The Public Sector, 1978 October 25

Official Publication of The Civil Service Employees Association

Vol. 1, No. 4 25¢ per copy Wednesday, October 25, 1978

Carey, Duryea get cash

ALBANY — The Civil Service Employees Assn. last week became the
largest single union contributor to candidates seeking to become governor in
the November 7 general election, turning over a total of $82,000 to a pair of
candidates it has not endorsed. At the same time, CSEA appears to have
firmly glued itself atop the political fence it straddled last month in failing
to deliver an official endorsement in the gubernatorial race.

The CSEA Political Action Fund, a separate organization which oversees
the union’s political action accounts, last week in a split vote decided to
donate $41,000 each to Goy.. Hugh L. Carey and his Republican opponent,
Perry B. Duryea. Under a complicated election law formula, $41,000 is the
maximum permissable to a single candidate.

CSEA also has given a total of $70,000 to the Assembly and Senate Cam-
paign Committees of both major parties. CSEA has donated $25,000 each to
the Senate Republican Campaign Committee and the Assembly Democratic
Campaign Committee, and $10,000 each to the Senate Democrats and the
Assembly Republicans.

In all, CSEA reportedly has contributed approximately $400,000 in
political action funds to various candidates.

State Police locals set

ALBANY — The Civil Service comprising BCI investigators, senior
Employees Assn., preparing for a investigators and investigative

representation campaign for State
Police’in two of three new bargaining
units it was-instrumental in
achieving, has established a structure
for the new units to give greater iden-

- tity and representation for the

members.

Ballots in representation elections
ordered by the State Public
Employment Relations Board will be
mailed out to State Police personnel
on November 1 and will be counted on
November 17.

CSEA is challenging the Police

specialists, and in the new unit con-
sisting of sergeants and commission-
ed officers

CSEA and State Police personnel
last week came up with a proposal to
form two statewide Locals for the un-
its, with each Troop being
represented in each Local.
Negotiating teams would be compris-
ed exclusively of members within the
respective unit, and each unit would
have its own officers statewide. A
modification proposal also assures
that both commissioned and non-

Benevolent Association to represent commissioned officers will maintain
personnel in the newly created unit a voice in that particular unit.

RIVERHEAD — A show cause hearing on a lawsuit brought by the Civil
Service Employees Assn., which is seeking to remove a proposed initiative
and referendum law from November 7 election ballots in Suffolk County,
was scheduled to be conducted in State Supreme Court here as “The Public
Sector” was going to press.

The suit was brought by CSEA Suffolk County Loeal 852, and charges that
the Suffolk County Legislature violated the County Charter when it voted to
place the controversial proposed law on the ballots. The proposed initiative
and referendum law, if passed, would become the first Proposition 13-type
law of its kind in New York State.

The Civil Service Employees Assn. is a cross section of America
itself. Its 260,000 men and women are of every ethnic
background. The people shown here are actual members of CSEA
at work. This week, in a demonstration of democracy in action,
1,400 delegates: elected by the membership meet in Convention
’78 to establish policies and positions designed to better their
lives through effective unionism. In turn, they help make a better
New York State and a better America. ‘‘Public Employees —
Where Would You Be Without Them”. For more on CSEA
Convention ’78, see pages 8 and 9.

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Organization key
to personal success

By Ma

ry T. Kupic

Special to “The Public Sector"

The type of organizational techn
PERSONAL organization is the key

iques I teach are the human kind.
to success of any kind.

A person who is well organized in his or her home can’t help but to
carry it on to his or her work atmosphere, community and social ac-

tivities,

I deal with the barest foundations
of one’s life. For instance, a person
leaving their home in the morning
cannot psychologically give his
best at the office if (1) He is late
because he couldn't find a clean
shirt (2) or she is nervous because
she has left the house in complete
disa and this is the first thing
she will face when she returns
home in the evening

There is an endless list of per-
sonal situations that can negatively
affect an individual's performance
at work or in personal
relationships. In this age of speed
in everything, one of the dearest
commodities is time. Most people
live their lives in a series of brush
fires. When one fire flares in one
sector of their lives, they run to put
it out and while doing so another
starts up somewhere else. If we
wait for situations to turn into
emergencies, we never get the
routine done and what is more, we
never relax

A visual picture would be to im-
agine a transparent blueprint. This
blueprint can cover the home and
then be raised and placed on
career. In the past only top
management were taught ef-
ficiency and this was sadly lacking
because it never covered his or her
personal life which has a direct
correlation to his or her function-
ing at work. I would like to teach
all public employees both
management and non-management
alike

With this system everyone
benefits. The individual employees,
benefit because they immediately
obtain a new found confidence in
themselves. They are happier and

Catlendar
of EVENTS

more relaxed at work and,
therefore, produce more in better
ways. They bring their
organizational skills into the office
and when they do, the costs of run-
ning the same are reduced. Supplies
are in such fine order that none are
lost or wasted. Each employee
works in the most efficient manner
to get the work at hand done. When
men and women work to their
highest capability they feel better
about themselves. They know they
are a major contributing factor and
their self-esteem rises. They
become happier within and pass it
on to everyone they work with. At
this time, one of two things will
happen. They will settle im to the
job at hand or they may become so
good at what they do that they will
want to tackle something with
more responsibili This is the
time when their new found
organizational skills will help them
to find the time to study for that up
coming exam. Properly prepared,
they can take a giant step up.

The employer, in this case, the
State of New York or local
government, benefits because of
high-quality work from its
employees. The employer also has
a greater pool of qualified in-
dividuals to promote from within.
Work gets done on time and
duplication is avoided. Supervisors
and managers have a more
cooperative staff who are willing to
try new things to further trim time
and expense.

The critical factor here is that
government and big business un-
derstand that unless the individuals
comprising the work force are ef-
ficient that the particular

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Albany, NY 12204

OCTOBER
21—Nassau Local 830 30th Anniversary dinner-dance: Carl Hoppl’s Malibu Club,

Lido Beach, L.I
22—Statewide Board of Directors meeting
23-27—Statewide Delegates Convention:

30 Rome/Utica, Political Action Coalition, “Meet the Candidates Night”, 7-10 I

p.m., Massoud’s Restaurant, Washi

: 1 p.m., Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake.
Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake.

ngton Mills.

NOVEMBER
3-4 — Central Region, state workshop, Holiday Inn Downtown, Syracuse.

4 — Onondage Local 834

New Membership Rally Party, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.,

Drumlins, Nottingham Road, Syracuse.
14 — Syracuse area retirees (CSEA) Chapter 913 Fall meeting. Fireside Inn,

Baldwinsville, N. Y, Luncheon at 1
17-18

P.M.; The business meeting at 2 P.M.

Region 5 County Workshop; Holiday Harbor Hotel, Oswego.

29—Long Island Region 1 special elections seminar: 5-11 p.m., site to be announced.

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government agency or corporation
cannot be totally efficient.

It is no secret that top
management officials now
recognize that what happens to an
employee in his or her off hours
has a dramatic effect on his
performance at work. Some com-
panies are even going so far as to
interview the job applicant’s
spouse!

In no way do I recommend that
management get involved in the
personal lives of employees,
however, management can have a
direct effect on the employee's per-
sonal worth and happiness by
finding a plan to allow him or her to
help himself. I offer such a plan
in my teachings, ‘Organize and
Live’.”’

I have developed a three part
plan which covers all situations.
The first I call ‘the physical’’. This
is made up of all our possessions at
home and work tools at the office.
At the end of my 2% hour course
about 90% of the people who take it
are so organized as to be able to
locate any needed item within
seconds. No more will time be lost
rummaging through a drawer or
cabinet.

The second part is paper. The
backbone to any well-run business
is a filing system. Without it,
business would grind to a dead halt.
Here I teach the benefits of a home
filing system and give to my
students a suggested list of what

Mary T. Kupic,
author, teacher
speaker, mother

Mary T. Kupic has authored, and
now teaches at State University of
New York at Albany, College of
General Studies, a brand of personal
organization that is different than any
we have come across before. In fact,
Mary is one of only two people in the
country who teach this particular sub-
ject in this particular way.

She is living proof that her system
can work. In addition to a busy,
professional career, she is at the
same time a mother to an energetic 8-
year-old son, Matthew.

Mary’s brand of organization is not
the ‘‘old fashioned” type where only
inanimate objects and systems are
considered. ‘‘It takes human beings to
work those inanimate objects. It also
takes human beings to run and be part
of a system and also to make
decisions. Organization is the key to
success of any kind,” she states.

So we asked Mary to write the ac-
companying article for ‘“‘The Public
Sector” for the benefit of CSEA’s
260,000 members. Persons interested
in contacting Mary T. Kupic for ad-
ditional details or to plan an
educational program for their
members may contact her through
“The Public Sector.”’

and where to file. A person who is
meticulous with important papers
at home will carry this care to the
office and back again.

The third part of my program is
personal. This includes personal
goals. Most people are never
taught how to look at their life and
to proceed to get the best out of it. I
recently attended a seminar for
women. Two of the speakers
offered good advice when they said
you must set goals and priorities —
but — they never did say how to go
about it. I teach direct facts and
tools to take action. Too many
courses are geared at philisophiz-
ing a subject to death. My students
want answers and better ways to
improve their lives and work and
this is what they get.

Film seminar set
Saturday in Buffalo

A day long film festival, seminar
and exhibit titled, ‘The American
working woman: Agent for Change’
is scheduled for Saturday, October 28,
1978 at the State University College at
Buffalo, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buf-
falo, ording to CSEA. Education
Committee Chairman Celeste
Rosenkranz.

Planned by union women from
labor organizations in Western New
York and the college's history
department the event seeks ‘‘to
celebrate the contributions of work-
ing women” who will discuss the con-
cerns they share, Miss Rosenkranz
said.

The Exhibit will be opened at 9:30
a.m. in Butler Library by guides from
Phi Alpha Theta.

Movies to be shown concurrently
with the conference will begin at 10:30
and include “The Inheritance’ and
“With Babies and Banners.’’
Discussion will follow.

Afternoon movies include ‘‘Union
Maid” and ‘‘Why Not a Woman.”

Featured speaker is Freda
Schwenkmyer, formerly YWCA In-
dustrial Secretary, union organizer in
the south and U.E.A.F.L.C.1.0.
member.

A registration fee of ten dollars in-
cludes coffee and lunch and may be
made thru the New York State School
of Industrial and Labor Relations of
Cornell University, 120 Delaware
Avenue, Room 225, Buffalo, New
York, 14202.

CSEA objects to parts of new court plan

could be tested for on a competitive
basis. If they could, the position was
placed in the competitive class. If not,
the position was placed in the non-
competitive or exempt class.

By Dr. Gerald Alperstein

When the State Office of Court Ad-
ministration holds hearings on its uni-
fied court system proposal this week
and next, CSEA representatives will
be testifying that the proposal has
many objectionable features and
many critical omissions.

The proposed court system would
classify all state court employees as
state employees instead of county
employees, as many are now
classified.

A major CSEA objection involves
the jurisdictional classification of
positions — which defines how a
position is obtained, how an employee
is promoted and what tenure exists in
a position,

The proposal states that the
jurisdictional classification of a
position was determined on the basis
of whether the required knowledges,
skills and abilities of the position

Many things have happened in
CSEA during the past year since
the last Convention, all of them
very important to the life of
CSEA and its members.

