The Public Sector, 1981 February 4

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, left,
and CSEA President Bill McGowan,

right, discuss the affiliation of
their two unions in columns on
pages 6 & 7 of this edition.

SECTOR

AMITYVILLE — Terming the
secret pay raises for Nassau
County officials ‘‘backroom
manipulation that does no one any
good,’’ Region One President,
Danny Donohue, last week called
for a halt to the practice of County
managers giving themselves fat
raises, some as much as 50% in-
crease in salary over one year —
while county employees are
restricted by the Taylor Law to
bargaining and accepting pay in-
creases of much less.

The secret pay raises granted to
several top county officials were
passed by the Nassau County Board
of Supervisors several weeks after
the 1981 budget went into effect on
Jan. 1.

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received a 10 percent increase of
$5,000 bringing his annual salary up
to $55,000: One of his deputies
received a 9.4 increase bringing his
salary to $25,000, which represents
an increase of 57.6 percent since
1980. Other officials received
raises which increased their
salaries between 23 to 30 percent
over 1980 levels.

The more than 20 management
officials who received the raises
were part of ‘‘Ordinance No. 1”
passed by the board unanimously
on Jan. 5 which also approved the
already negotiated CSEA salary
raises for county workers. The
CSEA negotiated pay raises of 7.5
percent were reached at a last-
minute settlement under the threat
of an imposed contract which

MEMBERS OF BROOKLYN DEVELOPM

CENTER LOCAL 447 take part in a Martin Luther King
Day observance on Jan.
Metropolitan Region II President James Gripper, Rodney

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Labor and Management observers
agree would have been far less.

“It really smells,’’ said Mr.
Donohue. ‘‘We’re going into
negotiations for the new contract
now and we would be considered in-
sane if we asked for a 50 percent in-
crease for our members. What is
additionally unfair, is that there is
no productivity justification for
these management raises and they
come after the government in
Nassau was crying poverty in their
negotiations with us.”’

“This is the kind of backroom
manipulation that hurts
government and public employees
in the eye of the public. In the
current national mood of austerity,
it is particularly inappropriate.
Secret pay raises must be
abolished, Mr. Donohue said.

Official publication of
The Civil Service Employees

Association

Vol. 3, No. 17
Wednesday, February 4, 1981

(ISSN 0164 9949)

AN ANGRY Danny Donohue has
demanded an end to “backroom
manipulation’? and secret pay
raises for Nassau County officials.
“Tt really smells,” he stated.

Pechles, Frank Fasano, Local 447 Human Rights Com-
mittee Chairman Sheryl Morse, Frank Ross, Local 447
President Brenda Nichols, Lewis W. Alleyne Jr.,
zales and Luis J. Hyacinthe.

R. Gon-
VICTOR FARLEY, Erie County
Republican Committee chairman,
told CSEA members that the
relationship between the union and
the GOP is changing for the better.

MORE THAN $600 was raised for the PEOPLE program with a raffle and
sale of various PEOPLE items. Here, PEOPLE committee chairperson
Sheila Brogan draws raffle winners with assistance from CSEA Region
VI President Robert Lattimer.

LARRY KERWIN, Monroe County
Democratic Committee chairman,
told union members they should work
from within the political parties.

Region VI raises $600 for PEOPLE

BUFFALO — The changing relationship between CSEA and the two ma-
jor political parties was the main subject during a recent luncheon, spon-
sored by the Region 6 PEOPLE committee.

Victor Farley, chairman of the Erie County Republican Committee, and
Larry Kerwin, chairman of the Monroe County Democratic Committee,
served as guest speakers at the recent luncheon at the Buffalo Hilton Hotel
here.

The luncheon, together with a raffle and the sale of various PEOPLE
items, helped to raise $600 for PEOPLE, according to Sheila Brogan, who
heads that committee.

“Tn 1971, the union movement was at war with the legislature,’ Farley
said. Ten years later, there is a changing attitude between the GOP and
CSEA . .. We have attempted not to dispute, but rather to talk, listen, un-

Charges dropped in

By Hugh O’Haire

RIVERHEAD — A Suffolk County Court judge has dismissed a grand
larceny indictment against former Suffolk County CSEA Local 852 president
James Corbin which had accused him of illegally paying a law firm approx-
imately $2,000 in union funds — to use in his unsuccessful campaign for re-
election in 1977. :

Mr. Corbin had been accused of paying for the law firm to have copies of
the CSEA-Suffolk County contract he helped negotiate printed so they could
be distributed to CSEA members in time for the election.

In dismissing the indictment for second-degree larceny, County Court
Judge Howard A. Levine said evidence presented to the grand jury was in-
sufficient to sustain the indictment and there was no proof that Mr. Corbin
personally profited from the transaction.

Local 804 files an IP after
town rejects tentative pact

By Charles McGeary _

TOWN OF UNION — An Improper Practice Charge has been filed against
the Town of Union by CSEA on behalf of Town of Union Unit members of
Broome County Local 804.

According to Jim Corcoran, CSEA Field Representative and Chief
Negotiator for the Unit, the IP Charge was the result of the Town Board’s
recent rejection of a negotiated Contract after tentative agreement had been
reached.

In the charge CSEA points out that... .

December 10, 1980, CSEA and the Town of Union’s Negotiating Team,
headed by Councilman Harder, agreed upon a tentative pact. The agreement
called for wage increases of 8¥2 percent the first year and 9 percent the second
year. It also called for new dental coverage for the town’s 142 employees.

December 22, 1980, the CSEA membership ratified the agreement.

January 7, 1981, the Town of Union Board voted 3 to 1 to reject the tentative
agreement.

The CSEA charge further contends that . . . ‘‘after the tentative agreement
had been ratified by CSEA, and when it was presented to the Town Board for
ratification, Councilmen Harder and Kunzman — both members of the
Negotiating Team — failed to vote for and support their own tentative

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derstand and be sympathetic to reasonable requests. At the same time,
CSEA has been kind to us.” .

“And while we can’t respond to all requests, the evolution is continuing.
There is goodwill on both sides,’’ he said.

In response to a question on the future of the Taylor Law, Farley said,
“T have always been optimistic, but it is very difficult. I am hopeful we
could do something this year.”’

Kerwin emphasized that he believed it was time for the union to work
from within the party system as members.

“It is not enough to simply work (for political action) on the outside,”’
he said, ‘“‘when you can influence the selection of the candidates as well. It
may be hard to do, and there may be conflicting interests at times, but it is
not a great price to pay,’ Kerwin said.

James Corbin case

Mr. Corbin, a Suffolk County Health Department Sanitarian, maintained
that the printing of the contract was proper and necessary because the
CSEA had been without a contract for 17 months prior to the settlement and
the county had informed him that it would take them nine months before
they could print copies of the agreement.

The indictment grew out of a grand jury investigation of the Suffolk
County Civil Service Employees Welfare Fund, and its legal service con-
tract with the law firm of Mirkin, Barre, Saltzstein & Gordon of Great Neck.
Mr. Corbin was the only person indicted in the investigation.

The name of the fund was changed to the Suffolk County Civil Service
Employees Benefit Fund last year.

Region V nominations urged

SYRACUSE — Claire McGrath, Chairperson for the Region V
Nominating Committee, has issued an urgent request to those wishing to
submit nominations for the office of Regional President, Executive Vice-
President, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Recording
Secretary, and one local government Educational Representative to the
Statewide Board of Directors.

Mrs. McGrath stressed the importance of submitting nominations to the
attention of: Chairperson, CSEA Region V Headquarters, 290 Elwood Davis
Road, Suite 308, Liverpool, New York 13088, no later than 5 PM on Tuesday,
February 17, 1981.

