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Election Note

A copy of the official ballot
for election of CSEA officers
and State Executive Board
members and regional offleers
is printed on the inside of this
ixsue, Please pay special at-
tention to the instructions for
using your ballot, which will
insure that your vote Is valid
and secret.

Hearings Start
On CSEA-State
Contract Terms

ALBANY — A legislative
hearing in the contract dis-
pute between the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn. and the
State will be held at 9 am.
Wednesday, June 4, in the
Legisutive Office Building,
Hearing Room A, Albany.

A 12-memtver, bi-partisan Joint
legislative committee will con-
duct the hearing, receiving test!-
mony from CSEA and the State,
‘The committee is charged with
arriving at a final settlement in
the dispute. The matter was
thrown into a legislative hearing
process efter Gov, Hugh L. Carey
rejected portions of a fact-find-
ing panel's recommendation

calling for, among other things,

Beame’s Actions Show
Crisis Is Real, Tries
To Spot City Senators

‘VERY public budget is a
political document. The
proposed budget for the City
of New York unveiled last
week by Mayor Abraham D.
Beame in the full glare of tele-
vision lights ls no exception to
(Continued on Page 6)

Retiree News

Sullivan Pact Provides 22.5%

‘Silver Dollar Day’ Is Held
To Retain Hudson School

HUDSON — A group of Civil Service Employees Assn.
members at the state's only all-girl correctional facility, the
Hudson Training School, are fighting for their jobs and the
welfare of the institution’s residents in an effort to change

the Carey Administration's deci-
sion to close the school.

and the backing of political, civic
‘and business leaders in the city,
the 8.08, (Save Our School)
Committee of the Hudson-Brook-
wood chapter of CSEA organized
@ “Silver Dollar Day” rally last
month, There were about 400
participants.

The 150 employees who stand
to lose their jobs by September
if Governor Carey does not allot
an appropriation for the facility
tn his supplemental budget, had
their paychecks converted into
silver dollars when they onshed
them in order to emphasize to
merchants the amount of money
Hudson Training School employ-
ees spend in the area.

“The Hudson Training School
is an essential institution—tit’s
effective, it's needed and it's an
economic necessity to Hudson,”
said Marty Gallanter, chairman
of the 8.0.8, committee and a
child care worker at the school.

“Aside from the monetary
angle, the fate of the children
Mt the facility, teenage girls
mostly between the ages of 14

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and 16 years old, is not known,
should the institution close.
However, I think {t's very likely

it back

put
into the community without

of its kind in the state and the
only one exclusively for young
women, The employees don't
want to see it close and the
people of Hudson don't want it
to close, either.”

A petition urging the governor

(Continued on Page 14)

Wenz Issues Call
- For Reconvening

Of Layoff Board

(Special to The Leader)

ALBANY —The Civil Service Employees Assn. has re-
quested the immediate reconvening of the Joint State-CSEA
Committee on Layoff Units, charging that serious problems
and inequities have occurred among state employees affected

by layoffs announced recently by
the State.

CSEA president Theodore C.
Wenal, in a letter late last week
to Donald H. Wollett, director
of the State Office of Employee
Relations, requested the recon-
vening of the joint committee,
because the recently announced
State layoffs “are bringing to
the surface many problems and
inequities With respect to cur-
rently designated Isyoff units as
well as layoff rules, laws, regula-
tions and practices.”

Dr, Wenzl said the reactiva-
tien of the State-CSEA com-
mitvee is necessary “in order to
resolve some of these serious
problems and to provide for more
equitable treatment of affected

The CSBA leader noted he
made the request under provi-
sions of an addendum to the
State-OSEA agreement on layoff
units whieh says the joint com-
mittee may be reconvened any
time during the term of the
agreement by request of either
party to discuss problems rela-
tive to the administration of
layoff rules, laws, regulations and
practices,

Layoff threats have flowed
from Carey Administration
spokesmen for the past several
weeks, some of which have been
carried out while others have
been viewed as pressure tactics
by the governor in his fight with

the State Legislature for more
taxing power. CSEA claims prob-
lems and inequities have crop-
ped up where layoffs have oc-~
curred, while tension and fears
have increased sharply among
employees in units where layoffs
have been threatened but not as
yet enforced.

“Employees separated from
State service do have rights and

(Continued on Page 14)

Medina’s Contract
Has 34-Cent Boost

MEDINA — Employees of
the Village of Medina re-
ceived raises of 34 cents per
hour under terms of a one-

Employees
Assn., according to CSEA field
representative James C, Stewart.

‘The contract also provides the
use of up to 165 days accrued
‘and unused sick leave credits
toward retirement credits, thus
inereasing benefits by one-half
year.

Local president Wilfred
Wheatley, who also served as
chief negotiator with Medina of-
ficials, noted that although the
pact will run from June 1, 1975,
through June 1, 1976, the pay in-
crease was retroactive to May 1
‘This, he said, “provided a bonus
of wbout $60 per person.”

Joh-Threatened ACTEC Workers Aided

ALBANY—Thomas Linden,
collective bargaining special-
ist for the Civil Service Em~
ployees Assn., pledged the
union will do all in its power to
protect the rights of 116 CSEA
members at the Adirondack Cor-
rectional Treatment and Evalua-
ton Center, Dannemora, gched-
ied to be closed sometime this
month,

Mr, Linden added that CSEA
plans & campaign to inform the
public of what he termed “the
dangerous statewide situation
that will exist if this facility i
closed and its inmates trans-
ferred to other facilities around
the state,”

ACTEC faces closing, he said,
because of “highly politically mo-

tivated cuts in’ the State Depart-
ment of Corrections’ budget” by
Gov. Hugh L. Carey,

“ACTEC is not a day camp for
trustees, it's not a country club
for felons,” Mr. Linden declared.
“It ts the safety valve for the
whole state prison system.
ACTEC has some of the most
disruptive inmates in the whole
state prison system, They were
sent to ACTEC to remove them
from dangerous areas in other
state prisons. Some of the origi-
nal Attica revolt jeadership group
are at ACTEC,

Explosive Situation

“Now, when New York needs
460 more cells to ease the al-
ready explosive state prison sys-
tem situation, the Governor is
going to transfer 360 disruptive

inmates to various overcrowded
Prisons throughout the state
He's not planting the seeds for
just another Attica, but for a
whole series of such costly prison
battles,” Mr. Linden sald,

“Politically speaking,” the bar-
gaining specialist continued,
“Governor Carey is really taking
® financial swing at the Repub-
ican organization that exists in
the Clinton County ares,

“This region is already listed
by the Federal government as a
depressed ares.’ Now the Gover-
nor js taking away a much-need-
ed $40,000 weekly payroll from
it, If this was New York City,
he'd be sending money in by the
truck Joad,” Mr, Linden oon-
cluded

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, June 3, 1975

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‘Regrettable’: CSEA

ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn. termed a
State Supreme Court justice's decision to allow the State of
New York to release names and addresses of its employees
“regrettable,” but said it has no plans to pursue the matter

to & higher court,

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Viet Relief Helped
By Nassau Chapter

