The Public Sector, 1998 March

THE PUBLIC | : Vol. 21 No.3 MARCH 1998

A crew of Steuben County CSEA Local 851
Imembers from the county DPW and Bath
Gas, Electric and Water Departments
helped out in the North Country.

A crew from state DOT CSEA Local 676 out
of the Rensselaer County Residency trims

damaged trees to aid in the restoration of power
in the North Country.

ow and society are always
saying how ‘the family is falling apart, how
people no longer care about anyone but
themselves? Well, this storm disproved that:
- Clinton County Deputy Sheriff Cp!. Shaun Luck

15-year-old son of SUNY Potsdam CSEA Local 613 member Kathy LaClair

‘In the North Country,
when something goes
wrong we all pitch in
and help each other out’

— Essex County Sheriff's Office employee Billie West

SUNY Potsdam eneiamabaniideciam

Groundskeeper Tom More than 55 SUNY Potsdam employees made it to work the
MacGregor faced task of _ first day of the storm and worked 24 hours around the clock
clearing campus steps of for the next three days. Among them, above, were: Front row,

a thick layer of ice. left to right, Bob Tyler, Skip Fefee, Mike Norman, Don Deon and
John Sullivan. Back row, left to right, Paul Williams, Jim
Foster, Bob Conklin, Tom Crosby, Rob Phillips, Ed Bennett and
Steve Parker. Among their many contributions, they supplied
2,000 gallons of diesel fuel a day to keep the generators going
and the campus as operational as possible. Additionally, they
continually disconnected and transported a series of generators
from on campus to the Town of Potsdam water plant and back
to keep the town and campus supplied with fresh water during
the emergency. In between, they helped out in a shelter set up
on campus that housed 1,250 people at one time.

Special thanks to Toni
Oakes, treasurer of CSEA
SUNY Potsdam Local 613, |

who provided riveting

accounts and many
photographs of CSEA
members battling the ice
storm in the Potsdam-
Canton-Massena area.

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CSEA-represented Massena DPW employees Jim
Serviss (driving) and Al Morris mark downed ‘live’
power lines with orange cones on Stoughton
Avenue, Massena. The CSEA unit is part of St.
Lawrence County CSEA Local 845.

‘People would put in 16 hours
in dispatch then go home,
help out a neighbor or
volunteer time elsewhere.
That's just how it was.’

— Essex County Deputy Sgt. Tom Cross

This state Department of Transportation crew from
the Rensselaer residency went as far north as
possible to help storm victims. Pausing at the
Canadian border are, from left, CSEA Local 676
members John Pasanan, tree pruner supervisor;
Tree Pruner Steve Daley, and Highway Maintenance
Workers Dave Provost and Kris Fitzpatrick. CSEA
Local 676 members from the Albany, Essex, Greene,
Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren and
Washington county residencies, as well as special
crews and equipment management shop personnel
went north to help during the storm aftermath.

ALBANY — “Respect.” It's what
Geraldine Wiggins believes
distinguishes organized workers from
the unorganized. And it’s what
motivates her to be a union activist.

It takes many talents to make an
effective leader. Different people have
different approaches, and while no
two leaders are alike, they all share a
common desire to get their co-workers
respect. Or, as Wiggins explains, “with
respect comes better pay, better
benefits, better treatment.”

The Public Sector is often filled with
stories about victories won by these
activists — grievance awards, jobs
reinstated, contracts negotiated. In
their own words, here’s what some
activists feel it takes to be a leader.

For Jane D'Amico, it takes
“intelligence, ability to see the bigger
picture, dedication, responsibility, and
an altruistic spirit topped off with a
sense of humor.” She couples these
traits with “a real commitment to the
concept of unionism” and “lots of
energy as well as a willingness to
dedicate that energy to a common
good, a common cause.”

She also sees a need “to prioritize ...
you learn to make the time because
you believe in what you're doin
adds that good activists must “reach
out and instill union values and
enthusiasm in others to nurture
activists for the future.”

Ken Monahan’s approach begins
with the word “listen.”

An electrician by trade who once
“never spoke in front of people, never
took the lead in anything,” Monahan
says getting involved in the union
changed his life

For him, a successful activist
“listens to people, their point of view,
their concerns .., you need give and
take ... if you keep your mind closed,
you're done.”

He warns that activists should not
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and realizes that
“what might have
worked before
might not work
again, so you need
an open mind to
build the union.”

Wiggins, a self-
described “people person,” picks up on
Monahan’s theme, stressing the ability
“to listen ... to communicate ... you
can't criticize ... and if you don’t have
an answer you seek it out.”

“Good activists can't sit on the
fence. They need to look out for
everyone.” Wiggins depends, too, on
advice from other officers and staff.

Leadership for Walter “Wally” Nash
is a very personal thing.

“If you're weak and do nothing, the
union falls; if you're strong and do
what your supposed to do the union
prospe) Being strong requires an
ability “to tell a member whether they
are right or wrong and why ... and
then be able to stand up to that
conviction.”

Sometimes, Nash freely admits,
“you've got to able to take the knocks”
but the payoff is “often when you least
expect it, like when a person you
helped stops by to say that you made
a world of difference.” Activists often
find themselves listening to more than
workplace problems, according to
Nash. “It could be a family problem,
but you listen and have to go that
distance and look for ways to help.”

For Sean Allen, the belief that
“CSEA does a lot of great things”
prompted him to get involved and “be
out there with the folks and be able
and willing to communicate at all
times of the day." He makes the time

ary to get involved.

s don’t have to be
confrontational, but have to deal with
management and be willing to do so in
good faith,” Allen says. “Generally
people are good if you deal with them

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AND WHAT
MOTIVATES
THEM

Geraldine Wiggins

on a fair level.” He
favors a team
approach because
“together everyone
accomplishes
more.”

He adds that
“when you help
other people you
learn a lot about
your own self, too”
and he is
confident that by
being involved the
union “gets
stronger.”

Sheila Thorpe says that “belief in
the Oey ation” is what sparks her

he once thought that she
could take care of herself, but “when I
suffered an injustice on the job I
quickly learned that alone you do not
have a voice... you're defeated.”

The union came to her support and
it turned out to be a revelation. “I
wanted to learn more about the union,
how I could get involved, and what
role I could play.” Although at the
time she had four small children, she
found some time to get involved.

She found more time and slowly
found herself moving up in various
appointed and elected positions. “I
also had a local president, Jon Premo,
who helped me build up my
confidence,” she adds. “He slowly
enlarged my role in the union and
with lots of steward training and
grievance rep training, I learned how
to be more effective.”

She still draws inspiration from
attending her CSEA convention.
“That's when,” she 3, “I truly
recognized the power of CSEA.”

Thorpe, just like many other
activists, gets fulfillment from “being
the voice for the people.

“I truly believe in unions and I truly
believe in CSEA.”

— Stanley P. Hornak

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Union fights unfairness

LYNBROOK — CSEA is fighting back on behalf
of its members in the Lynbrook Village
Department of Public Works, who are being told to
work harder and longer for less.

Problems emerged after the village reduced the
garbage pick-up from five trucks to four.

CSEA Labor Relations Specialist Stanley Frere
has filed two Improper Practice (IP) charges. The
first charge addresses the increased workload for
the sanitation employees without negotiating with
CSEA.

The second IP contends the village increased
the highway department employees’ workload by
assigning them to pick up newspapers from both
sides of the village when they had previously split
that work with the employees on the fifth
sanitation truck.

Frere also filed a complaint with the state
Department of Labor when the village refused to
pay overtime money after members worked
overtime to complete the additional work created
when the fifth truck was abolished.

“The village thinks these men should be able to
complete each house within 38 seconds on
average,” Frere said.

“These are real, live, human beings, not robots.
It is incredible for the village to expect them to
keep that pace throughout an entire day.”

Frere said the chances of injury are greatly
increased when employees are pushed to that
extent on a job that is so physical.

CSEA members addressed taxpayers at a recent
board meeting, explaining that their routes had
been increased by 25 percent due to the
elimination of the fifth truck, resulting in slower
pickups of garbage in front of residences

CSEA Village of Lynbrook DPW Unit President
Don Kealey said reasons for delays include the
increased workload, the requirement to dump
loads regardless of whether the trucks were full
and the fact trucks were being forced to transport
garbage to an additional drop off point.

“Our men have been harassed, threatened and
forced to work under the most extreme
conditions,” Kealey said.