Mrs. McGrath also cautions CSEA Locals and Units to take special care
in nominating only those who have been CSEA members in good standing for

at least one year prior to the date of nomination.

agreement, Councilman Kunzman actually voted against it.

CSEA contends that the tentative agreement should be considered a for-
mal, binding contract, with any reserved right of ratification on the part of the
town to be waived.

Controversy arose over the tentative agreement because of the cost of a
proposed dental insurance plan.

A pre-hearing conference with a PERB representative is scheduled for
February 4th, and the hearing date for February 18, 1981.

Diana McLaughlin
terminations were
illegal both times

By Hugh O’Haire Jr.

MINEOLA — A persistent and dogged legal ef-
fort by CSEA Nassau loca} 830 resulted last
month in a court-ordered award of more than
two years’ back pay to a secretary from a Long
Island school district. The union contends she
was illegally fired from her job — not just once,
but twice.

Diana McLaughlin, a secretary at the North
Bellmore Union Free School District,- was
awarded back pay and ‘“‘all other benefits of her
employment’’ for the period between February

Win two years back pay for LI secretary

1978, when she was originally fired from her
position, and August 1980, resulting from an
action brought by the CSEA in the Nassau
County Supreme Court.

Mrs. McLaughlin was suspended at the end of
school in July 1, 1977 and later fired for alleged
incompetence after a hearing held by the school
board in February, 1978. The CSEA brought an
article 78 proceeding to review her discharge,
CSEA attorney Richard Gaba said, because the
same official who had allegedly told Mrs.
McLaughlin to resign or be fired was the hearing
officer at her case.

“We felt that it was a prejudicial hearing and
that the hearing officer should have disqualified
himself,’ said Mr. Gaba.

The Appellate Division agreed with the CSEA
and the case was returned to the school district
for a new hearing. Mrs. McLaughlin was fired

again after a hearing last August. The CSEA has
appealed that decision, Mr. Gaba said. At that
time, the union also started proceedings to get
Mrs. McLaughlin’s back pay. The North
Bellmore School District contended that by re-
firing Mrs. McLaughlin, they did not have to pay
her back wages. While the Nassau Supreme
Court agreed with the CSEA position and
ordered the school district to pay Mrs.
_McLaughlir her back pay, the school had 30 days
to file an appeal.

“We just hope the school district and other
government units in Nassau get the message that
we stand by our employees, said Nicholas Ab-
batiello, president of Local 830. ‘‘No matter how
long it takes, no matter how complicated the
legal wrangling, if we feel one of our members
has been unfairly treated, we will pursue a
remedy to the limit.’

was organized recently.

Joseph Johnson.

selected as co-chairmen.

committee,

COHOES — With both the

Department of Public Works Unit and

@ the City Hall Clerical Unit of the Civil

Service Employees Association at im-

passe in negotiations with the City of

Cohoes, the CSEA Capital. Region is

submitting the proposed Cohoes City

budget for 1981 for complete
economic analysis.

Regional spokesman Daniel
Campbell explained the reasons
behind the union’s action. ‘‘This office

e wants to confirm if the fiscal situation

Metro Tax and Finance
forms joint committee

NEW YORK CITY — A labor-management committee for-the State
Department of Taxation and Finance for the New York City metropolitan area

The CSEA members of the committee include department CSEA Board of
Directors member John Gully; metro area department employees Willie
CG Raye, John Ulman and Douglas Murphy; and New York City 010 President

Management members of the committee include department director of
the Bureau of Labor Relations Donald Geik and management personnel
Florence Kaufman, Violet Rehbein and Nancy Lang.

At the initial meeting of the committee recently, Gully and Geik were

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NEW YORK CITY LOCAL 010 President Joseph Johnson and Department ot
Taxation management personnel, from left, Florence Kaufman and Violet
@ Rehbein attend the meeting of the department’s labor-management

which the City of Cohoes claims to ex-
ist, does exist. An analysis of the
proposed City budget, which sup-
posedly forecasts a $300,000 deficit, a
28 percent tax hike.and the ter-
mination of ten percent of the public
employee work force, may provide
either support for the City’s claim or
concrete recommendations on how to
avoid the predicted tax hike and
workforce cuts,’’ Campbell said.

The union spokesman noted that
such economic analysis had recently

MAIN SPEAKER AT THE initial meeting of the State Department of Taxation

and Finance Metropolitan Area Labor-Management meeting is consultant
Gary Lefkowitz, center. CSEA members at the meeting include Willie Raye,

left, and Douglas Murphy.

CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE newly formed State Department
Finance Metropolitan Area Labor-Management Committee are, from lett,
Donald Geik, director of the department’s Bureau of Labor Relations; and

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of Taxation and

CSEA Board of Directors member John Gully. The two were selected at the
recent initial meeting of the committee.

helped a county served by the Capital
Region to avoid a similar fiscal crisis.
“Budgets and budget processes do not
allow for human error. Often, due to
time frame pressures, deadlines, etc.,
a crisis situation can develop due to
an unnoticed budget mistake,”’ he ex-
plained.

“A no cost line by line, item by item
analysis of the proposed budget by an
interested third party such as CSEA,
may provide the City of Cohoes with
the means of resolving its problems.

CSEA says it will scrutinize Cohoes budget
in effort to resolve impasse, labor issues

This effort, however, requires
cooperation and communication,
rather than confrontation,”’ he said.

The union spokesman concluded,
“CSEA is asking the City of Cohoes
not to take any action on the proposed
City budget until the time consuming
analysis procedure can be completed.
Hurried actions could be both un-
necessary and detrimental in this
situation. Patience in allowing the
process to take place may pay a
dividend well worth the wait and the
effort,” he said.

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SPEARHEADING A SUCCESSFUL membership
drive. which qualified the Syracuse City Unit of
Onondaga County Local 834 for agency shop status
recently were, from left, Cindy Roberts, David
Cusano and Cindy Corona.

Communications
post filled by
Tina L. First

Tina Lincer First has been named a com-
munications associate in the Communications
Department, CSEA Headquarters, Albany.

In her new post, she is responsible for publicizing
CSEA’s activities and services and helping promote
a positive image of public employees throughout
the state

Her duties include answering media queries on
Statewide CSEA issues, writing articles for the
Publie Sector and assisting in production of
publications

A native of Queens, N.Y., Ms. First graduated
magna cum laude from the state University at
Albany with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English
and art

Before joining CSEA, she was a feature writer
for The Times Record in Troy for four years,
reporting on consumer and family issues and the
arts.1+3 eal) , Fey sk

She and her husband, an attorney, live in Albany.

NAYS, PUBLIC
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for work study program

Applications are now being accepted for New
York State's ‘701’ Work Study Program, leading to
a Masters degree in city and regional planning,
community development, public administration, or
closely related fields. The program, administered
by the NYS Department of State and funded under
the federal ‘701’ Comprehensive Planning
Assistance Program, is intended to increase the
representation in planning and public ad-
ministration of professionals with special
knowledge of the concerns of minority and low in-
come people.

Individuals selected for the program must enroll
ior full-time study at one of three participating uni-
versities: State University of New York (SUNY)
at Albany, SUNY at Buffalo, or Cornell University.
Participants receive financial assistance, as well
as excellent professional education through a com-
bined program of academic study and work ex-
perience.

The Work Study Program is open to qualified in-

dividuals who have a financial need and who
demonstrate an insight into low income and
minority concerns. Past academic performance is
considered in selecting participants, but is less im-
portant than the potential ability for successful
graduate study.

