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Vol. XXXVIII, No. 41

Friday, January 13, 1978

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Rockland Win: 20%-Plus Hike, Tentative

By RON KARTEN

NEW CITY—The Rockland unit of the Civil
Service Employees Association reached a tentative
agreement with Rockland County last Friday,
ending a 10-day strike which began Dec. 27.

The tentative agreement called for salary raises
of between 20 and 35 percent, over the life of the
contract, depending on increments due the
workers.

Specifically, the workers would receive an im-
mediate 6 percent raise in the form of a bonus,
plus increments retroactive to Jan. 1, 1977. One
percent of the 6 percent plus increments would
be applied to salary schedules with 8 percent plus
increments applied to salary schedules: effective
Jan. 1, 1978, and 6 percent applied to salary sched-
ule, plus all increments effective Jan. 1, 1979.

Nels Carlson, the union's collective bargaining
specialist, announced the tentative agreement at
11:50 a.m. on Jan. 6, The field staff and strike
captains immediately informed people on the
picket lines that the agreement had been reached,
but the captains advised the strikers to stay in
their lines until ratification_

the shld which named CSEA regional president
James Lennon and several others, was adjourned
until Tuesday.

The strength of the strike surprised county offi-
cials and the early days of the walkout saw little
or no communication between the parties.

At the Jan. 4 negotiating session, a spokes-
woman for the unit declared, “There was finally
a good, positive strike-captains’ meeting. The leg-
islators are being polite to the captains now.”

The major settlement block had been manage-
ment. The big change in negotiations came when,
on Jan. 3, new legislators, sworn in on the first
of the year, replaced the management people at
the bargaining table.

The new negotiators for the county are; San-
ford Rubenstein, Anne O'Sullivan, Thomas Mor-
ahan, John Murphy (who, though an old legis-
lator, is a new negotiator) and Irwin Bernstein.
Two other county negotiators have been at the
table from the start: Isaac Goodfriend, chairman
of the county’s budget and finance committee,
and John Grant, former chairman of that com-
mittee.

Nurses from the Rockland County CSEA unit toured the
Picket lines to provide medical aid where needed.

A ratification meeting was expected
on Saturday. Ballots were printed Fri-
day afternoon.

A hearing on the injunction against

Delay Standardizing Plan
For Court Worker Incomes

ALBANY—The ivi Service Employees Association said a salary reclassification plan
to standardize court employees’ salaries throughout New York State is expected to be re-
leased shortly by the Office of Court Administration, but just when is suddenly a mystery.
OCA announced last week it would release the reclassification plan to CSEA on Monday;

but after CSEA sent letters to
some 6,000 court employees noti-
fying them of that fact, OCA
suddenly announced it has can-

State Of State
Called Mild By
Pres. McGowan

ALBANY — Unlike the
three previous years when it
found major areas of con-
cern and responded with
fierce counterattacks, the Civil
Service Employees Association
Says this year it finds far fewer
reas of major concern or veiled
threats to public employees in
the annual “State of the State”
message delivered last Wednes-
day by Gov. Hugh L. Carey to
members of the State -Legisla-
ture,

“Of course this is an election
year and it appears that this
year’s message was carefully de-
signed not to offend anyone,”
said CSEA president William L,
McGowan. Nonetheless, Mr, Mc-
Gowan says, CSEA does take ex-

(Continued on Page 9)

celled plans to distribute the plan
on Jan. 9 and failed to set a new
timetable.

‘The approximately 9,000 court
employees, 6,000 of them repre-
sented by CSEA, were county and
city court employees until April
1, 1977, when they were merged
into the state court system and
became state employees.

“We have waited a long time
for the State Office of Court Ad-
ministration to hand down its
Proposed salary reclassification
Plan to standardize court em-
Ployee salaries, and we will give
the recommendations close scrut-
iny to determine if management's
Proposals ere equitable to the

employees,” said CSEA president
William L. MeGowan.

‘The union leader said CSEA
will have appeal rights to the
proposal if inequities are dis-
covered, and that the union also
will deliver input into the final
plan through conference meet-
ings and public hearings which
must still be held concerning the
Plan. Public hearing dates have
not yet been established.

Court employees’ salaries vary
Greatly since they were negotiat-
ed under scores of separate con-
tracts with the cities and coun-
ties which employed the court
personnel prior to last April 1.

(Continued on Page 9)

LEADER EXCLUSIVE
Starting Next Week:

Assaults On Staff
In State Hospitals

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(Continued on Page 3)

Rockland unit members picketed at facilities throughout the county.

Erie Local Negotiators
Reach Tentative Accord
With County On Pay Hike

BUFFALO—Erie County Local members of the Civil
Service Employees Association were to vote Monday on rati-
fication of a three-year contract.

“We've gone as far as we can go,” Erie Local president

John Eiss said last week, in an-
nouncing that CSEA negotiators
had reached agreement with the
County over terms of a three-
year pact,

‘The pact provides pay raises of
4 percent in 1979 and 6 percent
in 1980, but no pay raise for
the current year.

‘The Erie Local, which has
2,100 members, but bargains for
more than 4,100 county white-
collar workers, had earlier re-
jected a three-year contract that
also provided no pay raises in
1978, but also offered only a wage
reopener in 1980.

“A big part of the problem in
last month's rejection was the
feeling that a wage reopener

clause for the third year really
(Continued on Page 9)

Don’t Repeat Ths!

Every Lawmaker
Loves A Tax Cut

In Election Years

Last Wednesday, Assembly
Speaker Stanley Steingut
banged his gavel and calle
to order a joint session

(Continued on Page 6)

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, January 13, 1978

State Senator Linda Winikow

HOSPITAL VISITORS

(D-Rockland-Westchester), left, and Assemblywoman Elizabeth A. Con-

nelly (D-Richmond) consult with Martin Langer, chairman of CSEA’s statewide political action com-
mittee. Legislators visited Rockland Psychiatric Center recently to seek information on state Depart-
ment of Mental Hygiene’s deinstitutionalization policy of releasing patients from hospitals into com-
munities. Mr. Langer also serves as president of CSEA Local 421 at the psychiatric facility.

‘Union Reaction

To Federal CS
Plan Is Awaited

By HARCOURT TYNES

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Fed-
eral employee union leaders
are carefully scrutinizing
President Carter's proposal to
replace the US. Civil Service
Commission with two separate
agencies, one completely outside
White House control.

Many of them say they are
waiting for additional informa-
tion on the plan to come from
the White House before deciding
if they will oppose or support it.

Some union leaders expressed
disappointment that more was
not said about employee rights
and the Merit System when the

Bribe Charges Hit Dutchess Exec

POUGHKEEPSIE — Dutch-
ess County Executive Edward
C. Schueler has been indic-
ted by a county Grand Jury
on charges he accepted a bribe
and for six felony counts of per-
jury.

‘The indictment capped a seven-

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Dutchess County District At-
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nocent of any wrongdoing and
had contacted the district at-
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Schueler allegedly approached
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The move to the department
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Service Employees Association,
which charged that the decision

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study to determine the appro-
Priateness of the building for
offices. No emergency escape plan
had been developed at the time
the lease was signed in April, and
none exists now, say union of-
ficials.

County employees working in
the building complain of no heat,
uneven floors that make it diffi-
cult to use some equipment, deaf-
ening noise and little privacy, be-
cause only three-quarters inch
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work areas. (The sprinkler sys-
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public last week.

“We have been assured that
these rights are not in jeopardy,’
said Richard Calistri, a spokes-
man for the American Federation
of Government Employees, “But
what has been published so far
doesn’t say.”

Mr. Calistri says he does not
object to dismantling the com-
mission, which was formed in
1883 under the Pendleton Act.
The act also set up the Merit
System. Congress set up the com-
mission because of widespread
Political patronage hiring that
had been taking place for years.

Other union leaders also ex-
pressed concern about employee
rights and the Merit System.
Most of those interviewed stop-
ped short of criticizing the Car-
ter plan, however.

“If we feel there isn’t suffi-
cient protection, I think you'll
hear some very loud squawking—
very loud,” said Mr. Calistri.

Michael Grace, a spokesman
for the Public Employee Division
of the AFL-CIO, said his union
is still pushing passage of the
Clay-Ford Bill, now pending be-
fore the House Civil Service and
Post Office Committee headed
by Rep. Robert Nix, a Philadel-

Lottery

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phia Democrat. He said this
would safeguard some of the
rights ‘union leaders are trying to
protect.

The Clay-Ford Bill, named for
Reps. William Clay, of Missouri,
and William Ford, of Michigan,
would establish mandatory col-
lective bargaining for federal
employee labor contracts and set
up a labor relations board to
handle disputes between govern-
ment and the unions.

Mr, Grace's union is also wait-
ing for more information about
the proposals.

Our position is that they can
do what they want,” he said. “As

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Rockland Wins Raise Of At Least 20%

(Continued from Page 1)

Negotiators for, the CSEA’s
unit were Nels Carlson, Patsy
Spicei Jr., president of the Rock-
land unit, Raymond Zerbarini,
Michael Frenshak, Lucille Mas-
sochi, Frank Howard, Doris Pes-
ner, Jacqueline Whitney, Harold
Berlin, Linda Caulfield and
Merle Mammato

Along with the change of at-
titude at the negotiating table,
the Rockland Journal-News came
out with an editorial in support
of the striking CSEA workers.

In that same edition, last week,
the Journal-News published a
public opinion survey which saic
in part, “almost two-thirds of
Rockland residents with opinions
on the first strike ever by county
employees believed the walkout
is justifi

In another media investigation
of. the strike, Connections, a
‘county magazine, published an
article by Steven Lagerfeld called
“The Power Elite,” which pene-
trated the facade of county gov-
ernment. In the article, Mr. Lag-
erfeld made the point that the
county taxpayer is underwriting
the Legislature's “union-busting”
attempt.

The strike is costing county
taxpayers plenty. Although no
dollar amounts can be placed on
the strike at this point, some of
the cost can be accounted for
by the transfer of 50 geriatric
patients from the Rockland
County Health Complex across
the Hudson River to facilities
in another county.

Also ringing dollars out of the
Rockland taxpayers’ till is the
cost of scabs that must fill the
positions of some 1,700 strikers.

‘The operation of county police
computers has been interrupted
by the strike, necessitating that
the department either take po-
lige off the street to run the
computers or leave the machines
quiet. Yet, in spite of this, the
reports are that the police de-

Babylon Unit
Wins 7%2%°

Wage Boost

NORTH LINDENHURST —
After months of bargaining
over the second year of its
contract, the Civil Service
Employees Association signed a
1978 reopener settlement grant-
ing @ 7 percent increase with in-
crements to the approximately
135 white-collar employees in
the Town of Babylon.

Tn addition, all assessment
‘aldes, assessment assistants and
Senior assessment assistants in
the unit won $500 salary raises,

*The first year of the two-year
Contract contained a 5% percent
ralse without increments.

“The terms of the CSEA
Agreement are significant be-
cause the Teamsters, who repre-
Sent the town’s blue-collar em-
ployees, were able only to get a
4 percent raise for 1977 and 6
Percent without increments for
1978 and 1979," said John Cuneo,
CSEA field representative.

