The Public Sector, 1998 April

Photo by Lilly Gioia

Worksite Security a high priority for CSEA

deaths of four CSEA members in Schuyler
County (see story page 11), the union has

implement the standard, so CSEA is
making its case to the state Legislature.

against worksite violence.
The legislation, (Assembly bill 2666/

Cal

ordinator in your region office.

long-standing union battle over fire safety in
the John Mulroy Civic Center, Onondaga

there was a delay before deputies responded.
She and her co-workers face danger daily, she

CSEA members across the state in all fought for improved worksite security. If the standard is made law, all Seffate bill 5945), is a focus of ARFSCME i et i a)
types of jobs and worksites face one clear Spurred on by the 1992 tragedy, CSEA employers with more than 50 employees” Nef™w York's lobbying efforts in Albany . | ° °
fact: Violence on the job is a very real and _ has pushed for a statewide worksite will be required to analyze dangers, ‘or more information on how you can | Onondaga County agrees to improve security
often fatal threat. security standard. However, the state educate employees and make joif#f grassroots efforts to pass this vital |
For years, even before the shooting Labor Department has so far refused to improvements to protect their employees legislation, call the CSEA Political Action | SYRACUSE — As part of the settlement to a She was not seriously injured, she said, but
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in Monroe

ROCHESTER—-When fake bombs
began showing up in the Monroe
County park system as a citizen group
protest against the county's bait-and-
shoot program, it lent a new element of
potential danger to jobs of parks
employees, who are members of CSEA
Monroe County Local 828.

Portions of sprawling Durand-
Eastman Park were closed recently
when Local 828 member Brendan
Kanauf, a parks supervisor, discovered
a suspicious device as he checked on a
bait site.

The device, which turned out to be
batteries and other materials wrapped
in duct tape, apparently was planted by
members of the Animal Liberation
Front, police said. Several others were
also found. The group's initials were
painted in red at the scene, with the

CSEA members Mark Moon, left, and Mark Salvatore,
are just two of the Monroe County parks workers
threatened by animal rights activists.

DMV slights worker security

NEW YORK— Spit on, menaced
with knives, sprayed in the face
with pepper spray or verbally
threatened, CSEA New York City
Local 010 Department of Motor
Vehicles members who regularly
contront very angry motorists want
some protection.

DMV management claims that
safety glass partitio’ interfere with
a stomer friendly” environment,
CSEA Metropolitan Region 2
President George Boncoraglio said.
His letters to DMV Commissioner
Richard Jackson have not been
answered,

Boncoraglio called DMV
management hypocritical because
Jackson reportedly installed a

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words “There's a bomb at the site. No
killing of deer.”
“It doesn’t make me too happy,

security system in his own office.

“After a union member has been
rushed to the hospital choking
from mace sprayed by a ‘friendly
custome,’ it’s just a sickening
shame to go on neglecting
workplace security at DMV offices,”
Boncoraglio said.

The public sees safety glass
partitions at banks and post
offices, Local 010 President Vincent
Martusciello said, noting that
government reports identify
homicide as the main cause of
workplace deaths.

“Does somebody have to die,” he
said, “in order to finally get the
commissioner's attention?”

— Lilly Gioia

‘Bombs’ raise tension

County

because who knows when the next one
might be real?” said Kanauf, a 21-year
parks employee. “I might have gone too
close, when I first spotted it, had it
been real. But, after | saw what it
might be, I went and called 911 right
away.”

The parks veteran said he sees
effects of the deer overpopulation
through the “overbrowse” evident on
the shrubs and bushes throughout the
parks, evidence that deer are eating
plants they normally wouldn't. The
bait-and-shoot program is an attempt
to cut down an overpopulated herd.

More than 70 deer have been
dispatched in the now-ended Monroe
County program. But the ALF has
warned its campaign has not.

Until the controversy ends, Monroe
Parks workers will have one more
safety consideration to take into
account as they perform their duties.

— Ron Wofford

AFSCME has published
Preventing Workplace Violence:
A Union Representative’s
Handbook to ofter basic
information about workplace

how to prevent violence and
occur, To get a copy, call the

|) CSEA Occupational Safety
and Health Department at

violence, how to assess hazards,

how to handle it when it does

1-800-342-4146, ext. 1363.

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THE CSEA VMORK FORCE

CSEA leads fight
to keep security

standards high in
Schuyler County

Editor's note: Last year, Schuyler
County considered a proposal to
lessen security in the county office
building where four CSEA members
were murdered by an angry
“deadbeat dad.”

WATKINS GLEN — If anything
could lessen the pain for CSEA
Schuyler County members over the
brutal murders of four co-workers in
1992, it was the knowledge that their
deaths served as the catalyst for
worksite security improvements
throughout the state.

But last year county legislators
discussed decreasing security in the
building where the Department of
Social Services workers — Phyllis
Caslin, Nancy Wheeler, Florence Pike
and Denise Miller VanAmburg — were
shot to death.

A strong outcry came from CSEA
and other community members who
were shocked that the county, a
model for worksite security after the
murders, could even suggest
decreasing security.

CSEA Central Region 5 President
Jim Moore, in an angry letter to the
the county Legislature, said the union
would “not tolerate any reduction in
security that will place any segment
of our members or the public they
serve at greater

The legislators backed down, said
Local 84¢ sident Skip Gingrich.

“Security has remained in place,
he said.

Moore said he was pleased the
county bowed on the issue.

“Schuyler County has a moral
obligation to honor the memories of
those fine women,” he said. “We're
glad they realized that.”

— Mark M. Kotzin

County will spend more than $200,000 to
improve worksite security.

More than 2,000 Onondaga County Local
834 CSEA members work in the center.

The settlement over the 16-story building's
lack of compliance with fire codes, CSEA
Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Ed
King said, adds security improvements
including panic buttons, employee training, ID
badges and sound monitors in stairwells. Fire
and smoke alarms and a sprinkler system will
also be installed.

CSEA member Department of Social
Services member Angela Greco will welcome
better security, Last year she was attacked by
an angry client.

said.

“We're always calling security,” Greco said.
“I hope the improvements work,” |

The union will continue to monitor security |
issues and work to be sure they are |
addressed, King said. The new improvements
should be in place by late 1999, he said.

CSEA Local 834 President Frank Forte said
the union was persistent about security and
fire safety improvements.

“We fought this battle for the last 10 or so
years, and we remained vigilant on this issue,”
he said. “We need to do everything we can to
make sure our workers are safer in this
building. This settlement helps ensure that.”

— Mark M. Kotzin

Is it a bomb? Is it a scare? Who’s in charge?
SUNY Old Westbury workers worry about lack af Cmerienee procedure

OLD WESTBURY — It was a
day like any other in the SUNY
Old Westbury admissions
office. Then CSEA member
Marianne Orobello answered
the phone.

“There is a bomb in the
campus center,” the caller said.
“I hung up the phone and
yelled for everyone to get out of

the building,” Orobello said.

Public Safety was called, but
not the police. People were sent
back to work in a short time.
Not Orobello.

“It would take much more
than 45 minutes to really
search that big building,”
Orobello said.

“The evacuation was totally
haphazard,” CSEA SUNY Old
Westbury Local 618 Executive
Vice President Mary D'Antonio

-DOSH-900
lists worksite

illness, injury
[Ee

in yeai
for emergenci

it?”

said. “There were students
waiting in line for lunch who
were not told to evacuate.”
The campus hasn't
practiced evacuation plans
and has no protocol

CSEA members Laura
Gallagher and Patricia Ryan
also received bomb threats.

“What would have
happened if there really was
a bomb,” Orobello said.
“Who would have disarmed

CSEA wants these

tions answered.

fe are asking the
university to meet with us,”
D'Antonio said. “Our CSEA
Safety and Health Specialist
Dan Morra is prepared

If you want to find out just
how dangerous your worksite is,
you can consult the DOSH-900.

Your employer is required to
post the DOSH-900 Log and
Summary of Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses each

CSEA member Marianne Orobello
to present suggestions on
evacuation protocol.”

— Sheryl C. Jenks

February. By analyzing the
data, the employer or your
CSEA safety and health
committee can work to reduce
those illnesses and injuries.

You can request to see the |
DOSH-900 at any time. |

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BONES

OTTAWA — With an invitation
from the Canadian Union of Public
Employees, CSEA's status as a
leader in the transformation of
labor became international

Diane Campion, CSEA director
of organizing, spoke to CUPE’s
leaders and top staff on organizing
and transformation in February.

CUPE, with 450,000 members in
every Canadian province, was
referred to CSEA and Campion by
Kate Brofenbrenner of Cornell
University, who is well aware of
CSEA's efforts to adapt and evolve
as a labor union for the future.

“I tried to lead them through the
process of realizing you need to
change, how we developed the idea
of organizing and how we're trying
to realize our goals,” Campion said.

She outlined CSEA’s own path to
transformation that began when
President Danny Donohue
appointed the Task Force for the
Future last year. (See the
President’s Column, page 8.)

Now the task force has sub-
committees, and the sub-
committees have resource groups
to spread the net wider to get input
from more people.

CSEA has made significant
changes in its annual delegates

American Labor Link

meeting and other meetings to
increase the opportunities of
hearing from union delegates and
activists, Campion said.

But transformation takes time
and education, she told the
Canadian unionists.

“I think they thought they could
close this out in a short time.
said. “We view it as years long. It's
not going to happen in six
months.”

To explain transformation, she
relies on a simple question, “Why?”

“If we don’t understand the why,
we can’t do the how,” Campion
explained. “Why transform?

