Civil Service Leader, 1976 November 12

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Friday, November 12, 1976

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president Theodore C. Wenzl, left,

welcoming Westchester County Executive Alfred B. Del Bello to the
recent Westchester Local 860 Hallowe'en party, or is it the other
way around, with Mr, Del Bello weleoming Dr. Wenal to Westchester

County? Both men were guests

of the union's Westchester local,

headed by Raymond Cassidy, right. Between Dr. Wenz! and Mr. Del

Bello is Pat Mascioli, local third

vice-president and political action

chairman. (Additional photos on Page 14.)

See Pages 8&9

Nassau Impasse:

Flaumenbaum Will
Risk Strike, Jail

MINEOLA—An impasse in negotiations for a 1977 con-
tract was called by the Nassau County chapter, Civil Service
Employees Assn. late last week after five negotiating sessions.

Irving Flaumenbaum, president of the 22,000-member

Nassau chapter and a vice-pres-
ident of the state CSEA, declared
that the county's negotiators’
offer of 4 percent increases in
the next two years was “not
realistic.”

So angered was Mr. Flaumen-
baum that he told the daily me-
dia that he was prepared to lead
employees on strike and go to
jall for it if necessary to protest.

CSEA Is Hopeful Of Early End
To Strike By In-House Unions

ALBANY—A spokesman for the Civil Service Employees Assn. expressed cautious
optimism at Leader presstime that negotiations tentatively scheduled over the weekend
would be successful in ending a strike caused by a contract negotiations dispute by union-
ized staff employees of the union that began on Nov. 1.

‘The strike by about 160 CSEA
statf employees of the Field
Staff Assn. and the Headquar-
ters Staff Union began when the
80 FSA members started picket-
ing CSEA facilities; their lines
were not crossed by most HSU
members. HSU's 80 members
joined the strike Nov. 3 follow-
ing the Election Day holiday.

Both sides were reportedly
quite fer apart as the strike be-
gan in spite of intensive bar-
gaining sessions lasting past
midnight on the eve of the
strike. Additional talks lasting
more than nine hours were held
on Tuesday with both the FSA
and HSU, and another session
with the HSU was held on
‘Thursda;

Political Trend
In N.Y. Continues

In Dems’ Favor

ry HE forging of a new and
powerful coalition in
New York that is oriented
towards the Democratic
Party is one of the most intrigu-
(Continued on Page 6)

A CSEA management spokes-
man said that with the tentative
scheduling of talks this weekend,
it was hoped that substantial
movement would be achieved and
the dispute settled.

Although the strike was being
observed virtually 100 percent by
the membership of the PSA and
the HSU, management personnel
continued to conduct business at
CSEA Albany Headquarters and
in all six regional offices to ser-
vice its membership as well as
possible.

In Albany Region IV, for ex-
ample, the businesslike volce
answering the office telephone
has been the regional president
Joseph McDermott.

Mr. McDermott noted that he
sent a letter to chapter and unit
leaders within the region inform-
ing them that he would be on
hand at the office to try to
maintain essential services dur-
ing the strike.

"It ts in the best interests of
both parties to resolve this dis-
pute,” he said

“The membership feels that
staff ts entitled to proper wages
and fringe benefits,” he explain-
ed, “but the demands are in ex-
cess of what we can afford. The
membership will not stand still
for another dues increase, and
since new money is not available,
the staff unions will have to ac-
cept less than they might nor-
mally achieve.”

‘The efficient volee answering

the telephone at New York City
Region II's office has been that
of that region’s president, Solo-
mon Bendet.

Mr. Bendet noted that the
average CSEA field staffer costs
the union in excess of $32,000
each. This is a total of both
salary and various fringe bene-
fits, which includes free life in-

(Continued on Page 14)

Mr. Flaumenbaum said the
county's negotiators were using
the Taylor Law as a weapon to
“abuse the employees."

CSEA negotiators, who termed
their demands moderate, had
proposed a 15 percent pay in-
crease this coming year and 7
percent in the following year,
plus fringe benefit improvements
including mileage allowance,
night differential, binding arbit-
ration of grievances, longevity
payments, increased dental and
health insurance, drug and op-
tical plans, past practices clause
and others

Mr. Flaumenbaum said the
CSEA negotiating team was not
willing to submit to a repeat of
the delays practiced on the em-
ployees in last year's negotia-
tlons

The terms for 1976 were uni-
laterally imposed by the Board of
Supervisors last month after
more than 15 months of efforts
to settle. The board imposed a
wage freeze as proposed by
County Executive Ralph G. Caso
despite recommendations of fact-
finders for a general increase.

In the previous year, the board
had imposed terms providing

only 5 percent,
(Continued on Page 14)

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IRVING FLAUMENBAUM

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series on the decentralization
of the Mental Hygiene system
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are a relative or friend of an
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health facility, and would like
to share your experience and
observations, please contact
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11 Warren St, New York
10007, (212) 233-6010.

Offering Civil Service Employees Assn. views on layoffs, the union's Western Region VI third vice-
president, Ramona Gallagher, speaks at first of public hearings being held by Senate Standing Commit-
tee on Government Employees, chaired by Stephen R. Greco (D-Buffalo, 142nd A.D.), Listening as Ms.
Gallagher made presentation last month at Donovan State Office Building in Buffalo are Chris Hill,
director of committee programming for the State Assembly, and Assemblyman Greco.
SERVICE LEADER, Friday, November 12, 1976

CIV!

MEMORIES OF 1931 — AND AFTER

Honoring a 45-year record of service In the Suffolk County Treas-
urer’s office, Suffolk Civil Service Employees Assn. chapter president

James Corbin, presents plaque to

current boss, Suffolk County Treasurer Jean Tuthill,
Ms. Parry has no plans to retire because

Frances Parry, left. Ms. Parry's
is at center.
she finds the job of

senior accounts clerk interesting and her co-workers congenial.

Nassau Increment Info Sought

MINEOLA—Richard Gaba,
regional attorney for Civil
Service Employees Assn
Long Island Region I, urged
Nassau County employees who
have not received increment
payments to immediately con-
tact CSEA county headquarters.

‘If the employee did not re-
ceive increments on Jan. 1, 1975
or Jan. 1, 1976, due to the fact
that his annual salary was over
$25,000, or because the employee

was hired in Dece
or 1975," Mr. Gab
should contact the Nas
ty CSEA headquarters as soon as
possible,”

Mr. Gaba said the employee
should include his name, address,
civil service job title and social
seourity number.

The Nassau chapter headquar-
ters is located at the Old Court
House, Franklin Ave., Mineola,
New York, N.Y. 11501

of 1974

Pensions Changing

State Comptroller Arthur Le-
vitt has advised state pensioners
they must re-establish eligibility
to qualify for sick-pay exclusion
on 1976 Federal tax returns.

Mr, Levitt's announcement
came in a four-page pamphlet
outlining the effects of the 1976
Tax Reform Act on disability

benefits.
Under the new federal law,
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GENEVA—A group of Civil
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PROBATION COMMITTEE'S WORK DISCUSSED

James Brady, holding report, chairman of the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn.'s statewide probation committee, reports to, from left,
Robert Sullivan, acting director of the State Department of Proba-
tion; Jack Whelan, probation officer from Westchester County, and
Nels Carlson, CSEA probation committee coordinator. The report
covers the work of the advisory committee on job analysis and
examination methodology study. Mr. Brady, a CSEA representa-
tive on the state committee, sald the group is attempting to de-
velop a testing procedure for probation officers,

Workers Get The Say
On When To Start Day

By JANE B. BERNSTEIN

ALBANY—The idea of al-
lowing state employees to
choose their own working
hours is a tantalizing idea
for many people. As of Dec. 1,
the concept will become a reality
for the workers of the New York
State Department of Commerce,
joining the Motor Vehicle De-
partment, where it has been in
effect for several years.

‘The alternative work schedule,
or “flextime” as it is called, per-
mits an individual to choose his
or her starting time, allowing an
earlier office departure.

State employees must put in
eight hours during each working
day. So if one elects to begin
work at 7:30 am., he or she
may leave at 3:30 p.m.

Three years ago the staggered

Clinton Pact Holds $800 Hike

PLATTSBURGH — In the
new contract covering Clin-
ton County employees, in-
cluding the sheriff's depart-

percent; lowest paid-top sixth
year. 66 and 6.2 percent; highest
paid-start, 2.7 and 26 percent,
and highest paid-top sixth year,
2.3 and 2.4 percent

ment, negotiated between the

Civil Service Employees Assn. In the sheriff's department,

and the county, salaries were in- grades and 1976-77 salaries are:

creased $400 in each year of the Deputy-start, $7,400, $7,800;

two-year pact. deputy-top sixth year, $8,700,
‘The contract covers about 575 $9,100; sergeant-start, $7,750,

workers $8,150, and sergeant-top sixth
For employees, other than year, $9,110, $9,510.
sheriff's department staff, the | Among fringes, employee mile-

grades and 1976 and 1977 sal-
ary percentage increases are:
Lowest paid-start, 7.8 and 7.2

age allowances were hiked one-
half cent per mile to 15.5 cents
a mile. A new item was the pro-

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Information for the Calendar may be submitted directly
to THE LEADER, It should include the date, time, place,
address and city for the function. The address is: Civil
Service Leader, 11 Warren St., New York, N. Y. 10007.
Attn.: CSEA Calendar,

NOVEMBER

12—Brooklyn’ Developmental Center chapter 447 Pre-Thanksgiving
Dance: 10 p.m., St. Laurence Parish Hall, Flatlands and Van
Siclen Avenues, Brooklyn.

16—Retiree committee and retiree chapter presidents’ meeting on
legislative goals: CSEA Headquarters, 33 Elk St., Albany.

17—Buffalo chapter dinner meeting: 5:30 p.m., S
Buffalo.

18—Westchester County unit shop stewards’ seminar: 85 Court St.,
White Plains

18—Plattsburgh Area Retiree chapter 916 organizational meeting
1:30 p.m,, Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, Route 3, Plattsburgh

18—Central Islip Psychiatric Center chapter meeting: 7:30 p.m.
Clubhouse, CiPC.

18—Region 10 Department of Transportation chapter, open mem:
bership meeting: 8 p.m., cafeteria of State Office Building,
Hepppeuce.

