ALBANY — CSEA last week was engaged in a
battle with state political leaders in an effort to
salvage what used to be the New York State
budget but what was rapidly evolving into a
political campaign document that would
devastate state services.
CSEA President. William L. McGowan called
in the Statewide Political Action Committee late
in the week to work with CSEA Lobbyist James
Featherstonhaugh, the union’s Legislative and
Political Action Department, and top union ot-
ficials to restore massive cuts proposed in the
state budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1.
A major political struggle was underway in
Albany between legislative leaders and the
Governor over how much would be cut from the
needed appropriations and how those cuts would
be distributed. It was becoming increasingly
clear that an agreement was eluding political
leaders and the possibility of a ‘‘payless payday”
was raised by some state officials. -
If a budget is not passed by April 1, the state
legally cannot issue paychecks to employees
since technically there has been no money
appropriated to cover the checks. In the event
such an incident occurred ‘‘serip’’ would be
issued indicating the employee is entitled to
_ money, but yet not legally a check.
“Tt’s been clear from the outset that the big
losers in this budget fight would be the public
employees of this state,’ CSEA President Bill
McGowan commented. ‘‘We are under attack
here by Legislators that want to get elected in
November so bad that they will abandon their
@
responsibilities to thé people of this state. At the
same time that the squeeze is coming here,
President Carter is hacking away at federal aid
to state and local government. It should be clear
to all of us where those cuts will ultimately fall.””
Gov. Carey proposed a state budget for the
coming fiscal year that would result in the loss of
9,000 state jobs over a period of two years.
But if the Governor’s budget was inadequate,
what Legislators are proposing to do is reckless.
Published reports indicate Legislators are
attempting to cut an additional $150 million from
state agencies and ‘‘transfer’’ those cuts to local
assistance. While the Local Assistance portion of
the budget does need improvement — providing
for a seven percent increase over last year’s
levels — the State Purposes Fund which
~legislators seek to cut only provided a 1.8% in-
crease over the previous year’s level before the
~ legislative cuts were added!
President McGowan sent telegrams to all
legislators warning of the consequences of such
cuts in public serviceS and state employee jobs.
Scrip
instead
of checks
April 2?
“4nstitutional”’ payroll.
might be reluctant to do so.
ALBANY. — With the Governor and Legislative leaders dead-locked over the
proposed budget for the state’s fiscal year beginning April 1, it was beginning to look
like some state employees would be receiving “scrip” instead of checks in the April 2
State Comptroller Edward Regan was to decide by 8 a.m. on March 31 whether to
issue standard paychecks or ones marked “statement of net earnings’’.
While this “scrip” is not legally a check, the Comptroller’s Office was quoted
late last week as stating that the vast majority of banks in New York State will cash
the checks as they always have but some check cashing services or retail outlets
Official Publication of
The Civil Service Employee
Association ~
Vol. 2, No. 25 (ISSN 0164 9949)
Wednesday, April 2, 1980
Any budget balancing in Washington
will be at expense of public workers’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While
CSEA officials are enmeshed in
one of the worst budget.threats to
union members in New York State
in recent years, officials of
AFSCME are preparing to do bat-
tle with a President and Congress
that has suddenly decided to
balance the federal budget with the
heads of public employees.
AFSCME officials say the cut-
backs could easily cost New
Yorkers more than one-half billion
dollars in lost federal aid.
Two months ago President
Jimmy Carter met with the Ex-.
ecutive Board of AFSCME at the
White House and briefed the
leaders on an austere federal
budget that held the line on
domestic policy spending but in-
creased defense spending. While
members of the AFSCME Ex-
ecutive Board which include CSEA
President William McGowan and
Region One President Irving
Flaumenbaum — weren’t happy
with the federal’ budget, they
generally agreed they could live
with it.
Yet seven weeks later President
Carter completely abandoned the
commitments made at the briefing
and proposed instead a balanced
federal budget that devastated
domestic programs with particular
impact on programs effecting
public employees.
While full-details of the federal
budget cuts were not outlined,
AFSCME officials told CSEA that
it was clear that the federal
general revenue sharing program
was in deep trouble and that the
state aid portion of that program
would almost certainly die in
Congress. For New York State, the
consequences of such a cut would
be particularly devastating in view
of the state budget crisis.
Impact of the cuts on cities
would also be severe if general
revenue sharing were to be
withdrawn. Counter-cyclical aid,
another major source of federal
assistance to state and local
government, would also be abolish-
ed under the budget cutting
proposal. The federal CETA
program would also be effected but
as in the other areas, no one is yet.
Sure how much of a cut would
result.
AFSCME President Jerry Wurf
takes the position that the proposed
cuts to balance the budget will
have a negligible effect on in-
flation. Other elements of the
President’s program to ‘‘combat’’
inflation including higher interest
rates and new taxes on gasoline
could actually feed in-
flation.’ AFSCME endorses man-
datory controls on all elements of
the nation’s economyas a rational
approach to control inflation. It’s
proposal would allow mandatory
controls to be implemented’ on
wages, prices, interest rates,
profits and rents.
CSEA President William
McGowan has previously endorsed
wage and price controls as a
mechanism to deal with inflation.
NOTICE
ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE
1980 AFSCME CONVENTION
1, Ballots for the election of delegates to
the 1980 AFSCME Convention will be
mailed to all members of CSEA as of
March 1, 1980 on. April 10, 1980.
2. Ballots will be picked up at the return
post office box on the morning of May 1,
1980. Tabulation will commence on May
2, 1980 and continue until complete.
3. Members who have not received a ballot
are inside this
Regional Offices may be
the following numbers:
Samples of ballots
by April 21, 1980 should call their CSEA
Regional Office betwen April 22, 1980
and April 25, 1980 for the purpose of ob-
taining a replacement ballot. The CSEA
Region 1 516/691-1170 Region 4 518/489-5424
Region 2 212/962-3090 Region 5 315/451-6330
Region 3 914/896-8180 Region 6 716/634-3540
issue
contacted at
Call your legislators
To let your state legislators know that further
cuts in the State Purposes Fund of the 1980-’81
budget would reduce services to a dangerous and
unacceptable level, call them and tell them so, at
the numbers listed below.
For senators: (518) 455-2800.
For assemblypersons: (518) 455-4100. ©
Legislative support for ending test fee
ALBANY — CSEA is fighting on
two fronts to eliminate the $5 fee in-
cumbent state employees must pay to
take open-competitive Civil Service
examinations.
One battle has been waged since
last fall, when the state instituted the
fee. CSEA’s 1,200 delegates un-
animously passed a resolution by
Local 670 President Shirley Brown
that the union go on record as being
“unalterably opposed’’ to such a
move, which constitutes a unilateral
change in the working conditions of
incumbents.
Atty. Stephen Wiley, of the CSEA
law firm of Roemer and Feather-
stonhaugh, filed an Improper Prac-
tice charge, claiming the fee is a
blatant violation of the Taylor Law,
which outlaws such unilateral
changes in incumbents’ terms and
conditions of employment, and briefs
in the case were submitted last week
to Public Employment Relations
Board Hearing Officer Robert Miller.
But now the union’s case has picked
up support from several New -York
State legislators. Assemblymen Dick
Gottfried, Anthony Seminerio,
Richard Conners, William Finneran,
Dennis Gorski, George
Hochbrueckner, Matthew Murphy,
Robin Schimminger, Paul Viggiano,
and Melvin Zimmer have sponsored
Assembly Bill Number 9456, which
would legislate the elimination of the
$5 fee for incumbents.
The Senate has also taken up the
cause. Senators Hugh Farley, Joseph
Bruno, James Lack, and Jay Rolison
have sponsored the bill in the upper
house, where it has number S. 7992.
Both bills were introduced March 3
They are now being studied by the
Assembly Governmental Employees
Committee (Joseph Lentol, chair)
and by the Senate Civil Service and
Pensions Committee (Richard
_Schermerhorn, chair).