“It’s taking longer to negotiate
contracts and it’s more difficult;
members tell us they're worried

about job security; we're seeing
privatization in areas we've never
seen it before; many people have to
have more than one job; and there
is a growing contingent and part-
time work force.”

One key to transforming to meet
those challenges is organizing.

“To get good contracts you have
to dominate an industry,” Campion
said. “For nearly every public
sector job we represent, there are
similar jobs in the private sector.”

If a labor union only represents
public sector health care workers,
for example, non-unionized private
sector employers can offer to do
the work cheaper. But if the union
organizes the private sector as
well, not only are public employees

The Canadian Union of Public
Employees is similar to CSEA in
many ways, said CSEA Director
of Organizing Diane Campion.

“I was struck by the
similarities between their
organization and our own,”
Campion said. “I was struck by
the fact that we had these two
huge unions independently

CUPE, CSEA share similar problems

coming up with such similar
ideas.”

CUPE represents public
employees in all of Canada’s
provinces. CUPE represents
many of the same types of
public employees as CSEA. The
two unions face similar
concerns, from difficult contract
negotiations to privatization.

CSEA member helps AFSCME organize in

Gladys Marrero, volunteer
organizer for AFSCME

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BUFFALO — Six weeks in Puerto
Rico was no vacation for Gladys
Marrero, a member of CSEA Erie
County Local 815.

Despite a hectic schedule that
meant getting up at three or four
o'clock most mornings and driving
winding mountain roads to rural
prisons, she'd gladly go back to
help AFSCME organize Puerto
Rico's corrections officers.

“It was an exciting and
challenging experience,” said the
bi-lingual Marrero, an employment
counselor for Erie County's Social
Services Department.

Willie Virella, a corrections
officer at Erie County Correctional
Facility and member of Local 815
was just as enthusiastic about
being a volunteer AFSCME
organizer in Puerto Rico,

“They really do need our help
over there, and a lot of them don't

know what their rights are, and
what they can do,” Virella said.

“It was rewarding talking to
potential union members about the
benefits of belonging to a union.
They haven't had this opportunity
in Puerto Rico before now,”
Marrero said.

“My team covered half the
island, about eight different
prisons,” she said. “We would also
sometimes try to arrange home

sits or meetings at settings away
from the prisons.

“It was slow progress, but I
know our group signed up at least
400 potential members, and they
were still counting when | left.”

AFSCME organizers also lobbied
Puerto Rican legislators for public
worker union protection laws,

“The Puerto Rican prison
workers seem to have less rights
than the prisoners,” Marrero said.

protected,
but private
sector
employees
get better
salaries and
benefits
through a
union
contract. So
everyone
benefits if a
union like
CSEA
organizes
private sector
workers who do the same kind of
jobs as current members, she said.

CUPE also needs to get more
input from members and develop
political will, Campion said.

The advantage CSEA has to offer
CUPE is that we've already started
the process and done research, she
said.

“I was able to give them a
structure, It just crystallized the
whole thing, that there was a
system and rhyme and reason,”
Campion said. “It was good to
share with them the benefit of our
work.”

Director of
Organizing
Diane Campion

— Kathleen A. Daly

Puerto Rico

“The workers currently only receive
overtime pay after they have
worked a huge amount of hours,
and they're subject to recall at
anytime.”

She'd make the trip again.

“I would be glad to go back and
help with the fight to organize,”
Marrero said. Virella agreed.

“It was my first time organizing,
but I enjoyed it a lot,” Virella said,
“I would definitely be willing to do
it again.”

The massive AFSCME or;
effort in Puerto Rico has tar,
225,000 public workers, said Paul
Booth, director of organizing.

“Gladys Marrero and her fellow
volunteer organizers were a great
boost for our campaign,” Booth
said. “They got the momentum
going, and it’s still rolling. We're
really grateful for their efforts.”

— Ron Wofford

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| PEOPLE contributions a first line of defense

‘New bill would silence the voice of working families

As working families and their unions are
becoming more vocal on important political and
legislative issues, a coordinated nationwide
campaign to silence them is mounting.

As this issue of The Public Sector went to press,
the House of Representatives was expected to
begin debating “The Paycheck Protection Act” —
bill supported by corporations, right-wing
foundations and anti-union lobbying groups
which is designed to limit working families’
participation in the political process by placing
burdensome restrictions on their unions.

The bill would require unions to get written
permission from each individual member every
year before using any dues money for legislative
or political activities. Activities such as lobbying,
communicating with members on political issues
and voter registration campaigns would all be
restricted under the Paycheck Protection Act.

Introduced under the guise of campaign finance
reform, the bill would exacerbate rather than
alleviate flaws and imbalances in a campaign
finance system that already heavily favors
corporations and the wealthy. In the 1996 election

1997 best year yet for PEOPLE fundraising

CSEA closed out 1997 as its best year ever
for PEOPLE fundraising, moving one step closer
to achieving our goal of becoming the number
one AFSCME affiliate in PEOPLE fundraising. A
total of $633,080.85 was raised, reflecting a 6
percent increase over the previous year. In
addition, 2,676 members and staff were
recruited during the year.

campaign, corporations outspent unions by a
ratio of 11-to-1. In “soft-money” contributions
(unlimited contributions to parties and
committees), the gap was even wider with
corporations spending 19 times more than unions
did. The bill’s new restrictions on unions’
participation in the political process would further
tilt the balance of power in favor of corporations.
Opponents of the bill point out that the
proposed restrictions on unions are unnecessary,
since union members already have more
protections than members of other organizations
which are not targeted by the bill. No worker can
be forced to fund a union's political and legislative
activities. In states, such as New York, where
workers must pay a fee to cover the
representation the union is required to provide
them, they are not required to pay the amount
that is used for political and legislative activities.
Furthermore, studies show that the
overwhelming majority of union members support
their union’s involvement in the political arena.
By a 6-to-1 margin union members want their
unions and the AFL-CIO to speak out about

politics and legislation according to a 1996 poll by
Peter Hart Research and Associates. The
overwhelming majority of union members support
the AFL-CIO's position on working family issues:
86 percent, for example, approved of fighting to
protect Medicaid from large cuts and fighting to
increase the minimum wage. A full 90 percent
approved of their union’s efforts to educate and
involve them in the political process.

CSEA and other unions view the Paycheck
Protection Act as retaliation for “Labor ‘96,” the
AFL-CIO's aggressive education and mobilization
campaign among working families that fought off
attempts by the bill's backers to block the
increase in the minimum wage, dismantle job
safety laws, and cut Medicare, education and
pensions.

At press time, CSEA and unions across the
nation were lobbying to defeat the Paycheck
Protection Act in the House of Representatives. If
passed, however, CSEA will be calling on all
members to join in an all-out campaign to defeat
the bill in the Senate.

Michael Flaherty, of CSEA Finger Lakes
DDSO Local 436, recruited 13 new members for
PEOPLE to earn recruiter of the month honors
for January.

Rutha Bush of CSEA Long Island
Developmental Center Local 430, recruited 27
new members to earn the title for February.

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member they recruit to join PEOPLE during April.

CSEA members earn points for each member
they sign up for PEOPLE, and those points can be
redeemed for gifts in the PEOPLE Recruiter Gift
Catalog. Points will be doubled for all recruiters
who submit completed PEOPLE applications to
CSEA's PEOPLE Department during April.

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CSEA’s federal political action program. The PEOPLE Committee is
responsible for raising money to promote the interests of the membership in
the federal elective and legislative process. Election law does not allow us to

use CSEA dues money for this purpose.
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The Rublie. Sector «April 1998 * Page:13.

Notice of nomination and election

CSEA statewide Board of Directors
Ballots will be mailed April 20; deadline to return is May 15

Ballots will be mailed April 20 to eligible CSEA members in contested
elections to fill 24 seats on the CSEA statewide Board of Directors.
Replacement ballots, if an original ballot was not received, will be available
April 27 Interactive Certified Elections (I.C.E.) at 1-888-MY1-VOTE
(1-888-691-8683).

No candidates qualified to appear on the ballots for 13 other Board seats.
Special elections will be held for those vacant seats (see page 5).

Candidates who qualified and are unchallenged for the remaining Board
seats will be declared automatically elected to the Board and ballots will not
be mailed. Unchallenged Board members automatically elected to the Board
are indicated with an (*) next to their names below.

The deadline for returning ballots is 8 a.m. May 15. Ballots will be

EXECUTIVE
(Elect 2)

Cindy Egan DerGurahian
Ralph E. McCann
Thomas Moylan

Gloria Wakewood

HEALTH
(Elect 1)

Bob Simoni
Walt Hollings Ill

(*) indicates unopposed
candidate; elected

| automatically.

AGRICULTURE
& MARKETS

No candidate

AUDIT & CONTROL

{*) Georgianna Natale

CIVIL SERVICE

(*) Maggie McCafferty

CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES
(Elect 2)
.0,C.S. to 2000 Slate

*) Sue Crawford
*) Jeff Howarth

ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
(*) Rose DeSorbo
EDUCATION
(Elect 1)

(Rick) Richard F. Weeks
Elizabeth Habiniak

ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION

(*) Laverne French

(*) Susan Matan

LABOR
(Elect 2)

(*) Lester Crockett
(*) Barbara Moloney

Angela Fiore
Marge Oxbrough

Carol Guardiano
Barry M. Malone

MENTAL HYGIENE -
REGION 2
(Elect 2)

(*) Joel Schwartz
No candidate

MENTAL HYGIENE -
REGION 3
(Elect 2)

Alan L. Ackerman
Choice Slate

The Oni
Diane Hewitt
MENTAL HYGIENE - STATE
Elect 1
JUDICIARY REGION 4 (Elect 1) (Elect 1)
Wanda M. Lubinski

(*) Thomas F. Jefferson Helen Fischedick

MENTAL HYGIENE -
REGION 5
(Elect 2)

No candidates

MENTAL HYGIENE -
REGION 6
(Elect 2)

The Future Trend Slate
Kathy Button

MENTAL HYGIENE - SEW

CT NRIGISCOMEM Robert Moctry ur.

