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| new PS&T election bid
| ALBANY — A nationally recognized reflection of the choice of the unit, CSEA
} expert on union representation elections said in its papers filed with PERB that
| and labor law has asked the New York an independent probe of PEF
| Public Employment Relations Board to ‘‘President”’ John Kraemer by the New
| conduct a new election to determine York State Commission of Investigation
representation for some 46,000 state found that Kraemer had been conspiring
employees in the state’s Professional, with the state’s top labor department of-
e | Scientific and Technical bargaining unit. _ficials in an effort to decertify CSEA.
| Julius G. Getman, a Professor of Law CSEA also produced evidence sup-
at Yale University, told PERB ina brief porting its contention that PEF lied to
filed in support of CSEA’s bid for anew PS&T employees about dues structure,
election in the PS&T bargaining unit, internal union structure, and other
that despite his usual opposition to the matters.
overturning of representation elections, In his brief to PERB, Professor “i
this case demanded that a new election | Getman wrote, ‘If the facts as alleged in Se
be held. CSEA’s motion to reopen are true, and Ai Sate ean
“T would urge the Public Employment __ had the voters been aware of these facts, ey ee UNE sat .
Relations Board to support the the electorate would perceive the PEF bee ih hang ae Paebaaeaeee cis
e proposition of free and fair elections to union as untrustworthy. The impact of New chairpersons have been elected to head the State Executive
determine employee choice,” Professor _ this perception would be greatly increas- and the County Executive Committees of the CSEA Board of Direc-
Getman wrote, ‘I would urge thatanew ed by employee concern over criminal tors. :
election be ordered herein in order that behaviour involving collusion with the Elected at Executive Committee meetings in Albany September
the employees be allowed to make a _ state by the local Union President.” 26 were Mary E. Sullivan as chairperson of the County Executive
free, knowing and genuine choice of PERB has asked the Public . Committee and Patricia ae Bs eae ao os she State Ex:
employee organization representative.” | Employees Federation to respond to the Ra ana a a ee ace ue
Professor Getman has been recogniz- | CSEA petition and Professor Getman’s employee of the Gica Marcy Psychiatric Center. :
ed as an expert in representation elec- brief. It is expected that PEF will not Ms. Sullivan is the Board of Directors representative from
tions by the National Labor Relations respond for several weeks and that Herkimer County and is also President of Herkimer County CSEA
Board which has cited his opinions in PERB will take no action until the Local 822. Ms. Crandall is a Universities representative on the Board
e several cases, What makes his opinion in —_ response is received. of Directors and is also President of SUNY Cortland CSEA Local 605.
this matter more compelling, is that he
is known for his opposition to the over-
turning of representation elections.
“Because of the differences in this
case,’’ Professor Getman told PERB,
“in spite of my general opposition to
setting aside elections on the basis of
misrepresentations, if the allegations
which CSEA raises in its motion to
reopen are true, I would be in favor of
ordering a new election so that the
employees would have an opportunity to
make a free, knowing and informed
choice as to their representative.”
CSEA petitioned PERB last month to
reopen its hearings into the conduct of
the election based on new evidence sup-
.porting the union’s contention that the
April 1978 election was not an accurate
JN ADAM
EMPLOYEES
DAY CARE CENTER
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A UNIQUE EMPLOYEE-RUN DAY CARE
CENTER has been dedicated at the J.N. Adam
Developmental Center in Perrysburg, and these
mothers, children and teachers were among those
on hand to mark the opening of the only day care
State school gets good news
BATAVIA — The future of 120 students in the
New York State School for the Blind appears a lot
brighter this week after the New York Board of
Regents decided, as CSEA had suggested, that the
School for the Blind remain open.
The Regents cleared the way for continuation of
the special services provided to about 120 blind
students at the school when it ordered that plans to
contract-out the school’s operations to a private
corporation be abandoned and that rehabilitation of
the school’s campus begin.
CSEA President William L. McGowan had called
upon the Regents to postpone a hasty decision when
it was learned that administrators in the State
center of its kind in western New York, CSEA
leaders and members at J.N. Adam played a major
role in the development of the day care center. For
more details on this unusual union achievement,
see page 12.
Education Department would ask the Regents to
close the school and turn over the pupils and the
program to United Cerebral Palsy. But before
anything could be done, the Regents, apparently
swayed by Regent Willard A. Genrich of Amherst,
voted to continue operation of the present facility
and ordered a detailed study of rehabilitation need-
ed to update the sdhool. i
The decision assures the 120 students of the
school, nearly all are multiply-handicapped, of con-
tinued programs. About 120 staff members,
represented by CSEA, are also assured that the
programs they worked so hard to establish would be
continued.
“We're really positive about this,” commented
Local President Linda Kingsley, ‘‘we really give
the Regents credit for seeing through this thinly
veiled plan and doing what was right.” Ms.
Kingsley and president-elect Helen Tolejko have
been working on the rumored closings for months.
Through their efforts, a position paper on the clos-
ing proposals was prepared by CSEA’s Research
Department in support of continuation of the
school.
Research Associate Tim Mullens prepared infor-
mation showing that while the average annual cost
per pupil at the Batavia School was $17,000 per
year, the average annual cost per pupil in other
similar schools was $30,000. The position paper also
showed that the services available to the students
at the New York School for the Blind were not
available anywhere else in the area. The research
also questioned’ estimates used by the state for
rehabilitation of the school’s facilities.
“Jt became clear that what we were dealing with
was not an attempt to improve the quality of care
for the pupils, but rather an effort by a state agency
to unload a bureaucratic chore that it no longer
wanted to deal with,’’ Mr. Mullens said.
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job study
requested
ITHACA The ad-
) ministration of Tompkins
County Hospital has agreed to
request a complete job
classification review of nursing
department personnel by the
State Department of Civil Ser-
vice, Tompkins County CSEA
Local 855 President Louis
Nayman said.
The announcement was made
at a Sept. 17 hospital labor-
management meeting which
followed a number of labor-
management meetings on the
subject. At the meeting, the un-
ion was represented by persons
in each of the job titles in the
nursing department.
The local was planning to
propose to the county a number
of possible alternatives to speed
the review process.
were, from left, CSEA Field
Representatve Michael White, new
stewards Karen Phenes and Linda
Washington, Section Vice President
Esther Howe, steward Terry Lee,
and Tompkins County Local 855
President Lou Nayman, who con-
ducted a portion of the information
session for stewards.
Region Il sets
installation
for Oct. 12
NEW YORK CITY — The officers
of Metropolitan Region II will be in-
stalled at a dinner-dance Oct. 12 at the
Terrace on the Park in Flushing
Meadows.
The regional officers are: Jimmy
Gripper, president; Felton King, first
vice president; Frances DuBose,
second vice president; Willie Raye,
third vice president; Helen Cugno,
secretary; and Clinton Thomas,
treasurer.
Speaker at the installation will be
William Lucy, Interational Secretary-
Treasurer of AFSCME.
_ Tickets and reservation infor-
mation for the event, which will run
from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., may be obtain-
ed from Region II local presidents
and from CSEA Regional Director
George Bispham at the regional head-
quarters, 11 Park Place.
Other noted guests are CSEA
President William McGowan, Lillian
Roberts of AFSCME, OER Director
Meyer Frucher and Congressman
Robert Garcia.
