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City Chapter
In an
Employees Association has endorsed a candidate on the fed-
Motivation for the endorsement appari
to do with state politics as national politics
delegates who voted on the fssue, Solomon Bendet, chapter
president, noted that “no matter what happens nationally,
this is going to be a Republican state for the next two years.”
Pointing out that the Governor fs Nixon’s campaign man-
ager in New York State, Bendet said Rockefeller deserved
the support of civil service employees.
“Don't forget that we negotiated a good contract with the
Governor's people,” Bendet said.
contract came from people in the Legislature. Rockefeller kept
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unprecedented action, the nearly 10,000-member
New York City chapter of the Civil Service Employees Assn.
voted to endorse Richard M. Nixon for re-election as President
of the United States. It is the first time any
Backs Nixon
unit of the
itly had as much
Speaking to
“Any tampering with our
Promotion Proposals Attacked
Lindsay Charged With
Attempt To “Deform"
Civil Service
System
The president of the nearly 10,000-member New York
City chapter of the Civil Service Employees Assn. last week
attacked proposals by Mayor John Lindsay to widen his
power to promote city workers as “a deformation, not refor-
matio: of the Merit System.
Solomon Bendet, head of the
City chapter, said that Lindsay's
Proposals, if implemented, would
“open the doors for a complete
return to the spoils system in
public employment.”
Bendet said that although the
Mayor's plans would not affect
State workers, he would urge an
all-out effort to defeat Lind-
@ay's proposals, which must be
approved by the State Legisla-
ture.
“The min!
e = free-wheeling
Nonpartisan Unit
Nixon Names Leader
Publisher To Nat'l
Drug Abuse Council
ASHINGTON — Twelve
persons were appointed by
President Nixon last week to
the National Advisory Coun-
etl Drug Abuse Prevention
which was established by legis-
lation enacted in March to make
recommendations to the admin-
{stration on all federal programs
on the subject.
James Q. Wilson, chairman of
the Harvard University depart-
ment of government, was named
ehairr of the non-partisan
eouriell
Pour New Yorkers
The other members included
four New Yorkers, They are
State Senator John J. Marchi, of
Staten lsland; Jerry Finkelstein,
publisher of The Leader and also
(Continued on Page 2)
political appointments are ap-
proved for New York City, you
can bet your life that the po-
litical appointees who run State
agencies will be clamoring for
the same privilege,” he declared.
He said further that State
workers are “plagued by this
very issue all the time from
‘revolving door’ appointees who
come in as bosses, attempt to
circumvent proper promotion
Procedures for personal reasons,
upset an entire agency and then
go off to some high-paying job
that ts usually connected with
the agency they left.”
Mayor Lindsay plans to intro-
duce major changes in the
much-criticized city civil service
system aimed at expanding his
ability to select and promote new
employees.
(Continued on Page 2)
PTT TRIO CLL
Voting Due On
Union Challenge
Is November 20
Last week, The Leader an-
nounced that ballots would be
matled on Nov. 30 to Institution.
al and P-S-T employees to vote
on union representation in the
two units, The correct date ta
Noy, 20
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two units
empl 6 in these
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Employees Assn.,
repr 6 the vast major-
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Half_ Mail Ballots, Half Machine
PERB Reverses Itself &
Orders On-Site Voting
In Institutional Unit
ALBANY—“A complete loss of integrity and credibility” was the charge hurled by
Theodore C. Wenzl, president of the Civil Service Employees Assn., at the State Public
Employment Relations Board last week after the Board reversed Its decision on mail ballot-
ing for Institutional employees in a representational unit.
At Leader presstime, PERB
officials announced that they
would “experiment” with this
election and set up on-site bal-
lot procedure for approximately
50 percent of the Institutional
employees, while the other half
would stay with the previously
agreed-upon secret mail ballot
procedure.
“I find this reversal simply tn-
credible,” sald an angry Wenzl
“The very chairman of PERB,
Robert Helsby, signed a lengthy
argument in favor of mall bal-
loting, an argument that left no
doubt that voting by mail as-
sured the most privacy and dem-
ocracy for public employees.
“Now, said Wenzl, “with some
vague statement about ‘expert-
menting’ and a claim that evid-
ence was lying about somewhere
to show that on-site balloting
was better, PERB has revealed a
Inck of independent judgment.
‘There is no other way to in-
terpret this spineless argument.”
Wenzl said the issue was not
whether on-site balloting would
be an advantage to one side or
the other.
“What is so terrible here,” he
declared, “is that an agency such
as PERB can only exist through
the utmost impartiality. Every
Osterman Says Increment
Status In State Unchanged
The Civil Service Employees Assn.
has received clari-
fication from the State Office of Employee Relations Direc-
tor, Melvin H. Osterman, Jr., on the status of salary incre-
ments for New York State employees as of April 1, 1973.
The increment, which provides
annual pay raises for the State's
employees in a series of steps,
has come under examination re-
cently by the Service Employees
International Union. They claim
that “CSEA has negotiated away
the guaranteed annual pay hikes
for the employees” and that “no
state worker will get an incre-
ment beyond April of next year."
In the Osterman memoran-
dum, interpreting the.matter to
CSEA, he makes it clear that
“the 1972 legislation did declare
that increments were negotiable,
This, however, made no-substan-
tive change in what had always]
been the law,”
OER became Involved when an)
inquiry from one state employee;
went to the Attorney General’
office. The employee, upon hear.
ing SEIU's allegations, asked the
Attorney General for an ex
planation, Osterman’s reply ans
wered the SEIU charges by stat-
ing that, “Increments were neve!
automatic and mandatory, The;
have always been negotiable ant
have been discussed each y
with CSEA.”
‘The SEIU charged that in
recent directive from the State’
Budget Director, Richard L.
Dunham, all department heads
were told not to include incre-
ments in thelr budget for the
coming contract year,
Osterman's investigation of
the matter indicated that the
memorandum Issued by the Bud-
get Director this year “merely ts
an internal administrative direc-
tive to include the cost of incre-
ments (if thelr further renewal
or extension should be agreed to
in collective negotiations) with
the total cost of settlement rath-
er than segregating them be-
one of its acts must be above
suspicion. Without this kind of
integrity, PERB becomes no
more than a political tool and
kills its use to public employees.”
Charges Political Pressure
Wenzl made {t perfectly clear
he felt the PERB reversal of ite
(Continued on Page 8)
THEODORE C. WENZL
Calls Reversal ‘Incredible’
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Repeat This!
His Move Effects Others
Speculation On What
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Finkelstein Picked Union Leaders Hit
For Drug Council
(Continued from Page 1)
The New York Law Journal;
Phyllis Harrison-Ross, professor
of psychiatry and pediatrics at
Albert Einstein College, and
Benny J, Primm, of New Roch-
elle, consultant for the Federal
Special Action Office for Drug
Abuse Prevention.
In a letter to Finkelstein last
Dec. 10, President Nixon de-
scribed a special twenty-four-
page report br the Law Journal
on drug abuse and related issues
aa Juable contribution to
greater public understanding on
the nature of this crisis” and
pra the “splendid initiative
(that) means a great deal to me
and to every American who is
concerned about the illicit drug
traffic.”
The special report, published
Dee. 6, contained an editorial by
Pinkelstein in which he advo-
cated a “Manhattan Project”
against drug abuse in which fed-
eral resources would be massed
JERRY FINKELSTEIN
as they were in research on
atomic energy in World War II.