MINEOLA — The Nassau
chapter of the Civil Service
Employees Assn, had con-
tributed $1,000 to the Viet-
namese- American Friendship
Pund conducted by the Catholic
Relief Agencies, Irving Fiau-
menbaum, president of the chap-
ter, announced,

“Our nation is a nation of im-
migrants, many of us refugees,
and CSEA well understands the
suffering that has befallen these
people,” Mr. Plaumenbaum ob-
served,

. Wensl added, “It can
be expected the state will be
wiving out lists of employees to
theme Apparently the lat oould

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Information for the Calendar may be submitted directly
to THE LEADER, It should include the date, time, place,
address and city for the function, The address is: Civil
Service Leader, 11 Warren St., New York, N. ¥. 10007.
Attn.: CSEA Calendar,

JUNE
Hotel Syracuse, Syracuse,

3—County delegates worksho,
oie chapter, charter fishing party:

4—Long Island Armory Empl
7 a.m., Captree dock.

5—SUNY at Buffalo chapter buffet dinner and quarterly membershi
meeting: 5:30 p.m,, Faculty Club, Harriman Library, SUNYAB,

9—SUNY at Stony Brook chapter elections: 6 o.m.-6 pm.. first floor,
campus library, SUNYASB,

11—Suffolk County Retirees chapter meeting:
Golf Club, Central Islip.

11—Orange, Ulster and Sullivan Counties Retiree chapter executive
meeting: | p.m,, Middletown Psychiatric Center, Middletown:
2 p.m., general meeting,

41—Orange County chapter board of directors meeting: 7:30 p.m.,
Casa Fiesta, Middletown,

13-14—Syracuse Region 5 meeting: Holiday Inn, Oneonta,

14—SUNY at Albany chapter annual outing: | p.m.9 p.m., Picard's
Grove, New Salem,

14—Creedmoor chapter dinner-dance and installation of officers:
Valley Stream Park Inn, Valley Stream.

1 pm. Gullhaven

Be sure to sign your name on flap of return envel-
ope for validating purposes.
If you do not receive your ballot by June 3, 1975,
you may obtain a request for # replacement ballot from
your chapter president.
Regular ballots must be received by outside agency

by 6 p.m. on June 21, 1975.

Replacement ballots must be received by outside

agency by 6 p.m. on June 26, 1975,
‘The area designated for write-in candidates is the

reverse side of the ballot. Please read carefully write-in

instructions printed on the ballot,

Addition To SUNY Candidate Write-Ups

The resume of Prank Glider

FRANK GILDER
To my  fellow-members,
ladies and gentlemen of the

State University:

Tam Frank Gilder of State
University of New York at Al-
bany. In our Chapter I have been
& Unit Representative, Grievance
Committee Chairman, First Vice-

to unite if We are to promote
Programs that benefit us all col-

leotively,

Another area in dire need for
improvement is to have a better
informed membership. Lf we can

implement these two points, uni-
fication and information, the
people who represent you will
have a more solid position to re-
solve our difficulties. Thank you.

VIRGINIA COLGAN
DOROTHY RABIN
STEVEN ZAROD
ROBERT KEELER
ELEANOR KORCHAK
DALE DUSHARM
PATRICIA CRANDALL
JUNE BOYLE

Job Threatened ACTEC Workers Aided

Mone 40 present CSEA’s disap-

Margaret
Douglas plans to ait in on all

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, June 3, 1975

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Open Continuous

State Job Calendar ~

Assistant Actuary $10,714
Assistant Clinical Physician $27,942
Associate Actuary (Life) $18,369
Supervising Actuary (Life) $26,516
Principal Actuary (Life) $22,694
Associate Actuary (Casualty) $18,369
Supervising Actuary (Casualty) $26,516
Senior Actuary (Life) $14,142
Clinical Physician | $27,942
Clinical Physician It $31,056

Compensation Examining Physician | $27,942
Dental Hygienist $ 8523
Dietitiar $10,714
Supervising Dietitian $12,760
Electroencephalograph Technician $ 7.616
Food Service Worker $ 5.827
Hearing Reporter $11,337
Histology Technician $ 8,051
Hospital Admi ion Intern $10,118
Assistant Hydraulic Engineer $14,142
Senior Hydraulic Engineer $17,429
Industrial Foreman $10,714
Laboratory Technician $ 8,05)
Public Librarians $10,155 & Up .
Licensed Practical Nurse $ 8,051
Maintenance Man

(Mechanic—Statewide except Albany) $ 7.616
Medical Specialist | $27,942
Medical Specialist II (Bd. Eligible) $33,704
Medical Specialist Il (Bd. Cortified) $35,373
Mental Hygiene Asst. Therapy Aide $ 7,204
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide (TBS) $ 7,616
Motor Equipment Repairman

{Statewide except Albany) $ 9,546
Nurse | $10,118
Nurse Il $11,337
Nurse Il (Psychiatric) $11,337
Nurse Il (Rehabilitation) $11,337
Occupational Therapist $11,337
Senior Occupational Therapist $12,670
Offset Printing Machine Operator 8 6450
Pharmacist $12,670
Senior Pharmacist $14,880
Physical Therapist $11,337
Senior Physical Therapist $12,670
Principal Actuary (Casualty) $22,694
Psychiatrist | $27,942
Psychiatrist Il (Board Eligible) $35,373
Psychiatrist Il (Board Certified) $35,373
Radiology Technologist {$7,632-$9,004)
Radiology Technologist (1.8. Service) .....($8,079-$8,797)
Senior Medical Records Liberian $11,337
Senior Recreation Therapist $11,277
Senior Recreation Therapist $12,670
Asst. Sanitary Engineer $14,142
Senior Sanitary Engineer $17,429
Specialists in Education ($14,358-$22,694)
Speech & Hearing Therapist $11,337
Sr. Speech and Hearing Therapist $12,670
Stationary Engineer $ 9,546
Senior Stationary Engineer $10,714
Steam Fireman $ 7.616
Stenographer-Typist $ varies
Varitype Operator $6811

Additional information on required

experience
application forms may be obtained by mail or in person at the Stete

qualifying

ans
20-520
20-522
20-521
20416
20-418
20-519
20414

20415
20420

20-107
20-124
20-167
20-308
20-352
20-211
20-170
20-555
20-135
20-136
20-558
20-121
20.339
20-106

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20-408
20-394
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Department of Civil Service: State Office Building Campus, Albany
12226, Applicants can file in person only at Two World Trade Center,
New York 10047; or Suite 750, | West Genesee Street, Buffalo,

New York 14202.

with emphasis on wildlife,
fisheries or biological sci-
ence can apply for & variety of
biologist and ecologist positions
until June 16 with the state De-
partment of Environmental Con-
servation, Most of these jobs are
located at the Division of Pish
and Wildlife in Albany,

‘The positions are: Supervising
Aquatic Biologist, Exam 27-503,
Paying $17,429 per year; Super-
vising Wildlife Biologist, Exam
27-504, paying $17,429 per year;
Principal Aquatic Biologist, Ex-
am 27-500, paying $19,396 per
year: Principal Wildlife Biologist,
Exam 27-502, paying $19,396 per
year; Principal Fish and Wild-
life Biologist, Exam 27-501, pay-
ing $19,396 per year; Chief Wild-
life Biologist, Exam 27-505, pay-
ing $22,694 per year; Chief Fish
and Wildlife Ecologist, Exam 27-
464, paying $22,694 per year

Tn addition to the bachelor of
science degree eligibles need at
least four years of professional,
progressively responsible, wildlife
program experience to be accept-
ed.