OTHERS AT STEWARD SESSION :
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SHOP STE RDS at Tompkins County Hospital are undergoing an intensified train-
ing program, with a number of new stewards recently receiving 1 training.
Plans are also being made for a grievance workshop and training seminar in the near
future. Among those attending the recent program were, front, from left, Jean
Brown, President of the Tompkins County Hospital Section; Katie Stearns and Linda
Crumb, both new stewards. Standing, from left, are Marnie Kirchgessner, President
of the Social Services Section and the steward trainer; and new steward Liz Small,
Hospital Section Secretary Sally Partridge, Section Treasurer Linda Wilson, and new
stewards Linda Cole and John Daube.
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979
Health
transfer
option
In accordance with article 9.8 of the 1979
CSEA-State contract, the State has once
again designated the month of October as
the health insurance option transfer
period. During this transfer period,
employees may change health insurance
options by selecting among the Statewide
Health Plan Option, the GHI Option or a
Health Maintenance Organization, if
available.
In the previous issue, the benefits
available through the basic health in-
surance options were summarized. Listed
below, now, are the names and addresses
of all HMO’s recognized by the State
Health Plan. If you have any questions
concerning the benefits available through
a particular HMO, please contact them
directly.
CAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH
PLAN
Capital Area Community Health Plan
1201 Troy-Schenectady Road
Latham, NY 12110
(518) 783-3110
COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN OF
GREATER NY
Community Health Plan of Greater NY
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 5th Floor
475 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
(212) 281-2786
COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN OF SUF-
FOLK COUNTY
Community Health Plan of Suffolk County
3001 Express Drive North
Hauppauge, NY 11787
(516) 582-9800
GENESEE VALLEY GROUP HEALTH
ASSOCIATION
Genesee Valley Group Health Association
41 Chestnut Street
Rochester, NY 14647
(716) 454-1700
HEALTH CARE PLAN INC. (ERIE
COUNTY)
Health Care Plan Inc. (Erie County)
664 Ellicott Square Building
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 847-1480
HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN OF
GREATER NY
Health Insurance Plan of Greater NY
625 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 754-1144
MANHATTAN HEALTH PLAN, INC.
Manhattan Health Plan, Inc.
425 East 61st Street
New York, NY 10021
(212) 355-7711 Ext. 201
PREPAID HEALTH PLAN OF
CENTRAL NY
Prepaid Health Plan of Central NY
344 South Warren Street
P.O. Box 4809
Syracuse, NY 13220
(315) 424-3880
ROCHESTER HEALTH NETWORK
Rochester Health Network
500 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
(716) 442-0100 Ext. 200
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY HEALTH
PLAN
Westchester Community Health Plan
145 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 682-0700
Contract meeting
ROCHESTER — Details of a ten-
tative agreement were scheduled to be
released to members of Monroe County
CSEA Local 828 at a ratification
meeting set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
October 3, at the Monroe Community
College, second floor cafeteria, 1000
East Henrietta Road. All members of
Local 828 are invited to this meeting.
- Pay restored to Albany Co. members
ALBANY — Five members of the
Albany County Social Services Unit of
CSEA have been restored to their full
salaries and given back the money the
County wrongly deducted from their
pay for over a year, as the result of a
successful arbitration by the union.
On Jan. 1, 1978, the five were
transferred for administrative
reasons from the County Probation
Department, which is unorganized, to
essentially similar jobs within the
Social Services Department, which is
represented by CSEA. They were all
paid at the rate called for by the
CSEA Social Services contract until
suddently, on July 21, 1978, the County
unilaterally reduced their pay as
though they had not been members of
the CSEA bargaining unit. The pay
cuts ranged from $600 to $3,800 per
year.
When unit grievance chairman
Charles Shrader alerted the union, the
County filed suit in State Supreme
Court to avoid arbitration, saying that
the subject was not grievable. Justice
John Pennock found that it was,
however, and on Aug. 27, Daniel G.
Collins heard the matter.
The County maintained its position
before the arbitrator that the
employees had no right to arbitrate
the issue, claiming that they had
never become members of the
bargaining unit. But Mr. Collins
agreed with CSEA Attorney Wiliam
Reynolds that the employees had
“accreted’’ into the unit.
In his decision, Mr. Collins wrote
that an established principle of the
doctrine of accretion is that
‘‘employees should be accorded an op-
portunity to determine whether, and
by whom, they wish to be
represented.’’ In the case of the five
Social Services employees, they did
not object to being included in the
CSEA bargaining unit. Also, he
pointed out, “it is well established
that parties’ practical application of a
contract provides an important guide
to its interpretation,” and the County
CSEA’S NONTEACHING SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES COMMITTEE recently
held a workshop for school employees in
Suffolk and Nassau Counties, the second in
a series of workshops being conducted
across the state by the committee.
CSEA’s Arne Wipfler, left, Coordinator of
School District Affairs, goes over the
program with Region I Acting Regional
Director Bill Griffin, center, and Walter
Weeks, President of Suffolk County
Educational Employees CSEA Local 870.
had treated the five in every way as
though they were bargaining-unit
members from January to July, 1978
— including paying them at union
scale.
“The County applied the Agreement
to the grievants for almost seven
months,”’ Mr. Collins wrote. ‘The
employees did not object; on the con-
trary, they subsequently indicated, by
bringing the present grievance, that
they wished to be covered by the
Agreement.”
He added, ‘Furthermore, they now
work side by side with Union-
represented employees, who perform
essentially the same functions as they
do."’ The five, who are Support Collec-
tors at Family Court, are: Elizabeth
Polansky, Marie Collins, Mary
Perrone, Shirley McCoy and Mary
Hagen.
The CSEA Social Services Unit
President, Jerome Gregory-Pindell,
said he was pleased with the decision.
“The reduction in pay was a com-
pletely unilateral action, for which no
reasonable explanation was ever
given to the employees,”’ he said.
CSEA Attorney William Reynolds,
who handled the case, said that Mr.
Collins’ decision was significant ‘‘in
its discussion of the principle of
accretion — that is, his decision that
these non-represented employees
accreted into the bargaining unit by
reason of the manner in which the
County treated them and the actions
of the employees themselves in not
objecting to their inclusion in the
unit.”
SUFFOLK COUNTY CSEA LOCAL 852
OFFICERS INSTALLED — CSEA Region
I President Irving Flaumenbaum, right,
swears in new Suffolk County CSEA Local
852 President Ben Boczkowski, center
front, and other officers of the local.
Others, from left, are Executive Vice
President Robert Kolterman, Sergeant at
Arms George Kuyava, Recording
Secretary JoAnn Fleischman, Third Vice
President Ken Horsford, Fourth Vice
President Richard Protosow. Also,
Treasurer Dorothy Victoria, First Vice
President Frank Kost, Corresponding
Secretary Barbara Rotunno, Second Vice
President James Farrell, and Executive
Board Representative Edward Garcia.
AFSCME film available from CSEA headquarters
ALBANY — In February, 1968,
sanitation workers represented by
AFSCME Local 1933 in Memphis,
Tennessee, went on stike to protest in-
tolerable working conditions. Before
the strike had ended, the workers had
endured enormous hardships,
America agonized over the racial
overtones of the strike, and Martin
Luther King had been assassinated
after protesting with the strikers.
