The Public Sector, 1980 March 5

Carter, Bush come up winners
in union presidential straw poll

ALBANY — The Civil Service Employees
Assn. has released results of a statewide straw
poll of its membership showing President Carter
with a commanding lead over Senator Edward
Kennedy for the New York Democratic
Presidential Primary.

CSEA President William L. McGowan said the
poll shows President Carter receiving 54% of the
ballots returned by union members indicating a
preference for a Democratic candidate while
Senator Kennedy received 36% of that same
group’s votes. California Gov. Jerry Brown, the
only other Democrat on the ballot, received only
9%.

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On the Republican side, former Ambassador
George Bush was the winner receiving 44% of
votes cast by members indicating a Republican
preference. Former California Governor Ronald
Reagan received 36% of the Republican votes
with Senator Howard Baker receiving 13% and
former Texas Governor John Connally drawing
only 6%.

With all votes counted, President Carter was
the candidate most chosen by participating
CSEA members receiving 32% of all votes cast
in the straw poll. Senator Kennedy finished
second overall with 21% of all votes cast, follow-
ed by Mr. Bush with 18%, Mr. Reagan with 14%,
Senator Baker and Governor Brown with 57%
each, and Mr. Connally with 2% of the total votes
cast.

The poll is the first of its kind for CSEA, which
has not endorsed any candidates in the March 25
New York Presidential Primary. President
McGowan said that the union may make an en-
dorsement, but no final decision has yet been
reached.

“‘Not many people realize it,’’ Mr. McGowan
commented, “‘but about 20 cents of every dollar
spent by state and local government in this state
comes from federal sources. With the increase in
this funding comes an iricreased impact on the
jobs of the people that this union represents, and
it may be that we can no longer afford to remain
apart from the national political process.”

Court contracts contain raises, COLA

ALBANY — CSEA members in
the State Judiciary Unit and
Judicial Districts 3 through 9 have
voted overwhelmingly to ratify a
tentative three year contract
agreement with the state Office of
“Court Administration.

By a margin of 1,159 to 140,
members voted to accept the three-
year contract which is retroactive
to April 1, 1979 and provides for a
seven percent pay raise in the first
year and additional raises in the
second and third years based upon

a Cost of Living Adjustment -

(COLA) formula that could provide
up to seven percent salary in-
creases in each year with a
minimum of three and one-half
percent guaranteed.

The contract was arrived at dur-
ing coalition negotiations involving

CARR

ALBANY — More than one thousand
elected union delegates from across the
state will attend CSEA’s Special
Delegates Meeting March 9-11 at the
Empire State Plaza Convention Center
here.

Various meetings and programs are
scheduled for Sunday, March 9, but the
major portion of the work to be ac-
complished will occur at business
meetings on Monday and Tuesday.
Delegates will be asked to consider a
number of important proposed changes
to the union’s Constitution and By-
Laws. The complete, verbatim, ac-
count of those proposed changes were
printed in the February 13 issue of The
Public Sector.

“The Public Sector will have cor-
respondents and photographers in
attendance throughout the Special
Meeting and complete reports of
delegate decisions will be presented
following the conclusion of the
meeting.

some 21 bargaining units. CSEA’s
five judiciary local presidents took
part in the negotiations with
representatives from judicial
employees in each of CSEA’s five
regions where the union represents
court workers.

Tentative agreement on the con-
tracts was reached on December 27
after the contract talks had reach-
ed the mediation stage.

CSEA Collective Bargaining
Specialists Pat Monachino and

Emanuele Vitale worked out the
agreements with the negotiating
teams and representatives of the
Office of Court Administration.
They report that in addition to the
salary increases, numerous other
improvements were made in each
contract including improvement of
overtime and compensatory time
provisions, improvement of
grievance procedures and tighten-
ing of contract language.

The contracts are expected to be

signed in the near future by CSEA

President William L. McGowan ~

and Chief Administrative Judge
William- Evans. Monachino said
that while payment of the retroac-
tive salary increases requires a
legislative appropriation, the Of-
fice of Court Administration has
promised to expedite payments.
Ratification ballots were counted
in Albany on February 21 by
members of the union’s Elections
Procedures Committee.

JUDICIARY BALLOT COUNT — Members of the CSEA Elections Procedure Committee sort through ballots cast —
by CSEA members in state Judicial Districts 3 through 9 to verify eligibility of voters as just one step in the lengthy
ratification ballot counting procedure. When the verification and counting were completed, results showed CSEA
members had voted overwhelmingly to ratify tentative three-year contract agreements. Committee Chairman
Greg Szurnicki, right foreground reads out social security numbers to Committee Members Genevieve Clark,
seated, and Eva Katz, while in the background Committee Members Karen Pellegrino, and Robert Tarsitano check
other ballots. During this process ballots are séaled. They are then mixed, opened and counted in separate
operations that protect the confidentiality of the voting member's choice.

Factfinder in
Troy dispute

TROY — Negotiators for the City of
Troy Unit of the Civil Service
Employees Assn. are due to present
contract demands, primarily seeking
higher wages, to a factfinder this
week.

An impasse in negotiations was
declared in February after some 200
employees rejected a tentative
agreement reached by the CSEA and
city administrators after nearly five
months of negotiations. Though he
could not release figures for proposed
wage increases, negotiating com-
mittee chairperson Joseph Cassidy
said the employees were dissatisfied
with the first year salary offer. The
second year offer and the proposed
benefit package were acceptable,
however, he added.

The employees will be asked to vote
on the factfinder’s proposal if the
CSEA and the city both find it
satisfactory.

Due to a typographical error, the list
of COLA supplementation for retirees
as contained in the ‘Retiree
Newswatch’’ column on page 10 of the
February 27 issue was incorrect. The
incorrect listing showed present
supplement percentages as being for
the first three months for the years
1970 and before. In fact, the first three
months applies only to the years 1969
and 1970. A correct revised listing will
appear in next week’s issue.

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SUFFOLK LEGAL ASSISTANCE
BRIEFING — CSEA Executive Director
Joseph J. Dolan, Jr., right, and the union’s
Legal Programs Administrator, Tony
Campione, second from left, discuss
aspects of the union’s massive Legal
Assistance Program with Suffolk County
Local 852 Grievance Chairmen James
Farrell, left, and Frank Koft. Mr. Farrell,
Second Vice President of the Local, and
Mr. Koft, First Vice President, visited
CSEA Headquarters in Albany recently to
explore the services provided by the CSEA
Legal Assistance Program.

Endorse toxic notice legislation

ALBANY — CSEA has endorsed
a State Assembly bill that would
require public and private
employers using toxic substances
to notify their employees of the
dangers of the substances and
proper precautions for working
with them.

Testifying before the Assembly’s
Standing Committees on En-
vironmental Conservation and
Health, CSEA Safety Specialist
Nels Carlson told Assemblymen
that CSEA endorses the bill as an
increase in protection for its
members but this bill can not be a
substitute for comprehensive oc-
cupational safety and health
protection for public employees.