MOTOR VEHICLES ff TRANSPORTATION
(Elect 2)

(*) Michael Febraio Jr.

PUBLIC SERVICE

counted by I.C.E. at 1111 Broad Hollow Rd., Farmingdale, NY 11735.
Results will be announced after the ballots are tabulated and results will be
published in the June 1998 edition of The Public Sector.

CSEA delegates previously approved a single two-year term for Board
seats elected in 1998, synchronizing subsequent Board elections with the
union's statewide officers’ election cycle beginning in the year 2000.

Candidates and the Board of Directors seats they are seeking are listed
below. Where there is more than one candidate for a seat, candidates are
listed in the order they will appear on the official ballot.

1998 CSEA Election Schedule
Statewide Board of Directors

April 20
April 27
May 15

Ballots mailed
Replacement ballots available
Deadline for receipt of

ballots (8 a.m.). Ballots counted

Election results will be announced after the ballot
count. Candidates will be notified by mail of the
results. Election results will be published in the June
1998 edition of The Public Sector.

UNIVERSITIES
‘ (Elect 4)

paey Slate
(*) Elizabeth (Betty)
M. Lennon
(*) Paul F.
McDonald Jr.
(*) Joseph G.
icMullen

DEPT. OF FAMILY
ASSISTANCE

(*) Wilma Hasser

James J. Ingoldsby
Charlotte C. Kenny

(*) Diane Y. Lucchesi
STATE PUBLIC
AUT HERIUES ALBANY COUNTY
(*) John Francisco

(*) Jack Rohl
TAXATION &
FINBNGE ALLEGANY COUNTY

(*) Jacquelyn R.
Goldsmith (*) David Mayo

TEACHERS’
RETIREMENT SYSTEM BROOME COUNTY

(*) Michael

D'Aleseandro (*) Doreen Reigles

Continued on.
page 15

The Union Begins
With You Slate

(*) Lyle H. Evans
(*) Laurie A. Hayes

(*) Robert Calhoun

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CSEA statewide Board of Directors candidates

FULTON COUNTY NIAGARA COUNTY ff SARATOGA County § = WASHINGTO!

(continued from page 14)

CATTARAUGUS
COUNTY

(*) Tim Anderson

CAYUGA COUNTY

(*) Virginia Sheffey

CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTY

(*) James V. Kurtz

CHEMUNG COUNTY

(*) Thomas P. Pirozzolo

CHENANGO COUNTY

No candidate

CLINTON COUNTY

(*) Jeanne Kelso

COLUMBIA COUNTY
(Elect 1)

Lucretia (Bunny) Altomer

Sherrill Phillips

CORTLAND COUNTY

(*) Sadie E. Ross

DELAWARE COUNTY

(*) Karin R. Eggleston

DUTCHESS COUNTY
(Elect 1)

Ken Monahan
Lizabeth Piraino

ERIE COUNTY
(Elect 1)

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Marcia E. Olszewski

ESSEX COUNTY

(*) Victor J. Putman

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Novcandidate

(*) Sandra J. Lewis

GENESEE COUNTY

(*) Sharon Bork

GREENE COUNTY

i

(*) Judith E. Fremgen

HERKIMER COUNTY

(*) Patricia Labrozzi

JEFFERSON COUNTY

(*) Daniel S. Brady Jr.

LEWIS COUNTY

(*) Joyce P. Rice ~«

LIVINGSTON
COUNTY

(*) Mary Jo Tubbs

MADISON COUNTY

(*) Roslie M. Tallman

MONROE COUNTY

(*) Florence “Flo” Tripi

MONTGOMERY
COUNTY

(*) Gary China

NASSAU COUNTY
(Elect 2)

D’Amico/Eason Slate
Jane D'Amico
Leslie Eason

Top Choice Slate
James Moran
Elaine Kennedy

Unity Team Slate
John C. Sheperd
Anthony P. Giustino

GENERAL NEWS

(*) Mark W. Dotterweich

ONEIDA COUNTY

No candidate

ONONDAGA COUNTY
(Elect 1)

Sally Heater
Richard L. Rogala

ONTARIO COUNTY
No candidate
ORANGE COUNTY

(*) Sabina Shapiro

ORLEANS COUNTY

(*) Christine A. Covell

OSWEGO COUNTY

(*) Valerie Williams

OTSEGO COUNTY

(*) George R. Smith

PUTNAM COUNTY
(*) Irena M. Kobbe

RENSSELAER
COUNTY

No candidate

ROCKLAND COUNTY
(Elect 1)

Caroline Osinga
Theresa (Terry) Duso

ST. LAWRENCE
COUNTY

(*) Betty J. Thomas

(*) Jack L. Miller

SCHENECTADY
COUNTY (Elect 1)

payed 1 aor ‘Gray

SCHOHARIE COUNTY
(*) Marguerite Stanley
SCHUYLER COUNTY

No candidate

SENECA COUNTY

(*) Bruce K. Damalt

STEUBEN COUNTY

(*) Ronald A. Gillespie

SUFFOLK COUNTY

(*) Elizabeth M. Puttre

SULLIVAN COUNTY

No candidate

TIOGA COUNTY

(*) Lynn Wool

TOMPKINS COUNTY

(*) Thomas Keane Jr.

ULSTER COUNTY

(*) Deborah DeCicco

WARREN COUNTY

No candidate

No candidate

WAYNE COUNTY

(*) Cynthia J. Herman

WESTCHESTER
COUNTY
(Elect 2)
Grace Ann Aloisi
Glen Fortunato

Jane E. Fiore
Louis Roccuzzo

WYOMING COUNTY

(*) Sandra L. Boyd

YATES COUNTY

(*) Carol A. Thornton

LONG ISLAND REG. |
LOCAL GOV'T
EDUCATIONAL

(*) Lee Reynolds

SOUTHERN REG. Ill
LOCAL GOV'T
EDUCATIONAL

(*) V. Norma Condon —

CAPITAL REG. IV
LOCAL GOV'T
EDUCATIONAL
(Elect 1)

Barbara Jones
Robert F. Smaldone

CENTRAL REG. V
LOCAL GOV'T
EDUCATIONAL

(*) Betty Browell

WESTERN REG. VI
LOCAL GOV'T
EDUCATIONAL
(Elect 1)

Evelyn Gibala
David D. Spacone

THe Publie-Seetor + Aptil 1998 ¢ Pageets

1998 CSEA ELECT!

NOTICE OF NOMINATION AND ELECTION
1998 AFSCME Convention Delegates Election

Ballots will be mailed
April 20: deadline for
return is May 15

Ballots will be mailed April 20 to elect CSEA
delegates to the 1998°-AFSCME Convention
scheduled for Aug. 24 — 28, 1998, in Honolulu,
Hawaii. Candidates were selected at region
nominating meetings in February.

The AFSCME delegate election process
continues in accordance with the schedule of
election, printed at right, approved by CSEA’s
Board of Directors. Ballots must be returned by
8 a.m. May 15. Ballots will be counted by
Interactive Certified Elections (I.C.E.) at 1111
Broad Hollow Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735.
Members eligible to vote may request a
replacement ballot on April 27 if an original
ballot was not received by I.C.E. at
1-888-MY1-VOTE (1-888-691-8683).

Ballots must be marked in accordance with
instructions that accompany the ballot. Ballots
may be cast for an entire slate of candidates,
individual candidates or combinations of both as
long as you do not vote for more than the
allowable number of delegates as appears on the
face of the ballot. Voting for more than the
allowed number of delegates will void the
entire ballot. Members may, however, vote for
fewer than the region’s designated delegates

Elections Schedule

1998 CSEA

AFSCME Convention delegates

total. No write-ins will be allowed.

Completed ballots should be placed
inside the “secret ballot envelope”
provided, and sealed. The “secret ballot
envelope” should be placed in the
enclosed self-addressed, postage-paid
return envelope. Be sure to sign the
Member Validation Certificate and
enclose it in the postage-paid return
envelope according to the instructions.
Failure to sign your name on the
validation certificate will void the
ballot.

CSEA members in each CSEA region

April 20
April 27
May 15

Candidates will be notified by mail of the results.
Election results will be published in the June

Ballots mailed
Replacement ballots available

Deadline for receipt of
ballots (8 a.m.). Ballots counted.

Election results will be announced
after the ballot count.

1998 edition of The Public Sector.

will elect delegates from their region. The
number of delegates to which each region is
entitled is based on region membership strength,
in accordance with the AFSCME and CSEA
constitutions.

Candidates nominated as slates will appear on
the ballot in the order they were nominated. The
ballot will also allow slate candidates to be
elected individually, separate from the slate.

CSEA will send 209 elected delegates to the
convention. The CSEA statewide president,
executive vice president, secretary and treasurer

are designated as voting delegates by virtue of
their offices.

The candidates are listed below and on pages
17 and 18 by region and slate or as individual
candidates as they will appear on the ballots.

The following are
SAMPLE BALLOTS

for informational purposes only. Official
ballots will be mailed on the schedule
printed above.

