the boycott ‘group: at 1 p.m. in Room 306 of the
‘tate Capitol on Monday, April 23.
Among the speakers at the meeting will be
Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of the Albany Catholic
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Diocese; Rabbi Bernard Bloom, president of the
Lennon charges
Middletown PC
chemical dump
MIDDLETOWN — A top Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn. officials has
charged that ‘‘a quantity of highly com-
bustible and toxic chemicals were
dumped and buried on the grounds of
Middletown Psychiatric Center” and
has called for an immediate in-
vestigation of the situation.
James J. Lennon, President of
CSEA Region III, notified Dr. James
Prevost, Commissioner of the
Department of Mental Hygiene of his
allegations and demand -for an in-
vestigation by mailgram. The full text
of Mr. Lennon’s mailgram is as
follows:
“It has come to my attention that a
quantity of highly combustible and
toxic chemicals were dumped and
buried on the grounds of Middletown
Psychiatric Center. In view of the
concern by all for ecological
safeguards, this indiscriminate dump-
ing of chemicals is an outrage. 1
respectfully request an immediate in-
vestigation into this callous disregard
for the welfare of the employees,
patients, and public in these critical
times when pollution is on everyones
minds. Furthermore I am outraged
that employees were assigned this
grave and dangerous task without
adequate protection. Within the im-
mediate area are many private
homes with drilled wells, not to
mention within five miles or less is a
reservoir that supplies water to the
City of Middletown. Your urgent
action is requested.””
A R E Mi N D E R —Contract ratifications ballots which _ :
have been sent to all CSEA members in the Administrative Ser-
vices, Institutional Services and Operational Services bargaining
units must be returned by 8 a.m. Friday, April 27, to be valid.
Members are voting on tentative 3-year contracts covering 107,-
000 State workers in the three units. CSEA members in the three
units who have not received a ballot should contact Kathy Barnes,
CSEA headquarters, Albany, (518) 434-0191.
‘northeastern region of the Central Conference of
_ American Rabbis; James Tallon, chairman of the
Assembly Committee on Health; and James Roti-
_ ‘Roti of the United Auto Workers.
MINI-BOARD MEETS — CSEA's Board of Directors Committee met-on April 11 to consider.
changes in the union's timetable of internal elections. From leit are Statewide ot Irene
AFSCME INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT JERRY WURF, center, is flanked by CSEA President
William L. McGowan, left, and CSEA Region J President Irving Flaumenbaum during a leadership
seminar conducted for CSEA members at Newburgh. CSEA Local 1000 is the largest Local within
AFSCME, which in turn is the largest union in the entire AFL-CIO. Both Mr. McGowan and Mr.
Flaumenbaum are also AFSCME International vice presidents. For more on the seminar, turn to
pages 6 & 7,
SEALED WITH A HANDSHAKE — Dutchess County
Executive Lucille P. Pattison, left, and Ann Boehm,
President of the Dutchess County CSEA Unit, shake
hands after signing a 3-year contract giving county
employees a 25% to 27% salary hike. For more details,
turn to page 5.
Wednesday, April 18, 1979
Election on ‘hold’
ALBANY — The CSEA’s Board of
Directors Committee has voted
overwhelmingly to ‘‘stop the clock’’
for union elections which could be
affected by the outcome of a CSHA
Special Delegates Meeting set for
April 21 in Albany.
The action by the Committee, more
commonly known as, the ‘‘mini-
Board,” postpones certification of
petitions and drawing for positions on
~ the ballot for statewide elections and
the State Executive Committee until
after the next Board of Directors
meeting on April 26.
The action exempts all Locals from
the election mandates of the Model
Local Constitution and suspends all
Local election procedures until the
Board of Director’s meeting with the
exception of County Division Locals
which do not have retirees who are
candidates for office.
On April 4, CSEA Delegates
overwhelmingly voted for an
amendment to the union’s Con-
stitution and By-Laws which es-
tablished new criteria for regular
membership, thus effecting the
eligibility of individuals to run for
elected office in the union. If that
same amendment is passed at the
April 21 Special Delegates meeting it
would take effect and the union’s elec-
tions would have to be altered.
The min-Board’s action freezes only
the elections that could be effected by
the Delegate’s action until after the
April 21 meeting when appropriate
action would be taken by the full
Board.
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“Local Government Report’’ will appear regularly in ‘The Public Sector."’ The column is preparéd and edited by Joseph
Lazarony, chairman of the Civil Service Employees Assn. County Division, and contains information of interest for all e
CSEA members in general and employees of local government jurisdictions in particular. Comments and questions per-
taining to this column may be addressed to Mr. Lazarony c/o ‘The Public Sector.”
| GOVERNMENT
REPORT
There are many areas of im-
portant concern for public
employees these days. Not the
least of these are our concerns
regarding legislative activity
which often has double impact on
public employees.
One bill of great merit is now be-
ing debated. It is the ‘‘OSHA”’ bill
which would create safety stan-
| dards for public employees equal to
| those of private employees.
The very presence of ‘‘debate’’
on such a bill certainly helps to
accent the oft heard statement of
» “second class citizenship’ for
© public employees.
\ How in the world legislators at
| any level could ever accept lesser,
5 let alone no, safety standards for
| public employees is truly impossi-
ble to understand! Are the lives of
public employees less valuable? Is
the health of public employees less
important? Are fire traps alright
for us but not for private sector
Editor, The Public Sector;
The Public Sector, 3/28/79 article
“Suffolk Facing Proposition 13’
reports that CSEA Local 852 Tax
Committee will study the impact of
Initative and Referendum on the
Union. This is commendable. It is
hoped all taxpayers will be made
aware of the study.
Whether union or not, public
employee or not, all taxpayers are
victims of excessive taxes. Why is
43.5¢ of every dollar earned taken for
taxes? Why are there 151 taxes on a
loaf of bread; 87 taxes on a dozen
eggs; 116 taxes on a new suit; 600 tax-
es on a house? Last year the
“average” American family paid out
$9,607 in direct and hidden taxes.
Not long ago the American Stan-
dard of living was envyed world-wide.
Some countries may not have wanted
yankees, but all nations took yankee
dollars. Now even the yankee dollar is
less desirable. In fact America is be-
ing bought up with foreign dollars. Or
is it with yankee dollars we gave
We need an OSHA Law
employees? If the answer is yes,
then we truly are second-class! If
the answer is no, then why the
debate?
Here is an even grimmer
thought. I am told that OSHA is
possible this year for ‘‘state’’
employees, but probably not for
“Local Government.’’ Only God
and the legislators could ever ex-
plain such an attitude. Local
government employees must now
drop to third class!! The entire
concept of debating the matter and
only partially protecting us is a
nightmare of political hackism!!