“We have been told to work faster, as if we were
animals, and the superintendent is cracking the
whip behind us,” he said. “We have been denied
the right to stop for a drink of water or a cough
drop.”

‘Fingerprinting opposed

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CSEA Special School Employees
Committee Chair Ronald Gillespie, left,
testified recently before the Senate
Standing Committee on Children and
Families. Gillespie said that while CSEA
supports the goal of a safer, more secure
school setting for our schoolchildren,
the union opposes proposed legislation
that would require fingerprinting and
criminal history screening of current
school employees. He called it “a costly
invasion of privacy for thousands of
dedicated, competent people.” At right
is CSEA's Director of Legislative and
Political Action Fran Turner.

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in Lynbrook

A proposal by the village to negotiate an end to
overtime payments by paying a lump sum of
$2,000 was overwhelmingly rejected by the
employees.

The lump sum would not have been calculated
toward their retirement, and employees in the
highway department who substituted for DPW
employees would not get any of the lump sum
money or any overtime for that work.

— Sheryl C. Jenks

CSEA mourns loss of
Delaware County union
activist Carl Shelton

DELHI — CSEA Delaware County Local 813
is mourning the recent death of longtime union
activist Carl E. Shelton.

Shelton, 52, worked as a safety coordinator
for the Delaware County Highway Department,
and served as unit president for CSEA's
Delaware County Unit and Local 813 vice
president for the past five and a half years. He
was a union activist for the more than 13 years
he worked for the county.

Shelton died of congestive heart failure. He is
survived by a wife, six children, and 15
grandchildren.

CSEA Central Region 5 President Jim Moore
said Shelton was a strong advocate for his
members and a good union activist.

“I remember walking the picket line with Carl
when times were tough, and I knew that CSEA
could always count on him as a solid activist,”
Moore said.

“Besides being a really good unit president,
Carl was a really good friend and a good person,
and we're all going to miss him,” said CSEA
Delaware County Local 813 President Karin
Eggleston, — Mark M. Kotzin

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A Lotto luck

NORWOOD — The spotlight recently shined on
a group of Norwood-Norfolk School District
workers after their workplace Lotto club hit it big
in the state Lottery, winning a share of a $10
million jackpot.

It was Transportation Supervisor Clayton
LaRose, a CSEA and Lotto club member, who first
realized that the group's numbers had been picked
in the Saturday night Lotto drawing.

“I was surprised. I didn’t believe it at first. I had
to check the numbers two or three times to make
sure,” LaRose said. He had two shares in the club.

As the workers in the club arrived to work on
Monday morning LaRose told them they had won.
He also called Unit Secretary Toni Monroe on the
phone, because she was out of work with a broken
ankle. Most of the workers didn’t believe the news.

“I don’t think any of us actually believed it,”
CSEA Norwood-Norfolk Schools Unit President and
bus driver Geneth Tarallo said. She said the
workers have been playing the lottery twice a week
for the past ten years, winning only small
amounts.

“My first reaction was shock and disbelief,
same as everyone else. I couldn’t even remember
my own phone number,” bus driver Eddie Bishop
said.

“I was stunned, I was running through the
halls, I was about five feet in the air, I think,”
Teacher Aide Ann Castle said.

Bus Driver Maggie Adams was probably the
most jubilant, however, Bishop said.

“Maggie was the most enthusiastic — she was
jumping up and down.”

“Well, what do you expect?” Adams retorted.

With the district giving them the day off, the

THUMBS UP — Five members of the Norwood-
Norfolk Central Schools Transportation Lottery
Club gather around a state Division of the
Lottery check for $2,417,857. From left
Clayton LaRose, Unit President Geneth Tarallo,
Ann Castle, Maggie Adams and Eddie Bishop.

group traveled in style to Syracuse to have their
winning numbers confirmed. A friend of LaRose
drove them in a limousine to the lottery offices,
where they were met by an enthusiastic press.

“It was like opening night in Hollywood,” LaRose
said.

When the workers finally receive their checks,
they figure they'll get about $130,000 per share
after taxes. Most said they want to use the money
to help pay off bills and for savings.

— Mark M. Kotzin

SYRACUSE — Members of CSEA Onondaga
County Local 834 who work for the county's
Drainage and Sanitation Department will be
better informed about the safety, and the risks, of
their workplace, thanks to CSEA.

That’s because 19 of their co-workers recently
attended the first-ever Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) General Industry
Standards Outreach Training conducted by
CSEA's Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
Department.

Funded by a grant from the NYS Department of
Labor Hazard Abatement Board, the two-day, 10-
hour training session was the first of 20 sessions
scheduled throughout the state to be taught by
members of CSEA’s OSH Department staff.

According to CSEA Occupational Safety and
Health Specialist Ed King, who taught the first
series of courses along with OSH Director James
Corcoran and OSH Specialist John Bieger, the
training gives CSEA members a basic overview of
OSHA and Public Employee Safety and Health
(PESH) standards. The training is broken down

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into four mandatory topics, each an hour long,

Onondaga County CSEA members first of many to
receive OSHA General Industry Standards training

and six hours of additional topics chosen from a
list assembled by OSHA. Each participant is
issued a course completion card from OSHA.

King said that all the CSEA OSH Department
staff have been authorized by OSHA as trainers,
and that the department's goal is to increase
understanding of the OSHA/PESH requirements
and help foster a cooperative approach between
labor and management in complying with
standards and preventing hazards.

“This training was instrumental in providing
the students with information relating to their
jobs in order to work in a safe and healthy
environment,” King said. “We appreciate the
cooperation we've gotten from management in
allowing us to present this.”

So far, the program has met with rave reviews.

“Excellent program, straight forward and very
understandable, Great communication within
seminar,” read one evaluation.

Additional information on the training is
available by contacting Peter Jones in the CSEA
OSH Department at 1-800-342-4146 ext. 1311.

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What lousy timing

FREEPORT — The Freeport village mayor in
Nassau County played Scrooge recently when
he had five employees summoned to village hall
two days before Christmas to be told they
would be laid off as of March 31, 1998. The
employees are all members of the CSEA Village
of Freeport Unit.

CSEA contends the layoffs are punishment
for the union’s refusal to enter into concession
bargaining to forfeit health insurance coverage
and raises. CSEA worked with the village to
clear an existing deficit by lobbying board
members to vote for a bond issue which was
subsequently approved. But despite an early
retirement incentive taken by 12 employees,
the village continued with plans to lay off CSEA
members.

“Obviously the timing could not have been
worse,” said CSEA Labor Relations Specialist
Ken Brotherton of the announcement timing.

‘The employees will be a true loss to the
union and to the village taxpayers,” said CSEA
Village of Freeport Unit President John Dixon.
Two of the five employees to be laid off are
CSEA unit officers. — Sheryl C. Jenks

CSEA wins a pair of school
representation elections

CSEA recently won the right to represent
more than 140 employees in two school
districts.

New Lebanon School District

CSEA plans to be at the bargaining table as
soon as possible on behalf of its members in
the New Lebanon School District Unit in
Columbia County after solidly beating an
unaffiliated renegade union.

CSEA Capital Region 4 President Carmen
Bagnoli said a rogue organization known as
Local 424 instigated a “baseless” challenge that
delayed the collective bargaining process.

Bagnoli said the employees “easily saw
through all the 424 lies and totally unethical
campaign they ran.”

Manchester-Shortsville School District

And on Jan. 30 CSEA won a certification
election to represent about 80 employees of the
Manchester-Shortsville School District in
Ontario County.

Falisburg SD members aid
75 families during holidays

Thanks to the combined efforts of staff and
students in the Fallsburg School District, 75
Sullivan County families had a happy holiday
season. CSEA Fallsburg School District Unit
Vice President James Blake said the
cooperative effort to collect toys and food was
such a success that it took 18 drivers to deliver
the goods. In addition to donations from
students and staff, donations were also made
by local businesses and the county's office for
the Aging. — Anita Manley

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LAKE GEORGE — It was
nicknamed the “Million Dollar
Beach case,” it contained political
intrigue, and just like in the movies
it was settled on the eve of trial.

CSEA contended members Daniel
Johnson, Majorie Mannix and
Sheila Healy were terminated from
their seasonal state Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC)
positions at the Lake George Million
Dollar Beach facility three years ago
because of political patronage
reasons, not because of job
performance or other job related
reasons.