“We're very glad to have the
legislature's support in our efforts to
obtain justice for state workers,”’ At-
ty. Wiley said. ‘‘Many of these
employees must take competitive ex-
ams just to keep their jobs. It’s not
fair for them to have to pay a fee for
that exam."’ He added that state
workers have not had to pay such a
fee for at least 30 years.
The results of the Improper Prac-
tice case should be known within the
next few weeks, but meanwhile,
CSEA is urging all members to write
or call their legislators to show their
support for the fee-elimination bills.
Comp time option notice deadline
ALBANY — Members of the statewide Operational, Institutional or Administrative
bargaining units who want to take compensatory time off instead of receiving extra pay
for working on holidays in the 1980-81 contract year, must notify their payroll office, in
writing, before May 15 of this year.
Also, employees in these bargaining units who waived holiday pay in order to
receive compensatory time off in the 1979-’80 contract year, may revoke that waiver for
the '80-’81 year if they so desire, by notifying their payroll agency in writing, before May
15.
Such waiver of holiday pay, or revocation of such waiver, will then remain in effect
for the rest of the life of the contracts — through March 31, 1982.
SOCIAL SECURITY ,
information
Increases in average earnings
covered by social security the past.
year have triggered an increase in the:
retirement test annual exempt
amount for people receiving social
security benefits, a social security
spokesperson said recently.
The retirement test annual exempt
amount is the amount of earnings a
person car have and still receive all
benefits fo the year.
For peor’e under’65, the 1980 annual
exempt amount will be $3,720. The
1979 amount was $3,480.
For people 65 or over the 1980 an-
nual exempt amount is $5,000. The
1979 amount was $4,500.
A person whose 1980 earnings go
over the annual exempt amount
generally has $1 in benefits withheld
for each $2 of earnings above the ex-
empt amount.
Another figure increased is the
amount of annual earnings required to
receive social security credits. A
person needs credit for a certain
amount of work to be eligible for
social security benefits. This credit is
measured in ‘‘quarters of coverage.”
A person can receive up to 4 “-
quarters of coverage’’ in a year.
Dispute gets
fact finding
SYRACUSE — The contract dispute
involving more than 300 employees in
the Syracuse City White Collar Unit of
CSEA Local 834 has been submitted to
according to a union
The Public Employment Relations
Board (PERB) hassassigned
or Robert Rabin, of Syracuse
ity, who requested briefs
from both sides be submitted to him
by last Friday, March 28.
The spokesman for the union in-
dicated that salaries are the major
factor in not reaching an agreement.
If the dispute is not resolved
through the fact finding process, the
Syracuse Common Council will be re-
quired to make a final determination
on the issues. This would probably
take place in early April.
Transit strike in NYC possible,
check insurance before driving
NEW YORK CITY — As this issue .
of The Public Sector was going to
press, a transit strike in New York
City was a distinct possibility. And
the president of at least one large
CSEA Local in New York City has ad-
vised his members not to volunteer
their cars for car pooling if the strike
occurs, at least not before checking
with their insurance companies.
The State Department of Labor, ac-
cording to Department of Labor
CSEA Local 350 President George
Caloumeno, has asked its employees
to use their personal cars for car pool-
ing during the expected strike. He
said the request was made to
managers by Unemployment In-
surance Area Director Alex Altheim.
But, warned Caloumeno, if employees
carelessly follow such a request, it
Plains.
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North Manor Avenue, Kingston
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Club, Purchase,
10—Long Island Region |, Atlantic City trip.
Street, Ballston Spa
Page 2.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday..Apeil 2, .1980.
Calendar
of EVENTS
Information for the Calendar of Coming Events may be submitted directly to THE PUBLIC
SECTOR. Include the date, time, place, address and city for the event. Send to THE
PUBLIC SECTOR, Clarity Publishing Inc., 75 Champlain, Street, Albany, N.Y. 12204.
APRIL
2 — Westchester Local 860 executive committee meeting, 8 p.m., 196 Maple Avenue, White
7-9 — Long Island Region | spring conference, Gurneys Inn, Montauk.
Joseph's Golden Hall, 856 Pacific St., Brooklyn.
17—CSEA Board of Directors meeting, 9 a.m., Thruway House, Albany.
16—Hudson Valley Armory Employees Logal 252 meeting, 1 p.m., Kingston Armory
Soratoga County Local 846, executive;boord meeting 7 p.m. “general membership
County Solor Building, "High Street, Ballston”Spa
er-dance, 7:30 p.m
MAY
1-3-—Tax Local 690 labor/management' seminar, Ramada Inn, Lake George.
4—SUNY Farmingdale Local 606, Atlantic City trip.
8—CSEA Board of Directors meeting, 9 a.m. Quality Inn, Albany
9—White Plains School District Unit dinner-dance for retifees, 7 p.m., Purchase County
19—Saratoga County Local 846, executive board meeting, 7 p.m., Solor Building, High
21-23—State Division Workshop, Kutcher's Club, Monticello,
JUNE
4-6 — County Division Workshop, Kutcher’s Country Club, Monticello.
9-13 — AFSCME Convention, Anaheim, Calif.
might result in cancellation of their
auto insurance. .
into trouble with his/her insurance
company. He said he checked with
some insurance companies and with
the State Insurance Department.
Drivers could lose their insurance
or be hit with higher rates by using
their cars for business, Caloumeno
said.
He said Altheim’s request included
mileage reimbursement and indem-
nification in case of an accident, but
noted using a personal car for
business purposes can get the driver
College scholarships are offered
ALBANY — Applications are now being accepted for CSEA College
Scholarships for the 1980-81 school year.
The union’s Board of Directors approved the awarding of 12 $500
scholarships (two from each CSEA region) for deserving sons and daughters of
CSEA-represented employees.
The deadline for submitting applications is April 30, The Special CSEA
Scholarship Fund Committee, chaired by Dominic Spacone, Jr.; will review all
applications and make its decisions in May. Winners will be announced in June.
Applications are available from all CSEA regional offices, and from CSEA
local presidents:
Ratification
is unanimous
NIAGARA FALLS — Dominic
Spacone, president of CSEA Local
872, has reported that the members of
the Niagara Educational CSEA Local
have unanimously ratified a tentative
agreement with the Niagara Falls
City Schools after negotiations lasting
more than ten months.
The agreement retroactive to July
1, 1979, calls for a 6.4 percent pay in-
crease the first year, with in-
erements, longeyity and an additional
holiday. It also provides for an
crease in mileage allowance from
to 17¥2 cents per mile, among other
changes.
The second year provisions of the
pact include a 7 percent wage in-
crease, increments, longevity, a sub-
sequent mileage boost to 20% cents
per mile and a fully paid major
medical plan.
Members of the negotiating team
were: Danny Jinks, Region 6 Collec-
tive Bargaining Specialist; Spacone,
Russ Bettis, Phyllis Gonzales,
Florence Lennox and Mike Em-
manuel.
disco pre-Easter dance, 9 p.m. to-3 a.m., St.
Chateau Restaurant, Yonkers.
SAMPLE Region | Delegate BALLOT
Ballots for the election of CSEA delegates to the 1980
AFSCME Convention will be mailed to eligible members
on April 10, 1980. Members who do not receive a ballot by
April 21 should call their CSEA Regional Office between
April 22 and April 25 to obtain a replacement ballot.
Ballots must be received not later than May 1, 1980 to be
valid, and ‘abulation of ballots will commence on May 2,
1980 and continue until completed. Delegates will be
elected on a Regional basis, with each CSEA Region
electing a specific number of delegates to which it is en-
titled in accordance with the AFSCME and CSEA Con-
stitutions. The AFSCME Convention will be held June 9-
13 in Anaheim, California.