19-20—Albany Region IV Workshop: Queensbury Hotel, Glens Falls,

20—Erie Educational Employees chapter 868 Annual Thanksgiving
Dance: John's Flaming Hearth, 1830 Abbott Road, Lackawanna.

24—New York City Metropolitan Retirees chapter 910 meeting
! p.m., Room 5890, Two World Trade Center, Manhattan.

DECEMBER

9%—New York State, Thruway Western Division chapter meeting:
Fectur's Forks Hotel, Broadway Street at Union Road, Chee

jatler Hilton Hotel.

towaga.

10—Capital District Retiree chapter Christmas Party: Ramada Inn,
Albany,

10—West Seneca Developmental Center chapter 427 annual Christ-

mas Party.

16—Suffolk County Police Department unit Christmas luncheon
| p.m., Heritage Inn, Smithtown By-pass, Hauppauge,

18-Broome County chapter Christmas party, St, Mary's Baxter
St., Binghamton.

vision giving employees vacation
pay in one lump sum open term-
ination at a rate then in effect.

A Workmen's Compensation
article was added to the new
pact and one item of uniform
issuance and maintenance was
added for members of the sher-
iff’s department, plus one item
for non-sheriff's department
staffers who require uniforms in
their work.

The new Clinton pact calls for
the establishment of a joint
CSEA-county committee to draw
up rules and regulations for
sheriff's department staffers for
consideration in the next con-
tract negotiations period.

Five new items were contained
in the contract

‘These are:

© Establishment of a job relo-
cation committee.

© Establishment of a job pro-
tection for sheriff's department
employees assigned to an exist-
ing labor-management commit-
tee

© The labor-management com-
mittee is now charged with
studying a number of items re-
lating to training, method of
pay and physical examinations

(Continued on Page 14)

IGOTIATING
L. McGowan, executive vice-president of the Civil Service Employees Assn., addresses members

lunch hours was introduced,
whereby employees could short-
en the amount of time spent in
the office by taking less time
for lunch, The state requires
that a worker take at least a
half hour for lunch, so office
time could only be reduced by
that half an hour, If an em-
ployee elects to add this practice
to the flexible work schedule
and begins work at 7:30 am., he
or she may leave the office
at 3 p.m.

The adoption of flextime by
the Commerce Department fol-
lowed years of discussions, pre-
sentations, studies and meetings.

In August of this year, the
New York Temporary State Com-
mission on Management and Pro-
ductivity in the Public Sector
sponsored a conference on the
matter of alternative work
schedules, Workshops were con-
ducted which included such
speakers as Congresswoman Bel-
la Abzug, Lt. Gov. Mary Anne
Krupsak and others supporting
flextime,

Commerce Department

em-

BOTH BROOKLYN
When The Leader, in its Oct.
15 edition, mistakenly referred
to New York City Region Ii third
vice-president and Kingsboro
(Brooklyn) Psychiatric Center
chapter president William Cun-
ningham, left, as president of
Brooklyn Developmental Center
chapter, the Brooklyn DC mem-
bers of the Civil Service Employ-
ees Assn. were upset, So says
James Gripper, right, Brooklyn
DC chapter president and Op-
erational Unit bargainer, who
asked that The Leader correct
the error. Who could refuse such
@ request?

TEAMS GET PE

ployees also attended, including
George Olson, a senior accounts
clerk, who had been active in
campaigning for the policy.

‘We really felt that people
would work better if they were
able to control their own des-
tinies on the jobs,” Mr. Olson
said. “And Commerce Commis-
sioner John Dyson agreed with
us and supported flextime.”

The employees and adminis-
trators of the department then
formed a joint labor-manage-
ment committee to complete stu-
dies on the proposal.

The committee found that not
only would the policy improve
morale, but could also save the
department money,

One of the services the de-
partment offers the public is ski
reports. Before 9 am. @ tape
recorded phone message had to
be turned on to inform skiers of
conditions. One of the women
in the department preferred to
come in early. As a result of the
approval of flextime, she is now
able to give the reports herself,
eliminating the need and cost
of the tape.

Overtime has also been re-
duced, since there are workers
on the job during a greater perl-
od of time during the day.

Mr. Olson says the problems
with flextime are minimal.

“One of the problems is that
everyone must know what every-
one else is doing,” Mr. Olson said.
“And middle management does
not like that, because they must
be on top of things to make as-
signments. But most everyone
likes the system.”

He also said one woman want-
ed to take a 15-minute lunch
break, but state laws forbid that.

“Our goals and directions com-
mittee is still studying the pol-
icy and dealing with problems
that arise,” he said.

Mr. Olson said if the program
is highly successful in the De-
partment of Commerce, it is con-
ceivable that it could be adopt-
ed by other state agencies in
New York and in other areas
of the country,

's a good feeling to have
that kind of a say in your work-
ing conditions,” he said.

TALK

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, November 12, 1976

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ALBANY—A director of his-
toric preservation field services
eligible list, resulting from open
competitive exam 27-592, was es-
tablished Oct. 25 by the State
Civil Service Department. The
list contains six names.

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ALBANY—A regional historic
preservation supervisor eligible
Ust, resulting from open compe-
titive exam 27-590, was estab-
shed Oct. 25 by the State Civil
Service Department. The list
contains seven names.

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MANHATTAN—The Health
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motor van used during the
New York City transfer
period will be out on the city
streets again during November
and December to inform state
and federal employees about
their health benefits at work lo-
cations throughout Manhattan,
in the Bronx and Nassau County.

The HIP health information
van will be at locations where
government employees can ask
questions about their health
benefits during their lunch
breaks,

The federai transfer period
runs from Nov, 15 to Nov, 30
and New York State employees
can transfer health plans
through Dec. 31.

“We were very gratified with
the response we received during
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ter progrom that brought infor-
mation to New York City em-
ployees about their health bene-
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Insurance Rep
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ALBANY —- The State Civil
Service Department has an-
nounced filing until Dec. 6
for promotion to supervising
unemployment insurance hear-
ing representative. An oral test
will be held in January (Exam
No. 39-157).

At present there is one vacancy
each in New York City und Al-
bany. Application forms are
available through agency person-
nel or business offices or from
the Civil Service Department.

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Schedule Two
DOL Promos

ALBANY —The New York
State Department of Civil
Service has announced two
Department of Labor promo-
tional exams will be held Jan. 15.

Filing will close Dec. 6 for
senior unemployment insurance
hearing representative (G-18), A
test will also be given for asso-
ciate unemployment insurance
hearing representative (G-21)

To apply for senior represen-
tative (Exam 36-002), candidates
must have one year of perman-
ent service as an unemployment
insurance claims examiner, a re-
viewing examiner or an insur-
ance’ investigator, Service as an
employment security claims trai-
nee will not be counted toward
eligibility,

One year’s experience as a
senior hearing representative is
required to apply for associate
hearing representative (Exam
36-003)

Application forms can be ob-
tained at local centers.

Levitt Reports
Welfare Fund
Disbursements

ALBANY—State Comptrol-
ler Arthur Levitt has an-
nounced the distribution of
$91,588,149 for welfare to the
57 counties outside New York
City.

The money represents approx-
imately 90 percent of the fed-
eral and state share of antici-
pated welfare expenditures for
November. The federal share
amounts to $64,527,166 and the
State share $27,060,983. The re-
maining 10 percent is payable
after verification of the actual
November expenditures.

Tn addition, the Comptroller
announced the distribution of
$73,175,000 as the federal share
of New York City's anticipated
welfare expenditures for the first
half of November. The state
share of $27,985,780 1s being held
by the Comptroller to repay prior
advances from the state to the
city, Similar payments will be
due New York City on Nov. 15
for anticipated expenditures in
the last half of November,

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097.

There are no training or ex-
perience requirements for re-
Porting stenographer, G6-5,
which pays $9,303, Written tests
will be given.

Sales store checker: requires a
high school diploma or six
months’ general experience: for
the GS-2 level, which pays $6,-
572. Por GS-3, which pays $1,-
408, one year's experience is re-
quired, with at least a year of
that as a sales store checker. A
training course in sales store

checking can be substituted for
three months’ specialized exper-
ience. Clerical work or schooling
above the high school level can
be substituted for six months’
gener) experience.

For further information on the
jobs, which fall under General
Notice NY-6-06, Amendment No.
5, contact the commission at one
of the federal job information
centers. These are listed on Page
15 and can also be found in area
telephone directories under “U.S.
Government” listings.

DOT Region 10
Schedules Meet

BRENTWOOD — A general
membership meeting of the Re-
sion 10 Department of Trans-
portation chapter, Civil Service
Employees Assn, has been set
for Thursday, Nov. 18. The meet-
ing, set to begin at 8 pm, will
be held at the American Legion
Hall, Pirst Street at Third Ave-
nue, Brentwood.

-And-File Voting On Tentative Pact

Joined by counsel, James Corbin, right, Suffolk County Civil Service Employees Assn. chapter president,
offers testimony to the county legislature during hearings on the union-county contract. CSEA an-
nounced tentative agreement on a proposed two-year pact last week for the 6,500-plus Suffolk workers
which would provide cash payments of 50 percent increment for 1976, with the deferred payment of the
balance for next year, plus step promotions in lieu of increments in 1977 for employees occupying
the top rungs of their respective job titles. The total package, initialed by Suffolk and CSEA represen-
tatives, involves about $13.3 million annually. At Leader presstime, the Suffolk membership was voting
to accept or reject the proposed contract.

How To Make Your Voice Heard

MANHATTAN — A recent
issue of the New York Motor-
ist, the publication of the
American Automobile Club of
New York, gave some guidelines
for persons wishing to express
opinions to elected officials by
letter.

‘The letter should be written on
stationery bearing a personal or
bustness letterhead, the article
suggested, with a signature over
the typed name at the end of the
letter. A return address should
be contained in the letter, not
Just on the envelope.

Identify the subject clearly
‘and state the name of the legte-
lation you are writing about, The
bill number, if known, should be
included.

In stating your reason for
writing, your own personal ex-
perlence—how the issue would
affect you, your family or job-
ts your best supporting evidence.
Avold stereotyped phrases or
sentences which may give the
impression of a “form” letter

Be reasonable; don't demand
the impossible or make threats.
Ask the legislator to state his
positions on issues in his or her
reply. As & constituent, you're
entitled to know

Consider the factor of thming
Try to write when a bill ts still
in committee and the legislator
ean be more responsive rather
than later when the bill has al-
ready been voted upon.

