Civil Service Leader, 1977 October 28

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Licensing MH Boarding
Homes May Be Required
Soon In Suffolk County

RIVERHEAD — The first county bill in New York State regulating board-
ing houses that rent space to released mental patients was passed last week
by the Suffolk County Legislature.

The resolution was strongly backed by the Civil Service Employees Assn.
Region I Mental Hygiene Task Force. Following its passage by the 18-member
Legislature, the bill’s sponsor, Legislator Martin Feldman (D-Dix Hills) called
for staffing of adult homes and community facilities with state workers.

Before it goes into effect, however, the new law has to be approved by JOHN H. PENNOCK HAROLD E. KOREMAN
County Executive John V. N. Klein, who vetoed a similar measure earlier this
year because it was “unenforceable.”

The new law would be administered by the Health Department and pro-
vides civil and criminal penalties against those operators of adult homes who S u preme Cou rt J u dges
fail to secure a license or fail to observe standards set down by the Health
Department.

xno former mental paients nave veen veeucs in woe KOreman & Pennock
County during the past 12 years. Dr. Feldman began drafting the measure in

(Continued on Page 3) ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn. has announced the
labor union’s endorsements of Supreme Court Justices Harold E. Kore-
man and John H. Pennock for re-election to the State Supreme Court,
Third Judicial District, in the Nov. 8 general election,

CSEA’s endorsements of Justices Koreman and Pennock were an-
nounced jointly by CSEA statewide president William L. McGowan and
Martin Langer, chairman of CSEA’s statewide legislative and political
action committee. It marks the first time the largest public employee
labor union in New York State has endorsed Supreme Court justice
candidates. Mr. McGowan said the endorsements “are indicative of the
fact that CSEA has emerged as a major participant in political activities

OTHER CSEA ENDORSEMENTS .................. Pages 3, 16

and elections at all levels in New York State, and in the coming days
and months we will be endorsing candidates and actively participating
in election activities from the office of Governor on down.”

The Third Judicial District of Supreme Court includes the counties
of Albany, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene, Ulster, Schoharie and Sullivan,
and upwards of 100,000 CSEA-represented public employees work and
reside in the district.

In endorsing Justices Koreman and Pennock, Mr. McGowan and
Mr, Langer said, “both individuals are held in the highest esteem by
their peers on the bench and in the legal profession, and both represent
the epitome of what citizens expect and demand from Supreme Court
Justices—integrity, fairness, honesty, experience and the ability to
administer the law with compassion and understanding of the needs
of society.”

Mr. McGowan noted that “CSEA, by virtue of its business, is con-
“a tinually involved in legal proceedings, including at the Supreme Court
WENZL RECEIVES STANDING OVATION FOR AWARD level. We have presented cases before both Justice Koreman and Pen-
‘Theodore C, Wenzl, who served as president of the Civil Service Employees Assn. from nock over the years, and we have won some and lost some. But what
1966 ot 1977, received a standing ovation from delegates when the union’s current president, | impressed us most with both these gentlemen of the bench was their
William L. MeGowan, presented his predecessor with a plaque in recognition of his many integrity and fairness and complete understanding of the various as-
decades of dedicated service to the CSEA, and its members. From left are statewide social pects of the laws involved in arriving at their final decisions, Laws,
chairman Mary Hart, of Education Local 657; Dr. Wenzl, and Mr. McGowan. (Continued on Page 16)

McGowan: Help Carry CSEA Message

By WILLIAM L. MeGOWAN bers will now pay your Association dedicated membership. We want
President, CSEA the equivalent of CSEA dues. The these people to become carded
About the biggest thing to hap- argument is that these people have members of CSEA, At this writing
pen to the Civil Service Employees been receiving the fruits of millions I am truly gratified by the several
Assn. membership since the initla- of dollars of CSEA-negotiated ben- thousand membership enrollments
tion of payroll deduction of dues efits over the years and that it’s coming from former non-union
has been legislation creating an only right they should carry their members. But we have to carry the
agency shop for your union in the share of the financia) load, CSEA message to everyone.
State and permitting the agency Here and there, some people have If you know people on your job
shop in local subdivisions. called this new money a windfall who still have not enrolled actively
This means that in the State de- but that’s not the way I look at it. in CSEA, do your best to let them
partments and agencies alone, Every union needs money to run know what we are all about. For
more than 50,000 non-union mem- on; but it also needs a loyal and (Continued on Page 3)

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, October 28, 1977

Workers at Smithtown's new garbage disposal plant watch tons of refuge about to be put on conveyer
belt. It will be eventually compacted into bales and stored in nearby landfill,

Garbage Plant Is Going To Waste

SMITHTOWN—Twenty Smithtown employees will be working in Long Island's largest
and most expensive garbage disposal plant—if the _State lets the $44 million facility

operate.

The controversial structure is a 60,000-square-foot trash compacting-recycling plant

on 86 acres in King’s Park. It
will process 350 tons of waste a
day from residential and com-
mercial carters.

The state Department of En-
vironmental Conservation, how-
ever, is withholding a permit to
bury processed trash there until
the state determines whether or
not the compacted garbage will
pollute nearby groundwater, The
decision could take as long as
five months, say Environmental
Conservation officials.

Smithtown is also suing the
state, charging the state's offer

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to pay for only 30 percent of officials say the state promised
the project's cost—represents a to pay 50 percent.
breach of agreement, Smithtown (Continued on Page 4)

Roger Muncie, a worker at the Smithtown plant, looks above at
one of several pieces of machinery at the plant. Opening ceremonies
for the new plant took place recently but it is still not ready
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SAYS PROPOSITION 1 MEANS JOBS

Secretary of State Mario M. Cuomo says he “wholeheartedly
supports the proposed $750 million Economic Action Bond Act,
Proposition 1 on the Nov. 8 ballot, because it will mean more jobs.
Mr. Cuomo says jobs “are the sustenance of the middle class and
the hope of the poor. It is a modest but critical boost to a sagging
economy, It is needed all over the state and especially in New
York City.”

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SAYS DON'T NEED VA HOSPITALS
The chairman of a special committee studying health care for
veterans has told Congress that National Health Insurance for all
Americans would eliminate the need for most—if not all—VA hos-
pitals. Dr. Saul Farber said the vast majority of veterans do not
ise VA hospitals for medical care. Eliminating VA hospitals, how-
ever, could end thousands of federal hospital jobs.
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POLICE DETECTIVE WINS PROMOTION
A Buffalo police detective has expected to have far-reaching

won promotion to detective ser-
geant following a ruling by an
impartial arbitrator, Frederick B.
Cohen, the arbitrator, ruled that
Det. James L. Koenig has more
seniority than two other detec-
tives promoted. The decision is

effects on the police department's
seniority promotion system.
Police Commissioner Thomas R.
Blair has indicated he may ap-
peal the ruling to the courts but
other police officials say the rul-
ing ts final and binding.

Lil.’s FIREMEN-VIGILANTES

RIVERHEAD—A Suffolk County fire commissioner says crime
conditions in Mastic Beach and Shirley are so bad that his depart-
ment will resume vigilante patrols if more policemen are not hired.

“My boys are ready, willing and able,” Joseph Sommers, com-
missioner of the Mastic Beach Fire District, told the Suffolk County
Legislature recently.

The Legislature, which {s reviewing County Executive John
Klein's proposed 1978 budget, also heard testimony from law en-
forcement officers demanding more money to fight crime.

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POLICEWOMAN CAPTURES ELEPHANT

A 9,000-pound circus elephant who led Houston, Tex., police
on a wild chase through downtown streets recently was finally cap-
tured—by a 100-pound policewoman. Officer Wanda Boehm ran
up to the animal and grabbed its trunk. The elephant, Big Lynda,
was being taken from a truck on the circus grounds when a police
siren frightened it, police said.

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CHIDES TV LABOR REPORTING

A national labor leader charged
television coverage of strikes dis-
torted the public's perception of
labor-management negotiations
and has had “a strong and
direct effect on public sector col-
lective bargaining.”

W. Howard McClennan made
his comments at a meeting of

public employee pension fund
executives at Lake Tahoe, Nev.
Mr. McClennan, president of the
International Association of Fire~
fighters, spoke at the opening
of the annual public employees
conference sponsored by the In-
ternational Foundation of Em-
ployee Benefit Plans.

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SMALLER WAGE INCREASES

‘The US. Labor Department has announced that 398 major col-
lective bargaining agreements yielded generally smaller wage increases
for the first six months of this year than the same time in 1976.

New Federal Merit
Rules Are Issued

The U.S. Civil Services Commission has issued a new
regulation which specifies that before a federal grantor
agency can impose a new merit personnel requirement on
state and local governments as a condition of eligibility for

recelpt of grant funds, the com-
mission must approve the new
requirement.

The purpose is to eliminate in-
consistent merit requirements by
federa) agencies on state and jo-
cal governments.

A merit requirement calls for
state and local governments to
establish and maintain merit
based personnel systems in ac-
cordance with Intergovernmen-
tal Merit System Standards or:

Recruiting, selecting, and ad-
vancing employees for ability,
knowledge and skills, including
consideration of applicants for
initial appointment;

Providing equitable and ade-
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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER

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May License Suffolk MH Boarding Homes

(Continued from Page 1)
1973 after « local boarding house
owner, who operated homes in
Babylon and Islip, was convicted
of charges stemming out of a
Newsday investigation that found
former mental patients living in
crowded, dirty and unheated
rooms on near-starvation diets.

Suffolk presently has almost
10 percent of the state’s mentally

Central Islip and King's Payehi-
atric Centers— within its boun-
daries. Recently Bayshore and
Sayville, two Suffolk towns near
the hospitals, have received an
influx of released patients who
live in adult homes that cater to
released patients. They often
wander the streets, ill-clad,

dazed, seemingly suffering from
poor nutrition.

Danny Donahue, Central Islip
Psychiatric Center CSEA presi-
dent and Mental Hygiene Task
Force chairman, addressed the
Legislature before its unanimous
vote passing the legislation Oct.
18.

“The CSEA recognizes the
need for some kind of legislation

to protect patients, to stop dump-
ing and to avoid the type of
nursing-home scandal from de-
veloping in the Mental Hygiene
area,” Mr. Donahue told the Suf-
folk lawmakers. “That is why
we worked with Legislator Feld-
man and support this law,” he
added.

“The law will prevent the
dumping process from being ex-

acerbated, because now we will
have some rules and regulations
as to where these patients can
be placed, We will not allow In-
discriminate dumping,” Dr.
Feldman told the Leader.