Of course, the affiliation with
AFSCME is the greatest individual
change in CSEA policy in -over
sixty years. What the affiliation or

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IRVING FLAUMENBAUM
President

Local elects Madlon

HAUPPAUGE — John Madlon has
been elected president of the new
Region 1 State Office Building Local
016 of the Civil Service Employees
Assn. Mr. Madlon helped organize the
new Local, which incorporates most
the CSEA state units in the Haup-
pauge State Office Building which
were formerly represented by
CSEA’s Metropolitan Region |

Other officers of Local 016 are
Helen Langenback, First Vice
President; Caroline Sweeney, Second
Vice President; Frank Olson-Tank,
Treasurer; Florence Kincaid,
Corresponding Secretary; and Joseph
Cleater, Sentinel.

CSEA identified a number of
positions which are competitive in ex-
ecutive departments which OCA
proposes to make exempt. CSEA sub-
mitted that information to OCA,
which OCA has ignored.

CSEA* objects to the proposed
procedure of allocating positions to a
jurisdictional classification. The Per-
sonnel Officer makes the initial deter-
mination, a public hearing is held, and
the Chief Administrator of a court
approves the classification.

Opposition expressed at the public
hearing can be ignored. The Per-
sonnel Officer is a subordinate of the
Chief Administrator. There are no
checks and balances in the procedure.

CSEA recommends an independent
review board be established to review

LonglIsland Jiegion

eventual merger will bring, only
time will tell. All of us must put our
shoulders to the wheel to try to
,make this combination of CSEA
and AFSCME a huge success. We
must not lose sight of the fact that
the potentialities in such an af-
filiation are tremendous. As an
International Vice President of
AFSCME, I must ask all of our
members to help us make this
eventual merger a great step
forward for all public employees.

Another change has been the
possible loss of 45,000 members in
the PS&T. Bargaining Unit and
the loss of 2,700 members in the
Thruway Authority which was
certainly a blow to CSEA. It is
my sincere hope that we will
maintain the membership of
PS&T through the courts by prov-
ing that the preliminaries to the
PS&T election were stacked by
the other union with inaccuracies
and possible fraud in the signing of
designation cards

A great innovation in 1978 for
CSEA was its most active par-
ticipation in politics by our en-
dorsement of candidates and help-
ing these candidates with money
from our Political Action Fund.
For years I have always felt that
this action should have been taken

all proposed jurisdictional
classifications requests

The classification plan also does not
follow the legally established policy
of the state to provide equal pay for
equal work. Differentials are propos-
ed based on the location of the
position although the duties of the
position are basically similar. For ex-
ample, in most courts the position of
Court Attendant is classified J.G. 8.
However, in the Court of Appeals, it is
a Grade 20 position.

CSEA recommends further review
of the classification and pay structure
to provide equal pay for equal work
and the elimination of the location of
the position as a criteria.

The proposal allows for widely
varying career ladders between
succeeding positions, ranging from
one grade to 11 grades. CSEA favors
change in successive positions in a
career ladder be equalized.

Also in the proposal is an appeals

Let us support those who we have
endorsed not only with money, not
only with talk, but with active par-
ticipation of our membership on
behalf of these candidates. The old
expression of ‘‘put your money
where your mouth is,” applies so
well to these endorsements. I've
always thought that we had enough
“muscle” to help our friends in
politics and destroy our enemies.
The time is here and all of us must
stand up and be counted and give
these candidates this type of sup-
port.

Of course, another very large
item to be discussed at this
Convention will be the increase in
dues. There’s no question in my
mind that we need more monies to
run this great organization known
as CSEA, The question is how
much and how to apply the in-
crease to our memberships. I hope
this will be given a fair ad-
judication by our Delegates at this
meeting at the Concord. We in
Region I have set up a committee
to make a study of what to
recommend as a fair increase in
dues. I am hopeful that the com-
mittee will come back with
recommendations that would be
acceptable to all CSEA members.

board for employees seeking
classification changes, which would
be composed of designees of the state
comptroller, the president of the
State Civil Service Commission and
the chairman of the Public
Employment Relations Board.

CSEA objects to the composition of
the board because only the Civil Ser-
vice Commission has experience or
direct involvement in classification
and pay appeals and because no
employee representative is on the
appeals board.

CSEA also objects to the time con-
straints (60 days) proposed to filing
an appeal and recommends specific
time periods for filing and responding
to appeals.

The proposal includes a section
which CSEA is contrary to court
decisions and error. The proposal
would grant permanent status to
employees in positions reclassified as
competitive only if they served for at
least one year. CSEA claims those
employees must receive permanent
status without one year prior service.

OCA will be asked by CSEA to seek
legislation to protect a number of
provisional employees serving in
competitive positions for longer than
one year because no examinations
were held. Examinations were
suspended during the classification
study and the Civil Service Com-
mission budget prevented the holding
of many examinations. CSEA also
pledged to assist in seeking the
legislation

The times and places of the
hearings are:

9:00 AM — October 23 — The
Ceremonial Courtroom 7th Floor,
Buffalo City Court, 50 Delaware
Avenue, Buffalo, New York

9:00 AM — October 24 — Courtroom
No. 6, Main Floor, Hall of Justice, Ex-
change Street, Rochester, New York.

9:00 AM — October 26 — Courtroom
No. 2, 7th Floor, Judicial Building,
Empire State Plaza, Albany, New
York

9:00 AM — October 27 — The
Ceremonial Courtroom, ist Floor,
Westchester County Courthouse, 111
Grove Street, White Plains, New
York

9:00 AM — October 30 — The
Legislative Hearing Room, County
Center, Riverhead, New York

9:00 AM — October 31, November 1,
2 — The Auditorium, Police Head-
quarters, 1 Police Plaza, New York,
New York.

Court rules Suffolk suit be heard

RIVERHEAD — A Long Island Supreme Court Judge this month rejected Suffolk County's attempt to have
a Civil Service Employees Assn. suit heard at a labor hearing and ruled instead that a trial be held to hear
Suffolk CSEA Local 852’s arguments for an end to forced overtime for correction officers at the Suffolk

County Jail.

Justice John P. DeLuca denounced the county’s use of forced overtime as having ‘unsavory implications
of the anti-slavery clause of the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.’

Correction officers at Riverhead jail have staged anumber of wildcat actions to protest conditions in the
jail during the past two months. William Lewis, President of the CSEA Suffolk Local, says the forced over-
time has been a practice for at least two years at the Suffolk County Jail. The county maintains that it must
have an adequate staff for security and when not enough men volunteer for an additional overtime shift, the
county declares an emergency situation and locks the men in, forcing them to work

Judge DeLuca noted that the CSEA and the State Department of Corrections have found a need for an ad-
ditional 73 correction officers to properly staff the Suffolk jail. An earlier county agreement to add 40 more
guards had been worked out by CSEA, the union claims the county is dragging its feet in hiring them

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25, 1978

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Neutral isn’t free

Remaining neutral, CSEA is dis-
covering, is fascinating. It is also
frustrating, and definitely not free

Four years ago, when by
tradition CSEA did not even
seriously consider endorsing a can-
didate for governor no one
seemed to really care too much.
Last month, when union delegates
elected to remain neutral by failing
to endorse either major party can-
didate, everyone seemed to be con-
cerned. And they still are.

Last week, in a televised
statewide debate, Gov. Hugh Carey
stated flatly he still wants the
CSEA endorsement. The GOP stan-
dardbearer, Perry Duryea, didn’t
come right out and say so, but he -
would like the important backing
as well

Some of the CSEA regions last
week went on the record concern-

An eye on

There are many, many major
election results that bear watching
on Election Day, November 7, all
across New York State. All
statewide offices, from the gover-
nor on down, are being contested
Every one of the State Legislature
seats will be filled.

But for all that, one of the more
interesting decisions to be deter-
mined by the voters will be made in
the Finger Lakes region in
Tompkins County. Voters will be
able to cast ballots in a countywide
referendum on a pair of
propositions concerning whether or
not Tompkins County Hospital will
remain a public hospital or be turn-
ed over to a private corporation.

The fact that the issue is on the
ballot at all is testimony to sheer
determination by a relatively small
group of county employees and
their cadre of supporters from

Court plan

The State Office of Court Ad-
ministration (OCA) proposal for a
unified court system has what we
believe to be a number of flaws
One of those flaws — jurisdictional
classification of new titles —
appears to have been written by
President Grant's director of per-
sonnel

In what appears to be a throw-
back to the spoils system of years
gone by, OCA proposes to exempt
many normally competitive
positions from examinations. Also

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ing an endorsement of a candidate
for governor, and it has become
clear that the question of endor-
sing, even at this relatively late
date, will be an issue at the union
convention this week A

And when CSEA’s Political
Action Fund last week voted to
donate $41,000 to each candidate,
the maximum allowed by law, the
free part of remaining neutral went
out the window. But the
frustration, and the fascination, —
well, they're both still there. And
always will be as long as CSEA
wears the albatross of neutrality
around its neck. (R.A.C.)

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Opinion

Tompkins

various walks of life. They didn’t
like the fact that such a major
decision was to be made without

public opinion, so they organized a °

petition drive which ultimately led
to the referendum.

In the beginning, they took no
stance in favor or opposition to the
proposal; it was simply that too
many questions remained un-
answered to allow such a change to
occur unchallenged. Recently the
activists came out strongly in op-
position to turning the county over
to the private corporation. Their
reasons for doing so are sound,

They proved that a small group
of concerned but dedicated people
can make their voice heard when
they were successful in their
petition drive to force the referen-
dum. On Election night we sincere-
ly hope the results will show that
enough people heard that collective
voice and heeded its its warning.

has flaws

OCA’s proposal for changing a
competitive position to an exempt,
appointive position (left to the dis-
cretion of a court’s Chief Ad-
ministrator) would be a dangerous
precedent to establish.

We understand that all
governmental positions cannot be
classified competitive. But the
OCA proposal for classification
sounds to us like something beyond
a patronage plum. Its more like
planting an orchard (G.A.)

“HECK OF A WAY
TO REMEMBER
MY BIRTHDAYL””

Chester A. Arthur

born October 5, 1830 (us.Presivenr, 1881-1888)

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Dr. Alperstein joins staff

Dr. Gerald Alperstein has been
named associate editor of ‘‘The
Public Sector’’ by Thomas A.
Clemente, publisher.

Dr. Alperstein has taught jour-
nalism for four years, most recent-
ly as an assistant professor at the
University of Evansville, Evans-
ville, Ind.

He also has edited community

wee!.ly newspapers in New York
City and in Windsor, Conn., and
was a reporter for ‘‘The Star-
Ledger’ in Newark, N.J.

Other experiences include being
the editor of a house organ for an
electronics company in New York
City, a journalist in the U.S. Navy
and a member of the Reference
Department of the ‘‘New York
Post.”

He was an AFL-CIO member in
1964-65 and 1968-69 as part of the
“‘New York Post’’ unit of the New
York Newspaper Guild.

Dr. Alperstein holds a Ph.D. in
Mass Communications and a
Master of Arts in Newspaper Jour-
nalism from Syracuse University,
Syracuse, N.Y., and a Bachelor of
Science in Urban Affairs from the
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wis.

From 1976 to 1978 he was a con-
sultant to the Canadian Daily News-
paper Publishers Association on
newspaper circulation problems.

Dr. Alperstein, a native New
Yorker, is married and is the
father of two daughters.