CSEA Labor Relations Specialist
James Martin and Environmental
Conservation Local 116 President
Laverne French initially attempted
to resolve the issue through the
grievance procedure. CSEA argued
that civil service appointments
should not be subject to partisan
politics.

The case was transferred to the
union's Legal Department when
DEC was uncooperative.

CSEA wins back pay,
reinstatement for
seasonal employees

“CSEA was preparing to go to
trial when the Attorney General's
Office initiated settlement,” CSEA
Attorney Pam Baisley said.

Johnson will be reinstated with
full back pay of $26,959.26 along
with service credit with the state
retirement system and will be
rehired for the 1998 season at the
Lake George Million Dollar Beach at
the rate of pay he would have had if
he had been employed in the title
for 1995, 1996 and 1997.

Mannix agreed to settle for $20,000
as the amount of back pay due her
and did not seek reinstatement.

Healy accepted $10,000 as full
settlement for her case and also did
not seek reinstatement.

s a long three years,”
Johnson said. “CSEA did the right
thing. The three of us were doing
our jobs. We all earned good to
excellent evaluations every year. I
can't say enough about (CSEA
Attorney) Pam Baisley and CSEA.”

— Daniel X. Campbell

Next edition:
A visit to
a dark,
dreary
place

place to in’

Goy. Pataki doesn’t have to look very far to find a good
t funds. As reported in the February 1997
edition of The Public
Motor Vehicles office in Peekskill, his hometown, is a
dark, dreary place with water stained ceilings, missing
ceiling tiles, filthy air ducts, inadequate ventilation,
lousy lighting and hordes of hungry red ants. We'll
revisit this nightmarish office in the next edition.

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From left, CSEA Southern Region 3 President Carmine DiBattista,
Belleayre Superintendent Richard Clark, CSEA Local 009 Vice President
Ron Hull and Local 009 President Vinny Lord.

$5 million boost for Belleayre
Should provide job security

HIGHMOUNT — A $5 million
allocation in the proposed state
budget is just what the doctor
ordered for Belleayre Ski Center in
Ulster County.

CSEA Mid-Hudson State
Employees Local 009 Vice President
Ron Hull, who works at Belleayre,
said the funding announced by Gov.

3eorge Pataki is just the infusion of
funds the ski center needs to

upgrade equipment and enhance the

economy in the Catskill Mountain
area.

Seasonal and permanent
employees will be needed to work
throughout the summer months to
install the new equipment, and new
employees will be hired in order to
make most of the upgrades before
the next ski season, Belleayre
Superintendent Richard Clark said.

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“The investment all comes back
into the community,” Clark said.
“I'm glad the governor decided to
invest in the facility so that civil
service workers can continue to
serve the local community as they
have for the past 48 years.”

Local 009 President Vinny Lord
said the 1997 defeat of the
Constitutional Convention proposal
was positive for Belleayre because
lawmakers could not change the ski
center's preservation status, which
would have allowed a private
operator to take over the facility, as
some elected officials favored.

CSEA members strenuously
lobbied that the funding was
necessary to keep Belleayre
operating efficiently and
competitively.

— Anita Manley

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CSEA urges local governments, private sector employers to follow suit

Attendance rules waived for North Country

Under heavy pressure from CSEA,
the state has suspended
attendance rules beginning with the
evening shift on Jan. 7 through Jan.
15 for state employees who work in
the six North Country counties
declared in a state of emergency due
to the devastating ice
storm,

At the request of
Gov. Pataki, the state
Civil Service
Commission
suspended attendance
rules during that time

‘State workers
were on the
front lines the
entire

“CSEA applauds the governor's
action; it’s something we urged him
to do for several weeks,” CSEA
President Danny Donohue said.
“State workers were on the front
lines the entire time during the
crisis, proving once again that when
times are tough,
CSEA members are
even tougher, The
Governor's action
acknowledges their
exceptional efforts.”

Donohue urged
local government and

time...the
Governor’s
action

frame for state
employees in Clinton,
Essex, Franklin,
Jefferson, St.

private sector
employers to follow
the state’s example.
Employees who

Lawrence and Lewis
counties.

Workers unable to
get to their job sites
on those dates will not
have to charge any of
that time to their
leave accruals. Those
state employees who were able to
work during the emergency will
receive an extra day of vacation
accrual equivalent to the number of
hours actually worked within their
regular work shift (not to exceed
eight hours) for each day from the
late shift on Jan. 7 through Jan, 12.

acknowledges
their
exceptional
efforts.’

worked and are
eligible for the
vacation accrual will
be credited on April 1
with the provision
that any vacation in
excess of 40 days
resulting from this
crediting must be used by April 1,
1999.

In addition, employees who do not
normally earn vacation credits but
who worked during the time frame
should receive an equivalent amount
of compensatory time, the Governor
said.

New LEAP tuition
benefit effective in May

For several years the cost of tuition at public and private colleges,
schools and universities has been outpacing the negotiated support for the
CSEA Labor Education Education Program (LEAP) Tuition

Vouck
by CSEA’s contract with New York state.

CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

r/Reimbursement benefit provided

This, in spite of the fact that CSEA has

dedicated in

ing levels of this

negotiated support to the LEAP program
year after year. As a result, approximately

LABOR EDUCATION ACTION PROGRAM

half of those who apply for LEAP each

term don't receive funding. Members were
becoming increasingly frustrated with denials and uncertainty about the
availability of tuition support for their educational plans.

To decide on a new direction for LEAP which would prov

ide members

greater certainty and control over their tuition benefits, CSEA President

The Governor also granted leave
with pay to all members of the
National Guard who were activated
during the emergency. The time will

not be charged against their annual
30-day entitlement to military leave
with pay.

appreciation

GENOA — CSEA members
working on a state DOT bridge
crew recently got a big “thank you”
for completing in just eight days a
major bridge repair job that was
expected to take up to three weeks.

Officials of the Cayuga County
town of Genoa, local merchants
and residents all expressed
gratitude to the crew for quickly
completing the bridge repair job
that tied up the middle of town and
created a long, inconvenient
detour.

The DOT Region 3 Bridge
Maintenance Crew workers belong
to CSEA Syracuse State Employees
Local 013 and CSEA
Cortland/Tompkins NYS DOT
Local 520.

According to CSEA Local 013
member Tom Meehan, a bridge
repair assistant for the Auburn
Bridge Maintenance Crew, the job
involved removing blacktop and
rotted steel beams from a bridge on
the main street in the middle of

Town, merchants express

to DOT crew

for quick bridge repair job

town, and replacing the beams
with treated wood and new
blacktop.

Originally, the job was scheduled
to take three weeks, but because
the bridge cut through the center
of town and the four-mile detour
was very inconvenient for local
residents, the two crews worked
hard to finish the job quickly.

“It was a real inconvenience for
the village — everyone had to
detour around,” Meehan said. “We
wanted it done as much as they
did.”

With the two crews working 10-
hour days and one weekend, help
with equipment from the town and
from the Cayuga and Seneca
County Highway Departments, and
the luck of good weather, the
workers were able to complete the
job in eight days.

Meehan said the workers were
pleased over the recognition,

“We appreciated it a real lot,” he
said. — Mark M. Kotzin

Parking fee opposition continues

BINGHAMTON — CSEA members working at SUNY Binghamton, still
angry about being asked to pay a parking fee, are continuing their
opposition to the plan, proposed three years ago.

According to Local 648 President Bob Goeckel, the union is still fighting
the fee, but is trying to come to a fair compromise.

“We're trying to negotiate an equitable settlement

»” he said,

Goeckel said some of the union's proposals, if a parking fee is imposed,
include reserved parking lots for employees; CSEA-represented members

Danny Donohue appointed a LEAP Advisory Committee of CSEA activists to
address th ue. This Advisory Committee issued an opinion survey last
September asking members to indicate a preference between the current
LEAP system or a new system which would assure each eligible applicant of
one tuition voucher or reimbursement per year to be used during the term
of their choice. Of the 6,500 surveys sent to members, slightly more than
1,800 responded with 63 percent favoring the new single voucher approach.

This new program is being developed with member convenience and
control in mind and will be available in early May. Watch for further details
about the new LEAP in the April edition of The Publie Sector.

selected by the union to serve on the oversight committee; and pro-rated
fees determined by work hours.

CSEA is continuing in negotiations that started when the campus tried
to impose a fee of at least $160 a year upon the workers in November
1994. Currently, only students and non-union represented workers pay
any parking fee:

Last fall a large group of CSEA SUNY Binghamton Local 648 members
turned out to rally against the imposition of a parking fee at the campus.