Local government employees drive
uninspected vehicles, dig unsup-
ported trenches, work in fire-trap
offices and in poorly ventilated
areas. We can (and are) fired for
refusing to drive unsafe vehicles.
Complaints about blocked fire es-
capes mark you as a griper.
To save tax dollars (the ‘‘God”’ of
For 150 years Americans lived
without income taxes. With the ex-
ception of 1894 when Congress passed
a law taxing incomes. In 1895, believe
it or not, the U.S. Supreme Court
declared income taxes uncon-
stitutional. It wasn’t until 1913 with
the adoption of the 16th amendment
that voters gave Congress the power
to tax incomes. At that time the
politicians promised only the top 5%
incomes would ever be taxed. Today
the top 5% incomes are exempt and
the other 95% wages are taxed.
1913 was the significant turning
point for America. It was the year the
private profit making corporation
called the Federal Reserve was incor-
porated. The Federal Reserve in-
cidently is the only Private Cor-
poration that can print money and
issue credit and profit from it. The
Federal Reserve is solely responsible
for the volume of money and credit in
circulation at any given time. 1913
also was the year the tax exempt
Foundations which have shaped most
of America’s philosophies and
our era) peoples lives are en-
dangered while our political
leaders debate the issue! They
avoid confrontation with the
political ‘‘bigs’’ back home by ex-
cluding local governments! They
show a high level of disconcern for
all public employees and down-_
right contempt for local
government employees.
Each of you reading this column
can help us in this fight which
should never have to be a fight. Let
your legislator know that
dangerous working conditions ex-
ist, that your life may be on the
line, your family made to suffer,
and you will NOT stand for it.
OSHA is a bill for all of us. Every
one has a right to legal protection
from penny-pinching politicians
who seem to prefer a tax cut to
your safety. Read the bill number
in ‘Public Sector’’ and contact
your representatives now!
On April 29, 1913, U.S. Congressman
Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. submitted
House Resolution 80 with this unusual
exerpt from the pre-civil war Hazard
Circular of 1862: ‘‘Slavery is likely to
be abolished by the war power and all
chattel slavery abolished. Slavery is
but the owning of labor and carried
with it the care of the laborers while
the European plan is that capital shall
control labor by controlling wages’.
The most important possession we
have as laborers of a free country is
our money and power. The more
money we give in taxes the less
prosperity we enjoy. The more power
we give to legislators the less
freedom we have.
In the final analysis the bottom line
\
Joseph Lazarony
County Division Chairman
is take home pay. Even the best union
contract can be wiped out by in-
flation. For example a 10% wage in-
crease taxed by a 15% inflation ‘“‘adds
up’ to a 5% reduction in wages.
This nation was founded by a tax
revolt under the slogan ‘‘United we
stand divided we fall’. If taxpayers
are going to fight other taxpayers and
everyone ends up with less take home
pay, then we all will have to admit we
have been used and abused because
we allowed it. The remaining question
is: Will it happen by accident or by
plan?
Sincerely,
Arthur Chadwick, Chairman
Statehood for Long Island, Inc.
Wheatley Heights, L.I,
BACK ON THE 21st — Among the CSEA delegates who attended a special
delegates meeting in Albany on April 4, and who will be back for another
special delegates meeting April 21, are Hugh Crapser, left, and John
Famelette, both from Dutchess County Educational CSEA Local 867.
Delegates will be voting a second time on CSEA Constitution and By-
Laws changes approved at the April 4 meeting but requiring passage
twice to be effective.
them? ideologies were legalized.”
7)
17 — Syracuse Area Retirees CSEA Local 913; luncheon meeting, 1 p.m., Fireside Inn,
Baldwinsville. Election of officers will be held.
18—Buffalo Local 003 monthly delegates meeting, 5:30 p.m., M&T Plaza Suite, Buffalo.
21 —Non-instructional employee training session, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Poughkeepsie
High School, Poughkeepsie
21 — Special Delegates Meeting, Chancellor's Hall, Albany.
25—Statewide Probation Committee meeting, 10 am. Thruway House, Albany
28——South Beach Psychiatric Center “Spring Affair” dinner dance, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., Micali
Terrace, 521 86th Street, Brooklyn.
MAY
4 — Local 860, White Plains Schools annual dinner-dance honoring recent retirees. 7:30
p.m, to 12:30 a.m., Purchase Country Club, Anderson Hill Road, Purchase.
19--Saratoga and Rensselaer County Education Locals meeting, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Holiday
Inn, Soratoga Springs.
CSEA Armory Committee meeting and elections, Long Island j
24-26
Union negotiating Erie County staffing problem
By Dawn LePore
BUFFALO — Help may soon be on
the way for overworked and under-
staffed employees in the Erie County
Social Services Department, if all
goes as planned in the current
negotiations between the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn. and the county.
Welfare examiners in the county’s
Financial Assistance Division have
been complaining for weeks about
heavy caseloads and an abnormally
high number of job vacancies, but un-
til CSEA Local 815 began meeting
with county officials, they weren't
getting much satisfaction.
“The average caseload here is 150
per worker — one of the highest
throughout the state,” said John Eiss,
President of Local 815. ‘‘From what
we've found so far, the highest
Member nearing 16 gallons of blood
By Deborah Cassidy
ALBANY — George Cundiff, 52,
an administrative assistant with
the New York State Department of
Taxation and Finance and a
member of that Local of the Civil
Service Employees Assn., has
donated a total of 126 pints of blood
over the past 35 years; an amount
which is two pints short of 16
gallons. He says that he will reach
this total by the end of the year,
and then will keep giving as long as
his doctor says it is alright.
Mr. Cundiff starting giving blood
as a young man in the navy, and
since has given 86 pints out of the
total at bloodmobiles which make
periodic visits to the Department.
If he misses a bloodmobile visit, he
usually runs down to the Red Cross
Center to donate, because as he
puts it, ‘‘that might be the one pint
someone needs.”
Donating blood, he says, gives
him ‘“‘real satisfaction.’ “I have
always believed in giving freely to
help my fellowman and my blood is
the most precious thing I can
give.”
Over the years he has never had
a reaction to donating, but he
reports that his doctor has now told
him not to give as often as he has in
the past. So he will cut down from
four or five times a year to two or
three.
According to Red Cross records
and to Joseph O’Sullivan, director
of the New York State Employee
Blood program, Mr. Cundiff is one
of the largest donors in this area.