Carlson and Atty. Stephen Wiley,
a union lobbyist, appeared before
the Committees on February 21 to
support the bill which requires
employers to notify employees
when they are exposed to ‘all
potentially toxic and hazardous
substances identified as such by

the commissioner of health’’.

Employers would also be re-
quired to keep accurate records of
employee exposure to such hazards
and to monitor potential hazards
caused by exposure to toxic or
hazardous substances. Employee
representatives would have access
to the records of the monitoring
process and to observe actual
measurements to verify com-
pliance.

This bill also has some teeth to it
in that it empowers the Industrial
Commissioner of the State of New
York to enforce its provisions and
provides the Commissioner with
subpoena powers to obtain records
and testifnony and hold hearings to
assure that the intent of the
legislation is carried out.

Carlson told the Committees that
most of the protections which the
bill seeks to provide are already
available under provisions of the
federal Occupational Safety and
Health Act (OSHA). He said that

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RYE — The clerical and public
works employees of the City of Rye
have ratified a two-year agreement
which provides more than 20 percent
in salary increases, CSEA Field
Representative Larry Sparber
reported,

The contracts for the two bargain-
ing units of Westchester County CSEA
Local 860 include a 10 percent pay in-
crease effective Jan. 1, 1980, plus in-
crements in the first year and a six
percent increase in January 1981 and
a four percent increase in July 1981
plus increments in the second year of
the contracts, according to Field
Representative Larry Sparber said,

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the fact that the legislation is need-

ed indicates that the OSHA stand-
ards are not being effectively en-
forced.

CSEA has been lobbying to have
the Legislature enact OSHA
standards for the state’s public
employees who presently have no
comprehensive occupational safety
and health protections. This bill,
while providing coverage for public
employees, only applies to notice in
instances of exposure to toxic or
hazardous substances. It does not
extend any other protection.

Carlson told the Committee that
one of the reasons that the union is
so intent on enacting OSHA stand-
ards in the public sector is its ex-
perience with management that
refused to follow precautions such
as those called for in the bill.

He said that only two years ago
the union learned that the state was: ©
using a controversial herbicide
called 2,4,5,T, without adequate
safety precautions and without
some of the employees who were |
applying it knowing of its potential
dangers.

Carlson said that similar-/
situations argue for enactment of
the notice bill for toxic substnaces,
but the attitude that such incidents
reveal argues even more for
enactment of actual OSHA stan-
dards for public employees.

He said other new benefits in the
contracts include performance
evaluation bonuses of up to $300, sick
leave incentive, expanding those who
qualify for bereavement leave,
agency shop and increased dental
benefits.

Negotiating for the 60 employees in
the two bargaining units were
Sparber; Rye Unit President Jack
Stavrides; Pete Anfuso, John Yusi
and Jordan Stavrides of public works;
and Gail Warren and Millie Mendel of
clerical.

The units ratified the contracts in
January, and the city ratified in
February.

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Supreme Court orders steno reinstate

SYRACUSE — CSEA won an im-
portant court victory on Jan. 25 when
the New York State Supreme Court
ruled that Dawn Bennett, a senior
stenographer at Upstate Medical
Center, was illegally fired.

The decision could affect other
possible illegal firings by the State,
Regional Attorney Ear! P. Boyle said.

Bennett was ruled to have been un-
lawfully fired because Upstate

violated rules under Civil Service
Law by not granting her the hearing
all permanent employees are entitled.
State Supreme Court Justice Parker
J. Stone ruled Bennett ‘‘is entitled to
immediate reinstatement as senior
stenographer with pay from August
21, 1979, to the date of (her) rein-
statement.”

Upstate violated the old rules
governing probation which provided

an 8 to 26 week probationary period
with probation ending in eight weeks
unless management gives written
notice.

The new rules, which went into
effect in October 1979 and do not apply
to Bennett's case, provide for a 26 to
52 week probationary period with the
probation period ending in 52 weeks
unless management gives written
notice.

Out-of-title grievance victory

WHITE PLAINS — Long-time
CSEA member Mary T. O'Connell of
the Department of Motor Vehicles
(DMV) has won an out-of-title work
grievance that has implications for
DMV employees throughout the state.

Ms. O'Connell, a Grade 7 Senior
Motor Vehicle License Clerk, had
been asked to perform out-of-title
duties as a Grade 9 Motor Vehicle
Cashier at the West Haverstraw
branch of the DMV White Plains of-
fice, every week for several months.

She filed a grievance in September,

and was issued a favorable decision
by the Governor’s Office of Employee
Relations last month.

CSEA field representative Thomas
A. Brann attributed the victory to Ms.
O’Connell’s meticulous record-
keeping and to the new Ad-
ministrative Services unit contract
between CSEA and the State, which
makes it easier for employees to
follow through on such grievances.

In agreeing with the union, OER
Assistant Director Nancy ‘Hodes
found that the regular and predictable

THOMAS SCHMIDT, president of the
Town of Callicoon Unit of the Civil
Service Employees Assn. displays the
check for nearly $400, which his unit
received in an arbitration award
against the town,

Callicoon unit
receives back
agency fee

CALLICOON — The Town of
Callicoon Unit of the Civil Service
Employees Assn. has received more
than $400 from the town for un-
collected agency shop fees, after an
arbitrator for the Public Employment
Relations Board ruled that town of-
ficials violated the employees con-
tract by refusing to deduct the fee
from the pay of employees on the
Comprehensive Employees Training
Act.

Though the contract, effective in
January of 1978, contained a clause
allowing for agency shop, the town
claimed CETA employees were not
eligible to be members of the CSEA
and, therefore, did not have to pay the
fee,

During the period from February
1978 to December 1978, during which
no fees were being deducted, ac-
cording to Callicoon CSEA Unit
President Thomas Schmidt, he and
Region III Field Representative
Bruce Wyngaard made several futile
attempts to negotiate the matter with
town officials. The CSEA then moved
to arbitration. ‘‘We explained the pur-
pose and definition of the agency shop
law to all of them, but no one
listened,” said Wyngaard.

In late fall of 1979, the arbitrator
ruled in favor of the union, saying the
town must pay the back fees since it
would not be possible for the union to
collect from the CETA employees,
some of whom were no longer
employed by the town.

The CSEA, meanwhile, agreed in a
contract, effective in January 1979,
that deductions would not be taken
from CETA employees in the future.

nature of the work assigned to Ms.
O'Connell took it out of the realm of
“emergency” assignments, which are
excluded from out-of-title grievances.

“Ms. O’Connell’s assignments are
clearly out-of-title work,’ Ms. Hodes
wrote in her decision. The
Department is directed to discontinue
these assignments.”

She also directed the Department to
pay Ms. O'Connell the difference
between her Grade 7 salary and the
Grade 9 cashier’s pay for the 10-day
period immediately preceding her fil-
ing the grievance, as called for in the
union contract.