‘The criteria the Health De-
partment will use to decide on
& Heense application is the gen-
eral quality of the home, avail-

able health care and the general
surroundings. In addition, Dr.

Help With CSEA Message

(Continued from Page 1)

instance:

© That union funds are dis-
pensed for its membership, not to
create privately controlled slush
funds or make loans to shady busi-
ness enterprises.

its delegates, not a handful of labor
bosses. (Board members and offi-
cers are elected directly by the
membership. Delegates are elected
by local units.)

© That the motto of CSEA is “We
Serve” and few unions can match
the service we give our members,
ranging from handling on-the-job
problems to disciplinary charges to
a legislative program fighting for
salary, pension, fringe benefits and
other job-related legislation.

Show them the convention issues
of The Leader, which carry so many
reports on the activities of officers,
delegates and committees who
work all year long for your union.

Convince them that a strong
union means job security,

Most of all, let them know of
your own faith in CSEA, Your own
reasons for joining should convince
your fellow workers who do not yet
belong that they should belong. It’s
for their benefit as well as ours.

Feldman said that he would try
to convince State Department of
Mental Hygiene officials to place
the responsibility for lodging the
released patients into the coun-
ty'’s hands.

“The homes should be staffed
by retrained personnel from the
Mental Hygiene institutions,” Dr.
Feldman said, “now and when
we come out with our plans for
proper community facilities.”

Dr. Feldman said the new law
should be approved by Mr. Klein
because “the problems that Mr.
Klein had with the law before
have been cleared up.” It should
be in operation early next year,

he said,

West Endorses Candidates

e CHEEKTOWAGA — The
political action committee of
Region VI of the Civil Ser-
vice Employees Assn., re-
leased endorsements for Erie
County legislature clerk and
comptroller races as well as some
town races, last week.

Ramona Gallagher, third vice-
president of the Region and
co-chairman of the committee,

@ = explained that the endorsements
were made on the recommenda-
tion of Local 815, which repre-
sents white-collar employees of
Erie County as well as those of

many cities, towns and villages in
the county,

Endorsed for the legislature
are: first district, Raymond Gal-
lagher (D); third district, Rich-
ard Tatko (R); fourth district,
Richard Slisz (D); fifth district,
Stanley Zagora (D); sixth dis-
trict, Roger Blackwell (D);
eighth district, Michael Alessi
(R); ninth district, Gregory Du-
dek (D); eleventh district, Ed-
ward Fink (D); thirteenth dis-
trict, Leonard Lenihan (D);
fifteenth district, Daniel Ward
(D); sixteenth district, Kenneth

Region IV Endorsements

HUDSON—The political action
committee of the Columbia
County Local of the Civil Ser-

e vice Employees Assn., with the
approval of the CSEA Capital
Region political action commit-
tee, announced the endorsement
of the following candidates in
the upcoming county supervisor
races.

In Taghkanic; Earl Carney
(D); Copake: Peter Braunsdorf
(D); Stockport: Carl Roby
(D); Kinderhook; John Scheriff
(D); City of Hudson; second

James Secovnie (D).

A “meet the candidates night”
for all CSEA represented public
employees is scheduled for
Nisky's, Route 9H on Friday
night at 7:30 p.m,

A letter of endorsement will
be sent to the over 1,000 public
worker families who reside in
the County area.

These letters are being prepared
now and will be mailed first class
shortly.

Tom Haigh, committee chair-
man, explained that “Many in-
cumbents who are apparently not
responsive to either the public
or the public workers did not
return the CSEA questionnaires
and due to their lack of coop-
eration, CSEA could not consider
them for endorsement.”

> ward, Bill Gallo (R), third ward,
Dom Maloy (D), fifth ward,
Mark A. Solomon (D); Claverack:
John Hess (R); Chatham: New-
ton Perkins (D); Ghent; Mar-
tin Tucginski (R); Germantown:
Clyde Dneeger (D); Stuyvesant:

Information for the Calendar may be submitted directly to THE LEADER.
It should include the date, time, place, address and city for the function.
The address is: Civil Service Leader, 233 Broadway, New’ York, N. ¥, 10007,

Atta.: CSEA Calendar,

OCTOBER

26—Orange County Local 836 executive meeting: 7:30 p.m., Local
office, 255 Greenwich Ave., Gosh

27—Oneida County Local 833 political action committee "Meet
the Candidates” night: 8 p.m., Mayfair Restaurant, Marcy.

28-30—Southern Region lil annual state and county workshop: The
Pines, South Fallsburg,

Jeffords (D); seventeenth dis-
trict, Joseph Glownia (D), and
twentieth district, Henry Gossel
®

Other endorsements include:
county comptroller, Gerald Tra-
falski-(D); county clerk, Alan
Justin (R); superintendent of
highways, Orchard Park, Syl
Cappola (D-L); supervisor, Al-
den, Robert Cassell (D); counell-
man, Alden, John Scherlein (D);
councilman, Alden, Gerard Butler
(D); councilman, Town of Evans,
Diana Brown (R-C); highway
superintendent, Town of Evans,
George Antholzner (R-C); Buf-
falo councilman at large, Ronald
M. Stanton (L); justice of the
Peace, West Seneca, Robert Weir
‘D).

Region IV Backs
Field For Supv.

COLONIE—The political action
committee of the Civil Service
Employees Assn., Capital Region,
announced the endorsement of
Fred Pield for the office of Town
of Colonie Supervisor.

Joseph E, McDermott, CSEA
Capital Region president, ex-
plain the informational process
CSEA will now embark upon to
inform each and every public
employee of the endorsement.

“Our computers are now de-
veloping a mailing lst of all
CSEA members who reside in the
Town of Colonie. Our mailing
will cover all CSEA represented
employees whether they be in the
State or County Division of
CSEA, Our message of endorse-
ment will get through.”

Jean Myers, regional CSEA
political action committee chair-
man, explained the reason for
the endorsement. “Fred Field's
record of service to the public
and public employees speaks for
itself, Mr. Field has always been
known as a person who could face
the challenge of leadership even
during periods of change.

“The Town of Colonie is known

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 in-
surance as explained below. To avoid 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:

lararance Aooual Salary Option A Option B

1. Less chan $1,400 $ 1,500
Hi. $1,400 bat fess than $2,100 2,600

wm. 3h "500 4000 4,000
Vv. 4300 5.500
v. $500 6,500

Vi. 6,500 8,000

vn. 7,500 10,000

vial. ot. a 11,500 5,300
IX, 8,500 and over 12/500

The cost to each insured member, per thousand dollars of
insurance, increases starting at age 30, each five years, in accordance
with the following table:

Attained Age

For Employees Paid
Age (Nearest Birthday as Bi-Weekly the Bi-Weekly
Group ‘of November 1) Deduction is

A 29 and under $10

B 30 10 34, inclusive Bt)

c 35 to 39, 20

D 40 to 44, 2

E 45 49,

Li 50 to 54, or

G 55 tw 59, 70

H 60 10 64, 4

1 65 to 69, 120

Accident & Health Insurance
On November 1, 1977, a premium rate revision will be made
affecting all CSEA members insured in the Accident and Sickness
Insurance Plan. The payroll deduction changes will be made on the
first payroll period ending on or after November 1, 1977, in accord-
ance with a letter mailed to all policyholders.

Supplemental Life Insurance

Under the CSEA supplemental life 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.

Age Bi-Weekly Semi-Moothly
Under 30 $0 ety
30-34 80 5
35-39 1.00 110
130 140
45-49 175 190
54 2.60 2.80
33-59 3.63 595
$30 5.75
65-69 1 25

The above information will furnish any CSEA member who
enjoys CSEA low-cost insurance with information as to why there

has been an adjustment in deductions for such purpose from
salary beginning with the first payroll in and

November

eliminate unnecessary telephone calls or letters to CSEA Head-
quarters or to the payroll source concerning the matter,

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CIVIL

E LEADER, Friday, October 28, 1977

Joh Consultant Posts Are Opening

ALBANY—There are two
principal employment con-
sultant job openings in state
agencies in New York City,
the state Civil Service Depart-
ment announced last week.

The G-27 level promotional
posts are open to state Labor
Department employees who meet
certain requirements.

Applications must be filed no
later than Nov. 21 The qualify-
ing examination will take place
at a date in December to be
announced.

Applicants must have worked
as senior employment consult-
ants or associate employment
consultants for at least a year.

Associate employment consult-

Bridge Repairing

ALBANY—The State Civil
Service Department established
an eligible list for bridge repair
supervisor II on Aug. 4 as the
result of a April 16 open com-
petitive exam. The list contains
38 names.

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‘The qualifying test—which will
be given orally—is designed to
evaluate @ candidate’s ability to
reason clearly and make sound
judgments, express ideas clearly
and effectively and establish and
maintain satisfactory rapport
with others. For each year on
the job, 2 seniority points will
be added to the test score.

State officials warn that job
hopefuls must submit a list of
graduate courses taken including
the number of credits earned,
dates completed and names and
addresses of the schools attended
with each application. They say
applications not containing this
information will be rejected.

Principal employment consult-
ants determine employment pro-
gram needs and monitor profes-
sional standards, evaluate pro-
grams and consultant services,
develop training programs, pro-
pose counseling standards, and
maintain relations with division
workers and national, state, com-
munity and professional groups.

Applications are available at
State Labor Department offices
and at Civi) Service Department
offices at 2 World Trade Center,
New York City; State Office
Building Campus, Albany; or
Genesee Building, 1 West Gene-

Several Civil Service Employees Assn. leaders were on hand at the
Smithtown plant's opening ceremonies. In photo, Ed Cleary, the
union's regional field supervisor, and John Cuneo, a union field @

representative,
sanitation commissioner.

confer with Duane

“Dusty” Rhodes, Smithtown’s

Garbage Plant Wasted

(Continued from Page 2)
Compacted waste bales will be

stored at the present but soon-to-
be-phased-out landfill site next
to the plant until the issue is

day cer@monies Oct. 13 were
James Carthy, first vice-presi-
dent, Smithtown Civil Service
Employees Assn. unit; Edwin
Cleary, CSEA Long Island Re-@

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gion I supervisor, and John
Cuneo, a union field represen-
tative.

settled.
Attending the plant's opening

Retiring Soon?

There's a great deal you
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should know about:

Preparing for Retirement

Handling Your Finances

Choosing a Place to Live

Your Retirement Residence

Making Your Wife Happy in Retirement
Making Your Husband — in Retirement
Your Health in Retirem
Medicare and Medicaid
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Anti-Abortion Accountant Wins Back Job

A former accountant with
the Nassau Social Services
Department has won his
five-year fight to regain the
Job he lost for refusing to certify
as reimbursable to the county
from the state and federal gov-
ernments, $10 million spent for
contraceptive devices. He claimed
they were devices to promote
abortions.