Favorable comment on the ed-
itorial and three special reports
on drug abuse, the second and
third of which were published on
March 27-28, were received from
many government officials, gov-
ernors, members of Congress and
the public.
Other members of the National
Advisory Council appointed by
the President were:
Carl D. Chambers, of Miam},
Fia., director of research of the
Dade County Comprehensive
Program at Jackson Memorial
Hospital; Sammy Davis, Jr., the
entertainer; Robert L. DuPont,
of Chevy Chase, Md., adminis-
trato? of the Washington Na)
cotics Treatment Administra-
tion; Audrey R. Holiday, of San
Diego, Calif. professor of psy-
chiatry at the University of Cal-
ifornia at San Diego; Art Link-
letter, the entertainer; Michael
J. Quinn, of Indianapolis, execu-
ve director of Community Ad-
diction Services, Inc, and Gale
Sayers, who recently retired as a
professional football player with
the Chicago Bears,
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Lindsay Proposals
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The plan—in which the first
changes would involve widening
the marking system on costs and
considering “training and ex-
perience” as well as test grades
—was said by Deputy Mayor Ed-
ward K. Hamilton last night to
involve changes the Mayor could
make administratively.
The marking change—to whole
numbers instead of carrying out
decimals to two places — may
start “within the next month or
80,” Hamilton said, noting that
union leaders were already being
informed.
In addition, the Mayor, who
has been under fire in recent
weeks for using provisional ap-
Pointments outside of civil ser-
vice to hire or advance chosen
aides, is preparing proposals that
would need state legislative
changes. They Include:
o~
* Lateral entry into middle-
and-upper-level jobs, so that
qualified persons, particularly
managers and scientists, would
not have to start at the bottom.
© Qualifying examinations to
set up a pool of candidates from
which higher jobs might be
filled, as the captains’ examin:
tion now makes police office:
eligible to be chosen for Inspec
torships and up.
© Administrative tribunals to
cope with many employee prob-
lems to attempt to hold down
the volume of suits in courts,
instead of litigation tying up
lists, for instance, for years.
Civil service candidates take 9
competitive tests for entrance or
promotion. The law permits a)
pointment of any one of a
top three graded on a list of
eligibles,
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Utica City Unit
* Reaches Impasse
On Negotiations
UTICA—Negotiations reached an impasse for the Civil
Service Employees Assn.’s City of Utica unit when that city’s
corporation counsel “flatly
rejected CSEA’s bargaining
rights and refused to meet with the entire negotiating team
for a prearranged and agreed
upon negotiating session,” ac-
cording to Utica unit president
Felix Palczynski.
CSEA’s City of Utica unit rep-
resents 162 white- and blue-collar
employees and had scheduled
several negotiating sessions with
Robert Hahn, first assistant cor-
Poration counsel, to discuss de-
mands for the 1973 contracts.
Louls Sunderhaft, president
of the CSEA Oneida County
chapter, said, “We hadn't even
arrived at the point of discuss-
fmg pay packages, medical ben-
efits or retirement improve-
ments; in fact, we merely want-
ed to establish the ground rules
for the negotiation procedure and
set future dates for hard nego-
tations.”
‘The first meeting of CSEA and
the City of Utica was on July
11. At that time, CSEA made
it clear that employee security
was their main interest, Protec-
tion against job abolishment,
layoff procedures, and an im-
Proved system for job bidding
were mentioned during the early
meeting.
Head In The Sand
Lee Frank, CSEA collective
negotiating spectalist, said, “I
feel that this was the area that
might have sauced management
to take this negative stand. Ap-
parently, they feel that ignoring
® problem or avoiding a aitu-
ation, such as refusing to reo-
ognize the employees’ lawful
right to bargain with the em-
ployer, will make tt go away.”
After Hahn's refusal to meet
with the CSEA team, Palezynski
immediately petitioned Utica
Mayor Michael Caruso for in-
tervention, He was unavailable
for comment on the situation,
CSEA 1s notifying the State
Public Employment Relations
Board of the impasse.
“General procedure In a situ-
ation Ike this,” according to
Frank, “ls for PERB to appoint
® mediator who will make rec-
ommendations to both sides to
get negotiations moving again.
This may take several weeks, but
I can’t see what else he can do
but insist that the City sit down,
recognize our proposals and get
into meaningful negotiations.”
CSEA Political Action
Comm. Backs 35 More
For Legislature Race
ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn., New York State's largest public employee
union, has released the names of 35 additional candidates
office, filling out a previous list of 63 “approved senators and assemblymen” released
Oct. 6.
An important addition to the
list was the candidacy for re-
election of Albert Blumenthal,
Democrat from Manhattan, who
is Deputy Minority Leader in
the Assembly,
The public employee union
Call Nurse Caucus
On Career Ladder
(Special to The Leader)
ALBANY—A caucus has been called for Oct, 25, gather-
ing nursing representaitves from Mental Hygiene, the Health
Department, the Narcotic Addiction Control Commission,
Correction and State Universities, to discuss the status of
the Nursing Service Career Lad-
der,
The caucus was called in re-
action to an earller meeting on
Oct, 4 between the Civil Service
Employees Assn., the Office of
Employee Relations, management
representatives from the various
State departments, and the Divi-
sion of Classification and Com-
pensation from the Civil Service
Department, and the Division
of the Budget,
At that meeting, CSEA rep-
resentatives presented a finalized
platform indicating that there
would be no movement or devi-
ation from thelr demands of
“guaranteed promotional ad-
vances in the nursing series in-
cluding loensed practical nurses.”
The CSEA stand called for
lateral and horizontal movement
in position as “an integral part
of any career ladder agreement.”
Upgrading for all titles was a
“must,” and the platform de-
manded that the career ladder
elevate the LPN as well as the
registered nurse, “so as to be In
line with recent advancement of
ward service personnel.”
Tt also demanded that eleven
new titles be established as a
result of negotiations, Encum-
bents now in title must be
“grandfathered in” with automa-
tie movement waiving education~
al requirements.
A CSEA spokesman sald that
“the first step of development
had been with Mental Hygiene,”
and that “CSEA was pleased
with the tentative agreement
reached there.” The stumbling
block, according to that spokes-
man, was credited to the Divi-
sion of the Budget and the Clas-
sification and Compensation Di-
(Continued on Page 8)
Court Expected To Fine
CSEA For Contempt;
Wenzl, Six Others Cited
(Special To The Leader)
ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn. expects to be fined $30,000 this week
for “contempt of court” In its refusal to obey a “cease and desist” order served on the union
during the Easter weekend job action.
President Theodore Wenzl, along with Thomas H. McDonough, A, Victor Costa and
William L, McGowan, the Asso-
clation’s first, second and fourth
vice-presidents respectively, is
slated to receive an additional
$250 fine.
Thomas Delaney, then presi-
dent of the Willowbrook State
Hospital CSEA chapter, Felton
King, the Willowbrook chapter's
Ploket line organizer, and Jo-
seph Keppler, president of the
Central Islip State Hospital
chapter, will also appear in the
Albany court to recelve $250
fines,
Te was indicated that presid-
lng Supreme Court Justice Ed-
ward S. Conway would not im-
Powe any jall sentences because
the strike was the first such
violation by the organization or
its officers under the State's Tay-
lor Law.