The following is a SAMPLE REGIONAL BALLOT
printed here for informational purposes only. This is
NOT an official ballot. All official ballots will be received
in the mail from CSEA. The following is a reproduction
of this particular regional ballot listing the official
regional candidates as they will appear on the official
ballot to be mailed to members on April 10. Additionally,
the official ballot will contain specific information and
directions on the reverse side. You are advised to read
those instructions and follow the directions carefully
before using your official ballot.
Slate 1 (56 candidates) ———,
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IMPORTANT:
READ INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE BEFORE VOTING
:U Irving Flaumenbaum
20 Danny Donohue
30 Sal Russo
«LC. Joseph T. LaValle
sL] Vivian A. Landstrom
eL]James P. Madison
70. Charles Sciafani
sCJArthur Loving, Sr.
sUIda McDaniel
woL]Laura Fortner
nC Louis Mannellino
nL]Charles DeMartino
uL]James T. Farrell
uC Edwin Garcia
sL]Dorothy Goetz
wl] Catherine Green
wOCharles Novo
wl]Rose Orenda
ws] Ben Kosiorowski
wL] Kenneth Horsford
2] Barbara Rotunno
2O Theresa Ribaudo
za Robert Conlon
2C] Michael Curtin
2s Carol Craig
2s] Frances Bates
aU John Madion
2]Ann Gonzalez
2CIBill Chacona
»(C] Jean Frazier
aC) Julia (Betty) Duffy
zLINicholas Abbatiello
aC Ruth Braverman
»C] Kenneth Cadieux
xL) Kenneth Darby
xJMary Calfapietra
«CJGregory G. Szumicki
«GH.A. (Tony) Bentivegna
«(Sam Piscitelli
«C] Thomas Stapleton
so] Carlo Pugliese
s\C] Trudy Schwind
sx] Rita Wallace
s=(]Jean Wichmann
«(] Ben Boczkowski
ss] Frank Fasano
ss] William J. Link
Region I
Slate 2 (7 candidates)
O
sLJohn Aloisio, Jr.
ss_]John M. Geraghty
#L]Gus Nielsen, Jr.
eL Louis Corte
«1 (]Alex Bozza
el Benjamin A. Perryman
al]Haward S. Quann
Slate 3 (5 candidates) ___—_
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«(Edward Logan
«L]Donald Cudahy
es(]Peter Dato
eLlJoseph Corr
e(]Edward T. Plumber
Slate 4 (7 candidates)
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«l]Syivia Weinstock
»LiJoseph Lind
nUJohn M. Jackson
nO Virgilio Torres
mL) Paula Salzmann
U1 Charles Salzmann
7s Santo Cavallaro
LJAileen Ronayne
7CAl J. Varacchi
7L]Michael Leonardi
7] Yvonne DiBello
aL](Smitty) James. Smith
s\_]Crawford McPhatter
ea_]Joseph Messina
Slate 5 (21 candidates)
(] alJerome Donohue
«(Donald Balsan
«s]James Britt
es] Marlene Costello
aLlJohn E. Considine
ssL]Dorothy M. Garage
e(]Joseph Greaver
soL]Nancy Hernandez
s1_J Arthur Golinsky
2 (]William Linn
es] Paul Olenick
«(Robert F. Preuss
«CJ John Ravalli
xsC] Michael Tramutolo
»CJohn Vione
x(]Steve Zwerling
»(JAnn Lohwasser
sol]Robert T. Smith
Arthur R. Morton
iL] Richard Halin
1aL]Harry Springer
1osL] Marilyn Mahler
16] Anthony Giannetti
1s] Sol Ehrlich
iL] Sal Cascio
wel] Alice Heaphy
1a] Angela M. Palladino
sLJJohn M. Saraceno
in(] Garry Lenberger
iC] John T. Wolfe
113L.] Margaret A. Oiness
1«(Gioria Shore
is] Helen Regis
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Page 3
SAMPLE Region II Delegate BALLOT
Ballots for the election of CSEA delegates to the 1980
AFSCME Convention will be mailed to eligible members
on April 10, 1980. Members who do not receive a ballot by
April 21 should call their CSEA Regional Office between
April 22 and April 25 to obtain a replacement ballot.
Ballots must be received not later than May 1, 1980 to be
valid, and tabulation of ballots will commence on May 2,
1980 and continue until completed. Delegates will be
elected on a Regional basis, with each CSEA Region
electing a specific number of delegates to which it is en-
titled in accordance with the AFSCME and CSEA Con-
stitutions. The AFSCME Convention will be held June 9-
13 in Anaheim, California.
The following is a SAMPLE REGIONAL BALLOT
printed here for informational purposes only. This is
NOT an official ballot. All official ballots will be received
in the mail from CSEA. The following is a reproduction
of this particular regional ballot listing the official
regional candidates as they will appear on the official
ballot to be mailed to members on April 10. Additionally,
the official ballot will contain specific information and
directions on the reverse side. You are advised to read
those instructions and follow the directions carefully
before using your official ballot.
We’re
counting on you.
Region Il
Slate 1 (24 candidates)
=) :OJimmy Gripper
2L]Helen Cugno
301 Clinton Thomas
«CJRobert Diaz
sL]Rose Feuerman
e(JCassell Brockett
7LHugo J. Forde
sLJAnna Brown
sStella Williams
sl] William Anderson
nUMary E. Bowman
2L] Dorothy King
LJIsmael Lopez, Jr.
uC] Felix D. Rodriguez
1s_]Roy Johnson
wL]William Bear
vL]Margaret S. Meaders
1L]George Boncoraglio
11] Brenda Nichols
2»L] Jacqueline Goodwin
2L]Joseph C. Johnson, Jr.
z2URonnie Smith
ul] George Calourneno
uC Charles Bell
2sL]John Gianguercio
2s( Joseph Michael
Slate 2 (11 candidates)
(1 2Frances DuBose
2 Jimmy Wood
xC]Lloyd Graham
sxo(] Barbara Moore
aC]Harriet Frankiewicz
xLlAnita Schiowitz
xCJEsther Slonim
uC] Rupert Mayers
xsLJA! Davis
ss] Lavern Perry
vC]Bob Keeler
IMPORTANT:
READ INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE BEFORE VOTING
Slate
wL] Francois Frazier
x»LJ]Muhammad Hussain
«(]Lawrence Colson
al)Jimmy Payne
3 (12 candidates) ———
al) Roy Hargrove
«aC Tyrone Daniels
«Cl Jeri Bell
«(] Barbara Farrell
«(] Michael Hicks
«(Rose Platt
«s_]Walter Taylor
«(]Martha Matos
soLlirittia Dennis
s\] Yolanda Sanders
se] Kathy Miller
s(] Future Glenn
«(Phyllis L. Ferguson
Ruth Foster
se] Darlene Hess
sC1Dolly Krampner
«(J Frances Brownstein
w#CAnthony Copeland
ew] Bernardo Osorio
oC] Geraldine Cody-Powell
eL]Felton King
eC] Marjorie A. Reeves
oC] Mary C. Edward
VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 24 CANDIDATES
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Page 4. THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, ‘April 2, 1980”
Wurf testifies on
hospital funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. — AFSCME President
Jerry Wurf, in testimony submitted to the sub-
committee on health care of the House Ways
and Means Committee, has urged emergency
federal assistance to financially - troubled
public general hospitals throughout the
nation,
Wurf urged the creation of a separate unit
within the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare (HEW) to provide emergency
federal assistance to public general hospitals.
Declaring that current federal health care
policies discriminate against public hospitals
in favor of private health care providers, Wurf
urged several reforms in national health care
policies, including:
© Changes in the Medicare and Medicaid
programs to provide increased reim-
bursements for public hospitals.
e Full funding in the federal budget for
Fiscal 1981 for urban health care programs.
¢ Increased federal assumption of the
Medicaid burdens of major industrial states,
such as New York, with large welfare pop-
ulations.