The victory came to the ac-
countant, John L. Short, when
the Brookiyn Appellate Division
ruled his outright dismissal by
the Nassau Social Service De-
partment was punishment so
excessive “as to shock our sense
of fairness.”

Three of the court's four
judges voted to reduce the pen-
alty on charges that included

insubordination and dereliction
of duty to a one-year suspension.
But because of the lengthy de-
lays in filing of the appeal, the
judges sent the case back to
Nassau Supreme Court to de-
termine how much back pay
the accountant executive should
receive. He could receive pay

back to April 1973, when the
one-year suspension was up.
Mr. Short’'s difficulties began
in the spring of 1972 when his
personal beliefs led him to de-
cide that intra-uterine devices
being distributed at a family
planning center of a county-op-
erated hospital were being used

to promote abortion, not contra~
ception. Therefore, when it came
time for the county to file for
reimbursement of these costs
under state and federal Medicaid
Programs, Mr. Short refused to
certify that the funds had been
used for contraceptive purposes.

The county eventually received

Fired Rookie Cop’s Dismissal Case

An appeals court has ordered
reopened the case of a proba-
tionary police officer who was
fired shortly after he filed for
& disability pension because of
an alleged heart condition.

The Manhattan Appellate Di-
vision ruled that Police Commis-

sioner Michael Codd may have
ordered the probationary officer
fired in April, 1975, only because
the man applied for disability
retirement benefits. And if this
were true, it would mean the
commissioner had acted in “bad
faith.”

prietor, Kenny's Castaways.

The four appeals court judges
reversed a State Supreme Court
decision and ordered Lamont Ed-
wards’ lawsuit challenging his
joss of job and inability to file
for a pension reinstated. This
means that the Police Depart-
ment must explain to a judge

Bleeker

Patrick Kenny listens to Bob Grant
even after he’s heard it all.

Whenever two New Yorkers get
together you can count on at least
three opinions. Because whether you
own a restaurant, drive a cab, or
merely have a lot of drive, New York is
everybody's business.

One opinion, however, shared by
many is that Bob Grant is a man worth

listening to.

He's New York's most outspoken
public defender as well as its severest
critic. And he’s concemed about the
state our city is in. If you are too, simply
call in, speak out, and he'll put it right
on the line with you.

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the $10 million when the Social
Services Commissioner himself
certified the costs were reim-
bursable. But a disciplinary was
ordered on a number of mis-
conduct charges, and in July
1972, several months after his
suspension, he was discharged.
(Continued on Page 15)

Reopened

the reasons why it fired him, or
more specifically whether it fired
him after learning that he had
applied for a lucrative lifetime
disability pension after less than
@ year on the job.

By discharging Mr. Edwards,
the court pointed out, the De-
partment prevented the Pension
Board from considering his re-
tirement application.

The court said it was well
aware of the law that permits
probationary officers to be dis-
charged without a hearing and
without being told why. But the
law also requires that the de-
partment “act in good faith.”
Firing a probationary officer
because he filed for a pension
is not good faith, the four judges
said.

Mr. Edwards still has a long
way to go to win his lawsuit,
Even if it turns out that the
commissioner did in fact fire
him only because he filed for
retirement, this only means that
he might be eligible for rein-
statement. His pension is an en-
tirely different matter, with no
guarantee that his application
would be approved by the Pen-
sion Board.

For one thing, the Appellate
Division said in reviewing the
case, three doctors who have ex-
amined Mr. Edwards found no
evidence of a heart condition,
describing his heart as “normal.”

His application for disability
retirement under the so-called
“Beart Bill” was based upon an
examination in November, 1974,
by a district police surgeon who
reported that there were “indi~
cations” that the officer “had
suffered a heart attack” presum~-
ably a few days earlier while at-
tending the Police Academy.

Seek Raises
For DofL
Hourly Aides

BROOKLYN — The Metro-
politan Department of La-
bor, Local 350, of the Civil
Service Employees Assn., Is
seeking higher wages for Un-
employment Division hourly

president, said hourly’ workers
on the job the week of March
31 did not receive increases grant-
ed other state workers.

“This is ridiculous and ts a
violation of our contract,” Mr.
DeMartino said.

He contends that hourly em-

Some of the affected employees
have been on the job for 25

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The Dissuader

OME New York City officials were terribly unhappy
last week.

It seems they had expected a huge turnout of applicants
for the upcoming firefighter qualifying exam. They had also
hoped that many black and Hispanic applicants would be
banging down the doors at fire headquarters just for the
chance to don firefighter blues.

Instead, the overall turnout was low and few minority
persons applied. The deadline for filing applications has
been extended from Oct. 25 to Nov. 1.

The figures are revealing. As of Oct. 20, only 22,583
applicants filed for the exam, scheduled for Dec. 3. Fire De-
partment officials were anticipating 50,000. Women are being
given the chance for firefighter jobs this year, but only
about a dozen women filed, About 20 percent of the people
on a reactivated firefighter eligible list declined appointment
to the department.

Many people are trying to understand why it happened.
There are several theories. For example, Fire Capt. Robert
Turner, president of the Vulcan Society, the black firefighter
fraternal society, says there was insufficient effort to re-
cruit blacks. Fire Commissioner John T. O'Hagan says more
help from community leaders is needed.

But we feel Deputy Mayor Lucille Rose, who is in charge
of a prospective firefighters tutoring program, which also
fell short of hoped-for expectations, may have one answer
to the dilemma.

City officials are charging a $9 fee for each application
filed. The fee is designed to add revenue to the city treasury
and dissuade people from filing and not showing up for the
exam, Ms. Rose says the fee may have instead dissuaded
many of the people fire department officials hoped to attract.

We agree. Unemployment among blacks and Hispanics
in the city and throughout the country is higher than ever
these days and far higher than in other ethnic groups. For
people in this kind of a pinch, a $9 fee can be a powerful
dissuader, regardless of the stakes. (HLA.T,)

Your Social Securt

Q. My doctor says I need part-
time medical care at home,
which may help keep me out of
the hospital, Will my Medicare
pay for this?

A. If you're confined to your
home and you need skilled health
services, such as nursing care or
physical or speech therapy, your

home health visits in a year
after you meet the $60 annual
deductible, For more informa-
tion, please refer to Your Medi-

has a progressive disease of the
nervous system and is confined
to a wheelchair. Are there any
Federal or State benefits that
might be payable? I'm 45 and
my wife is 44, and we're both
healthy,

A. Depending on family in-
come and assets, your daughter
may be eligible for Federal sup-
plemental security income (SSI)
payments. And the State agen-
ey that provides services for
crippled children may be able
to help her, For more inf

Soc, Sueaet gay social swurty, Ye

Political Experts
Look With Interest
To Nassau County

The political contest this

voters may decide to cast their
ballots for him, despite his disa-
vowal of further interest in the
election.
Prestige Of Margiotta
At stake is the continued pow-

® political point of view, Nassau
County had always been regard-
ed as.a staunch Republican bul-
wark, a circumstance that may
change significantly if Assembly-
man Landes should win this bit-
terly fought three-way contest.

Pour years ago, Caso was a
protege of Margiotta, but they
have since split under circum-
stances that created considerable
bitterness between them. Caso's
continued candidacy compounds
the difficulties of Purcell against
Landes, a powerful figure in Nas-
sau County Democratic Party
circles.

Margiotta has been, over the
years, closely allied with Assem-
blyman Perry B. Duryea Jr., and
is regarded as a staunch sup-
porter of Duryea for the Re-
publican nomination for Gover-
nor. Duryea has been campaign-
ing throughout the state in re-
cent months, discussing his plans
and programs for the future of
the state in the manner of an
active candidate, Any weakening
of Margiotta's power in top Re-
Publican circles may have some
adverse impact on Duryea, but
would hardly prove fatal, since
Duryea, on his own, developed
friendships with powerful Repub-
can leaders in all quarters of
the state when he served as
Speaker of the Assembly and now
as its Minority Leader,

Impact On Governor's Race

Also testing the political wat-
ers, although in a more subdued
manner, is Senate Majority Lead-
er Warren M. Anderson of
Binghamton, At this moment,
the quest for the Republican
nomination for Governor seems
to have boiled down to elther
Anderson or Duryea, Both of
them have had wide experience
in every aspect of state govern-
ment and administration during
their years of legislative service.
Clearly either one of them would
make a formidable candidate
against Gov, Hugh Carey in a

Civil Service
- Law & You

By RICHARD GABA

Mr. Gaba is a member of the New York Bar and Chairman @
of the Nassau County Bar Association Labor Law Committee.

Ability To Pay

Recently, an Article 78 proceeding was brought against
the Buffalo Police Benevolent Association (PBA), the State
Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), and the mem-
bers of an ad hoe public arbitration panel, whereby the
City of Buffalo sought to vacate a determination by which
the panel had granted a salary increase to the bargaining,
unit represented by the PBA.

The Appellate Division vacated the award because it
concluded that the city was without the means to fund the
increase.

This proceeding arose out of futile collective bargaining
negotiations for a new contract between the City and the
PBA for July 1, 1975, through June 30, 1976. After all attempts
to resolve an impasse in their negotiations had failed, the
dispute was referred for compulsory binding arbitration
by a panel in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 209 of the Civil Service Law. The panel awarded
a 5 percent salary increase retroactive to July 1, 1975. Th
Appellate Division, however, vacated the award because
it concluded that the city was unable to pay the increase.

The Court of Appeals held that the arbitration panel
had the right to balance the ability of the city to pay against
the interest of the public and the police association mem-
bers, The court also noted that the Appellate Division should
not have drawn its own conclusions from the weight of
the evidence or substituted its judgment for that of the
arbitrator. In its decision, the Court of Appeals restated
the general rule that “such awards on judicial review are
to be measured according to whether they are rational Omm
arbitrary and capricious.”

The court concluded that on the record, it cannot be
sald that the panel's award was irrational, The arbitrators
had the right to balance the interest of the public and
the PBA members. Also, under Section 209(4) of the Civil
Service Law, the panel is the one to determine what con-
stitutes “a just and reasonable determination of the matters
in dispute.” Ability to pay was only one of the considera-
tions to be weighed by the panel. The applicable statute
empowered the arbitrators to conclude that ability to pay
was not dispositive. What must be assumed is that the city's
ability to pay was considered; however, the opinion of the
panel demonstrated a reasonable basis for its determination.
The Court of Appeals, therefore, held that the Appellate
Division should not have drawn its own conclusions from
the weight of the evidence or substituted its judgment for
that of the arbitrators and reinstated the award of the
arbitrators. City of Buffalo v, Rinaldo, 396 N.¥.S.2d 152.

e 28 e@

A TERMINATED civil servant petitioned pursuant to
Article 78 for reinstatement. The Supreme Court, Kings
County, dismissed; however, the Appellate Division reversed
and granted the petition. The public employer appealed ta@®
the Court of Appeals.

