

“The impasse still exists, but
not in as great @ detail, since we
have gone through both media-
tion and fact-finding,” stated
John Corcoran, chief negotiator
for the CSEA. “The major dif-
ferences presently are retirement,
job security and other language
changes which we consider to be
essential to any contract."

Mr, Corcoran added: “We are
available to meet with the Board
of Education, with or without
their negotiator, John Nord of
‘Thealan Associates, at thelr con-
venience. We are prepared to
address ourselves to all those ts-
sues which are still separating
us. Witn some movement on the
board's part this matter could be
wrapped up quickly,”

Vestal Recognition Dinner

VESTAL — The Vestal
School District unit of

Broome Educational chapter,.

Civil Service Employees
Assi held its second annual
recognition dinner to honor past
officers and retired members
Sept. 21 at the American Legion
Hall

Retirees cited for
rd Bronson,

1974 were
ra Wilson

Robak Appointed

ALBANY Appointment of
June Robak as permanent ser-
geantat-arms for CSEA’s Albany
Region 4 bas been announced by
Joseph McDermott, region presi
dent, Ms, Robak 1s a regional
delegate representing the Educa:
tion Department chapter

Hi

and Robert Dunham.

Recognition was also given to
the negotiating teams, including
Shirley Vandervort, Pete Lewis,
Gary White, Sam Miller, Terry
Romonchuk, Margaret Quacken-
bush, Nick Mancinl, Sam Bogart,
Paul Hackling, Wes Babcock,
Ear! Birdsall, Les Schwartz, Joan
Bundy, Nancy Dalley, Angle
Ford, Gait Smith, Richard Van
Pelt, Earl Bogart, Reta Krisko,
James Scripa, Richard Sroka
Pete SeJan, Bob Warner, Bever-
ly Fleming, Nelson Wakeley and
Tom Dupee.

Current officers are: Pete Se-
Jan, president; Nick Mancini,
first vice-president; John ‘Tarsia,
second vice-president; Angie
Ford, secretary; Clarice Baumlin,
recording secretary, and Claude
Griffiths, treasurer

Albany Region 4 September Meeting

LEFT:

Field staffer Aaron Wagner, left,
ts Joined at table by Capital Dis-
trict Armories chapter president
James Stevens, Ag and Markets
departmental representative John
Weidman and Ag and Markets
chapter president Frank Hub-
bard,

ABOVE:

Sharing table are, from left,
Julia Braden, Motor Vehicle
Virginia Kiddie, Insurance; Rita
Madden, Insurance; Mildred
Wands, Retirement System, and
Joveph Bestie, Liquor Authority
Ms. Wands, Braden and Madden
serve on regional communica~
tions committee.

Tax and Finance departmental

resentative Jack Dougherty
recommends strong political ac
thon stand as chapter president
Jack Daley. foreground, listens.

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, October 8, 1974

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pilot program in the entire state,
and Albany has its bid in,” Mr.
Piscarelll noted.

had been raising the fears of
state employees. The letter also
cautioned that the efforts should
not be let up now that results
were being shown.

Chapter members were invited

°

to attend a Training Seminar on
grievance procedure being spon-
sored by the Office of General
Services chapter. The sessions,
scheduled to take place at CSEA
Headquarters, 33 Elk St., Albany,
on Oct. 26, will cover duties and
Procedures for stewards and
building representatives, ex-
Plained OGS chapter president
Earl Kilmartin. People wishing
to attend were requested, how-
ever, to notify him beforehand
80 proper arrangements could be
made.

Region supervisor Jack Cor-
coran also spoke at the meeting.
He noted that the region con-
tinues to grow, listing 5 new
chapters that had been organized
recently.

Career Ladder Fight

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supports the demand for « career
ladder, and promised to lead the
fight for career ladder funding
in the legislature. The cost of
the program was not available
Wednesday. Mr. Duryea pointed
out he is already on record as
supporting career ladders for
other civil service workers.

Mr. Levy told CSEA Southern
Region president James J. Len-
non at the conclusion of the
meeting, “You have our support.”
He added, “Gov. Wilson and
Democratic gubernatorial candi-
date Hugh Carey better support
you, too.” Congressma:, Carey
and Governor Wilson are attend-
ing the CSEA convention in Sul-
livan County this week. Mr.
Lennon represents over 30,000
workers In the Southern Region,
and the CSEA another 200,000
statewide

Also present at the meeting
were John Clark, who is both

president of the Letchworth
‘Village CSEA chapter and chatr-
man of the CSEA statewide po-
litical action committee, and
Thomas J. Luposello, Southern
Region field supervisor, Both
supported Ms. Scott's position.

