Civil Service Leader, 1976 December 24

Friday, December 24, 1976

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Christmas Greetings

To all our friends of the Christian faith, we extend x
best wishes for a meaningful holiday season and &
good health and prosperity in the new year.

Theodore C.
Civil Service Employees Assn.

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SEASON OF GOOD CHEER AND HOLIDAY SHARING

There are many ways to observe the holiday season and these CSEAers show two of these ways. At
left, John Jay Homestead caretaker Gladys Pratt prepares Victorian table decorations at the state his-
toric site in Katonah, In photo at right, Putnam chapter members Elizabeth Allen, left, and Monique

O'Driscoll wrap toys collected for disadvantaged children, Many CSEA chapters throughout state -
sor charitable activities during this season. te =

CSEA Membership Drive
Is Extended To March

ALBANY—The statewide membership committee of the Civil Service Employees Assn.
has called on its members to take advantage of a recent four-month extension of the
union’s current incentive membership drive, called Super Sign-Up Campaign.

Under the program, each new union member recruited gets the recruiter a $5 in-

centive award.

Following a meeting of the
committee last week, committee
co-chairman Samuel Emmett an-
nounced that updated campaign
information and promotional

materials would soon be mailed
out to all CSEA locals to extend
the drive through March 31.
The original six months cam-
paign ended Noy. 30 but the

Nassau CSEA OK’s Ruling
On A Two-Year Contract

MINEOLA—A fact-finder’s recommendation for a wage
increase of 6.5 percent, and 6 percent in a two-year con-

tract, has been approved by members of the Nassau chapter,
Civil Service Employees Assn.

The vote by about 14,000 em-
Ployees of the county was 4,518
in favor, 3,378 opposed.

Irving Flaumenbaum, presi-
dent of the chapter, said he ex-
pected the settlement would be
enacted promptly by the Nassau
Board of Supervisors, and that
wage increase money would be
included in the first paychecks
after the start of the new year

Voting was conducted Dec. 16
at voting machines in 15 loca-
tions under the supervision of
the Honest Ballot Assn

‘The next step for employees,
Mr. Fiaumenbaum said, “is to
join hands and get to work for
the CSEA. “I've got a deskful
of problems right now.”

He seemed to be referring to
problems of other units of the
chapter in securing contract set-
tlements and a host of individual
cases involving enforcement of
contract rights.

The chapter has been forced
to go to impasse, then fact-find-

ing, after the county's negotia-
tors proposed 4 percent wage in-
creases in each of the two years.
The county offer was upped to
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Repeat This!

Dear Santa Carter
From NY City, State:
Pass The Buck Back

AYOR Abraham D, Beame

may have made an un-
fortunate choice of phrase
last week, when he said that

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CSEA's Board of Directors voted
to extend it.

Rules governing the campaign
will remain essentially the same,
according to Mr. Emmett. All
present members in good stand-
ing may recruit, and those re-
cruited must work for a unit
of government represented by
the CSEA.

In addition, before the recruit-
er can be paid the $5 incentive,
the new member must have been
on payroll for four bi-weekly pay
periods or an equivalent period
of time with another payday fre-
quency.

Mr. Emmett also announced
that a total of 562 checks cover-
ing payment of incentive awards
for members recruited in the

(Continued on Page 3)

File Charges
Against N.Y.
In PST Talks

ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn. has filed
an improper practice charge against the state, charging that
a state negotiator, “without notice and without reason,”
walked away from the bargaining table, refusing to nego-

tlate with the CSEA on @ con-
tract covering state employees in
the Professional, Scientific and
Technical bargaining unit.

‘The formal charges, filed with
the State Public Employment
Relations Board by the CSEA,
also claim that the state's nego-
tiator, Mary Jane Ulirich, re-
Jected out of hand, “and for no
apparent reason,” all of the
CSEA's demands without excep-
tion, has failed to negotiate in
good faith since negotiations be-
gan on Nov, 4, and “has refused
to honor commitments” to the
CSEA throughout the contract
talks.

‘The charges were filed in con-
nection with contract talks in-
volving the PS&T state work-
ers, one of four major bargaining
units of state employees repre-
sented by the CSEA.

Separate negotiations between
the CSEA and the state in all
four Bargaining Units began in
early November under contract
reopener clauses in the contracts
providing for reopened negotia-
tions on salary increases and
changes and improvements in
specific other contract items sel-
ected by both parties.

Talks involving the other three
Bargaining Units are continuing,
and are basically unaffected by
the situation involving the PS&T
talks.

The CSEA’s Paul T. Burch, &
collective bargaining specialist

involved in the negotiations on
behalf of PS&T Bargaining Unit
employees, filed the formal
charges after Ms, Ullrich “ab-
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CSEA Board
Ballots Out

ALBANY — Ballots in a
special election to select
a State Department of
Education representative
on the Board of Directors”
of the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn. were mailed
to eligible department
voters on Dec. 21. They
must be returned not later
than Jan, 10. Ballots will
be tabulated on Jan. 11,
and candidates for the
post may attend the ballot
counting at CSEA Head-
quarters, 33 Elk St., Al-
bany.

The special election is to
fill the unexpired term of
board member Nicholas
Fiscarelli, whose recent
job transfer made him in-
eligible to continue serving
as the board representa-
tive,

Monroe Layoffs, $ Cuts,
Is Subject Of CSEA Suit

ROCHESTER—The Monroe County Local, Civil Service Employees Assn., is filing an
improper practices complaint against the county because of salary cuts and layoffs that
have been approved by the county legislature.

CSREA officials said they are filing the complaint with the State’s Public Employ-

ment Relations Board,

Martin Koenig, president of
the Monroe County chapter, sald
the county is In violation of sec-
tions of the Taylor Law, The Aw
governs public sector employees.

Mr. Koenig said that when the
county legislature voted Dec, 8
to reduce county workers’ sal-

aries, and to lay off 365 em-
ployees, it was making unilateral
changes in the CSEA’s contract
with the county,

He charged that the county
“is bargaining in bad faith” in
its current contract negotiations.
‘The CSEA contract expires at

the end of this month, and the
OSEA and county officials are
now at the bargaining table.
Mr, Koenig said, however, the
legislature's action interferes
with this process.
“They yoted on things that
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, December 24, 1976

Federal
Job Calendar

Detailed announcements and applications may be obtained by
visiting the federal job information center of the U.S. Civil Service
Commission, New York City Region, at 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan;
271 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn; 590 Grand Concourse, Bronx; or
90-04 61st Street, Jamaica, Queens.

Applications for the following positions will be accepted until
further notice, unless a Geng is specified. Jobs are in various

the cour

federal agencies throughout intry.
Agriculture
Title Salary Grade Exam No.
Fond Inspector ..... GS-5 CH-6-05
Warehouse Examiner GS-5, 7 CH-0-02
Engineering And Scientific
Engineering, Physical Sciences and
Related Professions GS-5 to 15 424
Meteorological Technician GS-6, 7,9 NY-843
Life Sciences GS-5 to 7 421
General
Correction Officer GS-6 431
Freight Rate jalists (GS-7, 9 WA-6-13
Mid-Level Positions GS-9 to 12 NY-5-13
Senior Level Positions G6S-13-15 408
Technical Assistant 6S4, 5 NY-5-07
Stenography And Typing
Stenographer GS-3, 4 118
Secretaries, Options |, II, Ill GS-5, 6 NY-5504
Typist GS-2, 3 NY-1-18
;
Medical
Autopsy Assistant GS-3 or 4 NY-5-10
Careers In Th a GS-6 to 9 WA-8-03
Dental Hygienist, Dental Lab Technician. GS-5, 7 NY-5-09
Licensed Practical Nurse GS-3, 4,5 NY-5-06
Medical Machine Technician GS-5, 6 NY-3-02
Medical Radiology Technician GS-5, 6 NY-0-25
Medical Technicia GS-5, 6,7 NY-3-01
Medical Technologist GS-5 to II NY-6-03
Nurses GS-5 to 12 419
Physician's Assistant GS-5, 7 428
Veteri GS-5, 7 WA.-0-07
Military
Air Reserve Technician (Administrative
Clerical/Technical) GS-5 to 12 AT-0-59
Social And Education
Social Worker and Correctional Treatment GS-9 to 12 426
Specialist
Psychologist GS-11, 12 WA-9-13
Professional Careers for Librarians GS-7 to 12 422

COOOL
Medical Record Techs Sought

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The
Center for Disease Control is
seeking 12 temporary med-
ical record technicians in the
New York City area, the US.
Civil Service Commission an-
nounced.

At the GS-4 level, which pays
$8,316, two years’ experience or
two years’ post-high school edu-
cation 1s required. Education or
experience must have included at
least six months of medical ter-
minology and medical record
procedures and techniques,

Additional education and ex-
perience is required for GS-5
through GS-7 jobs.

Further information can be
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W. Seneca Meeting

WEST SENECA—There will be
& meeting of the West Seneca
jocal white collar unit, Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn., Tuesday,
Jan. 4, 1977.

A unit meeting schedule of the
first Tuesday of each month has
been established for 1977. Meet-
ings will be held at the West
Seneca Town Hall.

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NEW ROCHELLE—“If these crossing guards are let go,
I will personaly see that action is taken against the City of
New Rochelle. That's a firm promise, right now!"

