CSEA files Tier Ill lawsuit
ALBANY —A young CSEA member resigned from her job with the revised Tier III retirement law which went into effect Sept. 1.
State Aug. 31, and applied for refund of her 3 percent Tier Ill retirement And they meant that by the end of September, CSEA had a basis on
Contribution. The retirement system informed her she'll have to wait.a while _ which to take New York State to court to challenge the two provisions in the
| to ee ae back sf ae SS i : law.
Al Albany County employee ied Sept. 3, and his beneficiaries thought The union’s litigation challenges the revised retirement law on the
they dreceive his $50,000 death benefit from the retirement system. Instead, grounds that it violates the Ainpalernent of contract” provisions of the New
they'll only get $11,999. a : ‘ York and United States constitutions, as well as constitutional due process
_ These two cases were among the first to suffer the inequities of the (Continued on Page 13)
REBUILD
Official Publication of The Civil Why you N Y
Service Employees Association
. Local 1000, American
Federation of State, County and’ should
Municipal Employees AFL-CIO
VOTE ‘YES “==
Vol. 5, No. 26
Friday, October 7, 1983 NOVE MBE R 8
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CISSN 0164 9949) See pages 5 and 20
MONDALE
IN 1984
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — In a precedent-setting action, the AFL-CIO has thrown its
muscle, money and endorsement behind Walter F. Mondalé’s:bid for the nomination
as the Democrat candidate for United States President in the 1984 election.
The formal endorsement by the AFL-CIO’s general board, an action later affirmed
by the general delegate body, at the AFL-ClO’s convention here marked the first
time the Federation has endorsed any candidate before the presidential primaries.
Mondale was the overwhelming favorite of the convention, winning an overwhelming
~ 96.5 percent of the general board votes case, compared to Sen. John Glenn of Ohio,
who got the remaining 3.5 percent. The voting came from 96 unions representing
14.5 million AFL-ClO members.
Speaking to the AFL-CiO delegates, Mondale pledged, ‘‘We are ready to build
the strongest, most productive economy in this nation’s history, bring down interest
rates, create stronger trade policies, and strengthen education.”’
“‘We want jobs, low inflation, reasonable interest rates, and steady, long-term
growth.’”
Mondale also told the convention audience, ‘‘This is the election we dare not
lose, because when this administration says ‘What we need is a union-free nation,’ |
tell them we need a nation of free unions.”’
AFSCME International President Gerald W. McEntee cast the union’s nearly 1
million votes for Mondale: = 3
(“We must work hard for Mondale’-—McGowan
CSEA President William L. McGowan, a delegate to the AFL-CIO convention, said,
“We must work hard for Mondale, to win the Democratic nomination for labor’s
candidate, and to put Ronald Reagan out of the White House.’” McGowan pointed
out that Mondale has a program to reduce unemployment, support Social Security
and Medicaid, to bring about pay equity for women, and tax policies that are fair to
working families.
McDermott cites Mondale’s pro-labor record
CSEA Executive Vice President Joseph E. McDermott, who also attended the
AFL-CIO-convention, said, ‘‘Mondale’s record is clearly pro-labor and in favor of
social justice. Reagan’s policies are unfair to labor, women and minorities.”’
~\
Walter F. Mondale, labor’s candidate for the Democratic Presidential
nomination, has been invited to address delegates at CSEA’s Annual
Delegates Meeting scheduled for Oct. 23-28 at the Concord Hotel,
Kiamesha Lake. A tentative acceptance has-been given by Mondale,
schedule permitting.
\AFSCME ENDORSES WALTER MONDALE-See page 12)
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SIGNS EAP POLICY — State Education Commissioner Gordon
Ambach and CSEA Education Local 657 President June Robak recently signed an agreement to make
available the statewide Employees Assistance Program to department employees. Standing, from left
to right, are management representatives Paul J. Scudier, Jim Sullivan and Marilyn Gieras,
CSEA/EAP Committee members Dorothy Hay, Cheryl Abbott and Edward Donnelly, and
management’s Charles Byrne. EAP is designed to help state workers recognize and cope with any
personal problems that may affect their job performance or their health.
ue
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY EAP FULLY FUNCTIONAL — Chautauqua County, which has one of the
most comprehensive county EAPS, recently ran a training program for all shop stewards and
supervisors involved in the program. The joint three-day workshop was conducted by, from left to right,
Donna Civiletto, EAP Committee member; John Schwanekamp, personnel administrator; Betty
Gossett, EAP coordinator; Richard Maggio, CSEA Chautauqua County unit president; Michael
Ricketts, EAP Committee member, James Murphy, CSEA/EAP director; and Barbara Gustafson and
Art Chambers, both EAP coordinators.
Gender pay gap narrows slightly
Board of
Directors
WASHINGTON — Although the difference in
earnings for men and women has narrowed
somewhat, women working year-round at
fulltime jobs still earn only 62 cents for every $1
earned by men,
Median annual earnings for women working
fulltime last year were $13,014, compared to a
median of $21,077 for men. The ratio of women’s
earnings to men’s earnings has fluctuated in the
range of 57 percent to 60 percent over the past
two decades.
One reason cited for the slightly narrowed gap
was that the recession had more of an adverse
effect on men’s wages. Men dominate the work
force in many industries particularly hard hit,
including and auto manufacturing.
2 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, October 7, 1983
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Public Sector regularly
publishes a summary of actions taken by CSEA’s
Statewide Board of Directors at the Board’s of-
ficial meetings. The summary is prepared by
Statewide Secretary Irene Carr for the informa-
tion of union members,
By Irene Carr
CSEA Statewide Secretary
Albany — CSEA’s statewide Board of Directors
met Sept. 15 to conduct official business of the
union.
During the meeting President McGowan
discussed the Rebuild New York Bond Issue, and
also informed the board that the newly-appointed
executive director, Bernard Zwinak, joins the
CSEA staff in October.
In view of the fact that the board is not scheduled
to meet to approve a new fiscal year budget until
early November, the board approved a motion to
continue expenditures after the current budget’s
Sept. 30 expiration date that are in line with normal
expenses.
The board also commended Ruth Dodds of the
treasurer’s department on the occasion of her
retirement after 25 years of service to CSEA and
commended board member Grace Vallee on her
selection to attend the National Convention on Child
Protection and Abuse.