State Supreme Court Justice
DeForest Pitt recommended the
$30,000 fine on the union in
private hearings. Under the Tay-
lor Law, an unlimited fine can
be imposed on violating organt-
zations,
Individual Hearings
Rank-and-file union members
were not included tn the con-
tempt proceedings which were
brought by Attorney General
Louls J. Lefkowita against the
union and its leaders,
Currently, individual hearings
are being held for those judged
“on strike.” CBEA attorneys are
Tepresenting the alleged strikers
appearing before the State Of-
flee of Employee Relations’ hear-
ing officers.
CSEA contended that thelr due
process rights were denied by
not being given a chance to be
heard prior to the imposition of
the tenure and fine penalties,
and also contended that the sys~
tem of enforcement of penalties
was “obviously prompted by ad-
ministrative conventence rather
than @ special need for prompt
action.”
State Supreme Court Justice
Harold J. Hughes granted a re-
straining order to prevent the
State from making paycheck de-
ductions, but the Attorney Gen-
(Continued en Page 8)
broke s 62-year precedent by
“backing candidates they feel
hhave the good of civil servants
in mind, in their political activi-
ties” according to Thomas Mc-
Donough, CSEA‘s political action
committee chairman,
L.1. Conference
Adds Judges To
Endorsement List
SMITHTOWN — The Long
Island Conference of the
Civil Service Employees Assn.
—representing 50,000 public
employees on Long Island—last
week endorsed candidates in
Nassau and Suffolk found to be
in support of the goals of civil
service employees.
Conference president George
Koch said that those recom-
mended were:
For Court of Appeals: Justices
Bernard S, Meyer (D-C) and
Sol Wachtler (R-L).
In Suffolk, all the Republican
legislative candidates, led by As-
sembly Speaker Perry Duryea.
In Nassau, Republicans Jo-
seph Margiotta, Milton Jonas,
(Continued on Page 8)
it will endorse for legislative
The endorsements for the Sen~
ate and Assembly by name and
district are:
Senate Candidates
Leon E. Giuffreda (R—Ist);
Bernard C. Smith (—2nd); Owen
H. Johnson (R—4th); Emanuel
R. Gold (D—13th); A, Frederick
Meyerson (D—16th); Robert
Garcia (D—30th); Joseph L,
Galiber (D—32nd); Arthur Kass
(D—39th) ; B, Sears Hunter (D—
40th), and Ronald B, Stafford
(R—43rd).
Assembly Candidates
Peter J, Costigan (R—2nd);
Robert C. Wertz (R—4th); Den-
nls O'Doherty (R—5th); John
C. Cochrane (R—6th); John J.
Flanagan (R—T7th); John G,
McCarthy (R—Sth); William L.
Burns (R—9th); Stuart R. Le-
vine (R—10th); Clinton G. Mar-
tin (R—16th), and Louls De
Salvio (D—62nd).
Andrew J. Stein (D—65th);
Bruce F. Caputo (R—8Tth) ; Gor-
don W, Burrows (R—90th); Ron-
ald C. Tocel (D—91st); Peter R,
Biondo (R—93rd); Willis H.
Stephens (R—S4th); Eugene
Levy (R—95th); Lawrence Her-
bst (R—97th); Jack A. Schlosser
(D—98th); Philip J. Magnarella
(D—89th); H. Clark Bell (R—
101st); Fred G. Field (R—103rd) ;
Glenn H. Harris (R—109th);
Noel E, Bartlo (R—140th), and
Vincent J. Graber (D—148th),
© CSEA calendar ©
Information for the Calendar may be submitted directly to
THE LEADER, It should include the date, time, place, address
and city for the function.
October
26—Binghamton chapter meeting:
Johnson Park, Johnson City.
7 pam. Fountains Pavilion, C. Fe
26—Metropolitan Armories chapter executive committee meeting:
I p.m., 102nd Engineers Armory, 216 Fort Washington Aven
Manhattan.
27—A\coholic Beverage Control
Northway Inn, Albany.
Board chapter meeting: | p.ma
27—Metropolitan Conference 25th anniversary dinner-dance: Glen
Chateau, Brooklyn.
27-29—Capital District Conference meeting and workshop: Queens-
bury Hotel, Glens Falls.
28@—Long Island Conference meeting:
Sunrise Hwy., Baldwin, Ll.
12 noon, Carl Hoppl's,
28-Craig State School chapter annual dinner-dance: 6 p.m. Lae
Delfa's Restaurant, Leicester.
29—Grasslands Hospital St. John & St. Camillus Guild 15th annual
mass: 9 a.m., Interfaith Chapel, Macy Pavilion, Valhalla.
30—White Plains unit retirement dinner honoring Robert Doherty:
6:30 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall, 137 No, Broadway, White
Plains,
November
3—Niagara Count
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1972
Lindsay Proposals Invite
Return To Spoils System
N an attempt to dampen criticism of the unsupportable
number of provisional employees on New York City’s
payroll, Mayor John V. Lindsay has offered a “cure” for
the problem that boggles the mind,
Instead of taking immediate action on the issue of pro-
visional employees, Lindsay has come up with a set of un-
related proposals for improving civil service that do any-
thing else but that. The essential, and incredible, part of his
proposals is to give himself the right to have a much freer
hand on making promotions. No matter which way you cut
it, this is a direct invitation for a return of the spoils system.
At present, Clty employees take examinations that pro-
duce fractional scores. These fractions make it possible for
an employee to be at the very top of the promotion list and
assure him the best possible chance of promotion because
he has earned his top score through a variety of merit. It is
hard to push aside such a candidate for a better job, but,
under present circumstances, it ts still done from time to
time.
Now, Mayor Lindsay is proposing to eliminate the frac-
tional part of scores and thus create large pools of promo-
tional candidates; pools so large that it produces the effect
of letting the Mayor select at will almost anyone he wants
for a job, despite the fact that the very soul of non-political
civil service is based on appointments through fitness and
merit,
Going one step further, if Mayor Lindsay can pick and
choose whom he wants in promotional positions, it won't
take very long for other politicians to take the same route
as a means of patronage,
We urgently advise the Mayor to drop these ill-conceived
Proposals immediately and start dealing with the original
Problem—the elimination of excessive use of provisional
employees,
Questions
Anew
Q, I was taken ill while I was
en vacation in another state,
After I got home, I sent my
bills Into Medicare like I always
do, but they returned them to
me and told me to make the
claim where I was sick, Why
can't I file my Medicare claim
here?
A. Generally, your Medicare
claim must be filed with the
Medicare office in the state
where you received the medical
services, In this way, Medicare
can keep track of costs for a
particular medical service with-
in an area. “Your Medicare
Handbook” gives a complete ist
of places where Medicare claims
are © be submitted
. & I'm 62 and planning to re-
tire within the next year or two.
Must I walt until a birthday to
apply or can I apply at any time
during the next two years?
A. You can apply for retire-
ment payments any time, If you
decide to have your checks start
before 65, your benefit amount
will be permanently reduced, The
amount of the reduction de-
pends on how many months you
get checks before you're age 65,
For every month that you are
closer to 65, the reduction in
Payments ts less. You should ap-
ply for Medicare two or three
months before the month of
your 65th birthday,
Don’t Repeat This!
(Continued from Page 1)
political leaders, like public
opinion polisters, have been
wrong before, but they remain
firm in their views, despite polls
that show McGovern closing the
gap and In spite of the fact that
he ts attracting substantial audi-
ences to his rallies.
