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OSHA SIGNED — As
CSEA President William
: : L. MeGowan

watches over

his shoulder,
Gov. Hugh L.
Carey signs
historic OSHA
bill.

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Official publication of The Civil Service Employees Association

Vol. 2, No. 38 (ISSN 0164 9949)

Wednesday, July 16, 1980

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‘Right to know’ also signed

ALBANY — With CSEA President William L. McGowan looking on,
Gov. Hugh Carey on July 1 signed legislation making occupational safety for
public employees a part of the laws of the State of New York.

For CSEA, the enactment of public employee OSHA legislation marked
a major legislative victory that is expected to turn the tide on an oc-
cupational injury rate in the public sector of this state that is more than 30
percent higher than the occupational injury rate in the private sector in New
York.

“We have finally won equality with-our Brothers and Sisters in the
private sector in the area of job safety,’’ commented President McGowan
during a press conference with the Governor at the State Capitol.

The signing of the public employee OSHA legislation, CSEA’s number
one legislative priority this year, was one of two major safety victories for
the state’s public employee union. So-called ‘‘Right to Know’’ legislation
was also enacted by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.

This Legislation was originally drafted by the Legislature as a measure
to require private sector employees in New York State to inform all
employees of the presence of toxic substances in work locations and to
provide education and training on at least an annual basis for employees
routinely exposed to these substances. _

The legislation was monitored by CSEA’s lobbyists who objected to the
exclusion of public employees from its protection, and at a joint hearing of
the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation and the Sub-
Committee on Toxic and Hazardous Substances, the lead sponsor of the
legislation, Niagara County Assemblyman Joseph Pillittere, agreed to an
amendment to the legislation to include public employees under its protec-
tion,

For a workforce of more than 900,000 employees previously unprotected
by any occupational safety standards, 1980 became a windfall year for public
employee safety. ~

Both measures contain provisions that make them effective in January
1981. In the interim period special task forces established by the state will
begin to establish procedures to ensure that an effective administrative
system is in place to enforce the laws when the legislation takes effect.

The public employee OSHA legislation provides several major gains for
CSEA members including:

— the statutory right for a public employee to initiate a complaint about
safety conditions at a work location. The law expressly forbids
management from taking any form of retaliatory action against the
complaining employee.

CONGRATULATIONS are exchanged between the Governor’s Office of
Employee Relations Director Meyer Frucher, left, and CSEA President
William L. McGowan immediately following the signing of the OSHA
legislation by the governor. OER Director Frucher said the signing fulfills a
commitment by Gov. Carey during contract negotiations last year to sup-
port a reasonable occupational safety bill, and that the current CSEA-State
contracts were designed to pave the way for such legislation. Frucher also
worked to gain legislative support for CSEA’s OSHA bill, testified on behalf
of it in legislative hearings, and wrote a memorandum of support for the
OSHA bill to Governor Carey. OSHA was CSEA’s number one legislative
priority, and the bill moved through the Legislature this year with strong
bipartisan support. *

—the integrity and thoroughness of enforcement is assured by a
provision allowing a representative of employees the right to accom-
pany an inspector during the investigation of an alleged safety
violation. |

— there is a “‘feedback”’ provision that requires the Industrial Com-
missioner of the State of New York to respond to complaints by issu-
ing a report on the findings of each complaint inspection.

— the legislation establishes procedures for the training of employees in )|
effective safety procedures.

— centralized reporting of occupational accidents will become a reality |
for the first time. This procedure, never used before in New York
State, allows administrators to identify specific types and locations
of occupational accidents that generate worker injuries.

— the law incorporates all of the rules and regulations of the federal Oc- |
cupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) into the New
York public employee OSHA program.

The Right to Know legislation will provide public employees who are ex-

posed to toxic substances with the following improvements.

— employees have a right to know the nature of the toxic substances to |
which they are exposed and particularly the health hazards posed by
these substances.

— requires employers to keep track of employees exposed to toxic sub-
stances on a routine basis and to keep these records available for a
period of forty years from the exposure date so that those exposed |
can be identified should the need arise at some future date.

— the law mandates special education and training for persons routine- |
ly exposed to toxic substances on a regular basis, at least annually.

“These bills are proof to all public employees that this union cares about

their well-being,”’ President McGowan told reporters.

Performance evaluatio

ALBANY — A revised Perfor-
mance Evaluation System for CSEA’s
statewide Operational, Ad-
ministrative and Institutional
bargaining units has been hammered
out, and will become effective on Oct.
1 — although actual ratings may not
begin until at least Nov. 1, 1980

The system, part of the union's 1979-
82 contracts. for the three units,
allows outstanding employees to rise
to the top of the state’s salary scale
faster than they could under the old
“‘increment’’ system, and provides in-
centive for excellence among veteran
employees, too. When it was learned
that many employees were not being
rated strictly according to their job
performance under the old system,
the system was temporarily
suspended.

“Before the system can begin’

again,’ CSEA President William L.

MARTIN LANGER, Director of the
CSEA/State Committee on
Performance Evaluation, explains
the revised systém to members of
CSEA’s Presidential Task Force on
Performance Evaluation last week in
Albany.

McGowan said at the time, “‘We have
to make sure that people are being
rated exclusively on how well they do
their job, and not on any extraneous
factors.”

A simpler, more understandable
and somewhat less subjective system
has now been created, according to
Martin Langer, director of the
CSEA/State Committee on Perfor-
mance Evaluation, which revised the
system.

“The biggest difference between
the two plans is that this one man-
dates that all supervisors will initially
be trained in the concepts and ideas of
the new system and eventually given
technical instruction on how to deter-
mine job standards and rate
employees,’’ Mr. Langer said.

Previously, supervisors, because
they lacked training were prone to
rating employees on personality and
other irrelevant factors.

Professional consultants will be
employed by both CSEA and the State
when each conducts training
programs for union leaders and the
State workforce respectively. Ad-
ditionally union representatives will
be invited to attend management’s
training sessions for supervisors. The
union’s training sessions will be for
local officers and leaders, so that all
employees at all work locations will
know how the system works and what
their rights are if they disagree with
their ratings for any reason.

Individuals will retain the right, as
they have, to appeal ratings to local
appeal Boards. Additionally for handl-
ing procedural problems as well as
alleged misapplications of job stan-
dards, labor/management com-
mittees will be established at each
work location. Unresolved issues will
go before a neutral for resolution.

Another major difference is that
the revised system has three
categories instead of four. Employees
will be rated as ‘‘Unsatisfactory,”
“Effective’’ or ‘‘Outstanding.””

“Formerly, the employees under-
Standably looked at the four
categories . as two good ones and two
bad ones,”’ Mr. Langer noted. “So,
many of them felt insulted at receiv-
ing a ‘Satisfactory’ rating, which was
one of the two lowest ratings, when
really, a ‘Satisfactory’ rating meant
you were performing your job in a
perfectly effective manner. We feel
that the new system makes more
sense.”’

Serving with Mr. Langer on the
committee that worked out the new
system were Marie Romanelli,
representing the Administrative unit,
Marilyn McFee, representing the
Operational unit, and Bill Chacona, of
the Institutional unit.