Brann warned that other DMV of-
fices throughout the state should take
note of the decision, since the same
type of assignments are in all
likelihood, being made frequently
within the department.

Health office

Bennett started work at Upstate on
Feb. 22, 1979. Her minimum (eight
weeks) probation period ended on
April 19, 1979 with no written notice of
an extension from management.

However, on April 27, 1979, she was
informed in writing that her probation
was being extended and her
department head evaluated her as
“less than satisfactory.’’ The
Notification of Probation Period Ex-
tension, dated April 25, 1979, was
received by Bennett on May 11, 1979.

Contrary to the evaluation of the
department head, she received an ex-
emplary letter of recommendation
from her immediate supervisor.

On Aug. 14, the department head
gave her the option of resigning or be-
ing terminated. Two days later,
Bennett was notified her termination
was effective Aug. 21.

Justice Stone ruled that under the
rules in effect at that time, ‘an ap-
pointment becomes permanent upon
completion of said minimum period
unless the probationer is given
written notice. . .””

He ruled Bennett became per-

manent on April 19 and thus ‘“‘she
could be terminated only through the
established procedures under Civil
Service Law.”
_ If Upstate still wants to terminate
Bennett she must be given a hearing,
and either incompetency or miscon-
duct must be proven, Boyle said.

move halted

due fo strong opposition

NORTH WHITE PLAINS — Op-
position by CSEA as well as other in-
terested parties has led to the State
Office of General Services (OGS) to
hold up plans to transfer a State
Department of Health office from
North White Plains to New Rochelle.

OGS had planned to move a Public
Health administrative office from
North White Plains but ‘that date is
now open pending a review of the
situation,” CSEA Field Represen-
tative Larry Sparber said.

He said opposition to the move has
come from the State Department of
Health as well as from CSEA.

CSEA LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM is reviewed on
Jan. 31 by the Central Region V Legislative and Political

Action Committee
meeting in Utica.
Conferring on a piece of
proposed legislation
are, from left, stand-
ing, Barbara Pickell,
Broome County Local
804; Stephen Wiley,
CSEA lobbyist; Bernard
Ryan, CSEA legislative
and political action
director; James Moore,
Region V president; and
sitting, Moira Greiner,
Region V legislative and
political action chair-
man; and Ralph Young.
Oneida County Local
833,

Should the office be moved to New
Rochelle, the employees would no
longer be provided free parking,
which Sparber called an obvious un-
ilateral change in terms and con-
ditions of employment, thus a
violation of the Taylor law.

He also pointed out how such a
move would be a “waste of money’’
and ‘‘mismanagement”’ since the
New Rochelle location would increase
the rent and require renovation costs.
“Because of additional rent and
renovations which would come out of
the office’s budget, CSEA fears this
would result in a decrease in ser-
vices,’’ Sparber said.

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Latest Model Constitution amendments

In an effort to avoid problems that
might arise from using an outdated
Model Local, Unit or Regional CSEA
Constitution, amendments to the Con-
stitution are printed frequently in The
Public Sector. The following
amendments were made to the
appropriate model constitution by
CSEA’s Board of Directors at
meeting on January 10 and February
7, 1980.

The CSEA Board of Directors, at its
meeting on January 10, approved the
following changes:

1. Article V, Section 2 of the Model
Local Constitution is amended and a
new section 3 added. Section 2 now
Treads:

“If the President is unable from

any cause to act, the next rank-

ing vice president shall perform
the duties of the President. If
the office of the President
becomes vacant, the next rank-
ing Vice President shall assume
the office of the President and
each next ranking Vice President
shall thereafter succeed to the
vacancy in the higher Vice-

President position.”

Section 3 reads:

“If the office of a Vice-

President becomes vacant, the

next ranking Vice-President

shall assume that office and
each next ranking Vice-

President shall thereafter

succeed to the vacancy in the

higher Vice-President position.”’

2. Article V, Section 2 and 3 of the
Model Unit Constitution is amended

Editor's note: When the Troy (N.Y.)
Sunday Record ran a banner headline
proclaiming ‘‘State workers have a
friend in Meyer Frucher’’ across the
top of that paper’s opinion page in the
February 24 edition, the president of
the Workers’ Compensation Board
CSEA Local 671 was incensed. Meyer
“Sandy” Frucher is the director of
the Governor’s Office of Employee
Relations, the top strategist and chief
negotiator for state management in
its relations with CSEA and other
public employees unions. The news-
paper article concluded that state
workers had fared extremely well in
wage and benefit negotiations, and
that Frucher’s proposal to revamp
the state’s civil service system would
be an added benefit to state workers.
The news media is a major factor in
the molding of public opinion, and
Local 671 President Robert P. Foley

and subsequent sections renumbered.
Section 2 is amended as follows:

“If the President is unable from
any cause to act, the next rank-
ing Vice-President shall per-
form the duties of the President.
If the office of the President
becomes vacant, the next ranking
Vice-President shall assume the
office of the President and each
next ranking Vice-President shall
thereafter succeed to the vacancy
in the higher Vice-President
position.”

Section 3 now reads:

“If the office of a Vice-

President becomes vacant, the

next ranking Vice-President

shall assume that office and
each next ranking Vice-

President shall thereafter

succeed to the vacancy in the

higher Vice-President position.”

3. Article IV, Section 2 of the Model
Regional Constitution is amended to
add the following language:

“Commencing July 1, 1981, such

officers shall serve for a term of

three years or until their
successors shall have
qualified.”

Article IV, Section 2 of the Model
Local Constitution is amended to add
the following language:

“Commencing in 1983, the of-
ficers shall hold office for the
term of three years commenc-
ing on July ist of the year
elected or until their successors
shall have qualified.”

Article IV, Section 2 of the Model
Unit Constitution is amended to add
the following language:

“Commencing in 1982, the of-

ficers shall hold office for a

term of three years or until their

successors shall have
qualified.”

At its February 7, 1980 meeting, the
Board of Directors of CSEA passed
the following amendments to the
Model Local, Model Regional and
Model Unit Constitutions.

Anyone having any questions con-
cerning the scope of the amendments
may address them in writing to Mr.
Francis G. Miller, Chairman, Board
of Directors’ Charter Committee,
CSEA, 33 Elk Street, Albany, New
York, 12224.

Article X, Section 6 of the Model
Local Constitution is amended to read
as follows:

“Any funds appropriated by a
local to contribute jointly to any
cause with any other employee
organization, or to provide for
any services of the kind provided
by the Civil Service Employees
Association, Inc. or its agents, and
/or employees, must be approv-
ed by the Board of Directors of
the Association before such
funds may be expended or any
obligation for such expenditure
may be incurred. Such services
include, but are not limited to,
negotiations, administration of
the collective bargaining
agreements, legal, and the use of
any paid professional staff except
for clerical office staff.”

