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Vol. XXXVIII, No, 44

Conference
Aim: Taylor
Law Reform

ALBANY — The 1750,000-
member Public Employee
Conference, of which Civil
Service Employees Associa-
tion president William McGowan
is a co-chairman, has announced
its 15-point legislative program
for 1978.

The 15 bills unanimously
backed by the 22 public-employee
unions that make up the PEC
would have the following effects;

© Eliminate the current pro-
vision that any striking public
employee shall be placed on pro-
bation for a year, and also elim-
inate the provision that any
striking employee be fined two
days’ salary for each day that
he is alleged to be on strike,

® Make it an improper prac-
tice for an employer not to keep
the terms and conditions of an
expired contract in effect until a
new pact is negotiated.

© Grant public employees the
right to a hearing prior to the
issuance of an injunction against
threatened strikes and place up-
on the employers the obligation
of demonstrating that a threat-
ened strike endangers the public
health, safety and welfare,

© Allow local government em-
ployees to negotiate a disciplin-
ary procedure other than Sec-
tion 75 of the state Civil Service
Law. :
© (Continued on Page 3)

‘Don’t Repeat This!

The Taylor Law
Is No. 1 Target
OfUnionCoalition

The Civil Service Employ-
ees Association and other
public employee unions are
spearheading a drive to re-

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Friday, February 3, 1978

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CONFERENCE

Gov. Hugh Carey speaking at Public Employee Conference breakfast Jan, 24 where PEC unveiled
its legislative program for 1978. At dais, from left:Civil Service Employees Association executive vice-
president Thomas McDonough; Senate Minority Leader Manfred Ohrenstein; Assembly Speaker Stan-
ley Steingut; NYSUT executive vice-president Albert Shanker; Teamster Local 237 president Barry
Feinstein, who chairs PEC, and Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson,

Ask Carey To Accept
CSEA Snow Day Drift

ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Association has asked for a meeting with
Goy. Hugh Carey to discuss a request by the union that civil service attendance rules be
waived for thousands of state employees whose offices were closed or who were unable to
report to work on Friday, Jan. 20, due to severe weather conditions, especially in the

greater New York City metro-
Politan area.

The CSEA says more than
50,000 state employees may be
affected by the situation. “More
than 35,000 state employees
working in New York City alone
were affected when the State
ordered all state offices there
closed early the morning of Jan,
20 due to blizzard conditions and
@ state of emergency declared
by New York City Mayor Ed-
ward Koch,” according to CSEA
executive vice-president Thomas
H. McDonough. “Additionally,
many other state work locations
in neighboring counties and on
Long Island closed down on
either orders from Governor
Carey or local state officials, and
it is Ukely that more than 50,000
state employees were affected

overall in the greater metropol-
itan area,” he said.

Mr. McDonough said, “Those
state workers who stayed home
after hearing radio messages that
the State ordered the offices
closed, or who were unable to get
to work because of impossible
weather conditions, are being
told they must charge that day
to their personal leave accruals.
Several thousand employees who
managed to come in but were
sent home during the morning as
the offices shut down completely
are being forced to charge one-
half day to personal leave credits.
We feel these people lost a day
of work through no fault of their
own and that they should be
compensated without using their
own leave credits,” he stated.

CSEA says it asked for the
meeting with Governor Carey, in
a hand-delivered letter last
week, to discuss the general ap-
plication of attendance rules
during weather emergencies, and
to request the Governor to per-
sonally waive the attendance
rules, or to request that the Civil
Service Commission waive the
attendance rules, for the state
employees affected on Jan. 20 in
the greater New York City met-
ropolitan area, as well as at iso-
lated work locations throughout
the state that might also have
been closed on that day due to
weather conditions.

The union says the State has
decided to strictly adhere to Civil
Service attendance rules and a

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Western Meeting

— See Page 16

Set PST
Election

CSEA Objects

Court Reserves Decision
On Legality Of Order

ALBANY—The state Pub-
lic Employment Relations
Board has ordered a union
representation election in-
volving the 45,000-member
Professional, Scientific and
Technical Bargaining Unit of
state employees presently
represented by the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association.

But within hours of the PERB
order, CSEA was in State Su-
preme Court in Albany challeng-
ing the legality of the election
on two key issues. At Leader
presstime officials were awaiting
a determination on the case by
Supreme Court Justice Con O,
Cholakis, who reserved decision
following the Friday court ac-
tion.

The PERB ordered a mail bal-
lot election in the PS&T Unit
between the CSEA and a chal-
lenging organization calling it-
self PEF, and said ballots will be
mailed to the 45,000 state work-
ers in the unit on March 17, Re-
turned ballots must be received
by 8:30 a.m, on April 12 and will
be counted the same day, the
PERB ruled,

Eyen before the election was
ordered, CSEA president William
L. McGowan put the CSEA’s
challenge machinery into opera-
tion for the possible campaign,
appointing Paul T, Burch, col-

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ASSAULTS:
SPECIAL
REPORT p8

Broome Legislature To Act Soon On Contract

BINGHAMTON—The finance committee of the
Broome County Legislature is expected to have made
its recommendations Wednesday, Feb. 1, for settle-
ment of the contract dispute between the County and
the Broome unit of the Civil Service Employees As-
sociation.

The committee's findings are scheduled to have been
Presented to the full County Legislature, which could
then impose a settlement, although Joseph Ciotoli, ad-
ministrative assistant to the Broome County Execu-
tive, told the Leader last week, “We still feel that we
can come to a negotiated settlement.”

On Tuesday evening, Jan. 24, the County and the
union made statements before the finance committee,

Barbara Pickell. Prior to the meeting, Ms. Pickell and
most other members of the unit negotiating team were
served with show cause orders, which prevent them
from participating in strike preparations.

On Jan, 19, the unit voted its negotiators the
authority to “do whatever it deems necessary up to
and including a job action.”

The four main issues separating the unit and the
county are:

© Money—the union wants a pay raise of 6 percent
with @ $600 minimum, which the county has re-
Jected.

© Hours—The County wants to keep its offices
open from 8 a.m, until 6 p.m, an hour earlier and
later than the current schedule. The change could

result in an arbitrary rescheduling of work hours, and
the union opposes this.

© Disciplinary Procedure—The County wants to
eliminate binding arbitration; the union wants to
keep it.

© Grisvances—Modifications in procedures, which
the County is demanding, are rejected by the union,

CSEA collective bargaining specialist Roger Kane
said that the unit wants a new negotiating team to
act for the county. Since being served, he said, the
unit's negotiators no longer trust County Executive
Donald McManus.

Mr, Ciotoli, administrative assistant to Mr. Mc-
Manus, said he hoped, “we can get back to the
table again.”
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, February 3, 1978

The Kyer Wire

Report From The Capitol

By PAUL KYER

Three hopefuls seeking
legislative office to fill va-
cated seats via a special elec-
tion Feb. 14 received a kind
of Valentine from the Civil
Service Employees Associa-
tion last week in the form of
endorsements of their candi-
dacies. The stamp of ap-
Proval means money and
manpower for the lucky trio.

Two of the endorsements
are for Assembly seats and
went to Thomas Cairns (D-
Albany County) and George
Cc. Elferink (D-Monroe
County). Also approved was
Raymond Gallagher (D-Buf-
falo), who is seeking the seat
of former State Senator
James Griffin, who was
elected Mayor of Buffalo.

Mr. Cairns is seeking to re-
place Fred Field, a Republi-
can, who was elected Colonie
Town Supervisor, and Mr.
Elferink is looking for the
vacancy created by Thomas
Frey, Rochester Democrat,
who was named State Direc-
tor of Operations.

eee
The press was barred from

a recent session between the
New York State Public Em-
ployee Conference, composed
of 14 different unions, and
Governor Carey and a media
news conference that fol-
lowed gave no indication of
the substance of their talks.

Informed sources tell us,
however, that Mr. Carey took
@ very positive attitude to-
ward the coalition’s ap-
proach on changes in the
Taylor Law covering such
areas as strike penalties and
arbitration.

The Governor is reported
to have said, off the record,
that the package was “a fair
proposal and an excellent
starting point for negotiat-
ing a package with the Leg-
islature.”

e ° e

With all the talk about
Taylor Law reform, there is
another topic about to sur-
face that is causing a great
deal more concern, and that
is forthcoming action on so-
called civil service reforms.
All public employee unions in
the State are convinced that

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the end goal is the creation
of more patronage under
noble sounding language
that will, in effect, do little
to correct conditions in terms
of protecting the Merit Sys-
tem.

Nothing concrete has
emerged yet on this issue
from either the Governor's
office or the leadership of
the Legislature, and the very
vagueness of current pro-
posals bothers public em-
ployee unions very much.
Expect this to be one of the
harder battles this year.

Layoffs Cripple Nurses

‘Dumping’ Dispute
Heats Up Despite
New Carey Pledge

4 MINEOLA—Irving Flaumenbaum is suspicious of Gov.
Hugh L. Carey’s pledge to spend up to $31.4 million for men-
tal patient aftercare. He wants more details.

Mr. Flaumenbaum, president of the Civil Service Em-

Ployees Association's Long Island
‘Region I, has long been a critic
of the state's alleged unsuper-
vised dumping of former mental
patients on local communities.
Other CSEA leaders have also
assailed the state on the issue.

Mr. Flaumenbaum notes, how-
ever, that the Governor may be
changing his thinking about the
controversy.

“We are glad to see that Gov-
ernor Carey finally came around

By HARCOURT TYNES
MANHATTAN—A sign on the door of the health station
at the World Trade Center Building a few days ago said:
“Closed Temporarily, Emergency Services Only!”
Inside, routine is quickened as the hours go by. Nurses

race from patient to patient,
‘They say they hope—only hope
—they don’t rush off to the next
patient too soon or too late.
The sign goes up almost every
day these days, because members
of the four-woman staff there
say they can't handle the traffic
of ill and injured who trek to
their 55th floor station each day.
A budget crisis, they say, has
reduced their ability to serve the
10,000 people who work at World
Trade Center 2 and the thou-
sands of others who pass through
the skyscraper structure.