Recently, CSEA’s Presidential
Task Force on Performance
Evaluation — leaders of the three un-
its from around the state, convened in
Albany to hear details of the new
plan.

The Force will participate in the un-
ion’s training sessions this summer,
and will continue to be involved dur-
ing the implementation of this revised
system.

“The idea behind the system was
always good,” President McGowan
said. ‘It allows employees to go
through the salary scale in from 18
months to 4 years depending on per-
formance, where under previous con-
tracts, it took everyone five years to
reach the top of scale, no matter how
well or badly they did their job. And
even if you get the lowest rating, the
longest you can now have an in-
crement withheld for is a year.”

“The system also gives a $321 bonus
to all outstanding employees who
have already reached the top of their
scale, so they have some incentive to
continue to excel.”

In accordance with contract
provisions one half of one per-cent of
the state’s payroll has been
segregated for awards. This

ie alg

CHUCK GREGORY, President of
Binghamton Psychiatric Center
CSEA Local 441 and a member of the
President’s Task Force, asks a
question about the revised
performance evaluation system
during last week’s meeting to learn
details of the system.

dollars for this purpose.

‘As with the previous plan, the revis-
ed system provides for a statewide
appeals board for unsatisfactorily
rated employees who want to carry
their ratings protests beyond the local
level. That board will continue to con-
sist of a management representative;
a CSEA representative; and a
neutral person to be agreed upon by
both sides. All three members of this
board maintain the right to vote.

“While this revised system will
work toward correcting many of the
problems which surfaced during the
first round of evaluations these
problems will not be totally corrected
overnight. The key to this system will
be the creation of appropriate job
standards. Given the thousands of
titles which exist in the three bargain-
ing units, the development of stan-
dards for each of those titles cannot
be accomplished during the next few

translates to a pool of $4.8 million weeks,’’ Langer said.

McGowan blasts gov for retiree rejections

ALBANY — Ina stunning blow to the hopes of thousands of retirees liv-
ing on fixed incomes in New York State, Gov. Carey has vetoed both the
modest pension increases CSEA won for the retirees in the state legislature
this year, and their $2,000 death benefit.

CSEA President Bill McGowan said the vetoes represent ‘‘an aban-
donment of career public employees who have been forced by inflation to
live out their lives in virtual poverty.”

He would not rule out the possibility that the union would attempt to
have the legislature override the vetoes of the two bills, both of which pass-
ed the legislature by overwhelming majorities

The average pension of state employees last year was less than $4,000,
but McGowan noted that, ‘‘for most of the more than 100,000 people affected
by these bills, the pension is more like $2,000 a year. It is a disgrace for the
Empire State to spend tens of millions of dollars on a home for the giants of
industry while denying its own employees a decent standard of living in their
retirement.’

The state recently allocated more than $30 million for the relocation of
the offices of the American Stock hange

The pension supplementation bill would have provided a three percent
increase in the pensions of public employees who retired since 1976; a seven
percent increase for those who retired between 1976 and 1970; and a three
percent increase for those who retired prior to 1970.

‘Those people have had their purchasing power cut in half by inflation,””
McGowan pointed out. ‘‘The veto of this bill is a cruel denial of basic
economic dignity to a group of people who served our state for many years.””

The death-benefit bill would have made survivors of state employees
who retired before Sept. 30, 1966 eligible for a death benefit of $2,000. Sur-
vivors of employees who retired since that date are presently eligible for a
benefit, upon the death of the employee, of either $2,000 or $3,000, depending
on the date of retirement.

SORRY FOLKS,
THE WELL'S STARTING

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Patriotism

main theme
of program
on America

MILAN — You couldn't escape the
patriotism here last month. Not only
was it Flag Day, but Department of
Transportation CSEA Local 507 had
designated it as “I Am an American
Day”’ as well.

As one drove into Wilcox Memorial
Park, flags tied to trees with yellow
ribbons greeted you; 53 flags, one for
each of the hostages in Iran.

The hostage situation is what
prompted Local 507 member Bill
Michitsch to organize the celebration.
Michitsch said he felt unions should
take a stand on the hostages

‘We just wanted to do something to
show the community and the country
that our union has not forgotten the
hostages,” Michitsch said

Ceremonies included the raising of
the flag to half mast in honor of the
eight men who died in the abortive
attempted rescue of the hostages.

There were speeches by Dutchess
County Executive Lucille P. Pattison
and a spokesman for New York State
Assemblyman Stephen Saland, both of
whom received strong CSEA support
in recent elections.

Both read proclamations declaring
June 14 ‘I Am an American Day”
throughout the county and the state.

Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr.
also spoke, saluting Michitsch’s ef-
forts. Besides being a patriotic day,
Fish referred to it as one for the © (

family, an important American in-
stitution.

CSEA members and their families
dotted the lakeside beach, enjoying
the hot, sunny day, the speeches and
the music.

19—Black River Valley Local 015 family picnic, 11 a.m., Wescott Beach State Park.

21—Saratoga County Local 846 Executive Board meeting, 7 p.m., Solor Building, High

Street, Ballston Spa

21—Region Ill Mental Health labor/management meeting, 1 p.m., Hudson River

Psychiatric Center, Poughkeepsie.

23—Saratoga County Local 846 general membership meeting, 7 p.m., Solor Building,

High Street, Ballston Spa

23—Copital District Retirees Local 999 clam steam and steak roost, 1-8 p.m., Krause's

Halfmoon Beach and Grove, Crescent.

23—Copital Region Employee Assistance Program pre-implementation program, Empire

Stote Plaza, Albany.

24—Rockland Psychiatric Center Local 421 retirement dinner for Ruverna Ward, 7:30

p.m., Villa Venece, Orangeburg.
25—DOT Local 505 annual clambake, Roselawn Restaurant, New York Mills.

26—Rockland Psychiatric Center Local 421 family picnic, 11 a.m., Anderson Field,

Orangeburg.

26—Southern Region Ill workshop, “women in the labor movement; issues and

problems,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Holiday Inn, Newburgh

August
2—DOT Local 508 first annual picnic, Belmont State Park, Babylon.

16—Rensselaer County Local 842 annual steakroast, 1 p.m., Krause’s Halfmoon Beach,

Crescent,

20—Nassav County Local 830 Executive Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m., Salisbury Inn,

Eisenhower Park, East Meadow

~ os “
AMONG THOSE ENJOYING the CDPC dance program were, from left, Valerie Chaput, Mary Elizabeth Posniewski,

Albany State student Scott Mescon, a volunteer aide; CDPC staffer Paulette Young, Donna Martin, CDPC staffer
Emile Nadeau, and Lydia Barnes.

SPEAKERS AT “I Am An American Day,”’ sponsored by CSEA Department of
Transportation Local 507, include Dutchess County Executive Lucille Pattison,
left, and Congressman Hamilton Fish, Jr., right.

Unique aid
to Olympics

ELMIRA — When the call went
out to the CSEA membership to
support the Special Olympics held
last month at Elmira College,
CSEA Local 437 at the Elmira
Psychiatric Center responded in a
unique way.

According to Pat Kelly,
secretary of Local 437, a group of
employees at Elmira Psychiatric
Center decided to forego
celebrating Father’s Day with
their families to volunteer their
time to the worthy cause.