The AFSCME program for federal
assistance to public general hospitals would
benefit these hospitals, where CSEA members
work: Meyer Memorial Hospital in Buffalo,
Greene County Memorial Hospital, Lewis
County General Hospital, Tompkins County
General Hospital, Meadowbrook Hospital in
Nassau County, and other public general
hospitals throughout New York State and the
entire nation.
CSEA has gone on record, at its 1979
statewide convention, in upposition to closings
of public general hospitals.
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SAMPLE Region Ill Delegate BALLOT
Ballots for the election of CSEA delegates to the 1980
AFSCME Convention will be mailed to eligible members
on April 10, 1980. Members who do not receive a ballot by
April 21 should call their CSEA Regional Office between
April 22 and April 25 to obtain a replacement ballot.
Ballots must be received not later than May 1, 1980 to be
valid, and tabulation of ballots will commence on May 2,
1980 and continue until completed. Delegates will be
elected on a Regional basis, with each CSEA Region
electing a specific number of delegates to which it is en-
titled in accordance with the AFSCME and CSEA Con-
stitutions. The AFSCME Convention will be held June 9-
13 in Anaheim, California.
The following is a SAMPLE REGIONAL BALLOT
printed here for informational purposes only. This is
NOT an official ballot. All official ballots will be received
in the mail from CSEA. The following is a reproduction
of this particular regional ballot listing the official
regional candidates as they will appear on the official
ballot to be mailed to members on April 10. Additionally,
the official ballot will contain specific information and
directions on the reverse side. You are advised to read
those instructions and follow the directions carefully
* before using your official ballot,
nL Vincent Covati
wO) Eleanor McDonald
isL]Alex Hogg
iL]Grace Woods
C1 Conrad Reilly .
CL] Barbara Swartemiller
19LJJohn Cassidy
aC) Marie Romanelli
aClEllis Adams
aU Kay Cayton
aC Harold Ryan
2] Pug Lanza
CJ Lorraine Scott
2L]Larry Natoli
. -n»UJohn Famelette, Sr.
2L]Raymond Zerbarini
»L Anthony Blasie
x»L)Scott Daniels
a1] John Whalen
2]Carmine DiBattista
aClEllen Cleveland
uC] Janice Schaff
as] Joseph Roche
ssL]Joyce Debree
aLWilliam H. Pratley
IMPORTANT:
READ INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE BEFORE VOTING
Region Ill
Slate 1 (35 candidates) ————_, Slate 2 (4 candidates).
(1) — \Quames J. Lennon C1 «OCarmine LaMagna
20) Pat Mascioli 3oL] Marlene High
30] Raymond O'Connor «C]George Baille
«Eva Katz «Robert Del Torto
sC Robert Thompson
sORichard Snyder
7QAlbert Ruggiero aLlJohn A. Famelette, Jr.
s(]John Mauro «(Michael Morelia
s(]Madeline Mackey «(Robert Coleman
LC] Millicent DeRosa «ClJames McNutt
(Carolyn Zappe «(JHelen Joyner
2] Walter Durkin «William Bunce
VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 35 CANDIDATES
«L]Peter H. Convery
«(] Margaret Scoca
(Capriola)
soLJKenneth J. Lynch
siL)Americo Felipe
sL)James J. Sullivan
ssLJGlenda Davis
ss John Thomason
sC]Willie Trotman
ss] Patricia Taylor
sL]Doris Josephson
ss] Marion Casey
so] Beatrice Kee
el] Richard Riley
«i C]James L. McGuiness
aL]Leonard Gerardi
al)Kenneth Klinko
«(Helen Klein
eC] Rose Clark
esl] Marjorie Monree
eC)Harold McGuigan
esL]Mark Schwartz
eL]Virginia Black
nL] John Giglio
nQLorin W. Mackey
n»C Barbara Hogan
m3 Charlie Decker
2C] Mary Rich
7s_]Ruth Ander
7=L]Ann Boehm
nC] Barbara Babcock
7(_] Robert Roberts
mL) Doris Mikus
wl)Greg Bernard
EARL CONGER, Cortland County
CSEA Unit‘president.
Back pay for
extra hours
CORTLAND — Two. members
and a former mentber of Cortland
County CSEA Local 812 recently
received settlernent checks total-
ing more than $5,000.00 for hours |
worked in excess of normal 35-hour
work weeks.
Earl Conger, president of the
Cortland County Unit, said the
settlement involved two current
employees and one former
employee at the Cortland County
airport whe had logged extra un-
paid work time as far back as 1977.
“We compiled the necessary
hourly records, then used the clear-
ly defined contract language to file
grievances on behalf of Robert
Kluge, William English and Bar-
bara Couch. The county confirmed
that payment was due and even-
tually issued the checks. Kluge and
English are current employees of
the county, but Mrs. Couch now
lives out of state,’’ Conger said.
In a further comment following
the announcement of the
settlements, Conger reported the
percentage of CSEA membership
in the County is growing. ‘‘We are
signing new members every week
and we plan to continue strengtuen-
ing our entire Cortland County
Local. In the near future CSEA
Field Representative Terry Mox-
ley and Chris Jamison, Regional
organizer, will conduct a special
effort to gain 100 percent
membership,’ Conger said.
the union
that works
for you
Learning how to handle conflict union seminar subject
BINGHAMTON — Members of Binghamton Psychiatric Center CSEA
Local 441 recently participated in a seminar on the subject, ‘Handling Conflict
in the Union and in Labor / Management Relations.
According to Local 441 President Charles Gregory, the program was in-
structed by Martha Lindner of the State University of New York and Jim
University.
The program included seminar
Miller of the New York State School of Industrial Labor Relations of Cornell
discussions on such topics as group
behavior, handling conflicts with and between groups, techniques to resolve
various forms of conflict, and other topics.
THE ‘PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 2,,1980
Page 5
RONEN TUT 7
NEW YORK CITY — “The management of Bronx Psychiatric
Center appears not to give a damn about the health of its operational
employees,” charges BPC Local 401 President William Anderson. And
CSEA Field Rep Bart Brier confirms that position, reporting that the
warehouse, power plant and most maintenance areas continue to be
“serious asbestos health hazards while BPC administrators continue to
refuse to take immediate corrective measures to remove the hazard.
Asbestos is a known cause of lung and stomach cancer and of other
respiratory diseases.
(The Public Sector, which has been reporting on numerous safety
and health hazards in New York State since 1978, toured the facility
recently and found the ceiling of the warehouse to be the most exten-
sive asbestos hazard it has encountered.) ;
Brier was highly critical of BPC Deputy Director Ira Shulman and
his assistant, Jay Director, for not taking action to remove the
asbestos hazards.
Even though asbestos is a known health hazard, there is not law
that requires management to remedy the situation. CSEA is pushing
hard for legislation providing Occupational Safety and Health Act
(OSHA) protection for public employees throughout New York State.
Brier noted, however, that management work areas in the warehouse
were enclosed and air-conditioned a few years ago, but no such
protection was provided other employees.
He said management claims it will not address the asbestos
problem until some leaks in the warehouse roof are fixed.
“Can you believe they won't fix the asbestos hazard because of
some leaks in the roof? Their actions speak louder than their words.
vironment of the warehouse at Bronx Psychiatric Center
for nine years. He, and his fellow operational employees
working in that environment face a greater chance of con-
tracting lung and stomach cancer, according to medical
authorities.
THE EXTENT OF THE FALLING ASBESTOS in the Bronx Psychiatric Center
warehouse is demonstrated by the condition of a beam across the ceiling of the
warehouse.
‘Management appears not fo give a damn...”
Asbestos a major health problem
for Bronx PC operational people
“This appears to be just another example of how some people treat
blue collar workers. If you work with your hands and back and don’t
have 18 years of schooling you are some lesser form of life not entitled
to human treatment,” Brier said of the way the BPC operational
employees are being treated. : ;
Forty-eight of those employees — those working in the dangerous
asbestos environment for at least five years — are undergoing x-rays
and counseling by the world-renowned Mount Sinai Hospital
Department of Environmental Medicine.