In writing elected officials, the
following salutations and ad-
dresses may be used:

The President, The Whie
House, Washington, D.C. 20500.
Dear Mr. President

Hon. John Doe, U.S. Senate,
Washington, D.C. 20515. Dear
Senator Doe:

Hon. John Doe, House of Rep-

resentatives, Washington, D.C.
20515. Dear Mr. Doe

Hon. Hugh L. Carey, Gover-
nor of New York, Executive
Chambers, Albany, N.Y. 12224.
Dear Governor Carey

Hon. John Doe, New York
State Senate, Albany, N.Y. 12234.
Dear Senator Doe:.

Hon. John Doe, New York
State Assembly, Albany, WY.
12224. Dear Assemblyman:

ZT OTT

| SHORT TAKES |

PROMO CAMPAIGN

Wells, Rich, Greene, the New York City-based public relations
firm, has been retained by the state to oversee planning of what
may become a multi-million dollar promotional campaign to boost
New York. A Commerce Department official said the firm has agreed
to handle market planning aspects of the campaign “without any of
the normal charges for overhead or profit. William Doyle, a market-
ing and advertising expert “loaned” to the Department by the
Chase Manhattan Bank said the development of the campaign “is
one of the biggest tasks in the marketing industry right now. This
state, to the best of my knowledge, and perhaps no other state,
has ever done any market research of this scale." Mr. Doyle de-
seribed the campaign as “a standard textbook marketing case”
with emphasis on tourism and economic development. The current
Commerce Department budget for advertising is $750,000 and Mr.
Doyle said tentative plans call for the spending of “many times”
this amount, “We will package New York so that it is appealing to
people who come here for vacation or from abroad,” Mr. Doyle said.
“We'll be building our message to them around what they are look-
ing for, instead of our perception of what they want.”

WELFARE SHIFT RAPPED

State Senator William Smith (R-Chemung) declared recently
that proposals by county governments to shift welfare costs to the
state would mean increased taxes for upstate residents, The legisla-
tor said that New York City accounts for about 70 percent of the
state's welfare costs but contributes only about 40 percent of the cost
of state government. A state assumption of welfare costs, he said,
would therefore benefit New York City at the expense of the rest
of the state. Mr. Smith is chairman of the Senate Social Services
Committee. Should the state take over the welfare burden, Senate
figures show, local governments could save an appreciable amount
in property taxes. In New York City, this could amount to $1.2
billion; outside Metropolitan New York, the figure would be about
$470 million, However, to make up for the missing local funding
the welfare program, the state would be obliged to
taxes by about $1.6 billion, The increase which would be
on localities outside of New York City wOlild be about $950
Mr. Smith predicted,

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The Steady Civil Servants

HILE he was still seeking the Democratic nomination,
Jimmy Carter was able to keep a low profile. Few
people outside his native Georgia were aware of who he
was, even though his election in 1970 as the state's governor
had been hailed nationally at the time as the hopeful be-
ginning of a New South. He was among the first of what
we in the North termed as the moderate Southern governors.

Once he had attained his party’s nomination for the
presidency, he was under increasing pressure to take defin-
ite stands on various issues. It is a paradox of elections,
though, that what we consider as important issues generally
fall within three categories: problems that may likely be
resolved by the time a new administration is able to take
office; matters of secrecy upon which he cannot speak even
if informed by the incumbent administration, and affairs
involving other nations, but arousing emotions of certain
ethnic groups such as the Irish and the Jews.

By now many words have been written and spoken about
how President-elect James Earl Carter Jr., was able to tap
the majority of American voters' confidence by his emphasis
on truthfulness with the public. Along the way, for better
or for worse, he survived scrutiny of such side-issues as his
colorful family, his religion and his speech pattern. “Faith
healer,” “born again” and “Eye-talian” will now become
quaint footnotes of history as the presidency passes to the
first man since Grover Cleveland (1885-89, 93-97) with hair
covering his ears.

The point of all this is simply that Presidents come and
gO, just as issues come and go (and are hopefully solved).
They are reflections of their time, and are the symbol by
which historical periods are oftentimes identified. Even
such a man as Richard Nixon was elected in full daylight
by the American voters—although many have since sought
to repudiate him—despite his 20 years in the national spot-
light prior to his election as President in 1968.

President-elect Carter does not have an overwhelming
mandate from the people as a result of this election. Never-
theless, his popular-vote plurality was substantial, and sig-
nificantly greater than Senator John F. Kennedy had in his
1960 victory over then Vice President Nixon, or Mr, Nixon
achieved in his 1968 win over then Vice President Hubert
Humphrey.

It is gratifying to know that the wheels of government
in our democracy continue to grind on, albeit at times too
slowly for our impatient needs, because of something that
occurred nearly 100 years ago during the presidency of New
Yorker Chester Arthur. That event was the passing into
law of the Civil Service Act, which removed much of the
evils of political patronage and replaced it with a civil
service system based on merit. Another New Yorker, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, served for many years as the Civil Service
Commissioner under President Grover Cleveland (also a
New Yorker!) and further expanded civil service during his
own presidency at the beginning of this century.

Thus, New Yorkers can be proud of their role in pre-
serving the high standards of America's Great Experiment:
Democracy, New York was the most important state to stand
in the Carter column this election, so everyone here can
take pride in being so decisive a factor in the victory. But
beyond that, we can take pride in this state's role through
the decades in leading the way to efficient government
through civil service,

For it is civil servants who continue to provide for the
public’s needs despite changes of administrations—-whether
at the national, state or local government levels. (M.O.B.)

Hercoert Tynes
Clty Editor

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1916

(Continued from Page 1)
ing and dramatic developments
that emerged from the vote tab-
ulation last week.

The Democratic turnout here
was so impressive that it al-
most matched the muscle the
party used to show during the
New Deal period when President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gov. Her-
bert H. Lehman and Senator Ro-
bert F. Wagner chalked up vot-
ing majorities as if they ran
without opposition. What is par-
ticularly noteworthy about the
Democratic turnout here is that
it was accomplished without the
aid of those giants in the state's
political history.

Trend

Actually the trend towards the
Democrats first emerged two
years ago, when Governor Carey
was elected by a landslide vote
and the Republicans lost control
of the State Assembly. Note-
worthy in that election, but per-
haps not sufficiently noticed, was
the fact that the Democrats
elected Assembly members and
won Congressional seats in dis-
tricts that had been regarded as
such firm Republican strong-
holds, that there were many
years when the Democrats found
it virtually impossible to field
opposition candidates.

Two years ago, the Democra-
tic sweep was ascribed to mas-
sive public disenchantment with
the Watergate scandals, the
resignation of President Nixon,
and widespread corruption in the
White House and the executive
establishment in Washington.
However, the results last week
suggest that forces more endur-
ing that Watergate were at play
two years ago.

The most significant factors
that contributed to the Democra-
tie sweep here were the continued
high level of unemployment, the
general economic stagnation, in-
creasing living costs, and the
Ford administration attitude to-
wards New York City that was
encapsulated in the famous
“Drop Dead” headline.

With the Democrats in con-
trol of the State's Executive
Chambers and the Assembly, in
control of the White House and
Congress, as well as of many lo-
cal governments here, including
New York City, the prospects for
the Republicans in the immediate
future seem rather bleak. How-
ever, the returns last week should
not obscure the fact that Sen-
ate Majority Leader Warren M.
Anderson, Assembly Minority
Leader Perry B. Duryea, Jr. and
Republican State Committee
chairman Richard Rosenbaum
are all resourceful political lead-
ers who can be depended upon
to make the most of a bad sit-
uation.

Selection Of Leader

Tn addition there is little doubt
that the Republicans can rely
upon the traditional Democratic
custom of getting into internal
ideological squabbles. The first of
these squabbles will take place
in the selection of an Assembly
Majority Leader to succeed Al-
bert H. Blumenthal, who chose
not to run for re-election.

There are any number of As-
semblymen who lay claims to
that post, based either on their
seniority or on the political need
for achieving an ethnic and geo-
graphical balance. An outstand-
ing legislator, Assemblyman
Stanley Fink, who deserves the
post based on seniority and per-
formance, may be shunted aside

(Continued en Page 7)

y Law & You

By RICHARD GABA

Mr. Gaba is a member of the firm of White, Walsh and Gaba,
P.C., and chairman of the Nassau County Bar Association Labor
Law Committee.

Teacher Tenure

The Taylor Law provides that a striking public employee
is on probation for one year, and during that period he
serves without tenure. With regard to teachers, it provides
that the probation shall be the same as for other public
employees. In October 1972, two tenured teachers partici-
pated in a strike against their district. By operation of law,
Section 210(2)(f) of the Civil Service Law, the teachers were
placed on probation for one year from Oct. 6, 1972 to Oct.
6, 1973. During this period of probation, in March 1973, the
district discharged the two teachers without a hearing, An
Article 78 proceeding was commenced in which the teachers
were successful. They were reinstated with full back pay
and no appeal was taken,

rotate gees

ON MAY 24, a short time after their reinstatement, the
Superintendent of Schools wrote to the teachers advising
them that their services during probation were unsatisfac-
tory and that they would not be recommended for tenure
at the close of the probationary year. The Board of Educa-
tion, after meeting with the two teachers and their super-
visors, voted not to grant tenure. The teachers commenced
another court proceeding under Article 78 and argued that
they had a statutory right to serve the full year of probation
in the classroom, that the statutorily required evaluation
procedures were not followed, and if the May 24 notice was
ineffective, they acquired tenure by estoppel.

ay ies

THE DISTRICT argued that not only did it comply
with the prior court order, but it acted in accordance with
the applicable statutes. The lower court held that the teach-
ers did not acquire tenure by estoppel, but the May 24
notice was not effective because the district did not allow
the teachers to be screened in accordance with required
procedures. The court ordered the teachers to be reinstated
for a period of four months; that they be allowed to teach
during that period; and that they be properly evaluated
during that time. Both sides appealed from the Appellate
Division's decision affirming the lower court.

ay

THE COURT OF APPEALS pointed out that there was
no issue of reprisal raised, and that it was a case of first
impression for the court. Firstly, the court decided that it
would not construe the Taylor Law, Section 210 (2)(f), to
permit “obliteration of benefits accrued during service by
administrative whim.” The court held that the teachers were
entitled to the same protection as other public employees,
Le, @ hearing on stated charges pursuant to Section 75 of
the Civil Service Law if the probationer was to be dismissed
during the probationary period. However, in this case, the
teachers were not dismissed during the year. They were
dismissed at the end of the probationary year so that no
hearing was necessary. There was a sufficient evaluation
of the teachers during the year, and they knew after their
meeting with the Board of Education in May what their
QUESTION
Do you think it is fair to be forced to retire, regardless of one’s good
health and willingness to work?