Approval was given to the county executive
committee’s recommendation that a full-scale
membership recruitment program for local
government be developed and implemented, with a
progress report by the January board meeting. The
motion was referred to the membership committee.
The recommendation that organizing efforts in
political subdivisions be made regardless of the size
of the potential unit was referred to the
Membership Task Force. The board also approved
the recommendation that local presidents be
notified of any effort to organize members within
the local jurisdiction.
In other action, the board increased the expense
reimbursement schedule for members of CSEA
committees; meal reimbursement will increase
Oct. 1 from $4 to $5 for breakfast, from $6 to $8 for
lunch, and from $15 to $18 for dinner. Expenditures
totaling $15,080 were approved for a telephone
system in the new Region II Office.
Other board actions included:
© Approval of a personnel committee request
that the Communications Department develop
material to be distributed to CSEA members to aid
in the recruitment of minority and handicapped
candidates for employment with CSEA.
e Approval of a county executive committee
recommendation that board meetings be held in
each of the six regions at least once a year.
© Referral to the budget committee of a motion
that delegate reimbursement for meals and lodging
at delegate meetings be at the same rate as that of
members of the Board of Directors.
© Approval of a $30 miscellaneous allowance for
each day at the annual delegates meeting at the
Concord for members of the board, standing
committee chairpersons, sergeants-at-arms, and
members of the convention and credentials
committees.
Also passed were a motion that CSEA consider
having an annual booth at the New York State Fair
and a motion that President McGowan notify the
board and local presidents on his decision on
endorsement of the Rebuild New York bond issue.
(CSEA endorsement of the infrastructure bond
issue was announced during barge canal press
conferences the following week.)
AFSCME wins
landmark
pay equity
lawsuit
Court ruling a
‘sweeping victory
for working women’
AFSCME has “put pay equity on the map once and
for all,” as a result of winning a massive lawsuit against
the state of Washington, according to the director of
AFSCME’s Women’s program, Diana Rock.
AFSCME filed a $300 million suit against the state of
Washington in August, charging the state with wage
discrimination against its female employees.
“Today’s court ruling is a sweeping victory for work-
ing women in the state of Washington and nationwide,”
said Rock. “The ruling opens the door for a fundamental
change in the value of work that many women perform.”
Rock said the ruling ‘‘makes illegal decades of wage
discrimination against working women.” She said the
ruling ‘‘will take years off the battle for fair wages for
ie It will put pay equity on the map once and for
Federal District Court Judge Jack Tanner in
Tacoma, Wash., ruled that the evidence is ‘‘overwhelm-
ing” that the state has been practicing sex discrimina-
tion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
Tanner said the discrimination is “pervasive, inten-
tional, and in violation of the law.”’
Tanner named Nov. 14 as the day the court will meet
with AFSCME and the state to begin working on
remedies for the discrimination.
_AFSCME’s president, Gerald W. McEntee, said the
ruling will affect far more than the state of Washington.
“AFSCME represents approximately 15,000
employees in the state of Washington,” McEntee said.
“For our members there, this ruling confirms their argu-
ment that their employer was illegally holding down the
wages of women. And for our members across the coun-
try, the ruling means similar actions can be expected in
other state and local governments. Of AFSCME’s one
million members nationwide, 400,000 are women.
‘“‘AF'SCME is the nation’s pioneer in the area of pay
equity,”’ McEntee said. ‘‘This case is the culmination of
10 years’ work. We realize the problem of unfair pay
won’t go away overnight, but we are confident this case
will be a landmark in the achievement of pay equity.””
And on the western front: wins in Washington and Alaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. — “It was a great week for the pocketbooks and
the paychecks of women all over this country,” said Joy Ann Grune,
executive director of the National Committee on Pay Equity, a coalition of
150 organizations and individuals which has become the leading proponent
of pay equity for women. AFSCME, CSEA’s internation union affiliate, is
represented on the national committee’s board of directors.
“On Monday, a precedent-setting test of an Alaska state law requiring
equal pay for work ‘of comparable character’ began,” Grune explained of
legal actions in mid-September.
“And then on Friday, a federal district court judge in Tacoma,
Washington issued a keystone ruling which found the State of Washington
guilty of ‘direct, overt and institutionalized’ sex discrimination in violation
of title VII of the Civil Rights Act.”
“Both,” said Grune, “are landmark cases in a litigation strategy to
prove discrimination against women who work in predominantly female
jobs — which is where more than 80 percent of all women work.”
The Alaska case is not a test of federal law, but of a state law that
specifically enumerates pay disparities for work of comparable character
as a discriminatory practice.
The case has national ramifications, Nancy Reder of the national
Suffolk's Social Services workers
able to hold union meetings on
county time — but not much of it
HAUPPAUGE — In a Solomon’s Then, union business would be
compromise, an arbitrator has upheld discussed. i
the right of Suffolk County Depart- The practice of holding such
ment of Social Services (DSS) meetings was initiated prior to 1974
committee said, because of increased interest in using existing state laws to
eliminate wage discrimination — and because of a growing number of new
state and local laws and policies which prohibit sex-based wage
discrimination.
The Alaska case began in November 1978 when state public health
nurses filed a pay discrimination complaint with the Alaska Human Rights
Commission. They alleged that their work is comparable to the work of
salescin loyed physicians assistants, and that paying them less violates
Ww.
The pay differential is currently $8688 per year. Since the public health
nurse position was first classified, 99.9 percent of those holding the jobs have
been women. All state physicians assistants have been male.
The Human Rights Commission conducted a two-year investigation
which found probable cause to believe that sex discrimination was
occurring and subsequently filed a class action suit against the state on
behalf of all public health nurses. The suit is now being heard in a quasi-
judicial administration hearing which began in Juneau, Alaska, on Sept. 12
and is expected to run five weeks. Expert job evaluators from around the
U.S. have been called to testify, and both sides agree that the case is the test
of the state comparable worth law.
employees here and in Bay Shore to
hold monthly union meetings on coun-
ty time and on county property. But in
so doing, arbitrator Daniel Brent also
limited the sessions to strictly 20
minutes of union business.
CSEA’s Legal Assistance Program
took up the case after William Scheid
filed a grievance because the county
withdrew permission for the sessions.