CSEA action on the asbestos problem started after the election of
Anderson in September 1979 as president of BPC Local 401. Anderson
appointed a task force to look into the asbestos situation in November
1979,
Heading the task force is Local Second Vice President James
Payne. Other task force members are Anderson, George Austin,
Patricia Hueston, Ernest Punter, Leroy Edwards and Efraim Febles.
Payne went to Mount Sinai Hospital with the asbestos problem. He
also pointed out that the falling asbestos in the warehouse could be
getting into the food eaten by both patients and staff at Bronx
Psychiatric Center.
Another controversy has emerged as a result of the asbestos
situation. Even though Mount Sinai is charging only approximately
$200 for the 48 counselings and the health problem is caused by
management not correcting a long-standing health hazard, Shulman
and Director will only authorize BPC to pay for half the cost of the
employee counseling, Brier said.
ENTIRE CEILING of the huge
warehouse, left, at Bronx
Psychiatric Center is covered with
a material containing cancer-
causing asbestos.
MANAGEMENT'S safely enclosed
and air conditioned working
spaces, right in the warehouse of
Bronx Psychiatric Center are
pointed out by task force member
Leroy: Edwards, left, to CSEA
Field Representative Bart Brier,
center, and to task force Chairman
James Payne.
ASBESTOS, wifhad fallen from the ceiling of the
warehouse at BrpPsychiatric Center, sits atop a box. The
material which #tes the ceiling contains cancer-causing
asbestos, CSEAfices reported. Forty-eight operational
employees ka ed and counseled because of long-
time exposul idly substance.
CSEA LOCAL 46
to the food kept ij
Material contaii
onto the boxes
Payne fears th
asbestos along
cancer.
Force Chairman James Payne points
arehouse of Bronx Psychiatric Center.
Bbestos flakes off the ceiling and ‘falls
icks of food stored in the warehouse.
ients and staff may be eating some
le food. Asbestos is a cause of stomach
MALE A ES
Page 6 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 2, 1980
0 EE IE LEE 2 ITE LEE LE TA IE SO EES EOE EEE EEE BE TSI NEI
Mental Hygiene employees
pawns in giant chess game
pn I
rigged to favor management
By Gerald Alperstein
Associate Editor
CENTRAL ISLIP — New York
State mental hygiene employees
“are treated as pawns in a giant
chess game being played by
various management levels,’’
CSEA’s Danny Donohue said.
Donohue is chairman of the
CSEA Mental Hygiene Caucus,
Mental Hygiene Board of Direc-
tors, Mental Hygiene Labor-
Management Committee and Men-
tal Health Labor-Management
Committee. He also is president of
Central Islip Psychiatric Center
Local 404 and first vice president of
CSEA Long Island Region I.
“The chess game is set up
beautifully so everyone involved
can blame someone else, but our
members pay in the end,’’ Donohue
said. He described the interplay as
follows:
“The commissioners submit
budget requests to the governor.
The governor changes those re-
quests when his budget goes to the
State Legislature. The legislature
makes its own adjustments in the
governor's budget. When the
approved budget is not adequate, it
is always the blame of someone
else; ais:
“At the facility level, the direc-
tor can blame the region and then
the region can blame the com-
missioner. And everybody in
Albany can blame the federal
government for not allocating
more money.
“When cuts in mental hygiene
budgets occur, it is not programs
that are cut but persons who care
for the patients that are cut.”
One of the dangers in reduced
staffing is the increase in assaults
on staff by mental patients. ‘‘The
greater the cuts, the more
jeopardy for employees and
patients.
“Tf it is not safe for the
employees, it can not be safe for
patients,’’ Donohue said.
The safety and well-being of the
mental patients is not only a con-
cern of the union but also of a
number of parent groups, so-called
concerned citizen groups and civic
organizations.
While these groups have many of ,
the same goals as CSEA, ‘‘many of
them are misguided and misin-
formed and place themselves in op-
position to the union. In some
places, they have realized their
goals and the union's goals are the
same,”’ he said.
“Some of these groups push the
concept that if all institutions were
DANNY DONOHUE says mental
hygiene employees “are treated as
pawns in a giant chess game. . .”
to close and the patients were put
in the community, they would
cease to be mental patients and
would never be heard from again.
“Ideas like this are at times
‘sold’ to these well-meaning groups
by those who would profit by the
operation of proprietary homes and
other private residences,’’ ac-
cording to Donohue.
“These pressure groups aim at
both the Mental Health and Mental
Retardation regional directors and
at the facility directors. The
regional directors are fed lies such
as ‘private industry can do it better
and cheaper’.’”
On the facility level, Donohue
labeled as a ‘‘grand lie’ the charge
some of the pressure groups make
that “‘the union is keeping the
patients in the hospital against
their will. That union members are
jailers.””
He said some of the groups take
the position that ‘‘the patients are
saints. They can do no wrong.”
The fallout from that pressure at
some facilities has resulted in a lot
of unnecessary trouble for the
union and its members, Donohue
said.
“Contrary to the belief that an
employee is innocent until proven
guilty when accused of abuse by a
mental patient, some facility
managements, in spite of the
results of investigations which ex-
onerate the employees, have a
tendency to suspend employees and
seek termination and other severe
penalties.
“They take themselves off the
Nai PacA a a SH (AR MR VAR RCN A SO
hook by passing the buck to an ar-
bitrator. When the employee is
reinstated, the facility director can
always blame it on the arbitrator.
Some directors find it to their ad-
vantage politically to placate these
groups rather than do their jobs
properly,’’ charges Donohue.
He said CSEA will continue to
meet with these groups on the local
level to better inform them of what
the union is trying to do and to seek
cooperation on mutual goals.
“They want the best service for the
patients. We provide the best ser-
vice for the patients and we protect
the public interest,’ he said.
Donohue defined CSEA’s
positions as follows:
* CSEA seeks job security for the
mental hygiene employees it
represents.
¢ State employees are the most
experienced and best trained. He
said Gov. Hugh L. Carey has gone
on record in support of this
position
¢ The State has the facilities to
provide services to mental
patients.
* The State has the most control
and is the most responsible and ac-
countable agency to provide care to
mental patients
¢ Layoffs and closings of facilities
would have major impact on the
economy of the geographic areas
concerned
“Pressure groups, the job freeze,
proposed budget cuts, legislative
pressure and rumors of facility
closings have all combined to cause
extremely low morale among
mental hygiene employees.
Absenteeism is up, and many
employees are looking for other
jobs,”’ Donohue said.
Those same factors have combin-
ed to ‘make it impossible for the
State to live up to the Morgado
Memorandum,”’ he said. Both the
Mental Health and Retardation
commissioners have said reaching
the 1:1 and 1:1.78 clinical staffing
ratios, respectively, by 1981 are
probably not possible, he said.
CSEA considers the clinical staff
as grades 7 through 13 and the
» PS&T positions of doctor, nurse,
social worker and therapists, and
does not include operational, ad-
ministrative, kitchen, laundry and
grounds employees.
In spite of the projections by the
commissioners, Donohue said
CSEA President William L.
McGowan has said he is committed
to each mental hygiene facility
complying with the Morgado
Memorandum in 1981.
McGowan also is actively looking
into federal protections for mental
hygiene employees, Donohue said.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 2, 1980
Page 7
SAMPLE Region IV Delegate BALLOT
Ballots for the election of CSEA delegates to the 1980
AFSCME Convention will be mailed to eligible members
on April 10, 1980. Members who do not receive a ballot by
April 21 should call their CSEA Regional Office between
April 22 and April 25 to obtain a replacement ballot.
Ballots must be received not later than May 1, 1980 to be
valid, and tabulation of ballots will commence on May 2,
1980 and continue until completed. Delegates will be
elected on a Regional basis, with each CSEA Region
electing a specific number of delegates to which it is en-
titled in accordance with the AFSCME and CSEA Con-
stitutions. The AFSCME Convention will be held June 9-
13 in Anaheim, California.