Bushwick Senior Citizens Center, Brooklyn

Sam Alesandro, retired shoe cutter: “I don't think

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anyone should be forced to re-
tire if he has the health to
work. If a man is capable of
doing a day's work, there is
no reason for his being forced
out of a job, I voluntarily re-
tired at the age of 65. I worked
in a@ factory as a shoe cutter
and I enjoyed my job because it
was interesting. I worked an
extra year because my boss
wanted to replace me with

someone he could depend on. Now, I enjoy my

retirement.”

Petronilla Haddock, retired machine operator: “I

:
«ay

think that people in certain
positions, such as our firemen
and policemen, should be forced
to retire at the age 65. These
positions are very hazardous,
and I don't think that after
the age of 65 they should take
the chances. As far as the other
employees of the city, I think
the decision should be left to
them. Our teachers have no
retirement age, and may have

worked unti] the age of 70, I, myself, as a machine
operator, worked until I was 70."

Marguerite Deail, retired secretary:

at)

“No, I don’t
think you should be asked to
retire if you are physically fit
and have all your faculties, I
feel that you should be able
to keep a position unti] you feel
that you are incapable to func-
tion anymore. We should all
know when we have to step
down. I feel that decision should
be one of our most important
decisions to make in life. All
people have different capabili-

Beatrice Mettson, retired factory worker

Eva Interante, retired dressmaker:

tes and Mabilities. We should be given the chance

to realize our condition.”

Don't Repeat This!

(Continued from Page 6)
because he comes from Brooklyn.
When that selection is finally
made, the Democrats will be con-
fronted with contending policy
differences as among those who
represent urban, suburban, and
rural areas,

Moreover, the ability of the
Democrats to retain a semblance
of unity will be quickly put to
the test early next year, when
Unes will start to form in con-
nection with the Mayoralty race
in New York City. This will raise
many questions among Demo-
crats,

Obviously the first question is
whether Mayor Beame will de-
cide to run again, in view of
his age and recent public opin-
fon polls that show Beame with
® generally poor public rating of
his job performance.

Whether Bearre decides to run
again is just one phase of the
problem. No matter what his
decision may be, there seems to
be little question that he will face
primary opposition, Democrats
who aspire to that office will no
doubt signal their intentions in
February or March in prepara-
tion for the primary in June.

Primary Fight
A primary fight among the

Democrats will clearly put Gov-
ernor Carey on the spot. Will
he support Beame, Will he sup-
port one of Beame’s opponents?
Will he choose to sit on the side-
lines and try to remain above the
battle?

The tensions that will be gen-
erated by the Mayoralty will
definitely spill over into the leg-
islative session that begins in

ape guete eucte eu uroe oun: yaaa

1
know lots of people who would
work until they are 70 or 80.
‘They'd never give it up. I think
it 4s good that there is a re-
tirement age, be it 65 or 70, so
that people will have to get out
There are others coming up
who need a break. And if peo-
ple work to the age of retire-
ment, they certainly have a lit-
tle social security or, perhaps,
a good pension coming in. Why

mt

should such fortunate people work and hold a job?
IT think 65 is a goodretirement age.”

Mary McDonough, retired address-o-graph op-

erator: “I feel that you should
work as long as you are able
to, unless the job is really haz-
ardous. Then, you have to be
sort of particular about what
you do. My husband was a
stagehand and he worked until
he was 72. He was alert and
enjoyed work until he died. I
worked as an address-o-graph
operator, It's a shame to have
to stop at 65, because, nowa-

days, 65 is like middle age. People live longer
and it is pitiful to be made to resign.”

“Many people
don't want to retire because
they really enjoy working. Per-
sonally, I don’t like that idea
I made dresses in a factory all
my life. It's not right to
work all of your life; you've
got to have some years to your
own, I'm glad that one is
forced to retire and have the
right to rest. I think you have
to be nuts to go back to work

A after you've reached 65."

January. This is a necessary
consequence because the City’s
needs invariably become a sub-
stantial part of the legislative
agenda. In fact during the last
two years, the City's crisis was
the major legislative problem.
And most of those problems still
remain,

Republicans can rely upon
Anderson, Duryea, Rosenbaum
and others to make political hay
out of the complex problems that
the Democrats will face as soon
as the Legislature convenes.

mn

§ Civil Service Law & You |

(Continued from Page 6)

In dismissing the teacher's
ease, the Court of Appeals said:
"We understand the position of
the experienced teacher who is
suddenly a probationer ugain
and thus subject to constraints
of supervision and criticism
from which he had long been

ACOSTA

ALBANY — William Acosta,
former acting director of the
US. Peace Corps in the Domini-
can Republic, has been named
by New York State Social Serv-
fees Director Philip L. Toia as
deputy commissioner for services.

Mr. Acosta succeeds Martha
Lewis, who recently assumed the

free. But a school district is en-
titled to weigh the teacher's per-
formance itself, not merely the

reasons for it, and its decision,
if not wholly arbitrary, must be
respected by the courts.” Tuller
vy. Central School District No. 1,
40 N.Y. 2d 487.

A

POINTED

new post of deputy commissioner
for Metropolitan New York.

He also served as @ psychiatric
social worker in the corrections
system of the California Youth
Authority, as project director of
the Youth Training and Em-
ployment Project in East Los
Angeles.

RETIREMENT
NEWS & FACTS

By A. L. PETERS
Social Security Changes

obtain the funds,
Following is # listing of those individ-
membership

tem a minimum is given te those
who qualify at age 65 having
earned more than $50 in each of
40 quarters during a lifetime.

been “retirement.” But inasmuch
as many people work far beyond
the retirement age, the limit of
$2760 per year was placed on
earnings up to age 72, This
tem is now being attacked
both sides—by those who feel
be

ditors in the office of Comptrol-
ler Harrison J. Goldin are being
provided free of charge by the
New York State Society of Cer-
tified Public Accountants as a
contribution to the City in its
period of fiscal crisis.

If you are over 65 years of
age and planning to sell your
home, it is best to wait after
Dec. 31, all other factors being
equal, The tax on the sale will

be less in 1977,
What must you report to

social security after you start
getting SSI payments?

Report changes in your in-
come, resources or things you
own, living arrangements, and
marital status. Your eligibility
for SSI will be reviewed by s0-
cial security periodically to make
sure you are getting the right
payment amounts, But it’s up to
you to report any changes be-
tween those reviews,

Social Security checks will be
arriving a bit earlier next year.
A new policy dictates that if the
third of a month falls on a Sat-
urday or Sunday, the checks will
be mailed to be received on Fri-
day. However, if the third is a
Monday, the checks will be de-
livered on Saturday, the first of
the month, inasmuch as the
checks must be dated during the
month of intended payment. The
new policy applies also to the
direct deposit program.

Pensions for veterans will in-
crease 7 percent on Jan. 1 if
President Gerald R. Ford signs
a bill now before him. Increased
benefits will also be available
for disabled veterans and sur-
vivors of Americans killed in ac-
tion, This increase is 8 percent.

AS & public service, The Leader
continues to publish the names
of individuals who are benefici-
aries of unclaimed checks from
the New York State Employees’
Retirement System and the State
Policemen’s and Firemen's Fund.
The Leader or the New York
State Employees’ Retirement Sys-
tem in Albany may be contacted
for information as to how to

Maddox, Melance Bronx
Maher, James J _ Bethpage
Malone, Margaret Huntington Sea.
Maloney, James M Buffalo
Marcelino, Theresa Brentwood
Mayo, Raymond J. Jr. Geno
Mazzetti, Roger Haverstraw
McCormick, Martie Monae
McCray, George F ‘BOOK
McDonald, Joseph P Brooklyn
McDonald, Melvin New York
McManus, James F Central Islip

McOwen, James P ae
Meehan, Francis J “Brooklyn
Migs, Felicia J so the
Millahn, Albert H Seaten Is
Miller Becy H New Berlin
M Hawthoree
Pearl River

New York

Poughkeepsie

Seaton Is

Seaford

Ronkonkoma

Montag, Raymond ‘Spring Valley
Morisco, Maryanne oo Ahmaleywille
Morris, Harold E Newfield
Morroy, Evert A E Patchogue
Moses, ‘Ada Nyack
Mosher, Helen A Wappingers Falls
Murphy. Thomas M Hempscead
Murray, John T Rochester
Newman, Phoebe New York
Norman, Fred B Albany
O'Connor, Harold J Exgertsville
OGrady, Sarah T Little Neck
Ortolano, Joha tL Buffalo
Pace, Barbare Wilson, N.C

Pisce, Edward

Richardson, Joseph F
Rodas, Caroline J

Rodriguez, Robert Orangedurs
Romero, Eduardo M Redwood City, Cal.

Rose, Esther 1 Athaca
Roshia, Rita ) Savannah
Sailer, Carlton J Livonia
Samuels, Ruth J Memphis
Sanders Cora B Seatea Is
Samos, Voraro R New City
Sawyer, David, Jr Scotia
Schookey, Kathieen B Great Bend, Pa.
Ne

Thomas, Robert J

‘Thompson, Mar

‘Thompson, Marie

Tooks, James A

Toomey, Daniel F

Towe, Iris

Trino, Paul J

Van West, Harold J
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s

Long Beach
Great Neck
(Te Be Continued)

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, November 12, 1976

CSEA CONVENTION REPORTS, PHOTOS

Overall view of Concord auditorium shows delegates during general business meeting.

The following is the Standing Salary
committee report submitted at the
CSEA annual convention last month.
Chairman is Natalie Yaskow, of Buf-
falo Psychiatric Center chapter, and
committee members are Dale Burrell,
James Currier, Richard Doucette, Jack
Dougherty, Gloria Goodman, Ben Kos-
lorowski, James Mullen, William O'Neill
and Marjorie Reeves,

Your Standing Salary Committee
wishes to advise the Delegates as to
the reasons why this Committee Report
was not completed in time to mail to
the Delegates thirty days prior to the
Annual Meeting commencing on Octo-
ber 11, 1976, Basically, there are two
reasons for the delay in the prepara-
tion of this Report:

1, Ths Committee is gravely con-
cerned about & proposal contained in
the Report Of The Revision Of The
Constitution & By-Laws Committee
(Report No. 4) and that Committee's
recommendation to abolish the
Standing Salary Committee.