Mr, Cuneo hailed the hard
Work of the CSEA negotiating
team who “maintained their sol-
‘darity throughout tough nego-
Ustions,” he said,

puties have been sympathetic to
strikers. One striker attributed
this to the “small-town atmos-
phere” of New City.

While three “cease and desist”
orders were issued, a strike
spokeswoman noted that in an
unfavorable atmosphere, there
could have been many more. The
three CSEA officials cited were
James Lennon, president of
-CSEA’s Region IIT; Ron Mazola,
field representative for the CSEA,
and Randolph V. Jacobs, a CSEA
public relations specialist.

A 65-year-old woman who
works in the food stamp office
had been busy since the strike
began manning two hibachis in
front of @ social services office
and cooking for hungry strikers.
The menu changed daily, but
always included soup, which along
with wood fires built in empty
oil drums, kept strikers warm in
freezing January temperatures.

The strike was 95 percent effective despite cold weather,

Other Counties Have Shown The Way

By KENNETH SCHEPT

MANHATTAN — As ‘members of the Rockland county
unit battled the County, the weather and fatigue last week
in an effort to win what their president, Patsy Spicci, called
a “decent living,” county workers throughout the New York
State watched with interest.

Picketlines have always been a last resort, but one which
county workers have not been shy about using even during
winter, if provoked. In considering relations with their
county administrations, workers from other counties studied
events in Rockland, and probably remembered several other
strikes,

MONROE COUNTY

The Monroe County strike last August ended in two
days and resulted in the restoration of pay cuts, an 11 per-
cent wage increase and strengthening of job security.

The contract, which was approved Aug. 30 by the Mon-
roe County Legislature, called for a 3 percent wage hike
in January 1978, followed by a 2 percent increase in July and
6 percent in January 1979. Increments worth another 4%
percent were also to be paid during 1978 and 1979.

The average income of the 3,500 county employees was
$12,000. Because of the restoration of pay cuts, workers
earning about the average salary were to receive $400 retro-
actively.

Local president Martin Koenig said at the time, “The
county never thought we would walk. We had been pushed
for months, and it finally came time to stand up for our
rights.”

DUTCHESS COUNTY

Cold weather was not a factor when workers in Dutchess,
another Southern Region unit, struck in July 1975, in what,
up to that time, was the largest county strike in New York
State history. It involved 1,000 workers.

The strike was provoked when the County Legislature

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JANUARY

13-14—Western Region VI meeting: Sheraton Inn-Buffalo East, 2040
Walden Ave., Buffalo.

17—New York Metropolitan Retirees Local 910 meeting: 1:00 p.m.,
2 World Trade Center, Room 5890, Manhattan.

18—Pilgrim eerie Center Martin Luther King Memorial Cere-
mony: 9 a.m.5 p.m. Main Assembly Hall, Pilgrim Psychiatric
Center, West Brentwood.

18—Nassau Local 830 board of directors meeting: 5:30 p.m.,
Salisbury Club, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, L.I.

19—-New York City Local 010 executive board meeting: 5:15 p.m.,
Francois’ Restaurant, 110 John St, Manhattan,

24—Franklin County Local 817 officers training session and grievance
seminar: 7 p.m., Williams Mansion Nursing Home, Malone.

26—Long Island Region | executive board meeting: 7 p.m., Region
office, 740 Broadway, No. Amityville, L.t,

FEBRUARY

10—Long Island State Parks Local 102 Velentine Dance: Narragan-
sett Inn,

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refused to implement an agreement that had been signed
by both sides, the County Administration and the union.
It called for acceptance of a fact-finding report recommend-
ing an 8% percent salary hike for Dutchess workers.

The County asked that all issues, including those taken
up by the fact-finders, be resolved in binding arbitration.

Western Region supervisor Lee Frank was, at the time,
a CSEA collective bargaining specialist. He said that, “All
the things we won in the fact-finder’s report and which were
accepted by the chief fiscal officer of the county would be
jeopardized in this binding arbitration.”-

The strike ended after about a week when the county
agreed to sign a tentative agreement calling for a $690
across-the-board raise for the first year, with increases
totaling 23 percent for the following two years.

ORANGE COUNTY

“The temperature was below zero in March 1976, when
members of the Orange county unit demonstrated in front
of the county’s offices in Goshen, to protest the Orange
Legislature's vote to freeze salaries and reduce increments.

In a situation similar to that which occurred in the
current dispute in Rockland, a neighboring county, negotia-
tions were inflamed when the local lawmakers demanded
that increments be reduced. In Rockland, the county pro-
posed that increments not be granted.

The strike was called after the Orange County Adinin-
istration refused to negotiate a salary increase as authorized
by the union contract, which contained a two-year wage
reopener clause.

It ended after two weeks, when the County agreed, to
restore increments and the union agreed to maintain salary
levels for another year, in appreciation of the fiscal crisis
that Orange faced.

Chief negotiator for the union, Emanuel Vitale, said,
“This strike pointed up how one-sided the Taylor Law is
when legislators in unilateral action can violate a contract
and not be penalized for doing so.”

Last year, the New York State Legislature passed a
CSEA-backed bill which empowers the Public Employment
Relations Board to recommend that punishment be imposed
on government as well as labor for bargaining in bad faith,

COLUMBIA COUNTY

A strike by Columbia County workers, which ended after
10 days in June 1976, was noted not for the $500 won over
two years by the membership, but for several incidents of
picketers being struck by vehicles attempting to pass through
the lines, There were no serious injuries.

As in Rockland, there was community sympathy for the
strikers. Local merchants provided picketers with free soft
drinks and sandwiches.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS RELOCATES

ALBANY—The Governor's Office of Employee Relations,
formerly located at the Twin Towers Building in Albany, has
relocated to Agency Building 2, 12th Floor, Empire State Plaza,
Albany.

In a memorandum sent to the Civil Service Employees As-
sociation’s statewide officers, State Executive Committee, State
Division Local presidents and regional supervisors, the new
location was inadvertently typed as Agency Building 12.

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Foundation For Scandal

Gormeor CAREY may not be aware of it but he may
have laid the foundation for another nursing-home-
type scandal when, in his “State of the State” message that
opened the Legislature last week, he declared he would seek
more funds to provide better postpsychiatric care for per-
sons released from the state’s Mental Hygiene institutions.

One of the worst malfunctions of the community release
program, particularly in the large metropolitan areas of
the state, is that too many of these former institution pa-
tients are being placed in substandard housing. This type
of housing is usually owned by slum landlords, a group
notorious for their lack of interest in the welfare of their
tenants—whether or not they are mentally disturbed. What
immediately comes to mind is a percentage of these social
leeches quickly applying cosmetic touches to make rotting
surroundings seem cheerful; arduously pursuing business
from the state in terms of filling these buildings up with
post-institutional people, and ripping the public off for rent
monies that could make the nursing home scandal a minor-
league affair.

There is the additional thought that in placing so many
of these ex-patients into substandard housing, the state is
already failing in its intended goal of returning these people
to the surroundings of normal community life. Rather, the
State, intentionally or not, would be laying the foundation
for that horror of horrors—ghettoes for mentally disturbed.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1978

Fye Pension Funds Again

ENATORS William Proxmire and Edward Brooke, the
chairman and the senior minority member of the U.S.
Senate Banking Committee, last week told New York City,
in effect, that it would have to solve its financing problems
without expecting any help from the federal government.
Needed monies, they declared, could be gotten from the
state government, banks and pension fund loans.

We presume that these honorable gentlemen are refer-
ring to public employee pension funds in the above recom-
mendation, and we find the recommendation loaded with
irony.

State and New York City unions were wooed arduously
about the use of funds from their pension systems when
the depth of the City's financial crisis was found to be so
shatteringly deep.

The natural assumption was that shoring up the shat-
tered city fiscal structure would result in saving jobs. As
we now know, sadly enough, the result was actually, if not
deliberately, followed by wholesale layoffs in both state and
city employment.

Now the good Senators have suggested once again that
the option of using pension funds is still available.

Is it? Would you make a loan to someone ‘on the grounds
that you might still lose your job?

A Special Day -

W* should not let the next few days pass without taking
note of a special day in American history. Had he lived,
Martin Luther King would be celebrating his birthday on
Jan. 15, We cannot help feel the world would have been a
much better place today if Dr. King were with us. (HLA.T.)

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the State Legislature in the

newly _ refurbished
Chamber,

‘The purpose of the joint ses-
sion was to hear Governor Carey
deliver his State of the State
message, in accordance with the
requirements of the State Con-
stitution.

Statesmanship And Me-Tooism

Since this is an election year,
the political overtones in the
Governor's message were most
significant. As might have been
expected, Speaker Steingut, As-
sembly Majority Leader Stanley
Fink and their Democratic
counterpart in the Senate, Mi-
nority Leader Manfred Ohren-
stein, hailed the message for its
“statesmanship and vision.” On
the other hand, Senate Majority
Leader Warren M. Anderson and
Assembly Minority Leader Perry
B. Duryea, Jr., twitted the Gov-
ernor for adopting what they
described as me-tooism.

What Anderson and Duryea
sought to underline in their com-
ments was their view that In
calling for a substantial tax cut,
the Governor had simply adopt-
ed policies that the Republicans
had been urging for the past,
three years.

Tt means that the Democrats
and the Republicans will take ad-
vantage of every possible oppor-
portunity to take credit for tax
relief enacted during the session.

Thus far, neither Carey, An-
derson nor Duryea have formally
announced they will run for Gov-
ernor, Carey has studiously
avoided reporters’ questions about
his future political plans, al-
though no one seriously doubts
that he is already off and run-
ning.

Similary, Anderson and Dur-
yea have thus far avoided mak-
ing serious public anonuncements
about their plans. However, last
week, before the opening of the
session, at separate receptions
for Republican Senators and
Assemblymen, each of which both
Anderson and Duryea attended,
they indicated with warmth and
humor their friendly but de-
termined aspirations for the Re-
publican gubernatorial nomina-
tion.

Although the session is form-
ally under way, the lature
will mark time until later this
month, when the Governor sub-
mits’ his proposed budget for the
next fiscal year. The budget will
flesh out the Governor's policies,
and it is at that point that the
members will get down to the
nuts and bolts of both effective
state policies and practical poli-
tical realities.

Workable Compromise

It is only then that the tax
reduction program will be sub-
jected to close scrutiny by mem~-
bers whosé constituencies will
demand more aid to education
and increased aid for local pur-
Poses. Underlying many of these
demands for increased state-aid
programs is the fact that many
of the legislators are faced with
virtual revolt among constitu-
ents interested primarily in re-
ducing real estate taxes imposed
for local governments and sehool
boards, The matter of effecting
& workable compromise between
general tax reduction and de-
mands for increased state ald
will push to the outmost limits
the ingenuity and political per-
ceptions of the legislators.

Above all, what the legislators
are really hoping for is a short

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Assembly

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.

When Experience Is Illegal

The petitioner filed an application to take a civil service
examination for the competitive position of fire alarm dis-
patcher. Her application was disapproved by the Nassau
County Civil Service Commission on the grounds that she
lacked the minimum qualification of one-year’s experience
operating radio telephone or telephone switchboards.