Mr. Grune sald that another
factor making career ladders a
necessity is that many state in-
stitution residents and patients
are making as much money as
food service workers, which
hurts employee morale.

"Residents used to help out at
their institutions by cleaning
their own rooms or helpiny rve
food, and this was considered
therapeutic for them,” he said,
“But then it was decided that
it exploited the residents for
them to do this work without
pay, and now they're getting
paid the same as many food ser-
vice workers, This is bad for the
employees’ morale.”

New Billing Procedure

(Continued from Page 1)
for retired members, In-Hospital
Indemnity Insurance.

“This new billing procedure
will make tt unnecessary for our
members to be billed directly by
two sources and pay two sources
as well. The system will be more
convenient and less confusing
while it provides a saving on
postage and handling for mem-
bers, CBEA and the insurance
agency,” Mr. Lochner said

The new billing procedure will
cover members who pay dues and
insurance premiums directly to
the union, members whose de-
ductions stop for one reason or

another while they remain on
the payroll and those members
who go off the payroll due to
sickness or disability, leave of ab-
sence or other interruption.

The new system will advise
state-employed members of all
insurances they participated in
when they went off the payroll
and thelr eligibility to continue
insurances and membership in
SEA.

Under this arrangement, the
insurance agency will furnish
CSEA Headquarters in Albany

with @ daily listing of receipts
and will deposit all dues income
in a CSEA account

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When was CSEA started?

CSEA was started tn 1910 in Albany by
a handful of State employees who saw
that they had something in common
and got together to advance their in-
terests. At first, only State workers
could belong, Beginning in 1949, em-
ployees of all local government jurisdic-
tions throughout the State were allowed
to join. This group, called the CSEA
County Division, has grown in just 25
years’ time to 90,000 members, Total
membership in CSEA has more than
doubled in the past ten years. The pres-
ent count ts about 212,000 members.

Can any government employee
Join CSEA?

If you work for the State or for a local
government or for a non-profit organ-
ization within N.Y. State, you may join.
It's completely democratic, and there
are members from almost every income
level. Needless to say, there are far more
people in the lower pay brackets, and
this proportion is reflected in CSEA's
membership. The vast majority are
rank-and-flle workers with only a mod-
est salary.

How does CSEA operate?

CSEA is comprised of more than 296
Jocal chapters all around the State.
About 240 are made up of State em-
ployees — the other 56 chapters are
local government workers. Each chapter
elects its own officers and delegates, and
all members vote for top-level statewide
officers of the union and a central
board of directors, The chapters run
their own affairs at the local level and
keep in touch with CSEA headquarters
in Albany. Chapter delegates from all
over the State get together several times
a year to formulate a complete pro-
gram and make important policy de-
cisions. These conventions are sup-
plemented by meetings of the board of
directors which take place every month.
Throughout the year, the professional
staff of 160 people work at headquarters
to carry out the details of CSEA's pro-
grams and to serve as liaison through-
out the State.

What did CSEA accomplish before the
Taylor Law was passed in 19677

CSEA’s record of accomplishment for
New York State’s public employees
speaks for itself. Just name any major
benefit now enjoyed by our State and
local government workers, and you can
bet that CSEA was responsible for win-
ning it. This is true of the Employees
Retirement System taeif, which CSEA
pushed for back in 1921, In 1937, CSEA
worked successfully to get the first
effective salary plan set up for State
employees, In the late forties, CSEA
got the five-day work week for State
workers, In the fifties, CSEA pushed
through legistation that made State
workers eligible for Social Security
benefits on top of their pensions, CSEA
also got the whole State Health Insur-
ance Plan started in that period. Right
up to the time the Taylor Law came
in 1967, CSEA was winning further
improvements in these major benefits
and, of course, periodic pay raises, all
along the way, And remember, what
ever CSEA got for State workers was
toon enjoyed by employees of cities,
counties, towns, villages and school dia-
triets all over the State, That's the way
it worked.

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‘What exactly does CSEA do for its
© members?