The story of this historic confron-
tation is presented in a 30-minute
documentary film, titled, ‘I Am A
Man.” The title was the slogan used
throughout the stike in Memphis by
the AFSCME sanitation workers. The
film is a compelling story of public
employees versus oppressive
politicians, blacks uniting against
prejudice, and Martin Luther King’s
sacrifice of his life to further a cause
he believed to be just.
CSEA, Local 1000 of AFSCME, has
received copies of this moving film
for use by CSEA Regions, Locals and
Units. The film is an inspiring work
that draws parallels between the
social struggle of black Americans
and the economic struggle of public
employees.
The Memphis sanitation strike was
described by AFSCME President
Jerry Wurf as ‘‘A struggle for
freedom, for dignity, for decency, and
for equality.” It dragged on for weeks
with the city refusing even to
recognize the right of its public
employees to organize. As one
AFSCME official put it, “‘This was
more than an economic and
recognition strike, it was a social
struggle.””
Recognizing that struggle, Dr.
Martin Luther King came to Memphis
in March to demonstrate that the
social struggle and the labor struggle
were one. ‘You are reminding not
only Memphis, but you are reminding
the nation,’’ Dr. King told the
strikers, ‘‘that it is a crime for people
to live in this rich nation and receive
starvation wages.”
Before the struggle was over, Dr.
King had been assassinated in
Memphis after addressing AFSCME
strikers.
The Memphis strike ended soon
after the trauma of the assassination
brought the city to its senses. But by
then it was too late.
“I Am ‘A Man,” is a compelling
story about the Memphis sanitation
strike and Dr. Martin Luther King’s
work on behalf of the oppressed.
Limited copies of the film are
available, so Locals wishing to reserve
a copy for a meeting should make a
reservation well in advance by con-
tacting the Communications
Department, CSEA Headquarters, 33
Elk Street, Albany, N.Y. 12224
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979
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standard
ALBANY — If you never thought
there was a ‘‘double standard”’
separating New York’s public sector
and private sector workers, make
sure you read this.
In a recent Labor Newsletter
published by the National Safety
Council, there is a report that a
federal district court judge in New
Hampshire has ordered private sector
workers fired by their employer for
refusing, in good faith, to work under
hazardous conditions, reinstated to
their jobs
The judge ruled that the protections
of the federal Occupational Safety
and Health Act (OSHA) prevented a
private sector employer from firing
workers who have refused, in good
faith, to perform dangerous jobs.
That type of ruling has now been
made three times by federal judges
and, presumably, applies to New
York's private sector workers
protected by OSHA.
It’s a very different story, however,
in the public sector. Not only do
public employees have no OSHA
protections, such as the right to
refuse hazardous jobs, they potential-
ly face Taylor Law penalties -- in-
cluding the infamous two-for-one
fines — for trying to protect
themselves.
So while OSHA provides New
York's private sector workers with
direct occupational safety and health
protections, including the right to
refuse dangerous jobs, New York’s
public sector workers are not only un-
protected by OSHA, they potentially
face severe financial reprisals for try-
ing to protect themselves by refusing
hazardous duty.
Now that is a double standard!
Local 60%..elects Zarod
MORRISVILLE — The 186
members of Local 609 of the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Association (CSEA)
at State University (SUNY)
Morrisville have elected new of-
ficers to serve the 1979-1981 term.
Elected to his sixth consecutive
term as President was Stephen M.
Zarod, of Madison.
Other newly elected officers in-
clude Mary Lou Wasilewski, of
Erieville, Vice President; Deborah J.
Schroer, of Eaton, Secretary; Helen
Odell, also of Erieville, Treasurer.
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J. P. Stevens boycott rally set October 11 in NYC
NEW YORK CITY — A large con-
tingent of CSEA members are ex-
pected to participate in the ‘‘Mile-
Long Billboard for Justice’’
demonstration on behalf of oppressed
J. P. Stevens workers to be held from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
11, in New York City.
Mid-town plans call for a ‘‘Human
Billboard” (hundreds of sign carriers
standing side by side) to extend along
the edge of the sidewalk up Park
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979
Avenue from 46th Street to 58th
Street.
Wall Street plans call for the
“Human Billboard” to extend along
the edge of the sidewalk down
Broadway from Liberty Street to
Bridge Street. Leaflets will be dis-
tributed on the corner of every block
as well as in areas targeted because
of their access to transportation.
Signs reading ‘“‘Break the J. P
Stevens/Seamen’s Bank Connection”’
will be distributed by the
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile
Workers Union (ACTWU).
Contact ACTWU soon as possible at
777-3600, ext. 255 or 256. You may re-
quest to be assigned to a particular
block. If a block is already covered,
they will assign you to a nearby block.
Extra signs and leaflets will be
available at each site for persons who
show up without a sign and want to
participate.
The ‘‘Mile-Long Billboard For
Justice” is catching the imagination
of a lot of people. The media is
already showing interest and
widespread coverage of activities is
expected.
The ACTWU has urged as many
volunteers as possible to help stop J.
P. Stevens’ assault on the human
dignity and rights of working people
by forming a link in the ‘‘Mile-Long
Human Billboard’’ to gain justice for
J. P. Stevens workers.
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| CSEA and the Bi pipics
For two weeks this coming February, much of the
| attention of the world will be focused on the tiny Adiron-
dack Mountain hamlet of Lake Placid, site of the 1980
| Winter Olympics.
| As athletes from around the world race for gold and
glory in events in which winners are determined by
tenths, even hundreds, of a second, conditions for the
events themselves are all important.
So, too, must be conditions for the influx of not only
the athletes themselves, but visitors by the tens of
thousands daily. Services of all types, security, com-
munications, transportation and parking, press
facilities, maintenance of a huge variety of facilities are
all examples of behind the scene efforts necessary to
enable a production of the scope of the Olympics to
succeed.
Many of these services are being prepared by public em-
ployees in and around the Lake Placid area, and many of those
same public workers, represented by CSEA, who have been working
for months in preparation for the event will also- be working on
the job through the Olympics to help insure continuity and success.
7 eR REST
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A gigantic undertaking, preparations for the 1980 Winter Olympics are
going on virtually around the clock to not only provide the finest facilities possible,
but to exceed the exacting standards required of Olympic facilities. We salute our
public employees who are making this possible.
The articles on pages 5, 6 and 7 of this issue depicting the activities of public workers represented by CSEA as they
prepare the Lake Placid area to accommodate the 1980 Winter Olympics was researched and written by Public
Sector staff writer Deborah Cassidy. Photographer Jim Barry of Lake Placid photographed the activity in his
home town area for The Public Sector. :
Union keeps tabs on
Placid preparations
LAKE PLACID — As Civil Ser- {
vice Employees Assn. represented
workers become more involved in
Olympic preparations and
operations, the union has become
increasingly more concerned about
the possibility of difficulties, says
Charles Scott, a Capital Region
CSEA field representative who
works with many of the employees
involved.
The union has been contacting
representatives to be sure they are
aware of employees rights and un-
ion policies.
Problems, so far, have been
minor, reports Scott. ‘In some
cases a representative has had to
make sure that the work will go to
our employees rather than private
contracters, but as far as we are
concerned those issues have been
worked out,” he said.