The following is a SAMPLE REGIONAL BALLOT
printed here for informational purposes only. This is
NOT an official ballot. All official ballots will be received
in the mail from CSEA, The following is a reproduction
of this particular regional ballot listing the official
regional candidates as they will appear on the official
ballot to be mailed to members on April 10. Additionally,
the official ballot will contain specific information and
directions on the reverse side. You are advised to read
those instructions and follow the directions carefully
before using your official ballot.
xa] Josephine Luizzi
wL]Barbara A. Stack
«(Dann Wood
aQJulia B. Braden
aCJohn P. Gavin
uLlJames Gavin
ss] Suzanne Waltz
IMPORTANT:
READ INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE BEFORE VOTING
_ Region IV
Slate 1 (38 candidates) ——_——_ Slate 2 (4 candidates)
“United Slate” (1 «CiRobert P. Foley
[J ,OThomas McDonough’ | ~ pie satel B eeey
og «C]Gerald Lindemann
bares oe
2 COM er Leae cn s=LIGrace Vallee.
opiate Aaa sCEarl H. Kilmartin
s]Jeanne Pratt- . y
eee Slate 3 (3 candidates)
1 Perrey .
nCJune Robak C) 2CBarbara Bonestee!
nL Francis Wilusz ‘i | * Balascio
3L]Jean Book sJJeanne Lyons
«CJ Karen Gray Murray | ss] Jane Wade
isL]John Gully 2 ‘
iL] Dolores Farrell : i
vOAlan Siegel ° ssLJEmestine Lafayette
1eL]Cindy Egan LJ Lisa Bursor
1L]Charles Knox sL)Mary Davis
2L]William Sohl seC)Patricia Harr
2LJRichard Canniff so] Barbara M. Charles
zLlJune Scott eo(]Margaret.U. Egan
zaLlJohn Wyngaard oC] Juanita A, Nash
2L]William McTygue eal]JoAnne Lowe
2L]William Zippiere
2sL] Betty Collins
zUJohn Francisco Slate 4 (4 candidates)
(Fred Farone
avec Gascicy 1 .QHoward Cropsey
«Joseph Blair
(Barbara Skelly Richard Evans
»Mazie Forte Biloss h Lazarot
2LJSherry Breen = i) ny:
ae Drew
ois Barty Pennon eCAlicia Fisher Yarter
aca pea aCRobert J, Morin
ai Aes B Mose wL]Leroy Holmes
ath Seite L]Gerald E. Brewster
= lores ron 2UJRalph E, McCann
VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 38 CANDIDATES
nCCheryl Sheller
xxLJohn Miller
~U Albert M. Cohen
7sL]Catherine Zullo
7eL] Harriet Cohen
nC]Margaret Bronson
7L]Gloria Cross
7L]Margaret Kolodzey
wL]Helen Shedd
aiLJMarilyn D‘Amico
wl] Beatrice McCoy
alJLinda Mazzara
Page 8
THE PUBLIC SECTOR,
« Z
basin bela sue7ie é
Wednesday, April 2, 1980
Problems are
resolved for
Olympics
PLATTSBURGH — Some labor
problems were encountered when
public employees worked at the
various Olympic sites during the
Winter Games in February, but with
the cooperation of representatives of
the Governor’s Office of Employee
Relations (OER), the Civil Service
Employees Assn. was able to resolve
the matters easily.
That's the report from Capital
Region CSEA Field Representative
Charles Scott, whose territory in-
cludes the Lake Placid area. During
the games, Scott was exclusively
assigned to this area.
Some of the complaints received
from employees, said Scott, were
about poor housing for those who had
to be lodged in Lake Placid for the
two weeks, difficulty in getting to
worksites on time in heavy traffic,
concern about receiving adequate pay
and misunderstandings about the
status of temporary employees hired
by the state to assist regular workers.
Scott, other CSEA representatives,
or Lake Placid unit president Gil-
Tatro found they were able to sit
down with OER represéntatives ‘‘in
an unusually cooperative at-
mosphere’ to work out any problems
prior to and during the Otympics, ac-
cording to the union. Scott said he was
given a special pass allowing him
access to all areas where CSEA-°
represented employees were
working.
“On a normal day to day basis, to be
quite frank, our relationship with
EnCon and the OER, is not good.
Employees problems are often dif-
ficult to settle. But during the Olym-
pics that was definitely not the case,”’
Scott commented,
“OER was unusually cooperative
and reasonable in dealing with the
problems encountered by public
employees at the Olympics,” added
Jack Corcoran, Capital Region field
director for CSEA. ‘‘Such an attitude
should be a hallmark for future deal-
ing with the union.”
Public employees worked behind
the scenes, at the Olympics, in
maintenance of ice and snow,
operation-and maintenance of
equipment, security and com-
munications.
Warren County
ratifies pact
A two-year contract, containing
basic wage increases of seven
percent in each year, has been
ratified by Civil Service
Employees Assn, representing
employees in Warren County.
Under the agreement, employees
receiving increments in the second
year will receive a six percent in-
crease in that year. The contract is
retroactive to January 1, 1980.
A provision to move Warren
County Infirmary RNs up to grade
36 and LPNs up to grade 17 was in-
cluded in the contract. Salaries for
the nurses will increase accord-
ingly. In addition, the county has
agreed to pickup New York State
disability
Ballots for the election of CSEA delegates to the 1980
AFSCME Convention will be mailed to eligible members
SAMPLE
on April 10, 1980. Members who do not receive a ballot by
April 21 should call their CSEA Regional Office between
April 22 and April 25 to obtain a replacement ballot.
Ballots must be received not later than May 1, 1980 to be
Region V
valid, and tabulation of ballots will commence on May 2,
1980 and continue until completed. Delegates will be
elected on a Regional basis, with each CSEA Region
Delegate BALLOT
electing a specific number of delegates to which it is en-
titled in accordance with the AFSCME and CSEA Con-
stitutions. The AFSCME Convention will be held June 9-
13 in Anaheim, California.
The following is a SAMPLE REGIONAL BALLOT
printed here for informational purposes only. This is
NOT an official ballot, All official ballots will be received
in the mail from CSEA. The following is a reproduction
of this particular regional ballot listing the official
regional candidates as they will appear on the official
ballot to be mailed to members on April 10. Additionally,
the official ballot will contain specific information and
directions on the reverse side. You are advised to read
those instructions and follow the directions carefully
before using your official ballot.