‘They are also afraid that on
one horrible day, someone in

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Lottery

ALBANY — Winning num-
bers drawn Jan. 20 for New
York’s weekly lottery:

‘The six-digit number in the
$10,000 column or in the
“millionaire numbers” box:

211788

The five-digit $1,000 num-
ber: 33878

‘The four-digit $100 number:
1244,

In the three-digit $20 num-
ber: 449

to the CSEA’s way of thinking,”
Mr. Flaumenbaum commented,
“but we are wary of vague prom-
ises and want to see how the
money will be used.”

‘The Carey plan calls for hiring
supervised community residents
for released patients, but détails
have not been released.

“We want state employees to
staff any community facilities,”
said Mr. Flaumenbaum, “They
are the most familiar. with the
special problems of those who
were ill and should be retained
by the state to insure that these
facilities will be safe and ade-
quate.”

Solomon Bendet, CSEA Metro-
politan Region II president,
agrees that more data on the
Governor's plan must be forth-
coming. Meanwhile, he continued
his criticism of the alleged pa-
tient dumping.

“Dumping former mental pa-
tients onto the streets of New
York City would be catastro-
phic,” said Mr. Bendet. “I'm
definitely against it. The state
administration is building up to
another scandal like the nursing
home scandal.”

James Lennon, another CSEA
official, is also suspicious of the
Governor's latest gesture.

“The CSEA should be careful,”
said Mr. Lennon, the union's
Southern Region II president.
“It must monitor how the money
is spent.”

(Continued on Page 15)

CSEA: No Pension $ For NYC

ALBANY—The Board of Directors of the Civil Service Employees Association is op-
posed to using pension funds to obtain long-term loans for New York City. The union, which
in 1975 won a suit to prevent the forced use of public employee pension funds to help bail
out New York City, represents more than 300,000 members of the State Employees Retire-

ment System.

“Our record on this issue is
consistent,” said CSEA president
William McGowan. “Hundreds of
thousands of public workers de-
pend upon the prudent invest-
ment of their pension funds to
guarantee the money will be
there when they retire. New York
City remains, in our opinion, a
risky investment and we ada-
mantly oppose what amounts to
investing the future retirement
security of hundreds of thous-
ands of people on such high risk
schemes.”

Both Mr, McGowan and Solo-
mon Bendet, president of the

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CSEA’s Metropolitan Region I,
representing more than 30,000
state employees who reside and
work in and near New York City,
praised State Comptroller Ar-
thur Levitt for what they term-
ed, “Mr. Levitt’s courageous re-
sistance in the face of incredi-
ble political pressure to involve
the pension funds in a New York
City bail-out scheme.” Comptrol-
ler Levitt reportedly has been
under increasing. pressure, espe-
clally from New York City Mayor
Edward Koch, and other Demo-
crats to release funds from the
Public employee pension funds
as part of financing arrange-
ments to obtain long-term loans
for New York City, Mr. Levitt
is sole trustee of the State
Employees Retirement System,

OWN A GAS WELL

and has publicly stated in recent
days that he is opposed to using
the pension funds as part of a
financing plan to assist New York
City.

In 1975 CSEA brought a court
suit to prevent the State Legis-
lature from mandating the use
of public employee pension funds
to purchase Municipal Assistance
Corporation bonds, charging such
legislation was unconstitutional
in that it violated the State
Constitution clause against im-
pairment of public employee pen-
sion funds, The union action was
upheld by the State Court of Ap-
Peals,

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PERB Orders PS&T Election, Union Objects

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lective bargaining specialist, as
staff coordinator for the chal-
lenge.

“Paul Burch has a long and
excellent relationship with the
PS&T bargaining unit, having
served as staff advisor and nego-
flator for the ‘PS&T negotiating
team for the past several years,
He is an expert on issues in-
volving the Unit, and I am sure
he will serve the membership
of the Unit and this union well
in coordinating the campaign
against this raid from outside
sources who are totally unquall-
fied to attempt to represent these
people,” Mr. McGowan said.

In the State Supreme Court
case brought by the CSEA just
prior to presstime, the union
raises two major issues pertinent
to the election. James E, Roemer
Jr., of the CSEA’s legal firm of
Roemer and Featherstonhaugh,

Court Conference,
OCA Set To Meet

ALBANY—Feb. 8 is the date
set for the next negotiating
session between the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association ju-
dicial conference and the Of-
fice of Court Administration,
which are working to estab-
lish uniform statewide job
titles and equal salary sched-
ules for court workers,

Current negotiations are
over the contract for state
workers employed by the Of-
fice of Court Administration
before April 1, 1977. Their
contract expires April 1, 1978.
Negotiations for judiciary
employees merged into the
state service since April 1,
1977, will be separate and
distinct from these negotia-
tions.

Present at the first meeting,
held last month to discuss ne-
gotiating ground rules, were
Howard Rubinstein, director of
employee relations for OCA;
John Sheehan, also represen-
tative of OCA, and members
of CSEA’s judicial conference
negotiating team, .

The CSEA committee, ap-
Pointed by William L. Mc-
Gowan, president of the un-
fon, consists of Ethel Ross,
chair of the negotiating team;
Richard Szymanski, Joseph
Johnson, Jr,, Julia Drew, Ruth
Joseph, Mel Schnitzer, Allen
Hanley, and John Casey.

NOTICE OF DISCIPLINE

John M. Carey, administra-
tive director of the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association’s
Office of Member Services,
has advised all presidents of
the CSEA’s State Division Lo-
cals that they will continue to
be notified when one of their
members is served with a
notice of discipline. A recent
memorandum inadvertantly
advised that the practice
would be discontinued.

Tne., argued that the provision
that the CSEA, or any other
union, cannot sue the PERB re-
garding election procedure until
after the election has actually
been held is unconstitutional,
and, in a separate but related
issue, he sought a court order
that would require the PERB to
validate signatures presented by
the challenging union as a show-
ing of interest before the elec-
tion is conducted.

Although Justice Cholakis re-
served decision on both issues, it
is believed he will render his
decision sometime this week.

“These important, fundamental
issues must be resolved,” Mr.
McGowan said. “We have made
it abundantly clear that we are
prepared to enter this election
without fear and with expecta-
tion that PS&T employees will
recognize that the CSEA is far
superior to PEF, that we will win
in an election. But our point is
that an election of this magni-
tude is extremely costly, and
should not be conducted without
assurances that it is warranted
under the law.”

To Show Backing

The union leader continued,
“There is very serious doubt
about PEF meeting the require-
ment of submitting valid signa-
tures representing a minimum of
30 percent of the bargaining
unit, which the law required be-
fore an election will be ordered.
No one is allowed to examine
those signatures except PERB,
and PERB does not have the
manpower or the system to de-
termine voluntarily that those
signatures submitted are in fact
valid, or even if they purport to
be only from PS&T people.

“We want to know, and our
PS&T people want to know, if
the challenging union met the
lawful requirements before we're
forced to endure a costly elec-
tion.”

In essence, the CSEA has asked
the court to order a validation
of the signatures by the PERB
before an election is actually
held, and has also asked the
court to determine that it is un-
constitutional to prevent a union
from suing the PERB to halt an
election it believes is unwar-
ranted without proof that such

Livingston Retirees

MT. MORRIS — Livingston
County unit of Rochester Area
Retirees Local 912, Civil Service
Employees Association, will meet
on the third Tuesday of each
month except July and August,
according to Local first vice-
president George DeLong.

Mr. DeLong, a former state-
wide CSEA fourth vice-president
and Western Conference presi-
dent, said the meetings will be
held at 2 p.m. in the Mt, Morris
Youth Center on Main Street.

an election is legal.

The CSEA says it has raised
these questions in this instance
because of the manner in which
PEF obtained signatures on des-
ignation cards and petitions, and
because one of the two unions
comprising PEF, the Service Em-
Ployees International Union, has
been found to have submitted in-
valid cards in prior elections
against the CSEA,

“For months PEF operatives
took signatures randomly from
anyone who came along without
regard to whether or not they
were PS&T members or even
whether or not they were state
employees at all,” Mr. McGowan
charged.

“Those signatures submitted to
the PERB purporting to be sig-
natures of PS&T people are very
suspect, and it is obviously gross-
ly unfair to order an election
without clearing up the legality
of it all,” he stated.

“If we're compelled to enter
an actual election, the CSEA will
defeat the challenger overwhel-
mingly, there is no doubt about
that. But to be compelled to do
so without any regard to the
legality of the election is un-
thinkable. Let’s determine that
point first: Is this a legal elec-
tion? I don’t think so, but all we
ask is that it be proved before it
goes any further,” Mr. McGowan
said.

AN OPEN LETTER
“Dear PS&T Employee:

insult your intelligence.

“Although there are many questions still unanswered as
to the legality, it appears that you will be subjected to the third
unicn representation challenge in two years, As always, you
will be literally swamped with literature from all sides. Much
of it will avoid the real issues, and some if it will actually

“I urge you to use good judgment. Decide what is fact and
what is fiction; what is really important to you in a union
and what is not. Don’t be misled by claims and charges that
have no basis in fact, for the law allows a wide latitude in
what a challenging union can claim, and most challenging
unions push the law to the limit, and often beyond.

“CSEA will use considerable restraint in this campaign,
relying on our proven record and our known capabilities,
Unfortunately, our challenger will not, and much of the ma-
terials you have already received from them are perfect ex-
amples of pushing the limit of the law.

“CSEA will talk facts in this campaign, and one fact you
can rely upon is that only CSEA has the experience, the ex-
pertise, the staff and the capabilities to serve you best. We're
the professional labor union for professions in New York State.
Consider that when sorting through literature from both sides.”

Fraternally yours,
Bill McGowan
President, CSEA

TO PST MEMBERS

For Comptroller's Stand On Pension Fund

Bendet U

MANHATTAN — Nomina-
tion of Comptroller Arthur
Levitt for another four-year
term in that office was urged
on the State GOP last week in a
letter from Solomon Bendet,
president of Metropolitan New
York Region II of the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association.