Article XI, Section 5 of the Model
Regional Constitution is amended to
read as follows:

“Any funds appropriated by a

region to contribute jointly to
any cause with any other
employee organization, or to
provide for any services of the
kind provided by the Civil Service

Employees Association, Inc. or

its agents, and/or employees,

must be approved by the Board
of Directors of the State

Association before such funds

may be expended or any

obligation for such expenditure
may be incurred. Such services
include, but. are not limited to,
negotiations, administration of
the collective bargaining
agreements, legal, and the use of
any paid professional staff except

Jor clerical office staff.”

Article X, Section 7 of the Model
Unit Constitution is amended to read
as follows:

“Any funds appropriated by a
unit to contribute jointly to any
cause with any other employee
organization, or to provide for
any services of the kind provided
by the Civil Service Employees
Association, Inc. or its agents, and
/or employees, must be approy-
ed by the Local with the
approval of the Board of Direc-
tors of the State Association
before such funds may be ex-
pended or any obligation for
such expenditure may be in-
eurred. Such services include, but
are not limited to, negotiations,
administration of the collective
bargaining agreements, legal, and
the use of any paid professional
staff except for clerical office
staff.”

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felt strongly that the record should be
Set straight. So do we. Here is his well
written rebuttal,

Joseph A. Cooley, Editor
The Sunday Record
Troy, New York 12180

Dear Editor Cooley:

As president of the Workers’
Compensation Board Local of the
CSEA, I must take issue with your
column in Sunday, February 24, 1980's
Record.

In your column you quote the cost of
fringe benefits for state workers as
opposed to those in the private sector.
Please be aware that the cost of state
benefits is an aggregate cost, lumping
those in the highly advantageous (and
highly expensive) Legislative and
other systems together with those of
the average CSEA member. No

mention is made, either, of such’

benefits as supplemental pay, cost
sharing, OSHA, and the right to strike
among others, as enjoyed in the
private sector, also at direct cost to
the consumer — taxpayer.

Twenty years ago in private in-
dustry, I enjoyed the same vacation
time and all the holidays I now
receive as a state worker plus my
birthday and Good Friday.

Your statement as to the com-
parison of sick days used in state ser-
vice as opposed to the private sector
is particularly onerous as it does not
mention that State employees are, in
general, penalized ten days in
Workers’ Compensation injuries in
complete contravention of Section 32
and 33 of the Workers’ Compensation
Law. Nor is any mention made of the
fact that the private sector employee
has the protection of 26 weeks of

Disability Benefits payments in every
52 week period, specifically denied
State employees.

State employees are taxpayers and
consumers, as are, to quote you,
“their employers, the rest of the tax-
payers and the private sector’’.

While I am the last to claim that the
Civil Service system is perfect, the
way to change it is from within the
system, not by an anarchic return to
the Spoils System.

It is, in my opinion, analgous to
compare Meyer Frucher as a friend
to the CSEA members as it is to say
that the Soviet dissidents have a
friend in the Kremlin merely because
of the related interest in changing
their lives by exile, and in the ex-
treme, elimination.

Yours in Unionism,
Robert P. Foley
President, CSEA Local 671

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Region VI honors retirees, PS&T members

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‘To all who worked long and hard... we thank you
CHEEKTOWAGA — “We will never forget you,’’ you,” he said. _ b
said CSEA President Bill McGowan, addressing former Former Region 6 official and co-chair of the region’s
PS&T members and retirees of CSEA at a recent Political action committee Ramona Gallagher was
cocktail party held in their honor at the Executive Motor Presented with a gift on behalf of the union for her con-
e Im. 3 tributions to CSEA. Also, retirees were given cer-
“To all who worked long and hard — we know _ tificates of appreciation at the gathering of more than
forever the work you have accomplished and we thank 100 persons.
@ Fy
MAYE BULL, long-time CSEA ac-
tivist and past president of the
a Gowanda Psychiatric Center Local,
LINDA KINGSLEY, left, past president of CSEA Local 200, Batavia _*Miles during the reception,
. hay Se rine eaten Gury, centers Wines.” McGowan, selow, REGION FIRST VICE 7 ;
right, as el p Tom isty, center, watches. jelow, TALKING ABOUT OLD TIMES are John Adamski,
Rite gee ae ian left, a former Western cealereaee rae and
peli MMC Lala! ee ee ee
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CSEA REGION VI PRESIDENT Robert L. Lattimer, left, hosted the
| reception. Here he is shown discussing the program with Region Direc-
e | tor Lee Frank.

Above, ATTENDING THE RECEPTION honoring former PS&T and retiree
members of CSEA were Mr. and Mrs. Louis (Ginger) Adessa, Mike Day, and
Doris Williams.

Above, CELESTE ROSENKRANTZ,
well known union activist, poses for
this photograph with Field Rep Tom
Christy.

RETIREES Marian Trippe and Joe
Kenney were among those honored.

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| Right, AMONG THOSE ATTENDING

i were Bob Smith and Jerry Frieday, both ij
| . well known for their union activities

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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, March 5, 1980 Page 5

spaces to be found? e

came to fruition.

In the United States, at present, there
are 1.6 million licensed child day care
spaces available. But there are also

~ nearly 7 million American children, under
the age of six, who have working mothers.
Where are the 5.4 million needed day care

The child care problem is not just a
vicious circle for the parent. It is also a
problem for the employer who ‘suffers a loss ot
productivity every time the child care problem develops.
Also, child care problems can cause the employee’s
union to expend union time and funds to resolve an on-
the-job disciplinary action caused by child care.
problems. But a unique, creative cooperative solution
may be at hand as labor and management in the public
sector of New York State try to find the children’s place.

On September 10, 1979, in a small corner of the huge
Empire State Plaza in Albany, a pilot project, the
Children’s Place, opened to service infants, toddlers, and
pre-school children of public employees as a public
benefit-private sector cooperation, On that day years of
negotiation, compromising, resolve and determination

Concept dates to Rocky years

Joseph E. McDermott, CSEA
Capital Region President, recalls
that, ‘“‘Jack Conoby, CSEA Collective
Bargaining Specialist, originally got
the concept (of a child care center)
into the Administrative contract
before the end of the Rockefeller Era.
During that period the state just
talked. Remember, ERA was just in
its infancy then and child care was not
in the foremost of any progressive
thinking management in the public
sector. It took the Carey ad-
ministration to really put the concept
into reality.”

Reality is a very busy, friendly,
rather noisy, clean and warm day
care center for 80 students ranging
from sleepy-eyed babies eight weeks
old to energetic pre-school five year
olds.

“It's great, just great’, said Lyn
Knauss, Director of this pilot project.
‘‘We have our normal ups and downs
but things work out.”

The mixing of a nursery school
situation with a work location can
create unique problems. The main
problem faced by the center in its

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first weeks of operation, for instance,
was ‘‘water’’. The center is located in
a series of rooms which were former-
ly office sites, so the requirement for
sinks, drinking fountains, and food
preparation areas had to be dealt with
by the Office of General Services. The
water line work was by State contract
and the water problem was corrected
quickly. ‘‘Everyone was really
cooperative,’’ Lyn Knauss says.
“There were problems’ of getting
rooms organized, problems normal to
a new space.”