“We wanted to pitch in and do
our part,’ Ms. Kelly said, “‘so
twenty-two of us helped to prepare
and serve Sunday breakfast to the
Special Olympians and staff
members. We estimated that with
preliminary meetings to organize
the group and a full day Sunday, it
amounted to over 225 hours of
volunteer service.”

Addie Kelley, president of Local
437, praised the group for its effort,
and singled out Ms. Kelly for serv-
ing as team leader.

Clients and staff organize
dance program at psy center

ALBANY — Clients and employees

of developmental centers, halfway
houses and hostels from throughout
the Capital District recently joined
the patients and staff of the Capital
District Psychiatric Center for a
summer's evening dance organized
by two CDPC employees and some of
the clients they care for.

Several members of the CDPC
Local of the Civil Service Employees
Assn. assisted by serving as

chaperones at the dance.

According to Emile Nadeau, a
licensed practical nurse, the party
was arranged by he and Paulette
Snead, a mental hygiene therapy aide,
in an effort to boost the morale of the
patients by providing them with an
opportunity to organize and host an
event for themselves.

The affair included refreshments, a
band for dancing and entertainment
by staff and clients.

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McCarthy
elected a
board rep

ALBANY — The CSEA Statewide
Elections Procedures Committee has
announced that George McCarthy,
President of Local 423 at the St.
Lawrence Psychiatric Center, has
been elected Region V Mental
Hygiene Representative to the State
Executive Committee:

The official results of the July 3rd
tally were 577 for McCarthy; 295 for
Charles Gregory, President of Local
441 Binghamton P.C.; and 238 votes
for William Krivyanik, President of
Local 449 at Broome Developmental
Center. There were also 28 write-in
votes cast.

McCarthy is a resident of Ogdens-
burg and has been actively involved
in CSEA activities for a number of
years. He is presently serving his

CONDUCTING THE COUNT — Greg Szurnicki, left,
chairman of the CSEA Elections Procedures Committee, and
Bob Tarsitano, a committee member from Region I, check
eligibility of voters as part of the procedure of counting ballots
for the election of a Region V Mental Hygiene representative
on the union Board of Directors,

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president of the Town of Brookhaven Blue Collar Unit while the members of the Unit Executive Committee look on.

third term as President of Local 423.

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The Editor:~-

On behalf of the membership of
Unit 5/6, Local 334, Judiciary
Employees, based in Binghamton, I
should like to take this opportunity to
extend our sincerest appreciation to
all of the CSEA staff and members
who made the non-judicial employee
cover-in bill a reality.

It would be very difficult to list the
names of all of the people who worked
so hard and so long to bring about the
cover-in, Indeed, a few names would
inevitably be omitted and rather than
make it seem as though those people’s
contributions were deemed less
worthy than others, a blanket thank
you is offered. The tragedy which has
been averted by the enactment of this
bill is hard to imagine. The
livelihoods of hundreds of CSEA
members literally hung by a thin
thread for what seemed a very long
time. Many people who had absolute-
ly nothing to gain by a cover-in pitch-
ed in and pushed long and hard —
some, I am afraid to say, pushed
much harder than the people who
stood to lese everything. To all of you
who helped, lobbied, wrote letters,
spoke out, offered your support and
your prayers, a great debt of
gratitude is owned. It is my hope that
this small measure of thanks goes
toward that debt.

Paul R. Goodman

Secretary, Unit 5/6, Local 334
Judiciary Employees,
CSEA/AFSCME

Workshop for women

City State. Zip.
Agency where employed
My social security no. Agency No.

Page 4 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980

NEWBURGH — Southern Region III will hold a workshop on women in the
labor movement: issues and problems at the Newburgh Holiday Inn, 9 a.m.-4
p.m. on July 26. The meeting is open to all members of CSEA Region III.

Taking part in the program will be CSEA Education Director Thomas
Quimby, Region III Womens Committee Chairman Barbara Schwartzmiller
and her committee, and Robert McEnroe and Anita Patterson of AFSCME.

managed woodlands?

issues such as these.

billion Common Retirement Fund has investments.

could be used to shape corporate policy.”

capital for the U.S. economy, and that pension funds own between 20 and

changes.

“Unions are just now beginning to flex their economic muscles,”
Barbara added, citing the pressures that have been brought against J. P.
Stevens & Co. as an example. ‘Pension funds must be invested
profitably, of course. But as stockholders we must also have a con-

sibilities.”
The “‘conscience’’ of the NYS Common Retirement Fund is the Proxy

Subcommittee, established by Comptroller Edward Regan in 1979. Its
nine members include representatives of CSEA and three other public

| employee unions.

Under Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, any

stockholder may raise an issue at annual stockholders meetings, usually
held in the spring. Arguments on these issues are distributed in writing to
all the company’s stockholders. Any stockholder may vote in person at
the annual meeting or by mail by filling out a proxy.

In general, company management recommends AGAINST these
social issues raised by stockholders, and unless a stockholder signifies he
or she is FOR the proposal, the proxy is counted as voting with company
management and against the proposal.

That’s where the New York committee comes in.

“Pension funds must be Invested
profitably, of course. But as
stockholders we must also have

a conscience. We must remind
corporations of their social

and moral responsibilities.”

fWO EAP AGREEMENTS SIGNED — Employee Assistance Program
pacts were signed recently for employees of the State Health Department
and the Wilton Developmental Center. In photo at left, CSEA Capital
Region President Joseph E. McDermott, left, signs the EAP agreement for
the Health Department as Dr. David Axelrod, Health Department Com-
missioner, and CSEA Local presidents Doris Rabinowitz, Labs and

SEA’S BARBARA PICKELL
She keeps an eye on pension investments
and seeks the conscience of Hf corporations

BINGHAMTON — Should the First Chicago Corporation stop in-
vesting in South Africa? Should Kellogg’s stop advertising its cereals dur-
ing Saturday morning children’s television shows? Should the
Weyerhauser Corporation develop a new wildlife habitat policy for its

One CSEA member spends long hours studying and worrying about
As a member of the Proxy Subcommittee of the Comptroller’s Ad-
visory Council, Barbara Pickell recommends the CSEA vote on scores of
issues raised by stockholders of the many companies in which the $11.8
“‘As CSEA members and as public employees we don’t often think
about it, but we actually own big blocks of stock in hundreds of com-
panies,” the president of the Broome County CSEA Unit said. ‘‘What un-
ions and governments nationwide are just now beginning to realize is that
all this pension fund money is a major economic force — a force which
It has been estimated that pensions are the largest single source of

25 percent of the stock of companies on the New York and American ex-

science. We must remind corporations of their social and moral respon-

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BARBARA PICKELL, right, is active in numerous union situations.

Here, as president of the Broome County Unit of CSEA Local 804, she dis-
cusses union business with one of her members.

Committee members study each proxy statement, and the com-
mittee then recommends a vote to the Comptroller. In Barbara’s case,
she discusses issues with CSEA President William L. McGowan and
CSEA legal staff before casting her vote.

“The Comptroller has pledged to vote according to the wishes of the
committee,” Barbara said, adding that he stood firmly by the committee
even in one instance when a corporate officer called to dissuade him.