Writing to Bernard Kilbourn,
chairman of the New York State
Republican Committee, Mr. Ben-
det avowed that Mr. Levitt was
too valuable a public servant to

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FEBRUARY
4—Statewide non-instructional school employees committee meet:
ing: 10 a.m. Thruway House Motel, Washington Ave., Albany.
8—Orange-Ulster-Sullivan Retirees Local 917 meeting: 2 p.m.
Room 210, Kunis Building, Middletown Psychiatric Center,
8—Statewide State Executive Committee meeting.
Statewide County Executive Committee meeting,
9—Statewide Board of Directors meeting.
!0—Long Island State Parks Local 102 Valentine Dance: Narragan-

sett Inn,

15—Nassau Local 830 board of directors meeting: 5:30 p.m., Salis-
bury Club, Eisenhower Park; East Meadow, L,I.

21—New York Maregnaliten Retirees Local 910 meeting: | p.m.,
2 World Trade Center, room 5890, Manhattan,

21—Livingston County unit of Rochester Area Retirees Local 912
meeting: 2 p.m., Youth Center, Main St., Mt. Morris.

23—Long Island Region | executive committee meeting: 7 p.m. Re-
gion office, 740 Broadway, No, Amityville, L.I.

rges GOP Nominate Levitt

lose because of politics within
his own party.
The letter said in part:

“The New York State Employ-
ees Retirement System, as you
no doubt know, is a financially
and actuarily sound institution.
Its principal aim is to make cer-
tain that public employees who
have spent practically all their
employable years in the service
of the people of the State of New
York, are able to live their de-
clining years in a reasonably
dignified and comfortable man-
ner.

“For the past six terms the
$9 billion pension system has
been under the excellent stew-
ardship of Controller Arthur
Levitt, its sole trustee. The pen-
sion system and its trustee are
being threatened.

“A group of New York City
politicians, having drained the
New York City pension funds, are
eyeing the State pension systems,
They have stated that if Control-
ler Levitt does not invest State
pension funds in-securities which
he believes are poor and risky
investments, they will instigate
a Democratic party primary
fight against him in the upcom-
ing election and support his op-
ponent.

While we are confident that
Controller Levitt would win such
@ primary struggle, the action of
the New York City politicians
borders on intimidation to force

the Controller to invest impru-
dently and in violation of his
oath of office.

“The Metropolitan New York
City Region #2 of the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association,
which represents thousands of
State employees living and em-
ployed in the City of New York
js shocked by this attempted in-

timidation, It must be rebuffed.

“We respectfully suggest that
the Republican party of the
State of New York recognize
Arthur Levitt’s excellent service
to the people of the State of
New York and offer him its nom-
ination in the upcoming election
for Controller of the State of
New York.”

Civil Service Employees Association’s director of legislation and
political action, Bernard J. Ryan, left, discusses pro-labor bills with
Assemblyman Seymour Posner, Democrat from the Bronx and chair-
man of the powerful Assembly Labor Committee. Mr. Posmer has
been nominated by the Governor to the Workers Compensation
Board, and his confirmation by the Senate is expected shortly.

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Layoffs Cripple Nurses

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the building will become critic-
ally {ll when there is only one
nurse on duty—perhaps the nurse
will be treating another critical-
ly ill person—and she will be
unable to reach the second vic-
tim in time. It hasn’t happened
yet, they say, but it could some
day.

“Our work is at a standstill,”
said Nullis Mohammed, who
heads the group. ‘Sometimes
when we get a call from police,
we have to tell them to try to
get the patient here themselves
or get someone to bring him.”

There used to be eight nurses
at the station. They say even
that was too few. Ms. Mohammed
said state Civil Service Depart-
ment was set to hire another
nurse when the budget ax fell.

Virginia Horan, director of
health services-nursing, who
supervises the World Trade Cen-
ter station and other nursing
stations in other cities in the
state, shares Ms. Mohammed's
alarm.

“Seven nurses were moderately
able to do the job,” said Ms,
Horan in a telephone interview
from her Albany office, “but
three can’t do it. I'm deeply
concerned that the nurses will
be pushed too far. They are ask-
ed to do an awful lot. We need
help.”

Sol Bendet, president of the

Civil Service Employees Assocla~
tion’s Metropolitan Region I, is
trying to provide the needed
help. But Mr. Bendet confesses
he has achieved little success,
so far.

Mr, Bendet has complained by
letter to Victor Bahou, chair-
man of the state Civil Service
Commission, about the cutbacks.
Mr, Bahou replied there was
no money to restaff the center.
Mr. Bendet retorted that the
State Legislature appropriated
money to hire nurses, He says
these funds should be put to
use. He also demanded that Mr.

Bahou meet with him to discuss
the matter, No meeting had been
arranged at presstime,

Ms, Horan said the agency's
Albany center lost two nurses
and the Harlem State Office
Building nursing center had to
be closed, Health Centers in Buf-
falo, Watertown, Utica, Syracuse,
Binghamton and Hauppauge, LI,
were unaffected. The World
Trade Center station treated
1,400 patients from Dec. 16 to
Jan. 16, Forty-one of those cases
were emergencies,

“And it gets worse each
month,” said one nurse,

Say Downstate Unsafe;
Nurses Vow To Resign

MANHATTAN —Nurses at
Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn say they will resign
in mass Jan, 30 unless haz-
ardous conditions there are cor-
rected.

Solomon Bendet, president of
the Civil Service Employees As-
sociation’s Metropolitan Region
TI, called Downstate Medical a
“courting disaster” because of a
heavy client load and poor staff-
ing. He said conditions there en-

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sical stress on nurses.

Mr. Bendet said new graduate
nurses are sometimes left with
only’ one aide for as long as
three nights, cardiac arrests go
unnoticed and occur while the
unit 1s inadequately staffed.

‘The CSEA'says {t wants elec-
tive surgery reduced until prop-
er staffing is provided, staffing
is rearranged to provide ade-
quate recovery room intensive
care and available nursing posi-
tions filled.

The CSEA also charged that
Downstate Medical provides no
Precautions or protective devices
for workers in the animal labor-
atory. Several animal laboratory
employees examined by Rubin
Fleisher, an Employee Health
Service medical officer, ‘had
severe pulmonary pathology di-
rectly relating to their work ¢n-
vironment, say CSEA officials,

Nicholas G. Alexiou, Health
Service director, served notice
on the center that he wants po-
sitive action to protect employees,
Dr. Alexiou said stern measures
are needed,

Mr. Bendet added that health-
threatening conditions in the an-
imal laboratory are just another
instance of maladministration at
Downstate Medical. It shows
complete disregard and insens{-
tivity to workers’ safety, he said.

CSEA Wins

PEEKSKILL—Peekskill schools
custodial and maintenance em-
Ployees voted to stay with their
present union, the Civil Service
Employees Association.

The 39 workers rejected by a
six-to-one margin a challenge by
the New York State United
Teachers,

Ron Mazzola, CSEA field rep-
resentative, said CSEA won be-
cause “The employees, led by
unit president Joe Urbanowicz,
have a good CSEA contract. They
also have good service by field
representative Don Partrick, With
this win and with the contract
CSEA negotiated, the clerical

Veneranda Ebarle, one of the nurses at the World Trade Center
nursing station, makes a few notes before going on to the next ©
patient, (Staff photo by Pamela Craig)

SHORT TAKES

CETA REVIEW BOARD FORMED

Gov. Hugh L. Carey has signed legislation creating a CETA
allocation review board to review allocation of jobs funded by the
CETA sponsors, The legislation is in line with the Governor's pledge
to coordinate jobs and job training activities. The board will recom-
mend to sponsors more effective ways to allocate public service jobs.
Board members include State Industrial Commissioner Philip Ross
and the social services and commerce commissioners.

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HE LOSES BID FOR OLD JOB
A former Buffalo youth director, ousted by the city’s new ad-
ministration, lost a court bid to get his job back. State Supreme
Court Judge John J. Callahan refused to order Joseph P. Gallagher
restored to his former $21,100-a-year post, Judge Callahan said Mr.
Gallagher's appointment was for an indefinite term, making him
subject to removal at the pleasure of the administration, He and
many other officials were ousted when the new Griffin Adminis-
tration took over City Hall Jan. 1.
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The California Service Em- improve the organization, The
ployees Association has establish- committee has asked all the un-
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restructure the association, Jim
Coan, the union’s former director

In Peekskill

employees of the district, who
went with NYSUT, are now ask-
ing to come back to CSEA, and
we intend to challenge NYSUT
in the clerical unit as soon as
the legal challenge period begins,”

That will be in November of
1978, Mr. Mazzola said.

CSEA has been the incumbent
union for the workers for eight
years.

Tt is CSEA’s second victory
over NYSUT in two weeks,
Earlier, the Amsterdam School
Oistrict custodial and mainten-
ance employees voted three-to-
one to stay with CSEA.

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“That it does so under the
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The new procedure, entitled
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It is scheduled to go into effect
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blocks of federal jobs to be fill-
ed exclusively by “minorities” and
women based solely on race and
sex, said ADL.

In «@ letter to Commission
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Forster, ADL's general counsel,
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Result Of Vote
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By RON KARTEN

WHITE PLAINS — A rep-
resentation challenge to the
Civil Service Employees As-
sociation by the Service Em-
Ployees International Union in
Yonkers will be decided this
week.

In Yonkers, the 50,000 strong
service union is challenging the
CSEA for representation of 943
non-instructional staff members,
of which 200 are employed un-
der the Comprehensive Employ-
ment and Training Act (CETA)
and some 700 are members of
the CSEA.