“He is an example to other
employees. His generosity and
good experience with donating has
encouraged other employees to
give without fear.’”
Some of the people who have
received blood which Mr. Cundiff
donated have sent him thank you
notes and he has been awarded
several pins and medals by the Red
Cross, as he reached various totals.
Donating blood is a family thing
for the Cundiff’s, it seems. His
mother often gave blood, and he
followed her example, and, in turn,
his son and daughter have followed
his example, each having recently
given their first pint.
“I just hope that if I ever need
blood there will be some for me,”
he concludes. ‘I wouldn’t want
them to open the refrigerator and
find it empty.” The Red Cross,
however, has assured him that this
would never happen so long as
there are donors like Mr. Cundiff.
A TREMENDOUS BLOOD DONOR —
George Cundiff, shown at work in the
Audit Division of the State Department
of Taxation and Finance, has donated
126 pints of blood, just two pints short
of 16 gallons! And he says he'll reach
that incredible plateau this year.
Two Troy firings lead to contract grievance
TROY — The City of Troy unit of
the Civil Service Employees Assn.
has filed a grievance against the City
Manager for firing two employees
without sufficient notice and with dis-
regard for provisions in the
employees’ contract and the Civil Ser-
vice law.
According to CSEA Unit President
CSEA LOCAL 834 AIDS GOLDEN GLOVES,
County CSEA Local 834, presents a $200 check to Tom Coulter, Syracuse area Golden
Gloves director, to help send local tournament winners to the national finals in In-
dianapolis. The CSEA Local has been actively involved in the Syracuse Golden gloves
events for the past few years,
Edward LaPlante, Michael Malec, a
senior planning technician under the
Comprehensive Employees Training
Act, was told by the City Manager on
a Monday that he was terminated as
of the previous Friday due to a lack of
funds. Mr. LaPlante noted that four
other employees, who were hired
after Malec, remain working in the
Robert Obrist, left, President of Onondaga
same position. ‘This goes against the
contract,” said Mr. LaPlante. ‘‘Ac-
cording to its provisions the employee
with the least seniority should go
first. We cannot understand why he
was pulled out of a category.”
Kevin Carlisle, a senior planner in
his position on a provisional ap-
pointment for one year and seven
months, was told on a. Tuesday not to
come in the following day. Under
Civil Service law, an employee who
has been provisionally appointed
must be dismissed or confirmed as
permanent within 60 days of his ap-
pointment. Since Mr. Carlisle was not
discharged within that time, the union
is maintaining that he should be con-
sidered permanent and therefore is
protected under the discipline and dis-
charge provision of the law, which
states that an employee can only be
fired for reasons of misconduct or in-
competency. Neither of these charges
were made against the employee by
the City, said Mr. LaPlante.
The grievance which is in the
primary stages, calls for the
employees to be reinstated im-
mediately.
Some members of the unit are con+
sidering taking a job action in protest
of the firings, said Mr. LaPlante, but
a membership meeting was held and
that move was ruled out pending ad-
ministrative remedy attempts.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 18,1979 Page 3
caseload anywhere else is only 120.
“When the people in assistance
were given extra duties in the food
stamps program, it became impossi-
ble to get the work out. They just kept
getting farther and farther behind,”’
he said.
“There are currently 27 vacant
positions in the Social Services
Department and it is my under-
standing that quite a few of them are
in the welfare examiner’s office,”
Eiss said.
Under cumbersome personnel
procedures, it takes an unusually long
time to fill the vacancies.
“After someone leaves, the position
can’t be filled until that person’s
vacation time expires. Then it’s sent
to budget or audit to clear the job
before it’s sent back to personnel,’’ he
said. ‘‘Only then does that office begin
to canvass the lists for a replacement.
It’s done that way to save a few
dollars, but in the long run, it’s
costing the county money.
“It’s a tough job. There’s always
been a high turnover there. But I
think the vacancies have something to
do with it,” he said.
Recent meetings between union
representatives and Erie County Ex-
ecutive Edward Rutkowski, Social
Services Commissioner Fred
Buscaglia and Labor Relations Direc-
tor Edward Piwowarczyk have
resulted in some agreements to work
out the problems.
“To alleviate the short-term
emergency, the commissioner is in
the process of completing an initial
workload survey,’’ iss said. ‘‘He has
said he will give his recommendations
to Rutkowski by the third week of
April. Rutkowski will then look it
over, make any changes and present
it to the Erie County Legislature the
following week.”
Eiss said he hopes that between 15
and 25 positions could then be filled.
The county has also agreed to
streamline the lengthy hiring
procedures.
According to Eiss, the long-term
solution will involve a professionally
accomplished workload study to be
undertaken by the county in July. The
information from that will be used to
implement the 1980 budget.
Strike appeal
BUFFALO — Employees in
the Erie County Welfare Ex-
aminer’s Office accused last
month of participating in an il-
legal job action are in the
process of filing appeals on
those charges, according to John
Eiss, president of CSEA Local
815, which represents the
workers.
“We had a meeting with at-
torneys and the 98 employees in-
volved to show them how to
prepare the forms necessary for
appeal,"’ Kiss said.
Under the Taylor Law’s two-
for-one provision, county of-
ficials, who charged the
employees staged an aileged
sick-in on March 19, docked one
day's pay from the workers’
checks recently. Hiss said he un-
derstood the second day would
be docked in the next paycheck.
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of White Plains are voting in a
representation election between
CSEA and another organization
known as the Ninth Judicial District
Court Employees Assn.
are due to be counted at 11 a.m. April
27 at PERB Headquarters in Albany.
Eligible employees who did not
receive a ballot should call PERB
collect at (518) 457-6410 for a
replacement ballot.
Job openings in Cortland Co.
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Court House
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'SCME PRESIDENT JERRY WURF, left, greets CSEA
Region III President James Lennon, who hosted the Leadership
Seminar participants.
Region III
workshop
NEWBURGH — Another in a series of Leadership
Training Seminars for Civil Service Employees Assn. of-
ficers and executive board members and others was con-
» ducted April 7 here for union representatives from
| CSEA’s Southern Region.
i The seminars are conducted for CSEA leaders by
members of the training and education staff of the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME), of which CSEA is the largest
Local nationwide.
AFSCME International President Jerry Wurf and
CSEA President Willaim L. McGowan participated in the
Region III seminar, each pointing out that such
programs are among the many benefits of the
CSEA/AFSCME affiliation relationship.
AFSCME Director of Training and Education Dave
Williams and several members of his staff out of
AFSCME headquarters in Washington conducted the all-
day training seminar.