James Lennon, president of the Civil Service Employees

2 Fact-Finders

ALBANY—A mediator and two
fact-finders have been appoint-
ed by the State Public Employ-
ment Relations Board to contract
disputes involving public em-
ployers and the Civil Service Em-
ployees Assn.

‘The mediator is Eric Lawson
Jr., of the PERB Buffalo office,
named to the dispute involving
the CSEA and the Town of Elli-
cott, Chautauqua County.

The fact-finders are John
Everett, of Webster, named to
the dispute between the CSEA
Wayne County sheriff's depart-
ment local and the county, and
Harold Pellish, of Albany, named
to the dispute between the CSEA
and the Town of Cairo, Greene
County.

SUPER LIST
ALBANY—A correction indus-
tries shipping supervisor eligible
list, resulting from open-compe-
titive exam 27-613, was estab-
lished Dec. 7 by the State De-
partment of Civil Service.

Assn,’s Southern Region III,
warned this in a statement de-
livered- to a 1977 city budget
hearing earlier this month.

The CSEA represents New Ro-
chelle crossing guards. The city
council is considering contracting
out the jobs of the guards, in
addition to layoffs in other job
categories.

The crossing guards, wearing
their uniforms of orange vests
and blue and white caps, were
readily identifiable in the audi-
ence,

They listened as Mr, Lennon
charged that only $16,000 would
be saved, “a minimal amount
in a proposed $33,000,000 budget."

CSEA regional counsel Arthur
Grae said that the contemplated
“contracting out” action would
be a violation of civil service

law affecting appointments and
promotions according to merit.

Raymond Cassidy, president of
the CSEA Westchester Local 860,

which includes the beleaguered @

New Rochelle unit, told the
council that the crossing guards
are residents of New Rochelle,
and that their pay, as guards, is
for the most part their only
source of income,

“What control would the city
have over an outside contractor
find what kind of service could
we expect from a firm whose
place of business is not even in
the city?” he asked.

Addressing himself to the lay-
offs of other city workers, Mr.
Cassidy charged that the city
was using Comprehensive Em-
ployment and Training Act
funds to replace city workers.

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PRINTSHOP PLAQUE

Members of the Civil Service Employees Assn, Headquarters print
shop staff accept an award plaque from the State Education De-
partment chapter of CSEA in recognition of printing and mailing
services provided to the membership. The award was presented re-
cently by former Education chapter president Nicholas Fiscarelli.

From left are B. Robert Purcell,

Mr, Fiscarelli, print shop super-

visor David Sebast, and John Febraio.

MH Fingerprinting $ Charges
Attracts Some Flak From CSEA

ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn. is contemplating legal action to stop
the state’s practice of charging applicants for jobs in its Mental Hygiene institutions a $10

fee for fingerprinting.

The CSEA, which represents more than 55,000 employees of mental institutions

throughout the state, called the
practice discriminatory.

“People who are applying for
@ job with the state are usually
people who have been unem-
ployed for some time,” said Wil-
liam McGowan, executive vice-
president of the union. “The ones
who need the job are usually the
ones who can least afford a $10
fee."

The state charges the fee os-
tensibly to cover the cost of
fingerprinting the prospective
employees, a precaution against
hiring persons who have lied
about past criminal activity.

The CSEA dots not oppose in

principle the activity of finger~
printing itself, according to Mr.

Suit Charges Erie Harassment

BUFFALO—Charging that
Erie County was “wasting al-
ready scarce resources and
engaging in unnecessary
harassment in already trying
circumstances,” Victor E. Marr,
president of Erie County local,
Civil Service Employees Assn.,
has filed an improper practice
charge against County Executive
Edward V. Regan and the county
over their “unilateral” promul-
gation of “so-called sick leave
rules.”

The local represents about 5,-
200 white-collar workers.

“These are changes in terms
and conditions of employment
and under the Taylor Law re-
quire negotiations with the
union,” explained Mr, Marr,
“Also, some of the changes are
impossible to implement, which
the county would have learned
by talking with us.”

Pointing out that the CSEA,
in messages from himself and
Western Region VI attorney
Ronald L. Jaros, gave the county
10 days to set up negotiations on
the issue before the improper
practice charges were filed with
the Public Employment Rela-
tions Board under Section 209A
of the Taylor Law. Mr. Marr said

the county's action was wasteful
and non-productive.

“At a time when the county is
being forced to use its resources
more effectively, it’s a real waste
of talent and money of its legal
and employee relations person-
nel over something which could
be resolved without a lawsuit,”
Mr. Marr said.

“And we've got our hands full

with problems caused by budget
cuts, and don’t need harassment
of this type. We need to use our
resources most effectively, too.

“It's unfair of the county to
force layoffs on us and then
force us to dilute our resources
on such diversionary issues,” Mr
Murr concluded.

‘The PERB has not set a date
for hearings on the charge.

Supreme Court Decision
On Madison Increments
Supports CSEA Position

SYRACUSE-—A spokesman for Syracuse Region V, Civil

Service Employees Assn.
made a favorable decision

, Said the State Supreme Court has
in a case

involving Madison

County and the union’s white-collar collective bargaining

unit

‘The decision came at a special
term of the Supreme Court held
by request in Cortland. It di-
rected Madison County to pay the
salary increment due and owed
to the members of the white-col-
jar unit retroactive to Jan. 1.

The case was taken to the
Supreme Court when William L.
Burke, attorney for Madison

© CSEA calendar °

Information for the Calendar may be submitted directly
to THE LEADER. It should inelude the date, time, place,

address and city for the function. The address is.

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Service Leader, 11 Warren St., New York, N, Y. 10007.

Attn.: CSEA Calendar,

DECEMBER
29—Nassau County Retiree chapter 919 Christmas party: 11:30 a.m.

Community Room, American Savings Bank, Modell Shopping
Center, Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow.

29—State Insurance Fund local 351 Holiday party: 5 p.m.

Church St., Manhattan

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JANUARY
4—West Seneca chapter white collar ynit meeting: West Seneca

Town Hall

6—Syracuse Area Armory Employees chapter meeting: |

New York National Guard Armory
17—Albany Region |V meeting: 5:30 p.m
19—Nassau County local 830 board of directors meeting:

p.m.
174 South St., Auburn,
. Mario's Restaurant, Troy

130

p.m, Salisbury Club, Eisenhower Park East Meadow.

Buffalo local dinner’ meeting: 5:30, p.m

Buffalo.

Statler Hilton Hotel,

County, requested the award by
American Arbitration Assn. arbi-
trator Rodney E. Dennis be set
aside on the basis that the arbi-
trator overstepped his bounds in
sranting the award directing
the county to pay the increment

The grievance began when the
county chose not to pay incre-
ments for 1976, maintaining that
the white collar contract had
expired, and that the county
had not appropriated any’ addi-
tional money in the budget.

‘The CSEA legal representative
for the employees contended that
the 1975 contract did, in fact,
contain a step schedule calling
for increments to be paid each
year

The CSEA also contended that
Madison County, during 1976,
had honored all other terms and
conditions of the 1975 contract,
including longevity payments,
while refusing to honor incre-
ments.

Justice Howard Zeller was
originally scheduled to hear the
case in Wampsyille, but disquali-
fied himself and referred it to
Justice Paul J. Yesawich Jr. in
Cortland.

Justice Yesawich ruled that the
AAA award decision be upheld.
Tn the opinion of the arbitrator,
Madison County could not be se-
lective in which terms and con-
ditions of the contract it chooses
to enforce.

McGowan, who is also president
of the Mental Hygiene presidents
council. He said fingerprinting
prospective employees has been
done by the state for many years.

Monroe Firings

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were on the table,” he said. “This
doesn't allow us to exercise our
rights.

Mr said the CSEA
which represents about 4,200
unty workers, is making plans
for other action to be taken
against the county.

When the legislature approved
the 1977 budget, it voted to elim-
inate 365 county workers from
the payroll by mid-January and
reduce the pay of ull other work-
ers who earn more than $12,000
a year, Those making up to $20,-
000 will get a 5 percent pay cut
and those making over $20,000
will receive a 10 percent decrease.

The legislature's two top Re-
publican leaders said they would
be willing to furlough all full-
time county employees for two
weeks to avoid all or part of the
365 planned layoffs

But Mr, Koenig said his reac-
tion to that proposal “Is the same
as it was back in June and July
when the CSEA fought a similar
proposal.

“A two-week furlough is some-

thing that we challenged, and
that was declared {llegal,” he
said, “and I still think the con-

cept is Hlegal. It would be ob-
viously foolish for the union to
rescind its position on an issue
it took to court and won.”

He also said that accepting
the furlough would set a danger-
ous precedent, which the county
might use in future fiscal crises

to strip existing rights from
baci members,
slature president Joseph

and Republican ma-
leader John Hoff said
financial experts estim-

jority
county
ate that it would take a five-
and-a-half week furlough of all
county employees to save the

expected $3.3 million
layoffs.

from the

However, it was only during
the 1976 state legislative session
that a bill was passed mandat-
ing a $10 fee for the fingerprint-
ing

Complaints have been coming
to the union on the issue in the
past month or so.