Ballots were sent out on Jan.
12 for this election. A CSEA
spokeswoman said that discon-
tent in the ranks was the result
of the Yonkers Control Board's
consistent refusal to pay incre-
ments secured in the contract
with the City. She said the CSEA
had been winning court battles
for more than two years and yet
the increments continue to be
withheld as the City appeals
again and again. Ballots for this
challenge are due back on Feb, 3,

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Mr. Forster says the plan cre-
ates a discriminatory preferential
Program which directly contra-
venes the Civil Service Commis-
sion's responsibility as set forth
by both presidential executive
directives and orders. The Forst-
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gressional mandate (420 S.C,
§200e-16 (e)), the Civil Service
Commission's proper role is to
“assure non-discrimination in
employment as required by the
Constitution and the statutes.”

Under Executive Orders (Nos.
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required to “assure that person-
nel operations in government de-
partments and agencies carry out
the objective of equal employ-
ment opportunity for all persons.”

The Sugarman Plan “under-
mines the commission's proper
role and is the antithesis of the
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NE of the first edicts issued by New York City Mayor

Edward I. Koch was that city employees who failed to
appear at their work stations during the snow storm of two
weeks ago would feel it in their pocketbooks around pay-
days or vacation time.

Governor Carey has a similar message for state workers
who didn’t make it to work during the 1977 Buffalo snow
storm, the New York City blackout on July 13 and 14, and
during the recent snow storm.

Mr. Carey even says workers who did go to work but
were sent home early by superiors will be docked for part
of the day.

The Governor even went so far as to veto a bill that
the State Legislature passed authorizing special payments
to the beleaguered Buffalo state workers,

We can find nothing more similar to a “Catch 22” situa-
tion than the Governor's stand. State workers are not to
blame because snow clogged the highways, stopped the
trains and even halted some subways. Government workers
cannot be faulted for staying home when many public offi-
clals were begging them not to leave their homes during
the storms and the blackout. One should not blame a worker
for declining to push his way past an armed guard who has
orders not to let anyone into the building.

Governor Carey insists the contract with the CSEA
gives him the right to act this way, a point CSEA leaders
dispute, Mayor Koch insists the City can’t pay workers who
did not show up, for whatever reason, because the city would
then be obligated to pay workers who did work time-and-
a-half pay and he says the city can’t afford that.

We are not unmindful of the State’s and the City’s
fiscal plights but we object to officials again and again
making employees the fall guys whenever a difficult
situation arises.

Most of the counties in the state paid their workers for
the time missed, At least there is some justice in the world.

(HLA.T.)

United Front

VEN when people with common interests ban together,
they are often unable to reach concrete agreements. «
Despite this, the 22 major civil service unions in the state,
organized as the Public Employee Conference, were able to
stand truly united on ways to modify the state’s Taylor Law
and on 14 other items of priority legislation, We feel the
group merits considerable praise for this alone. (HLA.T.)

The Unknown Lawmen

HE Mayoral edict to ban discrimination against homo-

sexuals in New York City civil service jobs has brought
about the wrath of Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association pres-
ident Sam DeMilia. The PBA head has suggested that homo-
sexual police officers come forward so he can learn just
how many there are on the force. We don’t think this is
any of Mr. DeMilia’s business. It also suggests that if he
doesn’t know the answer, New York’s homosexual police
must be pretty good at their jobs to remain unknown for
80 long. (HLA.T,)

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form and modernize the Taylor
Law, which governs collective
bargaining and other relation-
ships between the public em-
ployer and the public employee.
‘The opening gun in this drive
was fired last week when public
employee organization represen-
tatives, operating as a group
called the Public Employee Con-
ference, met with top state ad-
ministration and legislative lead-
ers to set forth their goals for
the coming legislative session.

Key Committees

Among those attending the
conference were Goy, Carey, Lt,
Gov. Mary Anne Krupsak, As-
sembly Speaker Stanley Stein-
gut, Senate Majority Leader War-
ren M. Anderson, Assembly Ma-
jority Leader Stanley Fink, Sen-
ate Minority Leader Manfred
Ohrenstein, Assembly Minority
Leader Perry B, Duryea, Jr., and
the chairmen of several key leg-
islative committees.

The combined efforts of all
public employee organizations
last year convinced lawmakers
to pass the Agency Shop Law,
after many years of legislative
inaction on this issue. The Agen-
cy Shop Law requires non-union
public employees, who benefit
from the collective bargaining ef~
forts of employee organizations,
to pay to the union a share of
the costs of the services they
receive, This put an end to
free-loading by many public em~-
Ployees, who shared the benefits
but not the costs of research
and studies necessary for effec-
tive collective bargaining nego-
tiations, as well as grievance
representation,

One measure all the organiza-
tions are supporting would pro-
vide for a limited right to strike,
by authorizing injunctions only
when a strike would endanger
public health and safety. A
number of states, including Ha-
wali and Pennsylvania, have
adopted similar legislation. Sta-
tistics from those states indicate
@ limited right to strike did not
increase the number of strikes.

This also shows public em-
Ployees are not strike-happy. On
the contrary, it suggests that the
public employer, knowing ¢m~-
ployees may legally strike, will
still bargain in good faith and
hammer out an equitable agree-
ment, There is no reason why
New York civil service employees,
who have clearly demonstrated
over the decades that they are
responsible organizations, should
not enjoy the strike privilege in
limited situations.

‘Two-For-One

The Public Employee Confer~
ence Will also seek legislation to
eliminate the two-for-one pen-
alty against public employees
who strike and repeal of the
provision that places civil ser-
vice employees on probation for
striking,

The Conference 15 also seek-
ing legislation to make it an
unfair labor practice not to keep
the terms of an expired agree-
ment in effect until a new agree-
ment 1s reached.

The CSEA has for years sought
these improvements in the Tay-
lor Law. With an election com-
ing up in November, this may
be the year those legislative goals
will be accomplished.

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PHASE 4

Civil Service
Law & You

By RICHARD GABA

Mr, Gaba is a member of the New York Bar and Chairman
6f the Nassau County Bar Association Labor Law Committee.

When Time Is Not Barred

Petitioner is a permanent employee in the civil service
State (typist, grade 3) with the Department of Labor, Divi-
sion of Manpower Services.

She was notified by a letter dated Dec. 11, 1974, that
she was being terminated under Section 5-3 of the classified
service rules of the Civil Service Law. That section provides
that an employee who is absent without leave and without
an explanation for 10 days shall be deemed to have auto-
matically resigned.

Petitioner requested the respondent to consider her
claim that she had recently undergone an operation from
which she was still recovering and that her supervisor
harassed her upon, her return to work. The respondent, how-
ever, informed the petitioner by letter, dated Jan. 10, 1975,
that the original determination would be adhered to and
that petitioner would not be reinstated. She commenced an
Article 78 proceeding challenging her dismissal. The Supreme
Court, New York County, dismissed the petition on the
ground that the proceeding was time barred. The court
noted that the petitioner did not commence to file suit
until May 12, 1975, which exceeded the four-month statute
of limitations in Article 78 proceedings.

The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Depart-
ment, however, held that the proceeding was in the nature
of a mandamus and therefore timely commenced. The higher
court reasoned that there is a distinction for purposes of
the statute of limitations between relief sought in the na-
ture of certiorari and that sought in the nature of manda-
mus. That is, in a proceeding in the nature of certiorari, the
agerievement arises from a final determination, But, in the
case of a proceeding in the nature of mandamus, the ag-
grievement does not arise from the final determination but
from the refusal of the body or officer to act or to perform
a duty enjoined by law. Accordingly, while it is not neces-
sary to make a demand and await a refusal before bringing
a procedure in the nature of certiorari to review, it 1s neces~
sary to make a demand and await a refusal before bringing
a proceeding in the nature of mandamus. Subsequently, in
a mandamus proceeding the statute of limitations does not
run out until four months after the refusal. The court con-
cluded by stating that “the proceeding herein’ for reinstate-
ment after discharge is in the nature of mandamus and was
timely commenced.” ‘

THE COURT also addressed the petitioner's contention
that her termination without a hearing violates due pro-
cess of law. The Court noted that the Appellate Division,
Second Department in Johnson v. Downstate Medical Center
41 N.Y. 2d 1061, 396 N.Y.S, 2d 172, declared Section 5-3 (d)
of the rules and regulations of the Department of Civil Ser-
vice invalid as being in conflict with the mandate of Section
75 of the Civil Service Law which requires a hearing in a
case of misconduct or incompetence. Therefore, in accord-
ance with'the State’s policy of reinstating those tenured
employees terntinated pursuant to Section 5-3 (d), the peti-
tioner is reinstated with back pay, Bernstein vy. Industrial
Commissioner, 398 N.Y.S. 20 487, 0°00 sce reeeerereed

[ WHAT’S YOUR OPINION

THE PLACE: Onondaga County Office Building, Syracuse.

QUESTION: Local governments have been using CETA employees to
fill high-level positions that would ordinarily be open to career em-
Pployees. What steps, if any, do you think CSEA should take to pre-
vent this?

brought to the attention of
county legislators and the pub-
lc that these people aren't re-
quired to meet the same re-
+ quirements we do. The ‘local
units need the support of the
state organization. The main
thing is they don’t want to pay
the salaries. In some cases, péo-
Ple have lost their jobs. Plus,
in other cases, they are making more money than
we are and still aren’t required to pass a civil
service examination, CSEA and a lot of other
unions, instead of just working within the legis-
lative process, should'bring the issue to the public.
Let the public know what we are up against.”

Richard John, probation officer, Onondaga County
Probation Department: “With
state and federa) funding, mon-
jes are often susceptible to mis-
appropriation. Most programs
could stand more scrutiny as
to services rendered, qualifica~
tion of participants and dis-
tribution of finances. CSEA
would seem to be the logical
unit to bring about the pressure
in order to enhance the original
design of the programs. The
Public doesn't really understand it all to a
great degree, Here the CSEA could play a role
in informing the public and lawmakers to pre-
vent whatever corruption there might be.”

Bob Czaplickt, senior probatioi officer, Onondaga
County Department of Proba-
tion: “All new positions or ex-
isting positions that are filled
should be reviewed by a joint

would have the Civil Service
. ,Commission be required by law
_ to give examinations immedi-
“* ately when a position is open
and thereby not hire anyone in a provisional or
temporary position. This can be brought about
by public action to force legislation. As a union
we are forced to bargain for and represent CETA
employees who are generally temporary and have
no legal rights under collective bargaining.”