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LEADERSHIP SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS discuss mutual
items during break, From left are Janice Schaff of Yonkers
School District, Gary Conley of White Plains School District,
and Doris Mikus of Byram Hills School District.
Photos by Ted Kaplan
RIGHT, AMONG CSEA MEMBERS participating were
Thomas Reynolds and Jim English.
AFSCME TRAINING AND EDUCATION OFFICIALS Dave
Williams, left, and John Dowling conducted much of the
seminar program for CSEA leaders.
PARTICIPANTS FROM REGION III included Eleanor Me-
Donald of Greenburgh and Stan Boguski, Region III Third Vice
President.
EXCHANGING POINTS OF VIEW are, from left, Letchworth
Village Developmental Center CSEA Local President Bob
Watkins and CSEA Region III Director Thomas Luposello.
Page 6 ‘THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 18, 1979
RESET
EDUCATION LEADERS — Celeste
Rosenkranz, chairman of CSEA’s
Education Committee, discusses
union education programs with
Dave Williams, AFSCME Director
of Training and Education; and Paul
Rosenstein of AFSCME.
BELOW, DEEP IN DISCUSSION
OF MUTUAL INTERESTS are,
from left, Robert McEnroe,
AFSCME’s Director of Education
for New York State; CSEA Region
Ill Director Thomas Luposello; and
Steve Ragenskeif, AFSCME
Assistant Area Director.
LEFT, DISCUSSING THE
PROGRAM are, from left, Bea Kee
and Angel Stubbins of CSEA’s Helen
Hayes unit and CSEA Atty. Pauline
Rogers.
BELOW, CSEA PRESIDENT
WILLIAM L. McGOWAN con-
gratulates Celeste Rosenkranz,
chairman of CSEA’s Education
Committee, for successful efforts in
helping arrange the seminar.
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ALBANY — It has been several
weeks since the CSEA and the Gover-
nor’s Office of Employee Relations
reached tentative agreement on a
new three year contract for the Ad-
ministrative, Institutional and
Operational bargaining units.
Ratification is at hand and it is time
to set the record straight about a few
things.
First, let me point out that the 54
members of the three rank and file
negotiating teams have
overwhelmingly endorsed this ten-
tative agreement as the best contract
package obtainable. I agree with
them. I shared their many long days
and nights at the bargaining table
over a period of several months. This
is by far the richest agreement we
have ever negotiated
There isn’t space enough in this
column to outline all of the many
pluses contained in these contracts,
but we have made every effort
humanly possible to get you as much
information about this agreement as
we could in the short time since the
agreement was reached.
For example, all voting CSEA
members in the three bargaining
units have been sent actual contract
language for the first time prior to
ratification! I’m not talking about ex-
cerpts, I’m talking about complete
contract language!
I know of no other union that
provides actual contract language to
its membership prior to ratification.
In the past our members have not
received contract language for
several months after ratification.
This time they will know exactly what
they are accepting or rejecting prior
to casting their ballots. A fact sheet
highlighting the agreement has been
included with each ratification ballot
as well. If there is anything more that
could be done to give members all the
information they need to make this
important decision, I can’t imagine
what it might be.
There are those, as always, who are
unsatisfied. Some have even gone to
the trouble of preparing printed
material attacking this agreement
and, again as always, some of the
printed material is flatly inaccurate.
One document, for example, claims
the contract provides for a $400
deductible on health insurance. As
those who receive the contract
language will plainly see, the contract
provides a deductible of $75! The $400
figure refers to the maximum annual
liability to an employee for health
costs! In no event will an employee
have to bear more than $400 in health
costs in any year. Major medical will
pick up the remaining costs up to $25,-
000 per year and $250,000 per lifetime!
In another example of misinfor-
mation, some have criticized this
agreement for giving up increments.
Nothing could be further from the
truth! New employees will continue
to receive increments as they move
| President's
William L. McGowan
CSEA President
from the salary minimum through the
salary maximum. What has been
changed is the time in which they will
move. Based on performance
evaluations to be jointly drawn by
CSEA and the State, they can go from
the minimum to the maximum in as
little as 18 months but in no event will
it take longer than four years. The
former contract provided a minimum
of five years!
It's one thing to be aggressive in
furthering your own views but it is
quite another thing to wrecklessly
mislead people who are facing a
decision that will have a major im-
pact on their lives for several years.
The copies of contract language will
plainly show just how wrong most of
the critics of this agreement have
been.
Just as in any democratic process,
it is incumbent on the voter to be as
informed as possible on the issues. We
have conducted contract information
meetings in every Region to get the
correct information about this con-
tract across. We have carried stories
in the official union newspaper ex-
plaining major provisions of the
agreement in detail. We have held a
training session for field staff to fully
inform them of the details of the pact
and we have sent fact sheets and
copies of actual contract language to
each and every member in the units
affected,
Now it is up to the rank and file to
decide and that is how it should be, By
the time you have read this article
many of you in the units will have
already voted but others will not have
decided yet. I urge you all to weigh
the issues carefully, read the
agreement and cast your vote. In the
final analysis this agreement will
have a major impact on your life for
the next several years, You owe it to
yourselves to participate.
CULL . 4 met, Ware
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday. Anil 18 1079
WILLIAM L. McGOWAN
President
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_ Civil Service trying new exam-excuse policy
ALBANY — Problems associated
with persons scheduled to take
written Civil Service examinations
only to be unable to take the exain on
the scheduled day due to a variety of
circumstances is practically legend.
However, in the past the only accep-
table reason for rescheduling an ex-
amination was for a candidate who
had a member of the immediate fami-
ly die within the week preceding the
scheduled examination.
That could change, depending upon
CSEA CONSTITUTIONAL
CHANGES will be considered for a
second’ time, as required, at a
special delegates meeting at 11 a.m.
| Saturday, April 21 in Albany. Con-
sidering the proposals earlier this
month, when they passed at the first
reading, were Tom Gargiulo, John
Aloisio Jr., and Nick Dellisanti, all
of Nassau County CSEA Local 860.
SAE
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AMONG THE DELEGATES to be attending a special session on April 21 to vote on proposed Constitution changes are, from
left, Tony Cimino, Charles Whitney, Albert Patterson, and Nick Cimino, all from Department of Transportation CSEA
‘Local 505.
the outcome of an experimental
policy in effect for a 3-month trial
period. The experimental policy
differs greatly by expanding reasons
for rescheduling examinations. It
began with the first test this month
and will end with the last test date in
June. The results will be evaluated
over the summer to determine what,
if any, changes will be made from the
current permanent policy.