The Revision Of Constitution &
By-Laws Committee Report states
that “The Salary Committee, is, and
has been, historically only for usage
in one CSEA division which no long-
er justifies its continuance under the
strict guidelines of a standing com-
mittee as outlined in Section 1 (a)
and Section 1 (d) of Article VI." A
review of the composition of mem-
bership on the Standing Salary Com-
mittee will indicate that historically
there has been at least one County
Division member appointed to this
committee up until approximately
four years ago. Obviously, the County
Division has not sought the advice
of the Salary Committee in salary
matters pertaining to political sub-
division negotiations, This service was
available to the County Division but
never received adequate publicity
wherein County Division Chapters and
Units were made aware of this fact.

Historically, the Salary Committee
has been charged with the respon-
sibility of reviewing factual statisti-
cal data regarding salaries and fringe
benefits for State employees and
making recommendations to the

Standing Salary Committee Report

Delegates for possible adoption to
improve such conditions of employ-
ment through the negotiation process,

We strongly urged Delegate disap-
Proval of the deletion of the Salary
Committee as a standing committee
as proposed under Item 9 on page
8 & 9 of the Report Of The Revision
Of Constitution & By-Laws Commit-
tee. To this end, we recommend that
the Standing Salary Committee have
among its appointed members no less
than three members from the Coun-
ty Division, and further that, adequate
publicity be given to the fact that
County Division Chapters and Units
may, if they so desire, seek the ad-
vice and the recommendations of the
Standing Salary Committee in form-
ulating salary and fringe benefits
demands, as well as the justification
therefor, to be used in collective ne-
gotiations at the local level. We fur-

ther propose that no limitations be

placed upon this Committee with re-

spect to the minimum or maximum
number of meetings to be held per
year.

2. In order to consider the latest
data available which would affect the
recommendations of this Committee,
& meeting was held on September 23,
1976 to finalize its State salary rec-
ommendations as contained in this
report.

With respect to the salary negotia-
tions which are to occur under the re-
opener provision of our present State
Contracts, your Standing Salary Com-
mittee offers to the Unit Negotiating
Committees the following two resolu-
tions as guidelines:

1. WHEREAS, there is a strong case
to be made for @ general overall sal-

ary increase, and

WHEREAS, unity and strength on

Irene Carr, left, assumes her duties for first time at convention as statewide CSEA
secretary. Here she compares notes with Helen Van deWal, longtime stenotypist for
the union's most important meetings. Ms. Carr was elected CSEA secretary following
‘the death of Dorothy MacTavish, whose name was added to the CSEA Memorial
Plaque by special action of the delegates last month.

~_

From way out west, Wyoming County
chapter 861's Suzanne Stopen checks
over some of the study material fur-
nished to delegates to help them prepare
for convention debates.

the part of the CSEA, is important
in the negotiating process, and

WHEREAS, coalition bargaining on
salaries has produced substantial gen-
eral increase in past years, NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that
the amount of the general across-the-
board salary increase under our con-
tract reopeners be negotiated on a
coalition basis.

2. WHEREAS, statistical data re-
flecting increases in the cost of living
have far out-weighted general in-
creases in State salaries since 1967,
and

WHEREAS, State employees will
not have received a general salary in-
crease for a three-year period by
April 1, 1977, and

WHEREAS, an increasing number
of State employees have had to sup-
plement their State income in order
to adequately provide for their fam-
ilies, and

WHEREAS, many State employees
are currently receiving welfare bene-
fits, because of the low level of State
salaries, NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that the CSEA seek an
across-the-board increase in basic
annual salaries for all employees in
the Administrative Services, Opera-
thonal Services, Institutional Services
and Professional, Scientific & Tech-
nical Services Bargaining Units in the
amount of 22 percent, with no full-
time employee to receive less than
$2,400, effective the beginning of the
State payroll period the first day of
which is nearest to April 1, 1977.
Such salary increase shall be applica-
ble to other than full time annual
salaried employees as specified in
Article 7.6 of Supplement II to the
1973-76 Agreement.

Inasmuch as our recommendations
have been submitted to the Unit Nego-
tating Committees, this report is sub-
mitted to the Delegates for informa-
onal purposes only.
CSEA CONVENTION REPORTS,

PHOTOS

Special Memorial Plaque Committee Report

The following is the Special Memorial
Plaque Committee report submitted at
the CSEA annual convention tast
month. Chairman is Raymond Castie,
retired, and committee members are
William McGowan, Richard Cleary, Jo-
seph McDermott, James Lennon, Solo-
mon Bendet and Irving Flaumenbaum.

Since our last report to the Dele-
gates in 1975, four names have been
added to the Plaque at 33 Elk Street.
‘These are John A. Cromie, Ivan 8.
Flood, Fannie Smith and Abraham
Kranker. Only one name has been
submitted to the committee in the
past year.

The John M. Harris Memorial Pla-
que is to commemorate the names of
those who have rendered outstanding
service to the Association. It is recog-
nized that throughout the years thou-
sands of members have rendered very
valuable service and made substantial
sacrifices to advance good government
and employee welfare, and all objec-
tive names to be inscribed on the

Memorial Plaque shall be limited to

CSEA vice-president Richard Cleary,
head of the union's Central Region V,
takes part in debate from floor, as
Westchester Local 860 second vice-
president Stanley Boguski awaits turn
at microphone,

Betty Duffy, CSEA director representing Long Island
Region I Mental Hygiene employees, adds to discussion
as Nassau Parks unit president Tom Gargiulo listens.
Ms, Duffy also heads Pilgrim Psychiatric Center chap-
ter 418,

deceased members of the Association
who during their lifetime have rend-
ered outstanding benefits or services to
their chapter, their Conference or to the
State Association, and will usually have
resulted in efforts which were “far be-
yond the call of duty.” There ts no
time limit on when these outstanding
services may have been rendered

The idea of the Plaque originated with
the Southern Conference and was lir-
ited to that Conference. However the
idea had such merit that it was taken
over to apply to the entire Association

Serious responsibility rests upon the
Plaque Committee, the Board of Di-
rectors and the Delegates to assure that
the Memorial Plaque serves the fine
purpose for which it was created. Nom-
inations for inclusion on the Plaque may
be presented by any member of the
Association through his chapter, after an
Interval of at least six months fol-
lowing death of the nominee. The
Chapter shall submit such recommenda-
tion to the Conference Region and the
Conference Region to the State Asso-
clation. Each nomination must be sub-
mitted on a regular application form
for the purpose, supplied by the As-
sociation upon request, on which shall
be set forth supporting data, giving de-
tailed accomplishments of the deceased
member. All such nominations are then
referred to the Memorial Plaque Com-
mittee for review of the facts related
to the services rendered.

Down through the years, succeeding
Memoria] Plaque Committees have seri-
ously considered all nominations, and
so it maintains the high standard and
fine recognition the Plaque represents.
The next time you are at 33 Elk Street,
take a few minutes to look at the Memo-
rial Plaque. You will see names of per-
sons you do not recognize, but you will
find others whom you know and per-
haps have worked with, But every name
deserves to be there because of loyal
service and because they have been

John Mauro, left, CSEA director (Rockland County) and
Southern Region Ill first vice-president, listens to Sul-
livan chapter 853 president Earl Bivins and Rockland
chapter 844 county unit president Patsy Spicci.

carefully selected. Say a prayer of ap-
preciation as we all benefit from what
they have done. And say a prayer that
we will continue to produce workers
and leaders that will continue to make
this Association great.

At this time the committee wishes
to approve the name of Anna M. Bessette
from Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center,
for inclusion upon the Plaque. She has
served the Association in a conscient!-
ous way for many years through her
chapter, conference and for over ten
years as a member of the State Board
of Directors. She was alert, articulate
and set high standards of participation
on the Board. Every member of our
committee has personal knowledge of
Ann's efforts through serving on the
Board during her lifetime.

The chairman would once again re-
mind all concerned that the commit-
tee stands ready to receive recommen-
dations of names of distinguished past
members for the John M. Harris Memo-
rial Plaque from our chapters through-
out the state

4 bs ae
CSEA director Ethel Ross (Judiciary)
presides at meeting to discuss pending
state takeover of various court systems
now within local government jurisdic-
tions,

Attentive group shown here during business session are delegates from various
chapters in Albany Region IV's North Country. From left are Donna Johnson, SUC
at Plattsburgh chapter 612; Jim Hull, Essex County residency of Transportation
District 1 chapter 676; Keith Bearor, Washington County residency; Gil Tatro,

Essex County residency; Don Haskell

Warren County residency, all of chapter

and H. William Lucas, the DOT chapter treasurer.

racchi gives attentive ear to Central Islip Psychiatric
Center chapter 404 president Danny Donovan. Mr.
Varacchi is also statewide grievance chairman,

(Leader photos by Ted Kaplan)

Special Statewide Armory Employees Committee Report

The following ts the Special State-
wide Armory Employees committee re-
pert submitted at the CSEA annual
convention last month. Chairman is
Richard Houghtaling, of Genesee Valley
Armory Employees chapter, and com-
mittee members are Donald Brown,
Robert Herling, Thomas Burke, James
Stevens, Roy Seabrook, Richard Gui-
singer and Greg Webster,

Our first meeting of the year was
held at Cortland, New York, on May
13, 1976 in the VFW Hall.

The meeting was opened in the usual
manner with roll call and a moment of
silence for departed members. All com-
mittee members were present and since

this committee does cover the statewide
area with eight chapters we try to
hold our meeting at a central point.
Mr. W. Reuben Goring our representa-
tive and liaison man from CSEA staff
was present for any and all questions
and discussions presented on our be-
half to CBEA. Both in the form of
resolutions to be presented to the Plat-
form Committee and to do what he
could to get us some kind of disposi-
ton of what happened to them from
Ms, Rabin, head of that committee.
He also let us know what had been
done and could be done in the way of
grievances and did encourage people
to use grievance procedures, but
through the proper channels and in

the specified time.