The petitioner alleged that between March 1974 and
January 1977, she had been a substitute and provisional
fire alarm dispatcher for the Levittown Fire Department.
In that capacity she operated a telephone switchboard, as
well as the group alert telephone network, the house alarm
system and radio dispatch equipment. To substantiate her
position, she submitted photostatic copies of payment rec-
ords from the Levittown Fire Department, from December
1975 until January 1977.

The respondent argued that the petitioner did not have
the requisite one-year experience because the Levittown
Fire Department payroll records did not show employment
for one year. The respondent also .alleged that the peti-
tioner was never properly cert}fied, thus not legally em-
ployed and, therefore, not entitléd to credit for the aforesaid
employment,

The respondent argued that the petitioner only appeared
on the payrolls of the Levittown Fire Department for the
period ending March 29, 1976, in the capacity of provisional
dispatcher. Respondent further stated that the payroll
period was disapproved by the Civil Service Commission with
a request that an application for her classification be sub-
mitted to the Civil Service Commission. Since these forms
were never submitted, the respondent contended that any
employment of the petitioner by the Fire Department with-
out her payroll status being certified pursuant to Section
100 of the Civil Service Law was illegal, and payment of
her salary without certification was unauthorized.

Also, the respondent asserted that if the petitioner was
employed by the Fire Department for the period ending
March 29, 1976, a civil service list was in existence and, there-
fore, the Fire Department was required to fill any vacancy
for fire alarm dispatcher from that list.

Subsequently, the petitioner instituted an Article 78 pro-
ceeding to review the determination of the Civil Service
Commission and for a judgment that the petitioner met the
minimum requirements for the competitive civil service title
of fire alarm dispatcher.

The Nassau County Supreme Court held that the Civil
Service Law could permit experience to be afforded to ®
former provisional dispatcher although her employment may
have been improper. The court noted that when a promo-
tional competitive position is in question, a prejudicial effect
would result if a person illegally in a prior civil service pos!-
tion was permitted to use that unauthorized time over one
who is legally in the position that serves as a prerequisité
for promotion,

However, in this case, the petitioner is'seeking to qualifY
for an open competitive position. The court stated that 1?

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WHAT’S YOUR OPINION

By PAMELA CRAIG
THE PLACE: Workman's Compensation Board, Manhattan
QUESTION: What should the most important goals for civil servants

be in 1978?

Jimmy Smith, claims examiner: “I think the
goals for 1978 should be to work
toward a more livable wage in
1979, and to prevent further
erosion of the civil service sys-
tem. The system is being chop-
ped away every year. New peo-

Jean Blume, clerk, claims: “I feel a goal for
1978 should be for more help.
We are understaffed and we
need more clerks. Also, if we
offered a higher wage, we would
get more help. The starting sal-
ary is too low. Four people will

Howard Hackett, associate examiner, disability:

ple who come to work will re-
ceive a much smaller pension
and there is a move to have
more political appointees rather
than more promotions from
within the ranks. There is a
new wave to give promotions by merit than by
the tests, and I feel'these acts have yndermined
the system, We must preserve the status quo.”

get hired and one will show up
because the salary is too low
at the clerical level. I believe
the starting salary is $5,800.
In New York City, this is not
enough money to live on, I also

wish the public knew the real story behind the
Plight of state workers, We are thought of as high-
ly-paid. It’s ridiculous because private industry

starting salaries for clerical workers are much

higher,

“I believe that a goal for 1978

understanding

should be an increase in the
public awareness of laws en-
acted for their benefit. This
will diminish confusion through
sand

create

Sylvia Horowitz, senior claims examiner; “I would

like to see the Legislature re-
Peal the legislation that has
destroyed the pension system
for the new employees. As of
July 1, 1976, every new em-
ployee has a social security off-

greater efficiency for all con-
cerned, When the public calls,
it 1s apparent that the infor-
mation they have received
through various means is often
misleading and confusing. Many
people are not aware of workmen's compensation.
or disability benefits. If they were told exactly
what they were entitled to by their employers
and it was made general information for the
public at large, since the law is the same for all
workers, all parties would feel better."

Natalie Lewis, senior claims examiner; “I think
the most important goal is to
let the public be aware that
the executive and legislative
body is hostile to it. They are
hostile to civil servants and
the public. The public is al-
ways cheated. This board is not
supported by taxes. The monies
are taken from insurance com-
panies to run the board, based
on last year’s figures, Yet,
whatever excess money they
is thrown into the general fund

can cut out
for the Governor's use, If he has 1,000 people
this year, he gets money for 1,000 next year;

but he will then hire ogly 750, He takes the bal-
ance of the money ane puts it into the general
fund. He is now maki

set against his pension plan
and he also must contribute to
the pension plan, There should
be more parity with the old-
time employees, If they want to
create new career minded state
employees, the state should not punish new em-
ployees by eroding their future benefits, The con-
cept was if you didn’t receive as much money as
in private industry, you were working for a better
pension than in private industry. This is being
seriously eroded.”

Cynthia Walter, senior compensation investigator:
“The laws that govern the
compensation boards’ function
cause us to be limited in budge»
tary expenditures just like other
state agencies when in fact our
money comes from private in-
surance carriers. So there is no
reason for us to be doing with-
out clerks. A legislative change
could alleviate the situation
without additional cost to the
state. If we operate at $1 mil-

lion this year, and next year another clerk 1s

hired and the budget is $1 million plus $6,000,
then’ the carriers will contribute 5 cents more.

We do not cost the tax payers money, yet they are

hurt because we are unable to process claims in

@ reasonable amount of time.”

ig & tax cut.”

RETIREMENT
NEWS & FACTS

By A. L, PETERS

Storm Warnings
The fact that $227.3 billion in payroll taxes will be paid
in during 1979 and 1987 and that $214 billion of this has
already been committed under the existing benefit provi-
sions of the Social Security Law, will raise a storm in some

quarters.

From the point of view of the
economy, this is a lot of addi-
tional taxation. Since it will be
deducted from paychecks, it will
be a drain on consumer spending
——in effect, a cutback in salary.

Employers will look at this ad-
ditional payroll tax as a stimula-
tion to replace as much labor as
possible, particularly at the low
end of salary scales, providing a
boon to machinery builders but
creating another restraint on
employment,

There will also be substantial
pressure on employers to give
raises to offset employee con-
tributions, still another restraint
on employment,

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Having set the pattern for
funding the social security sys-
tem, Congress shifts the spotlight
to state and local plans which
also have been drastically under-
funded, This will increase the
pressure on state and local gov-
ernments to make larger pro-
visions to secure the integrity of
their funds.

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The Railroad Retirement Sys-
tem, which has been in much the
same position as social security,
has a $2.9 billion surplus com-
pared with $4.8 billion in 1970.
Railroad employment has been
declining, of course, and officials
hope it will level off at about
540,000, the current rate. Not-
withstanding this, there will have
to be additional resources for
this fund,

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As a public service, The Leader
continues to publish the names
of individuals who are benefici-
aries of unclaimed checks from
the New York State Employees’
Retirement System and the State

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Unethical Practice

Editor, The Leader:

Mayor-elect Koch is seeking
talent to staff his administration
from outside city government.
Undoubtedly, existing civil ser-
vice lists will not be used, and
the people on these lists will be
passed over for outsiders.

The Principal Management
Analyst list (No. 1212) which is
managerial position, has 70
percent vacancies, Another list—
Sr. Methods Analyst (No, 1143)—

was for several years tied up in
litigation, which prevented its
being used. The litigation was
settled just as the cutbacks were
being announced, and the list
was never used.

In fairness to the public, and
as a commitment to civil service,
Edward Koch should use the ex-
isting civil service lists to fill va-
cancies, especially when it comes
to managerial lists such as prin-
cipal management analyst. These
titles are used to give high sal-
aried jobs to individuals, many

withheld upon request.

LETTERS POLICY

Letters to the Editor should be less than 200 words.
The Leader reserves the right to extract or condense
pertinent sections of letters that exceed the maximum
length, Meaning or intent of a letter is never changed.
Extensive letters that cannot be edited to a reasonable
length are not used unless their viewpoint is so unique
that, in The Leader's judgment, an exception should
be made. All letters must be signed and bear the
Writen’s, address and telephone number. Names will be

of,whom are political appointees,
The technique is to make these
appointments provisional, there-
by getting around the stringent
requirements of the civil-service
system. Provisional appointments
are supposed to be made when
no list exists. Where lists exist,
an attempt is made to retire
them by not using most of the
list for four years, or if that is
not possible, other titles are
created so that no list exists un-
til an exam is given and graded.

Qualifications for some man-
agerial tests are made to discour-
age test takers, and exams are
difficult, so few pass, When lists
are used up, the way is clear for
Political appointees to be chosen.
Their qualifications are reviewed
by other political appointees in
the personnel department who
approve them. The appointees
never take the civil service ex-
ams, whose title they occupy,
since there is no need to subject
themselves to scrutiny by the
Civil Service Commission,

The public interest dictates
that civil service lists be used.

Doing otherwise is institutional-

izing unethical practices with its

unfair tactics and special inter-
est dealings,

SAMUEL A, FREDMAN

New York City

What's The Score?

Editor, The Leader;

When is CSEA going to do
something about the violation of
civil service laws by the Town
of Hempstead, which is trying
to freeze in provisionals (with-
out tests) when those legally
taking civil service tests are de-
nied knowledge of their test
scores since a year ago last
March? What is CSEA doing

about it? HENRY HEIN
North: Bellmore
ER’S NOTE; Informed sources

say because of CSEA's efforts,
the test score will be released
about March or April. They
were sealed by court order be-
cause of a dispute over wheth-
er sanitationmen and some
other workers should be re-
quired to take civil service tests.

Policemen’s and Fir¢men’s Fund.
The Leader or the New York
State Employees’ Retirement Sys-
tem in Albany may be contacted
for information as to how to
obtain the funds

Following is a listing of those individ:
uals whose membership terminated pur-
suant to the provisions of section 40,
paragraph 1 of the Retirement and So-
inl Security Law on or before August
3. 1974.

(Continued from last week)

Albertson, Marion «Brooklyn
Alexander, Ronald W Dryden
Allen, Charles A Wassaic
Allen, Melanie M Middletown

Alonso, Ralph A
Alvarez, Fermin

Amaha, Keisuke
Arnett, Margaret 1.

8261 ‘ET Avenuef “epg “YAGVAT AQIANGS TIAID

Flaine Boss
Baum, Thomas J...

Bowe, Beverly A
Brace, Lauren L
Breen, Judith H

Brown, Jonathan
Bruno, Frederick
Bullard, Willie M
Cafiero, Richard

Syracuse
ichenectady

Beckerich, Doris EB sve Sayville

OM soon Wingdale
Bellospirito, Roger swOyster Bay
Belton Earle R ‘oo Oceanside

Buffalo

Francis J Jr
Rochester
Troy, Pa,
Waverford

Broderick, John J Syosset
Bronson, Catherine P sPort Crane
Brookins, Odesin Columbia, SC
Brown, Florence Newark, NJ

Patricia A sn. Queet
(To Be Continued)

Civil Service
Law & You

(Continued from Page 6)
evaluating the prior experience
requirements set down by the
Civil Service Commission, they
would be remiss in not actually

affording the petitioner the one-
year experience, whether ob-
tained legally or, as here, where
the commission characterizes the
employment as illegal.