Thirty students are currently enrolled in the
program and more than 100 have been graduated
over the past 10 years. Many participants have been
people who thought they could not manage full-time
graduate study because of age, money, personal
responsibilities or other reasons, but with the
assistance of the ‘701’ Work Study Program were
able to obtain the professional education needed to
pursue their career objectives and improve their
professional contribution to the communities where
they work.

For information, contact Paula’ Ford, Senior
Planner DOS Division of Planning and Federal
Programs, 162 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY
12231. Phone: (518) 474-6748.

ALBANY — Boycott Nestle and keep babies in
the ‘Third World”’ from dying.

CSEA, AFSCME Local 1,000 is sending out that
message in support of INFACT the Infant For-
mula Action Coalitionga nationwide organization
of more than 500 groups coordinating the boycott
of all Nestle products.

The largest food processor in the world, Nestle
is actively encouraging mothers in the develop-
ing countries of Africa, Asia and South America
to give up breast feeding and turn to powdered
milk formula instead.

But in such countries water is contaminated,
sterlization procedures almost unknown, il-
literacy makes proper preparation impossible,
and poor people try to stretch the powdered milk
supply by overdiluting their baby’s formula. The
tragic results are widespread malnutrition and

‘BOYCOTT Nestic

severe infant diarrhea that often ends up in
death, victims of ‘‘Baby Bottle Disease.”’

Nestle uses aggressive marketing techniques
to promote infant formula. Nestle gives free
samples to mothers (often through doctors),
supplies colorful posters and free medical
equipment to hospitals and clinics.

In October of 1979, the World Health
Organization/UNICEF recommended an end to
marketing practices that have caused the
epidemic of “Baby Bottle Disease.”’

What can you do? INFACT says speak to Nes-
tle in the language they understand. Stop buying
Nestle products.

To find out what more you or your local can do,
write: The INFACT Clearinghouse, 1701 Univer-
sity Ave. S.E., Minneapolis, MN. 55414.

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i NEW ROCHELLE — 1980 was quite a year, especially for the three
| CSEA units here in thi 'y of 70,000 people. It was a time of on-again,
| off-again negotiations, which saw a Taylor Law settlement imposed on
| 100 workers of the city unit, and eleventh hour agreements reached for 40
library staff people and 22 housing authority employees.
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Field Representative Larry Sparber went through the year of ups and
downs together with Unit PresidentS Tony Blasie, Phyllis Kennedy and
Mickey Circelli. He can now look forward, with Blasie, to the whole
process starting again for the city unit.

Meanwhile, here’s a run-down of where things are

CITY UNIT; settlement imposed on Dec. 16, which included:

* six percent raise, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1980;

¢ establishment of dental plan with municipal contribution of $100;

* mileage allowance increase to 25‘ per mile, effective Sept. 1, 1980;

* increase to 200 in number of sick days which can be accumulated;

¢ setting up of joint labor-management safety committee, and

* improved discipline procedures

The imposed agreement expired Dec. 31. Negotiations are about to
resume, and a review of the 1980 New Rochelle budget done by CSEA
notes, “it should be clear that there is an excess of funds in the budget
available for purposes not yet appropriated.”

q LIBRARY UNIT; two-year contract reached, granting:
4 * six percent wage hike in the first year, retroactive to Jan. 1, 1980,
} and seven percent in the second year;

¢ dental plan; ‘

* increase in night differential pay for fulltime employees whose

working hours extend beyond 6:00 p.m.;

¢ extra ‘floating holiday’, and

¢ clarification of work hours and shift arrangements.

HOUSING AUTHORITY UNIT; three-year pact negotiated, which in-
cludes:

* annual seven percent salary raises, retroactive to start of 1980;

¢ granting an extra holiday, ‘‘Martin Luther King Day’’;

° establishing dental plan;

tightening up grievance procedures, and

¢ assigning of overtime on an equitable basis.

Region | nominations
deadline February 28

NORTH AMITYVILLE — Members of Long Island Region I who wish to be
considered for nomination to run for a regional office must file an official
application at Region I Headquarters between Feb. 1 and Feb. 28, Region I
President Danny Donohue announced.

He said official applications are available at the regional headquarters, 740
Broadway, North Amityville; (516) 789-1170.

The regional offices are president; first, second, third and fourth vice
president; secretary and treasurer.

Applications received will be considered by the Region I Nominating com-
mittee of:

John Aloisio, Robert Campbell, Steve Devorsney, Laura Fortner, Thomas
Harris, Alex Kosiczky, Raymond Magliulo, Louis Mannellino, Ida McDaniel,
Stanley Meadows, Carlo Pugliese, Stanley Roberts and Trudy Schwin.

Seasonal, part time
EBF eligibility explained

ALBANY — In an effort to answer the numerous questions being raised
about seasonal and part time state workers’ eligibility for the CSEA
Employee Benefit Fund, EBF Director Thomas Collins offers the following
guidelines:
le Only those part time and seasonal employees who are eligible for and
actually participating in the Statewide Health Plan may receive EBF
benefits, The state pays the EBF for these employees only.

¢ Anyone who is eligible for the health plan, but is not currently taking
advantage of it, for various reasons, should at least take out an individual
plan, in order to become part of the EBF’.. Upon joining the Statewide Health
Plan, an employee automatically becomes a member of the EBF. 5

Employees Who have dues about thedy eligibility, for, the aaah iy, 7

surance should con ieir agency personnel manager.

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NEW ROCHELLE LEADERSHIP — City Unit President Tony Blasie,
Field Rep. Larry Sparber, Library Unit President Phyllis Kennedy, and
Housing Authority Unit President Mickey Circelli.

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AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE HEARING, a newspaper reporter, left, in-

terviews Unit President Tony Blasie and Southern Region III President
James Lennon, a resident of New Rochelle.

| Appointments rule revised |

Civil Service Rule 4.11, which governs appointments to encumbered com-
petitive state position, has been completely changed.

An “encumbered position,”’ or ‘‘hold item,’’ is one which becomes vacant
when its incumbent, goes on an unpaid leave of absence — typically to begin
probation in a higher level job or accept a provisional promotion.

Under the new rule, persons permanently appointed to an encumbered
position have all the rights and benefits of permanent status, except if the prior
incumbents return.

The new rule provides a greater degree of stability and job security than
the old rule, and therefore is expected to make it easier for agencies to fill jobs
vacated by employees on leave — a consideration of increased significance
now that probations of a year or more are in effect for many titles

The new rule took effect Dec. 18, and applies to appointments, promotions,
transfers and reinstatements made on or after that date.

Permanent appointments to encumbered items are called ‘contingent per-
manent.”’ Under the old Rule 4.11, those appointed remained on eligible lists
and still could be canvassed for permanently vacant positions. Under the new
rule, the names are removed from the eligible list, just as they would be in the
case of full permanent appointments.

In cases where an employee is promoted on a contingent permanent basis
and the prior incumbent later returns, the name of the displaced employee
would be placed on a preferred list for the higher level title in the promotion
unit in which the individual had been serving.

In cases of layoffs, contingent permanents would have the same retention
rights as full permanent employees. If laid off, contingent permanents would
have statewide preferred list rights. Under the old rule, contingent per-
manents were treated the same as temporaries and provisionals, and thus had
no displacement or ‘‘bumping”’ rights.

Under the old rule, when the prior incumbent's leave ended, it was
necessary to recanvass the list, if it was still in existence, and determine if the
contingent permanent appointee was reachable for permanent appointment
Under the new rule, recanvass is not required and the appointment can be
made permanent immediately.