“We just feel that as employees of the university who provide services to
the students here, we shouldn't be charged to park here,” Goeckel said.
“We shouldn't be charged for providing a service.” — Mark M. Kotzin

STATE GOVERNMENT NEWS ~
2@W3K TASMMAAVOD ATATS ———-—-

The Publi Sector * Mart 1998
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In touch with you
A merrake {rom CSEA President Danny Donobue

sreieneatsniatate

Let's not get shortchanged by
shortsighted election year budget

For the past decade the annual
state budget process has been a
continuing crisis and confrontation.
Besides making New York a national
laughingstock for the inability of the
Governor and lawmakers to reach
on-time agreements, the annual
debacle has shortchanged taxpayers
at every level throughout the state.

For too long state government has
been battered by downsizing and
cutbacks, particularly in areas such
as mental health, mental retardation
and SUNY, which have undermined
the delivery of services and
demoralized the work force.

But local governments have also

experienced the downside of the
state's downsizing. Counties, cities,
towns, villages and schools have all
been required to do more with less
as the state has cut back. This has
really been a double whammy, as
localities have been forced to fill-in
the gap as the state has moved away
from providing direct services and
also decreased funding for localities.

Sadly for all of us as taxpayers,
the state’s reckless income tax cuts
have been more than offset by rising
property taxes as localities have
scrambled to make up for the state's
shortcomings.

This year appears to be different.

Using a $1.8 billion windfall
derived primarily from a continuing
“Bull Market” on Wall Street,
Governor George Pataki has
proposed a record $71 billion budget
with something for everyone.

It's no coincidence that this is an
election year.

CSEA is urging caution in the
adoption of the Governor's proposal.
While much of the funding is very
much needed and long overdue, we
remain concerned by the Governor's
own projections of multi-billion
dollar deficits in future years.

It's crazy to overspend this year if
it means we won't be able to live up

GORA Ra r
SASSO SCS Ci ac nS

to our commitments in the years
ahead and will face new budget
crises all over again.

We need stability in New York's
state government.

No matter where you work or what
you do, CSEA wants its members to
be able to provide cost-effective,
quality services for the people of New
York not just this year, but every
year.

Page 8 © March 1998 The Public Sector

HOPE THEY
BROUGHT Some
LIFE BOATS.

THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Corrections & Law
an integral part of

STATEN ISLAND CSEA New York
City Local 010 members at Arthur Kill
Correctional Facility believe all union
corrections employees should receive
hazardous pay, espe
surprise lockdown r r
inmates possessing an arsenal of crude
weapons. Hidden throughout the
975-bed Staten Island medium security
prison were more than 100 r
shanks and other deadly de
according to news reports.

CSEA NYC Local 010 Steward
Barbara Morri: noted that prisoners
walk about the facility every day while
performing clerical work or computer
jobs for the New York
State Department of Motor
Vehicles (DMV).

While ZA secured
hazardous duty pay for
union members working
directly with inmates
doing clerical jobs,
Morrisey said all union
members working in the
jail should be
compensated for their
dangerous work
environment.

“CSEA complained loud
and long when the DMV
first began using inmates
rather than civil service workers, to
answer telephone inquiries from the
driving public,” said CSEA Metropolitan
Region 2 President George Boncoraglio.
“To this day, I guarantee you, drivers
have no idea when they are talking
about registering their car that on the
other end of the phone is a convict with
a computer screen.”

Boncoraglio believes having convicts
with computers dealing with the public

‘

‘I guarantee
you, drivers
have no
idea...that on
the other end
of the phone is
a convict with
a computer
screen.’

‘ Hazardous pay for all

is an outrage. He points to other states
where prisoners with computers
swindled people on-line with phony
marketing schemes and credit card
fraud. The FBI found the worst recent
case in Minnesota where a convicted
pedophile was using the prison
computer to store names, ages and
addresses of thousands of mid-western
children, along with child pornography.

“With New York’s very high
unemployment rate, I think it’s a crime
that Gov. Pataki approves using
prisoners to do work that should be
done by law-abiding citizens who passed
a civil service test,” hi id.

Boncoraglio also
condemned a number of
other state prison
systems where
corporations use prison
labor for everything
from sewing blue jeans
to making furniture sold
for profit. Meanwhile the
corporations don’t have
to pay a living wage to
someone who never
broke the law or to
welfare recipients
looking for real jobs.

For big corporations
it's both profitable and
convenient for USA taxpayers to foot the
bill for room, food and medical costs of a
cheap, imprisoned corporate workforce.

“Isn't this what we criticize China for
doing?” Boncoraglio asked.

Prisoners need rehabilitation, he
stressed, “But it's just plain wrong to be
taking decent-paying jobs with benefits
away from civil service and giving the
work to convicts.”

— Lilly Gioia

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Enforcement

The CSEA
Corrections
and Law
Enforcement
Work Force
numbers
more than
15,000
members.
Many of them
are highly visible as road patrol officers
or corrections officers but many more
work in public obscurity as the support
staff that is central to the efficient
operations of state, county and local
Prisons and jails. When you
call 911 for assistance, most likely the
operator who answers your emergency
call is a CSEA member. You will find
Corrections and Law Enforcement
members of the CSEA Work Force
actively helring out in your neighborhood
and your community as family, friends
and neighbors.

SEE PAGES 10 & II
a/

CSEA and Gouverneur Correctional
management combine to provide
new life to mechanic facing layoff

GOUVERNEUR — When Archie White found
out in November 1995 that his temporary
position an electronic equipment mechanic at
Gouverneur Correctional sility was targeted for
layoff due to state budget cuts, the future looked
grim. As a single father of three, he wasn’t sure
how he'd get by.

Luckily, CSEA and his facility management
stepped in, and gave him the chance that,
combined with his own determination and
persistence, allowed him to get the education he
needed to get a permanent, higher paying job at
the facility. What they did is enroll him in the
NYS/CSEA Joint Apprenticeship Program, a
CSEA
negotiated
benefit. White
says it was the
best thing
that’s
happened to
him.

“I think it
was great,”
White said.
“Between the
union and

‘Between the
union and the
administration
doing this for

me, it’s probably
the best thing
that’s ever

administration
doing this for happened to
me, it’s me.’
probably the

— Archie White

best thing

that's ever

happened to me.”
According to everyone involved, Whit

completion of the three-year program in less than

two years with a straight A average, is an

unrivaled accomplishment. In fact, he was
recognized by Labor-Management Committees
Director Alan Ross ina ,~——
letter to CSEA Local 196
President Barbara Bayne
and the Superintendent

If you would like
information about the
CSEA-negotiated

at Gouverneur NYS/CSEA Joint
Correctional. Apprenticeship
“This is a remarkable Program for state
accomplishment and employ contact
highlights not only Mr. your CSEA Local
White's commitment and * president

dedication to the
program, but the commitment of CSEA and
management at Gouverneur CF to the
administration of this apprenticeship. I have been
advised... that thi: feat unparalleled in the
program's history, wrote.

What White did was complete the on-the-job
component of the program, consisting of learning
and performing more than 250 work processes;
and the trade theory component of the program,
including completing more than 400 hours of
classroom instruction, some of which he was able
to waive due to experience. He chose to take 12
hours of classes a week, twice the usual amount.
He also took summer courses to get through the
program quicker.

“L asked if I could finish it as quickly as
possible. Everybody agreed,” he explained.

And the whole time White was attending
classes at nearby SUNY Canton, he was also
working full-time at the facility as an apprentice
electrician. While he says that the experience
was good, it got rough at times.

“There were times when you felt everything was
coming down on you. I stayed up till

From left are MaryAnne Murray, Kay Richards, Jamie
Richards and Connie Martin.

ere TE eae nih Ib a

TEOUVERNEUR

Archie White thanks CSEA Gouverneur
Correctional Local 196 President Barbara
Bayne for her help in saving his job.

2 a.m. studying sometimes.

Upon the completion of his on-the-job training
and coursework, White was appointed as a
permanent journey-level electrician this past fall.
According to Local 196 President Bayne, it was a
true success story.

“When they were letting people go, it was a
sad time. To help Archie secure a job, it felt good
to know that we were able to help at least one
person. A lot of people were pulling for him,” she
said. “With the education, he'll be able to move
ahead in the future.”