‘What is interesting about the
attitude of the leaders is that
they discuss the Presidential
election with supreme boredom,
as if the ballots had already
been cast, counted and recorded
in the history books. They be-
came animated only when con-
fronted with uncertaintles. Their
favorite at the moment is which
of three available options will
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
choose. Will he join the Nixon
cabinet as Secretary of State or
Defense? Will he serve out his
full term and retire from the
political scene? Or will be run
for a fifth term as Governor?
Others Affected
What intrigues politicians
about the uncertainties over the
Governor’s options are the per-
vasive impact of his choice not
only upon the political history
of the State, but also upon the
personal political fortunes of
Lieut. Gov. Malcolm Wilson, As-
sembly Speaker Perry B, Duryea,
Jr., and other Republicans whose
maneuverability for high State
office will be affected one way
or the other by the Governor's
choice of options.
Another area of uncertainty
that intrigues politicians ts the
New York City Mayoralty race
next year. Most of them are
ready to throw up thelr hands
when they speculate as to the
prospective Democratic nominee
for that office. A substantial part
of that uncertainty revolves
around the fact that no one js
ready to predict what Mayor
John V. Lindsay will do, Accord-
ing to the politicians, if Lindsay
decides to try for a third term,
many of those now seriously
considering a campaign will drop
out of the race. According to
these observers, should Lindsay
decide to retire, the potential
number of candidates to succeed
him ts equal to the number of
names in the City telephone di-~
rectorles, This is @ prospect that
has the City Elections Board
climbing walls, trying to figure
out how they can possibly get the
names of all candidates on the
voting machine.
From the Republican point of
view, Republicans are intrigued
by the fact that the nomination
may come down to a primary
campaign between Senator Roy
Goodman of Manhattan and
Senator John March! of Staten
Island. Each of these Senators
represents an opposing wing of
the Republican party.
Republican Dilemma
Senator Goodman represents
the liberal, Republican ailk
stocking district in Manhattan.
His potential as a candidate for
Mayor was enhanced the other
week when he was designated by
the Governor as Chairman of the
Temporary State Commission to
Revise the City Charter, Prom
this vantage point, Senator
Goodman will have the benefit
of countless reams of publicity.
Senator Marohi, in 1069, de-
feated Mayor Lindsay in the Re-
publican” primar;
election camp:
the endorsement of the Conser-
vative Party, Last week, Senator
Marchi was appointed by Preal-
Civil Service
Law & You
By RICHARD GABA
vavanTH0TEnSOvOPTEOD OUUUUUCUAUONty ane HANMEpNENSPUREDEOTOTUGHUUreAMeavennennenecneunEEET
Mr. Gaba {fs a member of the firm of White, Walsh and Gaba,
P.0., and chairman of the Nassau County Bar Association Labor
Law Committee.
Requirements Of Due Process ®
On or about April 29, 1972, employees of the State of
New York who were involved in a work stoppage on April
1 and 2, allegedly in violation of Section 210 of the Civil
Service Law, were notified that the Director of Employee
Relations had determined that they were involved In the
April strike, They were further advised of the penalties for
participating in the strike, which included one year’s proba-
tion and a loss of two days’ pay for each day’s participation
in the strike.
Under the statute, the employees were also notified that @
they could contest the determination of the Director of
Employee Relations by filing affidavits within 20 days re-
citing facts in support of their case. Four employees brought
an action in Supreme Court, Albany County, against Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller and others, seeking a judgment an-
nulling the Director’s April 29 determination and declaring
portions of Section 210 of the Civil Service Law
unconstitutional,
THREE OF THE FOUR petitioners were notified that
they would be accorded hearings on the factual issues on
their affidavits. The fourth petitioner, however, was denied
a hearing on the ground that his affidavit did not raise suf-
ficient facts to justify the holding of the hearing. In the
case of each employee, they have been on probation since
April 29, and the monetary penalties had already been
deducted from their salaries. The petitioners argued that
they were denied due process since they were not afforded
an opportunity to be heard prior to being placed on proba-
tion and since the deduction of the penalties from their sal-
aries. The respondents claimed that the constitutional issues
raised by the petitioners have already been litigated in the
New York State courts and in the United States Supreme
Court and that the validity of the law has been upheld in
each case.
The court in this case held that it is not a violation of
the petitioners’ constitutional right to permit the imposition
of penalties without a prior hearing. Furthermore, the Court
of Appeals of this state has held in Rankin y. Shanker and
City of New York v. DeLury that the prohibition against
strikes in the Taylor Law does not violate the equal pro-
tection clause of elther the New York State or the U.S.
Constitution.
THE COURT WENT ON to point out that only in a few
Umited situations have the state courts allowed seizure of
property without an opportunity for a prior hearing. “First,
in each case, the selzure has been directly necessary to secure
an important governmental or general public interest. Sec-
ond, there has been a special need for very prompt action.
Third, the State has kept strict control over its monopoly
of legitimate force; the person initiating the seizure has
been a government official responsible for determining,
under the standards of a narrowly drawn statute, that is
was necessary and justified in the particular instance.
“Subdivision 2 of Section 210 does not meet this three-
pronged test. While the prohibition against strikes by public
employees effectuates a valid State policy, the statutory
system of enforcement was obviously prompted by the desire
for administrative convenience rather than a special need
for very prompt action.” The court held, therefore, that
insofar as the statute fails to provide an opportunity for a
hearing prior to the imposition of penalties, it does not
satisfy the requirements of due process. (In the Matter of
Sanford y, Rockefeller, 335 N.¥,S, 2d 502).
dent Nixon a member of the Na-
tional Advisory Committee on
Drug Abuse. This appointment
will provide Senator Marehi with
# launching pad on an issue that
touches on the most sensitive
areas of our society,
Politicians are uncertain as to
what may happen, but they are
happy about the situation, be-
cause in politics uncertalnty ls
the staff of life,
To Aid Governor
ALBANY—Philip H. Weinberg,
who has been serving as acting
appointments officer to the Gov
ernor, has been named to that
post at a salary of $34,903, fol-
lowing the resignation of the
former incumbent, Joseph H.
Boyd, Jr, At the same time, the gj
Governor named N, Lee Cook,
of Delmar, as assistant appolnt-
ments officer at $20,500.
Union Leaders
> (Continued from Page 2)
Hamilton said that the city
on its own had carried grades
out to two decimal points—for
instance 90.14 or 89.32. The plan-
ned marking change would
“round out” future grades to
the nearest integer—00 or 89 in
the Instances above.
“This would increase enor-
mously the number of ties in a
big examination,” Mr. Hamilton
@ said. Anyone at the 90 mark
would be in the eligible pool at
‘one time, he noted.
At present, he said, there Is
“no performance evaluation sys~
tem written into the law” to be
counted along with a test mark.
He added, “a provision does allow
us to count ‘training and expert-
ence,’ although It has been a
tradition never to count it.”
‘That part of the Mayor's plan
e” which Bendet and other labor
leaders object most vigorously is
the rounding off of the examina-
tion scores and the creation of
large pools from which to make
promotions.
“We have been fighting the
one-out-of-three cholee from es-
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, October 24, 1972
« |
Lennon Offers 15 Tips
On Ways To Help ‘Our’
Candidates Get Elected
NEWBURGH—James J. Lennon, chairman of the South-
ern Conference political action committee, presented 15 sug-
gestions on ways to help “Our friends, the CSEA-endorsed
legislators”
Oct. 15.