Very simply, C8EA gots in and nego-
e tiates with the employers in behalf of
its members, State workers and most

with State and local government off!-
cials on the great variety of rules and
regulations that affect civil service
employees, always seeking improve-
ments that benefit the employee. Also,
whenever an employee has a problem or
grievance, whether it’s minor or serious,
CSEA |s available to see that he gets
@ fair shake from his employer, This
includes everything from friendly advice

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every year to tell them what the State
Workers wanted. We did the same thing
with local government officials around
the State. Of course, we didn't do it

the shots anyhow, CSEA took advantage
of this and lobbied very effectively
through the years, Behind all this in-
formal negotiating and lobbying, of
course, was CSEA’s big numerical
strength, There's a lot of political
Power in that many votes!

'¢ How much are CSEA dues?

Tt costs $45.50 a year to belong to CSEA.

A. And that's it! There's no initiation fee,

9

‘No specia] assessments, no extras of any
kind, The thing to remember, of course,
js that CSEA ts independent, We don’t
have to “kick back” any part of our
money to a national treasury. Every
cent of CSEA dues goes to represent our
members. $45.50 a year s a good deal
Other unions tn the public employment
fleld cost two or three times as much.

Do CSEA members get anything for
|, thelr dues besides representation at the
bargaining table and job protection?

Every CSEA member gets a 16-page

A. weekly newspaper delivered right to his

door. It keeps him up-to-date on what
CSEA 1s doing and what's going on in
civil service in general, A member also
has the opportunity to sign up for one
of CBEA's low-cost group inaurance pro-
grams, That costs him extra, but very
little extra, Being a large organization,
CSEA Is able to qualify with a commer-
clal insurance company for special
group rates for our members, There are
two basic types of coverage — group
Life insurance, and accident and sickness
insurance ‘also, an aitomobile and
homeowner/tenant plan. called Master-
plan, is now availiable). A lot of the
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SYRACUSE
REGION 5

Regional Headquarters Office:
Midtown Plaza (Room 118)
700 East Water St.
Syracuse, N.Y. 13210
Pho (315) 422-2319

By RICHARD CLEARY

CSEA Vice.

‘esident/Region 5 President

Greetings to all the delegates from the Syracuse Region!
The first year of restructuring has brought new vitality

to Region 5.

Satellite offices have been approved for Utica, Bing-
hamton and Canton. The Utica office is an ongoing entity,

and leases are being negotiated for Canton and Binghamton

The locations have been approved by the region site com-
mittee and the necessary approval by the Board of Directors
obtained. We anticipate an operational date by the end of
this month, pending the budget committee approvel.

The Region Directory has been distributed to chapter
and unit presidents. The public relations committee solicits
your ideas on what information is to be added. Your recom-
Peter

mendations in draft

form should be submitted
Grieco for consideration by the committee

to

CSEA POLITICAL ACTION is on everyone's mind. Meet-

ings have been held in all regions by the s

atewide com-

mittee, plus individual meetings with Gov. Malcolm Wilson

and the Democratic nominee, Hugh Carey

Letters will be sent out from the Region to each candi-

date asking if he will sponsor and support legis

ation for

an agency shop, the right to strike by public employees and
equal penalties for employees who do not negotiate in good

faith.

Further action in the political field will be recommended

by the region committee at

the October meeting. Every

chapter will be asked to donate time and experience to

this year's political action

I would recommend

that

the

chapters in each Assembly and Senate district band together

to promote the

legislation.

candidate who they feel will support our

The recommendation of the statewide political action

committee will be given strong consideration

level

CHALLE! ARE

areas of concern have been

till under way in Region 5
are being held on the Madison County challenge

at the

local

Hearings
The other
resolved to our liking. Addi-

tional effort will have to be made at the chapter level to

combat this
the other

intrusion and
union on the

also
defensive.
The membership recruitment and delinquent dues col

to

initiate

action

to put

lection are an ongoing project. The greater our membership

the stronger our voice at the

bargair

g table.

Many

new

members have been signed up, and this will strengthen our

ability to in improved contracts at the local
well as at the state level. The added strength w
us in our quest for an agency shop, The nearer we

payroll deduction
It ts regrettable
outstanding and

that

each chapter

THE REGION 5

EETING will be

there are still delinquent
president

level,

as
also help

are to
full voluntary membership the easier it will be to sell the
idea of everyone contributing for the benefits we gain them
Those who gain the benefits and do not contribute to the
cost of obtaining them should be made to pay a fee through

dues
should make
concerted effort to regain this money owed our Association
Many dedicated members have paid without any qualms,
and they rightfully expect everyone to do the same.

a

held at the

Ramada Inn in Itha » Oct, 18 and 19. Our Friday evening
session will start at 7:30 and be on Leadership Motivation

social hour will follow. Saturday the committees will meet
from 9 am. to 10:30 am. followed by individual County
and State luncheons from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The '74-'75 budget will be presented at the October meet-
ing, and those committees that want expenses for meetings
will have to prepare a written submission to the budget
committee for approval. The justification will have to be
meaningful

Best wishes for a successful annual meeting and a
safe trip home

Here are three of the more than 100 Willard Psychiatric Center employees recetving certificates for the
successful completion of educational courses, They are, standing, from left: Jane Steem, Anm Scharett
and Gary Garrett. Dorothy Moses is at the microphone and behind her is Josephine Schramm.