The Center is broken down into
three age group areas. The infant
care area is similar to a home
nursery with a section for cribs, play
area, comfortable couches, and rock-
ing chairs, so that working mothers
who desire to feed their baby will feel
at home and relaxed. ‘‘What we'd like
to see is more mothers coming in on
their lunch period to feed and play
with their infants,’’ one infant
nursery employee said. ‘‘Many
mothers don’t realize that they can do
so, if they want to.’

The next large room is split into two

,

WHILE THIS BABY SLEEPS, the mother is at work nearby in a state facility,
being able to be productive for her family and for the citizens of New York.

large sections for the use of children
from 18 months to three years. ‘‘What
we need here is more toys’’ the
employee stated. ‘‘Not the normal
home oriented toy, but some nursery
school, heavy duty, durable toys,
slides, blocks, ete.’’

The next rooms are reserved for the
four to six year old pre-schoolers and
to say the least it is a busy place filled
with active children who are learning
at play and playing to learn.

“Cooperation is great,’ says Lyn
Knauss.

A few short months after it opened,
the Children’s Place is proof that
cooperation between labor and
management can lead to significant,
often innovative, breakthroughs for
the betterment of both.

CHILDREN’S PLACE DIRECTOR
Lyn Knauss and one of 80 children
who find special care, comfort and

security while their mothers work
nearby.

ST RRR TER EO TE PE SEERA SMU TN TEATS OAS SN TT TRE

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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, March 5, 1980

A MUSICAL CAREER might be in stq
for this toddler, thanks to the help
Nancy Murdock.

Right, AN OVERSTUFFED BEAg B}

chair is mighty comfortable for 4

small child, being cared for by
McCall.

Molly Hardy is an energetic, rapid
speaking, determined young woman.

She has a mission to make the con-
cept of day care at the work site an
acceptable concept to the employer,
the employees and eventually the
general public. She is the Executive

Director of the Empire State Day ~

Care Services, Incorporated, the
private sector corporation which runs
the Children’s Place in the Empire
State Plaza, and which soon may ex-
pand to other large public employee
work locations in the Albany area.

As Executive Director of the Cor-
poration, and as a person who has
long been involved in the development
of this concept, she has opinions
which stir action and reaction.
Recently The Public Sector inter-
viewed Ms. Hardy.

Ms. Hardy noted the growing
awareness of the need for day care. ‘‘I
think that day care for working
mothers is something that is just

~~

MOLLY HARDY, Executive Director
of Empire State Day Care Services,
Inc., reflects on the need for, and the
future of, day care centers for
working mothers.

Left, JOY IS EVIDENT in the faces
of both Kathy Kehr, left, and one of
her young charges at the Children’s
Place.

ma EARNER. A 9 MME ERE

DEBORAH STANFIELD, left rear, watches over, her class.

Molly Hardy — she has a mission

starting to come into the public eye. I
was recently at the Governor’s
Conference on Families, and the big
concern of the participants was day
care for the working mother, mainly
facilities, and some type of subsidy
for the lower paid worker.”

About the cost of day care to the
employer and the employees, the
Director stated, ‘‘Everyone is con-
cerned about the cost of it. But the
cost is really minimal compared to
what the employer and the employee
benefit from it. Cost in this case to the
State was the renovation and the
maintenance. But the ongoing costs
are paid for by the parents, which is
the way it is in the general situation.”

When asked what the CSEA could ©

do to assist the day care concept, the
reply was challenging. ‘‘CSEA should
poll its membership to find out how
many of the CSEA members want day
care at their work sites. We are
pushing to get a day care center set up
at the Campus Complex. (The Cam-
pus Complex is the State Office
Building Complex on Western and
Washington Avenues).”’

A question concerning the salaries
of the private sector corporation
employees brought about a candid
reply. ‘‘Day care is notoriously low
paying. It has to be that way if the
parent or the government is going to
support it at this point. We had no dif-
ficulty in hiring people. Some, when
they found out it was not a state job,
withdrew their job applications. We
are no lower than other (day care
operations) and in some cases we are
higher. And let me say we are con-
cerned about our employees
situation.””

When asked if the director thought

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that the State was recognizing this as [
a benefit to employee productivity,
the reply was, ‘‘Some State
managerial people have told me their
employees attendance is better,
morale is higher and that is what we
have to show them. That they are
benefitting.”

The question of gaining public sup-
port for the concept of day care at the
work location was again asked, this
time in reference of what could be

.done to gain public support of the con-

cept. Ms. Hardy noted, ‘Until the
federal government recognizes the
need for day care for working
parents, it won’t happen. It (day
care) has always been emphasized for
welfare or for real low income people.
Now the emphasis is on working
people. When the federal government
takes the lead the States can follow
suit. New York State has really taken
the lead, its the first State that has set
up a program like this.”’

Joseph E. McDermott, CSEA
Capital Region president, noted that
the CSEA Regional Women’s Com-
mittee has placed child care at the top
of its priority list and that the
Statewide CSEA Women’s Committee
is also considering this topic.
“Presently our membership is a
mirror image of the surrounding
economic conditions and social need
conditions. If our workforce is
developing child care demands,
proposals, etc., eventually the need
will also come forward in the private
sector of our Region. Once this
happens, maybe then the federal
government will see tHat it is time to
tend to the needs of the work force
families in both the public and private
sectors,’’ McDermott concluded.

These articles on the growth and future of the Children’s Place
day care center in the heart of the Empire State Plaza in Albany
were researched and written by CSEA Communication Associate

Daniel

X. Campbell.

Bsr AER ME ws

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, March 5, 1980 Page 7

OCA classification appeals board named

Court employees may appeal their
jurisdictional classification, title,
Civil Service status and/or pay under
the 1979 Office of Court Ad-
ministration (OCA) classification
plan. In fact, as was reported in a
recent edition of The Public Sector,
CSEA consultant Joseph Watkins has
been assisting those employees who
wish to file an appeal.

But who hears those appeals? Who

BINGHAMTON — The Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn., which
represents more than 120 non-
instructional employees at Sus-
quehanna Valley Central School
District, has announced an
overwhelming victory over
_ NYEA/NEA, a teacher’s union, in
| a recent challenge election for the
_ right to representation.

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Carlo Guardi, President of
Broome Educational Local No. 866
of CSEA, reported that ballots
were counted February 20 and in-

& . ORRIN

determines whether to accept or re-
ject the individual appeals? A three-
member Classification Appeals
Board, that’s who. The names of the
three individuals who comprise the
board have just been announced by
OCA Chief Administrative Judge
Herbert B. Evans.