As for White, he says it was all worthwhile.

“All in all, it's been well worth it. I'd just like to
thank the union and the facility and the people
from Labor-Management for their help along the
way.” — Mark M. Kotzin

OGDENSBURG — Two members of CSEA
Ogdensburg Correctional Facility Local 185,
MaryAnne Murray and Kay Richards, and
CSEA St. Lawrence County Local 845

plaques from their Locals for raising a
combined sum of more than $1,500 for a
fund raiser for the Special Olympics.

Last fall, the three CSEA members were
involved in the second annual “Make a
Difference Day Run/Walk” to benefit Special
Olympics. The one-day event, sponsored by
all three unions at Ogdensburg Correctional
Facility and St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center,
raised $3,300 dollars. Half of the proceeds
went to the St. Lawrence/Franklin County
Area Special Olympics, with the other half

member Connie Martin, were recognized with

going to the New York State Special Olympics.

Making a difference for Special Olympics

According to CSEA Ogdensburg,
Correctional Local 185 President Gerald
Molnar, Martin raised $600 in pledges, and
Murray and Richards each raised $500. He
said all of the women strongly support the
Special Olympics, especially Richards, whose
12-year-old daughter Jamie is mildly retarded
and has participated in Special Olympic
events through her school.

Event Coordinator Larry King, a PEF
member at Ogdensburg Correctional, said
that about a third of the 100 participants in
the event were workers from the two facilities.
He thanked Molnar and CSEA St. Lawrence
Psychiatric Center Local 423 President Larry
Robinson, along with the leaders of the other
for their help in making the event
ful. — Mark M. Kotzin

Page 10 * March 1998 * The Public Sector

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County
Deputy Sheriff Department employees
were on the go around the clock
before, during and after the ice storm,
putting in tremendously long hours to
help maintain public security.

CSEA member Sgt. Tom Cross, a
part-time dispatcher, is a good
example, although he and his c
workers, dismiss their efforts as
simply doing whatever they could to
help out.

Cross sometimes worked a 16-hour
shift only to go on to volunteer as a
cook at the area’s emergency center.
But Cross would rather talk about a
co-worker, who also didn’t want any
special credit, who Cro:
somehow managed to juggle four or

During ice storm of centur
CSEA members were often

A beacon of hope

Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Tom Cross

offices.

five generators from house to house

to provide homeowners with some temporary power. “He, like all of us, just

did whatever he could to help,” Cross says.

‘We had a state prison }
which was totally
isolated, no phones,
no way to
communicate. We
would pony express
faxes and messages to
them and carry their
reports back.
That’s about a
60-mile round trip and
the roads were just

unbelievable.’
— Clinton County Deputy Sheriff Sgt. David Jock

THE CSEA W@DRK FORCE

ain

Clinton County Sheriff's Department Sgt. David Jock, left, and Cpl.
Shaun Luck look out at storm damage near the department's

Whatever it took, they did it

PLATTSBURGH — CSEA-represented members of the Clinton County
Sheriffs Department were extremely involved in public safety and
security during the ice storm and its aftermath.

During the crisis department employees provided shuttle service for
area residents in need of dialysis treatments, for instance, and drove
injured or sick people to area hospitals because ambulances could not
get to the people, Sgt. David Jock said. He also noted that deputies
made round the clock patrols to check on people isolated without power

or phones and keep them updated on rescue progress.

“It we

— Daniel X. Campbell a sheriff

President Todd Law said.

stressful for everyone, but they felt much better just by seeing
car checking their area,” CSEA Clinton County Sheriffs Unit

— Daniel X. Campbell

A long, tough drive ona
mission of mercy well worth it

GREEN HAVEN — A CSEA member at Green
Haven Correctional Facility is proud of his role
in helping victims of the North Country ice
storm by delivering much needed food and
supplies to a shelter on the St. Regis Indian
Reservation during the ice emergency in
January.

Bob Langton, a 22-year state employee and
member of CSEA Local 158, had just returned
from a vacation in Florida when he received a
call from his boss asking him to come to work
on a Saturday to drive supplies to the frozen
north country.

Langton, a tandem tractor trailer driver,
usually delivers furniture and license plates
made by inmates to state fa ies throughout

the state. This time, the mission was even more

crucial — bringing food and diapers and other
items to residents of the reservation who were

without electricity or any way to obtain the

supplies.
“I stopped in Albany at the Regional Food
Bank to pick up supplies and then made it as

far as Plattsburgh by midnight,” said Langton. “

had to wait until the next day to make the rest

of the trip
because there
was no
electricity and |
didn't want to
take a chance
on secondary
roads, many of
which were
blocked.”

Even in the
daylight, the
trip was
dangerous.

“On one route, every telephone pole was down
and many trees were snapped in half,” he said.

Langton finally made it to the reservation with
his delivery.

“There were about 75 to 100 people at the
he said, “and more people kept

Bob Langton

shelter,
coming.”

“It was incredible,” he said. “You would see all
these poles and trees down. I'm just glad I could
help out a little.”

— Anita Manley

The Public Sector * March 1998 » Page 11

An interview with
Commissioner

George C. Sinnott
NYS Department

of Civil Service

in a series

EDITORS NOTE: As commissioner of the
Department of Civil Service,
Sinnott heads the state's central
personnel agency.

The department also
administers the second largest
public employee health
insurance plan in the United
States for 1.1 million active and
| retired employees and their
| dependents.

The following is part 3 ina
series of excerpts from an
interview with Commissioner
Sinnott

What changes can we expect to see at the
Department of Civil Service in the future?

New video/workbook available to help
you prepare for civil service exams

Making The Mark: Tips and Strategies for Civil
Service Test Takers, a new video on how to
prepare to take a civil service exam, and an
accompanying 50-page workbook are now
available to all CSEA bargaining unit members.

The video/workbook project is a joint effort by
the CSEA Education and Training Department
and the CSEA Labor Education Action Program
(LEAP). Contents are based on a successful test
preparation video-taped workshop previously
offered by the Cornell University School of
Industrial and Labor Relations with negotiated CSEA/LEAP office also has study guides
funds, ere developed after surveying CSEA available which cover most test areas for the
member activists at 1997 State and Local Se ary 1 and 2 exams.

Government workshops. The video and workbook can be purchased

The interactive video uses a start/stop format through the CSEA/LEAP office by sending the
and the accompanying workbook can be used by coupon below and $10 to the address listed.
an individual or by study groups. The video Additional information is available by calling
contains general tips on test taking and test CSEA/LEAP at 1-800-253-4332.
preparation for state and local government

exams and strategies for answering specific types
of questions.

Subject matter also includes information in
these four specific exam areas; understanding
and interpreting written material; preparing
written material; understanding and interpreting
tabular material; and evaluating conclusions in
the light of known facts.

The video and workbook will be helpful for
many civil service exams, including Secretary 1
and 2 exams that will be given on March 28. The

seuthesiierlientieaie ae |

rie ake jot easier for people
Ce ee oe eal Tips and Strategies for Civil Service Test Takers
al w . sys A i I

employees now have the ability to register for 1 CSEA Test Preparation Video and Workbook
bene aoe ve eee We Ae ’ Order Form !
legis ation pene ing dl rat wi enable candic ates to ' Pleaeacendimna video(s)/workbook(s) '
file and pay for their exam via credit card ! Save

When I first arrived here, this was a 100 ! :
percent paper operation. We had state employees I Name: ee ae eee = I
who actually had cartons and cartons of paper 1
alongside their desks, blocking aisles, and it 1 Mailing Address:
looked like something out of the roaring twenties. | 1
We're now in the process of putting together what ! City, State, Zip: _
we call NYSTEP — New York State Electronic ! '
Personnel System. By this time next year, we're ; Phone Number: CSEA Local/Unit: Seen ae =
pretty much going to be a paperless organization. 1

Another thing that will be fully implemented 1 Job Title:
within the next year and a half, is the Accident 1
Reporting System. There are situations now in the |! Name of Civil Service test (if any): '
state where an employee can have an accident } i
and sometimes that accident isn't even reported 1 Total amount enclosed: $ Date: a 1
for up to 15 days. Through this new Accident 1 1
Reporting System we estimate that accidents will 1 ie i tees mar a Fie Pe ORT 1
be reported either the first day or within the first. |1 eet corspieted or State ae Se ee Rea one (payabls fo}CSEA)
three days. As a result, employees are going to be i] CSEA/LEAP 1 Lear Jet el Suite a patham NY 12110-2393 1
able to ac services through Workers’ ' i . 1
Compensation immediately, and we'll have a ban een enn eee ee eee ee ee ee eee eee eee sese seecee4
database to do whatever type of remedial work is
necessary to correct those hazardous workplace
conditions. THE ICE STORY OF JANUARY 1998