Mr. Goring has been a whale of an
asset to our committee and I, as Chair-
man, cannot thank him enough for
the help he has given me as Chairman
and my fellow employees.

Our second meeting was held at the
New Scotland Avenue Armory in Al-
bany on August 5, 1976.

Again Mr, Goring was with us and
said our resolutions had been forward-
ed and he had been assured that I,
4s Chairman, would soon receive writ-
ten answers from Ms. Rabin which I did
get and am very grateful to her for
her help and cooperation, also.

We had several subjects to cover
at this time such as special education

courses negotiated for by CSEA which
we had been denied from taking due to
not being in one of the four bargain-
ing units, Also, there was some discus-
sion on the possibility of using some
CETA employees to help fill some of
the gaps in five more Armories,

Some discussion followed on classi-
fication of Security and Maintenance
titles in Armories. A lot of good ideas
came out of which with the help of
Mr. Goring.

Several other subjects were discussed
at this meeting and with the kind of
help I have had from all the people
on my committee and the offices and
staff at CSEA Headquarters, I know
things have to get better in the future,

9161 ‘ZT 29queson “epg “YAGVAT AOIANAS TAD
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, November 12, 1976

AUDIO-VISUAL SPEC
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training and production special-
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open competitive exam 27-612

HISTORIC SITE CHIEF

ALBANY—A chief of historic
site artifact conservation eligible
list, resulting from open compe-
titive exam 27-587, was estab-
lished Oct. 25 by the State Civil
Service Department. The list con-
tains three names.

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2 Engineers

ALBANY —The State De-
partment of Civil Service is
continuously recruiting state
workers for

Conservation Department. Te
qualify, candidates must take an
oral test, which is frequently
held in Albany.

Assistant sanitary engincer,
No. 30-282, is open to Environ-
mental Conservation Depart-
ment employees with a year's ex-
perience as a junior engineer and
an intern engineer's certificate.
A year's engineering experience
in @ grade 19 or higher position
is good for senior sanitary en-
sineer, No. 30-281.

‘The oral exam for both posts
is designed to test the appli-
cant’s ability to reason clearly
and make sound judgments, pre-
sent ideas clearly and establish
® satisfactory relationship with
others.

Application forms are avatil-
able from department personnel
offices. Completed forms should
be sent to the State Department
of Civil Service, The State Office
Building Campus, Albany, N.Y.
12239.

Schoolmasters
To Meet Nov. 13

Board of Education president
Robert Christen will be the guest
speaker at the next meeting of
the New York Schoolmasters’
Club Nov. 13 at the Sheraton
Hotel.

For its December meeting the
group will hear a talk given by
Martin Mayer, author of “Some
Different Views of New York's
Budget Crisis." The club will
celebrate its 86th anniversary
Dec. 18 and honor its first pres-
ident, William Fitzgibbons, Col-
umbia University professor.

John Jay Opens
Fire Adm. Class

John Jay College of Criminal
Justice has established a Fire
Science Department and ts con-
ferring a bachelor of arts degree
in fire service administration,

The courses offered in this
field of study are fire depart-
ment organization and manage-
ment, Part I and I, operations
analysis for management, and
seminar in fire service problems.

Also, fire protection systems,
building and safety standards,
fire insurance and risk, analysis
of urban hazardous materials,
fire investigation, and safety
engineering.

Rensselaer Seeking

A Planning Engineer

TROY — The Rensselaer
County Civil Service Com-
mission has announced filing
until Nov. 17 for a Dec, 11
open competitive examination
for planning engineer (Emm
No. 65-002)

‘The job pays $12,901 and there
is one vacancy at present.

A bachelor's degree in a re-
lated field or an associate de-
gree plus four years’ experience
or an equivalent combination ts
required.

For further information con-
tact the commission at the Court
House, Troy, N.Y.

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» File Now For U.S.
Rec Therapist Jobs

The Charleston, S.C. area of-
fice of U.S, Civil Service Com-
mission {s accepting applications
for therapeutic recreation spe-
clalist jobs in Veterans Hospl-
tals throughout the country, un-
til Dec. 29.

To qualify for the GS-5 level
post which pays $9,303, applicants
must have a bachelor’s degree
with a major in hospital recrea-
tion therapy; or study which in-
cluded or was supplemented by
24 semester hours in one or a
combination of the following spe-
clalizations: arts and crafts,
music, social activities, drama,
radjo/television or sport; or a
major in recreation with at
least 15 semester hours in the
areas of specialization.

For GS-7, which pays $11,523,
applicants must have in addi-
tion one year of experience in-
volving the principles and phil-
osophy of recreation.

A program of clinical practice

in recreation obtained in a Vet-
erans Administration clinical
training program or a similar
program may be substituted for
six months’ experience and is
fully qualifying for the GS-6
level post, which pays $10,370.

A master's degree, including or
preceded by appropriate clinical
practice, with a major in rec-
reation or @ field of specializa-
tion, can be substituted for the
one year's required experience.

Certain applicants who are
within nine months of earning
@ bachelor’s degree and have
superior academic achievement
are also eligible.

Appropriate forms can be ob-
tained at Federal Job Informa-
tion Centers. The announcement
number is AC-5-04.

Completed forms should be
sent to Charleston Area Office,
US. Civil Service Commission,
334 Meeting Street, Charleston,
S.C. 29403.

HEW Sets Benefit
Decision Appeal Time

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare has published final regulations which
provide a uniform time period of 60 days during which a
person claiming benefits can request reconsideration of an

adverse decision or request &
hearing on a reconsidered deci-
sion.

‘The regulations apply to the
retirement, survivors, disability,
black lung, hospital insurance,
and supplemental security in-
come programs administered by
the Social Security Administra-
tion.

‘The regulations provide the
same time period for requesting
reconsideration as provided by
P. L. 04-202, enacted Jan. 2,
which established a period of 60
days for requesting a hearing.

To protect claimaints in cases
where a time limit has expired,

SSA has procedures uhder which
an initial determination may be
reopened. In addition, SSA regu-
lations provide for an extension
of time if good cause is estab-
lished for not filing on time,

ED DIRECTOR

ALBANY—A director, division
of supervision, education of
handicapped children eligible list,
resulting from open competitive
exam 27-611, was established
Nov. 1 by the State Civil Service
Department. The list contains
three names.

Rockland Sets
4 Examinations

NEW CITY — The Rockland
County Civil Personnel Office
has opened filing for assistant
engineer (Exam No. 64-974), as-
sistant recreational facilities
manager (64-905), dietitian (64-
829) and junior engineer (64-
973).

For further information and
application, contact the person-
nel office at County Office
Building, New City, N.Y. 10956.

CIPC Meeting

CENTRAL ISLIP—A meeting
of the Central Islip Psychiatric
Center chapter, Civil Service
Employees Assn., has been set
for Thursday, Nov. 18. The
meeting has been set for 7:30
p.m, at the Gullhaven Golf Club
clubhouse, CIPC.

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MANHATTAN — The U.S.
General Services Adminis-
tration fs recruiting to fill
one vacancy for custodial
work inspector. The starting sal-
ary {s $5.40 per hour.

Applicants must be able to in-
spect, keep records, make reports
and plan and organize work.

Standard Form 171, or a re-
sume, should be submitted to
Personnel Division-2BPE, Gen-
eral Services Administration, 26
Federal Plaza, New York, N.Y.
10007

New York State boasts the
largest titanium mine in the
U.S. near Tahawus in the Adir-
ondack Mountains.

The World Trade Center's out-
door observation platform in
New York City is the highest in
the world.

Full Employment
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Congratulations were accorded to Anna H. Reilly recently upon her
appointment from the civil service ranks to new post as super-

intendent of Minekill State Park, Wishes were extended by Eric

Seibert, left, superintendent at Bethpage State Park and Ms. Reilly's
last boss, and, Peter Higgerson, president of Long Island State Parks

chapter of CSEA,

Former CSEAer Is First
Woman State Park Chief

BABYLON — Members of the Long Island State Parks
chapter of the Civil Service Employees Assn. have been
pleased at news that Anna H. Reilly, a former member, has
been confirmed as superintendent of Minekill State Park

upstate:

Ms. Reilly is believed to be the
first woman park superintendent
in the state park system,

She had worked her way up
from a Grade 4 position in less
than 10 years with the Long Is-
land State Park Commission.
Starting in the civil service as a
stenographer Oct. 27, 1966, Ms.
Reilly was reallocated a grade
higher in 1968, earned promo-
tion to Grade 7 senior clerk in
1969, was promoted to public
relations aide in 1970 and made

principal clerk Grade 11 in 1972.

‘This year, she was asked if she
would take a crack at being a
park superintendent and she ac-
cepted,

She had been at Bethpage
State Park on Long Island at the
time. Her success was hailed by
Peter Higgerson, president of the
Long Island State Parks chapter,
and many former fellow em-
ployees were cheered to hear of
her confirmation in the new post
following a 90-day probationary
period.

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giene, State University and Drug
Abuse Services Departments.
Starting salaries for the open-
competitive jobs range between
$25,161 and $31,055 a year

New York City area and Mon-
roe County appointees receive an
additional $200 annual salary
differential.

Candidates must have a state
medical license. For assistant
clinical physician, applicants also
need a year’s internship.

Three years’ medical experi-
ence will qualify applicants for
clinical physician I and five
years is good for clinical phy-
siclan II, Candidates for physi-
clan II must also have 150 hours
of continuing education three
years prior to appointment.

Applicants will be rated on
training and experience, There
will be no written tests.

Applications and information
are available at the State Civil
Service Department, State Office
Building Campus, Albany; Two
World Trade Center, N.Y.C.

Erie T’Giving Dance

LACKAWANNA—The second

Ployees Assn., will be held Satur-
day, Nov. 20.

The event will be held at
John's Flaming Hearth, 1830 Ab-
bott Road, Lackawanna.

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9161 ‘ZI 2°queaoy ‘hep “YAGVAT ADIANAS WALD
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, November 12, 1976

MH Baker Wins Top Idea Prize

— Twenty-one
state age won a total
of $1,395 in cash awards in
October for money-saving
ideas submitted to the New York
state employee suggestion pro-
gram. The program is adminis-
tered by the State Department of
Civil Service. Estimated first-
year savings from these sugges-
tions total $13,690.

Amounts and award winners
are:

$400—Robert D. Turcotte, Co-
hoes, chief baker, Department of
Mental Hygiene in Rotterdam.
He devised a more effective way
to protect pies from damage in
shipment to Mental Hygiene fa-

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$200—Anita L. Kyratzis, Colo-
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Finance.