100 At Willard Watertown CS Office
Finish Courses Defies City Manager

WILLARD—The first semi-
annual Recognition Day for
Willard employees was held
in Hadley Hall and certifi-
cates for successful completion
of educational courses during the
past year were presented to more
than 100 employees.

Many of the courses were
made available as a result of the
CSEA negotiated employee ben-
efits training program. Since
that program's inception, be-
tween 400 and $00 Willard Psy-
chiatric Center employees have
successfully completed the of-
fered courses.

In his remarks, Dr. Anthony
N. Mustille, Willard Psychiatric
Center direetor, noted “these
have been exceptionally good
classes Attended by most cooper-
ative and eager employees want-
ing to understand the problems
of the patients, the admintstra-
thon, the supervision and the
hospital,” He spoke of the en-
thusiasm and desire to learn
‘demonstrated by the successful
completion of the offered courses
and the hope to expand resources
for additional courses

Dr, Ragnar Karlsson, deputy
director, clinical, and Dr, Wil-
lam R. Corcoran, director of ed-
ueation, also congratulated the
successful employees. Certificates
were presented by Dorothy Moses
CSEA chapter president and
Josephine Schramm of the edu-

MADISON ELECTS —

(From Leader Correspondent)

WATERTOWN — The Municipal Civil Service Commis-
sion, in direct defiance of City Manager Ronald G. Forbes,

has proclaimed authority over Its own staff

@ confronta-

tion which may have legal overtones,

‘The commission, on a 2-1 vote
of {ts membership, granted an
eight-week leave of absence
without pay to stenographer
Donna L. Vout who is pregnant.
City Manager Forbes had told
the commission that such a leave
could not be granted because city
policy provides ‘no basis for
leave without pay on maternity
leave.”

Last week, the City Council
complied with provisions of the
Federal Equal Opportunity Act
of 1972 and the U. 8S, Code by
allowing sick leave for pregnan:
cies. Mr. Forbes told the Civil
Service Commission that Ms.
Vout be paid for the seven days
of sick leave she had accumula-
ted in as many months of em-
ployment in the civil service
fice

Advised to Quit
Despite the City Council ac-
ton, Mr. Forbes’ long-standing
remedy for pregnancy cases in
city government was stated in a
letter to the commission, specif!
cally: “Persons in this situation

cation unit.

Lyman Ferguson was cited as
Psychiatric aide of the year, and
received a plaque.

SEA field representative Ted Mod-

reejeweki, right congratulates the new officers of the Gerritt Smith

Infirmary unit of the

dison County chapter of CSEA. From left,

are: Josie Livermore, secretary; Harty Riggall, president, and Jane

Utegs, vice-president

should terminate their employ-
ment so a regular employee of
the caliber you want can be
hired," adding that “then if and
when the employee who resigned
wishes to return to work and if

there Is a vacancy, I will be glad
to appoint them.
In support of thelr action

granting Ms. Vout the leave,
Civil Service Commissioners Don-
ald Carbone and Clifford J. Nor-
folk cited two sections of the
local civil service regulations—
Rule 2 which states, in part,
“the commission may appoint a
seeretary who shall not be a
commissioner and such other
subordinates and employees
with available appropriations as
it may deem necessary or
roper to carry out the purposes
of these rules and the law,” and
Rule 19, which states, In part,
“a leave of absence without pay,
not to exceed one year, may be
granted to an employee by an
appointing officer.”
Is 1h Legal?

In dissenting, Civil Service
“Commissioner Fred Bence said
he would not vote for a leave of
absence until “I know it’s legal.”