LONG ISLAND REGION

Long Island Region One
(39 candidates)

Long Island Workers!
(23 candidates)

Island Reps

Nick LaMorte
Carol Guardiano
Cathy Green
Barbara Jones
Barbara Allen
Ken Dash

Tom Byrne

Paul D'Aleo

Pat Ferraro

Jim Wall
Paulette Barbera
Bill Stodolski
Rose DellaRosa
Alfredo Carlo
Robert Carney
Liz Puttre

Diane Klement
Phil Arnold

John C. Shepherd
Liz Pearsall

Clay Colefield
Jane D'Amico
Les Eason
Noreen Ross-Lingham
Jewel Weinstein
Kathleen Vitan
Bobbie Eisgrau
Tim Jaccard
George Walsh
Nancy lanson
Ronald Gurrieri
Meg Shutka
Lee Reynolds
Betty Pavlica
Terry Lotter
Aldo Zucaro
Marion Hulse
Ann Marie Sarlo
Paul Nehrich

98 «the Public Sector -

Barry Malone
James Pendola
Terry Shaughnessy
Rosemarie Byrne
Bob Richardson
Jimmy Byrne
Pam Harrell
Dorothy Neilsen
Dave Domenech
Tim Perry

Dave Paprocky
Joe Rinaldo

Mike Farrell
Palma Panza
Carol Morgan
Jean Dante
Lenore Hayde
Carlo Sacripante
Marilyn D'Agostino
Tom Fuchs
Tyanne C. King
Renee Duarte
Kathy-Zuzio

Independent Candidate
Dora Wilson id i=

(37 candidates)

Michael ‘Mike’ Timmons
Linda Alberti

Joan Kleila
Jean Marzano

CSEA Grassroots
(7 candidates)

Juanita McKinnies
Shirley Newsome

Dennis Burger
Regina Corbin

Irv Bitman
Doug Keltner
Kelly Brown,
Bob Lawrence
Ray Santora
Joe Sanzano
Robin Norris

John G. Lucas
Evelyn Boykin
Margaret Miller-Scott
Robert Donnelly
JoAnn Arrington
John Cullity

Albert Estrada

Joe Campione
Michael D. Moriarity

Zenobia Samuel
Carolyn Jones
Jeff Washington
Elaine Kennedy
Gerald Granger
Tom DeStafano
Eloise McRae
Cynthia Hancock
Willie Houston

Independent Candidate

Pamela Allsopp-Bey
Jeanette E. Boggiano

Beverly Hester
Gina Maietta

Ken Zwerling

JoAnn Delgado-
Schutzman

Chriscelle Andrews

Jean Anderson

Tom Doyle
Walter J. Harris
Gayle Wenchell
Marie Ardell

METROPOLITAN REGION 2

“The Leadership Slate”
(15 candidates)

George Boncoraglio

Caroline Vereline
Sikoryak

Leonita Wilson

Janet Ventrano-Torres

Ana Diaz Gifford

Jimmy Gripper

Lester Crockett

1998 CSEA
ELECTIONS

NOTICE OF
NOMINATION
AND ELECTION

Together We Stand
(2 candidates)

Vincent Martusciello
Samuel Koroma

Joel Schwartz
Lamont (Dutch) Wade
Tony Bailous

Mary Greenman
Wally Nash

Carol Backstrom

Yvonne Sewell
Frances Sellers

Independent Candidates

Coralita Branker
Shirley Arnold

The People’s Choice
(13 candidates)

Joan Williams:
Ronald Minus
Freddie H. Velez
Curtis: Rice
James Payton
Ricky Punter
Renee Boyd

Independent Progressive
(2 candidates)

Edward Gray
Manuela (Ta-Ta)

Reyes
Jefferey McDonald
Shirley Clark
Clarence Weisner
Cathy Ward

Todd Reisman
John Adrian

New Alliance
(4 candidates)
Catherine Bayless lan E. Jordan

Tanya Robinson
Elaine Vizcarrondo

1998 AFSCME
Convention
Delegates Election

Independent Candidates

Jesse L. Perry
Angel Bonilla
Marina Diaz

Seven’s Enough
(7 candidates)
Juanita Shine

Jacqueline D. Stanford
Linda R. Williams

Richard Beckett
Anita Booker
Raymond E. Gorham
Lessell Rover

SOUTHERN REGION 3

Region Ill Unity Slate
(38 candidates)

Independent Candidate

Mike Moravsky

therefore elected automati

Carmine DiBattista
Diane Hewitt

Vinny Lord
Mary Miguez

Ch
(38

Caroline Osinga
James Schultz

Beverly Feuer
George Henry

ery! Melton
candidates)

Christine Mumma
Diana Harris
Jeffrey Howarth
Kenneth Monahan
Sabina Shapiro
Irena Kobbe
Louis Roccuzzo
Micki Thoms.

Carl Hochberger
Eugene Benson
Alan Ackerman,
Diane Lucchesi
Debbie DeCicco
V. Norma Condon
Grace Ann Aloisi

Rose Impallomeni
Barbara DeSimone
Tim Ippolito

Bill Curtin
Alessandra Reynolds
Stephen Bardin
Pamela Alexander
Judy Watts-Devine
Diane Watson
Lizabeth Piraino
Barbara Ritshie
Lloyd Roberts
Marianna Nelson
Glen Fortunato
Jack Shaw

Cheryl Melton
Odell Blake
Valerie Simmons
April Conyers
Gwendolyn M,. Allen
Richard Blackburn
Herbert A. Toone
Corine Evans
Carmen Matthews
Steve Greenhill
Rosa Alston
Linda Allen

Jim Churna

Noel DeLaCruz
Jose Alonso

Valerie Foots

Al Goodjoin
James De Litta
Shenul Yehudah

Solidarity
(21 candidates)

William Hughes

Maryjane MacNair

Susan Henry
James Wieland
Barry Wickstein
Andrew Swain

Iris M. Rivera
Adelaide Parker
Sharon Siravakian
Myra Simmons
Lois Morgan
Barbara Nall
Sedrick C. Simpson
Kathleen Mebane
Jerry Irizarry
Jose Martinez
Ben Summers
Maggie Burris
Stelle Kithcart
Richard Losier
Zenobia Singleton

Charles Lewis
Isabell Cohen
Christian Soadaski
Dorothea Thompson
Richard Gesner
Lorriane Johnson
Russell Hall

Paul Lydon

Dave Lawson

Dorothy Killmer

Joe Roche

Kenneth Malkemus
Harriet Clark

John Carlson
Barbara Crosson
Wade Willis

Naomi Kaplan

Gary Conley
Catherine Svarplaitis

The following slate of candidates is unopposed and

ically. No ballots will be sent out
in Capital Region 4 in the AFSCME Convention Delegate
Election.

38 Mi

(38 candidates)

lembers 4 U

Carmen Bagnoli
Georgianna Natale
Ellen Krzykowski

Judy Gardner

Barbara A. Stack

Gary China

Daniel J. Vallee
William McMahon

TJ. O'Donnell

Bob F. Calhoun

Rose DeSorbo
Michael Febraio Jr.
Jack L. Miller

Linda Hillje

Dorothy (Dottie) Dutton
Ray LaRose

Donna M. Diaz
Elizabeth (Liz) Habiniak
Maggie M. McCafferty

Tom McMahon

Netha DeGroff

Sandra J. Lewis
Elizabeth Eagan
Barbara Charles Moloney
Charlotte Kenny

Tom Moylan

Susan H. Matan

Karen E. Jazvinski
Cathy Vallee

Verne French

Fran Kennedy

Jeanne Kelso

Hank Wagoner

Gail Hansen

Carol Harvin

Joseph D'Ambrosio

Jack Rohl

Cindy Egan DerGurahian

See

page 18 for

delegate candidates

from Regions 5 and 6

er a

The. Public. Sector », April, 1998 + Page 47

7 TIONS

NOTICE OF CENTRAL REGION 5
NOMINATION a

Jim Moore Charlotte Adkins

Ginger Sheffey George Smith
Betty Thomas Sadie Ross For The Members
: Bob Timpano Karin Eggleston (2 candidates)

JoAnn Mastronardi Bob Goeckel i

Roslie Tallman Joe McMullen Diet Verney
Dorothy Breen Gary Wendall ¥
Sally Heater Frank Forte

=)
Sandy Delia Valerie Williams Independent Candidates
Sheila Sears Tom Pirozzolo .
Beverly Centers Ellen Lennon Dan Klein ey

Doreen Reigles Sheila Thorpe Diane Olden

1 Lori Nilsson * Angela Greco Lynn E. Wooldridge

0 i V é ni |] 0 i Richard Britton Ken Burwell
Betty Browell John Smith
Casey Walpole Dan Brady

e
1) | E | ] Colleen Wheaton Tim Murphy
Jim McHugh Fred Gerloff

Pat Labrozzi Cathy Barretta
Bruce Damalt

(Continued from page 17)

WESTERN REGION 6

The Region Slate L To Serve And Protect Members For Region VI L
(39 candidates) (38 candidates) (39 candidates)