Traditionally, they served two func-
tions. First, the county used the
gatherings for informal purposes.
and continued uninterrupted until
April of 1983.
Brent ruled that a valid past prac-
tice existed, based on ‘‘mutual con-
sent of the parties” and he rejected
the county’s argument that it could
not exist for only a small percentage
of the bargaining unit. Accordirgly,
the meetings will be resumed with one
added benefit, namely that the Haup-
pauge and Bay Shore units which used
to meet together will now be able to
conduct separate union meetings.
Poughkeepsie retirement plan hailed
POUGHKEEPSIE — ‘“‘A super deal” is how John Famalette describes a
retirement incentive plan which he says is “unique’’ in New York State.
A two-year contract, recently ratified by maintenance workers of the
Poughkeepsie City School District, has the retirement option which grants
employees a 75 percent ‘‘bonus’” if they meet certain conditions.
The “bonus” will be 75 percent of base salary plus longevity.
To be eligible, employees must be at least 55 years old and have worked for
the school district 15 years. And, they must notify management by Feb. 1 that
they plan to retire the following June 30.
The plan will be in effect each contract year, with a $10,000 limit on in-
dividual ‘“‘bonuses”’ paid in 1975,
Famalette, who led the unit’s negotiating team, expects several workers to
take advantage of the option each year and says it makes him “‘very proud they
will be getting something extra.”
Lending a hand to children
CSEA LONG ISLAND REGION President Danny Donohue gives a hand to
Lisa Kirk of Selden. Donohue joins Project EQUALS (Everyone Qualifies
Under Alternative Learning Systems) in supporting an effort to change New
York state law so handicapped children receive a diploma after successfully
completing the Individual Education Program. In the background (1-r) are
John M. O’Grady, Project EQUALS chairperson; Patty DeSrosiers, Selden;
Dr. Eric Weaver, assistant chairperson of Project EQUALS; and Marge
Rothwell, executive assistant to NY state Senator Ken LaValle.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, October 7, 1983
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Official publication of
The Civil Service Employees Association
Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
33 Elk Street, Albany, New York 12224
The Public Sector (445010) is published every
other Friday by the Civil Service Employees
Association, 33 Elk Street, Albany, New York
12224.
Publication office, 1 Columbia Place, Albany,
New York 12207.
Second Class Postage paid at Post Office,
Albany, New York.
MICHAEL P. MORAN — Publisher
ROGER A. COLE — Editor
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
BUT THESE AERIAL PHoTos
OF ENEMY TERRITORY.--
IT LOOKS LIKE IT's ALREADY
BEEN BOMBED AND STRAFED!
NO, NO! THOSE
ARE THE PICTURES THEY
ASKEP US To TAKE OF
NEW YORK STATE's ROAD
AND CANAL SYSTEMS FOR
THE REBUILD N.Y. BOND
ISSUE CAMPAIGN.
TINA LINCER FIRST — Associate Editor
BRIAN K. BAKER — Assistant Editor
Address changes should be sent to Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association, The Public Sector,
33 Elk Street, Albany, New York 12224.
Political action workshops
set for Region Ill members
FISHKILL — Political Action and
Legislative Workshops will be held on
Oct. 11 in Middletown and on Oct. 12
in Fishkill from 7-10 p.m. Open to all
members, the workshops will be con-
ducted by CSEA Political Action
Training Specialist Ramona
Gallagher. Similar sessions were also
held earlier this week.
Region III Education Committee
Chairperson Mary Naylor-Boyd said
the seminars ‘will help interested
members understand and function
within the political systems and learn
how to have an impact on them.”
Gallagher noted that participants
will be introduced to CSEA political
action in a program that is a combina-
tion of lectures, classroom, role-
playing and discussion. Upcoming
political campaigns will be discussed
as well as getting involved in the cam-
paigns, media contacts and political
awareness.
Reservations can be made by call-
ing the Region III office. Contact
Anita Manley, Communications
Associate. Limited to 40 persons.
On the road to safety
JIM MAY, CSEA OSHA REPRESENTATIVE, left, welcomes the 500th
person from the Long Island Region to take the Defensive Driving
Course. Herbert S. Kempster, right, Department of Public Works,
Suffolk County CSEA Local 852, attended the Sept. 1 and 2, 1983,
course.
Extra copies of CSEA-state contracts available
ALBANY — Local presidents who want extra copies of CSEA-state
contracts for the three major bargaining units may obtain them by contacting
their respective CSEA regional office. New supplies of the contracts for
members of the administrative, institutional and operational bargaining units
were recently sent to each of the union’s six regional offices.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, October 7, 1983
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Many CSEA members in the Ad-
ministrative, Institutional and Operational
Services Units have received a survey con-
Fill out
and return cnn tutioniee couroen ana
SUrvey On ore eee une oy
tuition-free Smits ands retum ewelpe
courses PLEASE!
Employee suggestion ‘premium week’
The week of Oct. 17-21 has been designated ‘Employee Suggestion
, Premium Week’’yby the State Department of Civil Service. An employee who
submits an eligible suggestion to the State Employee Suggestion Program,
cade of whether it is ultimately approved or disapproved, will receive a
gift.
The Employee Suggestion Program, the oldest in the country, was started
in 1946 and is administered by the Department of Civil Service. Since the
program’s inception, more than 44,000 suggestions have been submitted for
consideration and approximately $467,000 has been awarded for suggestions
which have contributed to cost containment in New York state government.
Awards are generally based on 10 percent of net first year savings. There
is a limit of one gift per person and all determinations on eligibility will be
made by the Suggestion Program and will be final.
Employees should send their ideas (preferably on Form PS-607) to the
Employee Suggestion Program, New York State Department of Civil Service,
Building No. 1, State Campus, Albany, New York 12239.
Region Il delegates meeting, Oct. 15
NEW YORK CITY — The Region II
delegates meeting will be held on Oct.
15 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Downstate
Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.
Regional President Frances
Dubose Batiste said delegates should
bring their delegate packets for
review. ‘I urge you to participate in
this preliminary informational
caucus so that our region will be
unified and responsive to the issues on
the upcoming statewide convention
agenda,” said Dubose Batiste.