Richard J. Grieco, president of
the CSEA city unit, sald Ms.
Vout had approached him about
the possibility of union support
for her request for time off
However, he said, she cancelled
a meeting with the CSEA lawyer
after the civil service commis-
sion promised to fight the battle
for her. Mr. Grieco said the
CS5EA would try to help Ms. Vout
obtain extended sick leave status
should she wish to return to the
union for assistance,

City Manager Forbes has re-
ferred the entire matter to Cor
poration Counsel Kenneth W
Brett for # ruling. In the mean
me, Commissioner Carbone in
dicated he was ready for an
open confrontation in court if
necessary

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Don't Go It Alone On Backing
Candidates, Chapters Asked

ALBANY — Individual chapters should not make separate political endorsements,
warned Howard Cropsey, if they expect the efforts of the Civil Service Employees Assn.’s
statewide and regional political action committees to be effective.

Mr. Cropsey, reporting in his position as chairman of the Albany Region 4 political

action committee, was one of
many committee chairmen who
presented reports at the Region's
September meeting

He pointed out that the state-
wide and regional committees
have spent months in interview-
ing candidates and reviewing
their records, as well as con
sulting with chapter leaders to
determine local views.

Tt ts anticipated that the opin-
fons of local CSEA people would
be taken into account by the
statewide committee; therefore
it could only be confusing to
rank-and-file members if various
chapters started submitting their

membership. The statewide com-
mittee Is striving to consider the
best Interests of all our members,
he said

At the meeting, presided over
by CSEA vice-president Joseph
McDermott, who heads Albany
Region 4, various statewide offi-
cers were present. The guests
were headed by statewide presi-
dent Theodore C. Wenzl, vice-
president Irving Fiaumenbaum,
James Lennon and William Mc-
Gowan, and secretary Dorothy
MacTavish. Executive vice-pres-
ident Thomas H. McDonough
was also in attendance, but in

separate recommendations to the his capacity as president of the

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injormation for the Calendar may be submitted directly

to THE LEADER. It should include the date, time, place,
address and city for the function
OCTOBER

ntinuation of CSEA Convention: Concord Hotel, Kiamesha

8-10—
Lake.

9—Orange, Ulster and Sullivan County Retirees chapter meeting.

9—Ithaca Area Retirees chapter meeting: 2 p.m., Moose Hall
Ithaca.

12—Rensselaer chapter "Meet the Candidates Night’
Michael's Banquet House, Latham.

16—Oswald Heck Developmental Center chapter meeting.

16—Capital District Retirees chapter meeting: | p.m,, CSEA Head.
quarters, 33 Elk St., Albany

16—Buffalo chapter dinner meeting: 6 p.m., Ploze Suite Restaurant
| M &T Plaza, Buffalo

17—Southern Region 3 executive z0ard meeting: 8 p.m., Holiday Inn

6:30 p.m

Newburgh.
18—SUNY at Albany chapter meeting: 5:30 p.m. Silo Restaurant
Western Ave., Albany.
18-19—Syracue Region meeting: Ramada Inn, Itheca.

18-19—Western Region 6 meeting: Trenholm East Inn, Exit 44, Thru
way, Canandaiqua
19—Nassau Educational chapter board of directors meeting: noon,
Bounty Inn, Rockaway and Peninsula Blvds., Hewlett,
19—Nassau chapter annual dinner-dence; Malibu Club, Lido Beach.
21—West Seneca Developmental Center chapter meeting: 8 p.m

VFEW Post Hall, 299 Leydecker Rd., West Seneca.

22—Tax and Finance chapter “Meet the Candidates Night”: 5 p.m
Bidg, 3 cafeteria, State campus, Albany
23—Rochester Area Retirees chapter meeting: 1:30 p.m., Marine

Midland Bank Building, auditorium, Chestnut and Broad Sts.
Rochester

24—Thruway Unit | meeting: 7 p.m.. CSEA Headquarters, 33 Elk St
Albany

Motor Vehicles chapter, as a
member of the Albany Region.

Region president McDermott
offered congratulations to Ernest
Wagner, chairman of the region's
constitution and bylaws commit-
tee, for gaining approval of the
regional constitution within the
one-year period following the of-
ficial organization of the region
from the prior conference set-up.
Mr. Wagner, who was the last
president of the former Capital
District Conference, had submit-
ted final amendments to the pro
posed constitution, and these
were either accepted or amended
by the delegates.

Announcing plans for the Re-
gion’s November Workshop at
the Friar Tuck, Catskill, Nov. 1-3,
activities committee chairman
Cosmo Lembo informed delegates
that the highlight of the event
would be a testimonial dinner
for State Senator Walter Lang-
ley, a man who has long been
regarded as a friend of civil ser-
vice, Reservation blanks were ex-
pected to be distributed before
early October, he said.