Mr. McGowan says he will file
a charge with the State Human
Rights Commission, or with the
courts, depending upon which
channel he finds to be the most
efficient in dealing with the
problem with the aim of bring-
ing the fingerprinting fee to an
end.

Recruitment

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first “payoff” phase of the cam-
paign had been mailed out on
schedule last week,

These payments, he noted,
were for all newly recruited
members whose dues deductions
had shown on their payroll dur-
ing an eight weeks period prior
to Nov. 30. The 562 check re-
ceivers shared a total sum
awarded of $8,640, many of them
being multiple recruiters, Mr.
Emmett said.

Nassau 2-Year

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Spercent during fact-finding, but
was still far short of the CSEA
demand for 15 percent and 7

When the fact-finder recom-
mended a 12.5 percent, two-year
package, CSEA was faced with
the alternative of rejecting the
pact and appealing to the Coun-
ty Board of Supervisors to im-
pose terms under the Taylor
Law, which governs public sec-
tor employees.

The supervisors, only weeks
before, had imposed a wage
freeze for 1976.

The majority of employees re-
Jected this.

The fact-finder terms elimin-
ated the graded salary plan for

new employees, but preserved
the plan for all current em-
ployees.

File PS&T Legal Charges

(Continued from Page 1)
ruptly and without notice walked
away from the bargaining table
and indicated a refusal to nego-
tlate further with the CSEA.”

Mr. Burch added in the formal
charges that “the failure of the
State of New York to negotidte
at all or to negothite in good
faith has been apparent from the
outset of negotiations on Novem-
ber 4, 1976. This is evidenced by
stalling, @ fatlure to honor com-
mitments to meet for sustained
periods of time, by unilateral de-
cisions on the length of meeting
days, and excessive caucus time
for no purpose, In addition, the
state negotiator refused to honor
a commitment to deliver coun-
ter proposals to CSEA's demands
as promised.”

The PS&T Bargaining Unit
consists of approximately 41,000
State employees serving in pro-

fessional and sub-professional
positions in such fields as busi-
ness, finance, education, health,
mental health, law, engineering
and other scientific and technic-
al areas. Overall, CSEA repre-
sents about 147,000 State em-
ployees in the four Bargaining
Units.

Up to the breakoff of talks
last week, the CSEA and state
negotiators had met 13 times on
the PS&T contract reopener.

Negotiations are for salary in-
creases to become effective April
1, plus changes in additional
contract items selected by both
parties.

In the PS&T Unit talks, in
addition to salary increases, the
parties were negotiating changes
in contract articles covering
seniority, work week-work day,
attendance and leave, and pro-
tection of employees.

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CUOMO DEFENDS DISCLOSURE

Secretary of State Mario M. Cuomo has defended the executive
order issued by Gov. Hugh L. Carey earlier this year requiring
selected state employees to file statements outlining all their sources
of personal income. The order has been protested by a number of
state employees, notably medical professionals, who have sources
of income in addition to their government salaries, Under the
order, all employees earning $30,000 annually or more or who
have policy-making positions, must file sworn statements as to
their income and Mabilities, They must also give up outside work
including politica] posts, whether paid or unpaid. Said Mr.
Cuomo: “In the process of gaining widespread compliance, the
Board of Public Disclosure has accomplished some things that are
noteworthy: It has gotten the State Public Service Commission
to tighten its internal conflict of interest and disclosure regula-
tions to the point where those regulations are now considered by
the good government group, Common Cause, as a standard for the
nation.

New York State's unemployment insurance fund will be broke
early next year, according to state officials, and plans are already
underway to borrow millions of dollars from the federal govern-
ment to keep the fund afloat. Recently the Florida State unem-
ployment fund announced bankruptcy and according to best esti-
mates, more than 25 other states will need federal aid for their
funds by the end of this month or the beginning of January.

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I believe the ruling is discriminatory and denies fair and equal treatment to millions of
working women.

I urge the appropriate parties, including members of Congress, to take immediate action
to correct this flagrant injustice.

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Out Of The Institution
And Out Of A Job?

The questions surrounding
Mental Hygiene de-institu-
tionalization are as plentiful
as the number of patients
and employees the policy will
affect. Features editor Jane
Bernstein has investigated the
practice of transferring pa-
tients from large institutions
into smaller community facili-
ties. And she has attempted to
find out what that means for
thousands of workers and pa-
tients. This is the last of a
series.

By JANE B. BERNSTEIN

URING the next five years,

hundreds of Mental Hy-

giene workers will face layoffs
or possible salary cuts

When the state reduces or
shuts down a mental health
institution, it is faced with
more than the problem of
what to do with its patients. It
also has a responsibility to pro-
vide for the many hundreds of
employees the closing put out
of work

And while New York State is
in the process of reducing the
size of the population of its large
institutions, no one is quite sure
yet what is going to happen to
Mental Hygiene employees.

Needless to say, this has been
@ great cause for concern among
these workers, and the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn., which rep-
resents them.

There is also concern among
Mental Hygiene officials, who are
being pressed to come up with
some form of definitive employee
plan by Jan. 1, 1977

“We're legally required to
come up with a plan to make
provisions for workers,” says
Robert McKinley, Deputy Com-
missioner of the Department of
Mental Hygiene. “We're dealing

with a very difficult problem
here.”

Some of those problems are
with the alternatives for state
workers, One of them is shared
staffing.

This plan involves a swap of
personnel between private and
state-controlled facilities, The
difficulty arises when two differ-
ent unions begin to work side
by side, Dr. McKinley said. Indi-
viduals may do the same work,
have the same hours, but they
mmy have different salaries and
benefits.

One private agency worker
voleed her resentment in this
area: “Why should I work with
someone who is doing the same
thing I do but is getting quite
@ bit more money for it? It does
make for a situation where pri-
vate mental health workers be-
come discontent, because state
workers do make more than we
do."

Despite the complaints, there
are at present over 1,000 shared

employees, according to the
Deputy Commissioner. And he
said he believes the process may
be the only way of handling the
situation that will displace many
from their jobs.

“Another problem is, how do
we mesh these operations to-
gether?” Dr, McKinley asks. “Do
we place transferred state work-
ers with patients who have come
out of state facilities? It's ex-
tremely complicated.”

In 1955 there were 93,000 pa-
tients in state Mental Hygiene
facilities. This year there are
approximately 30,000, with about
60,000 state workers involved in
the process of mental health
care.

In the next five years, accord-
ing to the state's Plan of Com-
pliance, there will be 8,800 fewer
patients in large state institu-
tlons. The plans outline and de-
tail the functioning levels by fa-
cility of mentally retarded pa-
tients; projected costs of de-in-
stitutionalization; fiscal respon-
sibility plans; and how many
layoffs of state workers may be
expected over the next couple of
years, because of the phase-out
of whole units of large institu-
tions.

With a view toward counter-
acting the effects this plan will
have on workers, the CSEA has
established & task force headed
by William McGowan, CSEA ex-
ecutive vice-presttient. The task
force continues to study what
the process of de-institutional-
ization means in terms of costs
to the state and if there will be
any actual savings, and how the
plan in New York State com-
pares experiences in other
states, including California

CSEA Mental Hygiene Com-
mittee consulting attorney Paul-
ine Rogers said, “The state must
realize that it has to spend
money to gain quality of care on
any level, including in the com-
munity.” She continued, “As it
stands now, the CSEA is opposed
to de-institutionalization in its
present form, because there are
no guarantees for proper care
and nfaintenance of jobs."

The committee has issued a
statement saying, “We are
against the policy of de-institu-
tionalization as it is presently
being conducted by the Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene, because
it amounts to nothing more than
the dumping of large numbers of
patients from psychiatric factl-
ites into the community with-
out regard to either their wel-
fare or the welfare of the em-
ployees involved,”

Ms. Rogers says a lot of state
legislators favoring de-inatitu-
tionalization look at it as @ cost-
saving measure for the taxpayer.

“De ~ institutionalization must
be examined not only as a clin-
feal concept, but as a fiscal and
political reality as well,” she said.

The Mental Hygiene Commit-
tee {s calling on the union’s Con-
tinuity of Employment Com-
mittee for money to provide re-
training for workers who are laid
off.

Retraining is one of the op-
tions being discussed for dis-
placed workers, some of whom
have been in specialized jobs for
many years, und are, at this
point, not prepared for other
kinds of work within the field.

Erwin Friedman, director of
the Manhattan Developmental
Center, has even suggested that
state workers act as the teachers
to train community people in

certain aspects of mental health
care.

“It's not fair to let go people
who have had as many years of
service as some of our people
have had,” says Jim Moore, vice-
chairman of the CSEA Mental
Hygiene Committee, “When jobs
are created on the community
level, our people should be re-
trained and have first option
them.”

Unfortunately for mental
health workers, it is already ap-
parent that first crack, or even
second, will not be theirs when
the new jobs arrive,

As the jobs are created, civil
service exams are given to indi-
viduals to fill them. Certain crt-
teria must be met even before
the exam is taken, Ms. Rogers
said a test was announced for
the title of community mental

WILLIAM McGOWAN

health nurse, and candidates
must have had a certain num-
ber of years of experience work-
ing on the community level.

“The test seems to have been
designed to bar state workers
from the job,” Ma. Rogers said
“Tt is exactly this type of thing
we are afraid of, The same could

happen with other community
level jobs.”