READ INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE BEFORE VOTING
Slate 1 (35 candidates) ————_,
“Unity Slate”
1 .QuJim Moore
2 Pat Crandall
30 Ralph Young
«(J Maureen Malone
sC) Carlo Guardi
sC] Helen Hanlon
7LMarge Coggeshall
s(J George McCarthy
2] Tom Murphy
wL]John Gieht
nL Keith Davis
L$. Joan Brower
LJ Jack Gallagher
«QO William Ewsuk
1s_) Chuck Eynon
ww] Hugh McDonald
vO Dolores Herrig
isL)Richard Marley
ssL]Claire McGrath
2] Barbara Pickell
2CIrvin Stowell
zU Nicholas J. Cimino
zal Mary Nelan
2) Chuck Gregory
2=C] Bruce Nolan
21] Robert Vincent
aUJEmie Coleman
aL] Louis Nayman
2L] Mary Lauzon
»l]Mary E. Sullivan
a(]Brian Dombrowski
2]Marie E. Kalbfleisch
x] Mabel Wannamaker
uC Francis J. Mitchell
aCIrene Carr
Slate 2 (3 candidates)
“In Conformity”
eel Dorothy Penner
»C)Rosemary Baker
x(]Bernice Nicotera
»(JBud Mulchy
«JReta Krisko
«(Thomas J. Elhage
VOTE FOR NO MORE
THAN 35 CANDIDATES
IMPORTANT:
Region V
Slate 3 (16 candidates)
“Region-Wise Choice”
(1 DRichard Grieco
alJRon Draper
«QEmil Hein
«L]Fred Setter
«]Sue Bucrzinski
«ULorrane Krup
«l]Dale Mumbulo
aiJRobert |. Shaller
e(JRobert Densmore
awL]Nancy Morrison
s«LJAddie Kelley
es] James Glover
ss] Elizabeth Martin
wL)Vincent Maria
«(Anne Congel ss(JPatricia M. Callahan
soL]Marsha Coppola wL)Dale King
siL)Shirley Richardson «Connie Bissi
sRichard Brown s(Ventina R. Cerutti
ss Roy S. Hall 2ClAlberta Howard
sLiKevin J. Wilder «(]Jamie Laboy
ss(JFran DeLemo s«(] Marjorie Gilbert
sClEarl Conger ssLJDon Hesseltine
sLJDon Huther ss] Lynda Hesseltine
»(]Dorothy Fuller
Slate 4(3 candidates) aC Jody sealed 4
“Health Slate” w_]Margaret Winot
L) Carol Sandford :
sal] Sheila Newport Slate 7 (12 candidates) —_—_—
elJAnn Goodgion “SUNY Slate”
CL] Fran All
ei_]Eleanor Korchak nC] Albert Church
eC Edwin Earl Lewis we] Moira Greiner
elOlga M. White 1a(]Nellie Handy
1«L] George Hillis
1s] Ernie Hitchock
late 5 (12 candidates) ee ghia
i eo 1) Martin ru
“Mental Hygiene Slate ‘al@Ar Slocum Pp
Eagia Roy Davies 1L] Don Polley.
oL]Gary Snow nL] Ronald Whitmore
esL]Joe Pombeck i:1(] Lenore Foster
oL]Mike Crimmins
eeL]Faith Heaton
es] Barbara Allen Slate 8 (9 candidates)
zoL_]William R. Chidester, Jr, a
(Dan Miller Surassiae Deysnearey
nO Rose Robertson
nL]Carol Davies CL] i2OSheri Ranger
zaJAudrey Kenefick 1aLJCynthia Dillabough
7s] Clara Pruitt iwl]Ken Osmond
usLJSanto DeVito
nel Terry L. Schrock
76] William Krivyanik 17 Joseph Iwanicki
nUMark Smacher ueL]V. James Powers
iL] Rose James
vo] Williams Eves
Slate 6 (3 candidates).
(ee) ~LJJoanne Delany
LJ John Galvin
el]Ralph Butler
i2C)Mary J. Cinelli
izL]F. Ronald Saleski
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 2,1980' Page 9”
COMPETITIVE
PROMOTIONAL EXAMS
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OPEN CONTINUOUS
STATE JOB CALENDAR
Senior Medical Records Technician .................
Pharmacist (salary varies with location) .
Assistant Sanitary Engineer
Senior Sanitary Engineer .
Clinical Physician I ..
Clinical Physician II. .
Assistant Clinical Physician .
Attorney .
Assistant
Attorney Trainee .
Junior Engineer.
(Bachelor's Degree)
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(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
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee .
Medical Record Technician
Histology Technician .....
Professional Positions in Ai
Computer Programmer Saved
Computer Programmer (Scientific) .
Senior Programmer ...............
Senior Computer Programmer (Scientific) .
Mobility Instructor .....
Instructor of the Blind .
Health Services Nurse
_- :(salary varies-with
Senitr Heating and Ventilating Engineer .
Senior Sanitary Engineer (Design) ..
Senior Building Electrical Engineer .
Senior Building Structural Engineer .
Senior Mechanical Construction Engineer
Senior Plumbing Engineer...
Assistant Stationary Engineer .
Electroencephalograph Technici
‘Radiologic Technologist
(salary varies with location)
Medical Record Administrator
Food Service Worker 1 ....
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee
(Spanish Speaking)
Associate Actuary (Casualty) .
Principal Actuary (Casualty) ..
Supervising Actuary (Casualty) .
Assistant Actuary bbiod
Nurse Ly...
Nurse II . é :
Nurse II (Psychiatric) ..
Nurse II (Rehabili
Medical Speciali:
Medical Specialist I
Psychiatrist I
Psychiatrist I].
Social Services Management Trainee
Social Services Management Specialist
Social Services Management Trainee ..
(Spanish Speaking)
Social Services Management Specialist .................00.00ceee $11,450 20-876
(Spanish Speaking)
Industrial Training Supervisor .......... egaieanpeaaenien $10,624-$12,583. 20-877
(salary varies depending on specialty)
Physical Therapist .
Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking).
Senior Physical Therapist .............
Senior Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking)
Speech Pathologist .
Audiologist .......
Assistant Speech Pathologist
Assistant Audiologist .
Dietician Trainee ....
Dietician .... ‘
Supervising Dietician .
Stenographer (NYC only.
Typist (NYC only)..
Senior Occupational Therapist . a
Senior Occupational Therapist.........
(Spanish Speaking)
Occupational Therapist ...............00seeeeyeete
Occupational Therapist (Spanish Speaking) .......
eter $10,624 20-102
eaaatitihr 20-129
FILING ENDS APRIL 7, 1980
Highway Maintenance Supervisor I.
Publications Production Supervisor.
Hospital Administration Consultant.
Hospital Administration Consultant, Senior .
FILING ENDS APRIL 21,1980
Cable Television Municipal Consultant, Assistant
Cable Television Municipal Consultant, Senior
Engineering Geologist, Assistant .
Engineering Geologist, Senior ..
Environmental Conservation Agricultural
Program Coordinator
Investigator
Motor Vehicle Investigator
Motor Vehicle Investigator (Spanish Speaking)
Pure Waters Grants Analyst II
Pure Waters Grants Analyst III
Pure Waters Grants Analyst IV
Pure Waters Grants Analyst V
Real Estate Appraiser
Real Estate Appraiser, Senior
Industrial Consultant (International
FILING ENDS APRIL 28, 1980
Community Mental Health Nurse
(Spanish Speaking)
Community Mental Health Nurse
STATE OPEN COMPETITIVE
JOB CALENDAR
FILING ENDS APRIL 14, 1980
Senior Real Estate Appraiser ..
Associate Personnel Examiner.
Principal Personnel Examiner .
Senior Engineering Geologist
Associate Engineering Geologist
Principal Internal Auditor.......
Associate in Education Research.
Chief, Bureau of English Education
Chief, Bureau of Business Education .
Senior Beverage Control Investigatot
Supervising Beverage Control Investigator
Executive Officer E.
Executive Officer D.
Executive Officer C .
Executive Officer B .
Executive Officer A.
Chief Beverage Control Investigator
Associate Building Structural Engineer .
Senior Investigator...............+.
Associate Engineering Geologist .
Senior Hospital Administration Consultant
Associate U.I. Investigator
Senior U.I. Investigator
Chief of Water Service and Consumer Complaints.
Associate Valuation Engineer x :
Senior Valuation Engineer...
Toll Division Assistant Supervisor ...............
.. $12,670 20-894
$11,337 20-895
.. $11,337 - 20-895
You may contact the following offices of the New York State Department of Civil Service for an
ns, and other details concerning examinations for the positions listed above,
late Office Building Campus, First Floor, Building |, Albany, New York 12239 (518) 457-6216,
2 World Trade Center, 55th Floor, New York City 10047 (212) 488-4248.
Suite 750, Genesee Building, West Genesee Street, Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 842-4260.
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SAMPLE
° Region VI
BALLOT
Ballots for the election of CSEA delegates to the 1980_
AFSCME Convention will be mailed to eligible members
on April 10, 1980, Members who do not receive a ballot by
April 21 Should call their CSEA Regional Office between
April 22 and April 25 to obtain a replacement ballot.