Questions, ¢gncerning the rule change should be directed to your agency,
personnel office. ;

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, February 4, 1981 Page 5

AFFILIATION has the
future looking bright
for union membership

Late in the afternoon of January 22, 1981, ina  . and making ‘the giant public worker union, for a

moment of historical significance, CSEA
President William L. McGowan and AFSCME
International President Jerry Wurf signed
documents linking the two unions in a permanent
affiliation, That same day CSEA delegates had
overwhelmingly approved the affiliation,
duplicating results of a vote a week earlier by
CSEA’s Board of Directors. In its 71st year of ex-
istence, the Civil Service Employees Association
had taken a dramatic turn in its history.

Nearly three years earlier, in April, 1978,
CSEA agreed to an experimental, 3-year tem-
porary affiliation with AFSCME and the AFL-
CIO. CSEA’s impact was immediate, pushing
AFSCME over the one million member mark

time, the largest labor union of any kind in the
AFL-CIO. As Local 1000, CSEA immediately
became the largest local within AFSCME;
elected two international vice presidents to
AF'SCME’s convention last summer in Califor-
nia.

Throughout the experimental period of af-
filiation, the two unions worked in concert in a
broad range of areas on behalf of public workers
throughout New York State. Among them were
successful joint campaigns in legislative lobby-
ing in Albany and Washington, political action,
membership training, research, and commercial
advertising. While CSEA is free to conduct its
own programs and projects and is guaranteed a
high degree of independence from the parent un-

ion, coordinated programs are expected to in-
crease and expand under permanent affiliation
on behalf of the membership of both unions.

The many successful joint ventures, the
overwhelming votes in support of permanent af-
filiation, and the generally positive comments of
hundreds of rank and file members at meetings
throughout the state proved the success of the
experiment itself, and is the source of the high
level of expectation for the future.

In the coming week, The Public Sector will
highlight AFSCME from several points of view
to inform and educate the membership about the
people and the potential of this largest of all
public employee unions, of which CSEA is a ma-
jor part.

AREPORT
FROM JERRY WURF

I am delighted to welcome the members of
CSEA into a permanent affiliation with
AFSCME. This is a proud moment for everyone
in our union. Nobody has more of a right to be
proud than CSEA President William McGowan,
who has courageously led CSEA into full par-
ticipation in the labor movement.

With CSEA/AFSCME unity, public employee

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf

“This is a proud moment .. .”

unionism has come of age, in New York State
and on the national scene. In New York,
CSEA/AFSCME has almost 400,000 members,
more than any other union, of any kind — in
either public service or private industry. Across
the nation, AFSCME has more than one million
members. Within the AFL-CIO, only one national
union is larger than we are.

Years ago, the most powerful unions were
those in mass production industries or the
building trades — unions representing steel
workers, auto workers, garment workers, and
construction craftsmen. Even among public
employees, specialized ‘‘crafts’’ — teachers,
police officers, or firefighters — often had more
power than other public employees.

CSEA/AFSCME unity means that the largest
and strongest union is the union that represents
you — mental hygiene and mental retardation
employees, clerical employees, hospital
workers, highway workers, school employees,
and other state and local government and univer-
sity employees. We have the strength of numbers

— and you can be sure that public officials are ©

sitting up and taking notice — in Washington, in
Albany, and in your county board, town hall,
school board, and university system

The CSEA/AFSCME affiliation not only com-
bines the strength of our memberships but also
pools our energies, skills, and experience in
representing state and local government
employees in New York State, and we have striv-
ed to put at CSEA’s disposal the skills that’we
have sharpened in representing public
employees in other states.

During the last three years, CSEA and
AFSCME have worked together successfully on
many issues, especially fighting for federal aid
for state and local governments. In New York
State, the state and local governments are
dependent upon federal aid for at least 28° out of
every dollar in their budgets. CS9EA/AFSCME
unity gives public employees in New York State
clout with Senators and Representatives from
almost every state in the battle to win federal
aid for New York. The experience and view-
points of C09EA members have been valuable for
AFSCME legislative staffers in our union’s ef-

forts to shape federal policies on programs such
as care for the mentally ill and retarded, public
general hospitals, and the problem-ridden CETA
jobs program.

Through the CSEA/AFSCME Joint Legislative
Office in Albany, we have put the strength of
400,000 members to good use in the State
Legislature. Under Bill McGowan’s leadership,
CSEA and AFSCME helped make New York one
of only two states in the nation to pass special
legislation guaranteeing public employees a safe
and healthful workplace.

In addition to legislative and political action,
CSEA and AFSCME have worked together on
collective bargaining, education and leadership
training, and public relations and com-
munications programs. In a landmark victory in
November, 1979, CSEA and AFSCME together
defeated a Proposition 13-style spending
limitation in Erie County that would have cut
back public services and public employees’ jobs.

What we have done together during the past
three years is only a prelude to what we can ac-
complish together in the future. These past three
years have been a learning period in which CSEA
and AFSCME have come to understand more
about each other’s strengths, resources, needs,
and traditions. Now, we know better than before
how we can help each other out and work
together on issues of common concern.

As Bill McGowan has said, “‘CSEA needs
AFSCME, and AFSCME needs CSKA.’’ While
it’s true that we have never needed our strength
as much as we need it now. The older industrial
states such as New York are in the grip of an
economic crisis that injures state and local
governments. On the national level, the new Ad-
ministration and the new Congress are
dominated by politicians who have been hostile
to public services and public employees
Politicians on the state and local level — in New
York and other states — are joining their
counterparts in Washington in the ‘‘anti-
government’ chorus.

CSEA and AFSCME have each prevailed dur-
ing difficult times in the past. Working together
as one union, we will be an even stronger voice
for our members and for all the people who

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depend upon public services.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, February 4, 1981

By CSEA Region Vi President Robert L. Lattimer

Chairman of the Special Committee to
Study the CSEA/AFSCME Affillation

omen

When Bill McGowan called me last summer and told me I was the
Chairman of the Special Committee to Study the CSEA/AFSCME Affiliation, I
had very mixed emotions

As CSEA’s Western Region President, I knew all about the affiliation and I
also knew just how big the Committee’s job was going to be. The Board of

irectors gave the Committee a rather broad mandate: study the affiliation.

In a period of just a few months, we were asked to canvass the
membership of a 225,000 member union spread over 50,000 square miles, inter-
view officials of both unions, conduct independent research in this area and
then issue a report on what may well be the most momentous decision this un-
ion has ever had to make

We faced hard issues, tough questions and a great deal of confusion on the
part of the membership as to just what was involved in our original affiliation.
But our Committee asked the tough questions regardless of who had to answer
them. We tried to be open-minded about the issues, we tried to understand all
of the implications in this complex relationship and we struggled to keep this

@ssue, and our task, in its proper perspective.

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The result was a series of hearings with rank and file members all over the
state, in every Region, at least once. More than 600 pages of verbatim minutes
were entered into our records and that was just the beginning. We traveled to
Washington for a face-to-face interview with Jerry Wurf and his staff. There
were hard questions, at the beginning of this effort and at the end, we inter-
viewed Bill McGowan and his staff.

By the end, we knew that the AFSCME affiliation had been good for CSEA
and the agreement President McGowan and President Wurf negotiated to con-
tinue that affiliation would also be good for our members. We unanimously en-
dorsed it.

The fact that this Committee was ever formed and was given a free hand to
do what had to be done, says an awful lot about our union. The fact that this
Committee was able to take on such a huge task and complete it says a lot
about the people who served on it.

Our Delegates have endorsed the CSEA/AFSCME affiliation by the in-
credible majority of seven-to-one. I would like to think that part of the reason
for that unanimity was the work that this Committee did to get out all the
facts, in the open, for everyone to see, study, debate and decide upon

The contribution we made would not have been possible without the
members of this very special committee: Paul Christopher, Michael Curtin,
Delores Farrell, Felton King, Maureen Malone, and Patrick Mascioli. CSEA
owes them its thanks for a job well done.

the
CSEA President William L. McGowan

l@ _ CSEA has joined the organized labor movement
in America permanently. We are Local 1000,
AFSCME, AFL-CIO and we will be a better union
for it. But this affiliation is not the beginning of the
end for all our problems. Rather, it is the end of the
beginning of our efforts to become a better union
for our members.