Another fear workers have is
that of being transferred from
the state to the county payroll
This change could mean a drop
in salary and a cutback in fringe
benefits. This could be a pos-
sibility if a county were to take
over a mental health center lo-
cated in its area that was for-
merly run by the state.

The CSEA Committee also
found if this happened, that
costs would triple for taxpayers
because patient status would go

One official suggests that help
in the way of dollars might come
from the effects of what Is called
the Keys Amendment. This gives
patients in state facilities the
right, as of Oct. 1 of this year,
to collect Supplementary Secu-
rity Income (SSI)

Formerly, the payment of
$386.70 per month went only to
patients under the care of pri-
vate facilities and organizations.
Now the state will get its share
of that money,

Dr. McKinley says,

‘Ultimate-

Mental Hygiene Committee member Jim Moore says workers should
be retrained for, and have first chance at new mental health jobs

on the community level.

from chronic to acute. So while
the state might be saving a few
pennies, the localities would be
assuming a much heavier finan-
celal burden,

What could be done to avoid
these problems? Ms. Rogers sug-
gests as a possibility that the
state could fund and run the
small community facilities to
which it transfers patients, For
example, the Manhattan Devel-
opmental Center is funded 100
percent by the state, and its
workers have state civil service
status

Mental Hygiene officials voice
their own ideas for solutions to
the employee problems. But most
say they don’t have final ans-
wers yet. But one thing they all
agree on is that something must
be done for both the work-
ers, and for the patients. And
they know it isn’t going to be
easy.

They agree that one of the
prime items needed ts money

ly, we're going to have to shift
employees from one facility to
another. And we've got to ex-
amine how to facilitate that

shift.

The attitude of
New York

missioner of

Alvin Mesni-
y Regional
Mental Hy-
ping people on the
ould not be the reason for
continuing bad programs in large
institutions.”

Whether transferring patients
out of large institutions and into

the community will mean im-
proved care is yet to be seen
here.

At this point, the future of

mental health care in the state
of New York, and the patients
and employees it involves, is still
undetermined. Hopefully, with
input from workers, and the
parents and relatives of the men-
tally disabled, plus decent plan-
ning by state officials, the sys-
tem will improve.

a1 AOLANGS THAD

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_ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1976 ra

fee In Nassau

OMEWHERE the sun has to be shining, With torrents of

labor woes pouring in from all parts of the state, there is
at least a faint glimmer from Nassau County, where Civil
Service Employees Assn. members last week gave approval to
a two-year pact providing a 12 percent pay hike and other
benefits.

It goes to show that the storms do pass in time. Only a
few months ago, Nassau employees were forced to accept
what for all intents and purposes was a wage freeze for
their services this year.

Chapter president Irving Flaumenbaum declared that
the employees would not be abused a second time, and that
an impasse would be called as soon as it became evident that
progress had stopped on the talks for next year.

True to his word, the Nassau union negotiators called

the impasse, and fact-finders were called in.

It’s not entirely over yet in Nassau, since the County
Legislature also has to agree to the pact, but signs are favor-
able that that will be done

In the meantime, the Monroe County chapter of the
statewide union is fighting cutbacks in its workforce as a
result of legislative action in that area. Suffolk County
Executive John Klein is still saying that he will refuse to
implement the second year of a contract approved by the
Legislature there over his veto. The statewide Professional-
Scientific-Technical Bargaining Unit has filed improper
practice charges against the state following what they call
the unexcusable walkout by the state’s negotiator. . Erie
County CSEA leaders have charged County Executive Ed-
ward Regan with unilaterally changing sick-leave rules.

Unfortunately, we could go on and on listing areas of
labor unrest,

Now as we approach the joyous holiday season, we
recall the immortal platitude that “Into each life, some rain
must fall.” That will soon change. As the winter advances,
the rain will turn to snow.

Seasons greetings to all, and keep your snowshoes handy.

Questions & Answers

Q. My father is in the hospital
again as a result of the second
stroke in the past several years.
Will he have to walt 5 months vices. If you put a wrong claim
before he can get social security mumber—or don't enter a num-
disability benefits, as he did the ber—on a “Request for Medicare
first time? Payment” form, a search for

A. Not necessarily. Under some your correct number is necessary

[Questions & Answers |

A. The claim number identi-
fies a claim for Medicare pay-
ment on bills for medical ser-

Don’t Repeat This!

circumstances, people who got
disability checks before can get
benefits without the §-month
waiting period if they become
disabled again and cannot work.
Your father should notify a so-
elal security office about his
condition &s soon as possible, If
he's unable to do it, a friend or
relative can.

and this can delay payment.

Q. I have a wife and three
children, My physical condition is
getting progressively worse, and
I was thinking of applying for
social security disability benefits.
About how much can we get?

A. The monthly benefit amount
is based on a workers’ average
earnings over & period of years.
The average social security dis-
ability payment to a disabled
worker and family is $475 a
month, The average payment to
@ disabled worker alone is $242
@ month.

(Continued from Page 1)
New York City has “rounded the
corner" on its fiscal crisis, It is
reminiscent of the many state-
ments made by President Her-
bert Hoover during the depres-
sion years that “prosperity is
around the corner.”

What is even more unfortu-
nate is that the Mayor coupled
his statement with the further
commitment that there would be
no increase in the real estate tax
for the next five years. This as-
sertion, on the eve of a city
election year gave a political
coloration to the optimistic hue
with which the Mayor painted
the city's fiscal picture.

Looking For Federal Aid

In this holiday season, both
Mayor Beame nd Governor
Carey have cast President-elect
Jimmy Carter in the role of San-
ta Claus, The Governor, in pre-
dicting a one-billion-dollar defi-
cit in the state's fiscal picture,
has cast himself in the role of
Scrooge.

What is particularly trouble-
some ‘bout the Mayor's pledge
about no increase in the real
estate tax is that the Court of
Appeals, in declaring invalid the
moratorium law on city notes,
pointed to an Increase in the real
estate tax as @ source of revenue
for meeting the one-billion-dol-
fir obligation on defaulted city
notes, i

‘The arithmetic of the city’s
problems is such that putting
everything in place will require
a feat as difficult as scaling
Pike's Peak. In addition to the
one billion dollars on defaulted
notes, the city somehow has to
cut its budget by approximately
an additional half billion dollars,
in order to put the budget in bal-
ance, A balanced city budget for
the fiscal year beginning July
1, 1977, is mandated by both
federal and state legislation.

One of the uncertainties con-
fronting the city is the program
that will be proposed by Gover-
nor Carey to balance the state’s
budget. Since state aid to local-
ities constitutes 60 percent of
the state budget, it seems clear
that the Governor is likely to
recommend sharp cuts in these
programs, Thus far the Governor
has kept his program within the
confines of his official family.

Local Governments

Some clues to the Governor's
thinking will be made public in
his State of the State address at
the opening session of the Legis-
lature on Wednesday, Jan, 5.
The details of his program will
be spelled out more specifically
when the Governor submits his
budget to the Legislature. Ob-
viously, the Governor's budget
will establish the framework for
legislative controversy, since
there is @ prospective adverse
effect in the picture for all local
governments in the state

In addition to the possible re-
duction in state aid to the city,
Beame js also confronted with
demands of various city agencies
for more funds, on the threat of
further cuts in the quality of
municipal services. The ity
Transit Authority has already
announced sharp cutbacks in
services to beoome effective in
January, The Board of Educa~
tion of the City is demanding an
inerease in its budget of more
than $200 million, posing the
threat of destruction of the edu-
cation system if such additiorial
funds are not forthcoming.

‘There is a further threat that

(Comtinued om Page 7)

yy 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,

Unanswered Question

A recent four-to-three decision of the Court of Appeals
affirmed the Appellate Division, Third Department's holding
in the case of Matter of Sirles y. Cordary. The petitioner
was appointed a Deputy Sheriff on Jan. 1, 1971, by the
Madison County Sheriff. He performed the duties of assis-
tant jailer. During this time, the Civil Service Employees
Assn. and the county negotiated a two-year collective bar-
gaining agreement, effective Jan. 1, 1973.

THE AGREEMENT was executed by the CSEA as the
employee organization and by the county and the sheriff
as the employer. The agreement covered assistant jailers and
provided that no county employee covered by the agree-
ment could be removed without complying with Section 75
of the Civil Service Law. A new sheriff was elected to take
office on Jan. 1, 1974, He reappointed all the deputies except
petitioner, who commenced an Article 78 proceeding seeking
a hearing pursuant to Section 75 of the Civil Service Law.
Special Term denied the relief and petitioner appealed to
the Appellate Division, Third Department.

<< (wie

THE APPELLATE DIVISION, one judge dissenting, held
that Section 75 could not be made applicable to the peti-
tioner by means of a collective bargaining agreement. The
majority went into a discussion of the historical fact that
appointees of the sheriff who perform civil duties serve at
the will and pleasure of the sheriff, They are employed by
him personally and are not subject to civil service regula-
tions. In this case, Special Term took judicial notice that
there was no distinction in the Madison County Sheriff's
Department. There was no separation of duties between civil
and criminal functions. The Appellate Court found Special
Term's decision correct in that the agreement improperly
subjected the sheriff to Section 75 of the Civil Service Law
as to employees performing civil duties.