Bill Egloff, engineering aide, Department of Trans-
™ Portation, Division of Engineer-
~ ing: “Since CETA is a federal-
ly-funded program, I would
imagine that if the federal gov-
ernment became aware of the
situation, it could force a local
F government unit to stop this
Practice. I think the CSEA
should bring it to the federal
government's attention by doc-
umenting specific instances of
abuse. Bringing it to the at-
tention of local officials probably wouldn’t change
these practices. Pressure must be brought at the
federal level. Complaints to local officials Li
fallen on deaf ears.”

Mildred Moody, typist, Onondaga County De-
partment of Social Services: “I
don’t know if they should take
any steps. When they first
started the CETA program, tt
seemed to be a vary good pro-

now it seems ta be: an issue
and it’s affecting the programs.
CETA people don’t get as much
experience from the job as they
should and they are just being
used to replace civil service em~-
ployees. I think the problems should be ironed out
through legislative action, whether or not it 4s
initiated by the CSEA.”

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@ specified age.

jon is attacking mandatory re-
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Ms. Gault. The ACLU made this
a class action, affecting all pub-
lic employees,

The court pointed out that
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come with age often would in-
crease, rather than decrease a
teacher's value, Judge Luther
Swygert, in the majority opinion,
wrote, “We cannot uphold as
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CIVIL SE

Through out
the state both
staff and di-
rectors have
complained of
not having
enough male
aldes to staff
the wards.

8

. WAYS ASSAULTS

CAN BE CUT

By Kenneth Schept

The civil service system could be an effective instru-
ment for mitigating some of the factors that contribute
to the level of assaults against Mental Hygiene employees.
These factors include understaffing, low worker morale,
inadequate training and instances of staff and management
incompetence.

Understaffing is a problem in Mental Hygiene centers
throughout the state. In the words of Alvin Mesnikoff, New
York City Mental Hygiene regional director, “When we're
struggling to even maintain a nurse on a ward overnight,
there’s a problem.”

The general problem of understaffing can be resolved
only through the appropriation of funds by the Legislature.
However, there is an aspect of the understaffing problem
that significantly influences the level of assaults, and about
which something can be done without legislative action.

There are not enough male workers on the wards.
Throughout the state, both staff and directors complain
about the low ratio of men to women working in the psy-
chiatric and developmental centers.

Workers say they would feel more secure with more men
staffing the wards, because of the knowledge that male
workers could be relied upon to subdue threatening clients.
Directors sympathize with the apprehension of the staff but
complain that because they are required to select staff ac-
cording to civil service lists, and since those lists, for ward
service jobs, are filled predominantly with women, more
female aides are hired, although most directors would agree
that the hiring of maie aides is currently desirable.

“Everyone, the patients, the staff know we need more
males,” Gabriel Koz, director of Manhattan Psychiatric
Center said.

The problem was stated slightly differently by Syracuse
Developmental Center director George C. Buchholtz, who
said that asking to hire only men could involve a dis-
crimination problem, “but at least you'd like somebody who
is more muscular, who at least has more strength,” which
often means hiring a man. “This has been a problem in
some cases,” he said.

Louis G. Huzella, director of West Seneca Developmental
Center, said, “as the civil service lists exist at this time, it
makes it rather difficult for us to use a judgment as to
whether the entry should be a male or a female.”

The director of research for the Civil Service Employees
Association, William Blom, said that within the state's civil
service system there is a provision called sex certification,
which permits hiring on the basis of sex in cases where such
a distinction is proved to be critically important.

“This has become more difficult to do because of af-
firmative action, Not that we're opposed to that, but this
seems to be a case where it’s working opposite of the way
we would hope,” Mr. Blom said.

Robert Quinn, deputy director of the Department of
Civil Service, agreed that the sex certification provision is
much more difficult to apply today, “than ten years ago,
for example.”

However, last December, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center
was authorized to hire 10 male therapy aides to staff a new
locked ward, which was established after a series of articles
in local newspapers charged that violent patients were
leaving the grounds of the hospital and walking through
the neighborhoods of Queens.

The consequent public reaction created a crisis situa-
tion. What only weeks before had seemed an impossible
modification of the rules was accomplished with apparent
ease.

CSEA collective bargaining specialist Robert Guild sug-
gested that elevating the salary level would make ward
service work attractive to more men, as well as women.

Section 15.4 of the CSEA Institutional Bargaining Unit
contract says that “Placement of male attendants in wards
will be given highest priority in wards where conditions may
be most hazardous for female attendants.”

It says nothing in the contract about hiring more men.
In fact, the contract's language allows the state to staff
male wards exclusively with women, The contract states:

There seems
to be an in-
verse relation-
ship between
staff morale
assaults
against work-
ers. The worse
t he workers
feel about
their jobs, the
more they get
hurt.

“Every effort will be made . . . to have at least one male
attendant in attendance.” But, in a severely understaffed
center, which many are, the state apparently would not be
violating the contract by placing only female aides on a
male ward, if “every effort” had been made to avoid that
situation.

According to Dr. Koz, director of Manhattan Psychiatric
Center, “there are studies which show that in environments
where morale is down you will have more assaults.”

In New York City, where the incidence of assaults
against staff is greatest, employee morale seems at its lowest,
based on the high daily absentee rate at Willowbrook De-
yelopmental Center, for example.

“The employees and the patients in New York City are
totally screwed,” according to Creedmoor Psychiatric Center
director William L. Werner. “How can you have good morale
when you're not getting paid subsistence, when you know
that everybody outside is getting more than you, when you
have to process enormous volumes of people, and when
there's a seething attitude that nobody cares about this
or is trying to do anything to rectify the situation.”

In contrast to New York City, many upstate institutions
have fewer assaults against staff and less of a morale
problem.

Marcy Psychiatric Center, located outside of Utica on
more than 100 acres, has a golf course, termed a “recruit-
ment incentive for doctors,” by the personnel director. The

assaults against staff are reported to be just about non-

existent there.

Craig Developmental Center has a campus of red brick
nineteenth-century buildings and a golf course, located in
farmland about an hour south of Rochester. There too, the
incidents of severe assault against staff are few. A nurse
was badly beaten several months ago and is still out of
work, and very bitter. But the magnitude of the problem in
no way compares to that in New York City.

Nadine Hunter, Craig director, said that staff members
who had been at the institution for many years, since the
provision of care was strictly a custodial chore, like their
work a lot better now.

“Face it, you'd rather be working and seeing some prog-
ress than standing watching a group of people for eight
hours a day,” she said.

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These 15 Mental Hygiene centers «¢"'
this article, along with the Departme'
Hygiene headquarters in Albany and th

the employees have had an opportunity to see what they
can do if they are allowed to work with the residents and
do something more than change their clothes and feed them.
Under the old custodial system that’s about all an employee
oa do: keep them clean, and keep them fed,” Dr. Hunter

Employees become very proud of what they can do. When
we are short on staff and all they are capable of doing is
tending to feeding and dressing, then they become frus-
trated,” she said. >

Therapy aides at several other institutions complained
that they were not really participants in the therapeutic pro-
cess; that most of their time was spent keeping house, a
situation that to some was particularly galling, because of.
the recent prohibition preventing clients from doing almost
any chores.

The workers wanted to know how they could expect a
patient or resident to treat their orders with respect, if, for
example, just prior to confronting a patient about his be-
havior, the aides were on hands and knees washing the floor
of that patient's room.

South Beach Psychiatric Center has come up with a
unique solution to that problem. The rule there is: He who
sees it, cleans it—doctor, aide, nurse, whoever.

Roger Heath, the director of Utica and Marcy Psychiat-
ric Centers, where morale is relatively good, said that “in
the institutions we know that, in round numbers, about. 20
percent of the patient-care ward staff’s time is devoted to
housekeeping tasks.”

He suggested that the tasks be separated, rather than
“overpaying grade 9’s for washing windows.”

Department of Mental Hygiene’s deputy commissioner
for manpower and employee relations, Jack Lagatt, said
that “we do not see housekeeping chores as an essential part
of the therapy aide’s job.”

“However, there would clearly be times when it would
be appropriate for a therapy aide to pitch in and clean up
a patient . . . There are cleaners. We do expect ward aides,
who are a step below the therapy aide, to perform light
housekeeping chores,” he said.

Robert Guild, CSEA collective bargaining specialist, said
that the ward service career ladder, which he helped es-
tablish, provides the job of ward attendant for housekeeping
chores.

The ward attendants, he said, are supposed to relieve
the situation of therapy aides doing housekeeping, not neces-
sarily eliminate it.

It is basically a problem of “out-of-title work” because
the “state doesn’t have enough grade 4's,” he said.

Mr. Guild suggested that a way to rectify this problem

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MENTAL HYGIENE
Ave. Albany

One influence
on morale is
the amount
of responsibil-
ity a worker is
allowed. Lack
of training has
prevented
many aides
from being re-
sponsibly in-
volved in the
therapy pro-
cess,

“How can you have good
morale when you're not
getting paid subsistence, when
you know that everybody
outside is getting more than
you... and when there's a
seething attitude that

nobody cares...”

WILLIAM L. WERNER

Director, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center

would be to negotiate, into the contract, a clause that
calls for a 10 percent premium to be paid when an employee
is asked to perform the work of a lower title.

The contract currently states that in an emergency,
which as defined is limited to 60 days, aides may perform
work out of title. Performance of some menial tasks, al-
though not a routine basis, is also the job of the therapy
aide. “If they are worked on a routine basis, then we have
the right to grieve it; and I think we could win,” Mr. Guild
said.

The problem of aides doing extensive housekeeping is
symptomatic of a deeper complaint, as expressed by a worker
at West Seneca Developmental Center, who said, “We have
no authority; we're not part of the team, we're not listened
to.”

Most directors described therapy at their centers as not
simply a relationship between doctor and patient, but a
much wider process that relies upon the interaction be-
tween patient and all staff members 24 hours per day.