Robert L. Lattimer Christine Covell Steve J. Szymura Colleen B. Eder Thomas Rogalski Neal Hodgson
Florence “Flo” Tripi Richard Mcintyre Bob Pyjas Lisa Schnorr-Geier Mark P. Heron Lucille Tulowiecki
Marie Prince Charlene Finnigan Bill Koerner Kevin Kumor Shirley Heron Camille Lewandowski
Kathy Button John V. Stading Anthony Luczak Roger Huribut William Kruszka Pat Burch
Barbara Epstein Carol A. Thornton Jeanette Newman Elsie Schreiber Peter Nichols Ralph W. Hesson
James Kurtz Robert Anderson Denise Geier-Szymura Gena M. Goosman Stephen Caruana Angeline Castro
Duane Wilcox Dale Swain Paulette M. Hill Joanne Ott Nick Cintorino Yolanda Wright
Donna Dobbler Rita Schultz Karen Koerner Iris Kliszak Maggie McNeela Vicki R. Kosthorst
Ron Castle Jr. Wendy Wedman Theresa Raco Len Loga Gail Sharp Zawadzki Andrew Janson
Rocco Sidari Jr, Ed Quackenbush Richard Stoddard Sr. June W. McDonnell Jeffrey Brzyski Sandra
Sandie Boyd James R. Smith Kevin Fisher Nancy Simms Paul Shriver Macano-Sharma
Ronald Gillespie Marcia Olszewski Bill Stanton Janet Barton Cathy McAndrew Ralph D. Vitthuhn
Tammy Macomber Bruce Norton Nick Paolini Christopher McDonnell Laurie Perrello Kathleen M. Atwood
Wilma Hasser Joyce Weimer Joan M. Mahoney Barbara Stanton Michele L. Drews Cynthia Gibbs
Paul McDonald Jr. Dawn Smith Joyce Bauth Sylvia Thomas Valencia M. Wayne Diane P. Geraci
Mike Bogulski Evelyn Gibala George “Skip” Ehrhart Karen McCarthy Judith M. Hill Shirley M. Beltz
Brian Madden Sally Smith Ruby Mims-Martin Joe Jones Dennis H. Chudzik Randal Napierala
Tim Anderson Steve Hurley Robert C. Smith Joan Bender Joanne M. Lindell Bernard D. Miller
Doris Cota Nancy J. Smith Daniel W. Barton James Lorusso Gemma Tinti Chery! Simpson
Bernadette “Bernie” Diane M. Kerins Hank Hoisington
Giambra

Finger Lakes

UB. (2 candidates)
(2 candidates)

Jo Vorreuter
Kenneth Penski ‘ Deborah Kraft

Sylvia L. Mayberry

D.O.C.S.

Buffalo New Blood (2 candidates)

(3 candidates)

Robert Mootry Jr.
Gwendolyn Jackson
Pamela Watson

JoAnn Kenney
Samuel Seger

Reminder: Ballots will be mailed April 20 to CSEA members eligible to vote.
Replacement ballots will be available April 27 if an original ballot was not
received. The deadline for returning ballots is 8 a.m. May 15.

Page 18-* April't998:* The Public Sector GENERAL NEWS

Local, unit elections scheduled to be
conducted between May 15 - June 15

Elections will be
conducted for ail
local officers,
for delegates, and
for all unit officers

The term of office for all current
local officers, delegates and unit
officers expires June 30, 1998.
Officers and delegates will be elected
or re-elected to three-year terms
during local and unit elections to be
conducted between May 15 and
June 15, 1998.

Each local and unit executive
board must select its own Election
Committee and committee

chairperson. The Local and/or Unit
Election Committee is primarily
responsible for conducting the
election.

Slate petitioning and slate voting
will be an option for candidates for
local and unit office (see adjacent
information).

Members may run as individual
candidates if they wish.

Nominating

procedure \

for small CSEA locals and units;
special election rules apply

The union’s election rules
require a minimum of 10
signatures on nominating petitions
for office in all locals and units.
However, this requirement causes
problems for potential candidates
for office in locals and units with
10 or fewer members.

Special election rules apply for
CSEA locals and units of 10 or
fewer members.

The statewide Board of Directors
approved an Application for
Election to Office for locals and

units with 10 or fewer members. In
these smaller locals and units,
completion of the Application for
Election to Office replaces the
requirement to obtain signatures
on a nominating petition.

In locals or units with 10 or
fewer members, any member who
submits the application and meets
election requirements under the
appropriate Local or Unit
Constitution will be placed on the

ballot.

Important Information
about slate petitioning
and slate voting

Local Elections

In local elections, a slate must contain a candidate running for the
offices of president, one or more vice presidents as set forth in the
Local's By-Laws, secretary and treasurer.

The slate may also include candidates for other offices which have
been created according to the Local Constitution and By-Laws. In locals
which have created the combined position of secretary-treasurer in their
By-Laws, the slate must include a candidate for that office.

Unit Elections

In unit elections, a slate must contain a candidate running for the
offices of president, one or more vice presidents as set forth in the Unit’s
By-Laws, secretary and treasurer.

The slate may also include candidates for other offices which have
been created according to the Unit Constitution and By-Laws. In units
which have created the combined position of secretary-treasurer in their
By-Laws, the slate must include a candidate for that office.

Candidates should know the following:
>A member cannot be a candidate for officer and for delegate on the
same slate. An officer candidate must circulate a separate nominating
petition in order to appear on the ballot also as a candidate for delegate.
The member will appear on the ballot as a candidate for office as part of
the slate and as an individual for the position of delegate.

> Candidates who run as a slate must complete a Slate Consent Form
and a Slate Petition Request Form. By petitioning as a slate; candidates
who appear as part of a slate need to submit only one set of the required
number of signatures to qualify as a candidate. Individual petitions are
not necessary for slate candidates.

> Candidates who withdraw from a slate must complete a Slate
Withdrawal Form.

More detailed information about election slates is available from local
and unit election committees.

Always protect your membership status

Break in membership affects eligibility for union office, voting privileges

A break in union membership status can
have long-term future implications. Your
membership status affects your eligibility
with respect to:

© seeking or holding union office;

© signing nominating petitions for potential

candidates;

© voting in union elections, and;

© voting on collective bargaining contracts.

Only members “in good standing” can
participate in these activities. To be in “good
standing,” your dues cannot be delinquent.

GENERAL NEWS.

If you go on unpaid leave or for any other
reason have a break in your employment
status, your dues will not continue to be -
paid through payroll deductions. You must
make arrangements to pay your dues directly
to CSEA to continue your membership
status, If you are either laid off or placed on
leave without pay status due to becoming
disabled by accident, illness, maternity or
paternity, you may be eligible for dues-free
membership status for a period not to exceed
one year.

Note, however, you must continue to pay
dues to run for office. Dues-free or gratuitous
membership allows members to continue
their insurance coverage while out of work. It
does not protect your right to run for or hold
office.

You must notify the CSEA Membership
Records Department at 1-800-342-4146, Ext.
1327, of any change in your status and what
arrangements you are making to continue
your membership in CSEA.

oThe Public Sectors Apri|,1,998.9,Page.19

"Does it matter

that New Yorkers get cost
effective, quality services
every year?

bet it does.”

The election year state budget proposal looks great, but we need
continuing stability, not roller-coaster budgeting.
CSE, “| We can't afford to go from crisis to prosperity and
Bre, back again. It’s crazy. Make sure the people who
The Work Force | do the job right and provide the services you

wm need are there. It’s time for New York's elected
THE OF NY officials to establish fiscal sanity.

Sees

Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
Danny Donohue, President

Official publication of
The Civil Service Employees Association, Inc.
Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
143 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12210-2303

THE PUBLIC + ‘APRIL 1998

INSIDE THIS EDITION

vc PSYCHIATRIC CENTER CUTS UNACCEPTABLE- Page 3
v« STATE GOVERNMENT NEWS - Page 4

vx LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS - Page 6

vc THE CSEA WORK FORCE - Pages 9, 10 and 11

ve CSEA ELECTION INFORMATION - Pages 14-19

Ballots in mail April 20 for jx)
**.| €SEA Board of Directors.
AFSCME Delegates
elections
See page el as

.CSEA Opposési.
Manhattan

| Psych Cente,

\ downsizing see page 3

Improved
Disability Plan
on horizon for

CSEA members

CSEA, working with
Jardine Group Services
Corporation as the plan
administrator, has updated
and enhanced its sponsored
voluntary Disability Income
Insurance Plan.

“We updated this plan to
respond to the changing
needs of our members by
providing more coverage
options and premium
choices,” CSEA President
Danny Donohue said.

The CSEA Classic Plan
covers short and long term
disability for active CSEA
members. This plan contains
all the features of the
previous plan plus higher
monthly benefit amounts,
more coverage choices,
additional plan benefits and
more competitive rates. New
rates will be effective with
the first payroll deduction in
May.

Complete details about
how you can take advantage
of this insurance will be
mailed in April.

For more information on
this change or how you can
join the thousands of
disability income insured
members, call Jardine Group
Services Corporation at
1-800-929-6656 toll free.

CSEA well represented at annual caucus of
Black, Puerto Rican & Hispanic Legislators

i | Brot

CSEA officers, activists and staff attended the “Weekend '98” annual event
sponsored by the Black, Puerto Rican & Hispanic Legislative Caucus in
Albany recently. Among those standing before the CSEA information booth
are CSEA President Danny Donohue, left, and CSEA Executive Vice
President Mary Sullivan, third from right. Others include Elaine Mootry,

Dorothy Breen, Tim Johnson, Pam Watson, Silas Blackmon, Sylvia Thomas,
Barbara Jones, John Smith, Jose Aravena and Ralph McCann.

P .

Belong to a credit union?

You may want to check status

Credit unions suffered a blow on
Feb. 25 when the US Supreme Court
threw out a 16-year-old government
rule allowing company credit unions to
accept members from outside the
company.

Some credit unions are defined by
geography, others by occupation,
stemming from the 1934 federal law
establishing credit union membership.

The ruling affects as many as 3,600
federally chartered credit union:

Credit unions traditionally offer similar

services as banks but also offer better
deals on loans and saving rates since
they do pay federal taxes.