THE NEW YORK STATE Constitution, in Article 13,
provides in part that “the County shall never be made re-
sponsible for the acts of the sheriff.” It is upon this clause,
which has existed since 1822, that the courts have based
their conclusion that the sheriff's employees who exercise
civil functions, or whose duties are not separated, are not
entitled to Civil Service Law protection. In Westchester
County there is a statutory provision providing for the
county to assume liability for any act or omission of any
employee of the county in the sheriff's office done or made
in the performance of official duties, Because there is no
such assumption of liability in Madison County, the court
refused to restrain the rights of the sheriff to remove em-
ployees without affording them a hearing which was con-
tracted for by his predecessor.

THE MAJORITY SAID it recognizes the policy of the @

State, as expressed in the Taylor Law, to encourage public
(Continued on Page 7)
By PAMELA CRAIG

QUESTION

New York City has instituted a policy of charging $5 for persons seek-

ing to file applications to take the exam for civil se1
do you think this is?

THE PLACE
Brooklyn

Carmin Santos, supervising stenographer: “I do Joan Daughtry,
feel it is fair to charge $5 to
take the civil service exam. If
they charge one, it should be
for the upper-range-level jobs,
such as salaries of $15,000 and
‘up. A way for the city to save
money on processing no-shows
is to charge all no-shows, Penal-
he ize them, if they should ap-

Ply to take the exam for a sec-

y, ond time. The fee could be $15

for all ex-no-shows. Many peo-

ple cancel out for unimportant reasons and merely

take the test at their convenience. Let the people

who cause the overruns in test application pro-
cessing be the ones to pay the bill.”

paying for the aj

Marie Mortensen, administrative assistant: “I

think that it's most unfair.

‘They've frozen our salaries and

while this doesn’t mean as

much to a person on my sal-

ary, it’s terrible for clerks and

lower-level people. It really is

4 a hardship for them. It

i should not have been imposed;

it should be rescinded. I think

they should apply the fee to

higher-bracket positions, not

the lower echelon, perhaps jobs

starting at $15,000 a year should require the
charge of $5."

Ethel Bouldin, s'

rr

Dorris Welch, typist: “I fee] that the five-dollar
amount that they have im- .
posed to take civil service tests
is unfair to lower-paid em-
ployees, such as typists, whose
salary 1s only $6,000. We are
not getting any increases or
raises so why should we pay $5
to take @ test which for years
was free? On the other hand,
why shouldn't the city charge
$5 with the problems that the
city has? I feel that the tests
for higher-paying jobs could have a fee imposed.”

/ Civil Service Service I Law & You i

(Continued from Page 6)
employers and public employees
to bargain collectively and enter
into written agreements covering
terms and conditions of employ-
ment which are binding on both
parties. The court said, “Al-
though such a provision may be
binding upon the Sheriff who
negotiated the agreement, the
unique personal responsibility of

if there is & constitutional provi-
sion prohibiting the county from
being Mable for acts of the sher-
iff, how can that be changed by
a simple act of the legislature?

Don’t Repeat This!

taking the exam.

Gary Cornell, administrative methods:

the Sheriff is sufficient consti-
tutional objection to preclude its
enforcement for a period of time
Jonger than the term of the in-
cumbent.” The dissent based its
opinion upon the theory that the
expression in the Taylor Law
takes precedence over the right
of the sheriff to terminate em-
ployees at will, The dissent did
not agree that a legislative ac-
tion, making the county respon-
sible for the actions of the
sheriff, was necessary in order
to allow deputies to have the
protection of a hearing as set
forth in the contract. Nor did
the dissent find any merit to the
contention that an agreement
should be binding only for the
term of the contracting party

rather than for the term of the
agreement itself. ‘The question
which remained unanswered is,

(Continued from Page 6)
the Legislature may enact a new
version of the Goodman-Stavisky
jaw, which would mandate in-
creased appropriation for the
Board of Education of over $100
million annually, The version of
the bill enacted last year has
been declared invalid by the Ap-
pellate Division on technical
grounds. It is not unlikely that
the Legislature will attempt to
pass a new version of the Good-
man-Stavisky law, without those
technical shortcomings.

This leaves it all to President-
elect Carter, and how generous
4 Santa Claus he and Congress
Wanna be a

prove to be.

peed oy’ ?
A child with Mi
Blood is meant a uicin

Ki it movi hy donating
The Mott. Precious yea by

rvice jobs. How fair

supervising stenographer: “Peo-

ple do file exams and never
appear to take them and a lot
of personnel services and pap-
erwork are needed to process
an application. For that rea-
son, the charge is needed to
defray administrative costs, But
on the other hand, with the
fiscal crisis that the City is
in now, it quite probably will
impose a hardship on those peo-
ple who are really sincere about
It's an example of the earnest
pathetic.”

itaff representative; “I think it
is fair that they should
charge a certain amount for
administrative processing but
just to charge for taking the
test is not necessarily fair. I
feel the fees should be on
a graduated scale. A person
taking an exam for a job start-
ing at $6,000 should not have
to pay as much as someone who
is taking a promotional exam
for $25,000, The lower echelon

are forced to remain in their lower echelon jobs
psychologically as well as financially.”

“I think
it is fair because the city is in
@ great financial crisis and any
money they acquire would be
helpful. I agree that the per-
‘son with a low income, such as
clerks and typists, will bear
@ greater burden with the im-
posed fee. But if you look at
the test as having the same
financial gains for all who

» Pass it, then the concept of

everyone paying the same fee

for the same position is not unfair.”

A Response

Editor, The Leader:

The Leader in its issue of
Dec. 10 contained in its Short
Takes column an item entitled
“DMH Prejudice Alleged.”

Briefly, the Leader commented
on remarks made by William
D. Cabin, executive secretary,
Board of Public Disclosure, State
of New York, in a report to Gov-
ernor Carey, impugning the com-
petency and level of care given
the Department of Mental Hy-
giene's patients by its foreign
trained and immigrant.

All Civil Service Employees
Assn, members need to be aware
and sensitized to Mr, Cabin's
critiques and proposed remedia-
tions as they could well quickly
spread to all. In his report jo
the Governor, Mr, Cabin alleges

RETIREMENT
NEWS & FACTS

By A. L. PETERS
ERISSA Criticism ’

year instead of twice a year. A
commission on federal paper-
work, which urged the change,
figures that each report’ costs
about $100.

As a public service, The Leader
continues to publish the names
of individuals who are benefict-
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
obtain the funds.

Following is a listing of those individ
uals whose membership terminated pur-

senet to the provisions of section “40,
paragraph 1 of the Retirement and So-
cial Security Law om or before August

George } Bliven
Avelina Bolton
Marcia Bonanai

LETTERS TO THE EDITO

employees. That difficulties in
servicing patients result from
layers upon layers of bureau-
cratic regulations and commu-
nity attitudes escapes him. Rath-
er, he upholds his position by
citing there are better qualified
“American” physicians at Psy-
chiatric Institute in New York
City, “based on an analysis of
surnames.” Protestations to his
cabalistic doctrines are dismissed

LETTERS POLICY

Letters to the Editor should
be less than 200 words, The
Leader reserves the right to
extract or condense pertinent
sections of letters that exceed
the maximum length. Meaning
or intent of « letter is never
changed. Lengthy letters that
cannot be edited to & reason-
able length are not used un-
jess their viewpoint is so
unique that, in The Leader's
Judgment, an exception should
be made. All letters must be
signed and bear the writer's
address and telephone num-

ALBANY—A senior systems
planner—gas eligible list, result-
ing from open competitive exam
24-459, was established Dec. 9
by the State Civil Service De-
partment. The list contains one

as “hysterical and absurd.”

Beware CSEA membership! Mr.
Cabin only mirrors government
and managerial derogatory atti-
tudes towards your capabilities
in order to explain their own
gross failure to effectively serve
the citizens of the State of New
York. Today CSEA physicians are
under attack, tomorrow other
members.

J. D, Beeson, M.D.
Rockland Psychiatric Center

Ask Correction

Editor, The Leader:

I should like to correct ao
statement attributed to me ap-
pearing in the last paragraph of
the article “School Board Not
Planning to Lose All That U.S.
$8" on Nov. 26.

In my telephone conversation
with your reporter, I stated that
minorities and women have the
best opportunity to be hired
through non-discriminatory, ob-
jective hiring procedures from
rank order lists. Such eligible lists
are promulgated on the basis of
objective measures of perform-

ance,
Ethel Fitsgerald

BRET essiil
9261 “Pz 29queseg ‘Aepry ‘YAIGVAT AQAUAS TAD
RVICE LEADER, Friday, December 24, 1976

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S

It takes a big savel for a big man, and CSEA vice-president Irving Flaumenbaum, center, holds his
at the ready as he talks with, from left, regional attorney Richard Gaba, Sandy Lenz, professor with
the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Suffolk chapter president James Corbin and
Lone Island Parks and Recreation chapter president Peter Higgerson, Mr. Gaba and Mr. Lenz were
two of the principal speakers at the weekend seminar last month at Gurney’s Inn in Montauk, at the
eastermost point of New York State,

Obviously finances are the topic being discussed
by Long Island Region I treasurer Sam Piscatelli,
left, and statewide CSEA treasurer Jack Gallagher
as they get together for informal chat,

Nick Dellisanti, first vice-president of Nassau
chapter's Parks and Recreation unit, takes part
in discussion on problems concerning the Com-
prehensive Employment and Training Act,

(I

Central Islip Psychiatric Center chapter president
Danny Donovan, left, compares views with Suffolk
Educational Employees chapter's Robert Conley,
who also serves as the region's third vice-president.