Candidates will be evaluated
on fraining and experience, and
@n oral exam also, which will be
given during July.

The state ts also accepting ap-
plications for Director, Vocation-
al Rehabilitation Correction Pro-
gram, Exam 27-512, paying
$21,545 per year; Coordinator for
Postsecondary Research, Infor-
mation Systems and Institutional
Ald, Exam 27-518, paying $29,471
per year and Assoc. Coordinator
for Postsecondary Information
Systems and Institutional Aid,
Exam 27-517, paying $25,161

Nassau Picnic Day

MINEOLA—The annual picnic
of the Nassau chapter of the Civil
Service Employees Assn. has been
scheduled for Saturday, Aug, 9,
it was announced by Irving Fiau-
menbaum, president of the chap-
ter. It will be held at the tradi-
onal location, the Mushrooms
Picnic Area at the Hempstead

Nominate Dow

ALBANY—Gov,. Hugh L, Carey
has nominated former US. Con-
gressman John G. Dow, of New-

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As 15 Draw 60-Day Suspensions

‘THIELLS—Manny Ramirez, vice-president of the Letchworth Village Developmental
Center chapter, Civil Service Employees Assn., attacked what he called the institution's
“outrageous harassment of food service workers” after disciplinary charges were brought
against 15 workers there, in less than one week.

‘The 16 were all charged with
failing to keep a kitchen door
locked.

“Management has proposed a
penalty of 60 days suspension
without pay,” Mr, Ramires said.
“This is a ridiculous penalty,
even if the charges were true.
The union will not stand for
such a costly penalty for these
workers, who have done nothing
wrong.”

The institution has a rule that
an outside door leading to a
kitchen must be kept locked,
ostensibly to prevent Letchworth
residents from escaping. Food
service workers are issued keys
to the door because deliveries of
food and supp! are often made
there. However, many of the
keys the workers are given are
made so cheaply that they break
off in the lock, Mr. Ramirez sald,
“and many of the workers never
receive keys because there are
not enough to go around.

“This institution is in such

New York State’s
No. 1 ““Get-Well” card,

bad shape that the keys either
don’t fit and lock or they break
the first time they're used,” Mr.
Ramirez said. “Then they try to
make the employees pay for the
incompetence and inefficiency of
the institution's management.”

The rash of disciplinary
charges also angered Mr. Ram~-
tres, he sald, “Because there's a
question whether that rule should
even exist. There’s only one out-
side door to the kitchen and, in
case of a fire, it would have to
be unlocked anyway so our em-
Ployces could get out.”

Bob Guild, CSEA collective
bargaining specialist for Mental
Hygiene, backed up Mr. Ramirea’
claim that Letchworth manage-
ment is harassing its employees.

Mr. Guild agreed with the
chapter official's clatm that
Letchworth Village has more em-
ployees brought up on charges
than any other Institution or
agency in New York State

“We've had over 300 disctplin-

plinary procedure went into ef-
fect In 1973, The number of
cases we handle in a week, other
institutions don’t handle in a

New Rochelle’s
Pact Has 16%
Wage Increase

NEW ROCHELLE—A con-
tract, settled upon after nine
months of negotiations and
holding a 16 percent wage
increase over its two-year life,
has been drawn between the
City of New Rochelle and the
New Rochelle unit of the Civil
Service Employees Assn.

During the contract talks,
which began in August 1974,
Public Employment Relations
Board {fact-finders participated
The pact calls for an 8 percent
wage Increase retroactive to Feb.
15 and an additional 8 percent
boost Feb. 1

The New le unit repre.
writs 200 workers who had beer
working without a contract sine
Dec. 31, 1974

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Cents And Nonsense

OOKING back to the Gubernatorial campaign, only last

year, it is difficult to recall the optimism that developed

around the Carey candidacy and enabled the Brooklyn Con-
gressman to ride to victory on a crest of good will,

Tt has little, if anything, to do with the cold, hard facts
that confront a Governor, who has to make decisions and
set policies that affect the lives of hundreds of thousands
of the state's citizens, in particular those of the state's
employees.

It shouldn't be too hard to believe, then, that the Carey
stance should have gone through so much change as he
made the transition from Congressman to candidate to
Governor-elect to inauguration to chief executive. Incredi-
ble, yes, but not impossible.

Looking back only a few months, we remember the Gov-
ernor presenting the alternatives of a salary freeze or
layoffs (and a vaguely worded hope for another solution)

Now, before the Administration has been in office for
even half a year, the Governor's position seems to include
both the freeze and layoffs

This seems to us to be the greatest breach of good faith
of all—for even while the state contract with its employees
has been dumped in the lap of the Legislature, announce-
ments of layoffs are coming with increasing frequency.

Even time schedules for layoffs are being moved up,
as with the safety inspectors, who were told that they would
be retained through June 30, and then soon after were in-
formed that 394 inspectors would be fired as of May 14

This is not the kind of performance that earns confi-
dence in any administration—especially when it is revealed
that the Governor's own executive office staff is larger than
that of his predecessor, Malcolm Wilson; that Lieut. Gov.
Mary Anne Krupsak’s operating budget Is three times that
of Mr. Wilson’s when he served as Lieutenant Governor; that
the number of Assembly staff jobs has tripled since January,
that the Legislators are enjoying more than 50 percent
greater income as voted by the outgoing Legislature.

We are not discussing small honorariums, either, Many
of these positions are in the $20,000 to $40,000 range -—whicla
is enough to pay the wages of far more public servants than
political patronage appointees.

There {s irony, too, in the Governor and the Lieutenant
Governor making grandiose statements about personal sal-
ary cuts, then haggling over details as various newspapers
throughout the state continue to remind them that they
had ignored their own statements. Even with their reduced
pay, the Governor of New York would still be the second-
highest paid elected official in the United States (after the
President), and the Lieutenant-Governor would be the sixth-
highest paid in the nation (after the President, the Gover-
nor of New York, the Governor of Texas, the Vice President
and the Mayor of New York City) ... and that’s after the
so-called pay cut,

For the record, the Governor's salary is officially $85,000
and the Lieutenant Governor's |s $60,000, Their self-imposed
pay cuts are something else again. Members of the Legisla~
ture receive $23,500 annually, plus lulus,

Quite a contrast when you realise that many public
employees are working for salaries between $6,000 and $6,000
in these days of accelerating inflation.