The court reasoned that if an
employee is occupying a position
in violation of the Civil Service
Law, the employee should not be
prejudiced, The interpretation
given by the court is to permit
experience to be afforded to the
Petitioner, who may have been
improperly employed, when later
qualifying for an open competi-
tive exam and position, where no
detriment to other civil service
applicants for the same open
competitive position is shown.
Maloney v. Nassau County Civil
Service Commission, 398 N.Y.S.
2d 206.

Don’t Repeat This!
(Continued from Page 6)
legislative session, Each member
has to run for re-election this
year, and many of them repre~
sent marginal districts in which
they will face hard competition
not only from political opponents
on election day, but also stiff

competition in their own party
primaries.

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, January 13, 1978

CSEA's

Law Firm

What's Its Place
In The Union?

By DEBORAH CASSIDY

ALBANY —In its continuing growth as New
York State's largest independent union, the Civil
Service Employees Association owes some of its
successes and achievements in the past nearly
two years to the efforts of nine statewide attor-
neys and 19 liaison attorneys working for the
Albany based law firm of Roemer and Feather-
stonhaugh.

Senior partner, James W. Roemer, Jr., com-
mented, “We can be particularly effective, be-
cause with such a large staff some of us have
gone into specialized fields of union work.”

Working sometimes behind the scenes and
sometimes in the forefront, it is they who help
to negotiate the four statewide contracts, handle
legislative representation, handle court cases that
are important to major segmerits of the CSEA
and handle all issues that are of general signi-
ficance to the union. The liaison attorneys handle
daily phone calls from CSEA staff and officers
seeking legal advice or assistance.

Explaining the chain of command, Mr. Roe-
mer said that any member needing legal assist-
ance for a job-related problem would contact his
Local president, who would relay the matter to
the field representative. The field representative
would decide himself, or confer with his super-
visor, to determine whether legal assistance was
warranted, and then contact an attorney. In ad-
dition to their specialized fields, the nine at-
torneys handle such matters as contract arbitra-
tions, litigations, and disciplinaries.

Prior to March 1976, when the firm first came
into existence, the CSEA retained a staff of four
attorneys from another firm in Albany. Mr. Roe-
mer, who was then a member of that staff, which
worked out of Headquarters on Elk Street, said,
“There was just too much work for four of us
to handle and consequently it did not get done
efficiently.”

In the midst of ensuing problems, the firm
resigned as counsel to the CSEA and the four
attorneys assigned to the CSEA were no longer
needed.

Mr. Roemer decided that his years of working
with the CSEA gave him valuable insight into
the kind of legal representation the CSEA was
seeking. In 1976 he organized the firm with
James Featherstonhaugh, who had also been af-
fillated with the CSEA earlier in his legal career,
and E. Guy Roemer, Mr. Roemer’s brother.

Nearly two years later, Mr, Roemer speaks with
confidence and enthusiasm about his work with
the CSEA, “The officers and Board of Directors
have on many occasions expressed their support
and enthusiasm for the quality of representation
we have given them.” “We do not intend to be-
come complacent,” Mr, Roemer is quick to add.
“In fact, we are continually examining and re-
examining the methods and procedures we use
so that we can give the CSEA the most efficient
and effective representation possible,”

A 1969 graduate of Albany Law School, Mr.
Roemer is the overall administrator for the firm.
As such, his duties include making assignments
to determine a course of action, conferring with

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Staff attorneys gather round table with James W. Roemer, Jr., foreground, partner in Roemer and
Featherstonhaugh. Clockwise from Mr, Roemer are Michael J. Smith, William M. Wallens, Richard L.

(Leader photo by Ray Hoy)

Burstein, Marjorie E Karowe, Pauline F. Rogers, Stephen J, Wiley and Edward T. Stork. Partner
James D, Featherstonhaugh was attending meeting of Public Employee Conference in New York City at
time photo was taken in law firm's Empire State Plaza offices.

the other lawyers, reviewing and examining
pleadings and legal memorandums and: acting as
general counsel and consultant for meetings and
negotiations.

Short interviews with the eight other attorneys
lead to some interesting insight into their work
and point up their strong and positive feelings
about their association with the CSEA.

Mr. Featherstonhaugh, also a 1969 graduate of
Albany Law School, acts as a lobbyist to the State
Legislature and as counsel to the statewide po-
litical action committee, making recommenda-
tions for endorsements and campaign contribu-
tions. Reviewing his work as a lobbyist, Mr.
Featherstonhaugh stated, “It’s been a great year
for the CSEA, with the passage of the Agency
Shop Bill and a number of amendments to the
Civil Service Law. A three-man committee, con-
sisting of Bernard Ryan, CSEA's political action
and legislation specialist; Stephen J. Wiley, of
the firm, and myself filed memorandums last
year in opposition to or support of every bill that
affects public employees.” The CSEA is unique
from other unions in the respect that its lobbying
is handled by a committee of three. Mr, Feather-
stonhaugh added that in the past the CSEA’s
approach to lobbying had been a defensive one,
and only recently has it become more aggressive.
He has recently taken part in the formation of
the Public Employee Conference, which is a
group of several unions whose sole and limited
purpose is to lobby for bills in the best interest
of all members, He explained that if all unions
involved cannot agree on a bill, the PEC will take
no position on it,

Stephen J, Wiley, a 1974 graduate of Albany
Law School, is Mr. Featherstonhaugh’s righthand
man, as the saying goes. As assistant lobbyist,
he writes memorandums in opposition to or in
support of bills, writes bills to be“Introduced into
the Legislature and distributes copies of per-
tinent information to legislators and CSEA per-
sonnel or members. He also finds himself buried
in research work for this job, From June to De-
cember, when the Legislature is not in session
and when he is not making plans for it, he
handles lawsuits and other matters for the West-
ern Region. Agreeing with Mr. Featherston-
haugh’s positive feelings about the effect of lob-
bying, Mr. Wiley commented that the passage
of a PERB powers bill, giving the PERB the power
to enforce its orders, and a bill to prevent local
governments from withdrawing from the social
security program were also major achievements
for the firm and for the CSEA.

Specializing in Mental Hygiene problems is
Pauline Rogers, a 1973 graduate of Boston Uni-
versity Law School. Ms. Rogers testifies at legis-
lative hearings, makes court appearances and
acts as an advisor for the statewide CSEA Mental
Hygiene committee. She is also very knowledge-
able in the field of contract arbitrations and,
besides her work enforcing arbitration decisions,
she advises the CSEA in regard to what positions
to take, Ms. Rogers is the Maison attorney for
the Southern Region, Looking back over her ex-
perience with the CSEA, she commented, “The

CSEA is becoming more sophisticated. People are
beginning to recognize unionism as a collective
effort of all members and are not letting just the
staff and the lawyers run everything.”

Bearing up under the misery of a cold, William
Wallens explained that he ts a former law assist-
ant for the Appellate Division, Third Department.
In his capacity with Roemer and Featherston-
haugh, he researches decisions made by the Court
of Appeals in Appellate Division cases that apply
to public employees and keeps the firm informed
on such matters. He handles law suits and ar-
bitrations of a statewide nature and talked of
recently winning a decision in Monroe County,
where the County attempted to lay off workers
for two weeks without pay. With Mr. Wallen’s
aid, the CSEA prevented the County from fur-
loughing the employees, and though the case was
stalled and was not addressed in court, he se-
cured a Supreme Court Judge’s decision that fur-
loughing was illegal. In addition to these services,
Mr, Wallens, a 1975 graduate of Brooklyn Law
School, researches and publishes “Legal Briefs,”
a monthly newsletter sent to all Local presidents
to keep them informed of court cases involving
public employees.

“We are not reactors, but actors,” says Marjorie
Karowe, a 1974 graduate of Albany Law School,
and the advisor on the laws and regulations gov-
erning CETA employees. She continued, “We
should and do formulate legal policy for the
CSEA. It is up to us to mare policy for the people
—if not through lobbying, then in the courts.”
Although she has had no court cases involving
CETA, she has on numerous occasions advised
staff members of the CSEA on matters pertaining
to the act. She is also an advisor for pension
issues and handles contracts and disciplinary ar-
bitration, She is also legal advisor for the Long
Island Region,

Having recently won a case involving the il-
legality of contracting out bus services in Sara-
toga County, Richard Burstein considers it one
of his major achievements. As the liaison attor-
ney for the Capital Region, this 1974 graduate
of Albany Law School handles contract arbitra-
tions and disciplinaries. He is the counsel for the
charter committee and, on a monthly basis, he
reviews requests from groups who want to be-
come a part of the CSEA or who want to disband.
He sees the union as “a growing and respected
force in public employment,” adding that “legal
counsel must also grow and become more special-
ized as needed.”

Handling general Mtigation matters and dis-
closure litigations against the Public Service
Commission is the job of Michael Smith. Accord-
ing to Mr, Smith, he mainly handles conflict-of-
interest matters. Two on which he is currently
working are Dwyer vs. Cohn, in which the public
employee's right to privacy concerning assets is
at issue, and Nicholas vs. Cohn in which he is
fighting a law requiring a public employee to
sell stock held by himself, his spouse or depen-
dent children. He is also the Maison attorney for
the Central Region. After some thought, this

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CSEA's Law Firm

(Continued from Page 8)
soft-spoken’ attorney reflected, “There is an in-
creasing interest among the staff and officers
of the CSEA on legal matters. They are seeing
legal implication in day-to-day dealings. This
new sensitivity is a benefit to the members and
shows that they're on their toes.”

And behind all these busy attorneys, doing
much of their research, is Edward T. Stork, a
1977 graduate of Albany Law School, who serves
as a law clerk for the firm. Mr. Stork has passed
his Bar exam and is waiting to be admitted in
February 1978, so he can handle CSEA affairs
full time.

In addition to handling the affairs of the
CSEA, the firm of Roemer and Featherstonhaugh
has developed a program of services for members’
personal use at fees that they feel are lower than
those charged by other firms. Members in the
Albany area may apply through their Locals for
any of these services. Attempting to improve
upon this program, the firm is currently develop-
ing @ prepaid benefit package that will be fi-
nanced by the employer and negotiated into con-
tracts. Mr. Roemer added that more informa-
tion will be available on the program once some
of the details have been worked out.

Attorneys who serve members of units, Locals
and Regions in other parts of the state are as
follows: Arthur N. Bailey, Chautauqua, Cattarau-
gus and Allegany Counties, (716) 664-2966; Earle
P. Boyle, Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Cayuga
and Cortland Counties, (315) 422-2208; Martin J.
Cornell, Rockland County, (914) 634-7901; John
L, Bell, Essex and Clinton Counties, (518) 561-
1980; Earl W. Brydges, Orleans and Niagara
Counties, (716) 285-3525, and Richard M. Gaba,
Nassau County (516) 742-0242.