We've also come up with a concept called WER IE YO U TH ER E
OneCard. Right now, when an employee is out
due to an accident, there's no way to tell whether when a massive winter storm caused devastating ice and flooding
they're receiving normal care or care that would damage to much of upstate New York in January?
be covered under Workers’ Compensation, so f
employees have to lay out money to get their
prescriptions and medical supplies. With OneCard DID YOU TAKE VIDEOTAPE OR STILL PHOTOGRAPHS
they'll be able to access their benefits immediately OF THE DAMAGE, and in particular, DID YOU TAKE VIDEOTAPE OR STILL
with no cash outlay, and the state will be able to PHOTOGRAPHS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES AND THEIR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN
differentiate between the regular cost of medical THE AFTERMATH CLEANUP?
services and those that are reimbursable through
Workers, COUBSneA Won: Ths cpployee: we ! se If so, please contact the CSEA Communications Department at
agicition, we wil ie able i ently collars when 1-800-342-4148 Ext. 1271 or (618) 257-1271.
would ba eeinbtieable tothe sas through CSEA hopes to compile a documentary record of the herculean efforts
Workers’ Compensation. So it's another win win of public employees in responding to this weather disaster.
situation.

Page 12 March 1998 * The Public Sector

s _ — GENERAL NES

rey

MANHATTAN —The New York
Committee on Safety and Health
recently honored CSEA President
Danny Donohue with their 1997
NYCOSH Award in recognition of
CSEA's aggressive efforts to protect
the safety and health of the union's
more than 200,000 members,
“Fighting for workplace security
standards is CSEA’s number one
priority," Donohue emphasized in
accepting the award. He noted the
many hazards CSEA members can
face at work, everything from
asbestos, to toxic chemicals, indoor
air pollution, infectious diseases
and repetitive strain injuries. He
also noted that intentional homicide
is now the leading cause of death in
the workplace for women..
President Donohue credited
CSEA’s entire Safety and Health

4

Department staff, directed by
Jim Corcoran, for their innovations,
conferences and highly regarded

‘i The Canary.

“Our Safety and Health staff work
tirelessly to save lives, prevent
illness and protect our members.
We applaud our union's safety and
health team for their hard work and
we appreciate this recognition,”
Donohue said.

NYCOSH Chairman Bill Henning
blasted current efforts in Albany
and Washington to gut Occupational
Safety and Health legislation.

“Safety and health is a political
issue and a tool around which we
can organize new members into the
labor movement,” Henning said,
stressing the urgency of organizing
around workplace safety issues.

— Lilly Gioia

Helpful hints from

CSE

The following hints will assist CSEA Employee
Benefit Fund (EBF) enrollees in ordering and
obtaining prescriptions from the ValueRx Mail

Order Pharmacy:
%* Review your pres

EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT FUND

riptions with your physician and be sure they are

written for the correct days supply and quality.
* If you are submitting a new prescription because your doctor has
changed your drug therapy, include a note to alert the ValueRx pharmacist

about this on the Mail Service envelope.

* Complete legibly all information requested on the envelope.
* Once Value Rx has your prescription on file, you can call ValueRx
Customer Service (1-888-435-4338) to order refills. This will save both time

and money.

* Order your refills as close to the recommended refill date as possible.
* Include your payment with your order whenever possible.
allow 10-14 days from the date your order is mailed

the order.

PSN aa

YESEA safety efforts)
recognized with
1997 NYCOSH award

CSEA offering $44 $40,000 in scholarships

Graduating high school seniors who are sons or daughters of CSEA-
represented employees are eligible to apply for a total of $14,000 in
scholarships offered by or through CSEA. A single application covers three
scholarship programs.

Application deadline is April 15

Applications for the scholarships are available from CSEA local and unit
presidents and at CSEA headquarters, region and satellite offices.
Applications must be filed by April 15. Winners will be notified in June and
winners announced in The Public Sector. The CSEA scholarship program is
administered by the CSEA Memorial Scholarship Committee.

Irving Flaumenbaum Memorial Scholarships

Eighteen Irving Flaumenbaum Memorial Scholarships will be awarded to
graduating high school seniors who are sons or daughters of CSEA
members. Three $500 scholarships will be awarded in each of CSEA’s six
regions.

The awards are presented in memory of the late Irving Flaumenbaum,
who was a spirited CSEA activist for more than three decades. He was
president of CSEA Long Island Region 1 and an AFSCME International vice
president at the time of his death.

Jardine Award

One $2,500 Jardine Award scholarship will be awarded to a graduating
high school senior entering higher education in the SUNY system. The top
2% of scholastic achievers, based on high school average, class rank and
SAT scores will be selected to create the eligibility pool for this scholarship.

This award is provided by Jardine Group Services Corp. and is given in
memory of Charles Foster, a long-time CSEA activist beginning in the 1930s
who became the first business officer of the SUNY system.

MetLife Award

One $2,500 MetLife Award will be presented to a graduating high school
senior and is not limited to a student entering the SUNY system. The top 2%
of scholastic achievers, based on high school average, class rank and SAT
scores will be selected to create the eligibility pool for this scholarship.

This award is being provided for the first time by MetLife Insurance
Company and was previously awarded by Travelers. It is given in memory of
the late Joseph D. Lochner, CSEA’s first employee and former executive
director who was a CSEA employee for more than 40 years.

$8,000 NYS AFL-CIO scholarship available

The New York State AFL-CIO will award a four-year scholarship to a 1998
graduating high school senior who intends to pursue a career in labor
relations or a related field at an accredited college or university in New York
state. The scholarship is for $2,000 a year for four consecutive years for a
total of $8,000.

Candidates must be a son or daughter of a parent or guardian who is a
member of a union (CSEA is) affiliated with the state AFL-CIO, a 1998 high
school graduate and accepted in a course of study in labor relations or a
labor-related interest at an accredited institution of higher learning in New

% Keep the
handy in cas

Customer Service phone number (1-888-435-4338)
of questions 24-hours a day.
Some additional tips
Remember, any time you call the CSEA EBF have your Social Security
number ready along with pertinent claim information so the customer
3 can answer your questions quickly
r rurrent Proof of Student Status be provided annually
for any child or ward under the age of 25 who is a full time student.
Notify the EBF of address changes or changes in dependents.

EXCLUDED FROM
OUR TABLES

A 40-hour fast
for farmworkers

(518) 459- 3300 EXt, 6294.

applications, call Cindy Gilligan at
(212) 777-6040.

Application forms, accompanied by
other required documents, must be
submitted by May 15 to: New York
State AF 10 Scholarship
Committee, c/o Dr. Li ay,
Cornell University, ILR School,

16 East 34th Street, 4th Floor,
New York, NY 10016.

The NYS Labor-Religion Coalition, NYS AFL-CIO and other groups
will sponsor a fast for 40 hours from 8 p.m. March 24 until noon
March 26 to protest the exclusion of New York state
farmworkers from basic protections afforded many other
workers. For information, contact Brian O'Shaughnessy at

GENERAL NEWS

York state.
For additional information and/or CSEA backs
four winners

CSEA endorsed winning
candidates in recent elections to
fill three Long Island state

Assembly seats and a New York
a Songressional seat.

Democrat Gregory Meeks won
the 6th Congressional District seat
in Queens

On Long Island, Democrat Adele
Cohen won the 6th Assembly
District seat in Suffolk County. In
Nassau County, Republican
Maureen O'Connell won the 17th
Assembly District seat and
Republican Kathleen Murray won
the 19th Assembly District seat.