The three appointees are Harry G.
Himber, Esq., of New York City, who
was appointed chairman of the board

CSEA buries NYEA in election for.
Susquehanna school workers

dicated that the Susquehanna
Valley School employees had voted
nearly three to one to continue
CSEA representation.

In announcing the lop-sided vic-
tory, Guardi was quick to cite
several members of the school unit
who helped to bring about the
election result. “‘I want to publicly
thank Lawrence ‘‘Bud”’ Henecy, in-
terim president of the school unit;
Herb Decker, and others who put in
so many, many hours to assure this
big win,” Guardi said.

We’re
counting on you.

Why the 1980 census
is important to you!

APPORTIONMENT OF CONGRESS

It everyone in New York State is not counted, we
could lose up to FOUR seats in the House of
Representatives. The big losers may be members
with good COPE records and that means labor
could have less influence in Congress

STATE LEGISLATIVE BOUNDARIES

Our State legislative districts are dependent on
population totals to insure fair representation,
New York will use the census to redraw our
legislative districts, and many cities will use the
figures to redraw the election district boundaries
of local representatives.

FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS

The number of New Yorkers counted determines
the amount of federal money allocated to our
state for economic development, public works
jobs and job training programs as well as funds
for education, health care and housing

PLANNING AHEAD

Without accurate information, our communities
connot plan for future needs. The census will give
us tacts to determine the need for new highways,
schools, water plants and fire and police stations.
Answering the census is an investment in the future
of New York State

Page 8

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, March 5, 1980

SORES REO RIES =)

IRWIN STEINGUT PRIZE
Hauselt, second from left, a student at the NYS School of In-
dustrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, during the fifth
annual Steingut Prize Luncheon recently in Albany. The luncheon
commemorates one of those responsible for legislation bringing
the labor relations school into existence. Ms. Hauselt, who serv-
ed an internship in the State Assembly, was honored for out-
standing academic and public service achievement. She accepts
the award from Raymond Schuler, second from right, president
of the Associated Industries of New York State, who was prin-
cipal speaker. At extreme left is CSEA Region IV President
Joseph McDermott, and at extreme right is Meyer Frucher,
Director of the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations.

A OE POR ee PAL RET

by Harold R. Newman, Chairman of
the State Public Employment
Relations Board; Peter J. Costigan,
Esq., of Port Jefferson, who was
named by State Comptroller Edward
V. Regan; and Nicholas Vagianelis, of
Albany, the appointee of Victor S.
Bahou, President of the State Civil
Service Commission.

Mr. Himber, a graduate of
Brooklyn Law School, worked for the

James Corcoran, CSEA field
Representative said, “‘We are ex- |
tremely pleased with the election |
outcome and believe it proves con-
clusively that the school employees
wanted to remain with a union that
would best serve the interests of
non-instructional employees. In |
our opinion, this challenge was
another attempt by NYEA/NEA to
strengthen their position at the
bargaining table for the sole pur-
pose of representing teachers and
to bolster their sagging union
treasury.” R

SoS rR comewast®

is accepted by Denise

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State Department of Labor for 37
years before retiring from civil ser-
vice in 1974. Afterwards he
represented public employers in
negotiations and grievance ar-
bitrations conducted under the Taylor
Law until he was appointed, in 1976, to
the Public Employment Relations
Board panel of mediators and fact-
finders engaged in the resolution of
impasses in public sector disputes.

Mr. Costigan, a graduate of St.
John’s University School of Law, has
been engaged in the general practice
of law for the past 20 years. From
1966 to 1974, he was in the State
Assembly, serving as chairman of the
Select Committee on Higher
Education, the Committee on Ethics
and Guidance, and the Select Com-
mittee on Child Abuse.

Mr. Vagianelis holds a master’s
degree in public administration from
the SUNY Graduate School of Public
Affairs and served until recently as
executive assistant to the President
of the State Civil Service Com-
mission. He is now a principal
classification and pay analyst in the
Civil Service Department’s
Classification and Compensation
Division, where he previously served
for five years. Earlier he served for
one year as executive secretary of the
New York State Personnel Council.

AMONG THOSE ATTENDING
the fifth annual Irwin Steingut Prize
Luncheon were, from left, CSEA Region IV
President Joseph McDermott, Josephine
Musicus of the NYS School of Industrial and
Labor Relations; CSEA Executive Director
Joseph J. Dolan, and CSEA Director of
Education and Training Thomas Quimby.

Leadership conference proves valuable

By Brendan Coyne

NEWBURGH — Using a variety of
approaches, speakers presented infor-
mation and advice to some 100 CSEA
Region III unit and local officers at an
all-day leadership conference
recently.

Many of the officers were recently
elected and eager for additional
knowledge to deal with their new
responsibilities. Hands flew up all day
with questions, solutions and com-
ments.

1 — CSEA STATEWIDE
TREASURER John Gallagher speaks
on the responsibilities of local and
unit officers at the Region III
leadership conference on Jan. 26 in
Newburgh.

The speakers covered six broad sub-
jects: problem solving at the
worksite, internal organizing, respon-
sibilities of officers, CSEA unit and
local constitutions and by-laws, a sur-
vey of resources available to the of-
ficers and a history of CSEA.

Thomas Quimby, CSEA Director of
Education and Training, presented a
hypothetical situation in which a
pregnant worker, a union represen-
tative, was being placed on indefinite
leave of absence after complaining
about a safety hazard.

At the outset Quimby noted her be-
ing a union representative made the
case doubly important. Not only was
the boss threatening her job, he was
challenging the union

2 — SOLVING PROBLEMS at the worksite is the subject of CSEA Education
Director Thomas Quimby’s presentation at the Region III leadership

conference.

With the help of the audience,
Quimby talked about solving the
problem. They began by looking for
resources for collecting facts about
the case. The officers mentioned a
host of possibilities, such as inter-
viewing co-workers and inspecting
the worksite.

Quimby then discussed the impor-
tance of the personnel file.

“The personnel file is joint proper-
ty,’’ Quimby said. It belongs to the
employee as well as the employer. He
encouraged everyone to check his file
periodically, to know its contents.

Quimby emphasized the importance
of a worker having a union represen-
tative present whenever he or she is
to receive a reprimand. And it’s im-
portant that the worker or represen-
tative take notes during the dis-
cussion or immediately after.

Baily Walker, from AFSCME’s

~ Education and Training Department,

spoke about internal organizing,
emphasizing the importance of sign-
ing up non-union workers.

With the assistance of the officers,

3 — ASKING A QUESTION at the leadership conference is Paul Gangloti,. Wassaic, Developmental Center CSEA Local
426.

4 — ATTENDING THE REGION Il
leadership conference are, from left,
Caroline Wendland, Orange County
Local 836; Joseph Willis, Palisades
Interstate Parkway Commission
Local 105; Janice Schaff, Westchester
County Local 860; and James
McGinnis, Local 105.