Directory of Regional Offices

REGION 1 — Long Island Region
(516) 691-1170
Irving Flaumenbaum, President
Ed Cleary, Regional Director
REGION 2 — Metro Region
(212) 962-3090

Solomon Bendet, President

George Bispham, Regional Director

REGION 3 — Southern Region
(914) 896-8180

James Lennon, President

Thomas Luposello, Regional Director

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Armstrong, G. V., Slingerlands. 83.1
Schmidt, Gale, B., Slingerlands 79.4
Sikora, Edward T., Albany 78.5
Senter, Corl L., Albany 76.5
Wethers, J 75.7
Kinch, Willi 73.4

(Exam No. 36280)

. Test Held May 20, 1978
lopo, Edward M., Valatie
Toombs, Ross M., Albany
Schoonmaker, D. J., Duanesburg .
Schmidt, Gale B., Slingerlands
Suss, Robert H., Voorheesville
Burns, Jean M., Albany ..?
Lee, Annamay, Albany .. c
Maupin, Peggy S., NOssay ...e....+.. ‘

Sr, Bacteriologist Virology
(Exam No, 36281)
Test Held May 20, 1978

Vonnegut,
Kornatowski,

NEW YORK STATE BRIDGE AUTHORITY CSEA LOCAL President Frank J.
McDermott, left, discusses situations unique to members of his Local with
CSEA Collective Bargaining Specialist Manny Vitale. The Bridge Authority
Local is one of 11 union locals of various authorities around the State

Metro )kegion—

Conference, as the region was
formerly known. I’ve seen the
region’s membership grow from
less than 5000 to more than 30,000,
including state employees and
employees of various Com-
missions. The region membership
morale is high, with excellent sup-
port shown for the many CSEA ac-
tivities and projects always in
progress and with the ongoing
membership recruitment pro-
grams always on the plus side.

Membership recruiting was quite
a bit different in the old days. In
the ’30’s CSEA dues were a dollar a
year and the union in those days got
members by taking a beautiful girl
through the agencies and anybody
who signed up got a kiss from the
girl.

Looking back on CSEA ac-
complishments, it was the leader
in the startup and implementation
of innovative ideas which helped all
CSEA members, It was in Region 2

Clerical upgrading has

unanimous

The upgrading and reclassification
of state clerical and stenographic
employees was unanimously sup-
ported at the CSEA Metropolitan
Region annual meeting Oct. 14 in New
Hyde Park, N.Y.

The motion called for the region to
take any action necessary to bring
about the upgrading and reclassi-
fication.

In other official business, a motion
to hold the region’s annual meeting
within New York City with each
borough rotating as host passed, 13-6,
after a lively debate

Also discussed at the meeting were
the proposed dues increase, the need
for cost of living increases and im-
proved health insurance and dental
plans.

Many of the delegates and local
presidents also were looking ahead to
the CSEA 68th Annual Meeting in
Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., this week.

Region President Solomon Bendet
said the convention goals encompass

that the ideas of local chapters, in-
surance programs, non-
contributory pension systems,
health plans for employees paid for
by the state, and a pension system
separate and distinct from Social
Security, were born.

What’s ahead for CSEA? Region
2 hopes the negotiations with the
state which are about to get un-
derway will result in the following

. salary increases sufficient to
erase the financial burden which
inflation has inflicted on
employees, a cost of living es-
calator clause, restoration of man-
datory salary increases as provid-
ed by the Feld Hamilton Law,
restoration of longevity in-
crements, one salary schedule for
all state employees, restoration of
the original non-contributory
pension system for all employees,
health plan improvements in-
cluding raising the limit on major
medicai insurance to $100,000 and
the elimination of contracting out.

Waterfront talks progressing

NEW YORK — Ongoing negotiations with the Waterfront Commission of
New York Harbor to obtain the first contract for CSEA-represented employees
are reported to be showing some progress.

CSEA Field Representatives Bart Brier and Larry Sparber, and union
Research Analyst Harvey Rabiner all report progress being gained in the areas
of grievance and disciplinary procedures, seniority and the posting and bidding
for job vacancies. Some gains are also reportedly being made in the area of

overtime.

In addition to the union negotiators, other members of the bargaining team
include Local 066 Waterfront Commission President Jim Harrison, First Vice
President Tom McCormack, Treasurer Nick Franciosa, and Secretary
Virginia Schwartz. Contract talks are being conducted at the Waterfront Com-
mission Headquarters, 150 William Street.

‘The Civil Service Employees Assn. mistakenly reported that it was endorsing a candidate in
the 9th Senate District, when in fact the union has decided to make no endorsement in that race
The list, as provided by CSEA and printed in last week's edition of “The Public Sector” indicated
an endorsement of Democrat Carol Berman. In fact, CSEA says, the union is making no en-
dorsement in the 9th Senate District and the previous listing was an administrative error.

support

a strong new contract with the State
which gives ‘every CSEA member
and his family a better deal.

Clifton Lewis, Sheridan Local
president, said he expects the upcom-
ing negotiations with the state ‘‘will
be a major issue on the agenda.”

Felton King, Staten Island
Developmental Center Local
president, said the new state con-
twects should include provisions ‘‘for
the better education and training of
our membership.’ He also said he
would like to see the convention take
up the issues and problems in mental
hygiene.

Dorothy King, Creedmoor Local
president and regional 2nd vice
president, said the work of the con-
vention will benefit the entire CSEA
membership.

Also attending the meeting were
George Bispham, regional director;
Bill Cunningham, regional 3rd_ vice
president; and Helen Cugno,
secretary.

A STATE WORKSHOP was con-
ducted recently by CSEA’s Central
Region at the SUNY Delhi campus.
The session for area union members
covered grievance and disciplinary
procedures, duty of fair represen-
tation, and duties of union officers. In
above photo, Regional Director Frank
Martello address the audience.
—Delaware County times photo

NEW YORK STATE ELIGIBLE LISTS

Sr. Bacteriologist
(Exam No. 36279)
Test Held May 20, 1978

1. Parsons, Linda D., Voorheesville .............4. 83.3
2, Sasowski, Sandra, Albany 80.9
3. Fox, John A., Albany .....esssecssseessse 79.9
4. Witkowski, Carol, New Lebanon Ctr, .. 78.8
5. Beblowski, Dianne, Schenectady ... 76.7
6. Vonnegut, Michi, Nassau... 76.2
7. Young, Carolyn C., Clifton P 718
Sr. Bacteriologi
‘ (Exam No. 36277)
Test Held May 20, 1978
1, Goetz, Robert J., Garden City... ad.
2. Scribani, Santo, Brooklyn : 74.0
3. Williams, Joyce, Brooklyn ........c+c.00+0 723
Motor Equipment Storekeepe:
(Exam No. 36328)
Test Held August 12, 1978
1, Wakewood, John D., Albany ae Bhe
Supervisor of Fire Field Services
(Exam No. 90-024)
Test Held September 22, 1978
1. Schultz, Hilary F., Kingston .. 924
2. Seale, Walter E., Clifton Park...... 92.0
3, Boucher, Ruppert C., Mechanicville 84.2
4, Dymes, Donald R., Munnsville + 78.8
5. Ward, Flecher R., Orchard Park ... 745
6 Weaver, John J., Dundee 273.4
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25, 1978 Page 5

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Taylor Law change among political gains

Modification of the Taylor Law will
be one of a number of CSEA successes
to be reported this week by the
Legislative and Political Action Com-
mittee at the 68th Annual Meeting at
Kiamesha Lake.

Under the modified Taylor Law,
employees can still be penalized for
taking part in an illegal strike but
they cannot be summarily discharged
from their jobs, placed on probation
or harassed. CSEA claims a great
share of the responsibility for this
successful change in the law.

CSEA also was able to help reverse
the State Department of Mental
Hygiene’s 10-year-oid policy of dump-
ing. The efforts by the Board of Direc-
tors, political action committees and
the membership helped dramatize the

Sena Sanne ET

| Albany, New York 12224,

CSEA has been engaged in an up-
hill battle to win unemployment in-
| surance benefits for ten month non-
| instructional employees. The
+ Unemployment Law, 590.11, which
| has caused such disruption has
i been interpreted in numerous
i ys.

i

The federal law, which states
“reasonable assurance,’’ was
replaced by 590.11 on the state level
which we feel specifically states
that a non-instructional employee
as a member of a collective
bargaining unit needs a written
© contract continuing employment in
| order to be ineligible for benefits.

School districts, under advice of
the New York State School Boards
Association (NYSSBA) have in-
terpreted ‘‘written contract’ to
mean a letter stating an employee
will have a job to return to after
recess periods,

CSEA has taken a dim view of
the issuance of Continuation of
Employment letters since these so
called contracts were not
negotiated. The matter has been
turned over to the PERB in the
form of Improper Practice
charges. It is expected that the
PERB will make a decision in the

McGowan named
to arts committee

ALBANY — CSEA President
William L, McGowan has been named
to the Official Committee of the Very
Special Arts Festivals for 1978-79. The
committee, chaired by Jean Kennedy
Smith, organizes festivals throughout
the state each spring and summer to
demonstrate how the arts can help the
mentally handicapped.

The fund-raiser for the 1979
festivals will be held at the Golden
Fox Restaurant, 1400 Central Ave.,
Albany, on October 29 beginning at 6
p.m. Tickets may be purchased for
$25 each at the door, for a reception,
dinner and chance to win prizes, in-
cluding several trips for two to the
Bahamas. All donations are fully tax-
deductible.

problem and bring it to the attention
of the people and the state legislature.

While no new legislation was
enacted, DMH policies and philosophy
was changed by administrative
memoranda, including:

¢ Clinical staff rations will be in-
creased in mental health to 1:1 and in
mental retardation to 1.78:1

* Out-patient staffing will be in-
creased by 300 per cent.

° Fifty per cent of all beds opened
in the community will be in facilities
owned and operated by the State of
New York.

¢ Fifty per cent of all future com-
munity support funds will be con-
tracted to the state.

¢ Continuity of employment and
o

A biweekly column for and about the thousands of non-instructional employees of school dis-
tricts throughout New York State represented by the Civil Service Employees i

| Comments and/or questions concerning non-instructional schoo! distri
be directed to Ms. Arne Wipfler, Coordinator of School District Affairs, CS

early part of December on the
charges.

During the summer recess, when
most ten months employees
applied for unemployment in-
surance benefits, it was brought to
CSEA’s attention that local un-
employment insurance offices
were harrassing and attempting to
dissuade members from applying.
With the threat of demonstrations
at the Department of Labor State
Campus Office and numerous local
unemployment insurance offices
the Department issued a letter to
all of its offices to cease and desist
from hindering unemployed school
district employees from making
application for benefits.

In yet another attempt to find an
answer to the question of eligibility
CSEA filed an Article 78
proceeding in State Supreme
Court. The suit was based on In-
dustrial Commissioner Philip
Ross’ interpretation of 590.11 in a
Special Bulletin issued in April
However, in early July the case
was dismissed on grounds that
none of the parties had been denied
benefits as a result of the Com-
missioner’s Special Bulletin. CSEA
was joined by several other labor
unions in the board action.

UTICA — CSEA Department of Transportation Local 505
hosted a retirement party Sept. 29 at Hart’s Hill Inn. Honored at
the party were 25 retirees and sixteen 25-year employees.

Among those attending the party were (back row from
left): Retirees Howard Sammons, Howard Griffin and Rocco
Clemente; State Department of Transportation Region 2 Direc-
tor Richard Simberg; retiree Dominick Angerosa; CSEA
Central Region Director Frank Martello; and CSEA Executive

curtailment of layoffs have been
achieved through increased staff
ratios and through the Continuity of
Employment Act.

Also enacted into law was an OSHA
(Occupational Safety and Health Act)
study by the State Department of
Labor on construction costs for local
government structures and federal
aid for the construction. The com-
mittee hopes the study will lead to
legislation to ‘bring the State back
into the business of overseeing oc-
cupational safety.”