Barton W. Bloom, Orange and Sullivan Coun-
tiles, (914) 343-0623; Richard V. Hunt, Jefferson
and Lewis Counties, (315) 782-1670; Arthur H.
Grae, Westchester and Putnam Counties, (914)
761-2933; James T. Hancock, Monroe, Livingston,
Ontario and Wayne Counties, (716) 232-3000;
William F. Maginn, Jr., St. Lawrence and Frank-
Min Counties (315) 769-6600, and Charles R. Sand-
ler, Erie, Genesee and Wyoming Counties, (716)
856-9234,

Everett C. Weiermiller, Chemung, Schuyler,
Tompkins and Steuben Counties, (607) 734-1518;
Ward W. Ingalsbe, Ulster County, (914) 331-
0062; John C. Scholl, Oneida and Herkimer

Counties, (315) 732-6103; Thomas D. Mahar, Jr.,
Dutchess County, (914) 473-9330; Lester B. Lip-
kind, Suffolk County, (516) 669-3421; Stanley
Mailman, New York City, (212) 541-6400, and
Sanford P. Tanenhaus, Broome, Tioga, Chenan-
see cera and Otsego Counties, (607) 723-

Chief lobbyist James Festherstonhaugh, partner in law firm

that represents the CSEA, testifies on union’s behalf at hear-

ing conducted by legislative committee. Mr, Featherstonhaugh

has been lavishly praised by CSEA president William L. Mc-

Gowan for his role in gaining successfull passage of Agency
‘op Bill,

(Continued from Page 1)
and to some of his positions on
items of primary interest to the
union and its membership.

“The Governor reiterated his
plans to move ahead with dein-
stitutionalization of mental
health institutions, a concept we

Delay Court
Standardization

(Continued from Page 1)
ception to several areas men-
tioned in the Governor's message
Mr. McGowan noted, for in-
stance, that CSEA bargained for
court personnel in more than 130
bargaining units prior to last
April.

‘Under Judiciary Law 220, when
the court workers were legislated
into the state court system last
April 1, they carried with them
the provisions of the local goy-
ernment contracts negotiated for
them until a successor contract
is negotiated for them between
the state and the labor union
representing them.

CSEA president McGowan said
that his union negotiated for
several months with the Office
of Court Administration over es-
tablishment of new bargaining
units representing the judicial
employees, and that an agree-
ment was reached in which the
more than 130 former bargaining
units will be merged into eight
bargaining units established
along the lines of the eight Ju-
dicial Districts in New York
State outside of New York City.

Mr. McGowan said that on
Jan. 19, the Administrative
Board of the Office of Court Ad-
ministration will grant formal
recognition to CSEA as the legal
collective bargaining representa-
tive for court employees in the
eight Districts outside New York
City.

The proposed salary reclassifi-
cation plan to be released will
establish standard job titles, state
grades and salary for all em-
ployees in the new unified court
system. Mr. McGowan said the
new salaries established under
the reclassification plan will be
retroactive to last April 1, and
“it is our understanding that the
plan will not reduce the existing
salaries of any former local gov-
ernmental court employees.”
Many employees are expected to
receive salary increases under
reclassification to bring all sal-
aries into line and correct the
wide differences created by
scores of different contracts.

State Of State Mild

do not necessarily object to, but
we will oppose his plans until we
are satisfied proper preparation
and consideration has been given
to the topic before being under-
taken. I don’t see anything in
his message to prove proper
planning has been done, so the
CSEA will be in the forefront in
opposition to the plan as con-
cocted by Carey,” Mr. McGowan
stated.

“And you can bet the CSEA
will be fighting the Governor's
announced plans in the message
to submit legislation authorizing
the Social Services Department
to contract directly with volun-
tary agencies for services and
programs that in many cases can
and should be performed by ex-
isting public employees. He'll
have to show us at all times that
contracting out is the only eco-
nomical way to run state govern-
ment before we let up on the
extreme pressure we continue to
bring to prevent indiscriminate
contracting out,” according to
Mr. McGowan.

The union president said CSEA
“obviously is in favor of increased
aid to education because educa-
tion is a top priority and our

schoo] district employees have
been forced to work under cut-
back programs for far too long.
And I don’t think anyone dis-
agrees with a tax reduction, but
we must watch that such cuts
are not made at the expense of
public employees’ through re-
duced funds to conduct the busi-
ness of providing services to the
public ‘and less funds to ade-
quately compensate those em-
ployees through negotiations.”

Mr, McGowan noted that there
was no threat, direct or veiled,
to lay off state workers as has
been the case in past messages
delivered by Governor Carey to
compensate for a tight financial
picture in the state. “We're
pleased about that, of course, but
even so, layoffs do occur from
time to time and we'll be watch-
ful to head off any that might
suddenly be sprung upon us dur-
ing the coming year, if any. All
in all, though, this was a pretty
mild message, sort of all things
to all people, and I attribute that
to 1978 being an election year.
And that means, to me, that
we'll take it with a grain of salt
and stay extra alert to deviations
from it.”

Erie County Pact

(Continued from Page 1)
meant a zero pay raise,” Mr. Eiss
said.

Under terms of the tentative
agreement, the County also
agreed to pay, retroactive to Jan.
1, experience and longevity in-
crements.

“Scare Tactics”

The County's decision to with-
hold the increment while bar-
gaining continued was cited when
the CSEA accused county offi-
cials during the negotiations of
invoking “scare tactics” in trying
to coerce members to come to
terms.

Also cited in the accusation
was the County’s decision to
charge workers time off when
county offices were closed on the
afternoons of Dec. 5 and Dec.
9 because of a snowstorm.

‘The tentative agreement out-
{nes a new snow-leave policy
that does not dock workers’ pay
for shutdowns of less than half
a day.

All other parts of the settle-
ment were the same as the pact
rejected by a vote of 1168 to 361
last month.

That agreement provided for
an agency shop in the county,
plus improvements in sick and
bereavement leave and grievance

CSEA Opens New
White Plains Office

WHITE PLAINS—The Civil
Service Employees Associa-
tion has opened an office in
White Plains to serve West-
chester and Rockland County

_ members.

Four field representatives as-
signed to the area work out of the
Office, at 222 Mamaroneck Ave.
They are Joseph O'Connor, Ron-
ald Mazzola, Donald Patrick
and Tom Brann,

Receptionist Kathleen Nardozzi
will also be on hand weekdays
to assist members. The telephone
number is (914) 946-6905.

Alex Hogg, chairman of the

Region II sites committee, pre-

dicted that service to union
members will increase.

Westchester - Rockland field
workers used to share facilities
with the Westchester County Lo-
cal at 196 Maple Ave. White
Plains, The Local office will re-
main at Maple Avenue,

James J, Lennon of New
Rochelle, is the Region III prest-
dent. The region also includes
Putnam, Ulster, Orange, Sulli-
van and Dutchess counties. Re-
gional headquarters is in Fishkill.

Full Employment
Is The Key
To Prosperity.

procedi .

The latest agreement was
reached after two negotiating
sessions, directed by Frederick
L, Renson, a Rochester attorney
appointed to mediate the dispute
by the state Public Employment
Relations Board.

If the Local turns down the
proposal the county legislature,
according to law, will impose
terms of the contract after a
hearing.

County labor relations director
Edward C. Piwowarczyk said
county negotiators were adam-
ant about refusing a pay raise
in the current year

“It's a matter of public record
that we don’t have the funds,”
he said. ‘There's no money in the
budget.”

Onondaga Local
Elects Leaders

SYRACUSE —The election
committee representing On-
ondaga County Local 834 of
the Civil Service Employees
Association has announced the
names of newly elected officers
who will represent the nearly
3,500 employees in its 20 units.

Elected to the post of presi-
dent was Robert Obrist, County
Probation Department, who de-
feated John Van Deusen, Coun-
ty Social Services, by a vote
margin of nearly 3 to 1.

Others newly elected include:

—First vice-president Thomas
Murphy, Van Duyn Home and
Hospital, over Marie Kalbfleisch,
County Health Department;

—Second vice-president, Joseph
Caputo, Probation Department,
over Connie Bissi, Onondaga
County Clerk's Office;

—Third vice-president Pat
Callahan, County Purchasing,
over Joe Picclano, County High-
way Department,

—Ventina Cerutti, Onondaga
County Sheriff Department, de-
feated Rosemary Amendola, On-
ondaga Library Department, for
secretary.

—In the race for Treasurer,

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Ruth Flaumenbaum
Says Thank You

HEMPSTEAD—Ruth Flaum.
enbaum, wife of Civil Service
Employees Association vice-pres-
ident Irving Flaumenbaum, is re-
covering from surgery at Hemp-
stead General Hospital, her hus-
band reports. She is expected to
remain hospitalized for another
two weeks, he said.

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$ Lofig Island Region president,
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Judge, Jail Guard Dual Role KOed

MANHATTAN—West Seneca
Town Justice Joseph Weir must
decide soon between the judge's
Post he was recently re-elected
to or his job as principal jail
guard at the Erie County Jail.

State Attorney Genera] Louis
Lefkowitz has ruled he can no
longer hold both posts.

Mr. Lefkowitz cited a new state
law that forbids the dual roles in
ruling against Mr. Weir, who was
scheduled to be sworn in for
another four-year term as town
Justice Jan. 1,

Mr. Weir's status as a peace
officer is the cause of his prob-
lem, according to the Attorney
General, who cited the Uniform
Justice Court Act, which he says,
prevents village or town justices
from accepting employment as
peace officers after July 1, 1975.
According to state law, prison
guards are considered peace of-
ficers,

“I am of the opinion, the At-
torney General wrote in a Dec,
16 letter to State Administrative
Judge Richard J. Bartlett, “there-
fore, that a principal jail guard

» is a peace officer and, as
such, most particularly by reason
of Uniform Justice Court Act

N. 105 C, effective July 1, 1975,
may not lawfully serve concur-
rently as a town justice.”

SHORT TAKES

JOBS OF 400 IN BUFFALO NOW ‘SAFE’

‘The Buffalo Common Council has granted protection against
abrupt firing to about 400 city middle or lower-salaried provisional
and temporary employees, The 9-6 vote on the controversial measure
came days before the city’s new mayor, James D. Griffin, was about
to take office. Mr. Griffin opposed the move. The proviso was en-
acted to safeguard jobs of workers threatened because of the change
in administration.

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NEW JOBLESS PAY LAW SURVIVES COURT TEST

US. District Court Judge Charles R. Richey has denied a request
by more than 1,200 local and state governments to block imple-
mentation of a new federal law holding local and state govern-
ments responsible for unemployment compensation benefits for
employees. The states and local governments claimed they would have
to fire more than 100,000 workers and sharply curtail vital services
to comply with the law, scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, Judge
Richey said about 2 million public employees would be without

unemployment coverage if the law did not go into effect.
.

PART-TIME WORK ON THE RISE

Virtually nonexistent at the
turn of the century, the part-

Greenburgh Workshop
To Probe CETA Law

ELMSFORD—Rep. Bruce Cap-
uto (R-Westchester) is the feat-
ured speaker at a workshop spon-
sored by the Town of Green-
burgh unit of the Civil Service
Employees Association scheduled
for Jan. 12 at Greenburgh Town
Hall.

The workshop, ‘set up to dis-

* cuss the federal Comprehensive

Employment Training Act (CE-
TA) and the Humphrey-Hawkins
bill, is an open house for all
CSEA members, according to unit
president Eleanor McDonald.
Gerald Iannuzzi, U.S. Labor de-
puty associate regional adminis-
trator; Furman Benjamin, a Lab-
or Department representative,
and Kack Cudahy, a U.S. Labor
Department manpower develop-
ment specialist, are also sched-
uled to speak. Meeting time is 8
pm.