5 — AMONG THE MANY MEMBERS
attending the leadership conference
are, from left, Maria Rubino, Frank
LaRocca and Ann Reyerson,
Newburgh School District Unit; and
Robert Quicksell, y of Newburgh
Unit.

he listed reasons why recruiting new
members is a primary goal. One of-
ficer said new members bring about
increased clout at the negotiating
table and for the grievance
procedure. New members also can
provide fresh input — new approaches
and new energy — said another,

Walker noted that agency shop
presents special problems in regard
to membership. While they contribute
dues to the union effort, non-union
members must be considered part of
the management team.

In answer to a question by Walker,
the officers quickly compiled a long
list of the reasons people give for not
joining a union. The list included such
typical responses as: ‘‘I can’t afford
it” or “the union is ineffective.”

But in encouraging the unit and
local officers to recruit new
members, Walker came up with a sur-
prising reason why workers don’t join
unions. ‘‘The biggest reason people
don’t join unions is that they aren’t
asked.”’

Atty. William Wallens, of CSEA’s
law firm of Roemer and Feather-
stonhaugh, spoke on the respon-
sibilities of union officers.

He talked at length about their
“fiduciary duty,”’ telling the newly
elected officers they now occupied
positions of trust that carried im-
portant responsibilities.

He told the officers they must act in
the best interest of their members,
not in their own personal interest and
they cannot go against the mandates
of CSEA.

Wallens also talked about unit and
local constitutions and by-laws.

In discussing the grievance
procedure, he said it was easier for
officers and members — and lawyers
— to solve problems on an informal
basis, before they became written up
as grievances with hardened
positions.

To better understand their respon-
sibilities-as officers and their rights
as public employees, Wallens
suggested consulting the Civil Service
Law Manual, available at many
libraries.

He also suggested consulting Legal
Briefs and reviews of contracts and
grievances regularly prepared by his
law firm. Region II] President James
Lennon said these papers are
available through the regional office.

Lennon said other seminars, on
such subjects as shop stewards and
the grievance procedure, are being
planned.

THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, March 5, 1980

Page 9
OPEN CONTINUOUS
STATE JOB CALENDAR

itle Salary Exam No.
Senior Medical Records Technician .. eae 88 Cot $10,624 20-102
Pharmacist (salary varies with location) , + $14,388-$15,562 20-129
Assistant Sanitary Engineer : $16, 20-122
Senior Sanitary paeiees 3 $i 20-123
Clinical Physician I hee 5 20-118
Clinical Physician II.. menus ‘ 20-119
Assistant Clinical Physician 20-117
ne ppc 20-113
Assistant Attorney : eraMeeriile ; 20-113
Attorney Trainee * 5 20-113
Junior Engineer. . Nace 20-109
(Bachelor's Degree)
Vunion Wapineer eG caviar wae nadlatensncsaeremnter . 20-109
(Master's Degree)
Dental Hygienist Niawcen sneer 2 20-107
Licensed Practical Nurse.............. : s 20-106
Nutrition Services Consultant...... 20-139
Stationary Engineer .. i t ‘ 20-100
Senior Stationary Engineer . é 3 20-101
Occupational Therapy Assistant I. es ‘ 7 20-174
Occupational Therapy Assistant I i 20-174
(Spanish Speaking)
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor ............ $14,142 20-140
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee ... $11,983 20-140
Medical Record Technician............... - $9,481 20-143
Histology Technician . fahete e: «+. $8,051 20-170
Professional Positions : $11,250 20-200
Computer Programmer ...... at 20-220
Computer Programmer (Scientific) . neta 20-222,
Senior Programmer .............. 20-221
Senior Computer Programmer (Scientific) . 20-223
Mobility Instructor . 20-224
Instructor of the Blind ..... ‘ i : se 20-225
Health Services Nurse. . ou & i 20-226
(salary varies with location)
Senibr Heating and Ventilating Engineer .......... +. $18, 20-227
Senior Sanitary Engineer (Design) . ees * , 20-228
Senior Building Electrical Engineer Pero 20-229
Senior Building Structural Engineer aS 20-230
Senior Mechanical Construction Engineer 20-231
Senior Plumbing Engineer 20-232
Assistant Stationary Engineer ... ; 20-303
Electroencephalograph Technicia f : 20-308
Radiologic Technologist .... SFA pee 20-334
(salary varies with location)
Medical Record Administrator . ee "i 20-348
Food Service Worker I. Rhee ve stl 4 é 20-352
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee ...... A 20-394
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Trainee ..... 5 : 20-394
(Spanish Speaking)
Associate Actuary (Casualty) ..
Principal Actuary (Casualty)
Supervising Actuary Cues
Assistant Actuary
Nurse I. ni
Nurse II......
Nurse II (Psychiatric). . $11,904 20-586
Nurse II (Rehabilitation) seca ar 3 e - $11,904 20-587
Medical Specialist II .. ‘ Fe ‘ 20-840
Medical Sherlalisy I i Worn . 20-841
Psychiatrist I......... 3 es 5 3 20-842
Psychiatrist TI sie " * 20-843
Social Services Management Trainee a ‘ 20-875
Social Services Management Specialist . . y 20-875
Social Services Management Trainee................... K 20-876
(Spanish Speaking)
Social Services Management Specialist
(Spanish Speaking)
Industrial Training Supervisor
(salary varies depending on specialty)
Physical Therapist ..,...
Physical Therapist (Spanish Speaking).
Senior Physical Therapist
Senior Physical Therapist ASpoblsh poets) a6
Speech Pathologist
Audiologist
Assistant Speech Pathologist .
Assistant Audiologist
Dietician Trainee .
Dietician ..
Supervising Dietician
Stenographer (NYC only)..
Typist (NYC only)

Senior Occupational Therapi ist
Senior Occupational Therapist .
(Spanish Speaking)
Occupational Therapist ... $11,337
Occupational Therapist (Spanish ‘Speaking) an $11,337

You may contact the following offices of the New York State ; Department of Civil Service for an
nouncements, applications, and other details concerning examinations for the positions listed above,

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

2 World Trade Center, 55th Floor, New York City 10047 (212) 488-4248.

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

- $18,369 20-416
- $22,364 20-417
- $26,516 20-418
- $10,714 20-556
- $10,624 20-584
- $11,904 20-585,

$11,450 20-876
$10,624-$12,583 20-877

. $11,337
. $11,337
. $12,670
. $12,670
. $12,670
$12,670

$12,670

Page 10 THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Wednesday, March 5, 1980

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Filing Ends March 10, 1980
Title Salary Exam No.
Inmate Records Coordinator I $13,125 36-977
Inmate Records Coordinator II $16,420 36-978
Director, Real Estate Division M-6 39-424
Principal Right of Way Agent M-4 39-425
Associate Building Construction Engineer $26,390 39-422
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STATE OPEN COMPETITIVE
JOB CALENDAR