Governor Hugh Carey also issued
executive orders prohibiting state
employees from being charged with
absences during the blizzard of 1977
(Jan. 29 to Feb. 5) in seven western

Although a number of cases have
been won on the Administrative
Law Judge level, most cases have
been appealed through the
Unemployment Appeals Board by
either the claimant or the school
district. The Unemployment
Appeals Board has selected
representative cases. Oral
arguments on these cases were
heard by the Appeals Board in New
York City on October 4, 5, and 6.
The remainder of the cases will be
decided by the Appeals Board upon
submission of briefs by all parties.
It is further predicted that un-
favorable decisions will be turned
over to the courts.

CSEA, as it has in the past
months, will continue to seek a
resolution to the problem which
has affected a large number of our
school district members.

counties and with restoring leave
credits to state employees for the
July 14, 1977, New York City blackout

He voted legislation which would
have accomplished the same objec-
tives because he claimed those objec-
tives should be handled by ad-
ministrative action and not by
legislation.

Other new laws include: allowing a
union representative from a
ed or certified labor organ’
appear before a hearing office in a
disciplinary proceeding under Section
75 of the Civil Service Law; allowing
for a money remedy to be awarded by
an arbitrator as part of a decision in
an out-of-title work grievance; con-
tinuing the life of existing preferred
lists until Dec. 31, 1980; paying
supplemental retirement allowance
to survivors; and providing for
retroactive promotional increases for
the 1978 pay raise.

Not all CSEA-related legislation
turned out the way CSEA wanted. The
committee was not happy with the
new Supplemental Retirement
Allowance law. Under the law, age 62
retirement was eliminated and the
supplement was increased from 14 per
cent to 18 per cent for retirees age 62
and older who retired during the 15
months prior to April 1970.

Another loss occurred when Gov.
Carey vetoed a bill which would have
made retirees eligible for the state-
wide dental insurance plan

Three bills failed to pass the
legislature, including:

A bill to prohibit discharging
patients from a mental hygiene
facility unless it is certified that there
is an appropriate treatment plan at
the new facility passed the Assembly
but died in the Senate Rules Com-
mittee.

A bill to amend the Taylor Law to
establish final impartial arbitration
of contract disputes cleared the
Assembly Governmental Employees
Committee but the full Assembly fail-
ed to act on the bill. The bill also is un-
der consideration by the Senate Civil
Service Committee

A bill to amend the Military Law to
allow veterans of World War II and
Korea who entered service in New
York State to purchase up to three
years credit in a retirement system
was in the Assembly Ways and Means
Committee and in the Senate but
could not be acted upon prior to ad-
journment of the session

Vice President Thomas McDonough.

(Front row from left) Retirees Guilbert King and Walter
Zaparaniuk; Local First Vice President Michael Betrus, who
was chairman of the party; Local President Nicholas Cimino;
CSEA Statewide Treasurer: F. John Gallagher; and 25-year
employee Forrest Wheeler.

Cimino presented each retiree with a wallet, and Simberg
presented each 25-year employee with a pin.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25, 1978 Page 7

There have been 67 previous Annual Meetings of the official delegates of the Civil Service
Employees Assn. And there have also been numerous Spring meetings over the years as well.
But this one is different. The 68th Annual Meeting is the first for CSEA as an affiliate of the AFL-

CIO

The emergence of CSEA as a member of the AFL-CIO will not be lost upon the 1,300 delegates plus

scores of visitors to the 6-day convention at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake.

A huge sign proclaiming ‘‘CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME”’ hangs high over the stage of the main
meeting room, dominating even against the expanses of the 3,000-seat Imperial Room. Six-feet high i
“unity symbols” indicating the CSEA-AFSCME affiliation are located in the main lobby area. Sunday j
evening, opening night of the convention, a panel discussion entitled ‘‘The Affiliation’’ is scheduled. It '

is expected to draw a large audience.

During convention week, many high ranking AFSCME officials, headed by AFSCME International
President Jerry Wurf and including several International vice presidents, will be in attendance.

In spite of all the trappings, however, the main purpose of the meeting remains the same as for
the previous 67 annual sessions — to establish by delegate action the policies and official positions of

the labor union in a wide range of areas.

William L.

McGowan

CSEA President

Since this body last convened, CSEA
has undergone some of the most momen-
tous changes in its 68 years of service to
the public employees of New York State.
We stand today stronger and better than
we have ever stood before. There is no
delusion that we have all our problems
solved; far from it. We have major
hurdles yet to cross, but the past year
has been one in which this union has
come to grips with many of its greatest
problems, and we have prevailed.

Last year I stood before this con-
vention as the president of the nation’s
largest independent public employee un-
ion. Today I stand before you as the
president of CSEA Local 1000 of the
American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO. We
still have the kind of independence that
we cherished in the past, but we also
have the strength and resources we
could never have alone. We are a
stronger and better union today than we
were one year ago.

This past year has witnessed one ma-
jor development after another, from
representation elections to agency shop
and the elimination of mandatory
probation for strikers, to endorsement of
the first candidates for statewide office in
our history, to the appointment of a new
Executive Director and the es-
tablishment of a new union newspaper.

Just over one month ago, this body met
and proved once again that we are a
democratic union and we retain our in-
dependent thinking. We have matured as
a labor union, and our commitment to
political activity this year is proof of
that maturity. CSEA’s participation in
the legislative and political process has
at long last produced some change in the
Taylor Law that has so oppressed us
There are more changes that must be
made, but we have made real progress
where we had only failures in the past.

Our brothers and sisters who care for
the mentally handicapped across the
state are more secure now than they
have been in many years. We took on the
monster called ‘‘dumping’’ and we won.
Meaningful change in Mental Hygiene
translates to better treatment for the
needy in this state, and better jobs for
our members. The shift from state
responsibility for the care of the handi-
capped to private profiteers has at last

Poge 8

been stopped, and we are on the verge of
reversing the policy that has threatened
us for more than a decade.

Let’s be honest. It hasn't all been a bed
of roses this year. Proposition 13 and the
cloud of reactionary legislation it has
spawned, hang over our heads as one of
the most dangerous potential issues we
must face. I have confidence, however,
that this union can rise to the challenge.
We have seen defeat, but we have learn-
ed from our mistakes. Although we can’t

change the past, CSEA can molda better ©

future.

This year, we have shown that we are
strong enough to weather the bad times,
as well as the good. We have continued
to build and strengthen ourselves
through internal reorganization, con-
crete steps to improve our com-
munications with our members and with
the public, and our willingness to wade
into the political waters to fight for our
members. We still have much to do, but
we have demonstrated courage and
ability to do what must be done.

WILLIAM L. McGOWAN

Today CSEA is greater than it ever
was before. We have united with our
fellow public employees from across the
nation to build a better life for all of us.
Let's continue in the months ahead to
learn from our experience and to grow
with the times. With your help, I am con-
fident that we will convene again next
year as a better and stronger union than
we are today.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25, 1978

Sep HEE

1-6 P.M.
4:30 P.M.

7-8 P.M.
8:30-10 P.M.

8-9 AM,
9 AM.-5 P.M.

9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M,

9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.

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Sunday—October 22, 1978

Registration and certification of delegates.
Workshop: Legal services for CSEA members.
Joseph Conway, chairman, CSEA Standing Legal Committee
Anthony Campione, CSEA legal program administrator
Dinner.
“The Af
William Hamilton, executive assistant to the president, AFSCME Inter-
national
James Featherstonhough, counsel, CSEA
Joseph Dolan, executive director, CSEA-Moderator

Monday—October 23, 1978
Breakfast.
Registration and certification of delegates.

State Departmental Meetings:
Mental Hygiene Correctional Services

Transportation State University

Health Environmental Conservation
Labor Tox & Finance

Division for Youth Social Services

State Police Judici

Education Executive Dept. & Armories

Authori

County Delegates Panel Discussions:
‘* STATEWIDE PROBATION

James Brady, chairman, CSEA probation committee
Thomas Callnan, state director of probation
Joseph Reedy, staff coordinator
© STATEWIDE SOCIAL SERVICES
Grace Vallee, chairwoman, CSEA social service committee
Philip Miller, staff coordinator
© NON-TEACHING SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
Edward Perrott, chairman, CSEA non-teach, school dist. emp. comm.
Arne Wipller, staff coordinator
© STATEWIDE NURSING COMMITTEE
Regina Nemcek, chairwoman, CSEA nuring committee
Timothy Mullens, staff coordinator
* THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Roger A. Cole, executive editor, CSEA newspaper, “The Public Sector”
Gary Fryer, CSEA public relations
Joseph Lazarony, chairman, County Executive committee—
PRESIDING

Luncheon.

State Bargaining Unit M
© Administrative * Ins
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County Division Delegates Meeting
Norman Adler, director of political action & legislation, Council 37
AFSCME
Bernard Ryan, political action coordinator, CSEA
Joseph Lazarony, chairman, County Executive Committee—PRESIDING

Dinner

Education Programs:

“TIPS & PROCEDURES FOR MORE EFFECTIVE CONVENTION PAR-
TICIPATION” ‘
Barbara Wertheimer, Women’s Institute, Cornell Schoo! of I.L.R.
‘Ann Nelson, Women's Institute, Cornell School of I.LR.
Irene Carr, CSEA statewide secretary/chairwoman, CSEA statewide
yomen's committee
Celeste Rosenkranz, chairwoman,
MODERATOR

“NEW OPTIONS IN THE RETIREMENT LAW”
Alvian Smirensky, director of information ser
Evan Wilson, Information representative, N.
Dorothy Goetz, chairwoman, CSEA pension Tonmtiee—PRESIDING

education committee—

25, NIVRERS:

PSCHUIE

8:30 P.M.

89 AM.
8:30-9:30 A.M.

9 AM-5 P.M.

9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.

9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.

9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M,

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9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M,

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9 AM.-12:30 P.M
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8-9 A.M.
9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M,

12:30 P.M.-1:30 P.M.
1:30 P.M.

Membership at all-time high

CSEA membership reached: an all-time high this year,
the Special Membership Committee will report at the CSEA
68th Annual Meeting this week at Kiamesha Lake

The number of full members increased 17,967 from 202,-
721 in June 1977 to 220,697 in June 1978. Also during the same
period, the number of retirees increased 455 from 17,514 to
17,969.

The committee attributes the increased membership
most likely to the agency shop legislation, which went into
effect in Spetember 1977. Agency shop payors received
several mailings, which expounded on the benefits of CSEA
membership.

Also, with more than 45,000 state and county employees
now paying agency shop fees, CSEA represents more than
265,000 workers. Among the approximately 45,429 agency
shop payors, 36,508 are in the State Division and 8,921 are in
the County Division. ,

CSEA membership in the State Division increased 16,-
106 to 129,807 from 113,703; and in the County Division in-
creased 1,873 to 90,890 from 89,017.

The committee reported that the increase in full
members to 220,697 reversed a declining-membership
trend, which started after 1975, when the previous
membership high of 215,964 declined to 207,437 in 1976 and
202,721 in 1977

The increase in full members has occurred in all six
CSEA regions. Capital Region had the greatest incr
5,423 workers; followed by New York City Region, 4,692;
Long Island Region, 3,764; Central Region, 1,940; Southern
Region, 1,206; and Western Region, 1,100.