CETA is the federal program
which supplies funds for muni-
cipalities to hire provisional em-
Ployees. It is under attack from
many sources over alleged abuses,
Many “claim CETA provisionals
are filling jobs that should le-
gally go to people with civil ser-
vice status, The Humphrey-

@awkins Bill, now pending before

‘@ congressional committee, would
insure jobs for most Americans,
say its sponsors.

Ms. McDonald says her other
hosts for the workshop are Pug
Lanza, Harrison unit president;
Felicia Straface, Harrison School
District unit president; Roy

West, Eastchester School Dis-
trict 1 unit president; Rocky
Pugliese, New Castle unit presi-
dent; Tony Blasie, New Rochelle
unit president; Grace Ann Alo-
ise, Westchester Local 860 board
member, and Irene Amaral, Lo-
cal 860 education committee
chairman.

time worker is now the fastest
growing segment of the national
workforce, says the Washington
Post. Most of the nation’s 17
million part-timers are married
women with children who prefer
part-time work to full-time em-
ployment, Most are in low paying

retail sales and services jobs, says
the newspaper. Federal officials
recently said they would begin
seeking more federal part-time
employees.

Veterans Administration
Information Service
Call (202) 389-2741

Washington, D.C. 20420

Federal Job Calendar

These jobs are open in New York City or surrounding counties

until further not

plicants should contact U.S, Civil Service

Gamma Nee vor City Area office. Requirements vary.
GENERAL SCHEDULE POSITIONS

Written Test Required,
Title {

Communications Technician
Data Transcriber
Dental Hygienist

Electronic peseaetiog h Machine Operator

Examiner (Intermittent)
Firefighter (Structural)

Fiscal and Accounting Support Positions .

Hospital Police Officer
Medical Aid (Sterile Supplies)
Nuc! Medicine Technician
Photographer

Physical Therapy Assistant
Reporting Stenographer

Sales Store Checker
Shorthand Reporter

Tractor Operator

Travel Clerk (Typing)

At Some Grade Levels
*Salary Grade

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TRADES AND CRAFTS
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Title

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Chief Engineer eth Bisa)
Electronics Mechanic

Master (Ferryboat)

Ordinance pee Mechanic

Title

Quality Inspection Specialist
Retigreation and A/C Equipment

ator
shiphiter

Ship Surveyor
Welder

For further information, contact a federal job information center

at either 26 Federal Plaza, New

0422); 590 Grand Concourse, Bronx, 10451

York, 10007 (telephone (212) 264-
(212) 292-4666); 271

Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, 11201 (212)330-7671).
*The salary grades pay as folewe: grade 2 pays $7,035; grade 3

$7,930; gr. Ns
$12,336; grade 8, 13, 662;

5, $9,959; grade 6, $11,101; grade 7,

ra e 9, $15,090,

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Friday, January 13, 1978

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER,

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1968 which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination
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tion of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper
are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Mew York State

Acreage for Sale
Florida

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2 FOR SALE BY OWNER

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CITED BY STATE
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D. Hemink, acting vice-president for administration at SUNY Os-
wego, for making a money-saving suggestion. Mr. Jackson, a campus
maintenance worker, recommended that all exit signs in state
buildings have two 744-watt bulbs instead of the commonly used
two 40-watt bulbs. State Civil Service Commission awarded Mr.
Jackson citation and $100 for suggestion, expected to save more

than $3,500 a year.

The Federal Employee

By PETER ALISON

Big Shots, Little Shots

What happens when a middle-
level public employee loses his
job because of a change of ad-
ministration?

Big name government employ-
ees find no difficulty capitaliz~
ing on their reputations and con-
tacts and find relatively little
difficulty making a new connec-
tion. However, this doesn’t work
for most middle-level employees.
A recent survey found 62 per-~
cent of them found great diffi-
culty in finding a new job be-
cause of a general anti-govern-
ment feeling.

Many middle-level government
employees had been running op-
erations and spending hundreds
of millions of dollars. For some
prospective employers, the mere
sound of that amount of money
sends a shiver through personnel
directors,

Former male employees from
Defense, State and Treasury had
the most luck. Both men and
women who worked for Health,
Education and Welfare and En-
vironmental Protection had the
greatest difficulty.

The lack of knowledge and
Umited opportunities for federal
equal employment opportunities
specialists is becoming a problem,
according to Jules M. Sugarman,

TUTORS

Expert preparation for Civil Service ex-
ams, promotion co sergeant, etc, In-
dividual, Reasonable, GE 4.3549,

LEGAL NOTICE

* LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
139 WEST 19TH ST. CO,, 115 Ease 9th
St, NYC, Substance of Certificate of
Limited Partnership filed in New York
County Clerk's Office December 19,
1977, Business: Own and operate real
Property, General Partners: Lawrence
Devine, 72 Fifth Ave., NYC; Susan Ab-
bot, 37 W 72 Se, NYC. Limited Part-
ners: Louise Lane, 303 BE 57 St, NYC;
Irving Bergman, 1501 Franklin Ave,
Mineola, NY; Florine Snider, 1 W 89
Sc, NYC, Term: April 15, 1977 to April
15, 1987 unless sooner terminated. Cash

butions; Susan Abbott $75,000;
Louise Lane $10,000; Irving Bergman
$10,000; Florine Snider $5,000, Partners
shall share in the net profics as pro:
vided in agreement. No additional con-
tributions agreed to be made. Upoa
death or incapacity of a general partner,
the remaining general partner has the
right co continue che business. Limited

vice chairman of the Federal
Civil Service Commission. He
Proposes a formal career training
set-up for equal employment op-
Portunity specialists as part of
the government personnel activ-
ities training.

A new booklet for prospective
foreign service employees is be-
ing prepared by the State De-
partment and will be ready for
distribution soon. It recites a
new system with positions graded
as Foreign Service Local (F.S.L.-
1 through F.S.L.-12). The rating
will be based on the rank in posi-
tion concept and will be installed
in each post as the regular wage
survey is completed there. There
will be no salary reduction for
current employees but new em-
ployees may not receive the same
compensation as their predeces-
sors.

For areas where there is spe-
cial recruiting, exceptions to the
wage scale will be made.

New RE Listing

ALBANY—The state Civil Ser-
vice Department established an
eligible list for Principal Real
Estate Appraiser on Oct, 17, 1977,
as the result of a September
1977 open competitive exam. The
Ist contains 31 names.

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Hire Part-Timers:

‘WASHINGTON, D.C.—Presi-
dent Carter has ordered US.
Civil Service officials to initiate
@ plan to attract more part-time
workers to federal jobs

“Part-time workers are an im-
portant, but relatively untapped
national resource,” said the
President. “Older people, those
with family responsibilities, the
handicapped, students and others
who are unable to work full time
can be valuable additions to an
‘agency's permanent work force.”

‘The President directed the Civil
Service Commission to coordin-
ate and report on the progress of
part-time employment effort.
Over the next year, the commis-
sion will evaluate the progress
achieved, problems encountered
and the need for personnel pol-

Suffolk Opens
Audio-Visual,
Analyst Jobs

HAUPPAUGE—Several oppor-
tunities for forms analyst and
audio-visual technician jobs are
available with Suffolk County
agencies.

County civil service officials
set the audio-visual technician
job filing deadline at Jan. 25.
The forms analyst filing dead-
line is Feb. 8.

To qualify for forms analyst,
a $498 bi-weekly post, candi-

electrical and electronic equip-
ment to qualify for the $358
bi-weekly job. The written ex-
‘am is scheduled for Feb. 25.

Job applications are available
at the Suffolk County Civil Ser-
vice Department, H. Lee Denni-
son Executive Office Building,
Veterans Memorial Highway,
Hauppauge.

Help Wanted M/F

PRINCIPAL TELEPHONE OPERATOR

‘A major metropolitan medical facility
has an opening for an individual with
supervisory ability, Will be responsible
for the operation of the Telephone

450 Clarkson Ave., Bklya, NY
(212) 270-2411

Alfirmative Actiow/Equal Opportunity
Employes .

Carter

create maximum opportunities
for effective use of part-time
employees.

Open Continuous

State Job Calendar

Title Salary Exam No,
Accounting, Careers In $10,714 20-200
Actuary (Casualty), Associate $18,369 20-416
Actuary (Life), Associ $18,369 20-520

$22,694 20417

$22,694 20-521

$14,142 20-519

$26,516 20418

$26,516 20-522

$11,337 20-885

$12,670 20-882

$26,516 90-008

$ 8,523 20-107

ssseees $20,428 27-679

-«-$22,694 27-629

ots $25,161 27-680

$10,118 20-888

earn " $10,714 20-887

[oe sae $12,670 20-886

lograph Technician $7,616 20-308

Engineer, Assistant Sanitary $14,142 20-122

Engineer, Junior $11,337—$12,275 20-109

Engineer, Senior Sanitary coo G 17429 20-123

Food Service Worker vn 5,827 20-352

Histology Technician : $ 8,051 20-170

Legal Careers $11, 164—$14,142 20-113

Librarian, Public A .. $10,155 and up

Medical Record Administrator $11,337 20-348

Medical Specialist | $27,942 20-407

Medical Specialist II $33,704 20-408
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aid Trainee

(Reg & Spanish Speaking) $7,204 20-394
Motor Carrier Transportation Specialist $13,404 20-889
Nurse | $10,118 20-584
Nurse Il $11,337 20-585
Nurse Il (Psychiatric) $11,337 20-586
Nurse II (Rehal ion) $11,337 20-587
Nurse, Health Services $10,714—$11,489 20-333
Nurse, Licensed Practical $ 8,051 20-106
Nutrition Services Consultant . $14,880 20-139
Occupational Therapist

(Reg. & Spanish Speaking $11,337 20.895
on onal ora ki $12,670 20.894

‘eg. & Spanish Speaking) 12,6
Physical Therapist - 20-177
Physical Ther. $12,760 20-138

Physical Therapy Assistant | & Il

(Spanish Speaking) $9,029 20-175
Assistant Clinical z $25,161 20-413
. Clinical ca §27.974 20-414
ll, Clinical $31,055 20415
1, Compensation Examining $27,942 20420
ist | $27,942 20-390
trist II $33,704 = 20-391

Reg. and Spanish Speaking)
A

Radiologic Technologist, Radiologic
Social Services Management Trainee/Specialist

$10,118-$10,714 20-878/20-879

nologist (Therapy) $8,051-§10,274 20.334
Speech Pathologist, Assistant $11,337 20-884
Speech Pathologist $12,670 20-883
Stationary Engineer $ 9,546 20-100
Stationary Engineer, Assistant $14,142 20-303
Stationary Engineer, Senior $10,714 20-101
Varitype Oper: $ 6811 20.307
Vocatonal ek ion Counselor $14,142 20-140
Vocational ion Counselor Trainee ......$11,983 20-140

You may contact the following offices of the New York State
Department of Civil Service for announcements, applications, and

other dei
as well a

New York 12239 §'8) 457-6216.
2 World Tra
4884248.

ls concerning examinations for the positions listed above,
amination for Stenographer and Typist
State Office Building Campus, First Floor,

uilding 1, Albany,

Je Center, 55th Floor, New York City 10047 (212)

Suite 750, Genesee Building, West Genesee Street, Buffalo.