. Let's Rebuild New York,
Vote ‘yes’ on November 8
PROPOSITION #
FOR SAFER
TRANSPORTATION
REBUILD
NY
BOND-ISSUE
Over the last century New York's
transportation system evolved into the most
complex and efficient system of any state in
the country. Through enormous capital in-
vestment at the federal, state and local level
along with private investments, the state
developed a network of bridges and roads in-
terconnecting its cities, a rail system capable
of handling major freight movements, inter-
city rail passenger service virtually unequal-
ed in the nation, an extensive inland water-
way system, the largest mass transit system
in the nation, and an excellent airport and air
service system.
Age and wear have taken their toll on all
of these facilities. 42% of the state’s
19,000 bridges are considered structurally
deficient and require some repair. 22% of
109,000 miles of state and local highways
are rated poor. Without extensive restora
tion, the state will soon be faced with an
almost impossible task of reconstructing
these facilities.
In an attempt to meet the immediate need
for funds to restore these facilities, Governor
Cuomo proposed and the State Legislature
enacted the Rebuild New York Bond Issue
In addition to reversing the deterioration
and improving the safety of New York's
transportation systems, the Bond Issue Pro-
gram will provide over 180,000 man-years
of employment or over 36,000 jobs for five
years. Approximately $9 billion of economic
activity will develop from the investment of
the $3.17 billion Bond Program. The $9
billion develops from the reinvestment of the
capital project dollars into the state’s com-
mercial and tourism industries.
ESTIMATED FIVE-YEAR
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL PROGRAM
(IN BILLIONS)
REGULAR
BOND PROGRAM STATE PROGRAM
$1.25 IN BOND FUNDS | $1.51 STATE FUNDS
$1.92 FEDERAL AID | $2.30 FEDERAL AID
$3.17 $3.81
TOTAL $6.98 BILLION
The Rebuild New York Bond Issue would
permit the state to borrow $1.25 billion to
invest in the restoration of highways,
bridges, waterways, railroads and airports.
A portion ($390 million) of these funds will
be used to match an available $1.92 billion
of federal aid. The rest ($860 million) will be
used to fund projects on facilities ineligible
to receive federal funds. Added to normal
state appropriations and other federal funds,
the $3.17 billion Bond Program (including
the $1.92 billion of otherwise unavailable
federal funds) will create a five-year
transportation renewal program totaling
nearly $7 billion at a cost to state taxpayers
of only $3.725 billion.
‘The bond issue will benefit all New
Yorkers. For union members in both
the public and private sector, it will
create jobs. It will also spur economic
development in New York.’
—CSEA President
William L. McGowan
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Individual Risticmant ae
IRA
payroll
deduction
will be
available
fo many
CSEA
members
ALBANY — Building funds for retirement will now
be easier for many CSEA members, who will now be able
to use automatic payroll deduction to open an Individual
Retirement Account (IRA).
The union negotiated with the state to set up IRA
payroll deductions for those in the ASU, ISU and OSU
bargaining units, as well as CSEA-represented
employees in the Office of Court Administration (OCA).
That payroll deduction is scheduled to go into effect
within the next two weeks.
IRAs, made available to the general public when tax
laws were changed about two years ago, provide a way
for individuals to build their own retirement savings in a
tax-sheltered investment. Up to $2,000 a year may be
paid into an employed individual’s IRA, and the full
amount of the year’s IRA contribution is subtracted from
the person’s taxable income. Another major tax
advantage is that interest earned on the account is tax
deferred until withdrawals are made, usually at
retirement.
A special task force of the union’s State Executive
Committee — headed by John Gully, the board
representative for Tax and Finance — studied a number
of IRA plan proposals before recommending the
programs now being offered to CSEA members.
“Many different types of financial institutions offer
these retirement plans, and we thought that our
members should have a choice and be able to pick a
program which best suits their needs,”’ Gully explained.
“That’s why we selected three vendors, who represent
three major types of IRAs — a bank, an insurance
company, and an investment firm that manages mutual
funds.
“Retirement planning is important, and especially
with all the uncertainty over the Social Security system,
IRAs can be a good way to protect your future,” Gully
added. ‘‘We hope that CSEA members will look into these
programs, which have the big advantage of making
saving easier through payroll deduction. Even if you can
only save $10 or $12 a pay period, the tax advantages and
other benefits offered through these plans can really
make the money add up.”
Although the plans are now only available through
payroll deduction for State Division and OCA members,
it is hoped that negotiations with political subdivisions
will result in other CSEA members being able to take
advantage of the automatic retirement savings plan.
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DIME SAVINGS BANK
A variety of IRA plans is being offered by The
Dime Savings Bank of New York, the second
largest savings bank in New York State. (Capital
Region members may be more familiar with the
Mechanics Exchange Division of the Dime.)
Under these plans, there are no administration
charges or opening fees, and IRA accounts are
covered by FDIC protection up to $100,000. A
minimum contribution of $10 per biweekly pay
period is required for the payroll deduction IRA
plan.
These funds would be deposited ‘into- an:
18-month variable rate certificate’ which pays
money market rates based on’ the? 7-Day
Donoghue Money Fund Average: (In late
September, the rate averaged was 8.78 percent
to yield 9.07 percent annually.)
When accounts reach balances of $500 and
$2,500, a number of fixed-rate certificate
accounts become available, many of which are
currently yielding 10 percent or more interest.
PRUDENTIAL-BACHE
Prudential-Bache is offering CSEA members an
annuity, guaranteed by The Prudential
Insurance Company of America, the world’s
largest insurer. At retirement, part or all of the
TRA account may be withdrawn as cash, or
members may choose from a wide variety of
annuity arrangements that will provide monthly
payments.
One of the most common forms is an annuity
which provides monthly payments for your
lifetime, while guaranteeing a minimum of 120
payments (10 years). Should you die before you
have received the 120 minimum payments, the
remainder will be continued to your beneficiary.
The Prudential-Bache program requires a
minimum contribution of $300 a year or $12 per
biweekly pay period, and contributions are
invested in a fixed income account guaranteed
by Prudential. The program’s administrative
expenses will be covered by an annual charge of
$5 and a reduction of 1 percent per year reflected
in the guaranteed interest rate credited to your
account which for the current quarter is 11%
percent.
‘OPPENHEIMER ‘MANAGEMENT CO.