The union is now keeping tabs on
the amount, if any, of overtime the
employees are working and the
rate of pay they are getting for it.
This will also be a concern during
the Olympics.
‘This is a once in a lifetime op-
portunity for the employees and
the CSEA is proud of the jobs they
are doing and will be doing,” said
a I 1 VILLAGE OF LAKE PLACID EMPLOYEES are busy repairing roads to handle the increased traffic expected during the
Scott. ‘‘We've had no major com- Olympics in February. Among them are these CSEA-represented employees. From left are Leander Lawrence, CSEA
plaints, but if there are any we'll be — Shop Steward Robert Mullarney, George Beattie and Leo Jewtraw. They are
right there. employees represented by CSEA working to prepare for the 1980 Olympics in the Lake Pla:
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979 Page 5
CSEA MEMBER RODNEY COOPER
pauses in front of a ticket booth he has
been constructing at Whiteface
Mountain for use during the Olympics.
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GIL SHEFFIELD, President of the Lake Placid School District CSEA Local, says the
employees are proud to be working on the Olympic site.
dona
‘We're looking forward to
being in heart of the event’ °
LAKE PLACID — Many local public
employees will find themselves in the
Olympic spotlight for two weeks in
February when the 1980 Winter Olympic
Games are held in Lake Placid
The employees are generally proud of
the role they are playing in getting ready
LAKE PLACID — When the 1980 Winter Olympic
Games take place in Lake Placid in February, many of
those working on the sidelines will be public employees
represented by the Civil Service Employees Assn.
In some cases they will be responsible for the
operation of equipment used during the events and in
other cases their role will be to maintain order and
cleanliness in their hometown when it is turned into an
international arena
The alpine events will be hosted by Whiteface Ski
Center and its employees. ‘Basically we'll be doing our
normal duties, but it will be on a much larger scale,”
summed up one employee.
One such duty is the making and grooming of snow, a
task that will be more demanding in the face of the Olym-
pics. ‘Good snowmaking and grooming is important
anytime,’’ explained Robert Paron, director of
Whiteface Mountain and Olympic Development. ‘But for
| the Olympics there absolutely must be snow and it must
be expertly groomed. There can be no exceptions or ex-
cuses,
i The employees will be working on shifts around the
) clock and if it should snow or rain once the grooming has
been done, they will have to start all over. If something
goes wrong with the operations, the employees operating
}} the snowmaking and grooming equipment will have to
make a fast decision to correct the situation, before
something drastic results.
As usual other employees will be operating lifts,
maintaining the lodges and repairing equipment.
The Olympic Alpine Committee will handle any other
required tasks which are not normally done by the
employees, according to Mr. Paron, ‘Basically,
however, we'll be running the show,”’ he said
After each of the skating events, which will take
place on four indoor ice sheets in the Village, Town of
North Elba employees will move in to clean the ice and
smooth any ruts before the next event
Timing will be important here, explained Robert
Allen, supervisor. These events will be taking place on a
set schedule and the men will have a certain amount of
i
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979
Page 6
for the Games and in the operation of
some ot the events.
Members to help run games
time to get out there and get the job done properly.””
School district employees will have a small part in
the operations, handling the maintenance, custodial and
some communication duties at the Lake Placid High
School which will be turned into a temporary press
center for the events.
Due to the activity that will be taking place
throughout the building, it will be necessary to use as
many school employees as possible to keep the area
clean. This includes bus drivers, non-teaching aides and
the maintenance staff. Most of the clerical staff will be
on hand to do their normal work and to handle paperwork
for the communications people when necessary.
Other employees, according to Arthur Thompson,
principal, will be needed to escort people around the
building and deliver messages.
Since the schools, of course, will be closed for the
two weeks of the Olympics, the employees can choose to
work or take the time off for vacation. Most of the
employees, reports Gil Sheffield, president of the Lake
Placid School District CSEA Local, have chosen to take
the extra work.
“We're looking forward to being in the
heart of this event,” said Gil Sheffield,
president of the La Placid School
District Local of the CSEA. ‘We've been
getting ready for about a year now and
as it keeps getting closer I can feel the
excitement mounting.”
Most employees, he says, are glad to
be doing the work themselves for the tgp
weeks rather than having it be assigned
to outsiders.
Whiteface employees, too are excited,
but feel more pressure. ‘It’s been a hard
year getting ready,’’ said Rodney
Cooper, a Whiteface employee. And it’s
not going to be easy during the Games.
Employees will have to make some
pretty serious decisions. We don't expect
any real problems, but it’s not going to
be a picnic either.”’ e@
® Lake Placid Olympic Village
Whiteface employees provide major effort
LAKE PLACID — The work of trans-
forming the tiny New York State
Village of Lake Placid into an Olympic
Village calls for the efforts of many
people, among them the public
employees of Whiteface Ski Center,
the Village of Lake Placid and the
Town of North Elba, all represented
by the Civil Service Employees Assn.
Whether it be minor preparations,
such as altering public buildings to ac-
commodate the larger crowds, or laying
the actual groundwork, such as forg-
ing new ski trails on Whiteface Moun-
tain, the role of these employees is an
important one, which could have a
bearing on the very success of the
Olympics.
Construction and reconstruction at
Whiteface Ski Center, where the
Left, C
alpine events will be held, began
several months ago and has required
the skills of all Whiteface employees.
Using all types of heavy equipment,
skilled employees have been at work
transforming the rough terrain of
previously unused sections of the
mountain into slopes and trails,
specially designed for Olympic
events
According to Robert Paron, direc-
tor of Whiteface Mountain and Olym-
pic Development, it is essential that
Whiteface employees be the ones to
do the work.
“These employees are the ones who
know the mountain,’ he said. ‘‘Most
of the men have been working here
for years and they, more than anyone
else, know how the work must be
‘SEA-REPRESENTED WORKERS use hand tools and heavy equipment to forge new ski
trails on Whiteface Mountain, a key location for events of the 1980 Winter Olympics. i
ities must meet exact Olympic specifications and be ready for crucial pre-Olympi ;
Sigall white dots help locate some of the employees who are virtually camouflaged against the , a
mountainside. Shortly the area will be literally buried in snow.
ils and other
ents also,
done.”’ He added that they are work-
ing within specifications set by the
Olympic Committee
In accordance with Olympic
regulations, the trails will be com-
pleted well in advance of the Games,
so that they can be tested out, and
altered if necessary.
Elsewhere on the mountain, those
with technical knowledge and skills,
are installing newer, more efficient
snow-making equipment.
‘Again,’ says Mr. Paron, ‘the
regular Whiteface employees are the
ones most qualified to handle the job.
This equipment absolutely must be in-
stalled and maintained properly, if
conditions for the events are to be ex-
act.”
The Whiteface staff is also building
THE PUBLIC SECTOR,
scoreboards, ticket booths, gates and
warming sheds, all needed for the
events. Some electrical work, re-
quired for communications and
monitoring systems and scoreboard,
is also being done in part by the
employees.
Back in the village, employees of
the Town of North Elba are repairing
and painting four indoor ice sheets,
which will be used for the skating
events
These artificial sheets, the largest
in the world, are normally maintained
by the Town for the use of residents
and schools, and required minor
repairs and alterations in order to
make them suitable for Olympic
skating. Some cosmetic work will
also be dohe by the employees to add
to the attractiveness of the events.