The CSEA/AFSCME affiliation is the most im-
portant step we have taken in our evolution from
the CSEA of the past into the bona fide public
employee union that CSEA is today. That is why I
originally proposed our ‘‘temporary’’ affiliation in
1978 and vigorously fought for our new, “‘per-
manent”’ relationship.

We still have a long road ahead of us in making
our union reach its full potential, but we have come
a long way in just the past several years. Affiliation
is a milestone in our progress, but there is still
much that is left to be done.

Let's be frank about where we have been as a un-
ion and where we are going. Four years ago CSEA
had more than its share of problems. There was a
new era in public employment in this state, an era
marked by financial crisis for state and local
government. Times were hard for our members
and to a great degree, they still are, but the mass
layoffs and the ‘‘no raise’ contracts are now only
bitter memories of the

We have learned from the hardship of the past
and it has been a catalyst for dramatic changes in
our union that have hastened our evoly

President's

A milestone of progress

what we were to what we can, and will, become. A
permanent affiliation with AFSCME and the AFL-
CIO is the most obvious change, but there have
been many other changes over the past several
years’ that are making CSEA a better union.

Of all the changes, few have been as startling as
the advent of political action. Four years ago, our
lobbyists had to fight their way into the State
Capitol to talk to a legislator. Four months ago, the
President of the United States, the Governor of
New York, a United States Senator from New York,
the Speaker of the State Assembly and the Majority
Leader of the State Senate, came to our Delegate’s
Meeting to address CSEA.

With the advent of political action, we have won
the first real reform of the Taylor Law in a decade,
repeal of the one probationary period for strikers.
Another victory, agency shop, is ending the era of
the ‘free loader’ who willingly accepts union
benefits but refuses to pay his fair share of union
dues. Occupational safety is no longer a dream for
public employees in New York State. Thanks to
CSEA political action, the dream is now reality.

Our union is making dramatic progress in other
fronts as well. For far too long, our members
received benefits administered by their employers,
but provided by CSEA negotiations. The members
enjoyed the benefits, but easily lost sight of the role
CSEA played in winning them.

Two years ago, the COREA Employee Benefit Fund
was created. More than 100,000 state employees
represented by CSEA now receive dental and
prescription drug insurance provided directly by
CSEA’s Employee Benefit Fund using payments
provided by the state under CSEA’s contracts.

Our Benefit Fund provides better dental in-
surance than state employees ever had before and
popular new prescription drug insurance, all at no
cost to the employees. Local governments are
beginning to join the Benefit Fund as CSEA
negotiates participation for its members into con-
tracts with local government employers. The
Benefit Fund is just a beginning, but it offers great
promise for our union’s efforts to protect the people
that we represent.

Two years ago, CSEA created an Employee
Assistance Program that brought the union into the
work place to help individuals deal with personal
and family problems. The concept is san istieated

labor relations: keip an employee solve a personal
propiem before it become an employment problem,
but the real winners are the employees who have

someone to turn to when they need help.

Also in 1979, the union's negotiations with the
state created a Clerical-Secretarial Employees
Assistance Program (CSEA/P) that has opened ad-
ministrative career opportunities for employees
previously trapped in dead-end jobs. Clearly, the
CSEA/P concept offers future opportunities for
CSEA members throughout the state.

And there’s a new “‘look”’ about our union in the
last few years. In 1978, the birth of ‘‘The Public Sec-
tor’? upgraded our communication with our
membership. Through this award winning
publication, CSEA is trying to increase member in-
terest in our union so they can participate in the
democratic ideals of our union and be better in-
formed about CSEA.

A statewide media campaign using newspaper,
radio and television messages has brought the
value of public services into the homes of millions
of New Yorkers as we begin our efforts to restore
respect for public employees and public services.
Through this effort, CSEA is taking a sophisticated
approach to protecting public services

Our union still has a long way to go to reach its
full potential and the problems that have plagued
our members in the past will not disappear
tomorrow, but we have made dramatic progress in
only the last three years and that should give all of
us a sense of hope for the future.

Our new new relationship with AFSCME and the
AFL-CIO will speed CSEA’s efforts to better
protect and serve all of our members, but af-
filiation is only a part of our efforts to make our
union a better union. Working with AFSCME, CSEA
will continue its struggle to make life better for its
members by continuing to make CSEA the best
public employee union in America.

AEA

LJ Riidon LIME oeran— a —

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, February 4, 1981

Page 7

CLAUDIA GARRETT, like many
of the members in attendance, had
questions to ask about the various
presentations during the meeting.

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Meetings keep members informed

LOCAL 690 MEMBER Jim Der-
tinger asks a question from the
floor of a- Local official. Such
meetings encourage two-way com-
munications between the Local
membership and leadership.

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A QUESTION is raised by Local 690 member Harriett
Drozin.

DELORES FARRELL, a member of CSEA’s statewide
Board of Directors, discusses the CSEA/AFSCME af-
filiation issue at the Local meeting held just prior to a
delegate meeting which affirmed permanent affiliation.

ALBANY — One of the prime
purposes of conducting regularly
“scheduled Local meetings is

to keep the membership in-
formed of the many union-re-

>y lated activities that affect them,
as well as providing a forum
for the membership to have di-
rect access to the union leader-
ship. The January meeting of Tax
and Finance CSEA Local 690 was
such an example, with Local leaders
discussing items of interest, along
with union representatives reporting
on statewide issues and a member of
the union’s Board of Directors dis-
cussing the affiliation issue in depth.
The adjacent photos relate some of
the variety of information made

available at Local meetings. sildiapeeugysiiiiiiae
LOCAL 690 PRESIDENT Carmen

Bagnoli tells members about union
activities involving the Local.

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state’s employee evaluation
program was given by Joseph —
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Labor stresses more jobs, industry in Washington

WASHINGTON — Measures to put Americans back to work and restore
the vitality of the nation’s productive capacity will be the major thrust of
organized labor in the 97th Congress, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Ray
Denison said on Labor News Conference last week.

“There is a constituency for those programs,” Denison stressed. He listed
specific action to reshape international trade policies, bolster the U.S. auto in-
dustry and make a meaningful start on a synthetic fuels program as the keys to
a successful session for the new Congress.

Questioned by reporters on the network radio interview, Denison said the

UNIT PRESIDENT NORMA CONDON and CSEA’s Coordinator of School
District Affairs Larry Scanlon go over the new three-year agreement which in-
cludes.a. ‘no layoffs" provision, There are 140 people in the unit. Condon
chaired the negotiating team.

Page 8 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, February 4, 1981

labor movement will also put strong emphasis on defending vital worker
protections against dangerous cuts and poor administration. He said the “‘con-
siderable conservative shift’ in Congress and the new Administration has put
workers, the economy and the entire society in a ‘‘much more precarious
posture.””

Denison acknowledged that ultra-conservatives are putting substantial
pressure on Congress and that a drive against the labor movement, as an in-
stitution, could develop. But, he said, the hope is that ‘‘moderate forces will
prevail,” for there is ‘‘no percentage to be gained if warfare on the Hill pits the
American labor movement against hard-nose, right-wing zealots.”

Far more important, he asserted, is a sustained effort to move toward a
full-employment economy that is built on a stable base. That, he said, will be
the key battleground for the labor movement.