Long Island Region continues to have the most CSEA
members with 49,525; followed by Capital Region, 38,530;
Western Region, 36,688; Southern Region, 34,359; Western
Region, 33,472; and New York City Region, 27,815

The committee also will point out at the meeting that
even though agency shop payors are represented by CSEA,
they are not CSEA members. In order for agency shop
payors to join CSEA, they must sign a PDA card and return
it to CSEA

Thomas McDonough

Executive Vice President

Retiree Delegates Meeting
‘Melba Binn, chairwoman, CSEA statewide retirees committee
Thomas A. Gilmartin, staff coordinator

Tuesday—October 24, 1978

Breakfast.
Seminar on Parliamentary Procedures

Celeste Rosenkranz, chairwoman, CSEA education committee—PRESIDING
Registration & Certification of Delegates
State Division Delegates Meeting

* Review Committee Reports
m Deck, chairman, State Executive Committee—PRESIDING
County Division Delegates Meeting

* Review Committee Reports

* General Business

Joseph Lazarony, chairman, County Executive Committee—PRESIDING

Retiree Delegates Meeting

‘Melba Binn, chairwoman, CSEA statewide retirees committee

Thomas A. Gilmartin, staff coordinator
Luncheon.
First General Business Meetin

PRESIDING: William L. McGowan, CSEA president

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

WELCOME: David Kauffman, chairman, Sullivan Co. Board of Supervisors

INVOCATION: Rev. John S. Metallides

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Richard S. Kain, American Arbitration Association
Speakeasy Cocktail Party

Compliment of Ter Bush & Powell and the Travelers Insurance Co.
Dinner.

Wednesday—October 25, 1978
kfast.
‘ation and certification of delegates.
iness Meeting
William L, McGowan, CSEA president—PRESIDING
Luncheon.
Business Meeting
Williom L, McGowan, CSEA, president—PRESIDING
Dinner — Music — The Big Band Sound

Thursday—October 26, 1978
Breakfast.
Registration and certification of delegates.
Business Meeting
William L McGowan, CSEA pi
Luncheon,
Business Meeting
Address—Jerry Wurf, AFSCME, International President
William L. McGowan, CSEA president—PRESIDING
Cocktail Party (Compliments of the Concord Hotel),
Delegate Banquet
NVeeAION, Rev. Anthony Curran, St, Paul the Apostle Church, Schenec-
to

MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Richard Tarmey, chairman, convention com:
mittee

TOASTMASTER: Jomes Featherstonhaugh, CSEA counsel

BENEDICTION: Rabbi Solomon Saphier, resident rabbi, Concord Hotel

MUSIC: The Irish Revolution

Friday—October 27, 1978
Breakfast.
Business Meeting
William L, McGowan, CSEA president—PRESIDING
Luncheon.
Adjournment

nt—PRESIDING

One thing has become very apparent to
me as I criss-cross the State in my
primary role as liaison between the
membership and the leadership of this
great union. There is an air of change
among the rank-and-file members, and I
sense it everywhere I go. I have traveled
throughout the State in previous ad-
ministrations as your executive vice
president and as acting president, and I
recognize that the mood of the people is
markedly different today than it was
two, three or four years ago.

It is my observation that the
membership has become much more
militant. It is a mood that began growing
in the recent past, within the past five
years or so, and that has now reached a
level that makes CSEA the most militant
public employee labor union in this
State. It is my personal belief that this
level would have been reached with or
without CSEA’s affiliation with the AFL-
CIO, but certainly the affiliation gave
additional, and strong, impetus to its

rate of growth.
As the membership has grown in
so too has it grown in

militancy,

THOMAS McDONOUGH

sophistication. I sense that it collective-
ly has recognized that militancy brings
additional responsibility. The grassroots
membership has shown a detinite
willingness to support strong, decisive
action by the leadership, but it first
wants to know all the information, all
the options, and all the ramifications
The importance of open lines of com-
munication, therefore, has never been
greater.

The union has paid the price for past
inattention to the voice of the
membership. We have lost a bargaining
unit here and there strictly on perform-
ances, or lack of them, of several
years ago. I believe that the record of
the past year and one half, on the other
hand, has been most positive and respon-
sive to the mood of the membership. I
sincerely believe we have learned from
mistakes of the past, and are proving
that in the manner in which the union
functions today.

The shift to an action oriented union
has not escaped the notice of the
politicians, the legislators, and
management in general. Above all, it
has gained for CS9EA members a sense of
respect from those people we deal with
day in and day out in our role as a major,
influential labor union. I hope we can see
the fruits of this during our upcoming
negotiations on behalf of state
employees, and I believe we will. We
saw evidence of this during the past
State Legislature sessions, and will see
it stronger in the next one.

CSEA is in a stronger position today as
a labor union than at any time in the
past. And the rank-and-file membership
can claim as much credit for that as the
leadership, because it would not be
possible without close cooperation
between the two. During the coming
months I anticipate stepping up my ac-
tivities as a roving ambassador between
the leadership and the membership, an
assignment I see as one very big link in
the line of communication that is
necessary to keep our union forward.

i The Civil Service Employees Assn. has selected
A new U n ion 1 song l its 68th Annual Meeting to introduce a new union ‘
jingle’’ and present a potential year-round, state-
a bold d ° wide advertising campaign.
a ca m pa Ig n Both the “jingle.” which in actuality is a pro-
° fessionally written and produced ‘‘song” nearly a
unvel led to delega tes minute long,’and the advertising campaign have the

same theme — ‘'Public Employees, Where Would

You be Without Them?”

The new union ‘‘jingle’’ is designed to be used as
background for future radio or television commer-
cials and also to stand by itself as an opening to
Local and unit meetings, etc. It is catchy, both in
tune and lyr and should be readily accepted by
the membership and recognized by the public as
CSEA’s “song”

The possibie media campaign is being introduced
in a big way at the convention. Montages standing a
full ‘15-feet high show proposed newspaper ads
that the union hopes to utilize as part of its planned
statewide, year-round ‘‘institutional’’ advertising
campaign. Although the ads are actually ready to
be used, it still remains for final approval of funds
for the bold campaign, designed to improve the im-
age of public employees.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR,

jednesday, October 25, 1978

~ Page 9

2 eee —_eawaas eee
Well into year two of the present
term of office in CSEA, we all
begin to wonder if those goals en-

JOSEPH McDERMOTT
President

Capital )Revion

visioned or those ‘‘election
promises” are still valid.

Have you, like others, wondered
— Do our elected Union Officers
tell the truth? Do they tell only part
of the story? Are they hedging their
bets?

In turn, your elected leaders
wonder — Will the membership
accept the truth? Do they want
“sugar coated’ solutions? Will
they act responsible when con-
fronted with the real problem?

Do the CSEA Union Leaders
lead? Do the CS9EA members want
to be led?

The oft-times heard rhetoric
“that CSEA is known far and wide
as an honest democratic union" is
NOT ‘‘so much bull’! CSEA is also
known — except it seems to our
members — as a gutsy Union. Our
new found partner, AFSCME, was
nearly bankrupted by CSEA once in
a vicious representation election
by this gutsy affiliate, CSEA.

What's this all leading to? Well,
for the good or bad of it, our elec-

w

tive system gave our members the
officers who are suppose to lead,
who allegedly are suppose to
decide for the members, who are
suppose to work to make CSHA a
more viable Union!

How many members have ever
stopped to ask themselves, ‘‘How
can we be a viable Union unless I
support our Union goals?”

The question of who decides
these goals and how to accomplish
them is really what this week’s
delegate meeting is all about.

To propose, to dispose;
somewhere in the process, it is
rational to assume that the needs
of the membership is taken into ac-
count by all. CSEA is the
membership. But, 300,000 people
can’t lead one Union.

More importantly, they also
can't sit on the sidelines and
criticize unless it’s done in a con-
structive manner. Whatever
decisions are made this week
should be supported.

Being honest about things is a
two-way street!

Plan to close
hospital voted

SCHENECTADY — Despite objec-
tions from the Civil Service
Employees Assn., the Hospital Board
of Managers and a sympathetic
public, the Schenectady County Board
of Representatives has voted to close
down Glenridge Hospital, a county-
Tun acute care facility. Though no
definite date for a change has been
given, the hospital will be converted
into a county-run nursing home.

The Board said it voted to close the
hospital, which mainly treats patients
with heart and lung diseases, because
it had been running on a deficit budget
for the past few years. The CSEA
maintained that Glenridge offered
more specialized and higher quality
care than could be found in some of
the area’s larger hospitals and re-
quested a year to aid the Board of
Managers in its plans to alleviate the
deficit.

John Ostrander, president of the
CSEA unit, says that the union has not
yet decided what approach it will take
in the matter, but will have a more
definite idea after a meeting with
Jack Corcoran, Capital Region Direc-
tor and Donald McCarthy, field
representative. ‘‘We have many
questions concerning layoffs,

. r ind ee
As an attempt to provide a broad range of services to its membership, The Civil Service ] ae ut oraplove Paene he
Employees Association will run a bi-weekly column to be known as the “Insurance Advisor’. 1 r Said. “We want to explore all avenues
The purpose of this column will be to make all our members aware of the benefits available to | open to us and hope to have some of

them and to answer as many questions as possible concerning the provision of these benefits.
We encourage you to submit your inquiries directly to The Civil Service Employees
Association, c/o Michael Carroll, 33 Elk Street, Albany, New York 12224. We pledge to
answer these questions as quickly as possible.

the answers after this meeting.”
It is expected that some of the 80 or
90 Glenridge employees will be

All State employees eligible

transferred to similar positions with
the’nursing home of other areas of the

county, he says.

| é A meeting has been set up with the
. 3 a | ‘ounty Board, according to Mr. Cor-
for insurance payroll deductions | ce Wott eesie ont
| the Board what it views the new role
A coverage and correct age. These __ of the facility to be and just where the
. adjustments will be reflected by a | employees fit in,” he said.

Many of the inquiries receivedin change in your deductions and | In early September, CSEA began a
the past two weeks concerned the — should occur on the first pay period | major campaign to prevent the clos-
availability of the CSEA sponsored _ following November 1st. | ing because it felt that the major
Membership Insurance Programs. Adjustments in premium will oc- + reasons for the deficit were under-
If you are an employee of the State cur for one of two reasons: 1) an in- staffing and underutilization. ‘‘We
of New York, you are automatical- crease in annual salary resulting in have the space and the equipment to
ly eligible to apply for each of the increased coverage and 2) an ad- give quality care,’’ said Mr.
programs described. Moreover, vancement in age placing you ina Ostrander at the time. CSEA joined
you are assured of payroll new age bracket. Only those par- with the Hospital Board of Managers
deduction privileges regardless of  ticipating in the Basic Group Life in asking the County Board that the
the type of plan-for which you are Plan will be adjusted due to the facility be given at least a year to
applying. first reason. If you have any attract more doctors to open office

If you are a local government questions on your deductions, i space and serve more patients, with
employee, the availability of the please write to CSEA Head- aaa tens Hae the expectation that such measures
programs is limited to those quarters or the main office of Ter First of all, the question of would bring in enough funds to offset
jurisdictions which have agreed to Bush and Powell, Inc., P.O. Box representation has not been the deficit. Through ads in local
the payroll deduction mechanism. 956, Schenectady, New York 12301. resolved, Consequently, P.E.F. has papers the unit appealed to the public
If your local government entity F no right to any dues deduction for its support and found most county
does not at the time permit payroll A privilege. Secondly, for P.E.F. to residents to be sympathetic to the
deduction for CSEA sponsored in- State employees who are ask you to authorize deductions for plight of the hospital, based on mail
surance programs, and your members of the Professional, insurance programs which were received and letters to the editor.
members are interested in obtain- Scientific and Technical bargaining pot described in any detail what-
sug the coverages, please write to unit have been calling and writing — soever and which are not yet es- NEW YORK STATE ELIGIBLE LISTS
CSEA c/o the Insurance Advisor CSEA recently as the result of a tablished or approved by the New Assoc. Insurance Policy Examiner
and/or notify your local CSEA September 28, 1978 mailing sent out York State Insurance Department, 7s alia Nex 39468)

Field Representative. We will see by the Public Employee is a sham (Maria? Pronclek! plane at ae
to it that you receive individual federation. The mailing included My advice to any PS&T member 2. D'Ami id A., E. Greenbush

attention.