Village employees are also getting
into the act in a small, but important
way, by repairing the backroads and
streets to accommodate the increased
flow of traffic.
“There is a phenomenal amount of
work to be done in preparation for the
Olympics and each job, no matter
how large or small, is critical and es-
sential. Not surprisingly a great
portion of the work has been
relegated to the public employees,’
said Charles Scott, a Capital Region
Field Representative for CSEA
THESE PUBLIC WORKERS all use
their skills in welding, electricity, con-
struction and communication to c
tribute to the overall Olympic
preparation efforts. From left are
Whiteface Ski Center employees Larry
Granish, Charles Terry, Dick Sibalski,
Charles Johnson and Don Colby.
SNOW CONDITIONS MUST BE EX-
CELLENT, so public employees at
Whiteface install new snowmaking
equipment to help out Mother Nature
just in case the right snow conditions fail
to materialize naturally.
By Deborah Cassidy
SCHENECTADY — As the first
retiree member of the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn. ever to be
appointed to the Statéwide
Political Action Committee,
Elizabeth Steenburgh, or Betty as
she likes to be called, has, in the
words of CSEA Retiree Coor-
dinator Thomas Glimartin,
“played a starring role in the
passage of legislation affecting her
peers.”
Bernie Ryan, Director of
RRL
“Quietly, by being sincere and
just plain nice, she has ac-
complished so much.’
Legislative and Political Action for
CSEA, and Mr. Gilmartin have
recently recognized Ms. Steen-
burgh, now over 70 years old, for
the tremendous effort she has been
putting into her role as a member
of the committee over the past two
years.
The issues facing the elderly in
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our society today, such as an inade-
quate income and a lack of health
and community services, became
real to Ms. Steenburgh shortly
after she retired in 1965 from her
position as a senior stenographer
for the State of New York, and she
realized that radical changes could
be brought about only through
legislation. After having served for
several years as an officer for the
Albany CSEA Local of Retirees,
she took up the matter of political
action on her own in 1973 and was
officially appointed to the com-
mittee by CSEA President William
L. McGowan in 1977
Now convalescing in a Schenec-
tady County retirement home
following a stroke nearly a year
ago, she cannot get out to pursue
her regular political action duties,
but keeps busy calling and writing
letters to the members of her local
to inform them of the progress of
bills in the legislature, and looks
forward to resuming her com-
mittee work by next year.
“The elderly haven't gotten what
they deserve,”’ said Ms. Steen-
In Greenburgh
burgh in an interview with The
Public Sector. ‘‘So we must
become advocates. When you talk
and have money, you can get what
you want and need."
She is pleased with the effort
CSEA has put into political action
on behalf of the retirees, but feels
the union should become even more
active and vocal in its fight.
“They must keep at everyone
from the governor on down if they
want to accomplish anything,” she
said. ‘‘As long as I'm able, this is
what I'll do.””
Having lived in the area for the
past ten years, Ms. Steenburgh was
well acquainted with many
legislators and was able .to in-
troduce Mr. Gilmartin to them
when she joined the committee.
She also advised him how to deal
with the members in her local.
During the past two years, she
kept abreast of the status of all
retiree bills in the legislature, and
through newsletters, phone calls
and visits kept Mr. Gilmartin, Mr.
Ryan and the membership in-
formed.
0 =,
‘As long as I’m able, this is what I'll do.’
As CSEA’s representative to the
Senate Committee on the Aging,
she attended countless hearings on
bills and personally visited or
wrote letters to legislators who
could help in any way.
“Betty has been an assiduous
worker before the committee,”
commented Mr. Gilmartin. ‘She
“She has a way with people,
she’s able to work effectively
with everyone. . .’’
has a way with people, she’s able to
work effectively with everyone and
has drawn much priase for the way
she gets around and covers her
territory.”
Her work, says Ryan, ‘‘has been
unbelievable, incredible. As
soon as you talk with Betty you
realize how dedicated to the
retirees she really is. Quietly, by
being sincere and just plain nice,
she has accomplished so much,”’ he
said.
Increments restored
ELMSFORD — Merit increments
are being paid to members of the
Town of Greenburgh Unit of
Westchester County CSEA Local 860,
thanks to a recent arbitrator's
decision. Arbitrator Jonathan S.
Liebowitz ruled:
“The Town violated the contract by
unilaterally changing the standards of
employee evaluation, and failing to
pay to employees ... contractual
DISTRIBUTI
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STATE EMPLOYEES
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<<
302
A
BY COUNTIES AND MAJOR CITIES
TOTAL 159,632"
320
376
‘964
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215
ma
hs
377
106
93,
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269
STATE POSITIONS IN MAJOR CITIES
Filled
Albany
Buffalo
New York City
Rochest
35,246
5,107
35,447
3,954
3,201
2,045
is. and fled
Vacant Total
7,829
724
7,436
854
936
255
43,075
5,831
42,883
4,808
4,137
2,300
positions in all departments of the
raity of New York. It does not include commissions
t part of Executive Branch departments
salary increments, ...”’
Unit President Eleanor McDonald
said through 1977 merit increases
were paid to all employees below the
top step who received satisfactory or
better evaluations.
In 1978, the second year of the con-
tract, the town stopped paying in-
crements to eligible employees, in-
cluding those with high evaluations,
Ms. McDonald said.
486 (uasnmcrd
62
1,086
528
Official town memorandums of
April 14 and May 24, 1978, explained
“recommendations for merit in-
crements for .*. employees had been
discussed with the Town Board and
considered and rejected it,’’ the ar-
bitrator’s decision said.
A 1974 town memorandum states:
“‘An employee should only be award-
ed a merit increase if his perfor-
mance in the past year is more than
satisfactory.”
The arbitrator wrote: ‘‘The
evidence shows that Greenburgh
made its change in standards mid-
contract and unilaterally ... On
review and discussion of Town
records, it appears that there were no
‘satisfactory’ evaluations
Evaluations under the new system
seem to have lacked any objective
standard. ...
“Thus, Greenburgh’s position does
not reasonably reflect compliance
with contract or with unwritten prac-
tice under it.”
The arbitrator ordered the town to
pay merit increments to all eligible
employees and to return to its pre-
1978 system for evaluations
The arbitration involved more than
two days of hearings. CSEA was
represented by Regional Attorney
Arthur Grae.
HOW THE STATE WORK
FORCE IS DEPLOYED —
According to the latest
available statistics, this map
of New York State shows the
location of State employees
by counties, and also lists
state positions by major
cities. The distribution listing
is from the 1978 annual report
of the State Department of
Civil Service.
Court, PERB back CSEA in Westbury Unit
WESTBURY — A Nassau County
Court and PERB have upheld CSEA
actions against a Long Island Village
recently as CSEA Region I units
successfully overturned illegal
management initiatives against
CSEA Members
The Nassau County Supreme Court
agreed with CSEA that the Incor-
porated Village of Westbury acted
beyond their authority and violated
the collective bargaining agreement
when the village sent employees
home on a regular workday claiming
there was no work because of
“inclement weather conditions.’’
The four CSEA members — Bob
Elliot, Anthony Marinucci, John A.