So Barbara and the other committee members spend hours deciding
that one company should not expand its operations in South Africa, that a
nuclear power plant should establish a committee to report to
stockholders on the disposal of hazardous wastes, or that a third company
should stop marketing infant formula in Third World countries.

Although Barbara readily admits that most shareholder resolutions
are easily defeated by corporate management's huge blocks of votes,
she’s not discouraged.

“This idea is just getting started. When unions and governments all
over the country realize how much economic power they have through
their pension funds and start using that power, corporations will have to
listen.””

Research, and C, Alan Mead, Health Department, review language. In photo
at right, the Wilton Developmental Center EAP agreement signing in-
cluded, from left, Acting Local President Fran Wilusz, EAP Representative
James Murphy, EAP Coordinator Rose Haley, and Daniel T. Donohue,
Acting Director of the Wilton Developmental Center.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980

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SITTING IN ON THE ORIENTATION at the SUNY Stony Brook Medical
Complex are, from left, Rita Krant, Joe Carapazza, Ted Ringeisen and Joseph’
Chilleni, all of SUNY Stony Brook CSEA Local 614.

@ CSEA LOCAL 614 PRESIDENT

Charles Sclafani, who says the
rapid expansion of the
workforce is causing some
problems for his local.

THIS MASSIVE 13-story, $150 million University Hospital at SUNY Stony workforce is expanding at about 100 new employees a month, resulting in
Brook was dedicated in May. Because of this new complex, the SUNY the rapid expansion of CSEA Local@!4.

Rapid growth of membe
both blessing and a burd

STONY BROOK —While the State’s directives to CSEA members,”’ Mr. Center complex, the tallest habitable employees to join the union. e

Sepustodal work at the hospital are ruling that SUNY was allowed to
pul

Tmedical® ands adininiatratives brass Sclafani said in an interview last structure in Nassau and Suffolk Coun- “We're signing up two-thirds of t} into housekeeping jobs and made charge parking fees at new state
i i i week. ties, has almost 2 million square feet new employees that are coming @§ to wear uniforms. They have never _ facilities.
were landing the opening of the $150 ; i i ; S
million, 13-story University. Hospital oe franano ie have aiteed in area, exceeding the interior floor We tell them that since their dues a done that type of work,”’ Mr. Chillemi “The CSEA has its work cut out for
at SUNY at Stony Brook, at a May 5 te ath mene iratiand a space of the Empire State Building. already being deducted they might said. ‘‘We’re pushing the ad- it in the Health Sciences Center,”
dedication ceremony «Charles Sapte aes sein TaTeache i eaitalea ere well join so they can vote on cq ministration to set up’special orien- said Irving Flaumenbaum, Region I
Sciafani, President’ of CSEA Local Fan gel ahen We hospital will be - ie eit soe Is ater Sar care tracts and in union elections, tations for these employees.” President and AFACME Inter-
614, had mixed feeli : vie P i acility. In addition to offering — Sclafani said While the hospital i the national Vice President, “but we
. ha lings. fully operational. By the end of this primary clinical care, and secondary % i He te NORD a ae Beene eaby le have a good hard-working president
For the president of the 1,400- year, the staff total should reach 1,975 care such as a community hospital it Once workers are hired at the nei near-by Health Sciences - Center is anddiligentiotticers at local 614 and
member local, the completion of the | according to the hospital ad- also offers tertiary, or third level, facility, they encounter other di still under a. state-wide job freeze. that’s half the battle.”
hospital, the last building inthe mam- ministration: In addition to the 1,075 care_which includes sophisticated ficulties peculiar to the poset ayg We're working) with an: acute short- Advising Mr. Sclafani and his Local
moth Health Sciences Center, could medical positions, service jobs will treatment and unusual procedures for the Health Sciences Compl@® a a® of men,” said Mr. Ringeisen, ‘SE : ae
5 “ = are CSEA experts from Albany in-
make his rapidly growing chapter, include attendants, laboratory rare and complicated illnesses, such cording to Mr. Sclafani, Josey ‘but SUNY has managed to hire new cluding Nels Carlson, collective
which encompasses the Health technicians, computer operators and —_as_ transplantation and open heart Chillemi hospital shop steward, al people from outside to fill vacancies bargaining specialist and Research
Science Center and the State Univer- _ clerical and janatorial positions. surgery. Also, the hospital will even- Ted Ringeisen, shop steward for tin existing positions, ignoring Tei clu tnees eer tea aH
sity campus, the largest in the CSEA. The University Hospital is part of ‘ally have a burn unit, a ilnears ge ees) Uh pelences. Center peniorliy. Weis ssrarlne ata ie Polticino Long Island regional field
However, the problems of helping a hie . ui accelator for cancer radiation oe 4: pm Brievances on a case by case basis seniati B
F the $300 million Health Sciences arn Although physical examination) Aa chi, ; representative and Attorney Lester
new work force that is expanding b ., Ge ae treatment, a CAT scanner, and a full ‘ sees y : Cashiers at the hospital have been pane -
P & DY Center complex located on a 250-acre are required by the hospital for al hai £ Lipkind.
as much as 100 employees a month site adjacent to the 1,100 acre State range of sophisticated laboratory and employees, senior employee! directed by the administration to “We realize that this is a new
and dealing with a new management — University campus. The Center Glagnosiic services, from the main campus who are wor molleck fees at ihe prbvatelyocn park- operation and that things will be
are making life erent best for features three towers rising from a It will take a highly trained and __ ing in the hospital part time or wh ng Sen fi nas oubohtite screwed up a bit,but we won't stand
the 27-year old labor leader. five-level underground base. It was dedicated medical and service staff have been transferred or assign@! tq amet 8 nay ae for member's rights being abused.
“New people are being hired from completed in three stages. A Clinical tg make the hospital successful, Mr. Work in the hospital, are also being gen as MOSBULD Rs: tT. This hospital, I am told, will have
the private sector who are unfamiliar Sciences Tower opened in 1976. In §clafani said. To help make new ‘Made to take a physical. “That could iu some of the best medical brainpower
with civil service laws and problems. 1978, a Basic Health Sciences employees days onthe jobabit | jeopardize their careers,’ Mrgj The CSEA recently won parking — in the county. Only the service

rivileges for power plant operators employees can give it the support and
because they carry their own help it needs to operate efficiently. If

er, Local 614 First Vice President  Sclafani_ said, ‘‘especially _thos¢

Moreover, we're having difficulty Research Tower was completed.
abeth Holt conducts briefings at | members who have been employed

getting accurate job descriptions and While the other towers are concrete

titles for the new people. Finally, the block shaped structures, the twin the employee orientation every two for years without an examination refmools and have to be on 24-hour call, _ the medical staff, administration and
main campus administration,and the towers of the new ho: al are sheath- weeks on the 13th floor of the quirement. We're taking that issuq™eeded parking, Mr. Sclafani argued. service employees work together,
Health Sciences Center management _ed in dark brown glass panels and are _ hospital. In addition to explaining un- before a labor-managemen admin tion relented and Stony Brook will be able to fulfill its
are squabbling over jurisdiction and connected by glass-enclosed corridor ion rights, the contract and grievance meeting,’ he said ted 15 res. However, the potential as a great national

A was unable to overturn a court hospital,’ Mr. Sclafani said

both sides are issuing conflicting bridges. The entire Health Sciences procedures, Ms. Holt urges new “Many workers hired for Janitgrta

Page 6 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980

Irate Ulster County unit
levels bad faith charge

KINGSTON — A grievance has been filed by the Ulster County CSEA
Unit charging the county government with ‘acting in bad faith.”