For those of you already
participating in the membership
insurance programs, other than
Masterplan, this is a reminder that
November Ist is an important date.
As you know, that is the date each
year when your premiums are ad-
justed to reflect your correct

vague references to proposed

membership insurance programs‘

sponsored by P.E.F., should they
become the certified bargaining
agent for PS&T.

Incredibly, P.E.F. asked the
employees to return a payroll
deduction authority card within
five (5) days authorizing a
deduction for dues and insurance.
This type of tactic is a grave dis-

Page 10

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25, 1978

who sent in the payroll deduction
authority card is that you im-
mediately write P.E.F. by
registered mail and rescind any
payroll deduction authority you
may have authorized. Until the
questions concerning represen-
tation have been decided, you are
still being represented by CSEA
and you are still covered by our
membership insurance programs.

1 and Health Insurance
Rating Section
(Exam No. 27-804)
Test Held September, 1978
1. Nuding, Robert C., Albany .. se
Motor Equipment Storekeeper
(Exam No. 36329)
Test Held August 12, 1978
1, Schroeder, F., Averill Park
2. Watson, Raymond, Windsor ...
3. Gilleran, Thomas, Hornell

8, Mason, Rosamond, Weedsport
9. Lamb, William C., Troy... ‘
10. Cummings, C. D., Canandaigua.

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WHY KEEP IT? Based on experience, the Statewide Plan
delivers more payments more effectively and more effi-
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can wipe out a lifetime of savings if not properly covered

WHO IS PROTECTED BY THE STATEWIDE PLAN? 612,000
New York State employees and their dependents. 715,000
employees of Political Subdivisions in the State and their
dependents — 1,327,000 people have made their decision
And, they know it is the right decision.

WHY JOIN IT? There's not a better plan available. Take a
look at your booklet. You'll notice that all-optional plans be-
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it e it
if, Join it.

WHEN CAN | JOIN? Now, during the month of October
1978. See your personnel officer during this special ONE

MONTH ONLY transfer period. As we said, if you have THE
STATEWIDE PLAN, keep it. If you don't have it, join it. Now.

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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25, 1978

Page 11
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
Joseph Hawkins, left, shares a lighter
moment with CSEA Southern Region
President James Lennon, center, and
Regional Atty. Tom Mahar during the
recent regional meeting prior to the union's
annual meeting. Ji re Hawkins has
the regional endorsement of CSEA in his

Region Ill
Discusses
Union Issues

bid for re-election.

A campaign is underway design-
ed to undermine the general
public’s confidence in both labor
unions and the leaders of the
unions, This anti-labor drive is based
on hearsay — lies — innuendos and
underhanded smear tactics.

We see this at every level —
politicians, banks, industry, tax-
payer groups, P.T.A,’s, and the
media. One of the most insidious
ways found by government to cor-
rupt and kill the merit system and
civil service is the C.E.T.A.
program

Our support of candidates who
respect what we stand for and will
give us a fair shake is the name of
the game. A continuing voter
registration drive statewide, to
have our members, family and

The bottom line is retaining our

JAMES L. LENNO!
President

friends eligible to vote is a must. '

Southern [Region

jobs and benefi ve want and
need more CSEA participation on
local, state boar commissions.
and study groups which deal with
our livelihood.

Region 3 is still where the action
is — we have had our share of
representation elections, strikes
and labor problems during the past
six months, and I do not foresee
any let-up in the months ahead. We
have weathered these troubles well
and our cpposition has either been
sunk or drifted away in their leaky
ships after dealing with a
knowledgeable professional staff
and dedicated local officers and
members. I feel we must provide
more field staff and support ser-
vices to our local and unit officers.

Again, I say that the State
Division Locals must follow the
lead of the County Division and
have sections in their-locals for
better communications and
negotiations.

Region 3 has led the way in oc-
cupational programming in mental
hygiene facilities. This worthwhile
endeavor promises to be another
milestone in CSEA’s constant
search to provide our members
with increased services. The
Alcoholic and Drug Abuse
Program has had over 1,000 self
referrals.

The time is long overdue for
legislators and state ad-
ministrators to listen to our mental
health and retardation leaders and
employees, about the care and vital
services which should be provided
to the patients under state care. It
should be remembered that no one
is immune to mental illness and
birth defects; therefore by
demanding quality care we could

very well be demanding care for
ourselves or loved ones. No state
services should be phased out or
terminated until adequate and
decent alternative services, staffed
by professionals are guaranteed to
patients. The state has to develop
systems which will stop layoffs,
job freezes and worry and in-
security of loss of jobs.

Region 3 has developed during
the last few years, the ‘‘unity
theme”’ which along with a tighter
organization has proved the con-
cept of ‘‘in unity there is strength.”
The job action in the Yonkers non-
teaching unit strike, that has been
acknowledged by all as the best run
public employee strike in the state,
if not the nation. The coordination
of region, local, unit and staff
made for effective operation — no
legal action was instituted against
CSEA or its officers because of un-
ity and planning.

Overwhelming ratification of the
Orange County’s new three year
contract which includes a first for
CSEA in the 2nd year — the county
will pay the employees’ share of
the F.I.C.A. tax (social security).

The unprecedented settlement of
the City of White Plains unit con-
tract, two hours before the
legislative hearing.

In these three different
parallels of labor negotiations, the
membership prevailed because of
solid unity.

Southern Region will continue to
move forward in the future. We've
got the people, the leadership and
the incentives, and I believe that
we will continue to win. My hat is
off to the officers, members and
staff of the region, locals and units
for a job well done!

FISHKILL — The Civil Service
Employees Association’s 68th Annual
Meeting was the main topic of dis-
cussion during a recent meeting of
CSEA Southern Region officers,
Local presidents and delegates to the
annual meeting.

Major amendments and_ policy
matters to be considered by the
delegates occupied much of the
regional meeting, with those in atten-
dance taking a position that the
union’s proposed new percentage of in-
come dues structure be reconsidered
in favor of a 50-cent biweekly across-
the-board increase.

Discussion also centered around the
possibility that another effort might
be made during the annual meeting to
grant the union’s official endorsement
to a candidate for the office of gover-
nor, but no formal position was taken
during the regional meeting.

CSEA winner

of arbitration

FISHKILL — The Civil Service
Employees Assn. has won an ar-
bitration victory establishing that the
title ‘‘Cafeteria Typist’ properly
belongs in the CSEA bargaining unit
in the Rondout Valley Central School
District — and not in the New York
State United Teachers bargaining
unit, as the teachers there had
claimed.

The CSEA represents the cafeteria
employees in the district, while the
New York State United Teachers
represents the clerical personnel.
When the district created the title
“Cafeteria Typist,’ both unions
claimed the title belonged in their
own bargaining unit. Meanwhile, the
school district filed an ‘improper
labor practice’ charge against both
unions, maintaining that their dispute
was depriving the new employee of
union representation of any kind

At a hearing in Albany last
summer, all three parties agreed to
binding arbitration as the means of
settling the problem.

Attorney Pauline Rogers and field
representative Tom Quimby
represented the Ulster County Local
of CSEA at the arbitration

TYEVIN ERS
C@ the lediitor

We encourage letters from readers pertaining to items which
have appeared in THE PUBLIC SECTOR or which are of in-
terest to public employees. Letters must contain the name,
address and telephone number of the writer for verification pur-
poses, Telephone numbers will not be printed, and names may be
withheld upon request. Send all letters to THE PUBLIC SEC-
TOR, Clarity Publishing Inc., 75 Champlain Street, Albany, N.Y
12204

Editor, The Public Sector:

Let all State employees remember that during
the first two years of Carey's administration he
barred pay hikes for State workers allowing a one-
shot $250 ‘‘bonus’’ which could only be considered
as an arrogant gesture of appeasement and an in-
dication of his lack of concern for the welfare of
State employees.

Page 12 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25, 1978

Apparently the ‘‘days of wine and roses’’ are
not over for Carey. He increased his staff from 242
to 263 and increased the salaries of eight staff
members from $268,250 to $320,292. One of his
“Special Assistants’’ has, in the last 3 years receiv-
ed increases amounting to over $11,000.

State Budget Director announced on October 11
that raises for state workers should be the “‘first
priority’. Carey announced, ‘‘My first priority is
for increased local aid to reduce the cost of
government :

Can CSEA overlook Carey’s lack of concern for
State employees and consider a formal en-
dorsement based on his promises?

NYSUT claims Carey signed 62 of their bills
dealing with tenure, retirement, etc.

What has he done for CSEA? Let the members

decide
Jeanne S. Nadell, Albany

Editor, The Public Sector:

1 am just inquiring whether the CSEA or its of-
ficial publication is planning to inform its
membership and those non-union employees who
pay thé Agency Shop Fee that they are entitled toa
refund of that part of the fees which is used for
political purposes by the CSEA.

I believe that I am probably the only Nassau
County employee who knows of this and that’s
because I tracked down Irving Flaumenbaum last
year. He didn’t know about the refund process but
he had the.CSEA’s Comptroller with him who did.

James P. Drohan, East Meadow

Editor's Note: CSEA has published the refund procedure many
times. By authority of the union's delegates, $2.60 per year is set
aside from dues or agency shop fees per person for a political
action fund, Any member or agency shop fee payer who objects
to the political or ideological purposes the funds are used for may
file a written notice by registered or certified mail to the CSEA
statewide treasurer, c/o CSEA headquarters in Albany, during
the month of October each year and that proportionate amount
will be rebated.

The most important thing
happening in Region VI at the
moment is Political Action. What
transpires on November 7, 1978 is
going to have an effect on every
public employee; state, county,
municipal, school district, etc.
This is naturally so in every elec-
tion, but it is amplified many times
over this year.

Howard Jarvis and his
proposition 13 rhetoric runs
rampant and is quickly embraced
by much of the public. It sounds
good to them, cut taxes, don’t
worry about adverse conse-

es
ROBERT LATTIMER
President

Batavia hosts
workshops

BATAVIA — Civil Service
Employee Assn. members from
throughout the Western Region turn-
ed out in large numbers for a 2-day
workshop last week in Batavia co-
sponsored by the CSEA Locals from
Craig Developmental Center and
State University at Geneseo.

Workshops for county and state
division employees were held, and a
large portion of the general business
meetings were devoted to discussions
of issues to be considered at the
union’s 68th Annual Meeting at
Kiamesha Lake this week. Among the
numerous topics discussed was the
possibility that CSEA delegates may
yet endorse a candidate for governor.
At the conclusion of heated debate,
Western Region members voted
overwhelmingly to support the
adoption of CSEA’s statewide
Political Committee report. That

ROCHESTER PSYCHIATRIC CENTER CSEA LOCAL 420 members Lula Jean

Smith and Willie Rutherford,

Western Region

quences, just get rid of the public
employee. After all, they are a
“special interest group’’. Besides
that, they are more vulnerable
than other ‘‘special interest
groups’, the AMA, bank lobbyists,
big companies who milk plants for
every possible cent, put nothing
back into the plants and then cry
poor mouth, business leaders who
make a fortune in a community and
then move their headquarters to
the Sun Belt, but return every few
months to bad-mouth the area in
which they made their fortune
Jarvis and his proponents are cor-
rect, the public employee is more
vulnerable, the media constantly
attacks them. It is much easier to
beat upon the public employee than
it is to challenge the big money
people:

As a public employee and a tax
paying citizen, do you have a
chance? Yes, you do! Region VI
has a Political Action Committee
of which I am and you should be
quite proud. All volunteers from all
parts of the Region, have spent
many hours researching voting
records; speeches, etc.; interview-
ing candidates, reviewing
materials and documents received
from our very able lobbyists in
Albany. I have observed them
debating issues, sometimes
heatedly, but always listening to all

report, rejected in September at a
special delegates meeting in Albany,
recommended the endorsement of
Governor Hugh L. Carey for re-
election. :

viewpoints. I have watched them
cast aside personal, provincial
thoughts and reach decisions
geared toward the best interests of
all CSEA members.