Cloudman and Dennis T, Maher — all
laborers from the Village
Department of Public Works and
Sanitation Department, were unable
to come in for overtime work on a
Saturday, according to CSEA Field
Representative Harold Krangle, and
when they reported to work on the
following Monday ‘‘they were sent
home by the Village as a
punishment.”
Nassau County CSEA Local 830 took
the Village to Supreme Court and won
a judgement for back pay for the time
Compressed
work week
opposed
ALBANY — An exploratory and ex-
planatory meeting concerning a
proposed compressed work week for
State Department of Transportation
employees was held recently in
Albany. The proposal, presented by
management personnel of DOT, met
opposition from CSEA officials and
from CSEA DOT Local presidents
from across the state who attended
the briefing. Under the proposal,
work days would be lengthened to allow one additional day off every other
week, a proposal that the union says it does not look favorably on.
In the adjacent photos, a group of union and management people listen as a
DOT representative discusses the proposal. Shown at the head table are, from
left, CSEA Collective Bargaining Specialist Paul Burch, DOT's John Connery;
Esther Swanker, Asst. Commissioner of Manpower and Employee Relations
for DOT, DOT’s Bonny Cawley, CSEA Director of Member Services Jack
Carey, CSEA President William L. McGowan, and DOT’s Daniel Mencucci,
standing right.
In the other photo, CSEA Region VI Director Lee Frank, left, discusses the
proposal with Mitchell Dudley, center, President of Chautauqua County DOT
the men were not allowed to work.
In another Westbury development,
an improper practice charge by CSEA
against the Westbury Water and Fire
District that changing non-contractual
benefits was in violation of the Public
Employee’s Fair Employment Act
was upheld PERB.
One of the newest units of Nassau
Local 830, the Westbury Water and
Fire District unit. had entered
negotiations with the District for
their first collective bargaining
agreement when the District posted a
memo prohibiting several past prac-
tices that were part of CSEA demands
including: time off to cash pay
checks; use of district vehicles during
lunch hours; use of district shop
facilities for repair of their personal
vehicles and use of district tools for
private purposes.
The district claimed that the 15-
minute period could only be used for
check cashing and not for free time
and that the other three items were
privileges never permitted to
employees.
“Trying to take away long es-
tablished rights was retaliation by a
paternalistic district against the man
for joining CSEA,” said Krangle.
Local 509, and Gerald Dusel, President of Genesee-Orleans County DOT Local
513.
PERB ordered the district to
rescind its memorandum and
“negotiate in good faith and that the
district pay each affected employee
for the additional 15 minutes worked
each Friday since the memorandum
was issued.”
The two ‘‘wins’’ cheered the
leadership of the Nassau Chapter.
“By these two victories we mean to
send a message to other towns and
villages in Nassau that CSEA will
fight for every members right and
that we will not be intimidated by
small-town party politics,’’ said
Nicholas Abbatiello, president of
Nassau County Local 830.
PERB upholds IP in Rensselaer County
TROY — A Public Employment
Relations Board hearing officer has
upheld a charge by the Civil Service
Employees Assn. that Rensselaer
County Sheriff Eugene Eaton com-
mitted an Improper Practice when he
failed to actively support passage of a
bill giving competitive civil service
status to 70 deputy sheriffs and cor-
rections officers in the county.
CSEA filed the Improper Practice
charge with the Public Employment
Relations Board after the County and
the union had negotiated a new con-
tract for the employees last year.
Eaton verbally agreed to support
passage of the bill, in addition to sup-
porting adoption of the contract. by
the county legislature. At the Dec. 28,
1978 meeting of the legislature, the
contract was adopted but the bill was
tabled.
PERB Hearing Officer Robert J.
Miller found that by the end of
February, ‘‘Eaton’s position with
respect to the bill appeared to shift in
response to a perceived threat by
CSEA that labor problems might
arise if he implemented his decision
to open a substation in the eastern
part of the County. Eaton made
copies of CSEA’s warning, dated Feb.
23, and distributed them to each
legislator.
“Two legislators believed, after
conversing with him, that Eaton was
ambivalent about the wisdom of
enacting the law at that point in
time,” Mr. Miller continued.
The hearing officer added that,
“Although initially supporting the
law, Eaton later had reservations,
which were communicated to at least
two members of the legislature ...
By the end of February, Eaton was no
longer willing to espouse the local
law. Such an abandonment of an
agreed position is inconsistent with
the obligation of affirmative support
and may well have contributed to the
tabling of the bill.””
Mr. Miller ordered that Eaton
“cease and desist from the actions
found to be in violation of the
obligation to negotiate in good faith.’
“
CSEA REGION VI POLITICAL
At press time, the bill still had not
been enacted by the Rensselaer
County Legislature.
ACTION COMMITTEE members met
recently. Seated, from left, are Gary Clark, Lee Sapienza, Tom Warzel, James
Wiley and Patsy Howard, Standing, from left, are June Ferner, Barbara
Justinger, Ramona Gallagher, Grace Steffen-Boyer, Domonic Sararino, Kathy
Fetzer, and Joe Hartman.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979
SR eng, psa Rac AM alee et a
Page 9
OPEN CONTINUOUS
STATE JOB CALENDAR
Tithe Salary Exam No.
Senior Medical Records Technician .......... Se spenrs -$10,624 20-102
Pharmacist (salary varies with location) ... + +++ $14,388-$15,562 20-129
Assistant Sanitary Engineer \ . é - $16,040 - 20-122
Senior Sanitary Engineer . ‘ i 20-123
Clinical Physician I .. , al 20-118
Clinical Physician II.. ae LRP HU HEDS ; 20-119
Assistant Clinical Physician : 4 20-117
Attorney . < 20-113
Assistant Attorney : 20-113
Attorney Trainee ....... eeu “4 20-113
Junior Engineer. fais coca . 20-109
(Bachelor's Degree)
Junior Engineer
(Master’s Degree)
Dental Hygienist
Licensed Practical Nurse.
Nutrition Services Consultant.
Stationary Engineer ....
Senior Stationary Engineer .
Occupational Therapy Assistant I
Occupational Therapy Assistant I
(Spanish Speaking)
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor $14,142
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee . «+ $11,983
Medical Record Technician . Panera ncasnee eis «$9,481
Histology Technician .... $8,051
Professional Positions in Auditing and Accounting. . ++. $11,250
Computer Programmer. . A 3
Computer Programmer (S« entific)
Senior Programmer .
Senior Computer Programmer
Mobility Instructor ....
Instructor of the Blind
Health Services Nurse. .. 5
(salary varies with location)
Senior Heating and Ventilating Engineer ............. - + $18,301
Senior Sanitary Engineer (Design) ................ veeeees + $18,301
Senior Building Electrical Engineer .. seve $18,301
Senior Building Structural Engineer .. : ‘ sees $18,301
Senior Mechanical Construction Engineer .. ‘ i . $18,301
Senior Plumbing Engineer . yaar » $18,301
Assistant Stationary Engineer $7.616 20-303
Electroencephalograph Technician . aes as $7,616
‘Radiologic Technologist $8,454-$10,369
(salary varies with location)
Medical Record Administrator ..
Food Service Worker I af =
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee ..
(Spanish Speaking)
Associate Actuary (Casualty)
Principal Actuary (Casualty)...