Dr. Mesnikoff, New York City Mental Hygiene regional
director, in a paper published in 1964, and edited by former
Mental Hygiene Commissioner Lawrence Kolb, described
the controlled environment of a mental health institution
as the therapeutic milieu, “a protective setting in which the
patient’s behavior patterns, as revealed in relationships in
the hospital, may be observed, studied and utilized for
treatment.”

It is not, then, only a matter of importance for the
aides that they participate in the therapy process; it is
critical if the therapeutic milieu is to function as intended.
Clearly, the objections to doing out-of-title work would not
be as great if, as Dr. Hunter of Craig Developmental Center,
mentioned, the aides were able to feel part of a team and feel
proud; if the aide were, in fact and not merely in theory, a
principal in the therapy process of the hospital. The higher
morale would probably result in a lower number of assaults
against staff.

If staff is going to assume an active therapeutic role,
then it must be adequately trained, Such traiming does not
now take place.

“If you're saving money all the time, then you can't
manage your facility in such a way as to relieve peopie from
work in the wards,” to attend training sessions, former
Commissioner Kolb said. “With good supervisory and psy-
chiatric staff a certain amount of training can take place
on the waras.”

‘the need for training was agreed to by most adminis-
trators. A particular probiem in providing training was ex-
pressed by Chuck Soper, deputy airector of Syracuse De-
velopmental Center.

“We have a real problem in that to free a staff member
or a group of statf mempers to attend a training program
... Means that we pull them from the units. We don’t have
the liverty of saying that we've got an extra 15 or 20 peopie
whom we can slide into these places as we pull 15 or 20
people away from the unit,”

He said that the basic orientation program at the hos-
pital was adequate but that staffing probiems made more
intensive follow-up training difficuit.

The same proolem was expressed by Dr. Hunter, who
said that training was taking piace, but probably at a slower
rate than “if we had more people.”

GsKA research director Wuuiam Blom saw the lack of
adequate training as a significant factor in the problem
of assaults against staff.

“Because of the rush to have the people on the job,
there is not a departmental budget tnat aliows for staffing
the wards at the same time these people are trained for a
year to face different types of situations—there’s where the
meat of the whole proplem is.”

“If you could train these employees and tell them you're
not a permanent employee until you get through this train-
ing, and part of this training involved them in various stress
situations of ward work, I think you'd find that a lot of this
problem would go away.”

It comes down to money. In the words of Mr. Blom, the
state is looking for “a cheap way out. Maybe there is no
cheap way out.”

(Continued Next Week)

Other  influ-
ences are
changes in the
character of
the = popula-
tion at the
Mental Hy -
glene centers.

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“In the past, the Civil Service
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Section 75,” said CSEA’s director
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tion, Bernard J. Ryan. “However,
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to have employees of counties
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NEW CITY—The Civil Service Employees Association
has won its fight against a proposal to give both county and
state Mental Hygiene directorships to one man.

Bert Pepper. currently director of the county Mental

Health complex, was also pro-
Posed for the directorship of
Rockland Psychiatric Center.
Rockland PC CSEA Local presi-
dent Martin J. Langer, chairman
of the CSEA statewide political
action committee, fired off a
telegram to James Prevost, act-
ing director of the Department
of Mental Hygiene, who is await-
ing confirmation as head of the
state’s new Office of Mental
Health.

Mr. Langer pointed out possible
areas of conflict of interest in
having one person heading both
facilities—as, for example, that
both would be competing for the
same federal funds. He also noted
that Westchester County mental

eres
WHERE TO APPLY
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NEW YORK CITY — Persons
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should file at the Department of
Personnel, 49 Thomas St., New
York 10013, open weekdays be-
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Special
hours for Thursdays’ are 8:30
a.m, to 4 p.m.

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

By subway, applicants can
reach the filing office via the
IND (Chambers St.); BMT (City
Hall); ‘Lexington IRT (Brooklyn
Bridge). For information on
titles, call 566-8700.

Several City agencies do their
own recruiting and hiring. They

include: Board of Education
(teachers only), 65 Court St.,
Brooklyn 11201, phone: 596-
8060.

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

STATE — Regional offices of
the State Department of Civil
Service are located at the World

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floor, New York 10048 (phone
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Buffalo 14202: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Ap-
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York State, applicants should
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Unit, Room 1209, Office of Court
Admin, 270 Broadway, N.Y.,
phone 488-4141.

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Service Commission, New York
Region, runs a Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
York 10007. Its hours are 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays only.
Telephone 264-0422,

Federal entrants living upstate
(North of Dutchess County)
should contact the Syracuse Area
Office, 100 South Clinton St.,
‘*yracuse 13202. Toll-free calls
may be made to (800) 962-1470.
Federal titles have no deadline
unless otherwise indicated.

health officials, who opposed
Dr. Pepper's Rockland director-
ship, could have revised the geo-
graphical area of Rockland’s re-
sponsibility in such a way that
mentally ill Westchester residents
would be sent to Harlem Valley
Psychiatric Center in Dutchess
County, rather than to Rockland,
where they are presently sent.
This would have meant a 75-mile
shift in job location for some 50
employees who now care for the
Westchester residents at Rock-
land.

Copies of Mr. Langer’s telegram
went to Rockland-Westchester
Senator Frank Padavan of
Queens, who chairs the Senate
Mental Hygiene Committee be-
fore which Dr. Prevost was to
face confirmation hearings.

Mr. Langer pointed out that
the Board of Visitors and Board
of Governors of both facilities
had also expressed their opposi-
tion to having one person direct
the two operations.

“Serving two masters is a dif-
ficult, if not impossible, job,”
Mr. Langer said.

It was reported that Dr. Pre-
vost telephoned Rockland acting

director Fritz Breuer and prom-
ised that Dr. Pepper was defin-
itely not going to be named di-
rector of the state facility.

State Tests
Scheduled

(Continued from Page 11)
alysis assistant.

Candidates for clinical physi-
cian HIT and medical specialist
TIT must file by Feb. 20.

Eleven job filing deadlines fall
due Feb. 27. They are director of
land resources and forest man-
agement, assistant director of
environmental conservation, se-
nior drafting technician-archi-
tectural, principal drafting tech-
nician-architectural, tax trainee
I, tax technician trainee—Span-
ish speaking, motor equipment
maintenance supervisor I, motor
equipment maintenance super-
visor II, motor equipment main-
tenance field supervisor, motor
equipment maintenance super-
visor III, and public health rep-
resentative,

For details, contact the State
Civil Service Department at
either 2 World Trade Center,
New York City, State Office
Building Campus, Albany, or 1
West Genesee St., Buffalo.

The Federal Employee

(Continued from Page 11)
vision in the code of ethics ap-
proved by Congress requiring
@ government worker to “expose
corruption wherever discovered.”

Another provision prohibits
federal employees from disclos-
ing information from govern-
ment files, however. This “catch
22” situation allows superiors to
ignore complaints, even from in-
vestigators. It often eventually
leads to disclosures by the press.

The Leahy report goes on to
warn that any employee who at-
tempts to correct a problem does
So “at the risk of career, finan-
cial security and reputation.” The

record shows that employees who
reported abuses were dismiss-
ed, transferred, denied promo-
tion and harased not only
as @ reprisal but also as a warn-
ing to other potential critics, It
points out there is a genuine re-
luctance on the part of the Jus-
tice Department to follow through
where high officials are involved.

Senator Leahy has introduced
legislation to establish an inde-
pendent review board for improp-
er government activities. Rep.
Morris K. Udall of Arizona and
Rep. Paul Simon of Illinois, both
Democrats, are sponsoring the
bill in the House.

State Open

Competitive

Job Calendar

The following jobs
state Civil Service Di

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tment, Two World Trade Center, Manhat-

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St., Buffalo.

FILING ENDS FEB. 6

Title
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FILING ENDS FEB. 14

Public Health Dentist (Research) I!
Tax Compliance Agent (Reg. &.Sp. Spking)

FILING ENDS FEB. 14

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Env. Anal. Asst.

Senior Env. Ani
Assoc. Env. Ani
Principal Env. Anal.

FILING ENDS FEB. 27

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FILING ENDS MARCH 13

Hearing Reporter

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14

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, February 3, 1978

Civil Service Employees Association executive vice-president Thomas
McDonough, left, talks over public employee legislation with State
Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson of Binghamton during
Public Employee Conference breakfast last week.

Seek Taylor Law

(Continued from Page 1f

© Restore New York City Of-
fice of Collective Bargaining
jurisdiction over improper-labor-
practice charges,

© If the two-for-one fines are
not eliminated, change the law
so that the fines are made on
the basis of net, rather than
Bross pay, permitting the em-
Ployees to remit their taxes once,
rather than twice, which is now
the case.

© Permit an employee to be
represented by his union repre-
sentative at disciplinary hearings.

© Give arbitrators the right to
award money to an employee
who has been assigned to out-
of-title duties in violation of his
contract.

© Correct a technical omission
in the Agency Shop legislation.

© Provide that the courts
shall, not have power to stay ar-
bitrations nor to refuse to com-
pel arbitrations if a valid agree-
ment to arbitrate exists: also the
presumption of arbitrability of
contract-grievances, a concept
long prevalent in the private sec-
tor, should be applied to public
employee contracts,

© Provide Occupational Safety
and Health Act coverage for
employees of New York State and
its subdivisions,

® Allow veterans of World
War II or Korea the right to
buy back up to three years of
retirement credit for the years
they spent in military service,

© Prohibit restrictions on
where public employees may re-
side.

© Eliminate the arbitrary four-
year limit on preferred lists for
public employees who have been
laid off from their jobs.

® Continue the presumption
that police and firefighters’ dis-
ability from heart disease is job-
related.

The above legislation was pre-
sented to the leadership of both
the executive and the legislative
branches of the state govern-
ment last week. Among those
present were: Gov. Hugh Carey
and Lt. Gov. Mary Ann Krupsak,
Senate Majority Leader Warren
Anderson and Senate Minority
Leader Manfred Ohrenstein, and
Assembly Speaker Stanley Stein-
gut and Assembly Minority Lead-
er Perry Duryea.