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The Public Sector * March 1998 * Rone 13

MAY 15 IS DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING we CSE
PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND CHANGES TO [BPtgrt<qrrom CSA fresdot Dog
CSEA’S CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS dieiaietination of weBeR ELBesoHe Es even Hetier Gnien Among OE

. issues that have been raised in that process is the name of our official
Proposed resolutions and proposed amendments to the publication. One measure of any publication's effectiveness is its ability
CSEA Constitution & By-Laws for consideration by CSEA to be instantly recognized and respected as representing the organization
delegates to the union’s 1998 Annual Delegates Meeting that publishes it. The name The Public Sector was particularly descriptive

must be submitted by May 15, 1998. and effective when CSEA was exclusively a public sector labor union.
Proposed resolutions may be submitted only by a CSEA continues to change as a labor union, leading to conversations
delegate and must be submitted on the proper forms. suggesting that the name of our publication ought to reflect, as

e. A 5 : accurately as possible, our entire membership.
Forms for submitting resolutions are available from CSEA Hor thi cori weaie considerinn a remelcnange tor ine Public

headquarters and region offices. Sector. What do you think? I'd like your ideas and input. If you have
Proposed resolutions and proposed amendments to the suggestions, please share them. S

Constitution & By-Laws must be submitted no later than Complete the coupon below and send it to: CSEA Communications

May 15 to Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, CSEA Department, 143 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210.

Headquarters, 143 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210- “ee

2303. & ea fs
The 1998 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting will be held

Oct. 5 - 9 in Rochester.

poctcecc-- |

1997 Empire Plan claims phame
must be filed by March 31 iveres

All 1997 Empire Plan Basic Medical claims must be submitted by co
March 31, 1998, to: 1 City
United Healthcare Service Corp. :
Administrator for Metlife (formerly MetraHealth) '| am a member of CSEA Local
P. O. Box 1600
Kingston, N.Y. 12402-1600

Basic medical claim forms may be obtained from your agency's personnel
office or from United Healthcare. Make sure you complete the requested | suggest the following name change(s) be considered for CSEA’s
subscriber information and, if applicable, dependent student information. official publication:
Don't forget to sign the claim form.

Ple: be certain to have your doctor or other provider fill in all the
information asked for on the claim form. If the claim form is not filled out by
the provider, original bills must include all medical/diagnostic information
asked for on the claim form. Missing information will delay the processing of
your claim.

If you have any questions concerning your claim, you may contact United

Healthcare directly at 4 (800) 942-4640.

Mail to: CSEA Communications Department, 143 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210

Lem e wee ee eee eee ee ee eee eee =

CSEA providing @ CSEA Term Life Beneficiary Registration Form @®

To register a beneficiary for your no cost $2,000 term life insurance, simply complete and

F $2,000 free Term Life return this coupon to:
nsurance to members Jardine Group Services Corporation, P.O. Box 956, Schenectady, NY 12301

“AS anni uunced in previous editions of
The Publié Sector, CSEA began providing \
$2,000 of Term Life Insurance at no cost Name:

to CSEA members actively at work ais < ecrs
effective Nov. I, 1997. For new members Date of Birth; —___ a4 Social Security #:
who join CSEA after Nov. 1, this no-cost adres
coverage takes effect on the date they :
become members.

| CSEA-is pleased to provide this special
no-cost CSEA membership benefit, If you Home:Rhene:
have not already done so, we encourage
you to complete the adjacent Beneficiary Beneficiary: i semillsy Relationship:
Registration Form and mail it to Jardine
Group Services Corporation. Signature: Niphe Wiscrte! eran o uel Data:

If you have any questions about this

| no-cost coverage, please call This Offer faont y .
t ly available for actively working employees and is not available to re! tirees,
1-800-697-CSEA (1-800-697-2732). This free cove erage will terminate on October 31, 1998.

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1998 AFSCME Convention

Delegates Election Waan Geek
Ballots wi Elections Schedule

deadline for return is May 15 AFSCME Convention delegates

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

Candidates nominated as slates will
appear on the ballot in the order they
were nominated. The ballot will also
allow slate candidates to be elected
individually, separate from the slate.
Expenses for transportation, room and
board at the AFSCME Convention will
be paid by CSEA.

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

The AFSCME delegate election process
continues in accordance with the schedule of
election, printed at right, approved by CSEA's
Board of Directors. Ballots will be mailed
April 20 and must be returned by 8 a.m. May 15.
Ballots will be counted the same day.

CSEA delegates will be elected by region. CSEA
members in each CSEA region will elect delegates

March 11
April 20
April 27
May 15

Deadline to decline nomination
Ballots mailed
Replacement ballots available

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

Election results will be announced
after the ballot count.
Candidates will be notified by mail of the results.

Election results will be published in the June

Procedure protects your rights

AFSCME'’s Constitution
includes a rebate procedure
to protect the rights of
members who disagree with
how the international union
spends money for partisan
political or ideological
purposes. This procedure is
not open to non-members
who pay agency shop or
similar fees to the union or
to members who are
employed under a union
shop.

Each year, the
International Secretary
Treasurer calculates the
portion of per capita
payments that has been used
for partisan political or
ideological purposes during
the preceding fiscal year.

Members who object to the
expenditure of a portion of
their dues for partisan
political or ideological
purposes and request a
rebate must do so
individually in writing
between April 1 and April 16,
1998. The request must
contain the member's name,

Hal

Social Security number,
home address, AFSCME local
and council number. This
information must be typed or
legibly printed. The
individual request must be
signed by the member and
sent by the individual
member to the international
Secretary-Treasurer at
AFSCME International
Headquarters, 1625 L Street
NW, Washington, DC 20036-
5687, by registered or
certified mail. Requests from
more than one person may
not be sent together in the
same envelope; each request
must be sent individually,
Requests must be renewed in
writing every year the
member wishes a rebate.

Any member who is
dissatisfied with the amount
of the rebate paid by the
international union may
object by filing a written
appeal with the AFSCME
Judicial Panel at the above
address within 15 days after
the rebate check has been
received.

1998 edition of The Public Sector.

te ? s é : a
CSEA RECENTLY HONORED several civilian employee members of State Police
Troop D CSEA Local 264 for their many years of service. From left are Burlie
Pugh, SP Remsen station cleaner (35+ years); Jane Pound, SP Watertown
secretary (30+ years); Thomas Rowlands, SP Marcy station cleaner (25+ years);
Edith Ruggiero, SP Oneida BCI secretary (30+ years); Troop D Commander Major
James J. Parmley; First Sergeant Robert W. Marquart; CSEA Local 264 President
Marianne P. Dygert, SP Oneida Troop Commander's secretary (30+ years); David
Devan, Troop D quartermaster (25+ years); Patricia Hurrle, Troop Hq. Uniform
Lieutenants secretary (25+ years); Robert Allen, Troop D AMI (25+ years) and
Joan Cox, Troop Hq. Identification Section secretary (35+ years). Missing from
photo is Helen Eiholzer, First Sergeant's secretary (30+ years).

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The Public Sector * March 1998 * Page 15

GENERAL NEWS

Local, unit elections scheduled for 1998

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

The term of office for all current
local officers, delegates and unit
officers expires June 30, 1998.

Officers and delegates will be elected
or re ed to three-year terms
during local and unit elections to be
conducted between May 15 and
June 15, 1998.

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

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

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

Members may run as individual
candidates if they wish.

i

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

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

The statewide Board of Directors
approved an Application for

Nominating procedure
for small CSEA locals and units;
special election rules apply

<

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

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

Important Information
about slate petitioning
and slate voting

Local Elections

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

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

Unit Elections

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

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

Candidates should know the following:

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

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

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

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

7s Election to Office for locals and

e Always protect your membership status

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

® seeking or holding union office;

® signing nominating petitions for potential

_ _ candidates; _

“Only menibers “in good standing" can
participate in these activities. To be in ee

standing,” your dues cannot be delinquent.
If you go on unpaid leave or for any other
reason have a break in your employment

status, your dues will not continue to be paid -
‘through payroll deductions. You must make _

arrangements to pay your dues directly to

CSEA to continue your membership status. If _

“you are either laid off or placed on leave
without pay status due’ to becoming disabled
~ by accident, illness, maternity or paternity,
you may be eligible for dues-free membership

ys

- Break in membership affects eligibility for union office, voting privileges

status for a period not to exceed one year.
Note, however, you must continue to pay
dues to run for office, Dues-free or gratuitous
membership allows members to continue their
insurance coverage while out of work. It does

“not protect your right to run for or hold office. ”

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

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GENERAL NEWS

Page 16 * March 1998 « The Public ear

1998 CSEA ELEC

Norick or
NominatTion anp ELecrion

STATEWIDE Boarp
or DirmEcrors

Ballots will be mailed April 20

Directors election in the year 2000.