They have played key roles in
preventing contracting out in
school districts, retaining Meyer
Hospital as a public facility and
contributing to reversing the dein-
stitutionalization policies of the
Department of Mental Hygiene

One thing I have never seen them
do and that is get hung up on
whether an individual is a Liberal,
Conservative, Republican or
Democrat. Only on how he or she
relates to CSEA members.

Your region Political Action
Committee co-chaired by Marty
Koenig and Ramona Gallagher,
after a long and laborious process,
have made recommendations to
you.

Now you have the chance to par-
ticipate in the process and con-
tribute positively toward you and
your families future. When a
member of the Political Action
Committee asks for volunteers to
work a few hours for a candidate,
help yourself, volunteer.

Remember, your whole future,
your career as a public employee,
the well-being and welfare of your
family is entwined in the political
process.

DALE BURRELL, from CSEA Local 601,
SUNY Brockport.

ATTENTIVE Joanne Busse from West
Seneca Developmental Center, Local 427.

REGION 6 REGIONAL DIRECTOR LEE
FRANK, right, discusses plans for the
International Summer Special Olympics
to be held next August at State University
College, Brockport. At left are George
Oprean and Judy Richter, field reps for
National Films, which is working on
behalf of the Special Olympics. They
showed CSEA members films about the
events and are seeking CSEA support for
next year’s international event.

MONROE COUNTY CSEA LOCAL 828’s Larry Burns engages in a discussion during
a county division workshop while Florence Tripi, also of Local 828, listens.

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Target Long Island

Jarvis pushes for tax revolt

By Hugh O’Haire

COMMACK — Howard Jarvis,
the high priest of Proposition 13,
brought his nationwide holy war
against taxes to Long Island this
month to a former hockey rink
where 2,000 of his faithful gathered
to receive his blessing on their up-
rising in Nassau and Suffolk Coun-
ties

Jarvis, who engineered Califor-
nia’s tax revolt, spoke at an Oct. 6
rally at the Long Island Arena in
Commack sponsored by the Long
Island Board of Realtors on how
Long Island today and New York
tomorrow could duplicate his
California victory.

Jarvis’ message was simple —
cut taxes, cut politicians, cut
employees and return government
to the people. How? Get Initiative
and Referendum as a first step on
the local level. Then get it on the
state level and then force a
Proposition 13-type referendum

The timing of the event was ex-
quisite. Only a week before, the
Suffolk County Legislature had
voted to put Initiative and Referen-
dum on the Nov. 7 ballot. The
message was not lost on the
politicians of both parties who
pushed and shoved to have their
photos taken standing next to
Jarvis.

The key convert to the religion
that night was Hempstead
Presiding Supervisor Alfonse
D'Amato who only two weeks
before had voted down an Initiative
and Referendum resolution in the
Nassau County Board of Super-
visors after a strong showing of
resistance to the bill by Nassau
CSEA local 830.

D'Amato, who was booed when
he began to talk, stunned the
audience when he announced that
he would sponsor a resolution for
Initiative and Referendum in
Nassau before the end of the year.

From the moment that Jarvis, a
portly man of 75-years who appears
to be in remarkable physical con-
dition, strode to the podium to the
strains of ‘California Here I
Come,” it was clear that the tax
revolt was indeed a reality on Long

Island as a roar went up from the
crowd.

The audience was made up of
large groups of tax reform ad-
vocates and senior citizens and
middle aged homeowners —
respectable, well-dressed and a bit
uncomfortable to be part of an
event that was somewhere between
a political rally and an evangelical
meeting. Music, popcorn, peanuts
and hot dogs were sold and ushers
with plastic straw hats stood by
and joined the cheers for warm-up
speakers from local tax reform
groups.

The welcome for Jarvis lasted
for several minutes. Stanley
Christian, a tax reform advocate
finally waved the crowd quiet. ‘We
have with us tonight the Messiah
and his message,"’ said Mr
Christian.

Standing in front of an enormous
American Flag, Jarvis accepted
the applause of the crowd. The
audience stood on the playing area
of the floor of the former home of
the defunct Long Island Ducks
hockey team yelling slogans and
waving signs reading, ‘‘Stop
Stalling’, ‘Tax Revolt: Save our
Homes Now’’, ‘‘Vote Nov. 7
Initiative and Referendum”. Some
of the women in the audience wore
T-Shirts that read, ‘‘Proposition
Me, I’m a New York Taxpayer.”

“We have started a taxpayer fire
across this country that is not going
to stop. We are going to return the
government of the United States.
and New York to the people of this
country and we're going to put a
stop to the idea that the
bureaucratic tail wags the public
dog,” Jarvis said.

Jarvis, who was frequently in-
terrupted by applause, stated,
‘We're going to prove to the
elected officials in the country that
the people are not subjects and that
they are born to be something else
than taxpayers.”

Jarvis said that California labor
leaders had forecast erroneously
that massive layoffs would result if
Proposition 13 was passed.

‘Every labor leader including
(George) Meany opposed us, but

WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG
FRAMING HIM, Howard Jarvis
jestures dramatically, giving
him the appearance of a com-
bination of General Patton and a
revival meeting preacher as he
delivers his pitch on tax cuts toa
Long Island audience recently.
Photos by Joan C. Beder

we got 65 per cent of the labor vote
and 30 per cent of the public
employees voted for it,’’ he said.

‘“‘We had 880,000 public
employees when we passed it and
as of last week we had 875,000
which is far too many. No
policemen have been fired, no
schools closed and no teachers
fired. But they still haven't im-
plemented it properly,’’ Jarvis
said.

“We're going to try to force them
to implement it properly and cut
some fat out at the top. Politicians
like to lay off elevators operators
and they hope that it will impress
the public.”

Responding to a question on how
Proposition 13 would work in New
York, Jarvis replied, ‘‘We have two
basic American rights. One is to
vote and the other is to petition the
government. New York has not
seen fit to give people that second
right. The only way you're going to
get it is to force the legislature to
act.”

Remarking that Suffolk and New
York residents pay higher taxes
than in California, he urged the
crowd to take political action
“You have a job here in New York

to make the Governor or whoever
is running to put Initiative and
Referendum on the ballot.””

He added, “If you had the right to
petition you wouldn't have a
bankrupt New York. The people
would have stepped in and taken it
away from the politicians who
bankrupted the city.”

Jarvis finished talking to
thunderous applause. A follow-up
panel of loeal politicians began to
tire the crowd. They booed and
yelled out at speakers, especially
D'Amato, until his conversion.
After that, audience anger quickly
dissipated.

The crowd seemed satisfied as
they filed out of the auditorium,
assured that they had witnessed
the establishment of their creed on
Long Island. And yet, for all the
noise and hoopla, Jarvis’ followers
had only half filled the arena.

Jarvis, who was paid $2,500 for
his appearance, ‘stepped into his
chauffeur-driven Cadillac limousine
and sped away into the night. But
he promised to return.

“Tl be back,” he said, ‘‘as long
as I am still walking and God let's
me come.”

McGowan to speak at anti J. P. Stevens rally

BANY — Civil Service

Meeting Room 6 on the concourse of

Employees Assn. President Bill
McGowan will be among the speakers
at a massive rally here November 30
protesting the labor policies of the
J. P. Stevens Company.

JPS, the nation’s second largest
textile manufacturing firm, is a
blatant violator of the country’s labor
laws, with more than 1,200 violations
of the National Labor Relations Act
on its record. Most of these stem from
firing or attempting to fire union ac-
tivists; and from its practice of racial
and sexual discrimination

“This rally is being sponsored by
every major labor union in the Albany
area, and I urge all government
employees to attend and learn why it
is important to boycott the products
of this firm,’ Mr. McGowan said

The rally has been set tentatively
for noon to 1 p.m. November 30 in

the Nelson A. Rockefeller Plaza in
Albany.

Among the co-sponsors of the rally
with CSEA are: the Amalgamated
Clothing and Textile Workers; the
United Auto Workers; the United
Steelworkers of America; and the
Service Employees International
Union, Major religious organizations
in the Capital District are also among
the co-sponsors of the event.

“The Stevens Company's policy of
avoiding unionization at all costs has
had a direct or indirect bearing upon
all workers and all citizens in this
country, whether in the public or
private sectors,’ Mr. McGowan said.
“Their tactics are not only illegal but
also immoral, and as a part of the
U.S. labor movement, CSEA cannot
and will not sit by and say this doesn’t
concern us.”

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“THE PUBLIC ‘SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25; 1978

He noted that, in an effort to
avoid unionization, Stevens pulled
its plants out of the cities of Rome,
Utica, and Amsterdam, N.Y., leav-
ing thousands jobless.

“Stevens has abandoned the
northeast, putting many people out
of work and whole cities in a state
of economic depression, so that the
firm can force slave wages on the
unorganized workers of the south,’’
Mr. McGowan charged. ‘‘One way
or the other, New York State
government and taxpayers have
had to pay the price of Stevens’ ac-
tions.”

In Stevens’ dismal labor history are
convictions for the following dis-
criminatory employment practices,
among others:

— Hiring on the basis of race.

— Reserving certain jobs for white

employees exclusively.

— Assignment of newly-hired
blacks and women to lower-paying
jobs.

— Illegal discrimination in layoffs
and recalls.

“Tf you had to single out the single
worst tactic of J. P. Stevens, it would
probably have to be their wholesale
firing of union sympathizers since the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
began organizing them several years
ago,"’ Mr. McGowan declared.

He pointed out that J. P. Stevens
manages to continue in business
despite convictions through a policy
of stalling, filing appeal after appeal,
stalling again, and when a plant is
finally organized and negotiations
begin, stalling, failing to bargain in
good faith, and going through the
lengthy appeals process all over
again. In this way, the firm has avoid-
ed signing union contracts.

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Currier elected to LAC

UTICA — Jim Currier, President of
Fort Schuyler CSEA Local 014, has
been elected to the Executive Board
of the Labor Action Coalition, a
Statewide body of public and private
sector unions interested in problems
concerning energy needs and costs in
New York State.

The Labor Action Coalition (LAC)
was organized in 1975 by nineteen in-
ternational unions to promote the
goals of public power, full
employment, and safe energy. It
promoted these goals by working to
stimulate the involvement of local un-
ions, their membership, and retirees
providing research, education, and
political leadership to local unions
and by conducting educational
seminars on the subjects at hand.

Program points of the LAC include
geographic elections of the Public
Service Commission to make it more
responsive to the consumer votes; a
push toward municipal take-over of
electric utility delivery systems,
which would reduce user rates by up

The following jobs are open. Requirer

Ms vary. Apply with the state Civil Servic
World Trade Center, Manhattan; State Office Building Campus, Albany, or 1 West Gen

to an estimated 50 percent; and
amendment of the Taylor Law to
provide full protection of public
employees to exercise all rights now
held by private sector union
members.

Mr. Currier, who is the only CSEA
member on the LAC Executive
Board, states it is his feeling that
CSEA should become actively involy-
ed in the LAC Program since some of
the goals, such as low cost municipal
power, would provide a direct
monetary benefit to a large segment
of our membership. ‘For instance,
the cost of 500 KWH of electricity
from Niagara Mohawk is about $19.16,
from Con Ed it is about $41.02; but in
Plattsburgh, which has a municipally
operated system, the same 500 KWH
is only $5.35 and in other municipal
systems it runs up to $9.78,” ac-
cording to Currier.