“All these bills have the solid
support of the CSEA," said the
union’s executive vice-president,
Thomas McDonough. “They pro-
vide for a jarge measure of
Justice for the public worker.”

‘The CSEA, which bargains for
more than 300,000 public em-
phoyees statewide, ts the largest
union in the PEC, an organi-
zation formed in 1977 with the
goal of establishing united
force in the State Legislature on

Counties Pay Snow
Time, Not State

By RON KARTEN
While the snow storm of Jan. 20 meant a vacation day
for’many county workers around the state, for others—
mostly hapless state-employed workers—the snow cost a

personal leave day.

Irving Flaumenbaum, president
of the Civil Service Employees
Association’s Long Island Region,
called on Gov. Hugh Carey to
declare Jan. 20 a snow emer-
gency day and grant time-and-
a-half pay for those employees
who did get to work, while not
penalizing the others.

Mr, Flaumenbaum pointed out
that Nassau County employees
were not penalized for missing
work during the storm and that
time-and-a-half pay was granted

Reform

behalf of labor. One of its cen-
tral legislative accomplishments
during its first year of existence
was passage of the Agency Shop
bill, which requires non-union
members to pay the equivalent
of dues.

Amsterdam Non-Teachers
Pick CSEA As Bargainer

AMSTERDAM—The custodial and maintenance em-
ployees of the greater Amsterdam school district have voted
to retain the Civil Service Employees Association as their
collective bargaining agent by a vote of 35 for CSEA to 12

for the Amsterdam Teacher’s
Association, an affiliate of the
New York State United Teachers.

CSEA Capital Region IV su-
pervisor John D. Corcoran, Jr.,
expressed satisfaction with the
employees’ show of confidence.

“CSEA is building a reputation
of communication, service, edu-
cation and action for the public
employees of this area. The ATA-
NYSUT combo tried every trick
in the book to distort the record
and to misrepresent the facts.
But the Amsterdam non-instruc-
tional employees saw through

this smear campaign and voted
for an honest, hardworking bar-
gaining agent. Maybe that’s what
all Amsterdam School District
employees should have working
for their fiscal security — an
honest, upright union,” he said.

The CSEA Amsterdam main-
tenance and custodial workers
will now request that negotia-
tions with the school district for
@ new collective bargaining
agreement commence as soon as
possible,

Voting Set For Southern
MH Board Representative

PISHKILL—Ballots were scheduled to go out Jan. 31 to
eligible voters to elect a Mental Hygiene representative to the
Civil Service Employees Association State Executive Commit-
tee of the Board of Directors from Region III. Four candidates
are listed on the ballots, which must be returned by 6 p.m.
Feb. 13 for formal counting on Feb. 14 at CSEA headquarters
in Albany,

The election is to fill a vacancy created as the result
of the death of John Clark. The successful candidate will be
elected to fill the unexpired term which runs until June 30, 1979.

In order of their appearance on the ballot, the candidates
are Robert R. Thompson, Manuel (Manny) Ramirez, Eva Katz
and Clayton L. Witham.

Mr, Thompson has served as chairman of the Region
Mental Hygiene Committee, two terms as president of Local
409 and one term as Local vice-president at Harlem Valley
Psychiatric Center, .

Mr. Ramirez has served as first vice-president of the
Letchworth Village Developmental Center CSEA Local; a mem-
ber of the statewide human rights committee, and numerous
other region and statewide committees,

Ms, Katz has served as first and third vice-president of
her Local, on the regional and statewide nominating com-
mittees, treasurer and member of the regional political ac-
tion committee, interim regional secretary and a member of
the regional trial board.

Mr, Witham is a member of the executive committee and
grievance committee of the Hudson River Psychiatric Center
CSEA Local, and has been a member and chairman of nume
ous regional committees.

ts

for those who worked. Suffolk
County closed its offices outright,
and did not penalize its workers.

Dutchess County in the CSEA’s
Southern Region II closed its
offices at 11:30 a.m, on Jan. 20.
Workers who showed up and
then were sent home received a
full day's wages and those who
did not get to work at all were
only charged for the three and
@ half hours they missed. There
is some discussion, at the county
level, as to whether or not this
three and a half hours can be
made up.

State workers in’ the same
areas didn’t fare so well as their
fellows in many local govern~
ment jurisdictions.

In some instances, state office
buildings were closed by order of
the Governor, yet all workers
were required to take personal
leave time for the day.

In New York City, for example,
the State Insurance Fund work-
ers who came to work were told
to go home at 10 a.m. Only after-
wards did they learn that they
would have to charge the lost
time to their personal leave days.

State employees in Albany
were also dismissed early that
day, and they too had to charge
the unworked hours to personal
leave time.

The Governor's office defended
this action stating, “personal
leave time days were designed
for this purpose.”

For the most part, however,
the north and west parts of the
state kept the snow. under con-
trol. “I don’t think we had the
problems other places had,”
Robert Lattimer, president of the
CSEA's Western Region VI, said,

More was yet to come, though.

On Jar 26, Mayor Lee Alex-
ander of Syracuse received warn-
ing from the National Weather
Bureau 0 a big storm. By noon,
Syracuse city workers were on
their way home and were to be
paid for the day.

Onondaga County workers
were likewise sent home that day
and received full wages, accord-
ing to Robert Obrist, president
of Civil Service Employees Asso-
ciation Local 834,

All state workers in the area
were also told to go home. State
workers, however, will have to
charge the day to their personal
leave time.

Claire McGrath, vice-president
of CSEA's Syracuse Local 013,
has promised a blanket class ac-
tion grievance for all state work-
ers affected by the Governor's
order.

On Jan. 27, Niagara County
closed up due to the weather. A
spokeswoman there said that the
county was closed and no .one
would lose personal leave time
because of it.

Social Services

ALBANY—The state Civil Ser-
vice Department established an
eligible Ust for senior social ser-
vices management specialist on
Nov. 2, 1977 as the result of a
July 1977 open ‘competitive ex-
am. The list contains 119 names.

Putnam County Highway De-
partment worker Joseph Pug-
gioni shovels snow last week, on
route 52, in Carmel.

Snow

(Continued from Page 1)
provision in the union contract
that states that, “An employee,
who has reported for duty and
because of extraordinary circum-
stances beyond his control other
than those related to weather
conditions is directed to leave
work, shall not be required to
charge such directed absence
during such day against leave
credits...”

Mr. McDonough commented,
“Either the Governor or the state
Civil Service Commission has the
power to waive such regulations,
and has on occasion in the past.
We think this is a case where it
should be done again.”

Clifton Park
Workers Vote
Yes For CSEA

CLIFTON PARK — The
Civil Service Employees As-
sociation has become the
collective bargaining agent
for the highway and landfill em-
ployees of the Town of Clifton
by a vote of 15 for CSEA rep-
resentation to 5 for no repre-
sentation.

In its battle to become the
first public employee union to
represent Town workers, the
CSEA had to overcome two at-
tempts by the Clifton Park ad-
ministration to break the union-
ization campaign before the em-
Ployees were allowed a chance to
express their own voice in the
organizational campaign.

Greg Davis, CSEA organizer,
who assisted the 21 workers in
their effort, commented on the
results of the election, “finally,
the employees have spoken and
this time management must lis-
ten, This win proves CSEA’s abil-
ity to overcome all the road-
blocks which management can
develop to stop their employees
from selecting a bargaining
agent. And the employees confid-
ence in CSEA will certainly
have a positive effect on mi
agement at the bargaining tab!

The CSEA Clifton Park unit
now becomes the newest member
of the Capital Region of CSEA,
which serves 36,000 public em-
Ployees on all levels of govern-
ment.

Improper practice charges
which had been filed against the
town for allegedly attempting to
dissuade its workers from joining
the CSEA, are currently being
held in abeyance. “If the at-
mosphere at the bargaining table
is amicable, the situation could
be resolved at that time,” &
union spokesman said.

MINEOLA—Nassau County
and several Nassau towns,
villages, and school districts
are seeking new employees
this week.

Job hopefuls who file appli-
cations by Feb. 6 may qualify for
administrative assistant I posts
with several school districts and
the Board of Cooperative Educa-

GO TO HEALTH

By WILLIAM 8. WILLIFORD

The Non-Smoker’s Guide

Hats off to Donna Shimp, who recently established the right

of an employee to work in a smoke-free environment.
,,._4 New Jersey Superior Court issued a permanent injunction
Against her employer, requiring the employer to provide an atmos-
phere for her free of harmful pollutants and
occupational hazards, including tobacco smoke.

‘This is a very significant court decision for
non-smokers who do not like working in a
smoky environment but up until now did not
know what to do. Ms, Shimp with her lawyer
has written a book on her experiences called "A
Complete Guide for Making the Workplace Safe.”

The book details the steps leading to this
unprecedented court decision. The guide can be
f 4 valuable aid for individuals who want and
need protection from passive smoke, physicians
who diagnose passive-smoke-inhalation problems and want to help
patients achieve a healthier environment, public health personnel,
attorneys who have clients seeking similar redress, and labor leaders
who need to educate and familiarize themselves to this situation
to properly represent non-smoking employees in grievances.

Copies can be obtained by sending $4.95 per copy (check or
money order) to the NICSH, 419 Park Ave. So., New York, New
York 10016.

Remember, second hand smoke (the smoke from others’ cigar-
ettes) is also harmful to your health.

King Memorial Draws Crowd

WEST BRENTWOOD—Thou-
sands of people crowded into
Pilgrim Psychiatrie Center as-

Betty Duffy, CSEA Mental Hy-
giene representative.

Rehab, Social Work, Other Nassau Jobs Open

tional Service, assistant office
services supervisor jobs with the
county and several towns, and
Officer service supervisor jobs
with several towns. There is a
Feb. 25 exam date for these jobs.

‘There is a Feb, 15 filing dead-
Une for rehabilitation counselor
and building maintenance super-
visor I, both county jobs. The
test date for these posts is March
18.