We hope that the Legislature, where hearings begin this
week on the state workers’ contract, will be more under-
standing of the human needs of state employees than has
been the Governor.

and will do very little to ease the
agony that will confront the
Beame administration in the
several years ahead.

Prom a political point of view,
Beame shifted the spotlight to
seven Republican Senators, with
constituencies in the City, whose
reaction will be orchestrated by
Senate Majority Leader Warren
M. Anderson of Binghamton.

‘The seven Senators Beame ts
attempting to spot are: John
Mareh! of Staten Island, chair-
man of the powerful Senate Fi-
nance Committee; Deputy Ma-
jority Leader William T. Conk-
lin of Brooklyn; John Calandra
of the Bronx, who is also chair-
man of the County Republican
Committee; Roy Goodman of
Manhattan, who is chairman of
the State Commission that 1s re-
vising the City Charter; Martin
Knorr and Prank Padavan of
Queens, and John Plynn of
Yonkers, who represents a séc-
tion of northern Bronx

Obviously there are options
open that will avold the mass
layoffs and the sharp cuts in
City services. The Mayor can in-
crease revenues by extending the
sales tax to services, such as
barber shops, beauty salons, dry
cleaning and other services; he
can impose tuition charges at
the City University; he can
eliminate the City's subsidy to
the transit system and compel a
subway fare hike; he can impose
tolls on various bridges across
the Bast River, Some of these
steps have been demanded by the
leadership in the State Senate.

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Law Committee.

Termination Of Employment

The Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme
Court for the Fourth Judicial Department recently consid-
ered the question of whether written notice of termination
of employment—as contrasted with notice of unsatisfactory
service—satisfies the requirement of subdivision (1) of sec-
tion 4.5 of the New York State Civil Service Department
Rules and Regulations as they pertain to a probationary
employee whose services are to be terminated. On Sept. 17,
1969, the petitioner in this case was appointed as a senior
institution teacher from an eligibility list to a position at
the State School for Boys at Industry, New York. More than
two years later, while still on his probationary period, he
received written notice from the respondent Director of
Education at the State School that his services were being
terminated at the close of the day on Dec. 31, 1971.

THE PETITIONER CONTENDED {n an Article 78 pro-
ceeding that section 4.5(1) of the Rules and Regulations of
the Department of Civil Service requires written notice to
a probationary employee that his services are being termi-
nated for unsatisfactory service, Respondents pleaded that
the notice given petitioner was sufficient and asserted that
he had in fact been orally advised at the time the notice
was delivered to him that his services were being terminated
due to a poor attendance record, which assertion petitioner
denied. The Supreme Court tn Special Term directed a jury
trial of the factual issue of whether petitioner had been
told the reason for his termination. The jury in this case
returned the verdict and determined that at the time of
delivery of the notice, petitioner had not been told the
reason for his termination; a judgment was granted re-
storing petitioner to his position and awarded damages for
wages lost during the period of his dismissal.

THE RESPONDENTS APPEALED from this final judg-
ment and sought review of the intermediate order. The re-
spondents contended that it was error to submit to the jury
the question of oral notification to petitioner of the reason
for his discharge and that the written notice of termination
concededly delivered to him more than one week prior to

the date of termination was legally sufficient, The court @

agreed with those contentions, holding that the employment
of a probationary employee may be terminated without
Specific reasons being given, without charges being filed,
and without a hearing.

JUDICIAL REVIEW of such a termination is limited
to an inquiry on the issue of good faith. If the termination
was made in bad faith, it therefore becomes arbitrary and
capricious. The court pointed out that there is 4 substantial
difference between notice of termination and a notice to the
effect that the employee's service is unsatisfactory. It ap-
pears that so long as the employee was given one week's
advance written notice of his termination, that the rule
has been complied with, and since there was therefore no
issue of fact to be
mitted the case to the jury and the petitioner should have
been dismissed on the law. Application of King vy. Sapler,
364 N.Y.S. 2d 652.

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SERVICE LEADER,

CIVIL

Abe Libow, New York City chapter recording sec-
retary, exhorts delegates to give “our regional of-
ficers the backing they need to represent a uni-
fied region.”

No, it is not a fist-fight between Bronx Psychiatric chapter presi-
dent William Anderson, left, and former Willowbrook chapter presi-
dent Thomas Delaney. The two men just happened to be speaking

and gesturing at the same time,

Seven of the nine candidates for Mental Hygiene Region 2 representative (four to be elected) are, from

left, James Gripper, Kings County; Patrick Fraser,

Willowbrook: Joar

Tom Bucaro,

Shaw, Brooklyn;

South Beach; Sallie Jones, Brooklyn; Ronnie Smith, Willowbrook, and Salvatore Butero, New York Psy-

chiatric Institute, Other candidates are Dorothy
Mr, Smith and Mr, Barge are incumbents.

William DeMartino, left, president of Metropolitan
Division of Employment chapter, and Canute
Bernard, New York City chapter delegate, are
both contending for Labor representative. Dr.
Bernard is one of the three incumbents.

Former New York City chapter president Samuel
Kmmett, left, ts running for Tax representative to
CSEA Board, Victor Pesel is seeking re-clee-
tion as Banking representative

(Leader photos by Ted Kaplan)

King, Creedmoor, and James Barge, Bronx. Ms, King,

Francols Frazier, left, New York City delegate, and
Alfred Knight, Metropolitan Armories chapter
president, are both seeking seats on OSEA State
Executive Committee, Mr, Frazier to represent
Motor Vehicles and Mr, Knight, Executive De-
partment,

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Public Services chapter president Cynthia Doyle
made impassioned plea for greater fire and safety
protection in World Trade Center. Listening are
Ward's Island chapter second vice-president Floyd
Payne, left, and first vice-president James Fields,

Brooklyn Psychiatric Center chapter president
Joan Shaw displays some of the emotionalism that
delegates expressed in thelr concern for state
workers’ contract,

NYC Region 2’s
Delegates Meet

Former Metropolitan Conference secretary Edna Perooco was acting
secretary for the meeting. Here she pauses for moment of conversation
with New York City Region third vice-president William Cunningham.

1OLANGS TAD

Candidates for region second vice-president beam assuredly at camera. From left are Gennaro Fischetti,
New York City chapter; James Gripper, King’s County DC, and William DeMartino, Metropolitan Di-
vision of Employment. A fourth candidate for the position is Bob McBrien.

Solomon Bendet, right, president of New York City Region 2, confers
with Ronnie Smith, the regional first vice-president and challenger
for Mr. Bendot’s position as the region’s top clected official

Cart Laurino, left, of Metropolitan Division of Em- _—Pitted against each other in the race for regional
ployment chapter, will be challenging John Evers first vice-president are the incumbent second vice-
ley, of Parole, in Mr. Eversiey’s re-election bid president Vincent Rubano, left, and New York City
for regional treasurer. chapter delegate Canute Bernard.