New York 14202 (716) 842-4260.

Details concerning the following titles can be obtained from
the Personnel Offices of the agencies shown:
Public Health Physician—NYS Department of Health, Tower

Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany,

lew York 12237.

Specialist In Education—NYS Education Department, State Edu-
cation Building, Albany, New York 12234.

Maintenance Assistants (Mechanic) Motor Equipment Mechan-
ics—NYS Department of Transportation, State Office Building, Al-

bany, New York 12232.

You can >! ur

local Manpower Services

fice for

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, 1978

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CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, Janu:

CSEA Au

Taxpayers To Suffer If Erie
County Drops Meyer Hospital

BUFFALO—A Civil Service Employees Association audit of the books of Erie County's
Meyer Hospital shows the county stands to gain little and lose a great deal if it persists with
plans to divest itself of control of the newly constructed $130 million complex.

CSEA president William McGowan blamed “unusual and unacceptable accounting

procedures" for creating a false
deficit of $13 million from hos-
pital operations when in fact the
deficit was actually the result of
massive social welfare programs
which the county will have to
support no matter who runs the
facility.

CSEA comptroller Thomas P.
Collins and assistant comptroller
David Stack uncovered the ac-
counting faults when they audit-
ed the hospital's books on Dec,
13 and 14. Mr. McGowan was
expected to reveal the findings
of the audit to the public at a
Buffalo press conference Monday
with Mr. Collins and CSEA re-
gione) president Robert Lattimer.

‘The audit, which was agreed to

voluntarily by the county at the
request of Mr. McGowan, was
part of the union’s investigation

,into proposals to turn the facility

over to a private, non-profit cor-
poration or to a public corpora-
tion. The proposals stemmed
from what the county claimed
was a $13 million deficit in 1976,

The CSEA report found the
deficit, “. . . is a direct result of
social welfare problems and pro-
grams namely as a result, in
large part, of the fact that 75
percent of the patients at Meyer
Hospital are Medicaid or Medi-
care patients, a huge welfare
cost for the county.”

“The claim that it 1s too ex-

CSEA Criticizes Freeport
Employee Residency Law

FREEPORT—A proposed residency requirement law for
Village of Freeport employees has come under heavy fire
from the president of the Civil Service Employees Association

unit here.

In a letter to Newsday, Henry
Skellington attacked remarks
made by Village clerk Thomas
DeVincenzo in the Long Island
daily, Mr. DeVincenzo said, “The
feeling 1s that people who live
here have a greater stake in the
job. And it has been our experi-
ence that employees who live in
the village have a better feeling
for the job and extend them-
selves more.”

In reply, Mr, Skellington
wrote, "I am outraged because I
am one of these outsiders refer-

red to by DeVincenzo and I
speak for the rest of the ‘out~
siders.’ This remark has left the
impression that we are taking
the Village's money and not per-
forming a service in return,
Many of us were hired when
qualified people in the Village
were non-existent, Other employ-
ees chose to move out of the
Village after being residents and
even native-born to Freeport.
Whatever thelr reasons for mov-
ing should be thelr own private

business, They serve the people
well.”

The Martin Luther King Memorial Committee of Pilgrim Psychiatric

Center is planning a ceremony for Jan, 18, which will be held in
the hospital's Main Assembly Hall and will include such speakers
as Hazel Duke, president of the NAACP New York State Confer-
ence, A New York City newsman, John Johnson, will recelve an
award for meritorious service. The public is invited. Committee

PILGRIM COMMITTEE PLANS SPECIAL MARTIN LUTHER KING MEM!

pensive for the county to con-
tinue operating the hospital ts
simply invalid,” Mr. McGowan
declared.

CSEA represents some 1,700
Erle County employees at the
hospital.

“It is our conclusion that with
proper financial management,
Meyer Hospital can be operated
on at least a break-even basis,
and it is quite apparent to us
that the so-called deficit is not
caused by operating inefficiencies
but rather by very poor financial
management,” the union presi-
dent said.

Noting that private hospital
workers in other Buffalo hos-
pitals have pension and benefits
in the approximate cost range of
the present Meyer civil servants,
Mr. McGowan said there would
be nothing saved in personnel
costs by the proposed change but
the civil service system's “fitness
and merit” procedures would be
sacrificed.

“If the county insists on di-
vesting itself of direct operations
of the complex,” Mr. McGowan
said, “CSEA is willing to go
along with establishment of a
Public hospital authority to op-
erate the hospital under the con-
trol of the county. But to turn
this new complex over to a pri-
vate non-profit corporation, as
is planned by the county, would
be nothing less than a gigantic
rip-off of Erie County taxpayers
who would still be required to
pay huge amounts of money to
the corporation: without any real
control over how it is used or
how the hospital facility would
function.”

AMEND BRIDGE AUTHORITY CONTRACT
The New York State Bridge Authority and Local 050 of the Civil
Service Employees Association recently added an amendment to
their contract, related to the Agency Shop. From left are OSEA

Southern Region MI president James Lennon, union collective
bargaining specialist W. Ruben Goering, Bridge Authority admin-
istrator Edward J, Burns, Local 050 vice-president Karl Roth and
the Local’s president, Frank J. McDermott.

Region IV Opposes OTB
At NYS Work Locations

ALBANY—The president of the Capital Region of the
Civil Service Employees Association has filed a letter with
the state Office of General Services opposing a proposal to
rent two state work location sites to the Off-Track Betting

ORIAL CEREMONY

members are, standing from left;

Corporation. The two outlets,
which OGS is considering, would
be at the Empire State Mall and
the State Office Building Cam-
pus complex,

Joseph E. McDermott sald,
“While the concept of legalized
betting as approved through
OTB legislation is a valid effort
by New York State to raise op-
erating capital, and is not op-
Posed as a valid concept, CSEA,
as a union, must take issue with
proposals to capitalize upon pub-
Uc employees through its use or
expansion into their work loca-
tions.

“The mere presence of an OTB
outlet in any major state agency
building, even under the guise of
serving the general public, will
totally reflect an image to the

vice-chairman Paul Iriszarry,

Program co-ordinator Robert Williams, Jim LaRock, Clayton Chesson,
Alfred O. Carlsen, chairma Dnan Dember, Bertram Holmes, David
Williams and Pilgrim deputy director Jobn Magoolaghn. Sitting
from left are: Montserrat Zayas, Mary Reed, Valerie Willis, Florine
Allen and Lucy Morales,

non-gambling public as a ‘State
Employee Betting Parlor,’

“If the State of New York
must seek to make money only
from its own captive employees,
we are indeed at a crossroads in
this great state.”

Mr. McDermott requested OGS
to dismiss both OTB proposals as
“not in the interest of Good Gov-
ernment and certanily not in the
interest of good relations or in-
tegrity of your many New York
State dedicated and hard-working
employees.”

Cortland ‘Mr. CSEA’
McAndrew Retires

CORTLAND—Francis G, Mc-
Andrew, “Mr. CSEA"” in Cort-
land County, recently announced
his retirement as an employee
of the Cortland school system.

Long active in Civil Service
Employees Association activities,
Mr, McAndrew served three
years as president of the Cort-
land County Local and 24 years
as president of the Local's Cort-
land Schools unit.

In commenting on the retire-
ment announcement, Robert
Gallor Jr., current president of
CSEA Local 812, said, “The out-
standing service record of Frank
McAndrew —ineluding the 27
years of unselfish dedication to
the needs of his fellow school
employees, and the loyal service
to the Cortland school system—
is certainly a proud one, In
speaking for the more than 600
CSEA members in the Cortland
County Local and, I'm sure,
Frank's thousands of fellow em-
ployees, friends and acquaint-
ances in this area, we offer our
sincere gratitude for a job well
done; and, of course, every best
wish for a full and happy retire-
ment,” Mr, Gatlor concluded.

Mr. McAndrew and his wife,
Miriam, a retired Homer school
teacher, reside at 97 Cayuga St.,
Homer, Although retirement
plans at this time are incomplete,
they do include some active par-
ticipation in the Cortland-~Tomp-
kins Retirees Local of the CSEA.

Latest State

(Continued from Page 1
158 Riccio Richard Hudson
159 Stewart Mark D Rochester
160 O'Connor John M NYG
161 Sharpe Nancy M. Liverpool J
162 Woolever Sharon Mt Vernon

163 Corry Richard C NYC
164 Childs Varma C Olean
165 Fischer Esta Jamaica
166 Harper Monroe Brooklyn 8:
167 Osswald Julia E Poughkeepsie

168 Cramer Nannewe Liverpool ...,..83.
169 Perry Marcia T Apalachin ..

170 Green Geraldine NYC
171 Murray Edward New Rochelle
172 Healey Ellen Woodside

173 Johnson Dana $ Rochester
174 Bowen Thomas J Getzville
175 Archer Frank E Buffalo

179 Siwiec Lenore § Silver
LEGAL NOTICE

THREE OAKS V
ASSOCIATES

Substance of Limited Partnership Certi-
ficate filed in NY County Clerk's Office
on 11/4/77, Business. is to race a
thoroughbred racehorse, John Harvard.
Principal place of business 1623 3rd
‘Ave., NYC. The names, addresses and
amounts contribured by partners are:
General, Partner — Arthur Iai
3rd Ave, NYC. Limited ~ Pa
Ralph Brown, Jr.,.1342 Lohengrin Place,
Bronx, NY ($2,200); Shaheed Rahaman,
473, Crescent Street, Bklyn, NY (S2,-
200); Jeanne Unger, 273 Bellmore Rd.,
East Meadow, NY ($2,200); Arthur
Unger, 273 Bellmore Rd., East Meadow,
NY ($2,200); Daniel Rindos, 39 Mer-
tidan Rd., Waterbury, Conn. $2,200);
Joseph Glielmo, 747 East 102nd S¢.,
Bklyn, NY ($2,200); James. Mintzer,
112-20 72nd Dr., Forest Hills, NY
$6,600). ‘The term is from 6/1/77 to
12/31/78 unless sooner terminated, The
Limited Partners have agreed to make
additional contributions aggregating
$19,665 at rate of $1,035 per month
from 6/1/77 through 12/31/78, The
Limited Partners will receive 924% of
profits and 9214% of net assets upon
dissolution of partne No. red
Partner has right to substitute an assignee
in his place without written consent of
General Partner.

180 Sindin Nedda NYC .
181 Smolowitz B $ Brooklyn
Pitcher Allen N Onei
Farrell B A Yonkers .
Osrow Laurel L NYC
Koon Lee E Rochester ..
McCarthy § R NYC ..
Wright Robert H Amherst

Greher Darcy Bronx ..
Greenberg Norma Roc!
Kahan Simone J Guilderland
Robb William L NYC ..

Spagnuolo R J Middletown .
Lachs Joel R Peekskill .