Supervising enayy (Comal)
Assistant Actuary .
Nurse I.
Nurse II . :
Nurse II (Psyc atric) 29
Nurse II (Rehabilitation)
Medical Specialist II
Medical Specialist I .
Psychiatrist I 4
Psychiatrist .
Social Services Management | Trainee
Social Services Management Specialist
Social Services Management Trainee .....
(Spanish Speaking)
Social Services Management Specialist
(Spanish Speaking)
Industrial Training Supervisor
(salary varies depending on spe
Physical Therapist ..
Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking)... P|
Senior Physical Therapist ..... . Fates ie $12,670
Senior Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking) . : $12,670
Speech Pathologist . $12,670
Audiologist Abaaln z $12,670
Assistant Speech Pathologist UR ‘A ‘
Assistant Audiologist
Dietician Trainee
Dietician .....
Supervising Dietician
Stenographer (NYC only)...
Typist (NYC only).......
Senior Occupational Therapist .. eR : :
Senior Occupational Therapist .................00ee esse ee enee ees $12, "670
(Spanish Speaking) -
Occupational Therapist . wie panaeaaveas Teese MELRRL
Occupational Therapist (Sp: peaking) . $11,337
You may contact the following offices of the New Yor Department of Civil Service fer an-
nouncements, applications, and other details concerning examinations for the positions listed above.
State Office pst Campus, First Floor, Building |, Albany, New York 12239 (518) 457-6216.
2 World Tr er, 55th Floor, New York City 10047 (212) 488-4248.
Suite 750, baal Building, West Genesee Street, Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 842-4260.
Page 10 ‘THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979
COMPETITIVE
PROMOTIONAL EXAMS
(State Employees Only)
FILING ENDS OCTOBER 9, 1979
Computer Programmer/Analyst Trainee .
Computer Programmer Trainee
Dentist HL
Dentist IV ...
Drafting Technician . F
Senior Medical Records Clerk
Assistant Director of State Payroll Audit ..
Employees’ Retirement Benefits Exmr. II.
Employees’ Retirement Benefits Exmr. II]
Senior Bank Examiners
Principal Bank Examiners “
Supervising Bank Examiners.
Drafting Aide......05..2...+.... 4
Drafting Aide
Assoc. Mechanical Construction Engineer
Golf Course Maintenance Supervisor B ...
Golf Course Maintenance Supervisor C .
Gold Course Maintenance Supervisor A.
Senior Cytotechnologist
Employment Security Claims Trainee
Employment Security Claims Trainee
(Spanish Speaking)
Employment Security Placement Trainee
Employment Security Placement Trainee
(Spanish Speaking) ......................
Senior Rural Employment Representative .
Rural Employment Supervisor ..
Senior Compensation Claims Examiner .
Associate Compensation Claims Examiner .
Principal Compensation Claims Examiner .
Insurance Fund Distribution Claims Manager
Workers’ Compensation Review Analyst .
Workers’ Compensation Examiner..
Senior Workers’ Compensation Review Analyst.
Senior Workers’ Compensation’ Examiner ‘'...
Assoc. Workers’ Compensation Review Analyst ..
Assoc. Workers’ Compensation Examiner
Principal Workers’ Compensation Review Analyst
Principal Workers’ Compensation Examiner
Social Services Medical Assistance Specialist.
Sr. Social Services Medical Assist. Specialist .
Teachers’ Retirement Benefits Examiner II
Teachers’ Retirement Benefits Examiner III
Salary Exam No.
-$ 9,481
.$21,345—$23,755
-$26,390—$29,270
.$32,475—$34,095
.$ 7,900
-$ 7,900
26,390
pe
$10,624
$10,624
. $10,624
16,420
You can alse contact your local Manpower Services Office for examination information.
STATE OPEN COMPETITIVE
JOB CALENDAR
OPEN COMPETITIVE EXAMS
Filing Ends October 15, 1979
Compensation Claims Examiner ..
Computer Programmer/Analyst Trainee 7
Compensation Claims Examiner, Senior
(Upstate Area Only)
Computer Systems Analyst Trainee I..
Drafting Aide
Drafting Technician Srey
Electrocardiograph Technician .....
Employment Interviewer .......
Entrevistador de Trabajo (de Habla Hispana).
Employment Security Claims Trainee :
Employment Security Claims Trainee .
(Spanish Speaking)
Employment Security Placement Trainee
Aprendiz de Asegurar Trabajo (de Habla + Hispana) a
Golf Course Maintenance Supervisor A .
Golf Course Maintenance Supervisor B .
Golf Course Maintenance Supervisor C ..
Rural Employment Representative
Rural Employment Reprsentative Trainee .
Social Services Medical Assistance Specialist
Title Searcher
Unemployment Insurance Claims Examiner ..
Unemployment Insurance Claims Examiner ..
(Spanish Speaking)
Workers’ Compensation Examiner, Associate
00-021
00-022
00-023
00-024
36-833,
Salary Exam No.
$13,125,
10,624
14,075
10,624
6,773
7,997
9,330
11,250
11,250
10,624
10,624
10,624
10,624
11,904
10,024
9,865
11,250
10,624
14,075
11,250
11,250
11,250
16,469
25-072
25-008
25-073 §
25-009
25-065,
25-066
25-067
25-021
25-022
25-023
25-024
25-025
25-026
24-471
24-470
24-470
24-865
25-042
25-070
25-063
25-028
25-029
25-074
PERB orders
retro overtime
NASSAU COUNTY — Nassau County’s Fire Com-
munications Bureau must revert to its old shift
schedule and pay retroactive overtime to
employees who worked hours in excess of that
schedule since July 14, 1978, as the result of a
successful Improper Practice charge leveled
against the County by CSEA
The recent decision by Public .Employment
Relations Board Hearing Officer Robert J. Miller
will ,ave retroactive checks to 15 fire marshalls,
members of CSEA Nassau Local 830.
Under their CSEA contract, the men were entitl-
ed to four straight days off after working fiye
straight days on the midnight-to-8 a.m. shift. But on
July 14, 1978, the County unilaferally reduced the
number of days off after that shift from four to
three.
Mr. Miller agreed with CSEA’s argument that the
County's action amounted to changing the worker’s
terms and conditions of employment without
negotiating with the union — an Improper Practice
under the state’s Taylor Law.
“While the County was free to alter the timing of
the shifts, it was not free to extend or diminish the
number of work hours unilaterally,’’ Mr. Miller
wrote.
Region IV Board
ALBANY — Delegates at a business meeting of
the Capital Region of the Civil Service Employees
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CSEA LOCAL 350
officers were installed in New York City on Sept.
20 by Long Island Region I President Irving
Flaumenbaum, on right, and New York City
Comptroller Harrison Goldin, third from right.
The new officers are, from left, Florence Ritter,
treasurer; Steve Tanzer, second vice president;
Tina Packer, secretary; Betty Mathews, first
vice president; and George Caloumeno,
president. Third Vice President Dennis Tobin is
not pictured. Among the speakers at the in-
stallation were AFSCME Distriet Council 37 Ex-
ecutive Director Victor Gotbaum, pictured on
Assn., held in September, elected the following in- right.
dividuals to serve on the Capital Region Executive
Board: From the State Division, John Francisco,
Carmen Bagnolia, Shirley Brown, Betty Lennon,
Jean Book, June Scott and Charles Knox and. from
the County Division, Sam Ciraulo and Joe Blair.