Attention is being paid to business proceedings by, from ieft, James Wood, Downstate Medical Center w York City chapter delegates Willie Raye and Marie Robinson
chapter first vice-president; Frances DuBose, Downstate second vice-president; Alma Hayes, Ward's Is. k att

during discussion on setting up committee to review
land delegate, and Al Davis, Downstate delegate,

the region’s position in regard to fact-finders’ recommendations on
contract reopener provisions for stgte workers.

New York City Region 2 supervisor George Bispham, right, gets together with three — Field staffer Edward Seherker reviews the situation with, from left, New York City
members of his staff, from left, Sot Gordon, former president of Brooklyn Psychiatric chapter delegates Rosalie Jones, Martha Owens and Viola Pruitt, An estimated 120
chapter; Bart Brier, and Harold Krangle, former president of Waterfront Authority delegates attended the meeting, which was called to debate the situation following

chapter. announcement of the fact-finders’ recommendations on state workers’ contract.

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MINEOLA—The final lan-
guage on 18 fringe benefits
was made known last week
as the Nassau Board of Sup-
ervisors adopted a unilateral
contract imposed under terms of
the Taylor Law.

‘The contract, it had been an-
nounced euriier, limited salary
increases to 6 percent for those
receiving increments, 6% per-
cent for those on top step and
3 percent for those earning more
than $25,000.

Among the fringe provisions
made known were an increase In
automobile mileage payments to
15 cents per mile, overtime cut-

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Manhattan's liberal silkstocking
district, this group of Senators
subscribe to the traditional Re-
publican belief that the City has
been too profligate in the scope,
variety and quality of the ser-
viees it provides. With the ex-
ception of Goodman, each of the
Senators has in the past been
endorsed by the Conservative
Party.

In the view of many, the City
has for too long operated at
& level beyond its ability to pay.
Retrenchment and cutbacks have
become the order of the day. ‘The
only question that remains {4
how long a period of transition
will be allowed, in order to ease
the pain of retrenchment. That
issue will be decided befo
jong

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Some, tt limits are pro-
Vaaed by the Paic Labor wiend-
ards Act, an increase in

coverage up to $745,

Other provisions improve dis-
ciplinary procedures, require no-
tiffeation of any derogatory in-

file, provide for re-entry into
service without loss of longevity
up to one year, provide sick leave
for pregnancy, dental and op-
tometric examinations, and
guarantee ome year’s leave of
absence for pregnancy.

Also included were legal pro-
tection from any Yawsuit arising
from employment, repair of cos-
tumes, freeze on apartment rents
time-and-one-half
pay in cash for compensatory
lume accumulated within 60 days

for doctors,

prior to death, 75 days accumu-
lated leave to be paid on separa-

that their plan could be effected
without creating any need for
reductions in staff or cutbacks
of any vital services.

Chapter president Irving Plau-
menbaum said the formula was a
“Taylor Law contract.” He was
quoted In the press, responding
to the question whether CSEA
was aceepting the contract: “We
have no cholee under the law
but to accept it, but we don’t
Mike it,”

Salaries Frozen

Chairman of the Board of
Higher Education, Alfred A.
Giardino, has announced a “tem-
porary freeze" on appointments
and promotions at City Univer-
aity of New York.

Tt will affect all future per-
sonnel sotions, except those re-
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(From Leader Correspondent)

This past week the cause of consumerism was markedly
advanced with final Senate approval being given to A.1252-B,
Fink et al, and 8.1309-B, Barclay et al., which for the first
time opens a legal door to class action lawsuits in a wide
range of possibilities. This type of suit has been severely
restricted in New York State law up to this point. It is ex-
pected that Governor Carey will sign the bill, particularly in
view of his calling for such a measure in his first Annual
Message to the Legislature.

Spokesmen for business groups have been opposing the
Fink-Barclay bill because they fear a rash of “frivolous”
lawsuits may be generated by individuals who may use
this course as a weapon in revenge for some real or fancied
grievance.

Backers of the measure argue that consumers should
have the right to seek damages for all persons injured by
some fraud or improper action, with everyone in the given
classification being indemnified if the lawsuit is successful,
They add that the threat of potential loss through class
action should scare shady operators out of the marketplace
or, at the very least, improve their operating techniques.

Another major victory for consumers came just a bit
earlier when the Governor signed Chapter 65 of the Laws
of 1975, an act abolishing the “fair trade” provisions of the
General Business Law. It had been this section which per-
mitted manufacturers to establish standard prices and
enforce price fixing for their distributors and retailers. Spon-
sors hope competition now may force some of those fixed
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POUGHKEEPSIE — Mem-
bers of the Civil Service Em-
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cational chapter ure starting
early this year in thelr drive to
arouse patriotic interest in Flag
Day June 14.

John Famelette, chairman of
the chapter's flag committee,
said that he will send a free
three-by-five-inch American fiag
decal to anyone who writes for
‘one. A stamped, self-addressed
envelope should be enclosed. Mr.
Pamelette has 2,500 flags on
order; they were purchased with
funds from the chapter treasury.

Mr, Pamelette’s address is 45
Meyer Ave., Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
12601

Mr. Famelette and his com-
mittee have been promoting
Piag Day in this way for the
past six yelirs. He said the pur-
pose is to show pride in America
and faith in its ideals, He added
that this year the display of
decals may be more widespread
than ever, “because it is the first
time in years the nation has not
been torn apart by the war in
Vietnam.”

In the past, the CSEA chap-
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for decals from as far away as
Long Island and the Canadian
border.

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ALBANY —Twenty-five State employees received cash
awards totaling $845 in April for money-saving ideas sub-
mitted to the New York State Employee Suggestion Award

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Program.

‘The program ts administered
by the State Department of Civil
Service, and estimated first-year
savings from these suggestions is
$3,952.

‘The awards, winners and their
residences are:

$150: Joint award to Virginia
Smithrick, Cohoes, and Rose
Remley, Berne, both Department
of Taxation and Finance, and
Kathy Ann Tucker, Albany, De-
partment of Mental Hygiene.

$90: Sandra Luniewski, Gal-
lupville, Drug Addiction Control
Commission,

$75: Joint award to Floyd R.
Ernst, Averill Park, Michael Jon
Marley, Schenectady, and George
E. Matala, Schaghticoke, all De-
partment of ‘Transportation;
Kenneth J. Schweigard, Central
Bridge, shared jointly with June
Scott, Troy, both Department of
State.

$65: Molly Cercone, Ballston
Lake, Taxation and Finance.

$50: Dominic J. DelBrocco,
Schenectady, shared jointly with
James K. D'Arcy, Jr., Schenecta-

dy, both Taxation and Finance
Walter Schumacher, Unedilla,
Division of State Police, and
Charles Marshall, Rensselaer-

ville, shared jointly with John
Lennon, Albany, both Insurance

$25: Jacqueline Ann Rock,
Brooklyn, Department of Social
Services; Albert J. Beauregard,
Cohoes, shared jointly with Sam-
uel B, Weissman, Amsterdam,
both Taxation and Finance;
Nicholas D. Forte Jr., Mechanie-
ville, Office of General Services;
John J, Brown Jr, Albany, De-
partment of Heslth; Matthew L.
Breitenbach, South Westerlo, also
Health Department; Loretta
Bardelli, Albany, Education De-
partment; Dominic J. DelBrocco,
Schenectady, Taxation and Pi-
nance, and William E. Therrien
Jr., South Westerlo, Health.