The Court of Appeals concluded that the portion of

wey . (Continued on Page 7)

WHAT’S YOUR OPINION |

By PAMELA CRAIG
PLACE: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Nassau

QUESTION: More and more municipal, state and county school districts
and institutions are contracting out services to private agencies, What do

you think?

Floyd Payne, therapy aide, Manhattan Psychiatric
Center: “I think it ts a viola-
tion of our contract. I also
feel it will circumvent the af-
firmative action ordered by the
Governor. If the private agen-
cies were bound by the rules
of affirmative action and em-
ploy minorities, then I might
fee] that the action was more
acceptable. What happened at
Willowbrook is a violation of
the union contract. I feel that

Albany should have stood by them because the

next stop will be Manhattan Psychiatric Center.

‘We must unify; if divided on this most important

issue, we will fail. I fear this contracting of services

is going to mushroom and Governor Carey will
divide and conquer us all.”

Barney Pendola, transfer agent, Kings Point: “I
truly feel it would be an in-
Justice to those employees in
the school districts, who have
devoted their lifetime work to
an occupation which would be
taken from them. I'm quite
sure that private agencies could
handle the jobs very well, But
step by step, this principle will
affect every job, no matter
where you are working. This
will be the highest mistake the
union can make to allow contracting of services
to spread. The union must take a strong stand for

survival of the union. It also depends upon who *

becomes our next Governor.”

Tony Bentivegna, electrician, Kings Parks Psy-
chiatric Center: “I feel the pub-
le servant is the cheapest, most
efficient outlay of funds the
taxpayers spend in terms of
manhours. So, I don't feel the
state can efficiently contract
any work out to any outside
service, I feel the union should
organize anyone who work#*for
the state for the period of time
they work and pay dues, and
we should represent them. This
would avoid contractual obligations by making
them face the contract. The bus drivers and
cafeteria workers are an example of this. The
other alternative would be to forbid any con-
tracting of services to private agencies.”

Estella Johnson, recreational therapist, Manhat-
tan Psychiatric Center: “I am
totally against the principle of
contracting out services to pri-
vate agencies. This is a threat
to my position as well as to
every state employee. This could
eventually become the way to
eliminate the union's restric-
tions on the state. I feel the
union should have taken a
stronger stand with regard to
Willowbrook and the UCP. I
really fee) that they did not get the full coop-
eration from Albany. Little by little the state is
taking away our labor force. The laundry facility
is being relocated, emergency was cut* back and
admissions are only from 8 am. to 4 p.m. I feel
they want to close us up.”

Carl Laurino, sentor claims examiner, Brooklyn:
“I think some form of con-
tracting of services to private
agencies is acceptable. I feel
this way because it usually
eliminates the red tape asso-
ciated with government. Often,
because of bureaucracy, it takes
half the time it should norm-
ally take to perform a job. An
example is the Department of
Sanitation, There have been
studies that prove that private
companies can remove the garbage cheaper and
more effectively. When working through the usual
channels for a garbage pick-up, you must call
ten people, only to learn that there are layers

and layers of rules. The bureaucratic scene always
renews itself.”

Anne Wadas, therapy aide, Basic Research, Staten
Island; “As a CSEA member,
T'm against contracting of ser-
vices either on the state or
county level. The principal idea
is against the contract and its
members. I feel this could be
® pandora's box, What's to keep
the state from spreading into
the Insurance Department or
the Labor Department? The
ramifications could be the end
of the union. ‘The facilities in
danger need the full cooperation of the union,
They cannot fight alone, Let them not sit com-
placently and think they are safe. If the Gov-

ernor had his way, we would all be without
contracts,”

RETIREMENT
NEWS & FACTS

By A. L. PETERS

Age Discrimination
‘When one company takes over another and the new
management pushes early retirement, what can you do?
First, try the nearest Labor Department wage hour of-
fice. Or, you can write to the Employment Standards Ad-

ministrator, Department of Lab-
or, Washington, D.C, 20210. °

The law on age discrimination
applies to workers between 40 and
65 and there are bills before the
House of Representatives and the
Senate to extend it to 70.

As 1978 gets closer, the earn-
ings limit for those on social
security is due to increase. The
current limit is $3,240 for 1978
and $3,480 for 1979. A subcom-
mittee in the House of Repre-
sentatives has voted to raise the
limit to $4,500 in 1978 and $6,000
in 1979, Although the final leg-
islation may not reach this fig-
ure, some increase seems probable.

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Today's workers should be
aware of the role social security
retirement benefits play in fi-
nancial planning for retirement,
‘® social security spokesman said.

Retirement benefits are in-
tended to be only a partial re-
placement of pre-retirement
earnings.

For example, social security
retirement benefits will replace
about 44 percent of the pre-re-
tirement earnings of a 65-year-
old worker with median earnings
which amounted to just under
$9,000 in 1976. If a worker has
a 65-year-old wife, thelr com-
bined retirement benefits will
amount to about two-thirds of
pre-retirement earnings.

‘The replacement rate for high-
er paid workers 1s somewhat less,
while the replacement rate for
lower paid workers is higher than
for workers with median earn-
ings.

To assure sufficient income for
pre-retirement standard of liv-
ing, workers should plan well in
advance to supplement social se-
curity benefits.

‘This can be done through
savings, investments, insurance
and other income protection
plans. Income from other sources

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

More On Bikes

Editor, The Leader:

If Mr. Distler of Rochester
(Leader, Oct. 14) had checked
his facts first, he would have
found out that snowmobiles must
be registered and insured.

In my opinion, the state has
always had enough money.
What with a tax on this and
registration on that, they just
haven't found out how to man-
age it properly.

I don’t think Mr, Distler is
concerned about the income of
New York State, Apparently he
must have had @ run-in with
& snowmobile or bike at one time
or another and figures this would
be a good way to get back at
them.

DON OFFHAUS
Gowanda

Editor, The Leader:

1 am in sympathetic agree-
ment with the couple who wrote
‘the Leader (Leader, Ost, 14) sug~
gesting that the Legislature pass ,

@ law requiring the licensing of
all bicycles at a fee, if this
law also extends to exercycles.
The people in the apartment
above me are constantly noise
polluting my apartment when
they cycle that one-wheeled,
going-nowhere contraption that's
ruining my health and nerves
at the same time improving
theirs,

If the tax on cycles is hefty,
they might ultimately take up
jogging to slim down, and get a
windmill to charge their batter-
jes. I favor a tax on all types
of cycles, if it's steep enough
and structured to be regressive,

RONALD B. ZEH
Albany

Still Waiting

Editor, The Leader:

I have read your editorial com-
ment on CETA in the Oct, 2) is-
sue of the Civil Service Leader,
particularly your belief that the
EIA system clearly calis for

revamping. Many CSEA delegates
would be behind you in this be-
lef, but I fear that you were
not clear enough as to which
cases new legislation is needed
and in which cases more enforce-
ment would be réquired.

CSEA delegates should not
have to admit that they do not
understand the federa] rules and
regulations governing CETA.
After all, it is these same dele-
gates who mandated an educa-
tion program be started relative
to CETA and also mandated that
each Region form a CETA com-
mittee to oversee any abuses of
the program. To this date, I am
still waiting to see a viable
education program begun or @
fully functional regional CETA
committee, I was appointed to
such a committee over @ year
and @ half ago and am still wait-
ing for the first meeting to be
held.

CSEA had a great chance to

nip any abuses of CETA rules

first formulated. Instead, they
chose to ignore the pleas of the
people. When the abuses started
coming hot and heavy, the mem-
bers panicked simply because
they had no direction, One does
not tell the uhinformed to “docu-
ment” the abuses when the mem-
bership 1s not sure of what an
abuse is, and no one js willing
to spend the time to explain to
them what constitutes an

We do not have difficulty with
CETA nor are we against the
principle. We do, however, keep
our people here ‘nformed on the
regulations so that they can
spot an abuse and take action,
Tt could be just as simple any-
where in the state if the mgn-
dates were carried out,

re (toe

will have no effect on benefit
payments. Only income from
work affects benefit payments
and then only if the worker's
earnings exceed the annual earn-
ings exempt amount, $3,000 for
1977.

You should also be aware that
social security provides much
more than retirement benefits.
There is survivor and disability
protection for the worker and
his family during the working
years. About 30 percent of a per-
son's social security tax goes to
pay for this kind of protection,

And then there is Medicare for
people 65 and older, disabled
people and people who suffer
permanent kidney failure.

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An interesting question arises
where a mother is a dependent.
Social Security does not provide
any benefits for a dependent
mother.

If you are housebound or
hospitalized, you can arrange to
have a Social Security represen-
tative visit you.

Civil Service
Law & You

(Continued from Page 6)
subdivision (d) of Section 5.3
of the Rules and Regulations
of the Department Service on
which Downstate Medical Cen-
ter relied when it terminated
petitioner's employment 1s in-
consistent with Section 75 of the
Civil Service Law and therefore
invalid, In part, the rule pro-
vides:

“When an employee is absent
without leave and without an
explanation therefor for a period
of 10 work days, such absence
shall be deemed to constitute a
resignation effective on the date
of the commencement of such

‘The court stated that the above
rule offered @ means for sum-
mary, involuntary termination of
employment based on non-per-
formance of duty. Also, the em-
Ployer 1s not required or ex-
pected to give any notice to the
employee before invoking the rule.
‘This, the court concluded, flies
in the face of one of the require-
ments of Section 75. That section
calls for written notice of the
charges and opportunity for #
hearing. Johnson y. Director,

Downstate Medical Center, 396
NYS. 2d 172,

(Continued from Page 6)
servers are wary of making pre-
dictions in a contest beset with
#0 many complexities.

The one thing that is clear
4s that @ yictory by Landes, which
would give the Democrats sub-
stantial polities! control over af-
fairs in Nassau County, will have

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VICE LEADER, Friday, October 28, 1977

CIVIL

[ CSEA CONVENTION

REPORTS,

PHOTOS |

This cross-section of delegates during a vote taken at business session includes some
from Southern Region II, in the foreground, and from Metropolitan Region Il, behind

them, Delegates were seated by regions.