Lennon, who fs also first vice-
president of the Conference, sald
“The main point is to do every-
thing in our power to have our
candidates elected on Nov. 7, His
suggestions are as follows:
1, Ask your family and friends
to vote the CSEA way.
2. Give a few hours or more
8 week to help our candidate in
your area by ringing doorbells
and passing out his literature.
3. Get your children to help
out in the election: They and
their friends ean do more in two
hours for hin than most adults
can.
4. You and your members can
help out in the candidate's head-
quarters by making phone calls
and filling and addressing en-
velopes.
5. Haye your wives give cof-
fee hours for 10 or more lady
friends and invite the candidate
to meet them
6. Have your peop!
the candidate's posters and
bumper ers
7. Have you and your
be
home
area with the candidate to meet
and speak to your friends.
t
& walk in yo
8, Invite the candidate
chapter meeting and
him to your members
9. If you can afford it
am chapter cocktall party
him.
10. Speak out in the candi-
date’s behalf to fellow workers
and family friends.
11. Get the chapter members
your
introduce
give
for
PM MN MUM MN UN UT Lc LCL EL LLL OL
PERB Reversal
(Continued from Page 1)
due to poll-
previous stand was
“And
al pressure
said, “that the Public Em-
nt Relations Board and
offict dead in
ivil servant
to the use of vot-
Wenzl insisted that
the
ng back
machines,
public
“What
fact
an to
vote in the own
home; would nim to vote
if he were home sick or out on
personal leave and would allow
no possible chance of coercion
from “outside bully boys brought
workers on thelr
4 mr
into the PERB acti
in-
Metro Armories
Al Knight, president of
Metropolitan Armories chapter
of the Civil Servire Employees
Assn, has called a meeting of
the chapter's executive counctl
for Oot, 26 at 1 p.m, in the 102nd
Engineers Armory, 216 Fort
Washington Ave, in Manhattan.
the
at the Confernece meeting at the Holiday Inn,
involved fn the campatgn.
12. Get the vote out on elec-
tion day and offer to drive peo-
ple to the polls.
13, Ask the candidate what
he wants you to do for him,
then after he tells you get it
done.
14. Make a donation to his
campaign if you can’t do any
of the above — {t takes money
to run for election, but nothing
beats dedicated workers,
15. If you use children, stay
with them and be sure to feed
them or they will never be
back.
Dave Freer gives his views
on the election situation.
(Leader phoos by Ted Kapton)
Westchester County chapter president John Haack, left,
gets together here with CSEA field representatives Ron
Mazzola and Joseph O'Connor.
Osterman Says Increments Unchanged
(Continued from Page 1)
Wenzl noted that the chal-
lenging un: has also ached
CSEA’s contract.
deals with
f CSEA and state ‘esenta-
that will meet to study
ar ductivity
s that "State wo
ers won't get 1% percent
bonus next state
employee.
thing:
and
work
No 40-Hour Week
OER’s Osterman. er
the matter in his letter,
makes
ention of the fact that “the
contract provides that the bonus
shi
I be paid when the State and
CBEA reached agreement
upon & program of productivity
improrement and, specifically,
upon standards and criteria for
the measurement of productivity
and standards and criteria for
the ft from
have
allocation of sa
productivity."
There according to
Wenzl, “no mention of accepting
& 40-hour week or out-of-title
work to Increase productivity.”
Wenal said, “We agreed to study
elght areas of productivity, but
studying something and accept-
ing it are two different things
Every union faces productivity,
and we agreed to look at it in
joint committee with the State,
but it has no bearing on the
1%@ percent bonus. In fact, be-
cause of productivity, some em-
waa,
ployees may get a greater bonus.”
Wenzl also said he hoped all
CSEA members of both the Pro-
fessional, Se ¢ and Techni-
cal Bargaint 4 the In-
stitutional Bargalr Unit get
out the vote. They'll be receiving
thelr ballots the wee
20 by mall, acco
union leader,
Mills to Advisors
ALBANY—Orange County Ex-
Mills has been
ate's Local Goy-
ent Advisory Board for a
nding March 1, 1974, The
position 1s unsalarled.
ecutive Louls V.
term
Statewide CSEA president Theodore C. Wenzl grins as South-
ern Conference delegates welcome him to meeting. Wenzl a@o
sat in on Division of Youth committee meeting.
Long Island Conference Endorses
(Continued from Page 3)
Clinton G, Martin Jr, and Stuart
Levine for the Assembly, Demo-
erat Arthur J. Kremer for the
Assembly, and Republican John
Dunne for the Senate.
Iso In Nassau, Judge Marty
urg for the Family Court.
Each legislative candidate had
distinguished hi if by a grasp
of the problem of the civil serv-
lee elther otlations with
CSEA or in contact with CSEA
on legislation, Koch said, The
judicial candidates, he sald, had
Proven records on the bench tn
Gt
the conference area,
Koch invited the successful
candidates to join conference
Fines For Contempt Of Court
(Continued from Page 3)
eral's office filed notice of in-
ut to appeal, This had the legal
effect of nullifying the injune-
tion orders, clearing the way for
the State to dock strike ponal-
es from July 19 paychecks.
83% Innocent
Hearings are continuing, but
early indicate that in
returns
nt of the decisions rend-
ered tn the Albany area, the
verdict was not gullty.
More exact figures on a state-
wide basis were requested from
OER, but were not available
“because of the defense tactics
by CSEA attorneys throughout
the State, making it impossible
for us to obtain quick decisions,”
acoording to one OER source,
Notice of hearing
going direct!:
resulta are
to the individuals
involved. Those found not guilty
will have the money that was
deducted from thelr paychecks
restored immediately.
Wenal commented on the sit-
uation, stating that “It was a
major victory for CSEA in se-
curing protection for our em-
ployees on the lines, They can-
not be declared guilty without a
trial and now that the results are
coming in, we've provided the
backing we promised to every
employee.”
SUPPORT THE ATTICA
FAMILY MEMORIAL FUND
ATTICA, N.Y. 14011
Conference president Nicholas Puzziferri, center, has the ea
committee members during one of the pre-Conference meet
Left is Donald Rhodes and right is Clarence Van Horne
delegates at their next business
meeting, Oct. 28, at Carl Hoppl's |
restaurant, Baldwin
A questionnaire and interviews,@) |
coupled with CSEA expertence,
identified those who were in ac-
cord with CSEA views on equity
under the Taylor Law, pension
reform, job security and other
issues, |
"The screening was conducted |
by a political action committee
headed by Joseph Keppler, pres-
ident of the Central Islip State
Hospital chapter, He was as-
sisted by Alex Bozza, Julia Duffy,
Irvir Flaumenbaum, Josephy
Gambino, Frank Imholz, Joseph
McKn: t and A! Varacchi.
Nurses Caucus
(Continued from Page 3)
vision of the Civil Service De~
partment,
“Negotiations on this career
ladder were initiated before that
of the Ward Services Career
Ladder now in effect,” said the
spokesman, He added, “While
Mental Hygiene has agreed to
tremendous grade improvements
for our nurses and a really
meaningful promotional cycle,
Budget and Civil Service are
slowing us down.
He concluded that, “Although
our obstinacy 1s making the
process drag out, in the end it
will mean a great deal more for @
our people, We could have set-
tled this long ago with compro-
mise, but we won't do it.”
Pat Spicci, left, looks over CSEA regional field supervisor
@ Thomas Luposello's shoulder as Rockland County's John Mauro
and Al Lowry point out agenda for meeting.
in Gurniak took activ
e part in discussion concerning up-
coming representation challenge election which has been slated
by PERB for Nov. 20.