Cash award winners receive
certificates of merit. Certificates
of merit also were awarded to:
Max Fehder, Bronx, Department
of Labor; Orest Lewinter, Al-
bany, Department of Environ-
mental Conservation; Hugh
Templeton, East Greenbush, Ed-
ucation, and Virginia A. Taylor,
Rensselaer, Department of Labor

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Stony Brook Goes To Polls City Chapter Candidates Are Selected

STONY BROOK — Election
of officers and unit represen-
tatives for the State Univer-
sity of New York at Stony

Ballots will be cast from 6
a.m. to 6 p.m. In the first floor
of the Stony Brook campus
Mbrary,

Candidates and offices sought
are: president, Al J. Varacchi
and Gloria Diamond; first vice-
president, Alexander Castaldl;
second vice-president, Edward
Zurl; recording secretary, Nina
Sclafani; corresponding secret-
ary, Katheryn McKenna and

Donna Persing; financial secrét-
ary, Estelle Gremmell and T. De-
Mange (formerly Ann Dib-
blero); treasurer, Helen Fox, and
delegate Vincent Ruggi, William
Bologna and Libby Lorio.

Alternate delegate, Mildred
Just and Joseph Carapamzo; op-
erational unit chairman, Harold
Drennan, Michael DiGiola and
Norman LeMire; PS&T unit
chairman, Bettina DeMaggio and
Harold Cupolo; administrative
unit chairman, Virginia Merola
and Frances Olivio; administra-
tive unit secretary, Marion
Moore, and custodial unit chair-
man, Thomas Spector and Lau-
renee Martinez

NEW YORK CITY—Nomi-
nations for officers of the
Civil Service Employees
Assn.'s New York City chap-
ter were announced at the chap-
ter's executive committee meet-

will be opposed in his re-election
bid by Rose Peuerman for the
Presidency of the NYC chapter,
largest chapter of state em~-
ployees in the union.

In the contest for first vice-
president, Incumbent Martha W.
Owens will be challenged by sec-
ond vice-president Benjamin
Lipkin, Vying for the vacated
position of second vice-president

Special"Notice

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If you are a new employee under age 39%2 and apply tor this
insurance within 120 days trom your employment date, you are
guaranteed $150.00 per month in benefits. All other members
may also apply and will be required to show evidence ob insur-

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$4,000 but less than $5,000
$5,000 but less than $6,500
$6,500 but less than $8,000
$8,000 but less than $10,000
$10,000 and over

You can now apply for
disability income benefits

upto

$150 a month
$200 a month
$250 a month
$300 a month
$400 a month

When your annual salary is increased to a new wage bracket,

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Employee item No.

will be former chapter president
Samuel Emmett and Giles Spoon-
hour.

Incumbent third vice-president
Arthur Lakritz will be challenged
by Robert Diaz and Gennaro

Por corresponding secretary,
contenders are Elsie Yudin, Med-
rie DeHopg and Harold Mc-
Carthy, Incumbent recording sec-
retary Abe Libow will be chal-
lenged by Obie Nickins and
Pabia Calderon. Incumbent fi-
nancial secretary Anthony Verl-
cella will face Willie Raye.

Additional candidates may be

placed on the ballot by submit-
ting petitions containing 5 perf
cent of the chapter membership
before noon of June 17. These
Petitions should be turned into
the chapter office, Room 900C,
80 Centre St., Manhattan.

Mr. Bendet said that shortly
thereafter, at a date to be set,
there would be a meeting where
candidates will draw lote for
placement on the ballot, At this
meeting, they will also have an
opportunity to present their
programs.

Ballots will be mailed from
Albany, based on the membership
Usts on file,

Some City Salaries Rising

Salaries of some city employees
have risen recently or will rise
fn the coming months.

The personnel department of
the city Civil Service Commis-
sion approved the following pay
hikes

As of April 1 Railroad Watch-
men receive a minimum. rate of
$5.21 and hour and a maximum
of $5.37, Transit Property Pro-
tection Agents receive the same
rates,

On June 1, foremen or rail-

road watchmen and foremen of

transit property protection agents».

will salary hikes to a mini-
mum of $13,342 per year to a
maximum of $15,316, This 1s al-
most $500 more than their cur-
rent salaries, October 1 will sig-
nal another hike for foremen to
$14,009 and $16,081

The commission also increased
minimum salaries of probation
assistants to $6,800 and the max!-
mum $8,000.

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, June 3, 1975

CSEA Turns Back AFSCME.

am ®
ofS

Challenge In Niagara County

NIAGARA FALLS—The Public Employment Relations Board has rejected arguments
by Council 66, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, in an
attempt to decertify the Civil Service Employees Assn. from representing social workers
and supervisors in Niagara County.

they wanted to break off tie

community of interest or that
they are now experiencing or
are likely to experience conflicts

Rumor State Agencies
Aid Challenging Unions

BUFFALO— William McGowan, president of Western
Region 6, Civil Service Employees Assn., said recently that

Layoff Board

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benefits available to them as a
result of CSEA's work with the
joint State-CSEA committee, and
we intend to see that those
rights and benefits are received
by any affected state worker, and
that all layoffs are administered
according to the Agreement,” Dr.
Wenz) stated, “We have reasons
to believe this is not being done
in Bll cases now by the State,
and we want the joint committee
reinstated immediately to correct
the situation,”

aU addition to rules covering
administration of layoff proced-
ures and rights of reinstatement
for people affected by layoffs, he
noted such individuals also are
eligible for payment of unused
vacation and overtime credits up
to 30 days mach, and that the
agreement covers employee
rights relative to health and
dental insurance.

Dr. Wenal pointed out that
since all payroll deductions cease
when an employee is laid off, it
ls necessary to make provisions
for direct payment to maintain
CBEA membership and partici-
pation in CSEA group life und
accident/sickness insurance pro-
«rams.

Arrangements were nearing
completion to continue these
benefits on @ direct-pay basis,
Dr, Wensl said, adding that de-~
‘lulls would be available to CREA
members within @ week or two,

send it

to CSEA Albany Head-
quarters.

ces Assn, 33 Elk St, Albany,
N.Y. 12201, ATTN: William Me-
Gowan.

have seen all but one of their
proposals placed on the table in
negotiations, tind a case worker
has been a CSEA chapter vice-
president.

“Por all these reasons, I find
thet a separate

Doyle said CSEA field represen-
tative James Stewart should re-
ceive great credit.”
AFSCME had filed tts petition
May 9, 1974 and hearings before
PERB Examiner Janet Axelrod
were held in August, September
and October of last year, with
both unions filing briefs subse-
quently. CSEA was represented
by attorney Richard J. Schroff.