Calendar
of EVENTS

February

7—Region IV workshop for local/unit nominations and elections chairpersons, 9:30
a.m.-3 p.m., Ramada Inn, Western Avenue, Albany,

10—Westchester County CSEA Inc. Employee Benefit Fund annual meeting, 7 p.m., 85
Court Street, White Plains

11—Saratoga County Local 846 stewards meeting, 5 p.m., Solar Bldg., High Streei,
Ballston Spa

]4-—Long isiand State Parks Local 102 dinner dance, 8 p.m., Huntington Towne House,
Huntingion.

15 Onandace County Loca! $34 Annual Membership "Get-Together,’” 8:30 p.m., Hotel
Syracuse, Syracuse, New York

17—Saratoga County Local 846 Executive Board meeiiiig, 7 P:m., Solar Building, High
Street, Ballston Spa

18—Buffalo Local 003, Executive Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m., Plaza Suite, <ualo.

20-22—Region V Winter Conference, Hotel Syracuse, Syracuse.

Local 002 President Chuck Eynon

BINGHAMTON — Safety
awareness among New York State
employees took another step
forward recently, thanks to the
alertness of Chuck Eynon,
President of CSEA Local 002

Binghamton, and his safety-
conscious stewards.
According to Eynon, they

became aware of some potentially
hazardous working conditions in-
volving bulldozers and the men who
operate or work near thern.

“We saw a definite need for new
safety procedures where
bulldozers are concerned and filed
a grievance,’ Eynon said.

Apparently “the grievance was
well justified because a six-point
directive was issued regarding the
operation of bulldozers in NYS
DOT Region 9.

The directive states:

“The operator of the bulldozer
will be in plain view of an observer
appointed by the supervisor

Safety conscious Local 002 President warns DOT of potential danger:

Grievance prompts crucial safety directive

responsible for the operation under
the following conditions

1. Excavation work under
bridges where it is necessary to
remove the exhaust stack or
rollover protection structure.

2. Excavation work under
bridges subjected to flood con-
ditions where overhead debris
could dislodge and fall.

3. Excavation work in creeks
where it is required to pass under
windfalls, dead trees and limbs
which could fall.

4. Work on slopes having a
gradient steeper than 1.2.

5. Work in the vicinity of working
face of gravel banks where the
dozer could fall from the top or be
buried in a cave-in.

6. If the gperation presents a
potential hazard and the decision is
made by the Resident Engineer,
Assistant Resident Engineer,
H.M.S. II or H.M.S. I to have an

observer present at the work
location of the bulldozer.

In situations where a crew is
working in the same area as the
bulldozer operation, it will not be
necessary to provide an observer
for the bulldozer. However, the in-
dividual in charge of the work crew
shall be made aware that he has
the responsibility for keeping an
eye on the bulldozer operator.”’

In a closing comment, Eynon
said, ‘‘As President of Local 002, I
strongly believe it is my respon-
sibility to take every possible step
to assure my fellow employees
have safe equipment and are ade-
quately protected by safety rules.
CSEA fought for those OSHA Laws
that became effective January 1,
1981. If we all become more safety
conscious and report potential
hazards, it will help prevent many
accidents. And less accidents mean
fewer injuries, lost time, expense
to the employee and the State of
New York.”’

* Hard fought Orangetown pact reached

ORANGETOWN — Agreement has been reached on a
new two-year contract affecting 140 employees of this
Rockland County community.

Local President John Mauro, noting the pact covers
1980 and 1981, describes it as, ‘‘a hard fought battle but even
when you take into account present day restraints, it’s a fair
and equitable settlement.”

Employees get retroactive first year wage hikes of six
percent, with minimum $1,000 guarantee plus increments,
while this year increases of seven percent are allowed in ad-
dition to increments, which are awarded on the employee’s
anniversary date.

Other features, according to Collective Bargaining
Specialist Manny Vitale, include establishment of standing
labor-management and safety committees, payment of a
five percent shift differential, and granting of a four-hour
emergency rest period (with pay) to employees working on
snow removal.

Also provided is unchallenged CSEA representation for
the maximum period, physical exams at the town’s expense
every two years for sewer, parks and recreation employees,
appointment of committees to investigate an improved den-
tal plan and to establish flex hours, and full payment by the
town of state wide health plan premiums for workers and
their dependents.

Mauro chaired the negotiating team, assisted by Mason
Luther Michael Menegaux and Gail Raffaele.

CHANGING OF THE GUARD Ulster County Unit officers recently took oaths &
of offices as administered by Grace Woods, far right, who serves as both
Region 3 secretary and Ulster Unit secretary. Other participants included,
| from left, Local 856 President Barbara Swartzmiller, and unit officers Judy
|| Murray, treasurer, Sean Egan, president and Adrea Dougherty, Ist vice
president, Other recently installed officers were 2nd Vice President Bob
Burhans and 3rd Vice President Walter Parslow.

DESTERPANSSPPRFSONSIEEE

PUTTING THEIR SIGNATURES on the agreement are Union President John Mauro and Town
Supervisor Joseph V. Colello, with Collective Bargaining Specialist Manny Vitale seated next to
them. Witnessing the signing were standing, from left, Unit Negotiating Committee Member
Michael Menegaux, Deputy Town Attorney James L. Casey, and Public Works Commissioner
James Callozzo.

( Military leave ruling )

Thirty days of military leave means 30 calendar
days, not 30 working days, the State’s highest court
ruled last month.

The case was brought by a State employee who
contended that weekends and holidays should not be
counted in computing use of military leave while on
active duty.

The case involved Subdivision 5 of Section 242 of
the Military Law which gives public employees the
right to a maximum of ‘'30 days’’ of paid leave a year
“while in the performance of ordered military duty.”

The Court of Appeals affirmed an ,Appellaté
Division order which overturned a lower court
decision. The lower court ruled for the employee. The
Appellate Division, however, said, ‘“‘The respondent
(the employee) would have us read in the additional
word ‘working’ as applied to days. It is well establish
ed that we should not read words into a statute to give
GH a meaning not otherwise found therein.”

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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, Fetruuty 4, 1981"

Employee Benefit Fund lists
regional dentists directory

ALBANY — The CSEA Employee Benefit Fund-has just put out an up-
dated list of dentists who, in most cases, accept their fee schedule as

payment in full.

The directory is published in response to requests from the
membership. Copies are available at all regional CSEA offices.

It should be noted that dental plan participants are free to choose any
dentist they want, whether or not listed in the directory. Moreover,
publication carries with it no guarantees, so it is recommended that before
any begins treatment, they discuss fully with their dentist what services will
be required and what charges may be incurred.

Here’s the full listing.

REGION 1

American Dental Center
6180 East Jericho Turnpike
Commack, New York 11725
(516) 499-0040

American Dental Center
111 Old Country Road
Hicksville, New York 11801
(516) 822-9292

Edgar Allen Barton, D.D.S.
Bethpage Medical Center
4277 Hempstead Turnpike
Bethpage, New York 11714
(516) 735-1166

Harvey Caplin, D.D.S.

Caplin Osher Dental Center*
Hauppauge Professional Building
111 Smithtown Bypass, Suite 217
Hauppauge, New York 11787
(516) 724-0900

Dr. Bernard B. Corwin, D.D.S.
101 Lawrence Ave

Smithtown, New York 11787
(516) 265-2610

Family Dental Care

223-225 Old Country Road
Carle Place, New York 11514
(516) 746-5050

Family Dental Care

359 Old Town Road

East Setauket, New York 11733
(516) 423-5200

Family Dental Care Center

747 Franklin Avenue

Franklin Square, New York 11010
(516) 872-0100

Family Dental Care

150 Broadhollow Road
Melville, New York 11747
(516) 271-9384

Stephen Fluger, D.D.S.
Chaplin Osher Dental Center*
Montauk Professional Building
691 Montauk Highway

Shirley, New York 11967

(516) 399-4470

Steven Goldberg, D.D.S.
Caplin Osher Dental Center*
3601 Hempstead Turnpike
Levittown, New York 11756
(516) 579-7577

Milford D. Horner, Jr., D.D.S.
123 West Suffolk Avenue
Central Islip, New York 11722
(516) 234-5527

Paul H. Knel, D.D.S.