The nominating petition period for
members interested in seeking election to
CSEA's Board of Directors concluded
1998, synchronizing the Board elections Feb, 23. Ballots will be mailed to eligible
with the union's statewide officers election CSEA members on April 20 (see schedule

le beginning in the year 2000. Three- at right). The deadline for returning ballots
year terms will resume with the Board of is May 15. Ballots will be counted that day.

1998 CSEA Election Schedule

Statewide Board of Directors
March 11
March 17
April 20
April 27
May 15

Deadline to decline nomination
Drawing for ballot positions
Ballots mailed

Replacement ballots available

Deadline for receipt of

All elected seats on CSEA's Statewide fae Ghia SEM ee Ee ao

Board of Directors will be up for election in
ZA delegates previously approved
r term for Board seat elections in

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

Your help is desperately needed now
for victims of the terrible ice storm
in northern New York state, one of
the worst natural disasters ever in

Please donate
generously to the

Make checks payable to
‘CSEA Disaster Relief Fund’

and mail immediately to:
CSEA, 1 Jashington Avenue

Albany. NY 1

Region Office for drop off
ating non-perishable food items,
water and diapers.

the state. Our goal is for a donation

‘CSEA Disaster of at least one dollar from each
Relief Fund’ CSEA member. Please be generous.

SAIL AWAY WITH CSEA on Royal Caribbean's Nordic Empress

November 9 to November 13, 1998
Monday to Friday (Nov. 11 is Veterans Day)

CRUISE PACKAGE INCLUDES:

Contact your
points for do:

Explore the Southern Caribbean with family, friends and fellow CSEA
members on a deluxe 4-night cruise aboard the Nordic Empress
from San Juan, Puerto Rico to St. Thomas, St. Maarten and St. Croix.

RATES (per person) DOUBLE OCCUPANCY fp =="====

hur Rea |

%* Round trip airfare to San Juan

** Round trip transfer, airport to pier

%* Your choice of outside or inside cabins
%* All meals and entertainment on board
% Port charges and departure tax

Outside (Category H) Inside (Category L)

$899.00 $849.00

DEPOSIT AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

Please complete the reservation form at right and enclose a deposit of $100.00 per
person no later than April 30, 1998. For those who desire the insurance option below, an
ladditional deposit of $49.00 per person must be paid at the time of reservation. Payments
jare accepted by check only, and are made payable to Plaza Travel Center. Your balance
is due in full by August 3, 1998.

Travel to these destinations requires proof of citizenship; please inquire for details.

CANCELLATIONS:

Please refer to the RCCL brochure for
RCCU's policy. Plaza Travel has a
cancellation fee of $50.00 per person
separate from RCCL's policy and is not
protected by the RCCL insurance at right.

OPTIONAL INSURANCE:

Insurance is available at the rate of
$49.00 per person which covers trip
cancellation, medical protection, baggage
protection and emergency assistance.

1 Reservation form: CSEA Cruise Nordic Empress November 9, 1998 DK 22441
1 1

Full Legal Names
of each person in the cabin:
Address City

State Zip

| require air from the following city Inside cabin Outside cabin

Insurance: Yes [_]No[_](please check one)
Deposit ($100.00 per person) $
Insurance (optional at $49.00 +

per person payable with deposit)

Total = payable to “Plaza Travel Center”

PLAZA TRAVEL CENTER PO Box 849
518 785-3338 or 800 666-3404

Latham, NY 12110
Ask for Lisa,

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The Public Sector * March 1998-* Page 17
roi 92 aiid OFIT © BECT oISM © OI CBD

“Does it matter
that New Yorkers get cost
effective, quality services

every year?
You bet it does.”

The election year state budget proposal looks great, but we need
continuing stability, not roller-coaster budgeting.

CSE RS We can't afford to go from crisis to prosperity
Bee and back again. It’s crazy. Make sure the people
The Work Force | who do the job right and provide the services you
THE ¥ OF NY need are there. It’s time for New York’s elected

officials to establish fiscal oe) Desks:

CSEA President Future deficits troublesome

anny Donohue, . i

left, confers with i 6 CSEA is pleased that there are no layoffs

a F oattont in the proposed budget and there are

pee sneer ae f measures to provide relief to localities and
josed state, | schools. But we are troubled by the

Budget before aide Governor's own projections of multi-billion

Peet aee mati e , dollar deficits in future years.

committees.

We need some continuing stability in New
York's state government. We don't have to let
this year’s surplus burn a hole in our
pockets. It’s much better to avoid a crisis
than to survive one.

CSEA wants its members to be able to
provide cost-effective, quality services for the
people of New York not just this year, but
every year. 9

— CSEA President Danny Donohue, testifying on the 1998-99
proposed state budget before joint legislative committees

Ct Regél 1B Marchsh998 aiWie Public Sector ee eee

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

AFSCME
LOBBY DAY
MARCH 31

AFSCME International
President Gerald W.
McEntee, CSEA President
Danny Donohue and
presidents of AFSCME
District Councils 35, 37,
66, 82 and 1707 will lead
an AFSCME New York
Action Team lobbying
group that will meet with
state legislative leaders
and members to discuss
union concerns with the
proposed state budget.
The theme for the Lobby
Day will be “Secure jobs,
secure workplaces, secure
futures.”

REN GENERA WEWS

a? A MOE NOMEN RC PP eM AN SE ARORA ES ea ppaerterienine nay Ry ear

Relive the ice storm again - on video;
proceeds benefit American Red Cross

CSEA recently co-sponsored a one-hour
television special produced and shown by
WPTZ Channel 5 in Plattsburgh on the
North Country ice storm.

VHS copies of the special are available
for $6.95 each. All proceeds benefit the
American Red Cross.

Copies of this documentary video can
be ordered by calling 1-800-217-6363.

id fi

in C! SEA nis

Disaster Fund
contributions
top $40,000;
more needed

CSEA members in
western New York
donated a large quantity
of items that were
trucked to CSEA’s
Jefferson County Local
and Unit office in
Watertown for
distribution. Above,
Daniel Brady, CSEA
Jefferson County Unit
president, Local 823 first
vice president and
Jefferson County
statewide Board of
Directors representative,

CSEA
members

CSEA statewide Treasurer Maureen Malone and
Central Region 5 President Jim Moore load
donations from members in central New York
which were combined with donations from CSEA
members on Long Island and trucked to victims of
ice storm in northern New York.

CSEA Labor Relations Specialist Tom

respond to
es
ICO SCOMIN Mize: ana ene county Loca 815
oe oa member Steve Beck load donations
VICTIMS Sayre”
CSEA ad honors members
CSEA publicly commended the

tens of thousands of CSEA
members who live and work in the

“We were
cooking meals
for 3,000 to
4,000 people.
After a while we
didn’t even

‘The crews are
basically working 24

know what day
it was, that’s
how crazy it
was.’

— Prep Cook Roxanna Yaddow,

CSEA Potsdam Auxiliary
and College Educational
Services Local 625.

Albany, NY 12210,

hours a day, seven
days a week. And I
don’t anticipate that

will be changing soon.’

— Danny Brothers
CSEA Massena DPW Unit treasurer
at height of ice storm

North Country as well as the
thousands more who went into the
disaster area from across the state
in newspaper ads which ran Feb, 8
in the Ne ork Times, Watertown
Times, Press Republican
(Plattsburgh), Post Star (Glens Falls),
The Saratogian (Saratoga) and the
Advance News (Ogdensburg), and
on Feb. 9 in the Adirondack
Enterprise.

oGENERAL NEWS

7 The Public Sectors March 19984 Page! 19

SONOS “7 Pi EERE

JISASTER STRIKES, the csEA Work Force is first in and last out.
ce storm disaster of 98 proves how much

The ic
i LAL i E.INO who answers emergency
calls around the clock...
who clears the ice and snow ...

who helps evacuate and shelter the victims ...
who provides emergency health care and
ensures public safety.

CSEA President } Because New
Danny Donohte I Yorkers know
they can count
on the men and
women who
respond to
emergencies and
do the job right,
under the worst
of conditions.

CSEix

The Work Force

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

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

P THE PUBLIC "MARCH 1998

HIS
ve ACTIVISTS — WHAT MOTIVATES THEM - Page 3
vx LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS - Pages 4 and 5
vc STATE GOVERNMENT NEWS - Pages 6 and 7
v THE CSEA WORK FORCE - Pages 9, 10, 11 and 12

vx CSEA ELECTION INFORMATION - Pages 15, 16 and 17