Joe Van Dyke, unit president, explained that large numbers of employees
from various sections are signing grievances as a way of registering their dis-
satisfaction with management's treatment. Specifically, Van Dyke noted that
the grievances seek the immediate reinstatement of Robert F. Schwenk as
Nursing Home Supervisor.

Schwenk was suddenly terminated from his position at the Ulster County
Infirmary on June 4 because, according to Van Dyke, ‘he had a good
relationship with employees

County employees have been without a contract since the end of the year,
Van Dyke noted, and have been victims of such management actions as not
paying them for Leap Year Day, granting of selective pay raises to a number
of employees in the bargaining unit, and the firing of Schwenk.

Van Dyke says it all adds up to, ‘‘great unrest among the employees and
that’s why we are filing grievances because the county is clearly violating
Article 1 of the collective bargaining agreement by not acting in good faith.’”

The unit president also attacked Ulster County Personnel Director
Thomas Costello for, ‘trying to stop Schwenk from taking a civil service test
that he was clearly eligible to take.” Van Dyke announced that Costello told
Schwenk that he would not give him a pass to be admitted to a test given on
June 21 for the position of Assistant Administrator, and only after Schwenk
said he would contact his attorneys did Costello call him back to tell him he
would be admitted.

“That's the kind of situation we have here, and that’s why we all feel so
exasperated,” he concluded.

ATTENDING THE SIGNING of a new contract for the Amityville Public
Library Unit of Suffolk County Local 852 are, from right, Carole
Perricone, unit president; Jose Sanchez, CSEA staff; Sanders Kurtz,
library attorney; and Edmund Budde, library board president.

Agreement reached on pact
for Amityville library unit

The Amityville Library CSEA has reached agreement with
management on a two-year contract which gives each full-time employee
a $2,400 salary increase according to Jose Sanchez, CSEA field represen-
tative who negotiated the contract

The first payment of $1,400 was made retroactive to July 1978, in ad-
dition, full-time employees will receive two salary increases of $500, one
this month, and another in January 1981. Part-time employees will
receive pro-rated increases according to their hours, Mr. Sanchez said.

The Amityville librarians, library clerks, custodial and maintenance
staff will also receive other improved benefits, including three weeks
vacation after eight years on the job; a three-step grievance procedure
and binding arbitration in the last step.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980 Page 7
ORANGEBURG — Rockland
Psychiatric Center CSEA Local 421
President Eva Katz is asking other
CSEA locals and units to donate
money to support a CSEA member
who has been suspended without
pay for four months and may con-
tinue in that situation for more
than a year.

Mrs. Katz said Robert Johnson, a
26-year-old CSEA member with an
unblemished record, has been
falsely accused of striking a
patient at Rockland Children’s
Psychiatric Center (RCPC). John-
son’s arbitration is in limbo while
CSEA and the State battle in court

medical record reviewed in the ar-
bitration, she said.

Johnson also was arrested and
charged with Assault based on the
word of the patient, she said.

CSEA Field Representative

EVA KATZ, President of CSEA
Local 421, is championing the
defense of Robert Johnson, who
she says has been falsely accused
of assaulting a patient.

to have the accusing patient's —

Thomas Brann believes the State is
attempting to make Johnson the
fall guy because the patient badly
injured another patient which
could lead to a law suit. =

Since being suspended on March
8, 1980, Johnson has received funds
from Local 421 and from a raffle
run by the local. Mrs. Katz said she
used her own money to post John-
son's bail.

“‘T am asking locals and units to
please donate what they can afford
to help an unjustly accused
member of our union,’’ Mrs. Katz
said. For additional information,
Mrs. Katz can be reached at (914)
359-7206.

She asks that donations be made
to the Local 421 Robert Johnson
Fund.

Explaining the story of Johnson’s
situation were Mrs. Katz, Brann,
Local 421 Executive Vice President
Robert Coleman, RCPC Unit
President Willie Trotman and
RCPC Grievance Chairman Glenda
Davis. Their story follows.

On March 6, 1980, Johnson placed
a patient on restriction (no
cigarettes and other privileges).
The patient was a 17-year-old male
with an ll-year history of
“aggressive behavior:

On March'7,-at 5:30 p.m. in the
dining room, the patient picked up
a chair and threw it across the
room, striking another patient in
the head. The second patient lost
an eye from being hit by the thrown
chair.

The first patient was returned to
his cottage and complained of a re-
occurring ear ache. He was seen by
a doctor.

On March 8, he complained that
his jaw hurt and was taken that
morning to a private hospital. His
jaw was bruised but not broken.

At 6:30 p.m. that day, the patient
was taken to a dentist where a
hairline fracture in his jaw was dis-
covered.

“Isn't it strange that the hospital
found no fracture in the morning
but a fracture was found later that
evening,’’ Brann said.

At 5 p.m. that day, Johnson,
while at work, was suspended
without pay. The patient had

17 LPNs to get out-of-titie pay

NEW YORK CITY — Seventeen LPNs at Manhattan Psychiatric
Center (MPC) will be paid for out-of-title work performed since

February 1980.

_ The Governor's Office of Employee Relations ruled in June 1980 in
favor of the MPC Local 413 members and against the state facility and

the State Office of Mental Health.

The LPNs, Grade 9, had been placed in supervisory positions
which are supposed to be filled by Therapy Assistants, Grades 11 and

13.

MPC was directed in the decision to immediately discontinue the
practice and to pay the employees for the out-of-title work,

Involved in bringing the out-of-title grievance to a successful con-
clusion were Local 413 President Ismael Lopez and Grievance
Chairman Mohamed Hussein and CSEA Field Representative Al Sund-

mark,

Page 8

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980

Local 421 says member falsely accused;
seek contributions for a support fund

claimed that Johnson struck him in
the head on March 7 shortly before
going to the dining room.

Mrs. Katz said: “I have known
Johnson for many years. I know he
did not do it.”

The patient claimed he threw the
chair because Johnson had hit him.
Johnson was on the other side of
the dining room from where the
chair was thrown.

On March 12, the notice of dis-
cipline asking Johnson's ter-
mination was received.

“It appears to me that Rockland
Childrens Psychiatric Center is
attempting to absolve itself from
responsibility for one of its patients
losing an eye.

“They are trying to blame
Johnson for something he didn’t
do,”’ Brann said.

On March 17, Johnson was
arrested and charged with Assault
based on a statement by the
patient.

An arbitrator heard the State’s
case against Johnson on April 21
and May 1. The only evidence
against him was the claim by the
patient that Johnson had hit him.

CSEA has demanded the
patient’s medical records be made
public for the arbitration. The
State has refused, which has halted
the arbitration. 2

The demand for the medical
records was heard in State
Supreme Court on April 24. Justice
John Marbach ruled in CSEA’s
favor on May 19. The State is
appealing the decision.

Appeals could keep the ar-
bitration in limbo for more than a
year,

Representing CSEA and Johnson
at the arbitration and in Supreme
Court has been Regional Attorney
J. Martin Cornell.