$75—Edwird J. Scott, Hudson,
Division of Criminal Justice Ser-
vices.

$50 — Margaret D. Albertson,
Valatie, Education Department,
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$40—Robert J. Mahar, Albany,
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$30 — Richard E. DeGroff,
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and Charles V. Hasselman, Rens-
selaer, both Education; Carmella
A. Keon, Colonie; Jean L. Way,
Scotia, and Karen Fino, Hunt-
ington, all Department of Motor
Vehicles, and Constance J.
Roberts, Bronx; Beverly A. Va-
den, Bronx, and Frank Restine,
Schenectady, all of the Work-
men’s Compensation Board.

Cash award winners also re-
ceive certificates of merit, Cer-
tificates of merit also were
awarded to Gerald A. Gerace,
Dansville; Domenick J. Martello,
Jr., Dansville, and Samuel Zaso,
Mount Morris, all of Mental Hy-
giene; Anthony DiAndrea, Utica,
Motor Vehicles; Shirley A. Eb-
ron, New York City, Workmen's
Compensation Board (three cer-
tificates); Richard F. Weeks,
Troy, Education, and Mary E.
Garguno, Rochester, Tax and Pi-
nance,

Reopen U.S.
Shorthand,
Stores Jobs

The New York City Area Of-
fice of the US. Civil Service
Commission has reopened filing

mechanic and repairer at grade
WG-10. It also reopened sales
store checker at grade GS-2 at
West Point.

The GS-7 shorthand reporter
job, which pays $11,523, requires
one year’s experience. Three
years’ experience is required for
GS-9, which pays $14,097,

‘There are no training or ex-
perience requirements for re-
Porting stenographer, GS-5,
which pays $9,303. No date has
been set for the written tests.

Sales store checker (GS-2) re-
quires a high school diploma or
six months’ genera] experience.
The pay is $6,572 a year. For
GS-3, which pays $7,408, one
year's experience is required. At
least half a year's experience
must have been as a sales store
checker. A training course in
sales store checking can be sub-
stituted for three months’ spe-
cialized experience. Clerical work
or schooling above high school
can be substituted for six months
general experience.

For further information on
the jobs, contact the commission
at one of the federal job in-
formation centers,

To Discuss State

Court Takeover

The significance of New York
State's takeover of the elty court
system will be the featured tople
at a Nov. 14 Association of Jew-
ish Court Attaches meeting at
the Educational Alliance, 197
East Broadway, Manhattan,

Sheldon Amster, court admin-
istrator, appellate division, sec~
ond judicial will discuss effects
of the takeover on non-judicial
employees’ status, salaries, re-
Urement benefits and other
terms of employment,

WHITE PLAINS—Lawrence RB.
Sykes, 27, has been appointed
by Westchester County attorney
Gerald Harris as assistant coun-
ty attorney.

be obtained by
.S. Civil Service

27\ Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn; 590 Grand Concourse, Bronx; or

~_ Engineering And ‘Scientific

|. Physical Sciences and

Professions rh .GS-5 to 15 424
Meteorological Technician ee a cee GS-4, 7,9 NY-843 e
Life Sciences GS-5 to 7 421

General

Correction Officer 6S-6 431

Freight Rate GS-7, 9 WA4-13

Mid-Level fic GS-9 to 12 NY-5-13

Senior Level Positions GS-13-15 408

Technical Assistant GS-4, 5 NY-5-07

Stenography And Typing

Stenographer GS-3, 4 18 @

ie NY-5-04

NY-1-18

NY-5-10

WA-8-03

NY-5-09

NY-5-06

GS-5, 6 NY-3-02

GS-5, 6 NY-0-25,

GS-5, 6,7 NY-3-01

GS-5 to II NY-6-03

GS-5 to 12 419

GS-5, 7 428

GS-5, 7 'WA.0-07

GS-5 to 12 AT0-59

Social And Education
42%

Social Worker and Correctional Treatment GS-9 to 12

Specialist
Poychologiah acon nn nn GS-9 to 12 WA-9-13
Professional Careers for Librarians GS-7 to 12 422

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CSEAeas Help In Nassau
Influenza Shot Campaign

MINEOLA—Civil service employees are playing a key
role as volunteers in the mass influenza innoculation pro-
gram that got under way in Nassau County recently.

Thirty employees of the Nassau County Health Depart-

ment are serving as managers of
the 30 innoculation sites, and
other civil service volunteers are
helping with the necessary in-
take and paperwork procedures.
All innoculations are being given
by volunteer doctors and nurses,
some of them also civil service
employees.

For example, Nick Abbatiello,
vice-president of the Nassau
chapter, Civil Service Employees
Assn., is serving as site manager
for the inoculation center at
the Baldwin High School.

Many locations, however, will
need more volunteers when a
heavier load develops as the pro-
gram is extended to the general
public. The first sessions are re-
stricted to persons 65 years of
age and over and persons with

high-risk conditions.

To volunteer, call Kar! Kram-
Pe at (516) 535-3345 at the
Health Department.

OFFICERS’ LIST

ALBANY—A correction offi-
cer (male, spanish speaking) eli-
gible list, resulting from open
competitive exam 24-349, was es-
tablished Oct. 25 by the State
Civil Service Departrent. The
list contains 131 names.

The colony of New York be-
came a state on April 20, 1777,
with the adeption of its first
constitution, 12 years prior to
the Federal Constitution.

Suffolk Police
Unit Luncheon

HAUPPAUGE — The annual
Christmas luncheon of the Suf-
folk County Police Department
unit, Civil Service Employees
Assn., has been set for Thursday,
Dec. 16.

‘The luncheon has been set
for 1 p.m. at the Heritage Inn.
Smithtown By-Pass, Hauppauge
Tickets are $7.25 per person,
which includes tax and gratu-
ities.

CORRECTION OFFICER

ALBANY—A correction offi-
cer (male, reg 5) eligible list,
resulting from open competitive
exam 24-335, was established Oct
25 by the State Civil Service De-
partment. The list contains 394
names,

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toll superhighway.

Occupational And Physical
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CIVIL SE!

Local 860 president Raymond
Cassidy and third vice-president
Pat Mascloll, second from left,
xreet some of the dignitaries who
paid their respects to union
members at party. Left from Mr.
Mascioli are State Senator John
Flynn (R-Yonkers), Westchester
County Executive Alfred Del Bel-
lo, CSEA president Theodore C.
Wenzl, Assemblyman Peter Sul-
livan (R-White Plains) and
CSEA treasurer Jack Gallagher.

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CSEA Mulls Filing Cohoes SUNYA Chapter Goes Local |*
°
“Local 691 C.S.E.A." is the way the return envelopes are
mproper Practice arge printed for, the Civil Service SnoloyeesAum's GUMY at
Albany local chapter.

COHOES—An improper practices charge may be filed by the Civil Service Employees Chapter treasurer Mary Jarocki advises that since union
Assn. in behalf of 65 employees of the Cohoes Department of Public Works over proposed delegates voted at last month's statewide convention to
changes in conditions of employment made by the city. change the names of the chapters to locals, “I believe we

Cohoes Mayor Ronald Canestrar! said that the changes were intended to make the may be the first to use the new name.”

Department's operations “more SUNY at Albany Local 691 may be the first to officially

efficient An Albany Region IV CSEA Campbell said, “the people are adopt the local designation since the delegate convention, but e
They involve reduction of spokesman, Daniel Campbell, upset because they were not in- two other chapters have been using “local” as part of their

three senior foremen to junior said that the union is awaiting formed, other than what they names for some time.

foreman status and, he sald, disposition of its complaint on could read in thelr newspapers. ‘They. exe Gouthern Region Iil's Westchester Local 800,

“more clearly defines lines of the Cohoes move from city offi- “The City of Cohoes cannot

authority.”

The reductions will involve a
loss for each foreman of $700
annually.

cials. He added that no CSEA

officer had been notified that

the changes were to take place.
“The first thing 1s," Mr.

Tri-Town Albany Area School
Unit Mulls Fact-Finder Ideas

RAVENA—The Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk non-instruc-
tional unit of the Civil Service Employees Assn. will shortly
be voting to accept or reject a fact-finder’s recommended
settlement to end a developing labor dispute between the

school district administration
and the local members,

‘The facte-finder is Egon Plag-
er, acting for the Public Em-
ployment Relations Board.

Mr. Plager suggested the de-
mand by the school adminis-
tration to adjust alleged inequi-
ties in last year's salary increase,
which provided a $600 across-the-
board increase for all CSEA lo-
cal members, be denied. He point-
ed out that this topic was not a
part of the agreed-upon reopen-
er topics and should, therefore,
be dropped.

Mr. Plager said he would ac-
cept @ two percent increase for
all members, but he recommend-
ed that the increase be 5 percent.

A reayes} for, complete family

insurance coverage was denied
and Mr, Plager agreed that all
increases be retroactive to July 1

‘The CSEA local and the school
administration will vote on this
suggested settlenent.

Buffalo Dinner
Meeting Is Set

BUPFFALO—A dinner meeting
of the Buffalo chapter, Civil
Service Employees Assn., has
been set for Wednesday, Nov. 17

Chapter corresponding secret-
ary Sue Porpigiia said the din-
ner meeting, set to begin at 5:30
p.m., will be held at the Statler

, Hilon, Motel, Buffalo, , , «

change the terms and conditions
of employment of union mem-
bers without negotiating with the
CSEA,” the spokesman said.
“The Public Employment Rela-
tions Board has affirmed this
again and again.”

Mr, Campbell criticized the
city’s methods in making the re-
adjustment known.

“We're contacting them the
same way they contacted us,” he
said. “Through the newspapers.
If they are ready and willing
to negotiate through the news-
papers, the CSEA is ready and
willing to negotiate with them
through the newspapers.”

Mr. Campbell said that taking
the issue to the PERB is one
means of solving the problem,
but added that Cohoes City
fathers have not met with CSEA
authorities to determine if “what
they seek to accomplish, through
the changes, could be sccom-
plished in another way.”

The city has claimed that its
fiscal situation is a precarious
one, Responding to this, Mr,
Campbell pointed out, “It's
cheaper to negotiate than liti-
wate.”

uy US,
OnDs!