Legislation has been proposed to
reinstate the credit unions’ ability to
sign up “outsiders.”

If you belong to a credit union, you
may want to check with the manager
of your credit union as the status of
your account. Associated Press reports
indicated that the ruling might only be
applied to new members and not affect
existing relationships.

May 15 deadline for
submitting proposed
resolutions and changes
to CSEA’s Constitution
& By-Laws

Proposed resolutions
and proposed
amendments to the CSEA
Constitution & By-Laws
for consideration by CSEA
delegates to the union’s
1998 Annual Delegates
Meeting must be
submitted by May 15,
1998.

Proposed resolutions
may be submitted only by
a delegate and must be
submitted on the proper
forms. Forms for
submitting resolutions are
available from CSEA
headquarters and region
offices.

Proposed resolutions
and proposed
amendments to the
Constitution & By-Laws
must be submitted no
later than May 15 to
Statewide Secretary
Barbara Reeves, CSEA
Headquarters, 143
Washington Avenue,
Albany, NY 12210-2303.

The 1998 CSEA Annual
Delegates Meeting will be
held Oct. 5 - 9 in
Rochester.

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Page 2° The Public Sector « April 1998 —

Manhattan P

unwarranted, unacceptable

NEW YORK — CSEA is outraged
over recently revealed plans to
downsize Manhattan Psychiatric
Center from a facility that currently
serves nearly 700 inpatients to a
250-bed operation.

Adding insult to injury is the fact
that the Office of Mental Health has
been eroding patient care and has
apparently mismanaged a facility

CSEA Executive
Vice President Mary Sullivan
addresses CSEA rally at MPC.

renovation,
factors that are
now being used
to justify the
cuts.

“This is
another
unacceptable
example of
OMH
arrogance,”
CSEA President
Danny
Donohue said.
“Once again
OMH is
attempting to
walk away from
its
responsibility
to provide
needed services
and make the
patients, staff
and community
pay!”

ed by CSEA

another
unacceptable
example of
OMH
arrogance.”

— CSEA President
Danny Donohue

Executive Vice President Mary
Sullivan, Metropolitan Region 2
President George Boncoraglio and
Manhattan Psychiatric Center Local
413 President Sam Koroma, scores
of angry CSEA members vented their
frustration during two recent
demonstrations at the facility.

While OMH claims the downsizing
will take place over several years and
will be achieved without layoffs,
CSEA remains skeptice

“The patients and staff deserve
better than what OMH is planning,”
Sullivan said.

“We demand to know why the
facility renovation has not been
completed and what happened to all
of the funding for it,” stated
Boncoraglio. “There is still a real
need for mental health services in
New York City and we do not accept
that there have to be cuts at a
facility that serves some of the
poorest communities.”

“The employees are scared and
they are angry,” added Koroma. “We
don't trust what OMH is telling us
because these are the same people
who have been making it harder to
do the job by cutting staff and
resources.”

Ironically, OMH has cited high
overtime rates at MPC as another
reason for downsizing.

ON PAGE 1: CSEA Local 413
President Sam Koroma, left front,
and CSEA Metropolitan Region 2
President George Boncoraglio, right
front, lead protest against
downsizing of Manhattan PC.

North Country Relief Fund
tops $58,000; s ii

CSEA members, units and locals and the union
itself have generously opened their hearts and their
pocketbooks to aid victims of one of the worst
natural disasters in New York state history — the
ice storm which devastated the North Country area
in January.

Contributions to the “CSEA Disaster Relief Fund”
have reached more than $58,800 as this edition of
The Public Sector went to press. CSEA established
the Fund to contribute on behalf of the union
membership to charitable and relief agencies in the
North Country. The spirit and generosity of CSEA
members was immediately demonstrated by a
$1,000 donation by the CSEA Clinton County Unit,
whose members live and work in the heart of the
ice storm devastation and who suffered great
personal losses.

Rebuilding the storm-damaged area will take a
long time, and your help is still needed. Members,
units and locals may still make contributions to the
Fund,

Make checks payable to “CSEA Disaster Relief
Fund” and mail immediately to: CSEA, 143
Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210.

COVER STORY

On-time budget unlikely

Prospects for an on-time state budget appeared to be
dimming as this edition of The Public Sector went to press.
New York’s budget hasn't been adopted by the April 1 start
of the state’s fiscal year since 1984.

The fact that members of the state Legislature and Gov.
Pataki are up for re-election is one factor standing in the
way of an on-time agreement on a proposed budget.

CSEA President Danny Donohue testified before joint
legislative committees that while “CSEA is pleased that
there are no layoffs in the proposed budget and there are
measures to provide relief to localities and schools ... We
need some continuing stability in New York's state
government. We don’t have to let this year’s surplus burn a
hole in our pockets. It’s much better to avoid a crisis than
to survive one.”

CSEA representatives continue to lobby legislators to
adopt a final state budget that enables CSEA members to
provide high quality, cost-effective services that New
Yorkers want and deserve. A huge lobby effort was
scheduled for March 31 when AFSCME International
President Gerald W. McEntee, CSEA President Donohue
and presidents of AFSCME District Councils 35, 37, 66, 82
and 1707 lead an AFSCME New York Action Team in
discussing union concerns about the state budget with
legislators,

Koroma pointed out that staff
are constantly being asked to do
more and more with less help. At the
same time the clients are
increasingly more difficult including
more and more coming from NYC
jails with histories of violence and
drug abuse.

CSEA is particularly outraged that
OMH has not been providing clear or
accurate staff-to-patient figures.

— Lilly Gioia / Stephen Madarasz

Jim Moore elected
president of
AFL-CIO Central NY
Labor Council

CSEA Central Region 5 President
Jim Moore has been elected
president of
the AFL-CIO
Central New
York Labor
Council,
believed to be
the longest
continually
active council
in the country.

CSEA
activist Betty
J. Browell,
president of
CSEA Oneida
County
Educational Employees Local 869,
was elected a vice president of the
Labor Council.

Jim Moore

The Public Sector * April 1998 * Page 3

Guv’s hometown DMV office is still a big mess

PEEKSKILL — No lease means no
repairs and no repairs means no
lease, and caught in the middle are
CSEA members who work in the
dank, ant-infested Department of
Motor Vehicles Office in Peekskill.

A year ago, the DMV office in Gov.
Pataki's hometown was a dark,
dreary office with water-stained
ceilings, falling and missing ceiling
tiles, filthy air ducts, inadequate
ventilation and lighting, and hungry
red ants. Despite CSEA complaints,
nothing has changed.

The state won't sign a lease with
the owner. The owner won't make
improvements, leaving the employees
frustrated.

“Do the people who work here and
the DMV customers have to suffer
while the state keeps the office in
the rundown building?” asked

Mid Hudson Employees Local 009
President Vinny Lord.

CSEA Safety and Health
Coordinator Dan Morra filed
complaints with the state
Department of Labor last year. Air
samplings showed that carbon
dioxide levels were above the
recommended upper comfort levels.
The results, said State Health
Inspector John F.X. Gamrat, “may
be an indication of poor air
circulation ora lack of fresh air
delivery into the building.”

Morra said findings also indicated
the ventilation system was poorly
maintained and dirty.

“It's time to take some action,”
Lord said. “I'm tired of being
stonewalled. These employees have
put up with this long enough.”

— Anita Manley

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WHAT A SIGHT! -
Missing ceiling tile,
damaged by water leaks)
creates this gaping hole
in the ceiling at the
Peekskill DMV office.

Missing SUNY student cause for concern

CSEA members at SUNY at Albany
Local 691 are deeply concerned over the
disappearance of Suzanne Lyall, a 19-year-
old SUNY Albany sophomore who has been
missing from the campus under mysterious
circumstances since March 2, 1998.

Local 691 President Ellen Krzykowski said
measures have been taken in recent years to

campus for our students, our employees and
the public as a whole,” Krzykowski said.

“Our members and the students are all
part of the SUNY community family,” CSEA
President Danny Donohue said. “We look
forward to the safe return of one of our family
members.”

Anyone who may have seen Ms. Lyall, or

beef up campus security
“The Univ

ity is doing everything p
to ensure that we have a safe and secure

has information about her whereabouts,
should call University Police at

(518) 442-3131. — Ed Molitor

“LEAP IS CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR SUCCESS
STORIES,” state Governor's Office of Employee
Relations (GOER) Director Linda Angello said during
a recent roundtable discussion about labor-
management efforts to prepare state employees for
future workforce needs. Discussions highlighted the
success of the CSEA Labor Education Action
Program (LEAP). “LEAP is an excellent example of
labor-management cooperation,” CSEA President
Danny Donohue agreed. “We have a better state

“LEAP is an
excellent
example of
labor-
management
cooperation”

Roundtable discussion promotes LEAP successes in preparing workers for future needs

work force today through this innovative program
which is helping people gain knowledge, skills and
job satisfaction.” Roundtable participants were,
from left above, Charles Sedita, Diane DeCrescenzo,
Bill Stewart, CSEA President Donohue, LEAP
Director Ira Baumgarten, GOER Director Angello,
LEAP Assistant Director Harvey C. Huth and Carol
Harvin, who chairs the LEAP Advisory Committee.
Information about LEAP is available by calling the
LEAPline at 1-800-253-4332.

State Government
NEWS BRIEFS

Meeting set on
data processing
consolidation plan

ALBANY — At press time CSEA
was scheduled to meet with state
officials to work out the details of the
planned consolidation of the state’s
data processing operations from 20
state agencies into two downtown
Albany locations.