School Rejects PERB Recommendation

VALATIE—A State Public
Employment Relations Board
mediator’s recommendation
to settle the salary dispute
between the non-instructional
employees of Ichabod Crane
Central School District, repre-
sented by the Civil Service Em-
ployees Aasn., and the district
board has been rejected by the
school board. The issue will now
80 before a state-appointed fact-
finder.

Michwel Carroll, CSEA repre-
sentative, called the rejection
“unreasonable and unjustifiable.

“It %& highly unusual,” Mr.
Carroll commented, “for a medi-
ator to issue @ report containing
recommendations. I think he did
90, knowing that the past settle-
ments for this employee group
have been very moderate, In
1973, the employees received a
five-cent an hour increase and
in 1974, the employees received
10 cents an hour, I think he
further recognised the difficult
situation the employees are in

with respect to the cost of living.
However, the settlement propo-
sal was certainly not out of line
when compared to salary in-
creases received by other em-
ployee groups in the District.”

Mr. Carroll cited the teacher
and administrator settlements
reached late last fall. The ad-
ministration received raises
ranging from $1,800 to $2,300,
and the teachers received raises
ranging from $900 to more than
$1,700. The mediator recom-
mends a 3%-cents-an-hour in-
crease for non-instructional em-
ployees over the 1975-1976 school
year,

‘For full-time employees, this
amounts to just under $700 an-
nually,” Mr, Carroll continued,
“and most of pun, employees
don’t even work full-time. While
the local unit was not happy
with the medistor’s recommen-
dation, T tink there was « good
chance for ratification. I believe
there is a distinct possibility the
on the

Tri-County Meeting

MIDDLETOWN—An exec-
utive committee and general
membership meeting of the
Orange, Ulster and Sullivan
Counties Retirees chapter, Civil
Service Employees Assn., will be
held Wednesday, June 11

1 p.m. and the general member-
ship meeting will start at 2 p.m.

Pass your copy of
The Leader
on to a non-member,

Buffalo SUNY
Quarterly Meet

BUFPALO—The State Univer-
sity of New York at Buffalo
chapter, Civil Service Employees
Asen., will hold its quarterly
membership meeting Thursday,
June 5. The meeting, which will
include o buffet dinner, will
begin at 5:30 pm. in the Faculty
Club, Harriman Library, on
campus.

Veterans Administration
Information Service
Call (202) 389-2741

Washington, D.C. 20420

of appreciation for 32 years of State service, as Mra. Kelts looks om.

Rochester Retirees
Name Their Leaders

ROCHESTER — Ruth McFee
has been elected to a two-year

who suffered 4 heart attack. She
had been chapter vice-president.
Other officers elected are: first

‘Silver Dollar’

(Continued from Page 1)

and the legislature to approp-
riate funds to allow the school to
remain open was signed by 5,000
people in the community. The
‘CSEA chapter, headed by Ernes-
Une Coleman, also waged a let-
ter-writing campaign to the
Governor, the Lieutenant gover-
nor, the Speaker of the Assem-
bly and the Senate finance
committee.

Mr. Gallanter told the group
that as @ result of their action,
the committee has received word
of the Governor's willingness to
reexamine the closing decision.

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Goals of your State Retiree Committee:

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* Federal income tax exemption of $5,000 for retire-
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* Attainment of potential 80,000 retiree membership
Send the coupon below for membership information.

Retiree Division

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33 Elk St,
Albeny, N.Y, 12207

Please send me a membership form for membership in
Retired Civil Service Employees of CSEA.

Legislature Is ‘Last Re

WHERE TO APPLY
FOR PUBLIC JOBS

are located at the World Trade
Center, Towér 2, 55th floor, New
York 10048, (phone: 408-4248;
10 a.m.-3 p.m.; State Office Cam-
pus, Albany, 12226; Buite 760, 1
W Genesee St., Buffalo 14202:
9 am.-4 p.m. Applicants may ob-
tain announcements by writing
(the Albany office only) or by
applying in person at any of
the three.

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

Por positions with the Unified
Court System throughout New
York State, applicants should
contact the Staffing Services
Unit, Room 1209, Office of Court
Admin, 270 Broadway, N.Y,
phone 488-4141

FEDERAL — The US. Civil
Service Commission, New York
Region, runs a Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
York 10007. Its hours are 8:30
am: to 5 p.m., weekdays only.
Telephone 264-0622,

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

INTERGOVERNMENTAL
‘The Intergovernments! Job In-
formation and Testing Center
supplies information on N.Y.
City and State and Federal jobs
Tt ts located at 90-04 16st St
Jamaloe, Queens, 11432 and of
fice hours are from 9 an. to

5 pan. weekdays, The phone for
information about clty jobs Is
523-4100; for state, 626-6000

and for federal, 626-0192

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all tng on since January under terms
of @ third-year reopener clause
Service Employees Assn, ap- % the three-year pect.

In rejecting the fact-finders
ere im the state-CSMA contract report, the Governor tossed the
ispute. figcal hot potato into the laps

ply rejection os tue

findere, appointed law, the means

en paar ealaeoen wees ‘the Legislature will have to ap-

Board, recommended s 6 percent point « bipartisan committe: to

wage increase for state workers. Tesolve the impasse. The panel's

Gov. Hugh L. Carey rejected this deeiston on the issue will be «
figure, however, and in turn pro- as

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IL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, June 3, 1975

LEGISLATIVE PANEL SESSION — Checking the speakers’ list at the Saratoga County
Civil Service Employees Assn.'s chapter legislative panel session are, from left, Charles Luch, president
of the Saratoga County Educational chapter; Howard Cropsey, Region 4 political action chairman, Ed
Wilcox, president of the Saratoga County OSEA chapter; Senator Douglas Hudson; Assemblyman Bob
D'Andrea, and James Madigan, administrative assistant to Senator Fred Isabella,

®> Monroe CSEA Officers Come
To Defense Of Jail Deputies

>

(From Leader Correspondent)

ROCHESTER — Monroe County jail staff members, unhappy over public criticism
of conditions at the jail, have found friends among the officers of their Civil Service Em-

ployees Assn. unit.

Robert Fagan, vice-president of the sheriff's unit, Monroe County chapter, and William

Faber, jail steward and negotia-
tor, ure meeting with newsmen
‘and politicians in an attempt to
tell the staff's side of the dis-
pute.

“We're caught in the middle,”
Mr, Fagan said. “On one side
are the inmates, complaining
about jail conditions and fre-
quently taking out their frustra-
tlons on the jail staff.

“On the other side are the
politicians, conducting investiga
tons, probing charges of alleged
poor conditions inaide the jail.”

A Monroe County grand jury

“We think it's time we spoke
out,” Mr. Pagan sald. “How are

we supposed to do our jobs?
‘These days, it’s us, not the pris-
oners, who are being portrayed
as the bad guys.”