James Gibbons, CSEA director represent-
ing Niagara County, attended his first
convention as head of Local 832 dele-
gation,

Legal Committee Report

The report of the legal committee was
presented by chairman Joseph Conway,
of Workmen's Compensation Board Lo-
cal 671, at the 67th annual CSEA dele-
gates meeting this month at the Concord
Hotel, Other committee members are
Andrew Placito, Richard Snyder, Judy
Burgess, Ethel Ross, Nicholas Abbatiello,
Michael Morella and Sid Grossman,

The Committee is pleased to report to
the Delegates that for the fiscal year Oc-
tober 1, 1976, through September 30,
1977, the Association has reduced the
overall cost incurred pursuant to the Le-
gal Assistance Program. This reduction
was achieved while the actual number
of cases processed had increased signif-
feantly. In the area of Court cases, CSEA
spent less than $150,000.00 for attorneys’
fees. A significant number of the cases
were brought by the General Counsel
Roemer and Featherstonhaugh, and were
included as part of the retainer agree-
ment

Huddle of Transportation delegates intent on debate during Friday morning busi-
ness session includes, from left, DOT Local 687's David Biddle; the same Local's

Memorial Plaque Report

The report of the special memorial plaque
committee was presented by chairman
Raymond G. Castle, retired, at the 67th
annual CSEA delegates meeting this
month at the Concord Hotel, Other com-
mittee members are William L. McGowan,
Richard E, Cleary, Joseph J. McDermott,
James J, Lennon, Solomon Bendet and
Irving Flaumenbaum.

Since our last report in March 1976,
no names have been submitted to this
committee, consequently we have had no
meetings since then

However, this provides the opportunity
to reaffirm the past policies of its pre-
decessor committees with respect to the
John M. Harris Memorial Plaque which
is permanently installed in the foyer of
our Headquarters Building at 33 Elk
Street, Albany, New York.

The Committee is prepared to receive
any recommendations from our Chapters
and Regions.

The purpose of the plaque is to honor
deceased members who have performed
meritorious and outstanding service to the
Civil Service Employees Association, We
would like to remind members and Chap-
ters that full information may be ob-
tained from 33 Elk Street, should the
occasion arise, after an interval of at least
six months following the death of a
nominee. The Chapter shall submit such
recommendation to the Conference (Re-
sion) and the Region to the State Asso-
ciation. Such nominations must be sub-
mitted on a regular application form for
this purpose, supplied by the Association
on request, on which shall be set forth
supporting data, giving detailed accom-
plishments by the deceased member. All

such nominations shall be referred to
the Memorial Plaque Committee for re-
view of the facts relating to the services
rendered. The Memorial Plaque Com-
mittee, within one year after submission,
shall present to the Board of Directors a
report with the recommendation as to
each name submitted. The Board of Di-
rectors shall consider the recommenda-
tions of the Committee, and if satisfied,
officially approve the names to appear
upon the Plaque. Such action will then
be conveyed to the Delegates for their
affirmation

We would remind all concerned that
the Committee stands ready to receive
recommendations of names of distin-
guished past members for the John M.
Harris Memorial Plaque from our Chap-
ters through their Regions.

president, Joan Tobin, and DOT District 1 Local 676’s president, William Lucas,

0. D. Heck Developmental Center Local
445 president Vera Michelson holds forth
at microphone to express views of mem~-
bers she represents at the Schenectady
Mental Hygiene facility.

Looking attentive during Monday morning training session for members of the
CSEA Baord of Directors are, from left, Nicholas Pusziferri, (Mental Hygiene, Re-

gion IM), Richard Helms
Richard Grieco (Jefferson County).

(Public Corporations), William DeMartino

(Labor) and

In the area of State Division disci-
piinary arbitration cases, it Is estimated
for the calendar year 1977 that the State
will file in excess of 2,600 notices of dis-
cipline. This compares with approxi-
mately 2,100 filed in calendar year 1976
and 2,000 filed in calendar year 1975.
It is significant to note that even though
several hundred more disciplinary arbi-
trations will be filed this year, the cost
of the Legal Assistance Program has
diminished. For the information of the
Delegates, attached to this report is a
breakdown of the notices of discipline
served by Local and Region from the
period January 1, 1977, through Septem-
ber 30, 1977. Once again, the Committee
wishes to take this opportunity to thank
CSEA General Counsel, Roemer and
Featherstonhaugh, and staff members
Jack Carey, Tom Linden, Joe Dolan,
Tony Campione, Tom Collins and Dave
Stack for the advice and guidance they
have given the Committee in the past
year. You may recall that only a few
short years ago the kind of information
we are able to provide you did not exist
and it is only through the efforts of these
individuals that the Committee can re-
trleve the overall figures which are pre-
sented in this report.

Arbitrations, Court Cases, Disciplinary
Proceedings and all disbursements for
same for services to individual members
1976 1977
$794,154.51 $740,325.63
Retainer of General Counsel to Associa-
tion including all expenses incurred by
same

297,376.57 394,092.21
Retainer of Regional Attorneys
142,450.00 167,500.00

For the past year, the Committee has
scrutinized requests for legal assistance
both from the point of view of the mem-
ber or members requesting that Court
action be initiated on their behalf and
also from the point of view of our mem-
bers who might be disadvantaged by such
litigation, The Committee has attempted
to grant legal assistance in those cases
where important principles of the Civil
Service system are being violated or mis-
applied. Once again, the Committee in-
vites the Delegates to send it any infor-
mation which might be useful in im-
proving the CSEA Legal Assistance Pro-
gram

Willowbrook Developmental Center Local
429 president Felton King and first vice-
president Richard Hyter work together in
preparing forceful presentation to dele~
gates on effect of contracting out services
at the Staten Island Mental Hygiene
institution.
Civil Service Report

The report of the civil service committee
was presented by chairwoman Jean C.
Gray, of Thruway Headquarters Local
052, at the 67th annual meeting of CSEA
delegates this month at the Concord Hotel,
Other committee members are Robert
Lattimer, Nicholas Abbatiello, Canute
Bernard, Betty Duffy, Timothy McIner-
ney, Gerald Purcell, Ernst Stroebel, Jack
Weisz, James Welch and Jimmy Gamble.

Over the past year your Civil Service
Committee has concerned itself with
Civil Service Reform proposals which, if
adopted by the State Legislature and
signed by the Governor, would drastically
alter the Civil Service System in the State
as we know it today.

At the 1977 Spring Delegate Meeting,
this Committee, jointly with the Com-
mittee on Work Performance Ratings and
Examinations, held a two-day open ses-
sion to permit comments on Civil Service
Reform from our Delegates. The interest
shown on the part of the Delegates at
that time was greatly disappointing, to
say the least.

At the outset, we must state that the
CSEA is opposed to any Civil Service Re
form proposals which could result in the
erosion of the Merit System. In review-
ing Civil Service Reform proposals which
were to require legislative action, we
found that some of such proposals would.

- in fact, lead to an erosion of the Merit
System, while others were worthy of our
consideration and possible support. The
highlights of these proposals are reviewed
in the following paragraphs.

Many proposals have been made in re-
cent months on the method of selection
of persons from an eligible list. These
proposals have ranged from block scoring
and zone scoring to the use of an entire
eligible list. We are opposed to all of
these proposals becauge that would make
available to appointing officers a large
body of qualified candidates which would
open the way for political and favored
employee appointments, CSEA has taken
the position in the past that there should
be a direct rank order of appointment
from eligible lists. At the very least, we
urge the continuation of the rule of “One
of three.”

The number of positions being desig-
nated for the unclassifed service within
the State University System has caused
us great concern for almost a decade.
The present law grants the Educational
Fraternity (Commissioner of Education,
Chancellor of State University and
Boards of Community Colleges) too great
a power in placing positions in the un-
classified service (Sections 35(g) (h)
() >. At the time of the introduction of
these sections, a plea was made for the
need of these Sections due to the rapid
expansion of the educational structure
This expansion has ceased, and the need
for them no longer exists. Furthermore,
experience has indicated that the Educa-
tdonal Fraternity has abused the intent
of these Sections and has placed many
positions, which are competitive or non-
competitive in other departments or
agencies of the State, in a teaching ci
egory, There is no audit or review of
thelr operations. We strongly recommend
that these Sections be deleted and the
Educational Institutions be treated like
any other Department of Government
subject to the review of the Civil Service
Commission.

We were strongly opposed to the action
of the joint legislative Piscal Committees
in reducing (later restored) the Civil
Service Department Budget for exam-
ination services and directing that leg-
islation be prepared to decentralize pro-
motion examinations to the operating
departments, First, this is false budget-
ing. No moneys have been provided for
additional staff or other costs of con-
ducting examinations by operating agen-
cles, Second, no money has been provided
to the Civil Service Department to train

employees in the operating agencies to
Prepare and rate examinations, nor has
any money been provided to the Civil
Service Department to audit the exam-
inations prepared by operating agencies.
‘The Personnel Council in its own report
has recommended that the Civil Service
Department “Provide considerable sup-
port through consultative services and
training.” Third, this is not an economy
move for the State. The cost of adminis-
tering separate and distinct examination
Programs in the individual agencies will
far exceed the cost of a centralized ex-
amination program, Fourth, conducting
promotion examinations by an operating
agency for its own employees will open
the door to favoritism. There will not be
Objective selection on the basis of merit
and fitness. Fifth, the appeal process in
examinations will be vitiated since there
would be no independent review body, It
will be extremely difficult and probably
unwise for the individual employee who
wishes to continue to work in that de-
partment to appeal an examination pre-
pared within his own department. The
department will tend to defend its own
actions and would be less objective than
the Civil Service Department in conduct-
ing examination reviews. Sixth, money
provided by the Federal Government for
grant-in-aid agencies require appoint-
ment and promotion on merit principles.
The State Civil Service Department has
been designated as the Merit System
Agency for the State of New York. The
decentralization of the examination func-
tion to the operating agencies will jeop-
ardize grants-in-aid from the Federal
Government in such programs as Welfare,
Health, and Mental Health. Seventh, the
decentralization of the promotion exam-
inations to individual departments will
eliminate interdepartmental promotion
examinations, The interdepartmental
promotion examination permits persons
in dead-end positions to obtain promo-
tions in other departments and work at
their higher skills and abilities.

For the foregoing reasons we are
Strongly opposed to the concept of a de-
centralized examination program.