Westchester Local Combines Play And Politics

When Westchester Local 860
members get together for a social
function, they play as hard as
they do to maintain their repu-
tation for hard work. So it is no
surprise to see the usually digni-
fied regional attorney Arthur
Grae and his wife take time out
from winning grievance cases for
CSEA members to spoof that
public employees’ bugaboo, the
Taylor Law. With them are Bug
and Boo, who, in more formal
moments, are Local 860 president
Raymond Cassidy and his wife,
Marie,

Strike And Jail
Possibilities
& Flaumenbaum

(Continued from Page 1)

“We are not immovable,” Mr.
Flaumenbaum asserted. “We are
ready to bargain in good faith.
We have three problems: money,
money and money.”

He added: “We are not in-
terested in pursuing bad-faith
negotiations. We must have some
results.”

A spokesman for Mr. Caso was
quoted in the press claiming that
the county had not made its
ast offer and had been pre-
pared to continue bargaining

“That's a lie,” Mr, Flaumen-
baum exploded when informed
of the statement.

Mr. Plaumenbaum said later
that his willingness to lead a @
strike, if necessary, “was my own
idea, I haven't talked to anybody
about it

“I don’t know,” he added,
“how else we can prevent the
county from violating the Taylor
Law by refusing to bargain.”

The Nassau chapter had de-
creed that talks with the Caso
Administration be pursued only
for five meetings, with an im-
passe to be declared if there was
no realistic offer forthcoming e
from the county,

Mr. Flaumenbaum said that
the county had accepted a CSEA
demand to dispense with media-
tion and proceed direct to fact-
finding. He said the CSEA would
demand that efforts to break the
impasse be completed by the end
of the year.

&

Metropolitan
William DeMartino

first in Albany Region Iv.

headed by Raymond Cassidy, and New York City Region II's
Division of Employment

SUNY at Albany Local 691 gets the credit for being the

Local 350, led by

CSEA Hopeful In Strike e

(Continued from Page 1)
surance, free lunches and a $650
overtime supplement, in lieu of
overtime, he explained

“Most of our members think
our staff is starving,” he said,
“put I think it is important for
them to realize just how well we

Clinton Pact

(Continued from Page 3)
and requirements for new em-
ployees.

© Henceforth, personal prop-
erty of employees damaged in
lne-of-duty will be repaired or
replaced by the county.

® Legal defense of employees
involved in civil or ertminal pro-
ceedings will be provided by the
county if the action is the result
of the employees carrying out
official duties.

pay our employees. Even the
grades are a couple of hundred
dollars higher than the state
grades,

“During the last two years, the
field staff has received a 13 per-
cent pay increase, plus a tle-in
to the cost-of-living index, and
the house staff has gained a 14
percent increase,” he explained.

Mr. McDermott also pointed @
out that negotiations are con-
tinuing with the state despite
the strike. “Most of the negotia-
tors are union members any
how,” he noted, “and they will
continue to negotiate without
staff assistance. On the other
hand, scores of contract negotia-
tons on behalf of members in
various governmental jurisdic-
tons are temporarily disrupted
by the strike, since the local@
government chapters and units
received about 80 percent of the
fleld staff services.”
WHERE TO APPLY
FOR PUBLIC JOBS

NEW YORK CITY — Persons
seeking jobs with the City
should file at the Department of
Personnel, 49 Thomas St., New
York 10013, open weekdays be-
tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Special
hours for Thursdays are 8:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m,

‘Those requesting applications
by mail must include a stamped,
self-addressed envelope, to be
received by the Department at
least five days before the dead-
line. Announcements are avail-
able only during the filing period.

By subway, applicants can
reach the filing office via the
IND (Chambers St.); BMT (City
Hall); Lexington IRT (Brooklyn
Bridge). For information on
titles, call 566-8700.

Several City agencies do their
own recruiting and hiring. They
include: Board of Education
(teachers only). 65 Court St.,
Brooklyn 11201, phone: 596-
8060; NYC Transit Authority,
370 Jay St. Brooklyn 11201,
Phone: 852-5000.

The Board of Higher Educa-
tion advises teaching staff ap-
plicants to contact the individ
ual schools; non-faculty jobs are
filled through the Personnel De-
partment directly.

STATE — Regional offices of
the State Department of Civil
Service are located at the World

Trade Center, Tower 2 55th
floor, New York 10048 (phone
488-4248: 10 a.m.-3p.m.); State

Building Campus, Albany 12239;
Suite 750, 1 W. Genesee SI
Buffalo 14202; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Ap-
plicants may obtain announce-
ments by writing (the Albany of-
fice only) or by applying in per-
son at any of the three.

Various State Employment
Service offices can provide ap-
Plications in person, but not by
mail.

For positions with the Unified
Court System throughout New
York State, applicants should
contact the Staffing Services
Unit, Room 1209, Office of Court

Admin., 270 Broadway, N.Y,,
phone 488-4141
FEDERAL — The U.S. Civil

Service Comnussion, New York
Region, runs a Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
York 10007. Its hours are 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays only.
Telephone 264-0422.

Federal entrants living upstate

‘North of Dutchess County)
should contact the Syracuse Area
Office, 301 Erie Blvd. West.
Syracuse 13: Toll-free calls

may be made to (800) 522-7407
Pederal titles have no deadline
unless otherwise indicated,

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Q. I understand my 27-year-
old mentally retarded son who
lives with me may get monthly
social security checks on my rec-
ord when I die or start getting
retirement or disability benefits.
Can't he get some kind of pay-
ments now?

A. He may be eligible for sup-
plemental security income (SSI)
payments, depending on his in-
come and resources. Since he is
an adult, any income you or
other family members have will
not affect his eligibility. However,
his SSI payment may be reduced
by one-third since he lives at
home.

Q. My social security disability
claim was turned down and I
want to appeal the decision. Do I
need a lawyer to do this?

A. Most social security business,
including the appeal of a claim,
can be done without a lawyer
The people in any social security
office will be glad to help you get
an independent review of your
claim. If you prefer to have a

Questions And Answers

lawyer, you may. Ask any social
security office for the leaflet,
Social security and your right
to representation,

Q. How much work under so-
cial security do I need to be
insured for disability benefits?

A. Workers who become dis-
abled at 31 or over in 1976 need
at least 6% years of work, de-
pending on their age, and five
years of the work must have been
in the 10 years before disability
started. Younger workers need
between 1% and five years of
work, depending on their age.

Q. I was injured on the job
and thought I'd apply for both
social security disability bene-
fits and workers’ compensation.
Can I get both?

A. If you're under 62 and eli-
gible for both, total monthly
Payments to you and your fam-
fly can be as much as 80 per-
cent of your average monthly
earnings before you became dis-
abled. Your full average earn-

ings will be figured, not just
earnings covered by social se-
curity.

Q My daughter and I have
been getting social security pay-
ments since I became disabled
five years ago. She's now 17
and wants to work part time
during her senior year in high
school. How will this affect her
checks?

A. Your daughter can earn as
much as $2,760 in 1976 and still
get all of her social security
benefits. Over $2,760, one dollar
in benefits will be withheld for
every two dolars earned. But no
matter how much she earns for
the year, she can still get a
eheck for any month she doesn’t
earn over $230 and doesn't do
substantial work in self-employ-
ment.

New York State is the site of
the world’s largest underground
salt mine at Retsof, near Roch-
ester.

City MSA
Appoints 3

Three career civil servants
have been appointed to top-level
positions with the Municipal
Service Administration (MSA)

Vincent Scavazzo, with the
Transit Authority since 1947,
was named director of labor re-
lations for the agency. Mr. Sca-
vazzo was also a contract nego-
tlations and bargaining staff di-
rector for District Council 37.

He replaces Nicholas Chiarkas,
who resigned last summer to be-
come director of Iibor relations
for the Patrolmen’s Benevolent
Association.

Roland G. Kearns, a Pederal
Bureau of Investigation special
agent since 1941, was appointed
MSA inspector general, Mr
Kearns succeeds Arthur Corr,
who died June 21 of a stroke.

James W. Krank, in his 40th
year with the city, has been pro-
moted to executive assistant ad-
ministrator. He was formerly
with the Board of Education and
MSA's Public Works Department.

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, November 12, 1976

CSEA STRENGTH f Gs
IN UNITY

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
JUNE 1-NOVEMBER 30

Never in the history of our union has it been so
vital to stick together — grow together and share the
load to keep us strong. In these tough times, the
greater the percentage of membership of any county
unit or chapter, the greater the strength at the bar-
gaining table. The greater the percentage of state
employees belonging to CSEA, the greater the
strength of the state bargaining units.

Therefore, we are offering members in good stand-
ing a cash incentive to recruit new members. There is
no limit to the number of new members you may sign
up. And while the cash incentive is nice to receive,
the most important factor is the strength you will be
helping to build for you and vour fellow worker.

ONE (Member) WILL GET
YOU FIVE ($5)

For each new member you sign up between June 1

and November 30, CSEA will award you $5.00. After-

you have signed up the new member he must be on
the payroll for four bi-weekly pay periods or the
equivalent thereof. Many members are planning their
Christmas shopping around this membership drive.
The Christmas Club bonuses for all members signed
up before September 15 will be paid on December
15th. The second payoff, for new members signed
between September 16 and November 30, will take
place on February 15.

‘CHAPTER OR UNIT PRESIDENT

HAS CONVENIENT SIGN-UP

CARDS

Ready to go? See your Chapter or Unit president
for special sign-up cards which have a place to rec-

ord all the necessary information. Send your cards in
as soon as you sign up a new member — and we'll
credit your account with $5.00 for each member
signed up.

We'll keep your account up to date and will return
to you, in writing, a receipt for each new member
you've signed up.

Only CSEA members in good standing as of June
1, 1976, may recruit new members during this drive.
New members must work in a unit of government
represented by CSEA. So we urge you CSEA mem-
bers —go to it — start signing up non-members for
cash in your pocket and security in your future.

NON-MEMBERS SHOULD
HELP SHARE THE LOAD

If you're a non-member, we ask you to think of
this: sharing the load in these tough times is im-
portant. Legally, we represent you — at the bargain-
ing table — and even in processing grievances. And
we need your support — morally and financially —to
fight the battles ahead. Our dues are most reason-
able for the services provided....services which
benefit you in many ways.

So help us share the load by signing up with us.
CSEA — the most powerful force in New York State
working for public employees

CSEQ