The board will meet monthly with the Region of-
ficers to handle business,
A motion was passed at the meeting making
Ronald Premo the permanent sergeant-at-arms for
the Capital Region at future statewide CSEA con-
ventions.
Region IV Chairmen
ALBANY — Region IV President Joseph McDer-
mott has appointed the following committee
chairpersons to serve two-year terms:
Activities, Eileen Salisbury; Auditing, Anthony
Muscatiello; Constitution & By-Laws, Barbara
Skelly; Cotihty, Jeanne Kelso; Downtown, Richard
Weeks; Education, Betty Lennon; Finance, Joseph
Cassidy; Political Action, Timothy Drew; Social,
Jane Perry; Uptown Sandra Sokoloski, and
Women’s, June Scott. Vacancies for chairpersons
on the Special Transportation and Adirondack Com-
mittee still exist. meeting.
October
12 — Metropolitan Region II installation dinner-dance, 8 p.m., Terrace on the Park,
Flushing Meadows.
12 — Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local 410 Annual Dinner Dance and Installation,
Meadowbtooke Lodge, Newburgh.
12-13 — Region 6 Conference, Holiday Inn, Batavia.
16 — Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local 410 monthly ‘meeting, Fairview Firehouse,
Poughkeepie.
17-19 — Public Employee Conference meeting, Concord Hotel, Kiamisha Lake.
18 — Local 002 general membership meeting, First Ward Legion, Clinton and Grace
Streets, Binghamton, 7:30 p.m.
21 — Board of Directors meeting, Concord Hotel, Kiamisha Lake.
21-26 — Annual Meeting, Concord Hotel, Kiamisha Lake.
November
3 — Capital Region IV School District Committee workshop, Thruway House,
Albany.
3- Capital Region IV State Bargaining Units committees workshops, Thruway House,
Albany.
16-18 — Capital Region IV Fall Conference, Lake Placid Club, Lake Placid.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CSEA LOCAL 664 officers installed recently are from left,
Anthony W. Muscatiello, treasurer; Sandy Droper, secretary; Cele Belmonte, executive com-
mittee; Tom McMahon, vice president; Linda Rolfe, executive committee; Al Mead, president;
and Margaret Lynch and Stan Ziobrowski, both executive committee. CSEA Field Represen-
tative Joe Bakarian, right, swears officers in. Executive Committee member Rebecca Goldman
is not pictured. At the officers meeting which followed the installation, Mead, McMahon,
Muscatiello, Droper, Belmonte and Ziobrowski were selected as delegates to the CSEA annual
OARRAPRT
Court back Nassau Local
on eligibility for increments
MINEOLA — Nassau County CSEA
Local 830 has won the first round in a
legal battle with Nassau County over
whether approximately 200 county
employees are eligible for in-
crements.
CSEA Regional Attorney Richard
Gaba said State Supreme Court
Justice Arthur Spatt ruled Sept. 24 the
employees involved, who had been
CETA employees before being hired
into permanent positions, were eligi-
ble for increments.
Gaba expects Spatt’s decision to be
appealed by the county,
The problem developed when the
contract between CSEA and the
county which went into effect on Jan.
1, 1977, provided increments only for
employees hired before the contract
went into effect, Local 830 President
Nicholas Abbatiello said.
Nassau County refused to pay in-
crements to those who had been
CETA employees when the contract
went into effect and later filled per-
manent positions. The Nassau County
Civil Service Commission classified
those employees as new employees,
Abbatiello said.
In June 1978, Local 830 sued the
county over the issue.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979
Page 11
JN ADAM
EMPLOYEES
BR DAY CARE CENTER
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HELPING WITH OPENING CEREMONIES to mark the di
CSEA Region VI Director Lee Frank,
CSEA Region VI President Robert Lat-
timer, Paul Christopher, President of
CSEA Local 400 at J. N. Adam, and Dave
Polisoto, past president of Local 400 and co-
chairman of the steering committee for the
day care center. A group of happy children
who benefit from the day care center join
in the photo.
DAVE POLISTO, co-chairman of the steer-
ing committee for the day care center,
looks in on a group of children and their
teacher and a teacher aide.
am.
i Mek
A TEACHER AIDE works with children at the employee-run day care center at the
J.N. Adam Developmental Center.
HELPING A CHILD get a proper perspective on life is an important ob-
jective of this teacher aide at the day care center.
Page 12 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 3, 1979
ledication of the unique
employee-run day care center at J.N. Adam Developmental Center were, from leit,
Employee—run
day care now
at Adam DC
By Dawn LePore
PERRYSBERG — After two years of planning, lots of
hard work and more than just a few stumbling blocks, an
employee-run day care center has finally become a reality at
the J.N. Adam Developmental Center.
The day caré center — a grass roots effort from the
beginning — is the only program of its kind known to operate in
the 25 counties of Western New York.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening the center
was held Sept. 13. Attending the ceremony were CSEA Region
6 President Robert Lattimer, Regional Field Supervisor Lee
Frank, and Local 400 President Paul Christopher along with
Frederick Zasyoki, Deputy Director of J.N. Adam, and Grace
Martin, a representative from the N.Y.S. Department of
Social Services. Ms. Martin presented the state license to
Piiyllis Badurek, the director/teacher of the day care center
during the ceremony.
“The idea for the center originated in June 1977” said
Dave Polisoto, a member of the day care center’s Board of
Directors and past president of Local 400. According to
Polisoto, a needs assessment survey was conducted and
received a good response. Management supported the idea and
a steering committee was established, with Polisoto as co-
chairman,
“Part of the reason the union got involved was because we
found something in our contract that indicated partial funding
might be available for the project,’’ Polisoto said. ‘‘When we
discovered there were no funds set aside specifically for our
purpose, we turned elsewhere.”’
Committee members were able to develop CETA
programs that would sponsor a teacher and two aides, but the
limited salary allowance of $6,500 made it difficult to fill the
teacher’s position with someone meeting New York State
qualifications in Early Childhood or Elementary Education.
In addition, Local 400 contributed $500, the Fisher-Price
Corporation donated toys and staff members gave furniture,
paint, paper, etc., as well as their time. Management at J.N.
Adam assisted in locating an available building on the Center's
grounds that could meet state safety standards and agreed to
pay for utilities. An unused staff house was agreed upon and
remodeled to fit the center’s needs.
The day care program, which was been operating at near
capacity since its unofficial opening July 16, has room for a
dozen children, ages three to five. Children as old as six or
seven will be able to participate during the summer months.
A structured schedule provides for ‘‘classes’’ in music,
art, literature and history, free play time and naps. Hot
lunches and snacks for the children are paid for through a
tuition plan — $25 a week, $6 a day, or $1 an hour. The center is
open from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., but plans to keep the facility
open 16 hours a day, seven days a week are in the works.
Right now the major concern of the center’s board of
directors lies in locating continuing funding for the project.
The one year CETA pilot program runs out next summer,
although the aides positions will probably be able to be
renewed.
A grant application to the Appalachian Regional Com-
mission has been labeled ‘‘low priority,” although the final
word will not return until December 1.