Mr. Paber said the prisoners
“laugh at us. We've been spit at
and had food thrown at us. It's
all in @ day's work and it's part
of our jobs. But when everyone
is crying over the prisoners’ men-
tal health, why don’t they think
of the guards? We're locked up
eight hours every day too."

Several of the 20 deputies, a
nurse and others on the staff
said they felt the job was a
hazardous one. They must fre-
quently break up fights among
prisoners and there's always the
potential for violence, they said.

“I worked as a police officer
‘and was never afraid," one depu-
ty said. “But the first time I
was locked in with 56 prisoners

Rensselaer Balloting
Brings CSEA Victory

RENSSELAER—A majority of the 40 blue-collar workers

of the City of Rensselaer voted to join the Civil Service Em-

* ployees Assn. in an official representation election conduc-
ted by the Public Employment Relations Board

CSEA polled 30 votes to seven
for “no organization.”

CSEA had previously asked the
Rensselaer City administration
to recognize a unit of 25 blue-
collar employees. When the city
failed to do so, CSEA went to
PERB requesting & representa-
tion contest for a larger unit.

According to & CSEA spokes-
man, the city retaliated by cut-
ting the workweek to four 10-
hour days, CSEA filed an im-
proper practice charge against
the city but withdrew it when
Rensselner reinstated the origin-
al work sohedule and agreed to
the election.

‘The reovgnition win follows
CSEHA's representation victory
over an AFL-CIO affiliate in the
Renseelaer County Sheriff's De-
parunent.

Jack Corcoran Jr., CSEA Al-
bany Region 4 field supervisor,
commented, “These public em-
ployees have selected CSEA to
be their bargaining agent from a
field of other so-called public
employee unions that are ap-
pearing and disappearing in New
York State almost overnight,
CSEA has been around for 65
years, These people know that
CSEA ls the state's largest public
employee union and they want
to be an active part of that or-
@anization.

Name Woodward

ALBANY—William Woodward,
former deputy secretary to Gov.
Hugh L, Carey, has been ap-
pointed deputy state superin-
vendent of banks.

1 was damn afraid, and some-
umes I still am,”

Many deputies dislike the title
of “jail guard,” preferring to be
called jafl deputies.

“When you think of a jail
guard, people picture some 200-
pound, cigar-smoking bully who
locks up people und likes to beat
on them,” @ deputy said.

“That's just not true. I'm an
average guy who wears levis on
my days off and earth shoes. I'm
dust @ guy trying to do my job.”

Mr, Faber also said that in-
mates and others have down-
graded the jail’s medical and
dental services “when they're ac-
tually very good. The inmates
get dental service when they
need it and « doctor-surgeon

legislators to take the jail away
from the Sheriff's Department
and establish a separate county
Department of Corrections to
run the jail.

“We'll fight it," Mr. Fugan
said. “We feel that the politicians
are using the controversy of re-
cent months to set up another
political plum. The whole idea
of a Department of Corrections
reeks of politics,”

Mr. Fagan added deputies will
show up en miawse when the
county holds hearings thie month
to decide whether to seek state
legislation creating the correc-
tions department. “They'll hear
from us," he promised,

‘The jail staff mid it supports
Sheriff William M. Lombard and
would rather work for him than
for someone else in & new county
department. Working for a new
county department also could
mean pay cuts and fewer pen-
sion benefits, the CSEA officials
feel. +

No matter who runs the jail,
Mr, Fagan concluded, “there'll
always be tension when you have
people locked up. You'll always
have problema, But we believe
our jail is an excellent facility
which ls staffed by dedicated and
professional people.”

Four-Month Sullivan
Talks Lead To Pact
Holding 22.5% Hike

MONTICELLO—Members of the Sullivan County unit,
Civil Service Employees Assn., ratified a new two-year
work agreement (142-9) for CSEA-represented county work-
ers, It features an average raise of approximately 22% per-

cent over the life of the con-
tract as part of the step and
grade salary schedule negotiated.

According to a spokesman for
CSEA, the union and the county
had been in negotiations from
last December until April 30.
During that time an improper
practice charge was filed by
CSEA, the dispute was settied
nnd then the charge was with-
drawn. A contract settlement
was finally reached by both
sides and provisions are retro-
active to-Jan, 1

‘The contract, which has been
signed by both the union and
the county, also includes in-
creased longevities and an addi-
tional step.

Other highlights of the pact
include a revised seniority provi-
sion including @ seniority layoff
procedure and a posting proce-
dure for all county job vacancies;
increased meal and uniform al-
lowances; sick leave socumula-
tion Increased from 114 to 165
days; guaranteed weekends off
for inftrmary workers; Increased
shift differential, and a mileage
reopener clause linked to any
possible gasoline price increase.

All employees of the county
will also be granted time and a
half in ‘compensatory time or in
cash for all overtime worked.
with all paid leave worked to be
included for computation of
overtime payment. The new
agreement includes a promotion
whereby all employees are guar-
anteed 8 7 percent increase in
salary on promotion.

Other new additions include
Section 41-} of the Retirement
Law; disability insurance, and
the creation of « labor-manage-
ment committee which, among
other things, will negotiate sala-
ries for new positions,

Members of the CSEA nego-
tiating team, assisted by CSEA
staff specialists, were Allce Gio-
grande, Carl Gold, Esther Key-
saw, Linda Clements, Walter
Durkin, Harry Goldberg and Peg
Delamarter.

Prior to representation elec-
tions late last year, Sullivan
County employees were split up
into several units and the high-
way workers, now represented by
an APL-CIO affiliate, are not
covered under the pact.

Ulster Unit Restructured

KINGSTON—The members
of the Ulster County unit,
Civil Service Employees Assn.,
voted to restructure the unit
into six sections.

The move is aimed at giving
members more grass-roots par-
ticipation in union activities and
decisions affecting their jobs.
Each section will be involved in
and responsible for only those
decisions that directly affect its
own members, and will not have
to contend with the unrelated
problems of other employees,
Por example, each section
would conduct its own labor-
management meetings.

The six sections will include;
Department of Public Works, So-
cial Services, Home and Infirm-
ary, Health Department, Com-
munity College and County Com-
plex.

Bach section will have its own
board of directors, officers and
treasury. The presidents of
each of the six sections will serve
on the Ulster County chapter
board of directors.

‘The sectioning concept will not
affect the strength of the union
when it comes to bargaining for
4 new contract. When that time
comes, the sections will join to-
gether and bargain as a single
unit.

"WORKING PRESIDENT'— Eteanor McDonald, newly clect-
ed president of the Town of Greenburgh unit, Civil Service Employees
Assn, typifies the “working president” as she is shown at her job
4s an accountant in the Water Department, Ms, MoDenald also
serves an the Westchester Local $60 political action committee, Also
elected were Russ Imlay, vice-president; Rachel DeMasi, secretary,
and Walter Honovieh, treasurer, The new officers were installed by
Wentchester chapter president Kay Casldy at the union's local office,

196 Maple Ave, White Plains.