‘An ‘Albany-based investment banking and
brokerage firm, McGinn, Smith & Co., will make
available IRA investments in funds managed by
the Oppenheimer Management Co.
Oppenheimer manages a number of mutual
funds, three of which are being offered to CCEA
members — the Time Fund, the Director’s Fund
and the Stock Fund.
Because fund earnings depend on the
performance of groups of stocks, earnings will
vary. However, Oppenheimer currently
manages in excess of $8 billion and has a proven
performance record. Their Time Fund, for
example, has experienced a 29 percent average
annual rate of return over the past eight to nine
years.
Minimum investment will be $10 per pay
period. Members will be charged a small
administration fee for custodial services, but
will enjoy a reduction in the commission rate as
they purchase shares of the fund.
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, October 7, 1983
eRe AER a ne ROE
The ABCs of IRAs
What is an IRA?
An individual Retirement Account (IRA) is a tax
deferred investment plan. It lets you save a portion
of your income for retirement, while legally
sheltering income from taxes.
Who Qualifies?
Anyone under age 70% who is employed, even if
you’re already covered by a retirement plan when
you work.
How much money can I contribute?
Up to 100 percent of your earnings toa maximum
of $2,000 per year. A working spouse is eligible for
the same contribution, or you can contribute up to
100 percent of your earnings or a maximum of
$2,250 to cover yourself and a non-working spouse.
You may open as many IRAs as you like, as long as
your total contribution for the year does not exceed
these limits.
Into what type of accounts can I place IRA funds?
A wide range of plans are available, including
investment plans offered by banks, insurance
companies, mutual or money market funds, and
investment companies.
How and when may my funds be withdrawn?
IRA funds are intended to be withdrawn at
retirement time and are intended to supplement
Social Security benefits or your pension plan.
Withdrawals before age 5944 (except in cases of
death, permanent disability or incompetence)
result in a tax penalty; and you’re required to begin
making at least minimum withdrawals when you
reach 70%.
What are the tax advantages of an IRA?
First, you get a tax deduction for your IRA
contributions each year you make them. Second,
the money your IRA account earns compounds tax
free. You pay no income tax on either the money
you pay in or the interest you earn until you retire
and start making withdrawals, by which time you’ll
probably be in a lower tax bracket.
How much money can I make with an IRA?
Plans differ widely and interest rates will change
over the years. But let’s assume that your IRA will
earn 10 percent compounded quarterly and that you
make the maximum $2,000 yearly contributions.
If you start building your IRA at age 30, by the
time you reach age 60, you’ll have paid in $60,000.
However, your IRA would actually be worth
$372,444. Or let’s say you don’t start paying into an
TRA until age 45, and thus contribute $50,000 by the
time you're 70. Your IRA will then total $219,385.
The money grows like that because it keeps adding
up tax free, year after year, until you begin to
withdraw it.
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STATE BARGE named “Pitts-
ford” pulls into Lock 32 at
Rochester.
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ANSWERING MEDIA queries on statewide save-the-
canal tour.
BARGE CANAL West Local 502
President Frank Zammiello and
CSEA President William L. McGowan
meet with newscasters at one of the
locks near Utica.
UNION PRESIDENT
McGowan is inter-
viewed at Rochester
Lock 32 with Sen.
William Steinfelt,
left, and Assembly-
man Gary Proud.
EMPLOYEE of Barge Canal Central
Local 503 talks shop with McGowan
and Region V President James
Moore, right, in the canal terminal
building in Syracuse.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, October 7, 1983 Page 15
Refunds for illegally-deducted
prison strike penalties due soon
ALBANY — More than 30 CSEA members who had strike penalties
illegally deducted months after the April/May 1979 Council 82 prison
strike can expect refund checks in the near future.
As a result of a class action suit filed by CSEA, refunds totaling
nearly $4,300 will soon be paid to those members who had Taylor Law
penalties deducted after Jan. 10, 1980.
The union\’s legal victory does not affect strike penalty deductions
that occurred in May or in the fall of 1979.
“Many other employees represented by CSEA were exonerated after
the strike hearings,” explained CSEA Attorney Michael Smith of Roemer
and Featherstonhaugh. “In this class action case, these members’
right to recovery is based only on the state’s failure to make strike
penalty deductions on a timely basis, prior to Jan. 10, 1980.”
Legal proceedings in October are expected to clear the way for
payments to be made. The refunds range from $14 to $464.
ALBANY — The following is a proposed amendment to the CSEA Constitution
and By-Laws, pertaining to political action funding. The CSEA Constitution and By-
Laws Committee has not yet taken a position on the proposed revision, but is ex-
pected to vote on the recommendation prior to its consideration by the delegates
during the annual meeting scheduled for Oct. 23-28 at Kiamesha Lake. This will be
distributed to delegates as an amendment to the committee’s report.
Key: Italic = New Material
Brackets = Removal of Old Material
The proposed change reads as follows:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2(a)(4) OF THE CSEA BY-LAWS
RELATING TO A CHANGE IN THAT PORTION OF THE ANNUAL DUES WHICH ARE SET
ASIDE AND USED FOR POLITICAL ACTION PURPOSES. IF PASSED, THIS AMENDMENT
WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1984.
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CSEA'S CONSTITUTION
NYC INSTALLATION — CSEA
Executive Vice President
Joseph E. McDermott, standing
right, recently swore in newly-
elected officers of New York
City Local 010. Seated, from left
to right, are Helen Boyd,
secretary; Janis Weiner, third
vice president; Todd Reisman,
treasurer; Nancy Hall, second
vice president; and Rose
Feuerman-Sutro, first vice
president. Standing, from left,
are Region II Director Ron
Mazzola, field representatives
Charles Bell and Alan Jennings,
and Region II President
Frances DuBose Batiste.
Village disregards advisory decision
LAKE GROVE — Highway laborer Robert Pereira should get
differential pay for the time he was out on Workers’ Compensation, according @
to Arbitrator Robert MacGregor.
CSEA’s Legal Assistance Program went to bat for Pereira after he
suffered an on-the-job injury and the village deducted $296 from his
compensation, claiming that the extra payment would be an unconstitutional
gift for services not rendered.
Union officials countered that most labor agreements provide for
employee benefits that accrue even though they may not be actually
performing services. Holidays, vacations and personal days were cited as
examples.