Rose Cilli, right, Maria Damaseo, both members of Pilgrim Psychiatric Center chapter
board of directors, give receipt for political action fund contribution te Group Health
Insurance's Patricia Muir as Rose Paritsky and Sheila Warner watch. Ms, Paritsky

is wife of regional chiropractor Dr, Harry Paritsky, and Mé, Warner is wife of Medi-
Sereening’s Bill Warner. :

Group gathers ‘round to exchange views on
Psychiatric Center chapter treasurer Alice Sarabia; Dr. Paul Osher, participating
doctor in region's dental plan; Pilgrim PC chapter delegate Fran Mannellino, and
Dr. Harvey Caplin, also of the dental plan,

LI Workshop Trains
Chapter Leaders On
Latest Developments

(From Leader Correspondent)
MONTAUK—Two hundred leaders of the 16 Civil Service

Employees Assn. chapt

rs in the Long Island Region gath-

ered at the famed Gurney’s Inn here last weekend for the
second annual regional workshop.

The leaders were drilled in the
handling of disciplinary actions
under Article 33 of the Civil
Service Law in the morning ses-
ston, It was conducted by Pro-
fessor Sandy Lenz of the Cornell
School of Industrial and Labor
Relations.

In the afternoon, Suffolk
County Commissioner of Labor
Lou V. Tempera gave a forceful
exposition of the rules and reg-
ulations governing the program
of the Comprehensive Employ-
ment and Training Act (CETA)

Statewide. CSEA president
Theodore Wenzl was in attend-
ance at the start Sunday, Nov. 7,
until called back to Albany head-
quarters. Statewide treasurer
Jack Gallagher, statewide secre-
tary Irene Carr and New York
City Region II president Solomon
Bendet also attended.

Irving Flaumenbaum, president
of the Long Island Region I, said
that additional lectures were be-
ing arranged during the year as
a result of the enthusiastic re-
sponse to the program. Dates for

additional educational events will
be announced.

Delegate from Long Island Parks

and Recreation chapter speaks
out during discussion. Our apolo-
gies to the gentleman for not re-
membering his name.

Overall view of part of audience shows attentive looks on faces of
delegates from various chapters as they learn of latest developments

in handl
contract with the state.

grievances and disciplinary procedures under the CSEA

weekend seminar. From left are Pilgrim

(Leader phosos by Salo Aalto)

Sd

Long Island Region I second vice-president Nicholas Abbatiello, left, Man of many titles Ralph Natale (CSEA director, Long
listens attentively while SUNY at Stony Brook chapter president

ind Region first vice-president and political
action chairman, Nassau chapter first vice-president), center, checks over business with Nassau Parks
Albert Varacchi stabs the air with pencil to emphasize his opinions and Recreation unit president Thomas Gargiulo, left, and Nassau chapter board member and statewide
during debate. elections committee member Anthony

we G 1 t
Telling point is made here by Kings Park Psychiatric Center chapter president Greg Szurnicki, left, calls caucus of chapter leaders, Visiting CSEA vice-president Sol-
Lou Tempera, commissioner of left from Mr. Szurnicki, delegate Barney Pendola, secretary Linda Martin, delegate Dorothy Cuneo, sec- omon Bendet, head of New York
labor for Suffolk County, as he ond vice-president-administrative Florence Murphy and second vice-president-PST Martina Benjes, City Region I, sits in on business
speaks on CETA. session .of Workshop.

Transportation District 10 leaders review materials as they take break from business
routine, From left are chapter president Frank Seminara, statewide education com~-

mittee member Lou Mannellino, administrative delegate Phyllis Terzella and opera-

Education chapter president Walter Weeks and Nassau chapter
tonal delegate Mike Raguseo,

Health unit president Mary Calfapietra.

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HAUPPAUGE — Claiming
the Civil Service Employees
Assn. already has a contract
authorized by the legislature,
Suffolk County “SEA president
James Corbin said he would lis-
ten only to proposals for addi-
tions to the 1977 contract from
negotiators for the county.

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threat by County Executive John
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county would file an unfair labor
practice charge with the state
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start negotiations with the
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6,500 white and blue collar em-
ployees.

Mr. Corbin said that the CSEA
had ratified a 1976-77 contract
that the legislature had pro-
posed and authorized Mr. Klein
to sign.

Mr. Klein has refused to sign
the contract. The legishature
overrode his veto, however,
claiming that the legislature has
no legal power to authorize any-
thing beyond a one-year imposed
contract under the terms of the
Taylor Law, which governs pub
lic sector workers.

However, Suffolk 1s apparent!
complying with the terms of th
1976 portion of the contract. Tin
Dec. 23 paycheck envelopes will
contain payments with salary
adjustments and cost-of-living
increases.

“If Mr. Klein is saying he is
willing to offer more than what
we already have,” Mr. Corbin
said, “then I'll race over there
to listen to him. If he is offering
less, the only way we will sit

$30 Million
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On Nassau Pols

BROOKLYN — The Civil
Service Merit Council of
Long Island has filed a $30
million civil suit in U.S. Dis-
trict Court last week against Nas-
sau County Republican leaders
and civil service officials.

The sult charges that civil ser-
vice employees in Nassau have
been forced to “kick back” 1 per-
cent of their salaries to the Re-
publican organization in order to
get jobs or promotions,

down is if we are ordered by
the PERB or the courts,” Mr.
Corbin said.

Floyd Linton, presiding officer
of the Legislature, said that Mr.
Klein was taking “too narrow a
view of the Taylor Law.”

“The Legislature has acted,”
he said. “That shows where we
stand and how we feel,” Mr.
Linton said.

"The Taylor Law gives us
broad powers to act in the pub-
Ue Interest and the two-year
CSEA contract is within our pur-

view.”

The Suffolk contract dispute
dates back to Dec. 31, 1975.

Since then, the county and the
CSEA have been in bargaining,
mediations, fact-finding, the
courts, and, finally, to a legisls
tive hearing with the Suffolk
County legislature.

Mr. Klein said that all salaries
and benefits county workers had
under the 1976 contract will be
frozen at that level until a new
agreement is reached with coun-
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tion contact the commission at
County Office Building, Wamps-
ville, N.Y. 13163.

Open Continuous

State Job Calendar

Specify the
application form

Public Employment Rela-

tions Board in contract dis- Assistant Clinical Physician $25,161 20-413
putes involving the Civil Service Associate Actuary (Life $18,369 20-520
Employees Assn. and public sec- Supervising Actuary (Life) $26,516 20-522
tor employers Principal Actuary (Life) ss pal 20-82

They are Associate Actuary (Casual B
Pelican Foltman, of Ithaca, Supervising Actuary (Casualty) $26,516 20418
named to the dispute between the Senior Actuary {lite} $14,142 20-519
CSEA snd Chemung County. Clinical Physician | $27,974 20-414
Francine Herman, also of Ithaca, Clinical Physician II $31,055 = 20-415
named to the dispute between Compensation Examining Physician | hen aay

the CSEA and Cayuga County; Der '
Thomas A, Liese, of East Mead- Di $10,714 20-124
ow, named to the dispute be- Supervising Dietitian $12,760 20-167
tween the CSEA and the Hicks- Electroencephalograph Technician $7,616 20-308
ville School District Board of Food Service Worker 5,827 20-352
Education; Stanley Oppenheim, Hearing Reporter $11,337 20-211
of Cobbleskill, named to the dis- Histology Technician $ 8,051 20-170
pute between the CSEA and the Hospital Nursing Services Consultant $16538 20-112
Gloversville - Johnstown Joint Industrial Foreman $10,714 20-558
Sewer Board, and William A Institution Pharmacist $12,670 20-129
Toomey Jr. of Albany, named to Legal Careers $11,164 = 20-113
the dispute between the CSEA Public Librarians $10,155 & Up 20-339
and Town of Rotterdam, Licensed Practical Nurse $ 8,051 20-106

Maintenance Man (Mechanic)

sorrry Jeff Bridges Charles Grodin redicny Jessica Lange Albany area) $7,616 Various
sels tceran Sle: Postion eu Suffolk Sets +1 $27:942 20-407
ivy Gaile Medical Specialist I! Tyo a

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Se oan A 2 OC Exams Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide (TBS) $ 7,616
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ar Somer grey partment has opened filing Noss " $11337 20585
until Jan. 5 for Feb. 5 open Nurse Il (Paychiatric) $11,337 20-586
competitive written tests for Nurse Il (Reha ion) $11,337 ‘20-587
communications technician I Nutrition Services Consultant $31,404 20-139
(Exam No. 17-127), which PaY5 Qecupational Therapist $11,337 20-176
$436 bi-weekly, and promotional Prine{pal Aateaey Keaveaky) $221694 20417
Assistant 0 commissioner of L&- Principal Actuary (Life) $22,694 20-521
ls -126), which, pays $504 bi- Physical “Therapist $1137 20:17
Por further information con- Paychi abel " $33,704 2039!
tact the Department at H. Lee Radiology Technologist ($7,632-$9, 20-334
Dennison Executive Office Bulld- Radiology Technologist (T.B. Service) .....($8,079-$8,79 20-334
(i a NV Wa ay Ae) ing, Veterans Memorial High- senior Actuary (Life). "$14,142 20-519
ls NE EE Senior Medical Records Librarian $11,337 20-348
zc eerie Senior Occupational Therapist hae aa

H Senior Physical Therapist 12,
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HELL OUT OF YOU ANG IT DOES!” WAMPSVILLE—The Mad- Varitype Operator $ S811 20-307
Vincent Cone eae ison County Civil Service Pharmacist $12,670 20-194
ae. Commission has opened open ists in Education ($16,358-$22,694) 20-312
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Rockland Scheduling

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competitive examination (No.
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The eligible list will be used to
fill vacancies for the $6,350 job
only in Spring Valley. For fur-
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personnel office at the County
Office Building, New City, N.Y
10956.