Donald Ruggaber, a member
of the activities committee in
charge of the scheduled excur-
sion to Las Vegas Oct. 17, noted
that there are still reservations
available, and that the $50 de-
posits should be sent in tmmedi-
ately,

Nick Fiscarelli, chairman of

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members take advantage of the
insurance, but a lot of them
don't, too, Actually, less than
50% of CSEA members have the
insurance. That's why we find it
amusing when & competing un-
lon refers to CSEA as an “insur-
ance company.” It's funny be-
cause our insurance program Is
optional and less than half our
People have tt—whereas rival or-
ganizations actually SELL insur-
ance to thelr members as part
of their dues. They have to buy
it to be a member.

MANHATTAN STATE ELECTION — speciat Civil Service Employees Assn, committee mem
bers check ballots for elections at Manhattan Psychiatrie Center chapter last month, Attending to
duties, these five Mental Hygiene departmental representatives to CSEA Board of Directors are, from

left, Dorothy King, Creedmoor; Joseph Keppler, Central
Duffy, Pilgrim, and Gregory Sturnicki, Kings Park,

stip;

Ronnie Smith, Willewbreok; Betty

STATEWIDE
PERSPECTIVE

By THOMAS H. McDONOUGH
CSEA Executive Vice-President

In retrospect, the past several months have been marked
by what seems an extraordinary level of activity on the
part of CSEA. This is especially true when compared to
similar periods in the past, and {t is probable that the some-
what quieter summer months we once knew are gone forever.

It is natural, of course, that as our Association continues
its pattern of growth, the amount of work and attention
necessary to provide proper representation for the mem-
bership also increases. I believe CSEA is keeping pace with
these requirements and that this partly explains the in-
creased tempo of activity. But this is only part of the answer.

Over the years, and particularly within the past decade,
CSEA has expanded its capabilities and representation rights
into virtually every level of government within the State.
Our growth and expansion primarily has been into those
areas where public employees previously were unorganized,
and we have been most successful in those efforts, We were
mostly unop for many years, but with the advent of
the Taylor Law we have witnessed the arrival on une scene
of many previously uninterested labor organizations, both
AFL-CIO affiliates and other independent, special-interest
groups.

. . .

THE RESULT, which ts dramatically illustrated by the
excessive activities of the past several months, is that our
claims to representation rights are being challenged on an
almost continuous basis all over the State and at all levels
of government, With literally hundreds of contracts in
effect and expiring at various times throughout the year,
the threat of year-round challenge activity is ever present,
in fact is already occurring.

To date our success ratio in beating down such chal-
lenges has been extremely high. As your executive vice-
president, I am well aware that these successes have been
achieved through extreme dedication and plain hard work
by scores of individuals we are lucky to have associated
with CSEA; local officers, members and staff alike. It was
my pleasure and honor to have served as your acting presi-
dent recently following president Wenazl's unfortunate acci-
dent, During that time it was my responsibility to direct
and participate very closely in the many challenge activities
which occurred. This perspective gave me even greater in-
sight Into the capabilities, dedication and perseverance of
the CSEA team that made it possible to repulse challenges
in our Southern Region, in Erie County, along the Thruway
from border to border, and in numerous smaller skirmishes
all over the state.

VIRTUALLY ALL of these battles were fought from the
trenches, with CSEA maintaining a largely defensive posi-
tion. And although we were victorious, the toll In manpower,
time and money committed was high. And when all these
costly battles were over, we were left in the position of
holding the same ground as before and preparing our de~
fenses for the certainty of renewed attacks.

All of which brings me to the main point I wish to make,

We have a strong program and a great reputation, and
I think it is time we took them on the road and stopped
staying at home so much. I believe our strategy in the
future should be to go on the attack wherever possible and
to defend our positions whenever necessary with the same
high degree of determination you have exhibited in the past.

. * .

AND WE MUST APPLY this same aggressiveness to the
day-to-day representation we carry out for our membership.
We must continue, and I know we will, our exceptional
record of achievement in enforcing contract provisions, of
protecting the rights of the people we are committed to
represent, I assure you this will be very evident as we
reopen the State contract shortly and there will be no doubt
‘hat CSEA is out to gain the best benefits possible for our
state membership segment,

In closing, I look forward to sustained growth, a more
aggressive attitude, and many examples of successes which
CSEA can point to with pride as the civil service employees
union not only of the seventies, but beyond.