Francis Karen A Brooklyn
Sperber Malcolm NYC ..
Lieff Johan C LI City
Donn Charles G Brockport
Greywood Ronald NYC ..
Yavel Richard G Brooklyn
Quarles Edgar Kenmore ..
Steinberg A Broox
Stone Kenneth O Guilford .
Oetting Philip NYC ..
O'Keefe Robert W Mecha
210 Gould Aileen R Brooklyn
211 Schecter E M Mt Vernon
212 Hayes Barry S Mexico
213 Berg Deborah H Utica
214 Esselborn G R Yonkers .
215 Melba Marilyan NYC
216 Belowski Mary E
217 Panaro John J Bing!
218 Warne Norma H Albion
219 Congel Jean M Liverpool .

Glay Phyllis NYC
227 Hicks James R Lowman ..
228 Cruz Rosemary Brooklyn

242 Eagan Charlotte Rochester
243 Vento Hazel NYC ....
244 Haas Lucy C Brooklyn
245 Rosenberg June Franklin
246 Calderon Gail L Rochester ..
247 Lebowitz Jack R Levittown
248 Ross Hene W Rockvil Ctr ...

And County Eligibl

249 Micromatis Ann E Northport ....80.
250 Brinthaupt Mark Horseheads....80.7
251 Weisz Linda LE Elmhurst
252 Shapiro M S NYC
253 Kenny Raymond M
254 Sanderson R F Massena
255 Schwartz A NYC

e Lists

256 Wyllins Ronald Holtsville

257 Traynor Frank Staten Is

258 Wallach Lynn NY

259 Garrick Keron D Bro

260 Sill Richard A Levitown .

261 Bigsby David M Syracuse
(To Be Continued)

80.6

Accountant, Data Jobs Open

ALBANY—A series of new job
openings are up for grabs for
state employees seeking promo-
tions,

The state Department of Civil
Service has scheduled exams next
month and in March for chief
accountant, head data entry ma-
chine operator, principal data
entry machine operator and sen-
ior data entry machine operator.
The machine operator filing
deadline is Feb. 6. All applica-
tions for chief accountant must
be in by Jan. 13.

There are two sets of ma-
chine operator titles. One 1s open
to only Motor Vehicle Department
workers, The others are open
to all state workers. Head data

entry machine operator pays
$11,337 a year, principal opera-
tor $9,029, and senior operator,
$7,204.

Head machine operator appli-
cants must have been principal
operators for at least a year.
Principal -operator candidates
must have been senior operators
for at least a year and senior
operator candidates must have
been data operators for at least
six months. Candidates for the
Motor Vehicle operator jobs can
substitute some clerical experi-
ence for the required operator
experience.

‘The operator tests are sched-
uled for March 18.

Chief accountant hopefuls

GO TO HEALTH

By WILLIAM R. WILLIFORD

229 Taylor Sharon B ic
230 Ikeda Fusaye NYC ..

231 Kinbar Philip H NYC .
232 Lester Barbara Brooklyn
233 Linder Mare R Brooklyn
234 Harloff John H Hauppauge
235 Gordon Jack Elms
236 Beagle Dennis A

lepew
237 Dickinson David Newfane
238 Seeber Carl J Hornell .
239 Eder Barry M East Windsor
240 Jones Richard F Depew
241 Stearns Ellen M Warsaw

State Promotional
Job Calendar

FILING ENDS JAN. 16

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Head Clerk

Chief Resources And
Reimubursement Agent

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Did you know that if you are involved in a crash in which
you are-wearing a lap-shoulder belt, you are 57 percent less likely
to be injured or killed than if you are not wearing any safety belt?

Unfortunately, most of us are either too tough, too dumb, or too

much in a hurry to wear seat belts.

Studies indicate that the current U.S. seat
belt usage is estimated at 20 percent of motor-
ists, resulting in an estimated 3,000 saved lives
_anually. It is estimated that an increase in
usage to 70 percent would save an additional
9,000 to 10,000 lives each year,

Developing the habit of always wearing a
seat belt is a life-saving behavior. Your deci-
sion to be a regular seat belt user is one of
the most significant things that you can do
during your lifetime to prevent premature death

The U.S. Department of Transportation tells us that if every

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Medicaid Claims Examiner
T

Head Data Entry Machine Operator $11,337
Principal Data Entry Machine Operator soe $ 9,029
Senior Data Entry Machine Operator ... | $ 7204

For more information about these and other state jobs, contact
the state Civil Service Department, Albany State Office Building
Campus; | Genesee St., Buffalo, or 2 World Trade Center, New
York City.

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nually and an additional 4 million serious personal injuries would
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Some of us only wear safety belts on long trips. Howevery
three out of four accidents causing death occur within 25 miles
of home, Another rationalization we use not to wear belts is that
we are only driving to the store and won't be going that fast. Yet,
more than 80 percent of all accidents occur at speeds less than
40 mph. Fatalities involving non-belted occupants of cars have been
recorded at speeds as low as 12 mph.

So, if you want to start the new year off right and be good
to yourself, yolr family, and all your passengers, insist that every-
one wear seat belts. You paid for the seat belts when you bought
your car. The lap-shoulder belt is very effective and most import-
antly, your head was not designed to go through a windshield
at 40 mph,

For more information on safety belts write: U.S. Department
of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Washington, D.C, 20590.

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countants for at least four
months to qualify for the oral
exam scheduled for an unan-
nounced date in February, Chief
accountants earn $26,516 a year.

For job details, contact the
state Civil Service Department at
either State Office Building
Campus, Albany; 1 West Genesee
St., Buffalo, or 2 World Trade
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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 8:30
a.m, to 4 p.m,

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 St.); 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: Boatd of Education
(teachers only), 65 Court St.,
Brooklyn 11201, phone: 596-
8060.

‘The Board of Higher Educa-
tion advises teaching staff ap-
Plicants to contact 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 a.m.-3 p.m.); State
Building Campus, Albany 12239;
Suite 750, 1 W. Genesee St.,
Buffalo 14202: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Ap-
plicants may obtain 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 in person, but not by
mail.

For 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 U.S. Civil
Service Commission, New York
Region, runs a Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
York 10007. Its hours are 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m, weekdays only,
Telephone 264-0422:

Federal entrants living upstate
(North of Dutchess County)
should contact the Syracuse Area
Office, 100 South Clinton 8t.,
Syracuse 13202. Toll-free calls
may be made to (800) 962-1470.
Federal titles have no deadline
unless otherwise indicated.

8261 ‘ET “enuef ‘heprry “YAGVAT ADIAWAS WAID

CIVIL SERVICE LEADER, Friday, January 13, 1978

Jean 8, Book, left, president of Civil Service Employees Association

director of Albany County Association for Retarded Children, with
a check for $400. Albany County ARC does not participate in SEFA
(United Way) due to fund-raising restrictions,

Cleary Hospitalized

AMITYVILLE — Edwin Cleary,
Long Island Region I supervisor
for the Civil Service Employees
Association, was hospitalized for
a heart condition on Jan, 2 and
is recovering at Huntington Hos-
pital,

According to hospital author-
ities, Mr. Cleary's condition is
“stable.” Field representative
William Griffin has been ap-
pointed acting field supervisor
for the Region.

Onondaga Leaders

(Continued from Page 9)

Sally Greco, County Social Ser-
vices, won over Mary Matteson,
Onondaga Parks Department,

—Gerald Roseman, an
ployee of Onondaga Community
College, ran unopposed for the
post of Local Representative to
CSEA, Board of Directors,

William DeMartino, left, head of the Metropolitan Region II Mental
Hygiene Taskforce and the regional first vice-president, asks the
group what message it wants conveyed to the union's Board of Di-
rectors, as Region II president Solomon Bendet checks over minutes
of the last Board of Directors meeting.

Willowbrook Local president Felton King asks, “What happened to $25,000 earmarked for Willowbrook,”
as other members of the Region If Mental Hygiene Taskforce look on, From left are Basic Research

Local president William Bear,

dent Thomas Bucaro,

lanhattan Psychiatric Center Local president Lawrence Colson, Kings-
boro Psychiatric Center Local president Robert Sage and South Be:

ch Developmental Center Local presi-

To Charity Funds

Earl Kilmartin, left, president of General Services Civil Service Employees Association Local 660, makes
Motor Vehicles Local 674, presents Les Rivkin, right, executive key donation for the CSEA. State Employees Federated Appeal (SEFA) raised $564,044 towards the

Albany-area United Way campaign. SEFA chairmen, this year, were CSEA Region IV president Jo-
seph McDermott, EnCon Commissioner Peter A. Berle and OGS Commissioner James O’Shea. Ac-
cepting the donation for the SEFA is John W. Kessler, chairman, with Pat Hay, member of SEFA comm.

Region Il Fighting
Against Contracting
Out In All Its Forms

By KENNETH SCHEPT
MANHATTAN—Solomon Bendet, president of Metropol-
itan Region II of the Civil Service Employees Association,
is expected to make a motion to the union’s statewide Board
of Directors, when it meets in Albany this week, suggesting

that the CSEA affirm its opposi-
tion to the state's contracting out
for services. ¢

It is anticipated that the mo-
tion will specifically oppose staff
sharing, a program supported by
New York City Regional Mental
Hygiene director Alvin Mesni-
koff, as a method for improving
patient care. It involves an in-
terrelationship of state, city and
voluntary facilities, and could,
according to CSEA Metropolitan
Mental Hygiene leaders, result in
staff reductions.

‘The decision to present a mo-
tion to the Board of Directors
came last Thursday, at a meet-
ing of the Region II Mental Hy-
giene Taskforce, which is com-
prised of the presidents of Men-
tal Hygiene Locals here.

Taskforce chairman William
DeMartino, first vice-president of
Region I, called the meeting to
determine what views the Men-
tal Hygiene Locals wanted com-
municated to the statewide Board
from the regional representatives.

It was at a Board of Directors
meeting, in November, that $75
thousand was appropriated to
fund a statewide media cam-
paign, advertising the union's op-
Position to contracting out. That
measure substituted for a plan,
passed by delegates at the un-
ion’s convention in October, to
spend $25 thousand dollars to
battle the contracting out of ser-
vices at Willowbrook Develop-
mental Center on Staten Island
to United Cerebral Palsy.

Felton King, president of the
Willowbrook Local, said that the
contracting-out problem at that
institution had deteriorated with
@ second group, called Staten

Island Aid for the Mentally Re-
tarded, also assuming control
over a section of the hospital,
as UCP had done,

“They're creating an institu-
tion within an institution. By
April, I see a layoff at Willow-
brook,” Mr, King said.

He demanded that the state
wide union organization “ear
mark a minimum of $25 thousand
for the Metropolitan Region.”

Suggestions for spending those
funds included arranging for
media coverage to focus on the
state's dumping of mental pa-
tients, which has resulted in in-
creased numbers of incompetent
former patients walking the
streets of New York City and
populating its worst slums.

William ‘Bear, president of
Basic Research Local 438, said
that the emphasis of the cam-
paign against contracting out
“has to be how contracting out
will affect the public’s services.

Mental Hygiene Taskforce
chairman DeMartino agreed with
Mr, King, that as the campaign
is broadened statewide to include
contracting out in other depart-
ments besides Mental Hygiene,
“we must make sure that the
problem which originated this
situation, Willowbrook, is not lost
sight of.”

“Right now the crisis is 1D
Mental Hygiene; if you stop it n
Mental Hygiene, you'll stop ‘t
all over,” Mr. Bendet said.

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