Moreover, the village had included the differential pay when the grievant
was out on Workers’ Compensation previously. Therefore, the arbitrator ruled
“it has been the practice in the past that an employee of the Village of Lake
Grove would suffer no loss of wages due to a compensable injury,” and since
“in a previous case of like nature, and with the same employee, the differential
was paid,” he recommended the $296 be restored to Pereira.
Nevertheless, the village has refused to abide by the advisory decision,
which has prompted CSEA Field Representative Jim Walters to comment “its
action is both irresponsible and deplorable.”
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“AND BY-LAWS B
SECTION 2, DUES AND AGENCY SHOP FEE.
(a)(4) An annual amount of [two dollars and sixty cents ($2.60) or ten cents ($.10) bi-
weekly] three percent (3%) of the dues or agency shop fee paid by an individual shall
be appropriated by the Association for political or ideological purposes. Such an @
amount shall be collected and set aside on a bi-weekly basis in the same man-
ner as dues are collected. Any dues paying member of the Association or person pay-
ing an agency shop fee who objects to the appropriation of this portion of their payment
for political or ideological purposes unrelated to collective bargaining shall have the
right to object to such appropriation. An objector shall file written notice by registered
or certified mail of his objection with the State’ Treasurer during the month of October
of each year. Upon receipt of such objection, the State Treasurer shall remit to the ob-
jector [two dollars and sixty cents ($2.60)] three percent (3%) of the annual dues
for the period of time objected to by the objector, or if the objector has not paid
dues or an agency shop fee for each of the preceding twelve months, the State
Treasurer shall remit to the objector an amount equal to [ten cents ($.10) for] three @
percent (3%) of each bi-weekly period for which dues or an agency shop fee were
collected.”
Ausable schools sign-up campaign makes the grade
AUSABLE — After a summer of signing up
members, June Venette has started off the school
year with a new three-year contract and a long-
sought agency shop provision.
“JT was determined to start September with that
provision working,” said Venette, president of the
Ausable school unit of CSEA Clinton County Local
810.
Her persistence more than doubled the unit’s
membership from 27 to 56, and caused the district
to implement an agency shop provision.
“I was mad. Mad at what I learned at the
bargaining table,” Venette said. ‘The district was
never going to give us agency shop. They would
never negotiate the wholesale incorporation of non-
members into CSEA. So we agreed to a trigger
mechanism. The unit had to achieve 60 percent
voluntary membership before the district would
collect agency fee payments from the other 40
percent.”
Using her position as both unit president and
member of the bargaining team, Venette began a
four-month-long sign-up campaign that consisted of
face-to-face meetings with the non-members.
“The people were interested in what was going on
at the bargaining table and what the union was do-
ing for them. But they were reluctant to sign on the
dotted line until they saw the results,” she said.
“So, I just used their own interest in bettering their
own situation to the union’s advantage.”
The three-year contract which was then being
negotiated by Venette and her bargaining team —
Teena Snow, Kay O’Neil, David Blaise and CSEA
Field Representative Charlie Scott—was a key to ob-
taining the results she needed. Negotiations which
began in early April dragged into mediation in July.
But Venette used the protracted negotiations to her
advantage.
“J told the non-members that only CSEA
members would be allowed to vote on any tentative
pact. And when a slight controversy arose over the
district’s desire to replace our health insurance
coverage with another program, I made sure the
non-members realized that only members would
have the right to approve or disapprove of this
change.”
As it happened, the bargaining team came for-
ward with a very good three-year package. The ten-
tative contract offered the members a 8.2 percent
Federal law provides for health care
for uninsured, medically indigent!
salary increase in the first year; 7 percent on the
salary plus an increment worth 1.2 percent.
The second and third years offered 6 percent
salary increases plus increment and the establish-
ment of a $245 sixth step in the salary schedule for
all workers at the top of the present schedule to be
paid in one $120 installment in ’84 and a $125 pay-
ment in 85,
The package also improved sick leave to cover
family situations, and extended bereavement leave
to include aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
“We had a fine, tentative package to offer the
members and I kept telling the non-members that if
it was voted down only members would have any
say in formulating our next action to get a contract
By the time the package was put up for a vote, the
membership of the unit had passed the required
agency shop trigger membership requirement.
“The agreement passed overwhelmingly,”
Venette noted. “I’m now contacting the 30 remain-
ing school employees I did not reach over the sum-
mer. I think they’ll all want to sign up as members
and have some say in their union rather than just be
non-participating agency fee payers.”
John D. Corcoran Jr., CSEA Capital Region
director, praised the efforts of Venette as being ex-
emplary service to the goals of CSEA. ‘‘Member-
ship recruitment is one of the most important ser-
vices an officer can perform. The more members
supporting the union, the stronger the union in all
from the district.” adversarial situations,” he said.
SIGNED — Pat Monachino, right, points to the appropriate line for signing by Lake
Placid School Superintendent Gerald Blair and CSEA Unit President Jim Valence.
Looking on are Marian Shipman, David Wood and Gilbert Sheffield.
LAKE PLACID — CSEA has successfully concluded a wage
reopener in the Lake Placid School District contract which will
benefit some senior employees by almost $1,400 while all
employees will receive at least a 6.5 percent increase or $700
whichever is greater.
The new longevity payments start at $100 after one year of
experience and tops out a $700 after 25 years of service.
Employees who work less than 12 months will receive this benefit
on a pro-rated basis.
Wage
reopener
concluded
Judicial board makes
three determinations
ALBANY — The CSEA Judicial Board has found Richard Cirillo guilty of
More than 150 hospitals throughout New York state are obligated under
the federal Hill-Burton law to provide free or reduced cost health care to
people without health insurance. 4
“The potential benefit from Hill-Burton is substantial, particularly in
these economically troubled times, when the hardships of high unemploy-
ment have been aggravated by large cutbacks in federal programs,” noted
Attorney General Robert tg ser Abrams} iiss mepealty i
outlining compliance with the federal att iy New York. '
The little-known Hill-Burton program ‘provides hospital federal |
funds for construction in return for their agreement that for 20 years. they,
will provide substantial amounts of free or reduced-cost health ‘care to
medically indigent people without insurance.