‘There is no written exam for
Psychiatric social worker I, II,
and II and psychiatrist social
‘work coordinator, also all county

Dumping Debate

(Continued from Page 2)
Mr. Lennon advised caution on

“A leopard doesn’t change its
spots in the middle of a field,”
he said.

He added that union officials
must also monitor the hiring of
people to run the proposed pro-
gram.

LEGAL NOTICE

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139 WEST 19TH ST. CO., 115 East 9th
St, NYC. Substance of Certificae of
Limited Partnership filed in New York
Gouaty Clerk's Office December 19,
1977. Business: Own and operate real
property. General Partners: Lawrence
Devine, 72 Fifth Ave., NYC; Susan Ab-

Irving Bergman,
Mineola, NY; Florine Snider, 1 W 89
Se, NYC. Term: April 15, 1977 to April
15, 1987 unless sooner terminated. Cash
Contributions: Susan Abbott $75,000;
Louise Lane $10,000; Irving Bergman
$10,000; Florine Snider $5,000. Partners
shall share in the net profits as pro-

sembly ‘hall last month for me-
morjal ceremonies honoring Mar-
tin Luther King.

‘The full-day services featured
music and speakers including
Irving Flaumenbaum, Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association Re-
gion I president; Joe Noya, CSEA

N.Y. State Ordinary & Ac-
cidental Disability Claims,
also Social Security Disa-
bility Claims.

Marc L. Ames

Pilgrim Local 418 president, and Atty at Law
11 Park Pl, N.X., N.Y.
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CARLYE BUSINESS ARCHIVES, 57-61
‘West 38th St., NYC. Substance of Certi-
ficate of Limited Partnership filed in
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28, 1977. : Own and operate
Partners: Stanley

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Rocheele, NY; Steven J, Fuchs, 97 Bay-
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returned upon consent of general part-
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out consent of general partners. Addi-
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No priority among limited partners as
to contributions or as to compensation
by way of income, Limited partners
than

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Accounting, Careers In ..... i $10,714 20-200
Actuary (Casualty), Associate . $18,369 20-416
Actuary (Life), Associat $18,369 20-520
Actuary ( ey Principal $22,694 20417
Actuary (Life), Principal $22,694 20-521
Actuary (Life), Senior oo 14,142 20-519
Actuary (Casualty), Supervising $26516 20-418
Actuary (Life), Supervising $26,516 20-522
Audiologist, Assistant «$11,337 20-885
Audiologist $12,670 20-882
Chief Accountant $26,516 90-008
Dental Hygienist $ 8.523 20-107
Dentist-In-Traini $20,428 = 27-679
i $22,694 27-629
oo $25,161 27-680
covcseeeee Gf 10,118 20-888
ti cosceee Gf 10,714 20-887
Dietitian, Supervising cose 12,670 20-886
Electroencephalograph Techni $ 7,616 20-308
Engineer, Assistant Sanitary ...! wise G 14,142 20-122
Engineer, Junior $11,337—$12,275 20-109
Engin: Senior Sanitary $17,429 20-123
Food ice Worker $ 5,827 20-352
Histology Technician ‘ $ 8,051 20-170
Legal Careers $11, 164—$14,142 20-113
Librarian, Public . $10,155 and up
Medical Record Administrator $11,337 20-348
Medical Specialist | $27,942 20-407
Medical Specialist II $33,705 20-408
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aid Trainee

(Reg & Spanish Speaking) $7,204 20.394
Motor Carrier Transportation Specialist $13,404 20-889
Nurse | $10,118 20-584
Nurse Il .. $11,337 20-585
Nurse Il. (Psychiatric) $11,337 20.586
Nurse II (Rehabilitation) “$11,337 20-587
Nurse, Health Services $10,714—$11,489 20-333
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Occupational Therapist,

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Physician |, Clinical $27,974 20414
Physician Il, Clinical $31,055 20415

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ist I $33,704 20-391

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Speech Pathologist Assistant $11,337 20-884
Speech Pathologist $12,670 20-883
Stationary En 4 $9,546 20-100
Stationary Engineer, Assistant $14,142 20-303
Stationary Engineer, Senior $10,714 20-101
Varitype Operator $6811 20-307
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor $14,142 20-140
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee $11,983 20-140

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16

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, February 3, 1978

meeting coordinator for the Region,

CSEA president William L. McGowan, left, a former president of the Western Region and its West Seneca
Developmental Center Local 427, pauses to discuss local problems with some of the Region’s current
leaders. Left from Mr. McGowan are Ginger Moronski, third vice-president of SUNY at Buffalo Local
602; Western Region first vice-president Genevieve Clark, of Roswell Park Memorial Institute Local

president Sara Sievert, SUC at Buffalo Local 649 Barbara Chapman, Local 607 first
vice-president Mary Ann Bentham and SUNY at Buffalo Local 602’s Jerry Frieday,

Western Region second vice-president Robert Smith explains some
of the concerns bothering his members as CSEA director June Boyle
(Universities) listens. Both are members of SUNY at Buffalo Local
602, with Mr. Smith as Local president,

(Leader photos by Hugo Unger)

Emphasize Rank-And-File
Input AtWestern Meeting

Endorse Raymond Gallagher For State Senator

(From Leader Correspondent)
BUFFALO—Not enough leaders pay attention to the rank-and-file members of the
Civil Service Employees Association, the statewide union’s president intoned at a recent

meeting of the CSEA’s Western Region VI.

“Our membership is turned off,” said William McGowan. “I'll accept 90 percent of

the blame, but I won't accept 100 percent.
“Start cleaning up at the local level,” he urged
the delegates, all leaders in their chapters, “Then
and then alone are we going to be a good union.”
Mr. McGowan, once the president of the West-
ern Region, proudly announced that membership
in the CSEA now totals 315,000, an all-time high.
“Now, if we can get that 315,000 together, our
problems would be a hell of a lot easier,” he said.
“Let's start thinking about the rank and file.
If the stuff doesn’t get out to the membership it
means absolutely nothing.”
Mr. McGowan took the opportunity to explain
to the delegates why he had disbanded the un-
jon’s toll-free, Albany-based telephone informa-

The service, he said, cost $3,869 a month. “It
got to the point where it was always busy and
you couldn't use it,” he noted.

He said he planned to reinstate the service and
provide the number only to the heads of CSEA
“Let's use it for what it was meant
for,” he said. “Let's not give it to every member
because then they circumvent you and you don’t

Turning to the upcoming CSEA convention
April 3 and 4 in Albany, Mr. McGowan said he
expected to ride herd on time-consuming and

“We're going to try to run this thing orderly,”
he said. “We're going to stop filibustering and,
God, I hope we can get rid of some of the people
who jump up and talk 28 times on the same

“It's obvious to me,” he added, “that a lot
of people come to the convention and don’t give
a damn about what they're talking about.

“We're holding this convention to better service
our members,” he explained.

Mr. McGowan was the principal speaker at the
afternoon business session of the regional meet-
ing, conducted in the Sheraton East Hotel in

CSEA executive vice-president Thomas McDon-
ough and CSEA secretary Irene Carr also at-

ie 303, and Mick Stanton, president of Buffalo Psychiatric Center Local 403,
480 obbiggg ve
& SUNY at Buffalo Local 602 delegate Doris Williams, left, exchanges
views with Alyce Grosso, a steward with the same Local, as they
mull over action taken by Region at its winter meeting last month
in Cheektowaga.
tion service,
chapters,
know what's going on,”
useless debate.
*
subject.”
As she usually does, Western Region treasurer Barbara Fauser, of
Health Research Local 315, remains after meeting adjournment to
work with Local officers, Here, Ms, Fauser, left, aids SUNY at Buffalo suburban Cheektowaga,
Local 602 treasurer Tillie Wilken. Ms. Fauser’s Local, headed by
Grace Steffen, hosted the Region meeting.
=i
A
Several leaders of University Locals exchange information on mutual problems being
faced by members at their campuses, From left are SUC at Fredonia Local 607

Counties Workshop, talks with three delegates from Erie Education
from Mr. Marr are Diana Brusky, of West Seneca School District; "
vice-president Dolores Toncheff, of Lackawanna SD, and Local 868 political action

tended. “CSEA is going up and I'm really excited
and proud to be an officer during this reorgani-
zation,” Ms. Carr said, referring to the current
reshuffling ordered by Mr. McGowan.

Stephen Wiley, of the CSEA legal staff, told
the delegates the two principal issues during the
current session of the State Legislature were civil
service reform and the state’s attempts to de-
institutionalize the Department of Mental Hygiene.

“The gauntlet has already been thrown by the
Governor on that issue,” Mr, Wiley said of the
deinstitutionalization. He urged members to be
on the alert for “the kind of human suffering that
this program is bourid to cause.”

“Let the CSEA know about it,” he suggested.
“This deinstitutionalization threatens everybody
because it’s a form of subcontracting.”

Ramona L. Gallagher, the region’s third vice-
President and co-chair of the political action com~-
mittee, urged members to let their feelings be
known to the committee regarding candidates for
state office,

“I don’t want anyone to say ‘I didn’t get the
opportunity to make input into the committee,’”
she said, adding:

“This is going to be such a crucial year it's
going to be scarey.”

Peter Blaauboer, president of the Buffalo Local
003, took advantage of her comments to suggest
the Region endorse Raymond C. Gallagher, a
Democrat, for state senator, Mr, Gallagher, a
former Erie County legislator, is running in a
special election in February to fill the state sen-
ate seat vacated when State Senator James G.
Griffin was elected Mayor of Buffalo. Mr. Gal-
Jagher received endorsement by the Region's dele-
gates,

Mr. Blaauboer also asked the political action
committee to consider donating $500 to Mr, Gal-
lagher’s campaign.

In his report to the meeting, Robert LiLattimer,
Region president, announced he had formed a
committee to review the desires of the member-
ship regarding a union newspaper,

Victor Marr, former president of both Erie County Local 815 and of the Western

Local 868, Left
Local 868 first

chairman June Ferner, of West Seneca SD.