‘The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committees
also mandated the decentralization of the
classification and compensation function
to the operating departments. This, too,
we strongly oppose, Classification by de-
partments will be used to avoid existing
eligible lists and to reward favored em-
Ployees. Without any kind of controls or
audits the present classification and com-
pensation plan of the State will soon be-
come a multiplicity of inconsistent titles
and salary grades,

We believe that Civil Service Reform
proposals in the following areas, if prop-
erly conceived and constructed, would be
worthy of our support:

1, increased training of employees

2. @ broadening of promotional oppor-

tunities through generic classifica-
ton of position titles
3. removal of the Director of the Bud-
get's veto power on reclassification
and reallocation requests approved
by the Division of Classification and
Compensation or the Civil Service
Commission

4, furtherance of the affirmative ac-
tion concept designed to eliminate
the imbalances which presently exist
in the recrultment and employment
of women and minorities at all levels
of government in any manner which
is consistent with the principles of
merit and fitness

This report is not meant to be com-
plete in terms of possible Civil Service
Reform proposals. Additional comments
will be made at a later time on further
reform proposals including the proposed
“Career Management Service.” Addition-
ally, CSEA staff are working on other
areas of reform aimed at strengthening
the Merit System.

‘Three of the CSEA's vice-presidents are viewed here as they prepare for opening
session of full delegates meeting. From left are Metropolitan Region II president
Solomon Bendet, Central Region V president James Moore and Southern Region IIT

president James Lennon.

pl ren

CSEA vice-president Joseph McDermott,
left, head of Capital Region IV, seems
to have spotted the Leader's prowling
photographer as he talks with CSEA ex-
ecutive vice-president Thomas H. Mc-
Donough.

Ebullient CSEA vice-president

Irving
Flaumenbaum, who leads the Long Is-
land Region I, the union's largest, is shown
here with Region I secretary Dorothy
Goetz, of Suffolk County Local 852.

Robert Lattimer, standing left, CSEA vice-president in charge of Western Region VI,

observes meeting of Professional-Scientific:

Technical delegates, which he chaired.

At microphone is State Division executive director Jack Carey, as PST Bargaining
Unit vice-chairman Timothy McInerney and collective bargaining specialist Paul

Burch listen.

Charter
director

CSEA treasurer Jack Gallagher
informs delegates of union's cur-
rent financial status as he pre-
sents his annual report.

Gowan

(Lendet phowos by Ted Kaplan) ‘minutes.

‘=

committee chairman Francis Miller, CSEA
from Oswego County, reports at Board of

Directors meeting which preceded delegate ses-
sions. At far left is OSEA president William Me-

as OSEA seoretary Irene Carr records

aT DIARAS TAD

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EXAM 36176
SUPVG JANITOR
Tex Held March 19, 1977
List Fat Aug. 11, 1977
(Continaed from Last Week)

Vides Dayor Buffalo 92.0
Trendell Gene A E Syracuse ......92.0
Powers James } Milton 92.0
McAvoy William Binghamcon ...91.5
Massa Rudolph Commack OS
Juliano Raymond Buffalo ......91.5
Fedoris Alec Johnson City .......91.5
Nourse Earl D Erievitle ILS
Brown Lewis G Schenectady .......91.5
Carlson Clarence E Aurora .......91.5
Cornell GV Seto... 15
Lowurdo Joxeph Orwego 1.0
McLean Roger A McGraw 10
Kolota Chewer Binghamton ......91.0
Wiltiams WH Scoruvitle 91.0
Kompimki T J Bufialo 91.0
M Baffaio 91.0
Rourit( cas 38
Field Beajemia Homer 91.0
Schaeffer Pearl Howes Cave Cuddeback V C Dansville

Majewski Sally Cheektowaga
Saltalachia J Oswemo
Valentino Mary Sc!
Cuthbert Gene R_ Norwood
Holley Edward G Wayland
Ede Thomas J Endicott
Bennett Arlie A Geneseo
Griffin Roger J Hannibal
Kasewan Raymond Ri

Mason Victor F Kirkwood
Wikon Willie E Buffalo

79 Florence Anna Pr Jffrsn
80 Rowe Roger $ Cortland
81 iti Daniel E Gr

82 Morris Dolores Wellsville
83 Tripi Anthony R Mt Morris
Keane Wiltiam J Sound Beach
85 Szarowski Peter Sioan

86 Dibernardo J St James

87 Gibson Clarence Andes

88 Deak William J North Rose
89 Newtown Walter N Lawrence
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at @ ceremony at Manhattanville
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County Executive Alfred B.
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81 men and women who com-
pleted the state-mandated course
in food handling.

“A large part of the success
of our nutrition program for sen-
jors has been the dedication and
work of both the paid employees
and the volunteers. This cere-
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show our appreciation for what

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Workers Cited

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thank all of those who partici-
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The eight-hour course, given
by fhe Westchester County
Health Department, was offered
to all paid workers and volun-
teers handling food. Course grad-
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ALBANY — Gov. Hugh L.
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Open Continuous

State Job Calendar

Engineer, Junior $11,337-$12,275 20-109
Engineer, Senior Sanitary $17,429 20-123
Food Service Worker $ 5,827 20-352
Medical Record Administrator $11,337 20-348
Hearing Reporter $11,337 20-211
Hist Technician $ 8,051 20-170
al Careers $11, 164—$14,142 20-113
Librarian, Public $10,155 and wu
Medical Specialist | $27,942 20-407
Medical Specialist Il $33,704 20-408
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aid Trainee
(Reg & Spanish Speaking) $7,204 20.394
Nurse | $10,118 20-584
Nurse Il $11,337 = 20-585
Nurse Il. (Psychiatric) $11,337 20-586
Nurse Il (Rehabilitation) $11,337 20-587
Nurse, Health Services $10,714—$1 1,489 20-333
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Nutrition Services Consultant $14,880 20-139
bear Mowry Therapist
(Reg. & Spanish Speaking $11,337 20-895
bear oe apist,
eg. & Spanish Speaking) $12,670 = 20-894
Physical Therapist ye 20-177
Physical Therapist, Senior $12,760 20-138
Physical Therapy Assistant | & Il
(Spanish Speaking) $9,029 20-175
ician, Assistant Clinical $25,161 20-413
Physician |, Clinical $27,974 20-414
Physician Il, Clinical $31,055 20-415
Physician |, Compensation Examining $27,942 20-420
Psychiatrist | $27,942 20-390
Psychiatrist Ii $33,704 20-391
Radiologic Technologist, Radiologic
Technologist (Therapy) $8,051-$10,274 20-334
Stationary Engineer $9,546 20-100
Stationary Engineer, Assistant $14,142 20-303
Stationary Engineer, Senior $10,714 20-101
i $ | 20.307
ti $14,142 20-140
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee $11,983 20.140

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other details concerning examinations for the positions listed above,
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ficials have scheduled a ser-
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find candidates for four open
competitive jobs with county
agencies.

Salaries for the posts, school
lunch manager, mental health
social worker II, supervising phy-
sical therapist and senior en-
gineer, range from $6,916 to
$15,300,

Candidates for school lunch
manager, a post paying from
$6,916 to $8,740 for 10 months,
must have eight years institute
management, hotel administra-
tion or restaurant management
experience and a high school di-
ploma; or four years experience
and an associate degree in ap-
plied science from a two-year
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management school,

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eligible.

School lunch managers are in
charge of lunch programs serv-
ing from 500 to 2,000 students
daily.

The filing deadline is Nov. 2.
The exam date is Dec. 3.

Mental health social worker
Tl hopefuls should have masters
degrees in social work for the
$10,092-a-year post and must be
eligible to obtain a certificate
or limited permit to practice so-
cial work in the state.

There will be no written exam
for this post. Applicants will be
rated on training and experience.
Applications must be submitted
by Dec, 6.

Mental health social workers
provide professional services, in-
cluding counseling to Mental
Health Department clients.

Applications for the supervis-
ing physical therapist Dec, 2
qualifying exam must be sub-
mitted by Nov. 2,

Candidates for this $12,001-a-
year post must be college gradu-
ates with physical therapy back-
grounds and at least two years
therapy experience, one year of
it in a public agency. Therapy
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experience; or a combination of
both.

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3, will consist of questions on
principles and practices of civil
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veying (including computations),
highway laws and highway
safety, construction, mainten-
ance and design of highways,
bridges and other structures; and
supervision,

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construction of public works pro-
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Candidates for school lunch
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dents of Rensselaer, Washington,
Saratoga, Albany or Columbia

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GO TO HEALTH

By WILLIAM B. WHLAIFORD =!

If you happened to be in New York City Sunday, Oct. 23, you
might have noticed 5,000 plus marathoners racing through five
boroughs of the city. It was the largest marathon ever conducted
on the East Coast.

If you have ever seen a long distance race
perhaps you have noticed that the participants
are not your average group. Some will argue
that you have to be crazy or unemployed or both
to do all that running, Most people cannot un-
derstand how anyone could ever develop an ad-
diction to running. One thing is for certain. You
will find few, if any, smokers and people with
weight problems.

Long distance running, and running in gen- 7
eral, have become so popular that participants now
have to qualify for events such as the Boston
Marathon. In San Francisco this year, over 12,000 people entered
@ race. It also might surprise some people with the number of
executives, physicians, company presidents, lawyers, teachers, mech-
antes, plumbers, housewives, and entire families that are “getting
into” running for recreation and health purposes.

Few people will argue that running is not a healthy activity.
However, if you do not know what you are doing, it can prove to
be deadly, Aerobic exercises such as jogging and running can prove,
as many people have discovered, to have rather dramatic results.
Like any medicine that has tremendous potential for good, if
abused or administered incorrectly, it also has tremendous potential
for harm. Good advice is to enter a jogging program with an under-
standing of what you are doing, and caution.

If you should decide to enter a jogging or running program,
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can strain instead of train the body. You will end up injured, tired
and discouraged.

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* Do invest in a good pair of training shoes that have been
approved by Runner’s World magazine. These shoes have been de-
signed to minimize the stress to feet and legs that jogging causes.
Beware of the look alikes in your neighborhood discount stores.

* Do not wear rubberized or plastic clothing. This attire re-
stricts evaporation of perspiration, causing the body to overheat,
and resulting in possible heat stroke and heat exhaustion.

* You will increase your enjoyment of jogging and be more
likely to maintain a regular schedule if you jog with someone of
“team” jogging should be for com-

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Club and ask about the “fun runs” which are geared for every-
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CONVENTION REPORTS, PHOTOS | ,

CSEA director Robert Stelley, of Roswell Park Memorial Institute Local 303, presides
over department of Health delegates from various work locations throughout state.
At left is CSEA collective bargaining specialist Jason McGraw.

Universities comprise the second largest biee within the CSEA's State Division. Here
CSEA director and Universities committee chairman Albert Varacchi, of SUNY at
Stony Brook Local 614, standing left, and union collective bargaining specialist Paul
Burch respond to questions from delegates at departmental meeting. Other University
representatives are, seated from left: June Boyle, of SUNY at Buffalo Local 602;
Patricia Crandall, of SUC at Cortland Local 605, and Edward Dudek also of SUNYAB.