Generally eligible for the program are those whose incomes are below
established guidelines and who do not have other medical insurance; those
who have insufficient Medicaid or Medicare coverage insurance or none at
all; and unemployed people whose insurance has run out.
For example, a family of four could qualify for free care under Hill-
Burton with an average family income before taxes of less than $9,900. That
same family could qualify for reduced cost care with an annual income of
$9,900 to $19,800. i
Not all hospitals have obligations under the program. Those seeking
medical treatment should inquire about Hill-Burton in hospital emergency
rooms, business offices or admissions offites. Hospitals have discretion in
deciding what services to provide free or at reduced cost, and Hill-Burton
hospitals only have to provide a certain amount of such care each year.
Additional information about the program, including a list of par-
ticipating hospitals in New York state, is available from the state Attorney
General’s Office. Ask for the report: ‘‘Serving the Medically Indigent.”
misconduct in his office as president of the District Attorney Investigators Unit
of Suffolk County Local 852, and has expelled him from CSEA membership.
Cirillo’s appeal to the Appeals Committee of the statewide Board of Direc-
tors was denied.
Cirillo was charged with aiding and supporting a competing labor
ization,.the United Federation of Police, and signing a designation card
or;
a ‘design iting the organization at his exclusive bargaining representative in a
decertification proceeding.
The Judicial Board noted: ‘An elected officer of any CSEA unit takes an
oath of office in which he or she swears to seek to advance the interests of the
Civil Service Employees Association. Attempting to decertify from CSEA is a
violation of that oath of office and constitutes the ultimate disloyalty to the
organization.”
In other recent action, the Judicial Board rescinded penalties imposed
earlier this year against Flo Miller and Brian Dombroswki of Seneca County
Local 850.
Four officers of the local, including Miller and Dombrowski, were removed
from office and the local placed in trusteeship. Trusteeship charges related to
the failure of the local to conduct election of officers during 1981 and also dealt
with a lack of representation of union members by the officers of the local.
Because Miller and Dombrowski failed to respond to charges within the
time period specified, the Judicial Board imposed a penalty without a hearing.
The two then appealed this determination to the Appeals Committee of the
Board of Directors, which granted an extension of time within which to respond
to charges.
Subsequently, information was submitted to the Judicial Board by Miller
and Dombrowski which resulted in the board’s dismissal of all charges and
revocation of penalties.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, October 7, 1983 Page’ 17
CSEA statewide Secretary Irene Carr, Region VI VI Secretary Sheila Brogan offer tips to
Office Manager Carolyn Antonucci and Region
Top officers offer tips
Secretaries, treasurers take notes n
at training sessions in Region VI
BUFFALO — Treasurers and
secretaries of CSEA Western Region
VI gathered at the Buffalo Convention
Center here recently for a training
session that covered everything from
recording meeting minutes to
completing accounting forms.
In one of two different seminars,
CSEA statewide Secretary Irene Carr
emphasized the important role of a
secretary as an elected officer of the
executive board. She recommended
that in addition to carrying out
clerical duties, regional secretaries
should get involved in the decision-
making process by joining one of
several union committees.
Region VI Secretary Sheila Brogan
led a discussion on the role and
responsibilities of local secretaries.
“As a local secretary,” she said,
“you are the second most visible
person next to the president. You
have first-hand knowledge of what’s
going on in your local or unit.”
Brogan also gave specific
instructions on how to prepare and
arrange for meetings, the proper
method of recording minutes and the
services and materials available to
Participants in the treasurers’
seminar were Don Livingston and
Marvin Jones both of Local 815, Erie
County. All who took part in the
training sessions will receive
certificates of completion for the
course.
assist local secretaries in their duties.
Region VI Office Manager Carolyn
Antonnuci gave an in-depth
description of her job responsibilities,
noting that one of her most important
duties is to provide information to
secretaries of union locals and units.
local and unit presidents.
CSEA Comptroller David Stack and
CSEA statewide treasurer Barbara
Fauser held separate training
sessions. Stack reviewed pertinent
articles of the Financial Standards
Comptroller David Stack shares a wealth of financial
information with treasurers.
Code, and explained new language
under Section 4 which deals with
disbursement of funds to
acknowledge retirees, memorials to
deceased and agency fee payers,
among other things.
—————— {SEA bargaining units get state grants for safety
ALBANY — Two CSEA bargaining units are among six public agencies
receiving state grants to correct hazards found at facilities there.
The funds, awarded by the state Public Employee Occupational Safety and
Health Hazard Abatement Board, will pay 75 percent of the expected cost of
corrective measures. They were based on inspections done under the state
Public Employee Safety and Health Act.
The city of Newburgh, Orange County Local 836, will receive $1,125 to in-
stall a fire alarm and loudspeaker system to correct lack of such facilities in
the water filtration plant.
The town of Greece, Monroe County Local 828, will get $22,500 to purchase
and install a spray booth with a makeup air unit to eliminate a fire and explo-
sion hazard in the Public Works Department spray painting area.
Other public agencies awarded grants were the Massapequa Fire District,
Niagara County Sewer District No. 1, the town of Chili and the village of East
Rochester.
‘Shortage of staff
cited in assault of
Central Islip LPN
CENTRAL ISLIP — CSEA has filed a grievance against Central Islip
Psychiatric Center about the safety of employees and patients at the
center. The grievance follows last week’s brutal assault of LPN Rita
Simineri, a member of Central Islip Local 404, by a patient.
“The lives of our members, as well as the patients’ lives are at
Vallee tells how CSEA
helps fight job stress
Rensselaer County Department of Social Services supervisor Grace Vallee
aired CSEA views on job-related stress at the Sixth National Conference on
Child Abuse and Protection held in Baltimore recently.
Vallee, chairwoman of the statewide Social Services Committee of CSEA
and a member of the union’s Board of Directors, participated with AFSCME
members in a panel on “Stress and Burnout: Causes and Remedial Action.”
The group specifically examined the causes and relief of stress among public
child protective social services workers.
The panel in which Vallee participated was one of several on the agenda of
the national meeting held at the Baltimore Convention Center Sept. 25-28.