Following is the ‘Revised Policy”
Sc aeRO
as it pertains to rescheduling of
written examinations during the
April-June trial period:
“As a general rule, a written ex-
amination shall be held only on the an-
nounced examination date. Excep-
tions to this may be made with the
approval of the three member review
panel for the following reasons:
1. A death in the immediate family
or household within the week
preceding the examination. For the
sziurs » Seana AERA
“eR
Aes
More local level political action
ALBANY — CSEA President
William L. McGowan has called upon
the union’s Political Action Com-
mittee to strengthen its efforts on
behalf of CSEA members_in local
government.
Noting that the statewide general
elections are now behind the state’s
largest public employee union, the
union leader said, “‘It is time that we
direct the same amount of energy we
devoted to the statewide offices and
to the Legislature to the hundreds of
counties, towns, villages and school
districts where our people are being
victimized by local politicians.”
The union’s legislative and political
action program scored major gains
this year with the state legislature
through its incredible winning record
in endorsement of candidates for the
Senate and Assembly. That political
strength will be put to work on behalf
of CSEA members in this legislative
year in efforts to reform the state’s
unfair Taylor Law, improve the
retirement system, control Civil Ser-
vice reform, extend the Agency Shop
Law, and extend the protections of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act to
all public employees in the state.
“We expect to have our best year
ever in Albany,’ President McGowan
explained in his directive to Political
Action Committee Chairman Martin
Langer, ‘‘but we cannot divert our
attention from the tens of thousands
of our members who are directly
affected by the legislative bodies in
the political subdivisions. We must
redouble our efforts on behalf of
members in these areas.”’
purpose of this section, immediate
family would include Spouse, Mother,
Father, Grandparent, Brother, Sister,
Daughter and Son as well as other
relatives currently living with the
family.
2. Military commitment.
3. Being a member of a wedding
party or a member of the immediate
family or household of the Bride or
Groom.
4. Having a conflicting Federal
or educational examination.
Educational examination would in-
clude SAT, College Boards, Graduate
Records and school examinations if
conflicts couldn't be resolved.
5. Vacations for which non-
refundable down payments have been
made before the examination an-
nouncement has been issued.
6. Required Court appearances.
7. Medical emergencies or ac-
cidents involving members of the im-
mediate family or household. For the
purpose of this section accident would
include traffic accident.
8. Emergency weather conditions
that lead to the closing of specific
roads, highways or independent
transportation services which
prevents a candidate from reaching
the test center.
Candidates whose situation falls in
categories 1-6 should notify the Office
of the Director of Examinations and
Staffing Services as soon as possible
before the date of the examination.
Candidates who are unable to take
the scheduled examination due to a.
medical emergency, accident or
emergency weather condition must
notify the Director of Examinations
and Staffing Services no later than the
Tuesday following the regularly
scheduled examination date.
All requests for admission to an ex-
amination on an alternative test date
must be accompanied by appropriate
document verifying the situation. The
Department of Civil Service will es-
tablish a three member review panel
consisting of the Director of Ex-
aminations and Staffing Services and
the Assistant Director of Testing Ser-
vices and the Assistant Director of
Staffing Services. This review panel
will be responsible for determining
whether or not a candidate meets the
requirements for being afforded the
opportunity to take an examination on
an alternative test date. Candidates
will normally be examined on the
following Saturday in Albany, New
York City or Buffalo.
Candidates approved to take an ex-
amination on an alternative test date
will be required to affirm that they
have not discussed the examination
content with any individual. Alleged
violations of examination security
will be investigated and if verified
will result in disqualification.
Probation committee to meet on Monroe Co. problems
ALBANY — The Civil Service
Employees Association's
Statewide Probation Committee
will meet with the State Director of
Probation at 10 a.m. on
Wednesday, April 25 at the
Thruway House in Albany, to iron
out some communication problems
that have been plaguing the
{Monroe County Probation Dept.
employees.
Both the union and management
have met with the county workers
recently. But neither side knew of
the other's meeting, and apparent-
ly conflicting views were given at
each meeting regarding employee
problems and morale.
Joseph Reedy, staff adviser to
the CSEA committee, said, ‘‘Com-
mittee chairman Jim Brady asked
me to talk with State Probation
Director Thomas Callanan this
week. Only then did we find out
about each other’s meetings in
Monroe County, and evidently he’s
been getting a different story from
the one I’ve been getting. For ex-
ample, Mr. Callanan has been told
the employees agree with his
negative 1978 report on the Monroe
department, while I have been told
they disagree with it. And in
general, management has been
getting a rosier picture of
employee morale than the union
has been getting.
“We hope to straighten all these
things out when the whole
statewide committee comes te
Albany to talk with Mr. Callanan;”
Mr. Reedy said.
Bills opposed by CSEA
e
Week of April 9, 1979
All bills on this status report are opposed by CSEA
e
Bill Numbers one ° Committees
A-20; 73; 74; 215; 800; 1025; 1026; 1217; | & R fe d m A-Election Law, Judiciary, Local
1232; 1687; 1964; 2239; 2940; 3025; 3479 nitiative e eren U Government
§-875; 1046; 2059; 2239; 2325 S-Judiciary, Local Government
" Barbaro Flanagan Hoblock Orazio Velella Yevoli
@ RIE Behan Gorski Kremer Perone Virgilio Zagame
Bianci Hanna Lentol Pesce Walsh
Cochrane Harenberg Levy Proud Warder
Dunne Henderson Lipschutz Ross Wemple
Engel Hinchey MacNeil Schimminger Wilson
Flack Hirsch Murphy Stafford Winner
CSEA opposes all Initiative and to government, allows public ¢ Giving the Nassau County and mandate a referendum be held.
Referendum (1&R) legislation.
There are at least 20 I&R bills
which have been introduced in
either the State Assembly or
Senate.
I&R, the first step to the
Proposition 13/meat-ax approach
Bill Numbers
A — 3257, 4154; 4155; 4156; 4157; 4160;
4161; 4162; 4163; 4164; 5908
§ — 2535
CSEA opposes all so-called Civil
Service reforms of the type propos-
ed publicly by New York City
Mayor Edward Koch.
The anti-union, Koch-type
reforms have been introduced as
legislation in the State Legislature
by allies of Koch and by other
referendum to bypass the
legislative process.
The proposed laws take many
forms, including:
© Giving all counties the power to
enact laws and/or charter
amendments by I&R.
Monroe County legislatures the
authority to give I&R to county
residents..
e Requiring varying percent-
tages (3% to 40%) of the electorate
(eligible voters or actual voters in
last gubernatorial election) to
Civil Service reform
Sponsors: Eckert, Grannis, Greco, McCabe, Nagle, Passannante
legislators independent of the New
York City Mayor’s efforts.