31 Bette Ann Drive
Centereach, New York 11720
(516) 588-4112

Dr. J.V. Lane, P.C

111 Old Country Road
Hicksville, New York 11801
(516) 822-9292

Dr. Bernard Levinson, D.D.S.
Jericho Medical Building

400 North Broadway

Jericho, New York 11753
(516) 931-2710

Norman Lubell, D.D.S,

Caplin Osher Dental -Center*

The ‘400°’ Building, Suite 211

400 West Main Street

Babylon, New York 11702

(516) 422-6066

Melville Dental Service

900 Walt Whitman Road (Route 110)
Melville, New York 11747

(516) 423-5200

Dr. Bruce J. Meyer, D.D.S.
(Practice limited to Orthodontics)
5 Pebble Street

Stony Brook, New York 11790
(516) 689-9822

Paul Osher, D.D.S.

Caplin Osher Dental Center*
72 Fulton Avenue
Hempstead, New York 11550
(516) 483-2220

Richmond Dental Services

at Brent City Department Store
1825 Brentwood Road-
Brentwood, New York 11717
(516) 231-3434

Dr. Daniel J. Rose, D.D.S., P.C.
71 Ireland Place

Amityville, New York 11701
(516) 691-6161

F.A. Sciotto, D.D.S., P.C.

109 Carleton Avenue

Central Islip, New York 11722
(516) 243-3793

Dr. Paul Virga, D.D.S., P.C.
Dr. Frank Virga, D.D.S., P.C.
3032 Merrick Road’

Wantagh, New York 11793
(516) 221-3073

Dr. Arnold Zomick, D.D.S.
930 Northern Boulevard
Baldwin, New York 11510
(516) 223-9301

American Dental Center
1025 Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York 10456
(212) 293-6900

American Dental Center
434A Albee Square
Brooklyn, New York 11201
(212) 376-6700

American Dental Center
2502 86th Street, Room 4B
Brooklyn, New York 11251
(212) 449-9595

American Dental Center
1212 Kings Highway
Brooklyn, New York 11203
(212) 376-6700

American Dental-Center
233 West 49th Street

New York, New York 10463
(212) 586-3030 ‘

American Dental Center
34-36 Main Street
Flushing, New York 11301
(212) 539-1200

Avenue M Dental Clinic
1609-13 Avenue M
Brooklyn, New York 11230
(212) 645-8200

Stanley R. Benson,. D.D.S.
1358 43rd Street

Brooklyn, New York 11219
(212) 436-2638

Michael Blumenfield, D.D.S.
One Hanson Place, Suite 903
Brooklyn, New York 11217
(212) 638-0700

Dr, Seymour Butensky, D.D‘S.
942 Hight Avenue

(between 55-56th Streets)

New York, New York 10019
(212) 247-1531 -

Jakob Charen, D.M.D.
Caplin Osher Dental Center*
74-03 Queens Boulevard
Elmhurst, New York 11373
(212) 478-3232

Dr. Paul Cohen, D.D.S., P.C.
339 East Fordham Road
Bronx, New York 10458

(212) 933-8400

Family Dental Care Center
924 Avenue O

Brooklyn, New York 11230
(212) 376-4141

Dr. Elliott Grotell, D.D.S.

Dr. Leo Moskowitz, D.D.S.
215-18 Hillside Avenue

Queens Village, New York 11427
(212) 464-2891

Group Health Dental Facility
230 West 4ist Street

New York, New York 10038
(212) 398-9690

Jack S, Irwin, D.D.S.
789 Astor Avenue
Bronx, New York 10467
(212) 231-1555

Dr. Simon Kappel, D.D.S.
1315 53rd Street

Brooklyn, New York 11219
(212) 436-0202

Dr. Noel F. Parris, D.D.S., P.C.
1785 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11225

(212) 469-3737

Michael Richman, D.D.S.
37-60 Junction Boulevard
Corona, New York 11368
(212) 639-7100

Michael Richman, D.D.S.
90-31 Sutphin Boulevard
Jamaica, New York 11435
(212) 523-4800

Richmond Dental Services

at Majors Department Store
2239 Forest Avenue

Staten Island, New York 10303
(212) 442-4440

Philip Rothman, D.D.S.

895 Hylan Boulevard

Staten Island, New York 10305
(212) 447-1975

Charles Servaker, D.D.S.
Melvyn Strupinsky, D.D.S.
765 East Tremont Avenue
Bronx, New York 10460
(212) 299-1800

Dr. Ronald N. Shaw, D.M.D.
3725 Henry Hudson Parkway
The Blackstone

Riverdale, New York 10463
(212) 796-5365

Starrett City Dental. Group
1390 Pennsylvania Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11239
(212) 642-8600

Harold Stein, D.D.S.
Jerome Stein, D.D.S.

“32-34 Steinway Street

Astoria, New York 11108
(212) 728-3427

Donhue Wilson, P.C.

253 Utica Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11213
(212) 773-0227

REGION 4

Albany Dental Health Facility
130 Ontario Street

Albany, New York 12206

(518) 462-6568

Sharad Desai, D.D.S.

Herbert Moskowitz, D.D.S.
Northway Plaza Shopping Center
Glens Falls, New York 12801
(518) 798-9561

Frederick L. Fisher, D.M.D.
2093 Western Avenue
Guilderland, New York 12084
(518) 456-5134

Leonard Martin, D.D.S.
Executive Building (Plaza 7)
1202 Troy-Schenectady Road
Latham, New York 12110
(518) 785-8111

Dr, Frederick A. Mele, D.M.D.
Dental-Vu Dental Offices, P.C.
Saratoga Road

South Glens Falls, New York 12801

(518). 798-2222

Herbert Moskowitz, D.D.S.
Route 81

Norton Hill, New York 12135
(518) 966-5323

J.J. Rose, D.D.S., P.C.*
Westgate Building

10 Russell Road

Albany, New York 12206
(518) 438-8426

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REGION 3

© american Dental Center
200 Hamilton Avenue
White Plains, New York 10601
(914) 949-6800

Daniel C. Barcia, D.D.S

Route 52, Robert Mark Building 2
Hopewell Junction, New York 12533
(914) 896-5070

@David Blistein, D.D.S.
Route 52, Robert Mark Building 2
Hopewell Junction, New York 12533
(914) 896-5070

Caplin/Osher Dental Center*
10 West Main Street
Elmsford, New York 10523
(914) 592-4100

Dr. Mel S. Citrin, D.M.D.
Practice Limited to Orthodontics)
17 Little Tor Road South

New City, New York 10956

Family Dental Center*

South Hills Mall

Route 9

Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
(914) 297-5400

Dr. Edward M. Griffen, D.D.S.
75 East Main Street

Walden, New York 12586

(914) 778-5457

Dr. Jeffrey P. Levine, D.D.S., P.C.
735 White Plains Road

Scarsdale, New York 10583

(914) 725-5655

Robert McArdle, D.D.S

Route 376

Hopewell Junction, New York 12533
(914) 226-7600

Richmond Dental Services

at Masters Department Store
Saw Mill River Road & Route 9W
Elmsford, New York 10523

(914) 592-8900

)
MEMBERS OF THE SOUTHERN REGION III Nominating Committee are,
from left, Pete Dean, Department of Transportation Local 507; Charles
Maneri, Rockland Psychiatric Center Local 844; Cindy Wholey, Westchester
County Local 860; Robert Coleman, Rockland Psychiatric Center 421; Janice
Schaff, Local 860; James McGuiness, Palisades Park Commission Local 105;
and Paul Gangloff, Wassaic Development Center Local 426.