Nearly 3,000 people associated with social services work in the public and
staffing at the center.”
was male.
physically abusive patients.”
stake,” said Danny Donohue, CSEA Long Island Region president. “The
severity of the attack on LPN Simineri was the direct result of inadequate
Simineri was attacked by a patient shortly after noon. She was
choked unconscious, punched and kicked all over her body before another
patient came to her aid. She and four other attendants were
administering to 40 disturbed male patients. Only one of the attendants
“A couple of years ago one of our people was killed at this center,”
said Al Henneborn, president of the Central Islip local. “Short-staffing
has made this place a jungle. Both staff and patients are in danger. The
shortage of male attendants makes it impossible for our people to control
The safety of employees and patients at the center due to short-
staffing has been raised repeatedly by CSEA at meetings with the
ees administration during the past nine months.
imagine,”
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Service employees.”
Demonstrators gain audience |,
with governor over concerns |
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Local
KECK
LOCAL 422 VICE PRESIDENT JIM MARTIN, A
and CSEA Region V President Jim Moore, center,
talk about understaffing problems at the Rome
Developmental Center with a reporter during
demonstration.
ROME — When Gov. Mario Cuomo arrived here
recently to attend a dinner reception in his honor,
he was met by nearly 200 sign-carrying
demonstrators from eight CSEA locals in the
Rome-Utica area.
When the governor’s motorcade arrived, the
chief executive got out of his car and talked for
more than 30 minutes with CSEA Region V
President Jim Moore, who led the demonstration,
and demonstrating employees from Rome
Developmental Center, Marcy and Utica
Psychiatric Centers, and other area state and
county locals.
“We presented the Governor with a list of
demands that are vitally important to state and
county employees in this area,’’ Moore explained.
“We personally asked the Governor not to transfer
any patients or employees out of Oneida County as
a result of the conversion of Marcy Psychiatric
Center into a prison. We also addressed the critical
issue of understaffing at Rome Developmental
Center. The fact that the governor took the time to
listen; ;to; » itn demands was a plus,” Moore
continued, Hs ‘we'll take a posture of guarded
optimism as to what positive action will be taken.”
The next day, the governor assured Marcy, Utica
and Rome representatives that clients and
employees would remain in Oneida County.
“T wanted the Governor to hear it first hand from
CSEA members who helped him win the election. I
know we played an important role here (Rome-
Utica area) in that victory and I want to be certain
he knows it. Without the hard work and votes of
CSEA members, we very likely would have
someone else in the Governor’s chair. We told him
our problems and concerns and demanded he take
some action,’’ Moore said.
Moore also singled out the efforts of local
presidents in preparing for the demonstration.
“T want to personally thank every CSEA mem-
ber who marched in the demonstration, and a
special acknowledgement goes to Jon Premo and
Jim Martin at Rome D.C.; Bud Mulchy and his
members from Marcy P.C.; Francis Kauth from
Local 425; Chuck Whitney from Local 505; and
Dorothy Penner and Ralph Young from Oneida
County Local 833. It was a great turnout and
hopefully it brought some results,”’ Moore said.
private sectors attended the conference.
Margaret Heckler, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, was on hand to deliver the keynote address, ‘‘A Commitment to
Children: Stengthening Families, Communities and Services.”
During her panel discussion, Vallee cited ways CSEA has tried to help
social services employees handle stress from their jobs. Among methods
which she recommended for use by other agencies were:
e educational workshops such as those held on a regional basis by CSEA;
e collective bargaining in which labor and management people can work
out problems that may be producing stress;
e Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) through which workers can get
help with personal problems.
“Working with abused children is one of the most stressful jobs you can
said Vallee. ‘We were able to discuss with participants the
workings of our union and what services we provide particularly for Social
a pc
CSEA REGION V President Jim Moore cites issues
that prompted the demonstration during Governor
Cuomo’s visit to the Utica-Rome area.
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GOVERNOR CUOMO listens as Local 833
President Dorothy Penner, center, and Local 414
President Bud Mulchy, right, ask questions
concerning the conversion of the Marcy facility and
relocation of patients and jobs.
“THE PUBLIC ‘SECTOR, Friday; October 7.1983
Page. 19
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The $1.25 billion Rebuild New York Bond Issue will
produce more than desperately needed renovations for
New York’s deteriorating transportation facilities. It will
also provide 36,000 new jobs per year for the next five
years; 180,000 man-hours of badly needed employment
for the ‘‘Family of New York.’
Combined with federal funds — including $1.9 billion
of otherwise unavailable funds — and normal state
appropriations for the next five years, the Rebuild New
York Bond Issue will generate an estimated $20 billion of
economic activity for the state’s construction, commercial
and tourism industries.
Equally important, it will restore safety and efficiency
to state and local bridges, roads, waterways, rails and
airports — the ‘‘infrastructure’’ that is the backbone of
New York’s economy.
On Nov. 8, go out and vote for safe transportation and
jobs.
Omni
Raymond R. Corbett, Pres. NYS AFL-ClO
Rocco Campanaro, L! Fed.
Sal Ingrassia, IUE
Thomas Natchuras, UAW
William McGowan, CSEA
Morton Bahr, CWA
E. W, Barrett, UAW
Gus Bevona, SEIU
James Bishop, Painters
Edward J. Boyle, Steamfitters
Peter Brennan, Bidg. Trades
Jack Cattey, Seafarers
Al Provenzano, Ex. Dir. NYS AFL-CIO
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Sol C. Chaikin, ILGWU
Edward Cleary, Bidg. Trades
Frank Drozak, Seafarers
Barry Feinstein, Teamsters
Sidney Fisher, |AM
Thomas Fricano, UAW
Thomas W. Gleason, ILA
Victor Gotbaum, DC 37
Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr. , NYSUT
John Kelly, OPEIU
John Lawe, TWU
Stephen Leslie, Op. Eng
Joseph Lia, Carpenters
William Lindner, TWU
Thomas P. Maguire, Op. Eng
William Mazur, Syracuse CLC
George McDonald, Printing Trades
€, Howard Molisani, NYS AFL-CIO
William Nuchow, Teamsters
Vito Pitta, Hotel Trades
Edward Panarello, Maritime
Julius Seide, Printers
Albert Shanker, AFT
Jacob Sheinkman, ACTWU.
Joseph Talarico, UFCW
William Treacy, IUOE
Joseph Trerotola, Teamsters
Thomas Van Arsdale, IBEW
George Wessel, Buffalo CLC
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