The so-called Civil Service
reforms include:
¢ Allowing management
employees to receive temporary
appointments for up to 36 months,
and allowing up to 10 percent of the
managerial positions to be tem-
porary.
e Expanding significantly the
number of positions which could be
placed in the exempt, non-
competitive class.
¢ Replacing the one-out-of-three
rule on Civil Service tests with a
one-out-of-ten rule.
Committees
A-Governmental Employees
S-Civil Service and Pensions
¢ Allowing for various degrees of
preciseness in the language of the
referendums.
¢ Allowing amendments to the
State Constitution by referendum.
Allowing for recall elections of
elected officials.
¢ Allowing public employers to
consolidate established bargaining
units.
e Expanding management
perogatives by reducing the scope
of union-management negotiations.
e Designating a number of
positions as management which
are not now so designated.
Other opposed bills
; Summary of
Bill numbers, Summary of eit Bill numbers, a ea
e Sponsors Provisions Committees sponsors Provisions Committees
‘A-2848 Murphy Involves the amount of revenue a Education A-1905 Rattaliata Permits only one re-vote on a re- Education
$-2137 Floss school district can request if a Education $-1428 Johnson jected school district budget, and Education
previous request had been turned prevents expenditures for any
down by voters. purpose not to exceed the
previous year's expenditures if a
A-844 Ross Change requirements for school Education new budget is not voted.
bus drivers. A-1744 Exclude non-professional school Labor
A-897 Lewis Repeals section 15-b of the Codes cdl) Gistrich employees: tran Labor
Correction Law relating to the ben He i: s hp MI
Director of Education. ert Th given. xensona ple
assurance” of returning to work
‘4-258 Connelly Requires State employees to live Governmental Employees in the next academic year.
e@ in the state. A-2025 Hawley Permits only one re-vote on are- Education
- jected school district budget. Education
: n Involves voting for school taxes. Education elit! ie
AGE Hae 4) hae §-1640 Eckert Expands requirements ad- CivilService
A-2266 Behan, Fosse, Creates the New York State Ways and Means ministered by municipal Civil
Larkin, Perone Management Advisory Board. Service commissions
. Involves changes in disability Governmental Empl §-1674 Padavan, Berman Creates a State Mental Retar- Mental Health
aiiaiiaes ienien sf 2 ic cl Bruno, Donovan, Mendez, dation and Developmental and
Volker Disabilities Council.
A-3194 Stavisky Limits increases in expenditures Education A-2847 Murphy Involves the amount of money a Education
in school districts operating on §-2136 Floss school district can raise by tax- Education
contingency budgets. ation without a vote by the elec-
torate.
e S-2965 Eckert, Exempts CETA employees from Civil Service
Agency Shop fees.
Auer, Floss, Smith gency Shop A — Assembly S — Senate
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April 18, 1979
Page 9
COMPETITIVE
PROMOTIONAL EXAMS
(State Employees Only)
Title
FILING ENDS APRIL 23, 1979
Dentist III . . $29,340 No. 39-354
Dentist IV . - $32,608 No. 39-355
Tree Pruner Supervisor . .$ 8,950 No. 36-722
Senior Pesticide Control Supervisor $12,583 No. 36-730
Assistant Architectural Specification Writer $14,850 No. 36-725
Assistant Mechanical Specifications Writer . $14,850 No. 36-728
Junior Architectural Specifications Writer $11,904 No. 36-724
Junior Mechanical Specifications Writer..
Senior Architectural Specifications Writer .
Senior Mechanical Specifications Writer
Associate Occupational Analyst
Occupational Analyst
Principal Occupational Analyst
Senior Occupational Analyst...
Assistant Worker's Compensation Examiner
Assistant Worker’s Compensation Examiner
(Spanish Speaking)
FILING ENDS MAY 14, 1979
Institution Retail Stores Manager I . $ 9,481 No. 36-455
Institution Retail Stores Manager II. $11,250 No. 36-456
Computer Programmer Trainee .... $10,624 No. 36-752
Associate Computer Programmer .. $18,301 No. 36-754
Assoc. Computer Programmer/Analyst $18,301 No. 36-755
Assoc. Computer Systems Analyst... $18,301 No. 36-756
Computer Programmer/Analyst Trainee . $ 9,481 No. 36-766
Principal Editorial Clerk ........ $ 9,481 No. 36-745
Head Salary Determination ‘Analyst . $14,075 No. 36-750
Chief Salary Determination Analyst . $18,301 No. 36-751
Principal Salary Determination Analyst . $11,250 No. 36-767
Substance Abuse Accounts Auditor III . $18,301 No. 36-759
Senior Editorial Clerk ........ $7,565 No. 36-740
Senior Editorial Clerk (Commerce $ 7,565 No. 36-741
Principal Printing Clerk .... $ 9,481 No. 36-747
Bridge Repair Supervisor II $12,583 No. 36-761
Senior Editorial Clerk (Education) $ 7,565 No. 36-742
Principal Editorial Clerk ...
Principal Printing Clerk .. i
Senior Field Representative, Division of Human Rights .
Senior Manpower Programs Coordinator ..
Associate Manpower Programs Coordinator
Associate Manpower Programs Specialist .
Chief of Manpower Programs Grant
Control and Fiscal Audit .
Senior Editorial Clerk (Mental Health) .
Senior Resources and Reimbursement Agent .
Senior Resource and Reimbursement Agent
(Mental Retardation/Dev. Disabilities)
Senior Editorial Clerk (State) .. *
Computer Composer Technician I . -$ 9,481 No,
Principal Printing Clerk (Taxation and Finance $ 9,481 No. 36-749
Bridge Maintenance Supervisor II ....................0000008 $14,242 No, 36-760
For more information about these and other state jobs, contact the stute Civil Service Department,
Albany State Office Building Campus; 1 Genesee St., Buffalo, or 2 World Trade Center, New York City.
STATE OPEN COMPETITIVE
JOB CALENDAR
Title Salary
FILING ENDS APRIL 30, 1979
Architectural Specifications Writer, Junior. .
Pesticide Control Inspector .
Pesticide Control Inspector, Senior .
Tree Pruner Supervisor ....
Worker's Compensation Examiner Assistant ..
Worker’s Compensation Examiner, Assistant
(Spanish Sigekine)
Dentist III .
Dentist IV .
Traffic Signal Equipment Specialist ...
Traffic Signal Equipment Specialist
Assistant...
Traffic Signal Equipment Specialist,
Senior .......