At County meeting, from left, are Rockland delegate
e Jokn Mauro, CSEA field representative Jo.
ph O'Connor,
Orange president Ron Friedman and Dutchess presi-
dent Ellis Adams.
Conference first vice-pr'
sident James Lennon has the
ear of, from left, Kingston unit president Anthony Fat-
tarino, Putnam president Ron Kobbe and Ulster presi-
| dent Harold DeGrath,
While Conference president Nicholas Puzziferri
stens at the microphone, first vice-
president James Lennon explains the importance of a well-coordinated effort to achieve
political action in the upcoming election, Seated at head table, from left, are third
vice-president Arthur Bolton and fourth vice-pre:
lent Richard Snyder,
Wenzl Tells Southern
Conf: CSEA’s The One
Puzziferri Lauds New Meeting Format
By HERB GELLER
NEWBURGH — The Southern Conference role in the forthcoming representation
election among 76,000 state employees in the mental hygiene department and in state pro-
fessional, technical and scientific units
Holiday Inn, here on Oct, 12.
An in-depth review of the
coming election was given by
Bernard Ryan, CSEA collective
negotiating specialist, and details
were discussed by Thomas Lupo-
sello, regional field supervisor.
Ryan pointed out that 13,000
of the 76,000 employees affected
by the election are in the South-
ern Conference area, Mail bal-
lots in the election between the
Civil Service Employ Assn,
and the Service Employees In-
ternational Union will be sent
out Nov. 20 and will be counted
Deo, 12 and 13, Ryan said.
Statewide CSEA president
Theodore C. Wenzl and Ryan
both urged unity and cooper-
ation of Southern Conference
members to score a big victory
for CSEA in the coming election
President Wenzl saw ie is-
sue as a battle between CSEA,
which has long represented the
public sector, against SEIU, a
CSEA collective negotiating specialist Bernard Ryan gives
private union without much ex-
perience or understanding of
the issues in New York State.
“There is a need for one
big union in the public sector
in New York State and CSEA
with its 220,000 members 1s that
union,” Wenazl said.
Prior to the full
meeting, unit meet:
Southern Confere
cept of having unit meet
fore main meeting wa
successful. “We got a lot more
accomplished than we would
ave if we had to discuss the
unit problems at the Conference
meeting,” he sald.
The unit meetings
those of the chapter p:
and the Thruway Authority
employees, The Thruway Au-
thority meeting chaired by Jerry
Scaperott!, unit
held to discuss a
an in-depth review of representation challenge as Con-
ference secretary Juanita Dunham and third vice-presi-
dent Arthur Bolton listen,
s outlined at a meeting of the Conference at
recently negotiated by a unit
bargaining team.
resident Puzziferrl made a
short speech at the meeting not-
ing the difficult task of most
CSEA bargaining teams who
must take into consideration
numerous civil service rules and
regulations in their negotiations,
At the main meeting, James
J, Lennon, first vice-president of
the Southern Conference and
chairman of the Conference po-
litical action committee, an-
d the committee's recom-
dations of candidates for
the State Legislature to be
dorsed by CSEA. The list which
cludes both Republicans and
Democrats and incumbents and
new candidates was sent to
CSEA Headquarters for final ap-
proval and announcem
Lennon also preset
of 15° suggestions on w
help “Our friends, the CSE
endorsed legislators” win in
state election Nov, 7, The
gestions appear elsewhere
this issue of the Leader.
President Puasiferrl urged the
Conference to give strong sup-
rt to CSEA’s first political
action effort. “The state cannot
take any reprisals against any-
one excerising thelr constitution-
al rights to vote and support
candidates of their chotce, and I
believe that every CSEA mem-
ber will wholeheartedly back
this effort," he said
Dutchess Educ, Ch.
To Meet On Oct. 25
POUGHKEEPSIE — Dutchess
County Educational chapter, one
of six new education chapters
recently granted charters as full-
fledged chapters within the Civil
Service Employees Assn., will
meet Oct, 26 at Poughkeepsie
High School, according to chap
ter president John Famelette.
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PURCHASE INSPECTOR
(Drugs and Chemicals)
‘This list of cight eligibles was
based on training and experience
of the 18 applicants who filed
last March. Salary is $9,500,
1 Joseph Lipton, Bruce A Pet-
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David Africk, John M Sikorskt,
Samuel E Schwartzman, Sophie
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(Continued from Page 7)
tablished lists for years," Ben-
det declared, “because even this
rule allows management to get
around appointing the man who
came out on top. Now Lindsay
is trying to make things a thou-
sand times worse by creating
pools that would allow him to
pick, as an example, one of any
10, 20 or even 90 persons that
might become part of an eligible
lst. This means that promotion
through fitness and merit goes
right out the window. Being top
on a list won't mean a thing.
Who you know would be the de-
Robert M. McKernan, prest-
dent of the Patrolmen’s Benevo-
lent Assn., also assailed Mayor
Lindsay's civil service reform
Proposals,
“It s no reform at all," Mo-
Kiernan said. “It is another at-
tempt to circumvent clvil service
and set up his own spoils sys-
tem. Apparently the Mayor be-
leves in a spoils system, if one
looks at the way he has handled
his provisional appointments.”
McKilernan said that if Lind-
say attempts to obtain passage
of legislation tn Albany that
would give him the power to
weaken the merit system, the
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Those requesting applications
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received by the Department at
least five days before the dead-
line. Announcements are avall-
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By subway, applicants can
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IND (Chambers St.); BMT (City
Hall); Lexington IRT (Brooklyn
Bridge). For advance informa-
tion on titles, call 566.8700,
Several City agencies do their
own recruiting and hiring. They
include: Board of Education
(teachers only), 65 Court St.
Brooklyn 11201, phone; 596-
8060; NYC Transit Authority,
370 Jay St., Brooklyn 11201,
phone: 852-5000.
‘The Board of Higher Educa-
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filled through the Personnel De-
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Various State Employment
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Judicial Conference jobs are
filled at 270 Broadway, New
York, 10007, phone: 488-4141
Port Authority jobseekers should
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620-7000.
FEDERAL—The US. Citvil
Service Commission, New York
Region, runs a Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
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Federal entranta living upstate
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Federal titles have no deadline
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Child Welfare Supv.
‘The Department of Social Ser-
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title of Supervisor I (child
welfare). Pive candidates between
numbers 11 & 62, have been
certified from the promotional
lis? established Feb. 17, 1972.
Salary ts $11,500.
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Exams Cancelled
Exam 2100 for Spanish-Itall-
an Interpreters, and Exam 26664,
Promotion to Supervising Con-
struction Inspector, have been
deleted from the 1972-3 exam-
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Chief Mate Exam
Last week the Civil Service
Commission voted to reopen the
filing date for the promotional
exam to chief mate, exam
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tuesday, October 24, 1972
File Improper Practice
Charge Against Ulster
Sheriff; He Won't Talk
KINGSTON — An improper practice charge has been filed with the State Public
Employment Relations Board by Danny Jinks, collective bargaining specialist for the Civil
Service Employment Assn., on behalf of the Ulster County unit of the Ulster County chap-
ter of CSEA against William B. Martin, Sheriff of Ulster County.