Further information on the LAC
program can be obtained from its in-
formation director, Ms. Jinx Dowd,

LAC Information Bureau, Box 732,
Ithaca, NY 14850.

Department, 2
e St., Buffalo.

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Canal Maintenance Shop Supervisor tl
Canal Maintenance Shop Supervisor 1.

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Associate Training Technician G-23 ..

Associate Training Representative G-23.

Senior Hydraulic Engineer G-23 ..
Assistant Hydraulic Engineer G-19 .

Psychiatric Social Work Supervisor 1 G-22
Psychiatric Social Work Supervisor 111 G-
Assistant Heating and Ventilating Engineer G-19 .

Assistant Plumbing Engineer G-19.

Assistant Mechanical Construction Engineer G-19

Assistant Architect G-19 .
Assistant Civil Engineer G-
Associate Civil Engineer G-27
Chief Lock Operator G-12...
Canal Electrical Supervisor G-14.

Canal Maintenance Supervisor 11 G-17 ,.
Senior Health Care Fiscal Analyst G-18.
Associate Health Care Fiscal Analyst G-18 .
Associate Health Care Fiscal Analyst G-2
Supervisor of Tax Compliance Field Oper:
Principal Tax Compliance Agent G-23...
Supervising Tax Compliance Agent G-21

Associate Tax Compliance Agent G-18.
Senior Tax Compliance Agent G-14.....

Highway Maintenance Supervisor 11 G-14

Social Work Supervisor 1 G-22 .

Social Work Supe! r 111 G-25
Resident Engineer A G-27 .
Resident Engineer B G-27

Regional Highway Maintenance Engineer C G-27.
Parkway Maintenance Supervisor 11.......
Electronic Computer Operator Trainee .

Section Maintenance Supervisor 11 .
Division Maintenance Supervisor 11

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Pharmacist (salary varies with location) , slag 388-$15,562 20-129
’ Assistant Sanitary Engineer .. s+ $14,142 20-122
Senior Sanitary Engineer . $17,429 20-123
| Clinical Physician I » $27,942 20-118
Clinical Physician IT 5 . $31,055 20-119
Assistant Clinical Physician .... $25,161 20-117
Attorney . -» $14,850 20-113
Assistant Attorney $12,397 20-113
Attorney Trainee . $11,723 20-113
Junior Engineer .. «. $11,904 20-109
(Bachelor's peeres)
Junior Engineer .............. $12,890 20-109
(Master’s Degree) |
Dental Hygienist . +. $8,950 20-107
Licensed Practical Nui «+. $8,051 20-106
__ Nutrition Services Consultant. - +. $13,404 20-139
Stationary Engineer .. . $10,042 20-100
* Senior Stationary Engineer . $11,250 20-101
Occupational Therapy Assistant I ............... $9,029 20-174
Occupational Therapy Assistant I .................. . $9,029 20-174
(Spanish Speaking)
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor . CA +» $14,142 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 and “Accounting. . $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 (Seientihe).: $14,075 20-223
Mobility Instructor $11,904 20-224
Instructor of the Blind . i . $11,250 20-225
Health Services Nurse . Sis NOON ‘$1, '250- $12,025 20-226
(salary varies with location)
Senibr Heating and Ventilating Engineer ... .. $18,301 20-227
Senior Sanitary Engineer (Design) . $18,301 20-228
Senior Building Electrical Engineer ... ... $18,301 20-229
Senior Building Structural Engineer ....... .. $18,301 20-230
Senior Mechanical Construction Engineer +++. $18,301 20-231
Senior Plumbing Engineer .... . $18,301 20-232
Assistant Stationary Engineer .. see... $7,616 20-303
_ Radiologic Technologist . $8,454-$10,369 20-334
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| Medical Record Administrator . . $11,904 20-348
Food Service Worker . - $6,148 20-352
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee ....... « $7,204 20-394
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee $7,204 20-394
(Spanish Speaking)
Associate Actuary (Casualty) ......... . $18,369 20-416
Principal Actuary (Casualty) . Decale alan eras $22,364 20-417
Supervising Actuary saaially) siete cals as .. $26,516 20-418
Assistant ActatY $10,714 20-556
Nurse I. . $10,624 20-584
Nurse I. : - +. $11,904 20-585
Nurse II (Psychiatric). z - +. $11,904 20-586
Nurse II (Rehabilitation - $11,904 20-587
Medical Specialist II . $33,705 20-840
Medical Specialist I . $27,942 20-841
| Psychiatrist I. . . +», $27,942 20-842
Psychiatrist II.. . . $33,705 20-843
Social Services Management ' Trainee . .. $10,824 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 . $10,624-$12,583 20-877
(salary varies depending on specialty)
Physical Therapist «+. $11,337 20-880
Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking) . $11,337 20-880
Senior Physical Therapist . A $12,670 20-881
Senior Physical Therapist {Spanith Speaking) . $12,670 20-881
Speech Pathologist . 3 $12,670 20-883
Audiologist . .. $12,670 20-882
Assistant Speech Pathologist . $11,337 20-884
Assistant Audiologist . ; ++. $11,337 20-885
Dietician Trainee . «$10,118 20-888
Dietician $10,714 20-887
_ Supervising $12,670 20-886
) Stenographer . . $6,650 20-890
Typist . . $6,071 20-891
| Senior Occupational ‘Therapist $12) 670 20-894
| Senior Occupational Therapist . «. $12,670 20-894
| (Spanish Speaking)
» Occupational Therapist «... -. $11,337 20-895
Occupational Therapist (Spanish Speaking) . $11,337 20-895

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THE:PUBLIG SECTOR) Wednesday, Ociober 25,1978

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Tompkins County unit
leads fight for hospital

By Jim Hennerty

Special to ‘‘The Public Sector”

ITHACA — “‘It’s your hospital —
save. it!’ That’s the message the
‘Tompkins Unit of CSEA Local 855
is trying to get across to the
residents of their county. On
November 7, voters here will
decide whether the Tompkins
County Hospital will remain a
public hospital or be turned over to
a private corporation. ‘This is a
decision which will affect health
care in the area for years to
come.” according to CSEA Unit
President Lou Nayman.

In 1976, the County Board of
Representatives, recognizing the
need for a more modern facility,
floated a $23 million bond issue for
construction of a new hosp;‘al. The
new building will be ready for oc-
cupancy this December. In the
meantime, however, the Board
also climaxed a long series of
reports and complaints from
hospital administrators by passing
local laws 2 and 3 in. May of this
year, The laws authorized the
transfer of the county hospital to a
private corporation to take place
as soon as possible. The hospital's
Board of Managers and the County
Board had made their private
arrangements with a minimum of
fuss — until CSEA upset their
plans.
“We were very involyed in mak-
ing our feelings known before the
laws were passed,’’ County CSEA
Unit President Nayman says. ‘We

CSEA asks hospital ‘no’ vote

On October 9, CSEA officially recommended a

showed that there were literally
hundreds of unanswered questions
about the transfer — questions con-
cerning hospital employees, and
the community's control over their
own health care. But the Board
tried to ignore us. It was only after
the laws were passed that they
found we could not be ignored.”

Mr. Nayman and Local 855
Political Action Committee
Chairman John Wyrough quickly
organized a petition drive to havea
November referendum on the two
laws. The union placed newspaper
and radio ads alerting the public to
what was happening: ‘‘They want
to give away the hospital. Did
anyone ask you?”’ The public made
it quite clear they wanted to be
asked; Union members, supported
by brother unions, young
volunteers, and friends and
neighbors, managed to gather
nearly 3,000 signatures for a
referendum, ‘We put in a lot of
hours on those petitions,”’ ac-
cording to Mr. Wyrough. ‘‘We stood
in the downtown streets, outside
supermarkets and shopping
centers, we went door to door
gathering signatures, every spare
moment we had, day after day.
Helen Musto and her retirees local
got everyone they knew to sign.
The response was tremendous,
Once people saw what was about to
happen to their hospital, they
became concerned,

“At first, CSEA didn’t take a
stand pro or con. Instead, we

Local

taxpayers

THE TOMPKINS COUNTY HOSPITAL. Will
to a private corporation? Thanks to an incredible effort by C : :
plus supporters of their position from various walks of life, the issue will be decided by the
Photos by Peter L. Carroll

voters in a referendum November 7.

it remain a

a / F

CHECKING LAST MINUTE DETAILS on their referendum drive in hopes of success at the
polls November 7 are, left to right, Lou Nayman, President of the Tompkins County CSEA
Unit; Unit Secretary Roz Hunt, and John Wyrough, Unit Vice President and member of the

CSEA statewide Board of Directors.

challenged the Hospital and County
Boards to answer those crucial
questions: What about employee
pensions, what about eliminating
health services, what about tax-
payers getting stuck with bills for
the new hospital? We wanted the
information needed to decide the
issue on its merits. Instead, we got
evasions, vague generalizations,
and plain old bull.””

In the meantime, an independent
citizens committee on hospital
governance has been set up. This
group, according to its coordinator,
Sander Kelman, a professor of
health policy studies at Cornell
University. has commissioned a
consulting firm to make a study
addressing the questions raised by
the plan for hospital transfer.

Everyone in town is beginning to

remain liable for $40

notice the new CSEA bumper
stickers: “It’s your hospital —
save it! Vote NO!’’ Hospital
employees are encouraged by the
results so far.

Union mentbers from Local 855
are working hard to get out a big
“No” vote on Noy. 7.

One of the hardest workers in the
spring petition drive to get the issue of
Tompkins County Hospital on the ballot
was a nurse named Barb Newton,

Although seriously ill at the time, she
went out door to door gathering
signatures. She cared deeply about her
fellow employees and neighbors, and the
effect a hospital transfer would have on
them.

One day after the petitions were turn-
ed in, Barb died. CSEA Local 855 has
voted to memorialize Barb, possibly by
placing a park bench with a plaque on the
grounds of the hospital she cared so
much about,

public hospital, or be turned over
2A-represented employees,

‘No™ vote on the two referendum propositions
The union’s explanation underlines the key
issues involved

The idea of a private hospital ignores
history. If it gets into trouble, the taxpayers will
have to bail it out again.

Hospital employees have no guarantee of
anything under a private hospital, Their terms
and conditions of employment are ‘‘up for
grabs” if a switch is made. Workers with fewer
than ten years of service stand to lose their
pension rights; already administrators are say-
ing that sick time will be eliminated.

Other hospitals, such as Binghamton
General, remain under public control without
problems. They use the same retirement and
merit ems Tompkins County administrators
complain about. Yet they operate efficiently and
profitably.

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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, October 25, 1978

million in bond payments no matter who owns
the hospital. Yet, under a private system, they
would no longer control the way the hospital is
run.

The County is falling into the old trap of
contracting out services to the private sector, By
doing so, they threaten the jobs and salaries of
hundreds of employees, and open the door to
possible abuses in an administration not account-
able to the public.

The hospital Board is playing politics with
employees’ pensions. They claim they can give
the same retirement benefits at half the cost of
the State Retirement System. But they have
avoided giving details for over a year. They say
they will back up their claim in late October — a
mere two weeks before the referendum. How,
CSEA asks, can they expect voters to make a
serious analysis of such a complex system in that
short a time?

IT TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK to gather the nearly 3,000
signatures on petitions which forced the referendum
question. A large part of those signatures were obtained by,
from left, Jean Brown, president of the referendum com-

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