Johnson’s criminal case is tied
up in the courts as the State is
fighting the release of the patient's
medical records for’ a criminal
trial.

The criminal case also has been
delayed py the death in June of
Johnson’s attorney, William P.
Volin. ‘

Since Johnson was suspended on
March 8, Local 421 has been

FIELD REP. THOMAS BRANN
says it appears that the State is
trying to make Robert Johnson a
fall guy.

negotiating with the State to
reassign Johnson or to allow him to
use his accruals. The State on both
the facility and agency level has
refused.

On May 16, Mrs. Katz wrote to
Philip Scott, acting director of the
Office of Mental Health Office of
Employee Relations (OMH OER)
asking for Johnson to be reassigned
or allowed to use his accruals.

On June 2, Mrs. Katz received an
answer from OMH OER that the
RCPC administration, headed by
Director Safa Saribeyuglu, was
against changing Johnson's status,
so OMH was against it as well.

“The court cases may take a long
time. The State does not want the
arbitration to continue until all
their appeals are exhausted.

“It also appears that OER in
Albany is not doing its job. It just
follows the line of the facility
management,” Brann said

Illegal attempt at termination is halted

VALHALLA — Westchester County Corrections Officer Jeffrey D. Agosta
recently was reinstated to his position after the county attempted to terminate

him illegally.

Action by Westchester County CSEA Unit Business Agent Carmine DiBat-
tista and Regional Attorneys Arthur Grae and James Rose led the way for

Agosta’s reinstatement.

Agosta was hired in June 1979, and the letter appointing him stated he
would be required to serve a one-year probation. Approximately six months

later he was terminated.

However, Westchester County Civil Service Rules state probationary ap-
pointments must have a minimum period of 12 weeks and may be extended to

not more than 52 weeks.

Also, the State Court of Appeals, has ruled that Civil Service employees
may not be appointed and extended at the same time, as was done in the letter
appointing Agosta to his probationary status as a corrections officer.

When these facts were brought to the attention of the County Attorney’s
Office and litigation was begun, the county agreed to reinstate Agosta.

Management structure
of union reorganized

ALBANY — CSEA President William L. McGowan has announced
finalization of organization of the management structure of the state’s
largest public employee union.

‘‘A union can only serve the interests of its members if it has a good

professional staff that is organized to provide efficiency and accoun-
tability,”’ the union leader said. ‘‘We believe that we now have an ad-
ministrative structure that will allow us to meet the needs of our
membership within the limitations of our resources."

The chart reprinted below outlines the organization of the union’s
professional staff. The names of the supervisors in the areas of
sibility appear on the chart except in instances where a position is pr
vacant.

Civil Service Employees Association

33 Elk Street / Albany, N.

107 / (518) 434-0191

ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT

Judith Burgess

PRESIDENT
William L. McGowan

COMMUNICATIONS POLITICAL ACTIONt

Gary Fryer, Director Bernard Ryan, Director

EXECUTIVE
Joseph J. Dolan

Executive Director

COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING

John M. Carey

MEMBER SERVICES
Thomas Whitney

INTERNAL
OPERATIONS

David Stack

Administrative Director

Administrative Director

Comptroller

EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS/

FIELD SERVICES
P.G. Rogers, Director
EDUCATION
Thomas Quimby, Director
SCHOOL
Larry Scanlon, Director
LEGAL
Anthony Campione, Admin|
RETIREES
[Thomas Gilmartin, Director]
John Quinn, Director
COLLECTIVE BARGAIN.
SPECIALISTS
RESEARCH
William Blom, Director

PERSONNEL

Director

COMPUTER

FINANCE
Cathy Bruno, Supervisor

INSURANCE

BUILDING SERVICES
David Sebast, Supervisor
MEMBER RECORDS
Ellalouise Wadsworth, Supr'
David Sparks, Director
INTERNAL AUDIT

Director

t Located at 99 Washington Avenue, Suite 2220, Albany, N.Y. 12210 (518) 465-6211
+ Located at 1215 Western Avenue, Suite 104, Albany, N.Y. 12203 (518) 438-6821

State bargaining unit responsibilities

ALBANY — CSEA members in the union’s three state bargaining units
are represented on many levels by the union in dealings with management.
The first line of defense, of course, is the CSEA Local which is in turn back-
ed up by Regional officials and staff, but the union provides an additional
resource through Departmental Representatives who can assist Local and
Regional officials in dealing with management on an agency or departmen-
tal level.

John M. Carey, Administrative Director for Collective Bargaining for
CSEA, says that while the union’s state membership is divided into three
state bargaining units under provisions of the state’s Taylor Law and the
union assigns a professional negotiator, called a Collective Bargaining
Specialist or CBS, to head-up negotiations for contracts in these units, CBS’s
also act as resource specialists to provide detailed information to officials
and staff on Departmental matters and to serve on labor-management com-
mittees in Departments.

CSEA Collective Bargaining Specialist John A. Conoby is the negotiator
assigned to the Administrative Services Unit and Nels E. Carlson is the
Collective Bargaining Specialist assigned to the Operational Services Unit.
In a recent change in assignment, Collective Bargaining Specialist Paul T.
Burch has been assigned to the Institutional Services Unit due to the illness
of CBS Robert Guild who has been on a leave of absence for several months.

Mr. Carey said that an additional change is the assignment of Collective
Bargaining Specialist John P. McGraw to deal with problerns confronting
the union in the Office of Mental Retardation. Additionally, Mr, McGraw
serves as the Departmental Representative for the departments of Health,
Corrections, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, State Police, Social Services and
the Division of Housing.

Mr. Burch is Departmental Representative for the Office of Mental
Health, the State University of New York and the departments of Labor,
Banking, State, and Veterans’s Affairs.

Mr. Conoby is Departmental Representative for the Division for Youth,
Tax and Finance, Workers’ Compensation, Motor Vehicles, Education,
Parole, Commerce, Alcohol and Beverage Control, Audit and Control,
Human Rights, Employee Retirement System, State Insurance Fund and
Armories.

Mr. Carlson is Departmental Representative for the Department of
Transportation, Office of General Services, Parks and Recreation, En-
vironmental Conservation, Agriculture and Markets, Criminal Justice Ser-
vices, Department of Law, Civil Service, Public Service Commission, and
Insurance Department.

Part of the responsibilities in Departmental assignments and collective
bargaining carries over into the area of joint labor-management com-
mittees created under the CSEA’s contracts in the three state bargaining
units, Mr. Carey said.