Election Procedures Report

The report of the special election pro-
cedures committee was presented by
Bernard ©, Schmahl, of Taxation and
Finance Local 690, at the 67th annual
CSEA delegates meeting this month at the
Concord Hotel. Other committee mem-
bers are Genevieve Clark, Sy Katz, Harold
Goldberg, Gregory Saurnicki, William Mc-
Convell and Raymond Pritchard.

Since our last report filed in March,
our Committee has met eight (8) times.
Most of these meetings were in connec-
tion with the Statewide Officers election,
The Committee conducted the contract
ratification balloting.

‘The Committee has received and re-
viewed approximately 65 election pro-
tests, Decisions have been made on all
but six (6) of these protests. The un-
completed action on the remaining pro-
tests should be completed in the near
future.

Most of the protests filed were of a
minor nature in that the filer of the
protest did not have proof of the viola-
tons charged and very little knowledge
of the requirements for filing a proper
Protest, mostly failing to file the protest
within the time prescribed or failure. to
file with the proper people as required.

We have one (1) court action pending
at the present time against the results
of the Statewide Election,

Our Committee has found that in the

majority of the protests filed communica-
tion between the chapter and the nom-
inating and election committee has been
very lax. In some instances we have found
that the current chapter officers (even
though they were candidates for re-elec-
tion) have been interfering in the actions
of both nominating and election com-
mittees. This situation creates a region
of distrust in the election procedure.

Our Committee is working on changes
to be made in the mandated Chapter
Constitution & By-Laws nominating and
election procedures. We hope these
changes will make these procedures more
workable and better defined so that there
will be less chance of chapters failing to
fulfill the requirements of a proper elec-
tion,

We feel that with @ little education
to nominating and election committee
Chairpeople, future elections will be run
in the proper manner. We hope to have
this education program established be-
fore the next election period which is
1979.

‘The Committee wishes to thank all the
members of staff of the Association for
thelr assistance in the conduct of the
statewide election and processing of pro-
tests, We also wish to thank the legal
staff for their assistance in resolving

several issues requiring legal interpre-
tation.

—

Non-Teaching School Employees

‘The report of the statewide non-teaching
school employees committee was presented
by chairman Edward Perrott, of Nassau
County Educational Employees Local 865,
at the 67th annual CSEA delegates meet-
ing this month at the Concord Hotel.
Other committee members are vice-
chairman Salvatore Mogavero, of Erie
County Educational Employees Local 868,
Jacob Banek, Charles Luch, Howard
Cropsey, Leslie Banks, Vincent DiBrienza,
Hugh Crapser, Irene Izzo, Neil Gruppo
and Carol Craig, with coordinator Danny
Jinks.

‘The purpose of this report is to update
the activities of the Committee since its
last report to the Delegates at the Special
Delegates Meeting in March of 1977.

During the time lapse between the
aforementioned Special Delegates Meet-
ing and the Annual Meeting which ts to
take place in October, the Committee,
through its Coordinator, has continued to
monitor the implementation of the pro-

visions of Article 19A of the New York
State Vehicle and Traffic Law and Article
9A of the New York State Transportation
Law. The Committee's Coordinator, as
well as the members of the Committee,
have attempted to answer questions con-
cerning the regulations established un-
der these laws and to aid bus drivers who
are adversely affected by such regulations
in solving their problems, More recently,
requests have been received by the Office
of Local Government asking that follow
up seminars be held to further discuss
the regulations of Article 19A and Article
9A and the effects of these regulations on
bus drivers in the State. The Office of
Local Government and the Statewide
Non-Teaching School Employees Com-
mittee ts attempting to comply with these
requests as they are received.

In addition to this endeavor, the Com-
mittee issued a report on state aid to
the Delegates attending the County Dele-
gates Meeting at the Granit Hotel in June
of 1977. The purpose of the report was
to explain how Operating Aid for School
Districts was determined in the hope that
a better understanding of the complicated
state aid formulas would be attained by
Non-Teaching Employees. Furthermore,
the Committee has been quite concerned
with school districts contracting out ser-
vices. In particular, school districts have
or are now investigating the use of out-
side Food Service and Transportation
firms to take over the operation of these
vital Departments. Although the Commit-
tee has been successful in preventing the
loss of district-run food service depart-
ments in the last few years, it feels that
more must be done to prevent the further
erosion of this department and other de-
partments as district-run operations. If
this cannot be done, then the Committee
suggests that the employees of the firm
who takes over the operation of a food
service department, etc., should be con-
sidered quasi-public employees and an

attempt should be made to organize them
by CSEA.

Taxation and Finance departmental meeting was chaired by CSEA director Jack
Dougherty, shown here checking over his notes as Taxation and Finance Local 690
president Santa Orsino listens to speaker out of camera range.
Federal Bill Awaits
Conference Action

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The fate
of two bills recently passed by
Congress extending the manda-

WHERE TO APPLY
FOR PUBLIC JOBS

NEW YORK CITY — Persons
seeking jobs with the City
should file at the Department of
Personnel, 49 Thomas St., New
York 10013, open weekdays be-
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m, Special
hours for Thursdays are 6:30
am. to 4 pm.

‘Those requesting applications
by mail must include a stamped,
self-addressed envelope, to be
received by the Department at
least five days before the dead-
line. Announcements are avail-
able only during the filing period

By subway, applicants can
reach the filing office via the
IND (Chambers 8t.); BMT (City
Hall); Lexington IRT (Brooklyn
Bridge). For information on
titles, call 566-8700.

Several City agencies do their
own recruiting and hiring. They
include: Board of Education
(teachers only), 65 Court 8t.,
Brooklyn 11201, phone: 596-
8060.

The B ard Higher Educa-
tion advies.jeaching staff ap-
plicants to cuitact the individ-
ual schools; non-faculty Jobs are
filled through the Personnel De-
partment directly

STATE — Regional offices of
the State Department of Civil
Service are located at the World
Trade Center, Tower 2 55th
floor, New York 10048 (phone
488-4248: 10 am.-3p.c.); State
Building Campus, Albany 12239;
Suite 750, 1 W, Genesee St.,
Buffalo 14202: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Ap-
plicants may vbtain announce-
ments by writing (the Albany of-
fice only) or by applying in per-
son at any of the three.

Various State Employment
Service offices can provide ap-
plications ih person, but not by
mail.

Por positions with the Unified
Court System throughout New
York State, applicants should
contact the Staffing Services
Unit, Room 1209, Office of Court
Admin., 270 Broadway, N.Y.
phone 488-4141.

FEDERAL — The US, Civil
Service Commission, New York
Region, runs @ Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
York 10007, Ite hours are
am. to 5 p.m, weekdays only.
Telephone 264-0422

Federal entrants living upstate
(North of Dutchess County)
should contact the Syracuse Area
Office, 301 Erie Blvd. West,
Syracuse 13202, Toll-free calls
may be made to (800) 522-7407
Federa! titles have no deadline
unless otherwise indicated.

tory retirement age from 65 to
70 depends on the action of a
House-Senate conference com-
mittee.

Representatives of the two
houses must settle differences
between the two bills before it
can be sent to President Carter
for signature.

Both bills call for the higher
age limit but the Senate version
exempts tenured university pro-
fessors and highly paid business
executives. That means their em-
ployers would still be able to
force them to retire at age 65.

‘The Senate, which acted on the
measure last week, voted 88-7 to
approve the bill. The vote to
exclude professors and business
executives from the bill's provi-
sions was a slim 48-45.

Bill sponsors say they hope the
conference committee can reach
& compromise before Congress
adjourns this year, Both houses
are expected to end proceedings
sometime before election day.

Abortion

NEW TRUSTEES
Suffolk County Legislator John
J. Foley (D-Blue Point) has been
appointed a Suffolk County Civil
Service Employees Assn. Welfare
Fund trustee. The Welfare Fund
is a joint County-CSEA admin-
istered trust that provides health,
welfare and other benefits for
County employees, Mr. Foley was
appointed by Suffotk County Ex-
ecutive John Y. N. Klein replac-
ing Legislator Joseph R. Caputo
(R-Istip Terrace) who resigned.

Enemy

Wins Back His Job

(Continued from Page 5)

Appeals to the Nassau Civil Ser-
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Supreme Court both were un-

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WARD'S ISLAND—Manhattan
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grounds, Ward's Island, New
York City.

‘This is the first of many art
presentations, reflecting a new
commitment by the center to
revitalize {ts environment, ac-
cording to hospital director
Gabriel Koz,

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successful.

Things changed for the better
when the case came before the
Brooklyn Appellate Division. The
three-judge majority—one judge,
ruled for the discharge—noted,
for example, that until the 1972
episode, Mr, Short had had “an
excellent and unblemished rec-
ord” as a civil service employee.

As for the contraceptives con-
troversy, the court pointed out
that the accountant had “sought
guidance and legal advice from
appropriate officials from the
county" as to whether intra-
uterine devices were “abortifact-
ents,” instead of contraceptives.
However, the court said, he never
received any answer.

As a result, the accountant
took it upon himself to decide
that a State Court of Appeals
decision prohibiting the use of
public money for all abortions
except those designed to save the
life of the mother could be ap-
plied to the costs of distributing
the intra-uterine devices because
they were promoting abortions

In upsetting the dismissal and
ordering the accountant rein-
stated, the Appellate Division
ruled that his actions were “per-
haps injudicious.” Bu; in no
event, it said, did his conduct
mandate “such complete devasta-
tion at outright dismissal.”

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Insurance Rates
For U.S. Aides

Are On The Rise

WASHINGTON, D.C.—New
rates for 79 health insurance
plans for federal employees
will go into effect January 9.

‘The higher premiums reflect
increases in the health care
costs. The average annual health
bill and insurance premium will
rise 10 to 15 percent in 1978
and 1979, and premiums for the
two government-wide plans,
Aetna and Blue Cross - Blue
Shield, will rise 11 and 12.5 per-
cent in 1978, say officials, Many
of the other plans in the pro-
gram will have premium increases
in the 10 to 15 percent range.

For annuitants and non-postal
employees, the Government's
contribution will be 60 percent
of the average high option pre-
mium rate for six of the largest
plans in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program (Aetna,
Blue Cross-Blue Shield, National
Association of Letter Carriers,
American Postal Workers Union,
Kalser Foundation Health Plan
of Northern California, and
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
of Southern California). How-
ever, the Government will not
pay more than 175 percent of
any individual rate. For postal
employees, whose pay and ben-
efits are subject to negotiation,
the agency contribution will be
75 percent of the “big six” av-
erage, and the limit will be 93.75
percent of any individual rate.