Rensselaer Job

TROY-—-The Rensselaer Coun-
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73-729 for principal clerk. Por
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The PERB Appoints Six

ALBANY —Two mediators
and four fact-finders have
been named by the Public
Employment Relations Board
in contract disputes involving the
Civil Service Employees Assn, and
public sector employers,

The mediators are Leon Ap-
plewhaite, of the PERB New
York City office, named to the
dispute between the CSEA and
the Nassau County North Shore
Schools Board of Education, and
James H. McGourty, of East Au-
rora, named to the dispute be-
tween the CSEA and the City of
Jamestown.

The fact-finders are Dale
Beach, of Troy, named to the dis-
pute between the CSEA and
Schoharie County; Jonathan Lie-
bowitz, of White Plains, named
to the dispute between the CSEA

and the City of Middletown;
John H. Owen, of Cooperstown,
named to the dispute between
the CSEA and the City of One-
onta, and Earl W. Zaidins, of
Hastings-on-Hudson, named to
the dispute between the CSEA
and the Sullivan County Sher-
iffs' Department.

Suffolk’s Map Exam

HAUPPAUGE —The Suf-
folk County Civil Service De-
partment has opened filing
for map and coordinate sup-
ervisor until Deo. 11.

An open competitive examina-
tion (No. 17-124) will be held
Jan. 16, 1977 for the $15,921 job.

Por further information con-
tact the department at H. Lee
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, December 24, 1976

CSEA, At South Beach,
Attacks Cuts In Service

STATEN ISLAND—The South Beach Psychiatric Center Local, Civil Service Employees

Assn., is protesting the reduction in services at the Center.

The Sheepshead Bay inpatient unit will be consolidated with the Coney Island in-
patient unit, according to plans.

The new combined unit will
be able to accommodate 30 pat-
fents, while the separate units
treated 45 patients. Union repre-
sentatives, concerned over de-
terioration of patient care, point-
ed out that the combined unit
will not be able to adequately
service the Sheepshead Bay-Con-
ey Island community.

Provisions have already been

made at the Center to have pat-
fents from these communities
treated at other inpatient units
which are already functioning
above maximum capability, un-
jon officials said.

What this, in effect, consti-
tuted is a severe setback for the
practice of operating SBPC under
a community mental health mod-
el, CSEA officers said.

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One of the basic premises of
this model is being violated, that
of continuity of care, they added.
Patients will be treated on units
unfamiliar with their commu-
nity, CSEA alleged. This may
well stimulate people being in-
appropriately and prematurely
discharged into communities
without proper follow-up,

“This paves the way back to
an archaic system where the
mentally {ll are not given treat-
ment, but merely warehoused,”
said one union officer.

The union stated that some-
what ironically, the consolidation
was not necessitated by under-
utilization of the units.

On the contrary, officials said,
the units often treated more
than the official maximum num-
ber of patients allowable. The
reduction in services is clearly
attributed to the inability of the
center to replace staff as they
left employment. In the main-
tenance and support areas alone
there are currently 49 vacant po-
sitions that cannot be filled. The
center is suffering a hiring
freeze imposed by Alvin Mesni-
koff, director of the New York
State regional office, former Di-
rector of SBPC.

South Beach CSEA has set up
& co-ordinating committee to
monitor the consequences of any
cutbacks and to plan appropriate
action. Interested community
members who would like to par-
ticipate should call Thomas
Greger at (212) 390-6215.

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| CSEA CONVENTION REPORTS,

PHOTOS

Constitution And By-Laws Committee Report

The following Is the report of the Com-
mittee on Revision of Constitution and
By-Laws submitted at the CSEA annual
convention this fall, and acted on by
the delegates. Chairman is Kenneth
Cadieux, of Nassau County chapter, and
committee members are William Ro-
berts, Nicholas Cimino, Joseph Kenney,
Eugene Nicolelia, Audrey Snyder, Karen
White and Earl Mayfield, Sr, New ma-
terial is in bold face, and words to
be deleted are within brackets.

‘The items listed below are still alive
for consideration by future delegate con-
ventions. Portions of constitution and
by-laws report that appeared in the
Dec. 10 Leader are now in effect.

CONSTITUTION

THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS
WERE PRESENTED TO THE DELE-
GATES FOR A FIRST READING AND
PASSED. IT MUST BE READ AND
PASSED AT THE NEXT CSEA CON-
VENTION TO BECOME OFFICIAL.

© The Committee received the following
amendment to Article V of the Con-
stitution entitled “Regions” as follows:

REGIONS
For purposes of internal organiza-
tion of The Civil Service Employees
Association, Inc., the state shall be di-
vided into six regions as follows:

1, Long Island Region: Nassau and
Suffolk.

2. (New York City] Metropolitan
Region: Richmond, Kings, New York,
Queens and Bronx.

4. Southern Region; Westchester.
Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Rockland,
Putnam, and Sullivan.

4. (Albany! Capital Region: Clin-
ton, Essex, Warren, Hamilton, Wash-
ington, Saratoga, Schenectady, Mont-
gomery, Albany, Schoharie, Greene,
Columbia, Rensselaer and Fulton.

5. [Syracuse] Central Region
Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango,
Herkimer, Cortland, Delaware, Prank-
lng, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Onel-
da, Onondaga, Otsego, Schuyler, Sen-
eca, St. Lawrence, Tioga, Tompkins
and Oswego.

6, (Buffalo) Western Region; Ni-
agara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Erie,
Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, On-
tario, Yates, Chautauqua, Cattarau-
gus, Allegany and Steuben,

All chapters shall be members of
the region in which the chapter
headquarters is located. REST OF
SECTION REMAINS THE SAME.
The Committee recommends adop-

tion of these amendments in view of
the fact that the current trend appears
to be to refer to the six Regions as
geographica] areas and not merely by
major cities.

® The Committe received the follow-
tng amendment to Article VI, Section 1
of the Constitution entitled “State Ex-
ecutive Committee": _

Secstion 1. STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE: The power and auth-
ority to transact business relating to
state employees shall, except as pro-
vided herein, be vested in a State
Executive Committee. The State Ex-
ecutive Committee shall consist of the
officers of the Association, and one
representative from each State De-
partment. The Judiciary, the Legis-
lature, the State University, the
Waterfront Commission and state
public authorities as one unit, shall
be deemed State Departments, The
Faculty Student Associations [,) and
‘Teachers’ Retirement System {, and
the Higher Education Assistance Cor-
poration) shall as a unit be deemed
4 State Department. In addition to

me A

Looking thoughtful as they listen to
pros and cons on issue are Betty Rice
and Robert Simpson, both of SUC at
Geneseo chapter 608.

the foregoing, each State Department
with more than 3,000 members as
of January 1 in an odd-numbered
year, shall for the term of office be-
ginning the following July, be en-
titled to one representative on the

State Executive Committee for each

3,000 members or major fraction

thereof. REST OF SECTION RE-

MAINS THE SAME.

The Committee recommends adoption
of this amendment since the Corpora-
tion name was changed by New York
State and they were incorporated into
the New York State Education Depart-
ment and should now be represented by
the Education Board members.

THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS
WERE PRESENTED TO THE DELE-
GATES, WHO VOTED TO REFER
THEM BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR
MORE STUDY OR BETTER WORDING,

© Article IV, Section 6 (a)

(a) ELECTION, Officers of the
Association shall be elected by secret
ballot in odd-numbered years in the
manner prescribed in the by-laws.
They shall hold office for a term of
two years or until their successors
shall have qualified, commencing
July 1st in an odd-numbered year,
provided, however, that the term of
office commencing July 1, 1977 shall
be for a period of two years and
three months and shall expire Sep-
tember 30, 1979. Vacancy in the of-
fice of President shall be filled by
the Executive Vice President. Vacan-
cles in the office of Executive Vice
President Shall be filled by the Board
of Directors by appointing any one
of the six Vice Presidents. A vacancy
in the term of any of the Vice
Presidents shell be filled according to
the Constitution and By-Laws of the
respective regions. Vacancies in the
office of Secretary and Treasurer
may be filled for the remainder of
the term by the Board of Directors.
Note; This amendment was made by

Bernard Schmah) during the March,
1976 Delegates’ Meeting. The amend-
ment was proposed in order to con-
form to the Restructuring Committee
Report on the state elections, recom-
mending that State elections be held in
September thus removing the election
date from the time when the contracts
with the State expire on April 1.