The labor-management committees on Safety and Health Maintenance
and Parking, are the responsibility of Mr. Carlson. Mr, Burch deals with
labor-management committees in the areas of mileage reimbursement,
CETA, the State Employment Training Council, and Continuity of
Employment. Mr. Conoby is responsible for labor-management committees
dealing with Performance Evaluation and Career Opportunity. Mr.
McGraw is responsible for the joint labor-management committee on the
Quality of Working Life and Productivity

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980

SOI:

Page 9

ee
STATE OPEN COMPETITIVE
JOB CALENDAR

Title
Aging Services Representative .
Cable Television Specialist I..
Cable Television Specialist I
Public Health Sanitarian.........
Safety Field Representative (Fire), Assistant
Sanitarian Senior .. deeeeeonee
Sanitarian Trainee
Training Technician, Senior-Commission of
Corrections

EVALUATIONS OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

AND ORAL TEST Salary
Bees f : $11,695,
$13,125

Cytotechnologist Ene

Cytotechnologist, Senior... r

Director of Mental Health Rehabilitation Services,
$26,344
$36,019
$ 9,655

COMPETITIVE
PROMOTIONAL EXAMS

(State Employees Only)

Title

Cashier é tees
Principal Biostatistician.... .

stant Director of Plant Industry
Senior Food Bacteriologist .
Senior Food Chemist f
Weights and Measures Specialist II
Associates State Accounts Auditor.....
Principal State Accounts Auditor ‘
Employees Insurance Reviewing Clerk IT.
Motor Equipment Mechanic (No Filing Deadline) ..
Director of Educational Finance :
Associate Bacteriologist. hres
Prescription Examining Clerk II...
Principal Sanitarian :
Senior Bacteriologist .......
Senior Bacteriologist (Virology)
Senior Sanitarian '
Mental Hygiene Therapy Assistant 1.....
Director of Mental Health Rehabilitation Services .
Mental Hygiene Therapy Assistant I....
Chief Withholding Tax Accounts......
Principal Clerk (Estate Tax Appraisal).
Senior Clerk (Estate Tax Appraisal).

Delegate election procedure
will be evaluated by union

ALBANY — CSEA President William L. McGowan said last week that the
union will evaluate the procedures used in the election of CSEA’s delegates to
the AFSCME International Convention and may make modifications before the
next International Convention, scheduled for 1982.

The union leader said that numerous complaints and inquiries have been
received from rank and file members who objected to the complex procedures
used in the election of the 223 CSEA delegates to AFSCME‘S Convention,
particularly the use of ‘‘slates’”’ to elect candidates.

“Some of our members are concerned that the slate system dampens free
choice in the election process,’’ Mr. McGowan said, ‘‘even though the
procedures for the election allow candidates to run as both individuals and as
members of slates.

“There seems to be a feeling that the slate concept detracts from free
choice and we will take a look at that during our evaluation procedure. We are
committed to a free and open electoral process and while we used one
procedure in this election, that doesn’t prevent us from modifying the
procedure before the next convention if there is a good reason to do that.”

The delegates elected by CSEA’s rank and file members this spring were
chosen under a Regional system with varying numbers of delegates from each
Region depending upon the number of members in each Region. This was the

OPEN CONTINUOUS
STATE JOB CALENDAR

Senior Medical Records Technician ...
Pharmacist (salary varies with location) .

Assistant Clinical Physician .
Attorney...
Assistant Attorney
Attorney Trainee .
Junior Engineer.
(Bachelor's Degree)
Junior Engineer
(Master's Degree)
Dental Hygienist ...
Licensed Practical Nurse
Nutrition Services Consultant
Stationary Engineer ..
Senior Stationary Engineer
Occupational Therapy Assistant I -
Occupational Therapy Assistant I -
(Spanish Speaking)
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor .
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee -
Medical Record Technician
Histology Technician .. ‘ x
Professional Positions in Auditing and Accounting.
Computer Programmer .
Computer Programmer (Scientific)
Senior Programmer .. :
Senior Computer Programmer (Scientific) -
Mobility Instructor .
Instructor of the BI :
Health Services Nurse
.(salary varies-with location)
Senior Heating and Ventilating Engineer .
Senior Sanitary Engineer (Design)
Senior Building Electrical Engineer
Senior Building Structural Engineer
Senior Mechanical Construction Engineer
Senior Plumbing Engineer .
Assistant Stationary Engineet
Electroencephalograph Technician
Radiologic Technologist ..
(salary varies with location)
Medical Record Administrator
Food Service Worker I...
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee
(Spanish Speaking)
Associate Actuary (Casualty)
Principal Actuary (Casualty) -
Supervising Actuary (Casualty) -
Assistant Actuary
Nurse I...
Nurse I ..
Nurse II (Psychiatric) .
Nurse II (Rehabilitation) .
Medical Specialist II -
Medical Specialist I
Psychiatrist I..
Psychiatrist II .
Social Services Management Trainee
Social Services Management Specialist
Social Services Management Trainee ..
(Spanish Speaking)
Social Services Management Specialist
(Spanish Speaking)
Industrial Training Supervisor rs
(salary varies depending on specialty)
Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking)
Senior Physical Therapist
Senior Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking)
Speech Pathologist
Audiologist
Assistant Speech Pathologist
Assistant Audiologist .
Dietician Trainee
Dietician
Supervising Dietician ......
Stenographer (NYC only) .
Typist (NYC only)
Senior Occupational Therapist .
Senior Occupational Therapist
(Spanish Speaking)
Occupational Therapist ........ oe
Occupational Therapist (Spanish Speaking

first election of CSEA delegates to the International Convention and the
procedure used in this election was new to everyone.

“There won't be another election of AFSCME Delegates for two years, but
we will take a look at the procedure we used before then and make a decision
about what chang f any, are needed to keep the electoral process as free
and open as possible,’ McGowan said.

You may contact the following offices of the New York Stote Department of Civil Service for an-
nouncements, applications, and other detoils concerning examinations for the listed above.

State Office Building Campus, First Floor, Building |, Albany, New York 12239 (518) 457-6216.

2 World Trade Center, 55th Floor, New York City 10047 (212) 486-4248.

Suite 750, Genesee Building, West Genesee Street, Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 842-4260.

Page 10 ‘THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980
SE eit stole ray Sea emo

Union rips Erie County comptroller;

‘cloak and dagger tactics’ labeled
questionable, illogical and absurd

By Dawn LePore

fear and resentment.

surd.

job.

visors?’’

ing her time sheet.

taken care of that for her.

A 3-year pact
gets approval
in Glens Falls

GLENS FALLS — Members of the
City of Glens Falls Unit of the Civil
Service Employees Assn. have un-
animously ratified a three-year con-
tract containing across the board
salary increases of $800 the first year,
retroactive to January 1980; $900 the
second year, and $1000 in the third
year.

The contract calls for all existing
benefits to be maintained and the ad-
dition of the dollar prescription drug
plan, reports CSEA Collective
Bargaining Specialist Joseph Reedy.

According to Reedy, the city ad-
ministrators have expressed their
satisfaction with the contract, saying
it will allow them to put together
budgets for the next two years witha
clear idea of what employee salaries
will cost

BUFFALO — Cloak and dagger tactics
employed by Erie County Comptroller Alfreda
Slominski during recent time audit in-
vestigations ordered by her have county
employees working in an atmosphere of growing “It’s just typical of what’s been going on,” “The girl didn’t know what was going on,”’

CSEA workers feel that not only was the in- ’ ; ,
vestigation, which resulted in 39 employees being vices never bothered to verify any of the ing to sign out and no time-sheets.
charged with assorted time violations, un-
warranted, but that Slominski’s reasoning was Grievances filed on the behalf of the other 38 after four thirty and then left.
questionable and her methods illogical and ab- employees have been denied at. the first step. ‘.