Evaluation of Training or Experience and/or
Oral Test
Filing Ends March 10, 1980
Deputy Director of County Services . 4
Director for County Services Planning and
Administration, Assistant .
Director of Mental Retardation Program.
Planning........ Maree
System Planner (Commbnnications), Senior .......
Filing Ends March 17; 1980
Air Quality Policy Analyst 29-286
Chief of Mental Hygiene Telecommunications
Support... 28-026
Health Manpower Counselor 25-185,
Health Manpower Counselor, Associate . 28-055
Health Manpower Counselor, Senior... $16,420 25-186
Supervisor of Rehabilitation Hospital Fiscal
Administration Assistant ..
Evaluation of Training or Experience ‘and/or
Oral Test
Filing Ends March 24, 1980
Food Service Training Coordinator .
Evaluation of Training or Experience and/or
Oral Test
Filing Ends March 25, 1980
Institution Food Facilities Consultant ..... 5 ‘i 28-016
Evaluation of Training or Experience ‘and/or
Oral Test
Filing Ends March 31, 1980
Librarian Tneterencels Principal . . Aniaticats
State Law Librarian

. $42,000 27-998
$34,220 27-996

«+. $34,250 27-995
«$21,345 28-023

«$21,545 28-028

+ + $25,000
$23,755

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LABOR JOINS WITH MANAGEMENT at the New York State Employees Brotherhood Committee Inc.

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annual observance in New York City on Feb. 7 including Assistant Industrial Commissioner Adrienne R.
Critchlow, second on left; and, from left, CSEA’s George Caloumeno, Department of Labor Local 350;
Frances Dubose, Downstate Medical Center Local 646; and Joseph Johnson Jr., New York City Local 010.

Left, NEW YORK STATE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Mario Cuomo, who received the Benjamin
Potaker Brotherhood Award, delivers the major speech at the brotherhood committee observance.

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NEW YORK CITY — A large number of
CSEA members from Metropolitan Region
II took part in the 27th annual brotherhood
observance of the New York State
Employees Brotherhood Committee Inc.

The observance at the Hotel Roosevelt in-
cluded a panel discussion, speeches, awards
presentations and a luncheon.

Thirteen organizations within and outside
of public employee unions sponsor the com-
mittee including two “CSEA locals, Labor
Department Local 350, and New. York City
Local 010.

Representing their locals on the dais were
George Caloumeno of Local 350 and Rose
Feurerman of Local 010. Ms. Feurerman
also represented the Jewish State
Employees Association of New York and is

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ttending the brotherhood committee observance include,
from left, Anthony Bericella, Martha W. Owens, Joseph Johnson Jr. and Rosalie M. Jones.

Below, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CSEA Local 350 members attending the brotherhood committee
observance include, from left, John Gianguercio, Med DeHoog, Michael Manister, Tina Packer and Den-

Secretary of the committee.

In addition to members of Locals 010 and
350, also attending the observance was
Frances Dubose, President of Downstate
Medical Center CSEA Local 646 and Second
Vice President of Region II.

State Lieutenant Governor Mario Cuomo
received the Benjamin Potaker Brotherhood
Award. Cuomo described how he learned
from his father that the best macaroni
doesn’t come in the fanciest box.

“You can’t. judge macaroni by the box.
= can’t judge people by the box,”” Cuomo

Tn addition to Ms. Feurerman, other CSEA
members on the committee are: Med
DeHoog, Michael Isaacoff and Michael
Manister.

AT THE BROTHERHOOD COMMITTEE

OBSERVANCE are Rose Feurerman of New

York City Local 010 and George Caloumeno of
Department of Labor Local 350.

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CHIEF LOBBYIST — CSEA

‘Miller's Massacre’ overshadows aie legislation

The most important issue that
faces every member of CSEA in
every legislative year is the
adoption of the Executive Budget. I
make this statement knowing full
well the importance to our
membership of such legislation as
Taylor Law reform, OSHA, Agency
Shop, etc. The current budget is no
exception.

When the current budget arrived
on the legislator’s desks it quickly
became known as Miller’s
Massacre (Howard Miller is the
Director of the New York State
Division of the Budget), as it called
for the loss, through attrition, of in
excess of 9,000 State jobs between
January 1, 1980 and March’31, 1982.
In addition, the Budget called for

currently unfilled items and a
reduction in local government aid
formulas in excess of $300 million.

In an age when political
leadership from both parties has

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been calling consistently for the
ability to do more with less, the
Governor's budget seemed
miraculously designed to do less
with more. Hardest hit of all areas
of the budget is the State Purposes
Fund which had been increased
only by 1.8% over last year's
appropriation levels in spite of the
fact that inflation for the year has
run at nearly 13%. All of our State
agencies have suffered badly dur-
ing the last 18 months as a result of
rising mainterlance and operation
costs which have all too frequently
been taken out of personnel ser-
vices. Many of our agencies are
barely able to function at their
current staffing levels and certain-
ly can accept no further reductions
in manpower.

The most frightening aspect of
the entire budget problem to date
however, is not the lean budget
sent up by the Governor, but rather
the-very real and serious threat of
further legislative incursion into

the agency budgets in order to
further supplement local
assistance spending. It is true that
local assistance spending is not
adequate under the Governor’s
budget. It is also accurate
however, that local assistance
spending received a 7% increase
versus the 1.8% increase given to
the State Purposes portion of the
budget and that the much greater
local assistance budget base will
allow the local assistance portion
of the budget to accept a lower in-
crease more easily than will the
State Purposes portion.

The bottom line for our
membership at this time is that
any further reductions in state
agency budgets will certainly call
for the active layoff of personnel.
This is not acceptable to CSEA and
our legislators must recognize that
this option is not politically accep-
table to them in this, a redistrict-
ing election year.

1980 promises to be the most ac-

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tive and important political year in
New York State in the next decade.
The results of the 1980 elections
will determine which party will
redistrict the Congressional and
State Senatorial and Assembly dis-
tricts throughout New York and the
party in control of that
redistricting promises to be the
party that will remain in power for
at least the next 5 or 6 years. In any
political year the budgetary tug of
war is strenuous, and this year it
promises to be more strenuous
than usual. The message which you
must take to your legislators is a
simple one. No legislator who votes
for an unacceptable budget can ex-
pect the support of CSEA in the
fall, and no budget which calls for a
reduction in services at either the
State or Local level or any
reduction in force is acceptable to
CSEA.

Call and write your legislators to
let them know how you feel about
the New York State Budget.

ASCARI A ENE CSRS!

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CSEA WARNS ASSEMBLY ON TOXICS — CSEA Safety
Specialist Nels Carlson testified last week before a State
Assembly Committee in Albany on CSEA’s position on
= legislation requiring employers to notify employees
when they are exposed to toxic substances. Mr. Carlson
warned the Committee that while CSEA supports notice
- to employees of exposure to toxic substances, such
iy legislation can be no substitute for comprehensive oc-
cupational safety and health laws. CSEA spearheaded a
drive last year that ended in a moratorium on the state’s
use of a controversial herbicide. (See story, page 2).