Nearly 200 positions will be
eliminated once the three-year
consolidation plan is completed, and
some New York City workers at the
State Insurance Fund and the Office
of Temporary Disability Assistance
will be asked to relocate to Albany.
However, no layoffs are expected.

Instead, workers in targeted
positions and New York City
employees who do not wish to
relocate will be offered transfers or
be retrained for other state jobs.
Retirement incentives may be offered
as well.

Meanwhile, the state announced
an urgent need for new state
employees in the computer
programming field.

SUNY Lobby Day
effort pushes for
increased funding

CSEA representatives from several
SUNY campuses took part in SUNY
Lobby Day on March 3 in Albany.

While this year's proposed SUNY
budget is a vast improvement over
previous years, CSEA reps lobbied
state lawmakers for increased
funding for the Educational
Opportunity Program, tuition
assistance for part-time students,
and money and staff to repair and
maintain the infrastructure of the
SUNY system.

The previous evening, SUNY
Chancellor John Ryan publicly
recognized the value of SUNY’s
CSEA work force at a celebration
marking the 50th anniversary of the
SUNY system.

CSEA representatives from SUNY
Plattsburgh Local 612, SUNY New
Paltz Local 610, SUNY Canton Local
603, SUNY Oneonta Local 635 and
SUNY Old Westbury Local 618
participated in the event.

CSEA is on the
worldwide web at
www.cseainc.org

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Special election scheduled for

Regular Board of Directors election in progress - see pages 14& 15

A special election will be held to fill 13
vacant seats on the CSEA statewide Board of
Directors. No candidates qualified to appear
on the ballots for those seats in a Board of
Directors election now in progress (see pages
14 and 15).

Vacant seats involved in the special
election are Agriculture & Markets, Mental
Hygiene Region II, Mental Hygiene Region V
(2 seats), and Chenango, Franklin, Oneida,
Ontario, Rensselaer, Schuyler, Sullivan,
Warren and Washington counties.

The petitioning period begins
April 6 and the deadline for receipt of

presidents, CSEA region offices or CSEA
headquarters. .

Ballots in the special election will be
mailed May 14 to CSEA members eligible to
vote. Replacement ballots, if an original ballot
was not received, will be available May 22 by
calling CSEA headquarters at
1-800-342-4146 Ext. 1477 or (518) 257-1477

The deadline for receipt of ballots is 8 a.m.
June 4, and ballots will be counted at CSEA
headquarters. Election results will be
announced after the ballot count. Candidates
will be notified of the results by mail.
Election results will be published in the July

1998 CSEA Election Schedule
Special Statewide Board of Directors

April 6
April 20

Start of petition period
Deadline for receipt of nominating

petitions (5 p.m.) at CSEA headquarters

April 28
May 14
May 22
June 4

Drawing for ballot positions

Ballots mailed

Replacement ballots available
Deadline for receipt of ballots (8 a.m.).

Ballots counted

Election results will be announced after the ballot
count. Candidates will be notified by mail of the
results. Election results will be published in the July
1998 edition of The Public Sector.

nominating petitions at CSEA headquarters
is 5 p.m. April 20. Nominating petitions are
available by contacting CSEA local

edition of The Public Sector.

New LEAP delivery system provides
broader deadlines, no turn downs

As reported in the March edition of The Public Sector, the CSEA Labor
Education Action Program (LEAP) will unveil its new delivery system on May
1. A new catalog and application form will be mailed on or about April 28 to
any eligible member who applied for a LEAP tuition benefit during the last
two terms.

The one-year program catalog outlines the features of the new delivery
system, including:

Rolling Admission — members can apply for their tuition benefit
anytime between May 1, 1998 and 5 p.m. March 31, 1999, so there are no
more tight deadlines to worry about;

No Denials — one LEAP tuition benefit will be awarded to every eligible
applicant who applies during the dates listed above, so members won't be
turned down when they need to claim their benefit;

Term Flexibility — once an applicant receives their tuition benefit, it can
be used for one course that starts between Aug. 1, 1998 and March 31,
1999 and concludes on or before June 30, 1999, so members decide when
to use their benefit.

A supply of LEAP catalogs and application forms will still be available at
state agency personnel and training offices during the first week of May.
Members who do not receive the new catalog in the mail or are unable to
obtain one may call LEAP at 1-800-253-4332 to request one.

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Recent changes in
health care legislation

Non-Network

hospitalization is

Mental Health
Benefits have
Changed
Effective Jan.

1, New York state

law requires the

annual and
lifetime dollar

maximums for

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medically
necessary.

In addition, the
law requires
insurers to cover
reconstructive
breast surgery
following a

non-network mental health
services be eliminated. Non-
network benefits for substance
abuse, including alcoholism, are
not changing.

Please note: The Empire Plan
Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Program's non-network
coverage is still limited to 30
inpatient days and 30 outpatient
visits annually for mental health
and substance abuse services.

Remember to call Value
Behavorial Health at 1-800-446-
3995 before you seek treatment for
mental health or substance abuse,
including alcoholism.

Health Maintenance
Organizations (HMOs) currently
offered under The New York State
Health Insurance Program
(NYSHIP) do not offer non-network
benefits for mental health services.

Mastectomy, Length of Stay and
Reconstructive Surgery Law
Effective Jan. 1, state law

requires insurers to cover inpatient

hospital care following lymph node
dissection, lumpectomy or
mastectomy for treatment of breast
cancer for as long as the doctor
and patient determine

medically
necessary mastectomy, including
surgery and reconstruction of the
remaining breast to produce a
symmetrical appearance following
the mastectomy.

Please note: This legislative
mandate applies to both the
Empire Plan and NYSHIP
participating HMOs.

All HMOs Cover
Chiropractic Treatment

Effective Jan, 1, state law
requires HMOs to cover
chiropractic treatment.

Chiropractic treatment is defined
as “detecting or correcting by
manual or mechanical means
structural imbalance, distortion,
mis alignment or subluxation in
the human body for the purposes
of removing nerve interference and

fects thereof, where such
ence is the result of or
related to distortion, misalignment
or subluxation of or in the
vertebral column.”

A referral from your primary
care physician may be required in
order to re ve chiropractic
services. Contact your HMO for
details.

“STATE GOVERNMENT, GENERAL NEWS

The Public Sector April 1998 * Page 5

CSEA fighting to save county mental health services

The battle to save county mental health
services wages on — from one end of the state to
the other.

The Genesee County Employees Unit is gearing
up for a fight to keep mental health services
public, a fight that will include making the public
more aware of the services that could be lost.

“Our mental health services should continue to
be provided by the dedicated, professional county
employees now serving our community,” said Unit
President Nancy Smith. “We provide a wide range
of needed services, many of which would surely be
lost if a private, profit-driven provider took over.”

Smith and other activists attended a recent
county legislature meeting to speak against the
issue, but were told the session was
“informational” only, and no public input was

allowed. So they observed a presentation that

ended with a vote to negotiate the cost, should the

lone possible vendor, Strong Memorial of
Rochester, take over.

Smith and Candy Saxon, CSEA labor relations
specialist, have formulated a campaign to show
legislators and the public that county employees
are already doing a great job, and with some
adjustments, can do it as cost-effectively as a
private provider.

Across the state, CSEA Albany County Mental
Health Unit members are claiming victory after
County Executive Michael Breslin announced he
was dropping a plan to subcontract their needed
services.

In an effort to bring the issue before the public,
CSEA Capital Region 4 President Carmen Bagnoli

Valentine's Day protest

wrote a letter published in the Albany Times
Union criticizing the possible subcontracting.

“CSEA is totally against the subcontracting of
the Mental Health Services in Albany County to
any HMO or private sector mental health service
firm,” Bagnoli wrote, quoting reports questioning
the use of managed behavioral health plans.

“The Albany County Mental Health Department
has a very dedicated and knowledgeable staff,” he
added. “They are often the first as well as the last
resort for many county residents seeking help.”

“The county’s mental health unit has proven its
worth over and over again to the county residents
and their families in need of such services,” CSEA
Labor Relations Specialist Jon Premo said. “This
is a victory for CSEA and all of Albany County.

— Ron Wofford / Daniel X. Campbell

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at candy store
a sweet success

WEST SENECA — Stalled contract talks
prompted Erie County Water Authority members
of Local 815 to leaflet on Valentine's Day — at a
candy store belonging to an authority
commissioner.

“We've been without a contract since March of
last year, and we wanted to let the public know
our situation,” Unit President Ralph Wiest said.
“We had at least 80 or 85 people out to support
us. Out of a 100 or so members, that's pretty
impressive. We also got great support from other
CSEA members throughout the area, and we
really appreciate it.”

The water authority is a public benefit
corporation, and the unit is currently awaiting a
factfinder's recommendation on a contract.

— Ron Wofford

School unit rides out contract dispute

LATHAM — A bitter contract battle has
escalated with a controversial declaration by
the president of the Ichabod Crane School
District Board of Education,

“As long as I am (school) board president,
this union will never get a contract,” Gerald
Ennis said in front of both labor and
management representatives.

CSEA is filing an improper practice charge
with the Public Employment Relations Board.

his public action is a complete breech of
lor Law and will be pursued to the
fullest extent of the law,” CSEA Labor Relations
Specialist Andrew MacDonald said.

Ennis was apparently motivated by his belief
that CSEA-represented school bus drivers
allegedly denied his daughter transportation,
CSEA Ichabod Crane Unit President Sherrill
Phillips said.

“That's not true. I was in the area where his
daughter was, and | did not see her attempt to

board a bus or even ask for a ride,” Phillips
said. “If she had, she would have been referred
to the transportation department. A bus would
have been sent to take her home, The Ichabod
Crane bus drivers transport every student.”