Region Ili elects committees

NEWBURGH — The Southern Region III Executive Board recently

elected members to serve on both the Region III and State Nominating com-
mittees.

Elected to the Region II] Nominating Committee were: Robert Coleman,
Rockland Psychiatrie Center Local 421; James McGuiness, Palisades Park
Commission Local 105; Pete Dean, Department of Transportation Local 507;
Paul Gangloff, Wassaic Developmental Center Local 426; Janice Schaff and
Cindy Wholey, Westchester County Local 860; and Charles Maneri, Rockland

(914) 634-8050 R & H Dental Group

149 Main Street
Fishkill, New York 12524
(914) 896-8645

Mark Shapiro, D.D.S.
453 Route 211 East

Dr. Mel S. Citrin, D.M.D.
(Practice limited to Orthodontics)
3535 Hill Boulevard

Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
(914) 634-8050

onald Cohen, D.M.D.
Elmwood Drive
New City, New York 10956
(914) 634-1500

Robert E. Colby, D.D.S.
Corner Oak Tree Road
Route 303

Tappan, New York 10983
(914) 359-2288

obert E. Colby, D.D.S.
‘0 Lombardi Drive
New City, New York 10956

Dr. Arnold B. Elkind, D.M.D., P.C.*
115 Fulton Avenue

Poughkeepsie, New York 12603

(914) 471-1930

REGION 5

@awrence P. Golding, D.D.S.
500 South Salina Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
(315) 476-8349

Martin & Winkler*

500 South Salina Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
(315) 476-5489

Dr. Frederick A. Mele, D.M.D.
Dental-Vu Dental Offices, P.C.
@neca Plaza
New Hartford, New York 13413
(315) 797-0700

Parkway Dental Group
105 Annetta Street
Vestal, New York 13850
(315) 798-7188

Middletown, New York 10940
(914) 343-2192

Dr. Stephen Wilantewicz, D.M.D.
Dr. Peter Koch, D.D.S.
Associated Dental Arts*

280 New Hackensack Road
Wappingers Falls, New York 12590
(914) 462-1118

Yonkers Dental Group
45 South Broadway
Yonkers, New York 10701
(914) 968-4070

Dr. Robert M. Zitofsky, D.D.S.

Dr. Paul J. Kalman, D.M.D.
Samsondale Professional Building,
Suite 206 Route 9W

West Haverstraw, New York 10993
(914) 947-3200

Barzman & Kasimov, D.D.S., P.C.
Delaware Professional Center

523 Delaware Avenue

Buffalo, New York 14202

(716) 886-4430

Brighton Dental Group, P.C.*
125 White Spruce Boulevard
Rochester, New York 14623
(716) 473-1280

Lawrence P. Golding, D.D.S.
(Practice limited to Orthodontics)
1430 Main Street

Buffalo, New York 14209

(716) 882-2662

David M. Goldstein, D.D.S.
1430 Main Street

Buffalo, New York 14209
(716) 883-1400

*Fee schedule accepted for most ser-
vices.

County Local 844.

Coleman, McGuiness and Ms. Schaff also were elected to the State

Nominating Committee.

White Plains unit
members ratify a
3-year contract

WHITE PLAINS — A new, three-year contract has been
overwhelmingly ratified by city workers. The vote was 318 in favor and
29 opposed, according to Unit President Joseph Roche.

The wage package provides seven percent the first year, eight-and-
a-half percent the next year, and a cost of living increase of between
six and nine percent in’the final year, depending on the rate of in-
flation.

Employees hired prior to Oct. 4, 1978, will continue to receive in-
crements, the system by which they advance on a salary scale, while
those hired after that day will participate in a new merit increase plan.

Merit increases will be granted annually according to procedures
not yet finalized by both parties. One-half percent of the bargaining un-
it’s total gross compensation each year, however, will be targeted for
the increases.

The newly ratified agreement is retroactive to July, 1980.

Other highlights of the pact, according to Collective Bargaining
Specialist Ron Mazzola, are:

* unit president shall be notified of all job vacancies and
promotional opportunities, and be guaranteed a half-day each
week to administer union business.

© increase of $20. at the start of the 2nd and 3rd contract years in
employer's contribution to dental insurance. .

© appointment of a labor-management committee to study various
issues (‘‘blue collar’ classification comparable wage survey,
“blue collar” clothing allowance, tuition assistance, ‘‘standby
pay,” and compensatory time accumulation and use).

increase in recreation supervisor's pay in lieu of overtime.

¢ paid leave allowed for serious injury in immediate family.

¢ double time for all hours worked in excess of 16 consecutive
hours, and

* upon receiving a promotion, employee placed on a step of
promotional grade which provides for at least a seven percent in-
crease over current salary.

CSEA’s negotiating team was chaired by Daniel Armstrong, and
included Roche, Herb Alston, Michael Dalton, Michael DeMasi,
Reginald Garnett, Rashad Harris, Russell Herten, Ruth Harris,
Margaret Majthenyi, Dan Miller, Ernestine Newton, Brian O’Rourke,
and Lee Palmer.

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HAUPPAUGE — More than 70
members of Lang Island Region I attend-
ed a safety workshop on the new OSHA +
and Toxic Substances laws for public
employees in New York State.

Leading the workshop were CSEA
Collective Bargaining Specialist Nels
Carlson and Steve Fantazzo of AFSCME.

Region I President Danny Donohue
praised the members who turned out for
the evening meeting on the day of a snow
storm. ‘‘The good turnout in spite of the
weather indicates how important the un-
ion membership considers job safety and
health,’ Donohue said.

SUFFOLK COUNTY LOCAL 852 members at the Region
I safety workshop include Betty Mennes and Charles

DeMartino.

*

DISPLAYING THE CERTIFICATES presented to members of Long Island Region I who

The OSHA (Occupational Safety and
Health Act) Law provides a mechanism
through the State Department of Labor
for employees or the union to report
possible safety and health violations.
The law provides mechanisms for. in-
spections of the alleged violations and
for having the violations corrected.

The Toxic Substances, or the Right to
Know Law gives public employees the
right to know the danger of being expos-
ed to chemicals in their work en-
vironment and provides employees with
a mechanism to legally refuse to work
when management fails to comply with
the law.

CSEA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SPECIALIST Nels Carlson,
at the Region I safety workshop, conducts the discussion of the
OSHA Law for public employees in New York State. Steve
Fantazzo of AFSCME led the discussion on the Toxic Substances
Law.

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is represented at the Region I satety
workshop by, from left, Stanley Roberts, Mary Ansbach, Jessie Kelly and James Forsyth.

attended the safety workshop in Hauppauge on the OSHA and Toxic Substances laws are
Region I President Danny Donohue, center, and Region I Safety Committee members,

from left, Nicholas Avella, Suffolk Education Local 870; Arthur Loving, State Parks Local
102; Charles Novo, Suffolk County Local 852; and Ralph Spagnolo, Nassau County Local
30,

f

AMONG THE MEMBERS OF LONG ISLAND REGION 1
attending the safety workshop are Frank and Madeline
Fasano, both of Nassau Education Local 865.

oe

ATTENDING THE LONG ISLAND REGION I safety
workshop are, at left, from left, Doris Serina and Dorothy
Goetz, both Suffolk County Local 852.

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