Ballots must be received not later than May 1, 1980 to be
valid, and tabulation of ballots will commence on May 2,
1980 and continue until completed. Delegates will be
elected on a Regional basis, with each CSEA Region
electing a specific number of delegates to which it is en-
titled in accordance with the AFSCME and CSEA Con-
stitutions. The AFSCME Convention will be held June 9-
13 in Anaheim, California.
The following is a SAMPLE REGIONAL BALLOT
printed here for informational purposes only. This is
NOT an official ballot. All official ballots will be received
in the mail from CSEA.
e O
:Doris W. Williams
2LJ Ethel Dickinson
iUEd G. Dudek
«(Donald J. O'Hare
sL] Tom J. Warzel
eL]Morton J. Merowitz
71JGina M. Mazzella
s(J Edward J. Robinson
Slate 1(35 candidates).
“Region Slate’
s(William L. McGowan
wL]Robert L. Lattimer
nU]Mary Ann Bentham
nL] Thomas Bruno
iL) Paul Christopher
uC Anthony Cinquegrana
isL] Gary Clark
ww] Genevieve Clark
vOSkip Dunham
LJ Sylvia Ebersold
sLJohn P. Eiss
(J Barbara M. Fauser
2CiJerry Frieday
zL June Hagan
xaUAnnette Harding
2 Lori Hartrick
2L] Dale Hatch
zsL]James Jayes
aC] Barbara Justinger
aL] Martin R. Koenig
21 Robert Love
xL] Brian Madden
C1] Donald Maloney
xL)Marilyn McFee
zLJElaine Mootry
uC] Patricia Pfleger
x] Jack Schlenker
aL] Robert C. Smith
vUDominic Spacone, Jr.
x»(Ronald M. Stanton
w»UElaine Todd
«(Harold C. Towner
«(Florence Tripi
«l]George Webster
«(Zita Parker
«(CJFrank Lysaght
«(J Kathleen Fetzer
«s_JGilbert Collins
«7X Sheila A. Brogan
«L] Joan Poisella
«LJ Edward Majchrowicz
soL)Patricia Froebel
s\_] Joanne Moskal
s2_]June Ferner
Slate 2 (10 candidates)
i
Region VI
(Chris Kubanka
sL]Wilma Hasser
ss_]Ruby Badger
seL] Louise Hawkins
sLIrene Simmons
ss_] William Daniel
sL]W.L. Manuel
eo_JRobert Dumas, Jr.
s:1()Jack Fishbaugh, Jr.
el) Michael A. Thomas
Slate
O
3 (32 candidates)
aL)Richard Szymanski
«JA. Samuel Notaro
es_] George Werner
es] Stephania T.
Danielewicz
«Joe Hartman
ee] Nancy Castaldo
eL]Fred B. Domino
ro] William Burd
nUClara T. Foster
nUGerald R. Dusel
73Ronald J. Massett
»U] Frank Langdon
7s) Stanley Sochalec
7] David Veshia
7OFred Caso
mL] Joseph Fabiano
73)Marityn Osswald
el) Roy Upright
«L]Kenneth Becker
ee] Edward Erhart
aL]Steven Hawkins
«(] Peggy Shavers
«Dennis Wilson
aL] Ray Smith
«Marion Clute
esC]Mike Mariotti -
eoLlJames Fitchtinger
soL]Angeline Ferflandez
si] Joan Knowles
«L)Kathleen Hunt
«(Kathy Kershaw
«(Robert O'Brien
(Donald B. Robinson
ss] David Morseman
»QJAllan Burke
se] Douglas Drakes
se) Richard Schooley
ro] Wayne Mathis
11 David C. Polisoto
woe] Adeline Lipowski
alJNancy Argenta
oc] Joanna Williams
os] Walter Nowicki, Jr.
vo }Raymond Schultz
17 Amelia Clay
oa] Elizabeth Watts
xe] Robert Stelley
noL]Richard B, Warmus
»: OBill Dugan
n2L]Gus Schmidt
in(JSara Sievert
VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 35 CANDIDATES
Slate 4 (31 candidates)
(1) \.OCharles H. Baker
us] Richard Daniels
ueL]John J. Fisher
(David H. Furmanski
nel] Franklin J. Hatch
usL]Lee H. Hellert
rol] David E. Hellert
21 Harold D. Hinkley
C]Karl P. Koch oy
aL] Robert H. Krueger
CL] Grace M. Monacelli
1s] Arthur C. Moore, Jr.
wl] Thomas E. O'Neill
mC) George Switzer
wl] David R. Traxler
ve(John C. Welch
wo] Richard E. Weader
131 Robert J. Wilson
2] Hester E. Young
isL] Thomas J. Zambito
1«( Stephen T. Smith
William F, Guzik
136] Thomas J. Flick
17] George P. Sibley
we Oscar P. Stanton
eL]Albert W. Vanner
wL]Gerald R. Flick
iC] Salvatore C. D'Agostino
sel] Laverne Fancher
val] Guenino loannone
sl] Donald C, Barhite
us_|Dennis Maddigen
eC] Russell Bettis
wCJEileen Marsh
vwallJerry S. Helfer
Slate 5 (32 candidates)
( wQAlice Rogers
wol] David L. Reeves
1siL]Mary Sebastian
1seL]Grace H. Christ
1ss3]Margaret G. Smith
C] Lorraine M, Eberhard
iL] David S. Mosher
wsC]David A. Stalica
i7]Ronald V. Goran
1sa_]Charles E. Morrison 5
soL]Peter McCormick
iol] Christine Kowalik
11]Dorene L. Fischer
weLl0.A. Guillow
ya] Harry Chertock
* (Gregory P. Witherspoon
is] Lois Knueppel
CRuth Bates-
es] Thor
J Charles F, Carpenter
1Conrad G. Milés
mC) Judy Nolan
mL)Pat Ardino
is Angelo Delvalle
va( Diane Ervin
wsCJ Dennis Block
veCJKathy J. Farmer
nO) David Wilbur
weLJRebekah Hurlbut | ~
imLJRoger Hurlbut
veol]James Hurlbut
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Angry DOT workers
rally with union
fo oppose planned
state budget cuts
ALBANY — Nearly a thousand Albany-area
employees of the state Department of Transpor-
tation conducted a noon-time rally on March 18
to protest a planned $10 to $11 million cut from
the department allocation in the state’s proposed
state budget. The CSEA-sponsored rally conclud-
ed with the union members visiting the offices of
nearly 30 state legislators to deliver their protest
message directly to the lawmakers who will vote
on the proposed budget.
The DOT rally was the latest of several efforts
by CSEA and its members against planned
budget cuts. The union has used other rallys, ma-
jor lobbying efforts, and a statewide newspaper
and radio advertising campaign to inform the
public and legislators that planned budget cuts
will result in greatly reduced public services and
public jobs.
Ce ee ee
Below, HANDING OUT copies of a letter of protest to
DOT members attending the rally are, from left, Tom
Haley of the union’s Legislative and Political Action
department, and Joseph Conway, chairman of CSEA’s
Legislative and Political Action Committee.
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PART OF THE LARGE CROWD of nearly 1,000 DOT union members who used their lunch hour to rally
against cuts in the DOT allocation in the proposed state budget, and to meet directly with nearly 30 state
legislators following the rally in the Empire State Plaza in Albany.
%
Above, JOAN TOBIN, President of DOT CSEA Local
687, recovering from a recent operation, attended the
rally in a wheelchair. She was one of the key
organizers of the successful rally.
Left, CS9EA REGION IV PRESIDENT Joseph McDer-
mott addressed the gathering of angry DOT
employees, urging them to sign a letter of protest he is
holding so that it may be delivered to legislators and
state management.
Below, “THEY’LL BE CUTTING $5.5 million... in
personal services, and that is going to mean
bodies. . .”’ charged CSEA Director of Legislative and
Political Action Bernard J. Ryan. 4