The school district has been demanding the
CSEA bargaining unit accept significant
changes in health care coverage. The teachers’
union accepted those changes but members
are unhappy because promised coverage and
services have not been forthcoming. In many
instances the teachers have had to pay for
services, then seek reimbursement from the

strict

The CSEA bargaining unit has been without
a contract with the district for nearly two
years. Under the Taylor Law, the terms,
conditions and benefits of the old agreement
continue until a new agreement is negotiated..

— Daniel X. Campbell

He's a real gem of a guy

GLENS FALLS — A second job, a piece of luck and
honesty netted CSEA member Joseph Lawson high
praise and a $200 finder's fee.

Lawson, who works for the City of Glens Falls Public
Works Department, also works part time cleaning at a
local restaurant and caterer. It was while working there
that he found a stone he took to be a large button.

“It looked too big to be real,” Lawson told the Glens
Falls Post-Star. “I thought it was a button or some type
of costume jewelry. I told a co-worker if anyone came
looking for it, 1 had it.”

The button stayed in Lawson's back pocket for a few
days. Then a friend suggested Lawson take it to a
jeweler to see if it was worth anything.

“Between $4,000 and $5,000 was what the jeweler,
James Harney, owner of Achenbach’s, valued the 2-
carat diamond at,” Lawson said, recalling his shock at
learning that the button he was about to toss away was
areal gem.

Lawson turned the gem over to Glens Falls Police.

Two weeks passed before the daughter of a frequent
customer at the restaurant mentioned that her 84-
year-old mother had lost the stone to a ring her own
mother had given her. The diamond and its owner were
then quickly reunited.

Glens Falls Police Chief Richard P. Carey called
Lawson an “outstanding city employee,” and noted that
his actions did not surprise him.

Sue Brouillette, CSEA Glens Falls City Unit
president, noted that Joe is an excellent employee.
“He's well liked by his co-workers and the general
public,” she said. — Daniel X. Campbell

McCall to speak to Long Island
CSEA members about COLA

State Comptroller Carl McCall will visit the Long
Island Region 1 office to speak to CSEA members
about the proposed performance Cost of Living
Adjustment (COLA) for the state retirement system on
April 23 at 3 p.m.

CSEA President Danny Donohue has commended
McCall for putting forth innovative proposals on
COLA, which is a top union priority this legislative
session.

CSEA members are encouraged to call 462-0030 to
confirm their attendance. The event is hosted in part
by CSEA Suffolk Retirees Local 920.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT. NEWS?

CSEA members across
the state are encouraged
to join in memorial
ceremonies in their area
that will mark Workers
Memorial Day on
April 28. Members should
check with their CSEA
local or unit officers, or
their CSEA region office
about programs
scheduled in their area.

If no ceremony is
convenient, members are
encouraged to wear a
black armband on
April 28 and to pause for
a moment of silence
during the day in
remembrance of those
who died or were injured
in work-related accidents.

Across the nation on
April 28 workers will
remember the millions of
workers injured or killed
on the job.

An estimated 6 million
people are injured and
thousands more are
killed on the job every
year.

Nassau County Local 830 members
getting ready for Goodwill Games

CSEA Nassau County Local 830
members are taking an active role in
the 1998 Goodwill Games, a 15-day,
world class, international athletic
competition to be held this summer
and hosted by Nassau County and
New York City.

The games will feature world class
athletes competing in 15 different
events during the Games from
July 19 through Aug. 2

The roles for CSEA members are
wide ranging: Department of Public
Works engineers are monitoring the
construction of the Mitchel Athletic
Complex; Parks Department
employees are operating the
swimming facility and working with
officials to ensure the track and field
are ready for competition; Parks
Security will be out in full force
during the competition; the Fire
Marshals Department will be busy
enforcing fire safety rules and
regulations; the Department of
Public Works will put up temporary
traffic signals for pedestrian traffic
during the games; Technical Services
will handle repairs; the Planning
Department will provide
transportation; and the Emergency
Management Department will be on

The Legacy Continues
The AFSCME Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Poster and Essay Contest

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. devoted his life to
winning equal rights for all Americans. He was in
Memphis, Tenn., in 1968 fighting on behalf of
AFSCME Local 1733 members when an assassin took

his life.
AFSCME, CSEA’s international
union affiliate, is honoring the life
of the Rev. Martin Luther King
dr. by sponsoring the
AFSCME Martin Luther
King Jr. Memorial Poster
and Essay Contest.
The theme of the
pe and essay
contest is contained in
one of Dr. King’s
final speeches. Dr.
King told AFSCME
sanitation workers
in Memphis;
“Whenever you are
engaged in work
that serves
humanity, and is
for the benefit

of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth.”

For the essay contest, children of CSEA and
AFSCME members in good standing age 13 and older
are invited to submit a 750-word essay devoted to the
above theme. All submissions become the property of
AFSCME and will not be returned. The first place
winner of the essay contest will receive $1,000 and a
trip for two to the AFSCME International Convention
in Hawaii in late August to present the essay. Second
prize is $500 and third prize is $250.

For the poster contest, children of CSEA and
AFSCME members age 12 and under are invited to
submit a poster in any medium no larger than 11” by

7” illustrating the above theme. All submissions
become the property of AFSCME and will not be
returned, First place winner of the poster contest will
receive $500 and have the poster printed in the
AFSCME Leader newsletter. Second prize is $250 and
third prize is $125.

All entries musi be postmarked no later than April
18, 1998. Winners will be notified June 1, 1998.

trants must include their name, address
telephone number, AFSCME parent's name and
his/her AFSCME local number on the top of their
essay or the back of their poster.

Send submissions to: AFSCME Contests, Public
Affairs Department, 1625 L St., N,W., Washington, DC
20036-5687

call to handle emergencies.

“In addition to working on the
Games, many CSEA members are
volunteering their own time to make
the Goodwill Games a su .” said
CSEA Nassau Local 830 President
Tony Giustino. “I am extremely
proud of all the hard work provided
by our CSEA work force in
preparation of the Goodwill Games
and of the large role they will play
throughout the events.”

— Sheryl Jenks

Coalition of Black
Trade Unionists
Convention May 20-25
in Minneapolis

The 27th National Convention
of the Coalition of Black Trade
Unionists (CBTU) will be held from
May 20 to 25 in Minneapolis,
Minn.

The convention will identify key
issues for the November ‘98
elections and look into a wide
tange of other topics including
welfare reform, the 2000 census,
the future of the education system
and jobs with a living wage.

For convention details, contact
Portia Given at CSEA
Headquarters by calling
1-800-342-4146, ext 1210).

CSEA
opposes
tort reform

CSEA is part of a coalition
opposing efforts by big business
and the insurance industry to
have the state Legislature adopt

so-called “tort reform” that would
make it more difficult for a person
to take a company or person who
harmed them into court.
sualty will be worker
: ‘A President Danny
Donohue. “Foul play will replace
fair play if the playing field is
tipped against the people's
interests, That's why CSEA
opposes tort revision.”
“Tort reform” would strip
away the incentive for
corporations to produce
safe products and
maintain healthy,
safe workplaces.

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CSEA's new Mission Statement
reflects many changes to come

CSEA, like the rest of organized Labor, must
grow and change or else we will face a sure
decline.

The importance of organizing new groups of
working people cannot be overstated. But that is
only a portion of the challenge that confronts us.
We must also transform as an organization in
what we do and how we do it.

No contract, no salary, no benefit, no working
condition can be taken for granted. We live in a
dynamically changing world where our future
security depends in large part on our forethought.

Last summer, I appointed a Task Force on the
Future to begin the process of charting the
union's future course. The task force, comprised
of a cross section of act!vists and senior staff, is
chaired by CSEA Capital Region President
Carmen Bagnoli.

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The Task Force's immediate priorities involved
assisting in the development of a radical new
approach to CSEA’s Annual Delegates Meeting.
The ADM program was designed to present
delegates with a clear overview of the challenges
facing CSEA and all of organized Labor. It also
required delegates to confront those challenges in
hands-on workshops. effectively we determine and carry forward an

One of the most tangible results has been the agenda for change that is inclusive and bold.
development of a new mission statement reflecting Make the commitment to join with us.

Delegate sentiment about what CSEA should

represent. (See New Mission Statement below.)
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that means clearly defining ourselves in terms
that members understand and accept.

CSEA can only do this if there is a broad-based
dialogue with our membership at every level of
the union.

Inevitably, CSEA will not be tomorrow what we
are today. But what we will be depends on how

The Task Force work continues, but their
efforts, and those of additional subcommittees
that are now grappling with all aspects of our
structure and operations, will only begin to
address the future of CSEA.

We need to reconnect with every member and

As working men and women — every
one and everywhere — we are our
greatest resource.

We organize and represent workers to
ensure our voice is heard, our place at
the table is kept and the American dream
is ours in the 21st Century.

As a labor union, we hold these values
as our working principles:

Honesty: We are honest with ourselves
and each other.

Inclusiveness: Every group, every idea
is welcomed.

Full Participation: We encourage and
expect full participation in all union
matters.

Respect: We respect each other and
honor our differences.

Diversity: We celebrate our diversity
and use it to strengthen us.

Open Communications: We listen and
provide for open communication across all
parts of our union and in all directions.

Accountability: We are accountable
Jor our actions and decisions.

Fiscal Responsibility: We conduct our
business in a fiscally sound manner.

As a labor union, we are committed to
union democracy and we follow these

a with integrity.
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.’ *