Three employee-organization-
sponsored plans are eliminating
their low options. The American
Federation of Government Em-
ployees’ (AFGE) Health Benefit
Plan, the Alliance Health Bene-
fit Plan and the Government
Employees Hospital Association
(GEHA) Benefit Plan will dis-
continue them in January, Em-
ployees and annuitants enrolled
in the low option of one of these
plans, who do not change to an-
other plan during the open sea-
son, will be enrolled automa-
tically in the high option of
their plan.

‘The commission has approved
13 other comprehensive medical
plans beginning January 1978,
‘These include, in New York, the
Capitol Area Health Plan, Al-

bany, and the Westchester Com-
munity Health Plan, White

New Federal
Merit Rules
Are Issued

(Continued from Page 2)
quate compensation;

Training employees to assure
high-quality performance;

Retaining inadequate employ-
ees, correcting inadequate per-
formance, and separating em-
ployees whose inadequate per-
formance cannot be corrected;

Assuring fair treatment of ap-
plicants and employees in all
aspects of personnel administra-
tion without regard to political
affiliation, race, color, national
origin, sex, or religious creed
and with proper regard for their
privacy and constitutional rights
as Citizens;

Assuring that employees are
Protected against coercion for
partisan political purposes and
are prohibited from using their
official authority to interfere
with or affect the result of an
election or a nomination for
office.

By centralizing approval of all
new merit requirements, the
commission says it aims to
simplify and improve grant ad-
ministration by assuring unl-
formity in the federal approach
to merit regulations which af-
fect state and local governments.
Merit requirements with vague
and inconsistent language have
been established in the past,
leading to confusion among
state and local governments as
to precisely what was expected
of them, says the commission.

For more information on the
Standards for a Merit System of
Personne) Administration and
the Intergovernmental Personnel
Act Merit Principles, contact the
US. Civil Service Commission,
Bureau of Intergovernmental
Personnel Programs, 1900 E 8t.,
NW, Washington, D.C. 20415, or
any of the commission's 10 re-
gional offices.

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October 28, 1977

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CIVIL SERVI

Delegates, Dyson Trade Criticism

“Fat rises to the top,” exclaims
CSEA director Clayre Liammari
(Schuyler County) as she retorts
to Commerce Commissioner John
Dyson.

By MARVIN BAXLEY

KIAMESHA LAKE — Half
of Commerce Commissioner
John Dyson's audience was
lost because he arrived late,
and the other half was lost when
he began speaking.

It wasn't because the Commis-
sioner lacked conviction, but
rather that he failed to under-
stand the deep-rooted resent-
ment and cynicism that has de-
veloped in recent years by state
employees.

After acknowledging the cor-
dial introduction given to him by
Civil Service Employees Assn.
president William L. McGowan
at a special evening seminar at
the unton’s 67th annual conven-
tion this month at the Concord
Hotel, Mr. Dyson proceeded to
rouse the delegates’ anger.

Like a younger version of Don
Quixote tilting at windmills, Mr.
Dyson expounded his idealistic
program for changing the state's
government.

“What is your union going to
do except oppose everything?” he
asked.

Mr. Dyson told the delegates
that for the union’s own preser-
vation, they had to “help change
the process or watch your in-
fluence with the public dimin-
ish.”

CSEA director Timothy McInerney (Transportation) queries speaker

as assistant sergeant:

rms Paul St. John checks to make sure

that order is being maintained. SUC at Brockport Local 601 presi-
dent Lloyd Tipton, left, awaits his turn at microphone.

To this, Mr. McGowan respon-
ded that “I personally would like
to sit down with you and go over
your points in order to provide
some input from the employees.”

The irony of the interchange
between Mr. Dyson and members
of the audience is that the dif-
ferences were probably more a
matter of semantics than of any
crucial differences,

Mr. Dyson kept repeating that
“I don’t believe you don't want
this, too,” as delegates tore into
him over various points he had
made.

Among the ideas he touched
on to make government more re-
sponsive were better supervision,
cash awards for extraordinary
accomplishment, fairer competi-
tive exams, and an improved
suggestion system.

—"Commissioners must know
their jobs better than their sub-
ordinates,” he said.

—The architect of the state's
“I Love New York” campaign
advocated a bonus system for
employees who are instrumen-
tal in saving or bringing a busi-
ness to the state. He noted that
he has instituted a bonus pro-
gram in the Commerce Depart-
ment

—"The tests are not fair.
There are people who can't pass
tests and they're brilliant,” he
said, noting as an example,
Thomas Edison, who was re-
nowned for his inability to pass
tests.

—This suggestion program is
less rewarding for public em-
ployees in New York State than
it is in the private sector,” he
pointed out.

As an example of the commu-
nication problems that existed
between speaker and audience at
the seminar, is this exchange re-

ferring to unclassified posi-
tions:
Dyson; “The system in New

York State is so Byzantine, it's
designed not to be understood.

If we can give tests in Com-
merce, why can’t they in Univer-
sity?”

Urge CSEA Members To Vote
For Amendment 5 On Nov. 8

ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees Assn., the largest public employee union in
New York State, has called for a large turnout of its 250,000 members across the state on
Nov. 8 in support of Amendment 5 to the State Constitution that will appear on the ballots.
CSEA statewide president William L. McGowan, calling the amendment “an ab-

solute necessity for widows and
widowers of employees who re-
ceived a pension under the state
retirement system in light of the
continuous increases in the cost
of living,” said that it most likely
will take total support of public
employees and their families to
gain passage of the proposed
amendment, “The general public
often votes in a negative manner
on most issues and amendments
on general election ballots with-
out giving any real consideration
to the merit of the issues. Public
employees and their families
know this particular amendment
has merit and they must vote
yes to counteract the normal
negative votes of the general
public,” Mr. MeGowan said.
Amendment 5 on the ballot
would permit the State Legisla-
ture to provide increased adjust-
ments and supplements to pen-
sions being received by widows
and widowers of former employ-
ees in the state retirement sys-
tem. The change is necessary be-
cause under the present Consti-

tution, only the retired persons
(themselves can be granted such
increases. Thus, when the retired

individual is deceased, the wid-
ower or widow cannot have the
pension increased.

CSEA Endorses Koreman,
Pennock: Supreme Court

(Continued from Page 1)
and the fair interpretation in en-
forcement of those laws, keep our
society functioning. The general
Public needs to keep men such
as Justice Koreman and Justice
Pennock on the bench in the
interest of preserving and im-
proving our society.”

Justice Koreman’s ability and
expertise is of such a high level
that for the past two years he
has served as Presiding Justice
Appellate Division, Third Depart-
ment with administrative respon-
sibilities for court systems of 28
counties in upstate New York

Justice Pennock, among nu-

merous major decisions, ruled in
1971 in the farfous Kranker case,
which allowed the continued in-
clusion of unused vacation pay
for determining final average
annual salary for retirement pur-
poses. That ruling favorably af-
fected all public employees at
retirement

“CSEA urges and encourages
all public employees within the
Third Judicial District to vote
for, and encourage their friends
and relatives to vote for, both
Justice Koreman and Justice
Pennock on Nov, 8," Mr, Me-
Gowan said.

Delegate: “That's
ask.”

At another point, Buffalo Psy-
chiatric Center Local 403 dele-
gate Dominic Savarino probed
Mr. Dyson on the situation at
Willowbrook Developmental Cen-
ter.

Mr. Savarino said that con-
tracting out to United Cerebral
Palsy for services at Willowbrook
would cost the taxpayers of this
state three times what would be
spent for comparable work by
state employees.

“You convince me, and I'll get
you an audience with the Gov-
ernor,” Mr. Dyson responded to
Mr. Savarino's challenge.

On the other hand, when
Orange County Local 836 dele-
gate Thomas McMahon present-
ed his view that the state should
—following its own example of
promoting its good features to
attract industry and tourists —
publicize the good work done by
its employees, too, the response
from Mr. Dyson was curt:

“It's not the Governor's job,”
he retorted.

Public image is up to the em-
ployees and their union, Mr. Dy-
son said. “Employees must be
part of the solution, not part of
the problem.”

what we

Orange County Local 836 dele-
gate Thomas McMahon asks
“What has the Governor done
to promote public employees’ im-
age with the public?”

‘The catchword of the seminar
followed an attempt by SUC at
Brockport Local 601 president
Lloyd Tipton to explain problems
faced at his campus,

“That's rhetoric," Mr. Dyson
said, cutting Mr. Tipton off in
mid-sentence.

‘Thereafter, that became the
tone of the meeting, with dele-
gates hearing Mr. Dyson's com-
ments as mere rhetoric.

Endorse, Meet Candidates
Of Columbia County Local

AMITYVILLE — The Civil
Service Employees Assn. has
selected candidates for en-
dorsement for the 1977 Nas-
sau and Suffolk County contests.
‘The announcement was made by
Irving Flaumenbaum, Long Is-
land Region president of the
CSEA, which has more than 56,-
000 members in state, county and
local governmental units.

The candidates endorsed by
the CSEA were screened by the
individual unit political action
committees of the CSEA and ap-
proved unanimously by the re-
gional legislative and political
action committee, Nicholas Ab-
batiello, chairman, as well as by
the executive board of the union.

The political action committee
studied analysis of the voting
records of the incumbents pre-
pared by the CSEA staff, received
written statements, and inter-
viewed all candidates for their
views on labor issues.

The Nassau candidates selected

are: county executive, Francis
Purcell (R-C); district attorney,
Greg Peterson (R); supervisors:
Glen Cove, Vincent Suozzi (D);
North Hempstead, Michael Tully
(R); presiding supervisor, Al-
phonse D'Amato (R)

The Suffolk candidates selected
are: first legislative district, Den-
nis Hurley (R); second, John
Donohue (D); third, John Foley
(D); fourth, Floyd Linton (D);
fifth, Mildred Steinberg (D);
sixth, Clark Fisher (D); seventh,
William Richards (R-C); eighth,
John Wehrenberg (R); ninth,
Joseph Caputo (R); tenth, Mic-
hael Grant (R); eleventh, Rich-
ard Lambert (D); twelfth, An-
thony Noto (R-C); thirteenth,
Joseph Bassano (D); fourteenth,
Louis Howard (R-C); fifteenth,
Martin Feldman (D); sixteenth,
Elaine Adler (D);
Carol Maxson (R-C);
Robert Mrazek (D); district at-
torney, Henry O’Brien, and
county clerk, Arthur Felice (R-
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