© The Committee received the follow-
ing amendment to Article VIII of the
Constitution entitled “Meetings of Dele-
gates” which would add @ new section
to read:

Section 2, REPORTS. No commit-
tee of the Association will be allowed
to make an oral report to the Dele-
gates unless its report shall have first
been submitted to the Delegates in
writing at least thirty (30) days prior
to the opening day of « Delegates’
Meeting.

The Committee recommends defeat of

this amendment based on the fact that
past experience indicates that a com-
plete list of Delegates is not available
to CSEA Headquarters 30 days prior to
the opening date of a Delegates’ Meeting.

BY-LAWS

FOLLOWING PROPOSAL WAS
‘TED TO THE DELEGATES,
WHO VOTED TO REFER IT BACK TO
COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY.

© The following amendment was pro-
posed to Article VI, Section 4 of the
By-Laws entitled “Special and Ad Hoc
Committees” inasmuch as the wording
contained in the section is presently
applicable only to Special Committees,
Ad hoc committees, by definition, are
formed for a particular end or case at
hand and are not appointed for a spe-
cific period of time.

Section 4; SPECIAL AND AD HOC
COMMITTEES. The Special Commit-
tees of the Association shall be as
follows: Armory, Auditing, Member-
ship, Human Rights, Memorial Schol-
arship Fund, Plaque, Civil Service,

Regional Office, Platform, Social
Services, Probation, Non-Teaching
School District Employees, Special

Election Procedures, Special Authori-
ties, Work Performance Ratings and
Examinations, and such other com-
mittees designated by the President
of the Associaiton, Members of these
committees shall be appointed by the
President of the Association for the
duration of his term of office or
until successor appointments have
been made. Special Committees should
meet at least three times a year and
review matters pertinent to the com-

L

Gerry Dickson, delegate from Educa-
tion chapter 657, offers amendment to
union's constitution and by-laws.

mittee assignment and/or upon call
of the Association's President, The
membership of these committees shall
not be less than seven, not more than
eleven, and the make up of such com-
mittees shall include representation
from each region and proportional
representation for the County Divi-
sion on such committees that affect
county problems. Ad hee committees
may be appointed by the President of
the Association.

‘The Committee recommends adop-

tion of this amendment

|

Nick Cimino, vice-chairman of the Transportation Committee, presides over de-
partmental meeting. Seated from left are Paul St. John, committee chairman Timothy
McInerney and collective bargaining specialist Joseph Reedy. Mssrs, Cimino, St, John
and McInerney, along with John Riley are the departmental representatives on CSEA
Board of Directors.

aN.

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Political action chairman Martin Langer, of Rockland Psychiatric Center chapter 421,
encourages delegates to support CSEA choices for legislative offices, Seated from right

are committee members Ralph Natale, Nassau chapter 83:
Martin Koenig, Monroe chapter 8:

chapter 831

Ruth Braverman, Nassau
and Howard Cropsey, Albany chap-

ter 801. At left is Vincent Rubano, State Insurance Fund chapier 351, and partially
visible behind lecturn, Bernard Ryan, CSEA state programs administrator.
State Eligible Lis

EXAM 39-150
ASSOC DIR HOSP AFFRS & MED
CRE S&P & EP&PRV
Test Held Nov. 6, 1976
List Ese. Dee. 7, 1976
Mayer Robert P Schenectady 92.'
Feck James W Voorheesville 89.
Shapiro Mildred Delmar 89,
Nemo. Joweph 1. Oxford 88.
Brown James D Delmar 8
Gacy Jane F Castleton
Adams Marianne Albany 10 =,
Tobia Raymond A Loudonville...93.
Room Philip A Nassau s:

eerxeaen~

10 Livey Walter D Saratoga Spes 82.2

U1 Fieher Edgar E Albany 81.7
12 Melech George A Schenectady ...79.4
14 Jack John W Loudonville 75.5

14 Donovan Ambrose Castleton
15 Bonacci Joseph Loudonville .....74.3

ALBANY
BRANCH OFFICE

FOR INFORMATION regarding advertise
‘ment, please write or call:
JOSEPH T. SELLEW
303 SO. MANNING BLYD,
ALBANY 6, N.Y. Phone IV 2-5474

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 4 p.m. Special
hours for Thursdays are 8:30
am. to 4 p.m,

Those reques!
by mail must in
f-addressed
received by the
least. five
ine cements are avail-
able only during the filing period.

applications

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

The Board of Higher Educa-
tion advises teaching staff ap-
piicants 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

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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 US. Civil
Service Commission, 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 Erle Blvd. West,
Syracuse 13202. Toll-free calls
may be made to (800) 522-7407
Federal titles have no deadline
unless otherwise indicated.

16 Quickenton P R_ Cohoes
17 Krieger Andrew Troy 72.6
EXAM 39-154
ASSOCIATE IN SCHOOL LUNCH
ADMINISTRATION

‘Test Held Dee. 1, 1976
List Eat, Dec. 3, 1976
1 Hue Hyacinth B Goshen 97.2
2 Terry Morris R Bronx a8
3 Teske Agnes P- Albany 81.0
EXAM 39-120

COORDINATOR OF VOLUNTEER
SERVICES, G-18
‘Tes Held April 1976
List Est. Dec. 7, 1976

1 Amatulli A R Douglaston 95.4
2 Sheldon Ruth T Huntington ......83.6
3 Giras Sally L Alden 82.6
4 Miller Mary 1 Central Islip 74.0
$ Barnes J A Tomkins Cove 735
EXAM_ 35.961
ASSOC HYDRAULIC ENGR
Test Held Sept. 18, 1976
Lise Fat. Dee. 9, 1976
1 Sausvitle Paul Ballston Spa .....87.4
2 Keller Frank J Seneca Falls 86.1
} Brennan L M Loudonville 84.0
4 Lee William Latham 84.0
5 Daley William W Galway ......83.6
6 Buddle Allan F Inceriaken 814
7 Budka Harold G Loudonville ...80.8
8 Goodale Bruce G Schenectady ..80.3
9 Balakrishna MR Clifton Pk ...79.8
10 Davis John G Latham 788
11 Kwak John © Napanoch 78.5
12 Petruccelli DT Liverpool 78.1
15 Wege Russell B Scotia 78.0

(To be continued)

WHITE PLAINS—Twenty-
seven Westchester County
employees, representing 13
departments, will be honored
for 25 years of service at a
special ceremony on Thursday,
December 16, in the conference
room of the Health and Social
Services Building, 85 Court St.,
White Plains.

County Executive Alfred B.
DelBello will present pins to the
women and tle tacks to the men
at the ceremony which will in-
clude James W. Dolen, county
Personnel officer, department
and division heads, and guests
and relatives of those being hon-
ored with certificates of appre-
ciation.

Recipients of the 25 year ser-
vice awards for 1976 are: Con-
sumer Affairs, William Smalec,
of Yonkers; County Clerk’s Of-
fice, Edith Hyde of Port Chester;
Environmental Facilities, Joseph
L. Turner, of Peekskill; General
Services (Bureau of Purchase and
Supply) Prederick P. Klaus, of

Hawthorne; Health Department,
Janet Hyatt and Elizabeth Pul-
Ham, both of White Plains; Lab-
oratories and Research, Morton
Berk, of White Plains, and Mar-
garet Mitchell, of Irvington; Med-
feal Center, Richard Bash, of
Tarrytown, William Matthews
and Elizabeth Miller, of White
Plains, William Ogletree, of
Elmsford, and Catherine Olson
and Joan E. Williams, of Os-
sining; Parkway Police, William

APPOINT POSSIN

ALBANY—Carol Possin, pres-
ident of the New York State
Coalition for Children, has been
named by Gov. Hugh L. Carey
as a member of the newly formed
Statewide Advisory Council on
Social Services.

‘The counct] was formed to ad-
vise Social Services Commission-
er Philip L. Tola and Commission
officials on such matters as pub-
Ue assistance policies, services,
medical ald and funding.

ts Westchester Honors 25

De Brocky, of Harrison; Proba-
tion Department, Michael Carlo,
of Irvington; Public Works, Noah
Burnett (Facilities and Services),
of Elmsford, Howard Crofoot
(Pacilities and Services), of
Mamaroneck, Anthony De San-
tolo, of Mount Vernon, James W.
Johnson and Morris Meadows, of
White Plains, and Joseph Wil-
liams, of Mamaroneck. From the
Sheriff's Department, Francis
Mulligan, of Carmel, and William
J, Sacco, of Yonkers; Social Ser-
vices, Marjorie G. McDaniel, of
Tarrytown, and Stephanie A.
Ziaja, of Yonkers; Surrogate, Al-
bert J. Gaudenzi, of White Plains.

CORRECTION OFFICER

ALBANY—A correction officer
male eligible list, resulting from
open-competitive exam 24-334,
was established Nov. 19 by the
State Department of Civil Ser-
vice. The list contains 210 names.

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, December 24, 1976

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

EXTENDED TO APRIL 1, 1977

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 acash 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 your fellow worker.

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

For each new member you sign up between now
and April 1, 1977, 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.

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. In approximately 8-12 weeks you
will receive your cash payoff.
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.