Building Mechanical Engineer, Associate.
Building Mechnical Engineer, Senior.
Exam No.
24-982
. 24-986
. 24-987
. 24-988
. 24-988
. 24-988
. 27-896
. 27-897
$14 "850 No. 27-907
$11,904 . 27-906
. 27-908
. 27-905,
. 27-904
$18,301
$25,919
+ $21,129
You can olso contact your local Manpower Services Office for examination information.
Page 10 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, April
Physical Therapist . . $11,337 20-880
_ Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking). +» $11,337 20-880
Senior Physical Therapist . $12,670 20-881
Senior Physical Therapist $12,670 20-881
Speech Pathologist . $12,670 20-883
Audiologist .... . $12,670 20-882
Assistant Speech Pathologist . . $11,337 20-884
Assistant Audiologist ... - $11,337 |
OPEN CONTINUOUS e
Title Salary Exam No.
Pharmacist (salary varies with location) - $14,388-$15,562 20-129
Assistant Sanitary Engineer $16,040 - 20-122
Senior Sanitary Engineer . 20-123
Clinical Physician I .. 20-118
Clinical Physician II.. 20-119
Assistant Clinical Physician 20-117 | @
20-113
y 20-113
Attorney Trainee 20-113
Junior Engineer. . 20-109
(Bachelor’s Degree)
MMIOMMEM BINGEr otras c Forse ss asessects Ooauenetn AOE (yun ees 20-109
(Master’s Degree)
Dental Hygienist 20-107
Licensed Practical Nurse. 20-106
Nutrition Services Consulta: 20-139
Stationary Engineer ........ 20-100
Senior Stationary Engineer .. 20-101 { )
Occupational Therapy Assistant I . 20-174
Occupational Therapy Assistant I . 20-174
(Spanish Speaking)
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 20-140
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee $11,983 20-140
Medical Record Technician . $9,481 20-143
Histology Technician ....... $8,051 20-170
Professional Positions in Auditing an $11,250 20-200
Computer Programmer $11,250 20-220
Computer Programmer (Scientific) . $11,250 20-222
Senior Programmer ............ $14,075 20-221
Senior Computer Programmer (Scientific) 20-223 e
Mobility Instructor ... 20-224
Instructor of the Blind . 20-225
Health Services Nurse...
(salary varies with location
Senior Heating and Ventilating eenect
Senior Sanitary Engineer (Design) ....
Senior Building Electrical Engineer . 656
Senior Building Structural Engineer ...
Senior Mechanical Construction Engineer .
Senior Plumbing Engineer ..
Assistant Stationary Enginee
Electroencephalograph Technic!
‘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 II ..
Nurse II (Psychiatric)
Nurse II (Rehabilitation
Medical Specialist II
Medical Specialist I .
Psychiatrist I..
Psychiatrist II.
Social Services Management Trainee ..
20-226
20-227
20-228
20-229
20-230
20-231
20-232
20-303
20-308
20-334
20-348
20-352
20-394
20-394
20-416
20-417
20-418
20-556
20-584
20-585
20-586
20-587
20-840
20-841
20-842
20-843
20-875
Social Services Management Specialist . +++. $11,450 20-875
Social Services Management Trainee . . $10,824 20-876
(Spanish Speaking)
Social Services Management Specialist . $11,450 20-876
(Spanish Speaking)
Industrial Training Supervisor
(salary varies depending on specialty).
$10,624-$12,583 20-877
Dietician Trainee .
Dietician ...
Supervising Dietician
Stenographer "
Typist .
Senior Occupational Therapist
Senior Occupational Therapist
(Spanish Speaking)
Occupational Therapist .... be . $11,337
Occupational Therapist (Spanish Speaking) pielecacatn + $11,337
You moy contact the following offices of the New York State Department of Civil Service for on-
nouncements, applicotions, and other details concerning examinations for the positions listad above.
Stote Office Building Campus, First Floor, Building |, Albany, New York 12239 (518) 457-6216.
2 World Trade Center, 55th Floor, New York City 10047 (212) 488-4248.
Suite 750, Genesee Building, West Genesee Street, Buffalo, New York 14202 (716) 842-4260.
‘$12,670
RGN STC TEPC 2 SE ASST I A RS ENT PMP NES
f . . vances
i : d:
= Union attends |.
|
Buffalo panel
| BUFFALO — A number of
representatives attended an all-day
Seminar on the Duty of Fair
Representation on April 3 in Buffalo.
The seminar was co-sponsored by the
e American Arbitration Association
and the New York State School of In-
dustrial and Labor Relations —
Cornell University.
The following is reprinted from the
seminar announcement bulletin:
“Both management and unions share
ADDRESSING THE SEMINAR is Prof. a common interest in the theme of
Robert J. Rabin of Syracuse University this conference. The duty of fair
College of Law. Seated at left is Deborah representation owed to individual
Brown, regional director of the Syracuse employees is a doctrine of the courts
e office of the American Arbitration which has led to the increasing in-
Association. tervention of the courts in internal un-
ion and union-management relations,
extending from the processing of
grievances to arbitration. Individuals
who believe that they have not been
afforded fair representation in the
handling of their grievances may sue
both their union and their employer
AMONG CSEA MEMBERS for redress and for monetary
e PARTICIPATING were damages. This conference is designed
Michael Flaherty and Martin to assist unions and employers to un-
DiSanto, both of Newark derstand the doctrine and to develop
Developmental Center CSEA procedures for assuring fair con-
Local 417. sideration of employee grievances.
iad 7 AEE AAS AT POPU NODE SURNAM A RTT ATMO
Ms. King bl i
s. King blasts new Creedmoor PC director
e NEW YORK CITY — The Soon after assuming the Creedmoor but for the proprietary home Haveliwala is now giving indications
president of the Creedmoor directorship Haveliwala proposed the residents as well.’’ King says ‘the of softening his attitude. King says
Psychiatric Center CSEA Local 406, withdrawal of more than 50 state state employees did all the ground she detects a “backing down’’ of his
who late last month said she would workers from 16 proprietary homes in _ work for the residents and built up a hard stand against CSEA.
take a ‘‘wait and see” attitude toward the Rockaways section of Queens. good relationship not only with them In any case, there is now a hold on
Creedmoor’s new director, Dr. The workers, as well as the butwith the surrounding communities the withdrawal from any state per-
Yoosuf A. Haveliwala, now says she proprietary home residents they as well.” oe non ee private Cae and
didn’t have to wait very long to see cared for, are from Creedmoor and _ Kin, i ing is asking for a meeting with Dr.
what the new director’s plans are. Ms. King says withdrawing the eee eae aecuter Haveliwala and State Office of Mental
workers with the intention of having the homes are senior MHTAS ‘who Health Regional Director Dr. Alvin
And, says CSEA Local 406 them replaced by workers from the bring many years of experience and Mesnikoff.
e Fredden Dorothy King, she doesn’t private sector ae only would mean understanding to the job RR OWeven King eeyae ale Soest AN
ike what she sees. hardship for the Creedmoor person 2 F sure another Harlem Valley at Creed-
Pp Pp nel she says that under CSEA pressure moor.” King has evel that when
Haveliwala was director at Harlem
THESE DELEGATES from Valley he was responsible for the in-
West Seneca Developmental discriminate discharge of residents
Center CSEA Local 427 are into the community, resulting in the
Amelia Clay, Elaine Mootry, and loss of many state jobs.