‘The charge alleges that Sher-
aff Martin has refused to pro-
ceed with good faith negotiations
as ts required under the Public
Employees Fair Employment Act,
CSEA and promoted the interests
of another employee organization
both personally and through his
representatives, and has refused
to allow CSEA representatives to
represent the employees in this
unit in the exercise of the rights
granted them by Section 202 of
the Civil Service Law.
The CSEA unit of the Ulster
County Sheriff's Department,
Ulster County CSEA chapter, ts
certified as the collective bar-
gaining representative for a untt
of all deputy sheriffs in Ulster
County.
According to Jinks, Sheriff
Martin has refused to meet with
CSEA field representatives for
more than six months. “On those
occasions when he did meet with
CSEA, he refused to discuss any
of the problems of the employees
of the unit,” Jinks said.
No Show
“When a meeting for the pur-
pose of holding negotiations was
held with the Ulster County
Legislature, the ¢o-employer,”
Jinks continued, “neither Sheriff
Martin nor any representative of
his office appeared.”
On Oct, 5, 1972, Jinks visited
Sheriff Martin to ask him to be
present at a negotiating session
on Oct. 10. According to Jinks,
Sheriff Martin asked: “What
will happen if I'm sick on that
Ag QUINEUNSEUUNODUUEEUTRUOEONN ANU ATEUUAE UAE UENSTUAETUE GENUS USE
Insurance Rate Changes
CSEA insurance rate changes are made on the first payroll in
November of each year. This applies to the CSEA group life in-
surance, accident and health insurance and supplemental life tn-
surance as explained below. To avold many unnecessary contacts
with CSEA headquarters in Albany, you should be guided by the
following information:
CSEA Group Life Insurance
Effective on the first payroll in November of each year amounts
of insurance issued are adjusted In accordance with the annual
salary based on the following table:
Insurance Annual Salary Males Females
‘Class
Less than $1, $1,500 $1,500
$1,400 but eu than $3,100 2,600 1500
2,100 = £000 1,500
3,500 7 ~ 300 5.500 2,600
v. 4500 = = 5,500 6,500 2600
wr 5.500 = = 6300 5,000 4000
6300" = ™ 3500 10,000 5.500
va: 7300 7 = = #500 11,500 3.300
500 and over 12/500
8
The cost” to each insured member, per thousand dotiars of
insurance, increases each five years, after age 30, in accordance
with the following table:
A
fs, (Nenrge Bindi
A 29 and ws
5 0 wo M4,
3 35 to 39
5 40 to 4
zg 45 w 49,
Fr 50 to 54,
g 55 wo 59,
i 60 to 64
1 °
$5 0 6,
Accident & Health Insurance
‘The Bi-Weekly
Deduction Is
On the Noy, 1 following attainment of 3914 years of age the
premiums under the CSEA accident and health insurance increase
between 10 percent to 20 percent depending upon the type of
coverage. The increased payroll deductions for these rate adjust-
ments are made effective on the first payroll period ending on or
after Nov. 1 each year. This occurs because a number of years ago
CSEA negotiated with the insurance company a reduction of
premiums for people under age 391%, which reduction the employees
enjoy up to that particular age,
Supplemental Life Insurance
Under the CSEA supplemental Mfe insurance plan, starting
at age 30 the cost of the insurance increases each five years in
accordance with the following table, which shows premium rates
per $5,000 amount of insurance issued to the member, These par-
ticular rates do not apply to coverage for spouse or children, which
is available under the program, The premium rates for spouse and
children, under the supplemental plan, also increase every five
years starting at age 30.
~ above information will furnish any CSEA mem!
enjoys CSEA low-cost insurances with information aa to
reckly 1
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8
3 i
quarters or to the payroll source concerning the matter.
day?” When Jinks said that he
would expect to see a doctor's
certificate, Martin physically
evicted him from his office, ac-
cording to the union represen-
tative.
Sheriff Martin subsequently
attended the meeting on Oct. 10,
accompanied by Sergeant Poll-
castro, who had requested the
opportunity to make a statement
prior to the opening of the meet-
ing. The request was permitted.
Sergeant Policastro stated that
the deputy sheriffs no longer
wished to be represented by
CSEA and asked the joint nego-
tlating team for the Sheriff's
Office and the County not to ne-
gotiate with CSEA concerning
terms and conditions of employ-
ment,
A Walk Out
Jinks then quoted the Certifl-
cation of Representation and
Order to Negotiate and began to
discuss the ground rules for ne-
gotiations. Shortly thereafter,
Sheriff Martin and Sergeant
Policastro walked out of the
meeting,
CSEA 4s the certified bargain-
ing agent for the unit until May
1973. The Certificate of Repre-
sentation and Order to Negotiate
states that the “public employer
shall negotiate collectively with
the CSEA unit of the Ulster
County Sheriffs Department,
Ulster County CSEA chapter, and
enter Into a written agreement
with such employee organization
with regard to the terms and
conditions of employment, and
shall negotiate collectively with
such employee organization in
the determination and adminis-
tration of grievances.”
Calls On A ‘Pro’
‘The Broome County unit of
the Civil Service Employees
Assn. has retained the ser-
vices of a professional nego-
tator to represent the unit In
contract talks with the county.
‘Unit president John Herrick
said the negotiator, Patrick
Monachino of Schenectady, a
CSEA staff negotiator, had al-
ready sat in on preliminary talks
with county representatives on
two previous occasions.
‘This marks the first time a
professional CSEA staff nego-
tator has entered into talks in
comprised of unit members has
undertaken the negotiating
chores in behalf of its mem-
bers.
Herrick, commenting on the
move, sald “there was no speci-
al reason” why the unit this year
sought a “professional nego!
ator.” We just thought we could
do a better job with such an
addition to our bargaining com-
mittee.
Herrick added that Monachi-
no is in the process of handling
several contract negotiations in
various parts of the state and,
as he put ft, “he knows more
about the tone of negotiations
statewide far better than we do
here.”
SO TTT TTT UML ALLL LLL
ABC Board Chap.
To Meet Oct. 27
ALBANY—The Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board chapter
number 268 of the Civil Service
Employees Assn. will hold a meet-
ing on Oct. 27 at the Northway
Inn at 1 pm.
State Senator John Calandra,
chairman of the joint legislative
committee for recodifying the
ABC Board, and Bertran D, Sar-
afan, new chairman of the State
Liquor Authority, have been in-
vited to address the meeting.
Pass your copy of The
Leader on to a non-member,
HONOR.
deen) ROLL |
Below is a list of those
individual CSEA members
and chapters who have con-
tributed to the CSEA Welfare
Fund. In deference to the
privacy of the individual
contributors, this list does
not include the amount of
their donations. The amount ©
given by CSEA chapters and
units, however, will be print-
ed, Names of contributors
will be printed each week
under the Honor Roll.
Browa, J. A. Lowell,
hofer, J. Phelps, C, E. Newson, H.C.
Pea P. Garrity, W. N. Yerger, H.