“I just don’t think the comptroller’s doingher —_ including stretching their coffee breaks in the WN vehicles on county business and not being
said Erie County Local 815 President John _cafeteria of the county’s Rath Building. reimbursed uritil three months later, but she’s
Eiss. ‘“‘If it’s her responsibility to monitor Slominski had placed undercover monitors in 8° time for this kind of stuff?” Eiss asked.
employees, then why do we need department -~ the cafeteria to observe the comings and goings “Just look at her record. In the four years
heads and supervisors? After all, isn’t it the of employees this spring, and ina recent issue of _ she’s been in office she has never yet correctly
supervisors job to supervise? If we need spies the Buffalo Courier-Express, indicated that she forecast the county’s financial picture.”
brought in, then why don’t they dump the super- plans to continue auditing. Slominski has main- In 1979, Slominski predicted a $16 million

Among the workers accused was a blind
female employee who was charged with falsify-

“She’s never even seen a time sheet. How
could she be charged with falsifying one?”’ asked
Charles Carpenter, president of the Social Ser-
vices Department Unit of Local 815. He.explain-
ed that she had never been required to sign a
time sheet and that her supervisor has always _ the authority to be doing this kind of thing,’ Kiss missioners at a time,” he said. “In four years,

Carpenter said the employee, a senior clerk grade 7 and had it approved by county
typist with 16 years service with the county, was
very upset at receiving the charge — called a
“written verbal reprimand’’ — which she
couldn't even read, With the help of the Blind
Association of Western New York, Carpenter

had the charge transcribed into braille for her, Carpenter told of one instance where a man

after County Social Services Commissioner Fred entered an office at 4:25 in the afternoon, and

Buscaglia refused to do so. without identifying himself, scooped up all the
When CSEA filed a grievance for the time sheets on the secretary’s desk and took

employee, Social Services officials offered to them down the hall to be photocopied.

remove the charge from her file.

Eiss said. ‘She (Slominski) has sent her spies Carpenter said. ““Four-thirty rolls around and
around to watch the employees, but Social Ser- You've got 30 case workers standing around try-

charges.” The 1.1 n returned with the sheets shortly

They were charged with various time violations, “You've sot county employees driving their

tained that such investigations fall withinher job deficit and the county finished the year with a
description, but Eiss and others — including one million dollar surplus.

County Personnel Commissioner John Clark — “She spends all her time checking our
disagree. employees and she can’t even get her own
Clark has said Slominski is responsible for department in order,” Hiss said.

$162 million in mistakes in payroll records dur- Eiss also cited the extremely high rate of turn-
ing 1979. It costs taxpayers $50,000 — and 7,000 _ over on her staff as indication of how difficult
man-hours to correct the mistakes. the comptroller can be to work for.

“T have always questioned whether she had “‘She’s allowed to have five deputy com-

said. ‘‘She has hired confidential investigators at she’s gone through 25 — either fired or quit. The
record was a retired bank official who came in at
9 a.m., left at noon and never came back.”
“She allowed one chief accountant — she’s
had six, and one supervising accountant — and
she’s had eight. If that doesn’t tell you something
about the lady, what will?”

Portchester pact

PORTCHESTER — The Village of
Portchester units of Westchester
County Local 860 have new two-year
contracts.

The contracts calls for a pay in-
crease of eight percent in the first
year plus increments and of 7.5
percent in the second year plus in-
crements.

The contracts, which are retroac-
tive to April 1, 1980, pay the first
year’s raise with six percent effective
April 1, 1980, and two percent effec-
tive Oct. 1, 1980. K

Other improvements in the contract
included seniority, job posting,
grievance procedure and general
working conditions,

A contracting out clause from the
previous contracts was not part of the

4
q new contracts.

4 ) : P i The agreements between CSEA and
the village were worked out in

SIGNING OF NEW CONTRACT covering members of the City of Glens Falls mediation after impasse had been

CSEA unit bring smiles from both labor and management representatives. AS reached in earlier negotiations, CSEA

Glens Falls Mayor Ed Bartholemew, seated left, and union President Mike  jrield Representative Larry Sparber

Kelly read through the contract, Robert Choppa, Arlene Detemole and CSEA — gaiq :

Collective Bargaining Specialist Joe Reedy beam their approval in the Leading the negotiating team was

background, Unit President Virginia Telesca

legislators, who thought they were going to be
used to keep watch over contractors working
with the county. not county personnel
themselves. It came as a complete surprise to
everyone.””

Union official congratulates women’s studies program graduates —

‘ALBANY — The 67 graduates of the Public Service Women’s Studies challenges in the public sector,’’ Ms. Carr said in a telegram message to
Program heard congratulations from CSEA Statewide Secretary Irene —_the graduates. e :
Carr, at the Program’s third annual graduation ceremonies in Albany “On behalf of CSEA, I congratulate you and wish you the best of luck _

recently.

in your careers.”’ :
The year-long, college credit program run by the Cornell University

“Your achievement will surely inspire hundreds of other women to — School of Industrial and Labor Relations, offers night-time courses for
follow the same path, which leads to greater rewards, opportunities and women in the public sector. 4

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980 Page 11

A dozen talented recent high
school graduates, two each from
CSEA’s six regions across the
state, have been presented with
$500 CSEA College Scholarships for
the 1980-81 academic year.

Winners were announced in the
June 4 edition of The Public Sector,
and the actual scholarship awards
were made recently in ceremonies
at the six regional headquarters.
The scholarships this year are
presented in memory of Geraldine
Dickson, a long-time CSEA activist
from Region IV.

The Special CSEA Scholarship
Fund Committee sorted through
some 625 applications before

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REGION TWO — Michael Robert Brown, right, holds
his scholarship certificate and is about to receive his

demi: hi ent, fi ial Re
seeds eetcururteae: Bcuivitied REGION ONE — Scholarship winner Patricia Anne
and other factors. Casey accepts award from Region I President Irving (coy award from Region II President Jimmy Gripper.

The photos on this page depict PARI eRe S Hae : Gregg Schneider, the other award winner from Re-
the scholarship presentations. gion II, was unable to attend the presentation.

REGION THREE (right) — Region
Il President James Lennon con-
gratulates scholarship winners from
his region, Susan DiVirgilio, center,
and Laurie Hewlett, right.

REGION ONE — Award winner REGION FOUR (below) — Region IV ¢
Tuneen Elease Chisolm is pleased President Joseph McDermott, left,

i holarship being given by chats with Region IV winners Kevin ; f
Read 7s Sear ERT Brian Costello, center, and Mark W. ail

Flaumenbaum. Schnellbaecher, right.

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REGION SIX (above) — Region VI |
BEGION EVE (ete) a award winners Matthew Douglas »
Sisanne, Cin) tb: ABIES Farrell, second from left, and |
eee reoaiving ne bras Francis M. Conway, second from |
President James grep right, are flanked by Region VI |
left. t Second Vice President Bob Smith, ©
‘ left, and Dominic Spacone Jr., |
right, chairman of the Special
CSEA Scholarship Fund Com-
mittee, during award ceremonies,
REGION FIVE (right) —
Timothy Samuel Oey,
right, is all smiles after
accepting his scholarship
by award from a beaming
Regional President James
Moore.
“Page 12 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, July 16, 1980