B. J. Ololino. They are shown at
April 4 special delegates
meeting, and are expected to be State workers .
among several hundred 4
: delegates returning to Albany on | medical help
Apriia). : ALBANY — No matter where you
work as a state employee throughout
the vast state office complexes in
Albany, a single 3-digit telephone
number will bring medical assistance
in the event of medical emergency.
Since the start of the year, the
procedure for reporting medical
emergencies in the Albany state of-
e fice complexes is to dial the Capital
Police emergency phone number —
111, according to Virginia Horan,
INTENSITY OF CONSIDERATION of Director of Health service Nursing of
proposed Constitution and By-Laws the Department of Civil Service
changes is reflected in faces of, from When phoning for medical help, she
left, Sid Grossman and Bob Maletta, said, the following information should
CSEA delegates from Suffolk County be given to the Dispatcher
CSEA Local 852 during meeting April 4. —the name of the person who
in Albany. Delegates will return on April needs assistance,
21 to consider the changes for a second — the exact location
e time, as required before they would —a brief description of the
become effective.
THE PUBLIC
ECIOR Wedoscda
problem, and
— your name and phone number.
erie aa Pee
By Tony Rossi, Jr.
Special to The Public Sector
BINGHAMTON — With the
increasing number of
Binghamton Psychiatric Center
patients being discharged into
services outside the institution,
the Community Services Com-
mittee, a recently-formed group
of CSEA members at the
hospital, is working to combat
inappropriate discharges by the
state, and to make the tran-
sition from Psychiatric Center
mental health care to com-
munity based services as
smooth as possible for
residents, as well as employees.
The committee, sparkplugged
by Charles Gregory, President
of CSEA Local 441, has been
formed to insure that people are
appropriately discharged. to
appropriate services during
New York State’s five-year
Mental Health Plan, as outlined
in the ‘‘Robert Morgado
Memorandum,” Gregory said.
According to Gregory, the
goal of the Community Services
Committee is to make sure
patients will be properly taken
care of, and that employees will
not lose jobs because patients
are discharged from the Center
without follow-up care. ‘“‘We
don’t want patients to be
dumped into the community,”
Gregory said, pointing out that
the committee is working to in-
sure discharged patients will be
provided residences, shelter-
workshop programs, mental
health programs, transpor-
tation and recreational
programs, and out-patient
clinics.
The committee’s aim is to
work with the five county CORE
Agencies covered by the
Binghamton Psychiatric
Center, whose responsibility it
is to coordinate and insure the
development of community ser-
vices in each county. “What
we’re saying is we want to work
with CORE Agencies to see that
the 50 percent state share of
CSS (Community Support
Bangui gone
At Binghamton Psychiatric Center:
‘We wanit to be sure
that residents aren’t
simply discharged .. .
without any concern for
System) funds are expended
appropriately to the benefit of
the people who are discharged,”’
Gregory said.
In Broome County,
Associated Catholic Charities,
the local CORE Agency, has
already been involved in es-
tablishing two four-bed
residences from funds ex-
tending from the Department of
Mental Health. These
residences are set up to give
people discharged from the
Psychiatric Center appropriate
places to live.
According to Ron Patch, an
employee of the Center and
member of the Community Ser-
vices Committee, the approach
of the committee is to oversee
the residences, and other such
possible facilities in the future,
to insure they are delivering a
quality program. Each county
and its CORE agency in the
area covered by the
Binghamton Psychiatric Center
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what happens to tt
will be developing various kinds
of facilities, such as residences
and programs. The committee
will, in turn, keep in touch with
these facilities and their respec-
tive programs.
The committee has asked the
administration of the
Binghamton Psychiatric Center
to provide them with all infor-
mation and planning of the
various meetings which address
themselves to the development
of such community services.
“We asked that the facility es-
tablish a facility-wide planning
committee, which had never
been in existence before,”
Patch said, ‘‘to get input from
all divisions in the facility.” The
planning committee came about
as a request by CSEA. A major
accomplishment of the Com-
munity Services Committee ac-
cording to Patch, is that the ma-
jority of employees at the
Psychiatric Center have
become interested in learning
about Community Services and
doing something about the ser-
vices.
“Nobody ever talked about it
before,” Patch said of attitudes
toward Community Services,
“But now everybody is talking
about it.’’ The employees at the
Binghamton Psychiatric Center
have taken interest in Com-
munity Services and in receiv-
GOING OVER INFOR-
MATION regarding care of
residents discharged from the
Binghamton Psychiatric
Center are Ron Patch, left,
member of the CSEA Com-
munity Services Committee,
and CSEA Local 441
President Charles Gregory,
founder of the committee.
ing appropriate training so they
can perform such functions at
the ultimate level.
So that CSEA can have input
and make recommendations
about services that should be
developed, what new services
might be needed, and what
deficiencies there are in ex-
isting plans, the Community
Service Committee is seeking
information from _ the
Binghamton Psychiatric Center
Administration concerning any
planning in the area of Com-
munity Services.
Dr. James Cohen and Paula
Lambert, CSEA Program Con-
sultants, have been working
with the Community Services
Committee to establish, in ac-
cordance to the Morgado
Memorandum, how the tran-
sition from Center care to
Community Service care will
take place, given guidance and
support from CSEA, employees,
and the Center administration,
according to Gregory.
The Community Services
Committee, along with the help
of CSEA, aims to make sure the
state, as it filters down from the
executive branch of
government, is living up to the
agreements outlined in the
Morgado Memorandum, there-
by providing quality patient
care and job security for state
employees.
“We want to be sure that
residents aren’t simply dis-
charged in order to run down
the in-patient population,
without any concern for what
happens to them,”’ Patch said of
the committee’s efforts toward
making the transition as smooth
as possible for the benefit of
patients and employees.
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