Locy, I. G. Markowit, HL,
Kone, L. LaRoche, D. E Locke,
icCourt, K. 8. Graham,
$. Davis, G. Lesek, M. H. Geschy
der, H. Wolf, D. Silber,
A. Vortko,
CHAPTERS AND UNITS
Onconte SUNY College, $125; Adciam
Dunckle chapter, Saratoga, $100;
burgh Libeary
Park School unit,
unit, $25; Social Services unit, West-
chester County, $10; Rotterdam unit,
Schenectady County, §25; Newark State
School, $500; Dutchess County chapter,
$500; Rockland County chapter, $200;
Executive chapter, Albany, $862; es
Paychiatric Hospital chaptei
Howpital chapeer, $300; Capieal
District Conference, $150; Yates Coun
ty chapter, $100; Long Beach wait, Naw
sau Couary, $30; Suffolk Co-op Library
System, $10,
Western Conf Discusses Political Action
(Continued from Page 16)
Grossfield said the debate, which
became heated at times, was “a
Sure indication of democracy in
action,
“But part of our problem,” he
sald, “is that we're not experi-
enced in this game of political
support. While it’s true, as Ted
Wensl told us last night, that
the AFL-CIO has had 15 years
of experience in this, they have
thelr troubles, Not even George
Meany can hold his members.
“The heart of the matter ts
not whether the state CSEA or
the Western Conference endorses
& particular candidate, but it’s
whether we go out and work for
the victory of a candidate and
the defeat of his opponent. Then
we can say to the politician that
we deserve his help,
Antinore reported also a forum
of 31 candidates that the Con-
ference's political action commit-
tee ‘6 planning in Rochester.
“We'll tell them that civil em-
ployees are the axel that the
State of New York runs on,” he’
sald.
New Phase For OSEA
Grossfield poted that the
CSEA 1s “entering a new phase
by making its views known to
the politicians, press and public,
And we'll continue to do it after
the election.”
He said endorsements “will be-
come a valuable weapon to us,
We don't intend to tell legisiat-
ors how to vote. But as taxpayers
we're entitled to consideration.”
As an example of a lack of
consideration, he cited the fall-
ure of the 1972 Legislature to
put into effect the agreements
hammered out between negotia-
tors for the CSEA and Governor
Rockefeller,
‘The Conference president said
that the statewide CSEA will
make up to $5,000 available to
the Western Conference for po-
Ucal action.
James Powers, director of
CSEA field representatives in
western New York, reminded
Conference delegates of the
challenge from the Service Em-
ployees International Union.
“I have no doubt that if all of
playing” in which Antinore
played the part of a liberal can-
didate and Neil Gruppo, co-
chairman of the Conference's
political action committee, play-
ed an incumbent, conservative
politician. Al Sibilio, president
of the Thruway West chapter,
was the master of ceremonies
and William Doyle, president of
Niegara County chapter, was
moderator,
Important To Members
“The program demonstrated
the kinds of issues and answers
that are important to our mem~-
bers,” Antinore said. “The mod-
erator broke in to tell the audi-
ence the kind of remarks that
could be weighed and balanced
for and against us, It demon-
strated the dynamics of political
action at the local, regional and
conference levels."
Representatives from two new
member chapters of the Confer-
ence—those from the State Unt-
versity College at Buffalo and
from the Letchworth State Park
chapter — were welcomed, The
next meeting will be hosted by
the Rochester chapter in Jan-
ary.
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Senior Investigator Exam
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26 Police To Retire
‘The following 26 members of
the Police Department will be
retiring between September of
this year and January of: 1973:
Captains James A. Martin;
Theodore J. Sunila; Herbert
Carlson.
Lieutenant Leo Sarbofsky.
‘Third Grade Detectives Ralph
B, Hutton; Oscar J. Carmona.
Patrolmen Francis J, Gargan;
Louis F, Calame, Jr.; John Har-
ley, Jr.; Edward J, McCloskey;
Chester A. Robbins; James B.
Quinn; John Longhito; William
J. Joyce; Vincent Bentivegna;
Robert D. Megiel; Robert J,
Oberrieth; Frederick Sportack;
Edward J. Zybul; Curt D. Mas-
son; Raymond M. Stahl; Joseph
P. Sullivan; Philip A. Jimenez;
Albert F. Taylor; Richard F.
Schlag; Patrick V. McDonnell,
1,500 Set To Take
Auto Mechanic Exam
The Department of Personnel
has announced that the following
number of candidates will be
taking the written examinations
for the following titles: 1,519 for
auto mechanic exam (2547); 13
for auto mechanic exam (2047);
178 for auto machinist (2047);
and 28 for auto machinist (2546),
Eight candidates will be tak-
ing the oral examintaion for the
title of human resources tech-
niclan (2221) on Oct. 26; and no
less than 4,000 applicants plan
to take the medical for fire-
man (0159) between Oct. 30 and
Nov. 3.
Special Notice
regarding your
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There have been changes!
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$4,000 but less than $5,000
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lay, Octaber 24, 1972
CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Tues:
Do Ma andece T.
Western Conference president Samuel Grossfield points out to delegates that political
action is a new experience for CSEA, and that the Association will be watching care-
fully to adjudge the effectiveness of this year’s approach. At Grossfield’s side is
Political Action Theme
Dominating Issue During ~
West Conference Meet
ROCHESTER—The “hot” topic at last week's meeting
of the Western Conference of the Civil Service Employees
Assn. was political action, Some 75 chapter presidents and
delegates attended the session here and most of them had
strong feelings about working for
or against various candidates for
the Legislature.
The essential emphasis, how-
ever, was the desire of the Con-
ference to be consulted on state-
wide endorsements of candidates.
Don Antinore, co-chairman of
the Conference's polltical action
committee, said that while it
was too late to have any effec-
tive change of current statewide
endorsements, his committee
would insist on Conference par-
tictpation in the future when it
came to endorsing or refusing
support for men and women
seeking political office.
Conference first vice-president Edward Dudek,
Al Gallant, former Confer-
ence vice-president now re-
tired from Newark State
School, presents report of
Conference budget and fi-
nanee committee. Conference
secretary Judy Burgess is
in foreground,
Don
of the Conference's legislative
and political action commit-
tee took a strong stand on the
importance of political
tion being a grass roots move-
ment in order to be effe
Antinore, co-chairman
tive
ve.
The Local Touch
One delegate noted that “we
CSEA field representative Thomas Christy, seated left, outlines plans with some of the
Conference members on best ways to meet the upcoming representational challenge
next month. Seated next to Christy is Maye Bull, president of Gowanda State Hospital
chapter. Standing are Robert Pine, president of J. N. Adams State School chapter; Sarah
DeRe, president of Buffalo State Hospital chapter; Linda LaFlair, third vice-president
of West Seneca State School chapter, and James Bourkney, first vice-president of West
Seneca State School chapter.
Representatives of the two
new chapters admitted to
membership in the Western
Conference are shown here
wearing their best we're-
glad - to - be - here - smiles.
From left are Barbara
Chapman, president of
SUNY College at Buffalo
chapter; Eleanor Blair,
delegate from Letchworth
State Park chapter, and
Penny Plowe, Letchworth
B| Park alternate,
know legislators as individuals,
We elect them locally and, as
their constituents, they are
bound to take endorsements—or
lack of them—much more serl-
ously than being included in
one, statewide announcement.”
The delegate went on to say
that “this ts a positive proposi-
tion in that I think we can con-
tribute a much more accurate
estimation of whether a legisla-
tor is pro or anti-civil service.”
Conference president Samuel
(Continued on Page 14)
Charles Peritore, president
of Craig Colony School chap-
ter, advises the delegates to
show a united front in the
upcoming political elections
on Nov, 7 and later during
the representational election
Nov. 20,
Niagara County president William Doyle gives
his views on political action, In front are Craig
Colony’s George DeLong, who formerly held the
offices of state fifth vice-president and West-
ern Conference president and Craig Colony's
current Conference delegate Della Mae Smith.
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