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President Nick
LaMorte, left,
congratulates
CSEA-endorsed
Congressman
Rick Lazio,
(2nd CD).
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STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
WORKING BUT NOT GETTING PAID OVERTIME
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CLINTON
GORE
CSEA members emerged as big winners in
the Nov. 5 election as the union solidified its
position as a potent political force throughout
New York state.
And in conjunction with its international
affiliate, AFSCME, CSEA members made their
presence felt across the country as well.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and
AFSCME President Gerry McEntee led the
AFL-CIO’s aggressive campaign to re-elect the
Clinton/Gore ticket in the presidential race
and narrow the Republican control of
Congress. Several CSEA activists and staff
GETTING OUT THE VOTE ELECTION DAY —
CSEA Capital Region President Carmen
Bagnoli, left, and CSEA President Danny
Donohue stand on a traffic island in
downtown Albany on Election Day morning,
CSEA was a big factor in the outcome of
numerous races across the state on Election
Day. Among the biggest wins were the
election of a new state senator from the 23rd
State Senate District in parts of Brooklyn and
Staten Island and the election of Carolyn
McCarthy as a member of Congress from the
4th Congressional District on Long Island.
“I'm proud to call labor my friend,”
Congresswoman-elect McCarthy declared in
recognition of the efforts CSEA and organized
labor put forth on her behalf during the
campaign. CSEA Long Island Region
President Nick LaMorte led an army of CSEA
activists who campaigned particularly hard
for McCarthy.
“The incumbent Congressman, Dan Frisa,
had an almost non-existent voting record
when it came to supporting working people
and organized labor,” LaMorte said. “We
believe Carolyn McCarthy has a much more
balanced viewpoint and we worked extremely
hard for her election.”
“How sweet it is!” cheered CSEA Metro
Region II President George Boncoraglio along
with CSEA activists upon learning that their
hard campaigning for Democratic Senatorial
hopeful Vincent Gentile paid off in the 23rd
state Senate District.
Gentile swept to a resounding victory
defeating Republican incumbent Robert
DiCarlo for the New York state Senate seat
‘How sweet it is!’
CSEA efforts help carry the day in
state senate, Congressional races
urging passing motorists to vote.
that includes parts of Brooklyn and Staten
Island.
“For CSEA this race meant even more than
supporting a highly qualified prosecutor and
community activist candidate like Vincent
Gentile,” Boncoraglio said. “Just as important
to CSEA, this race was about pay-back time.”
Boncoraglio recalled how CSEA Kingsboro
Psychiatric Center Local 402 members
implored then Senator DiCarlo to help in
saving the hospital from Governor George
Pataki's budget ax. Their pleas fell on
DiCarlo's deaf ears.
“Sen, DiCarlo turned his back on
Brooklyn's mentally ill and refused to lift a
finger to help CSEA and the community save
Kingsboro,” Boncoraglio charged.
It’s time that politicians of any party
understand that there are grave
consequences should they choose to play
politics with peoples’ lives, Boncoraglio
added, thanking the many CSEA activists
who made thousands of phone bank calls
and handed out thousands of pieces of
Gentile’s campaign literature.
This is one endorsement and one victory
CSEA members can really savor, said Region
II Political Action Coordinator Max Neuberger.
“In Vincent Gentile, CSEA members will have
a real friend in the New York state Senate,”
Neuberger said.
— Lilly Gioia
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Election results solidify
CSEA’s position as a
political force in New York
members worked the campaign trail in key
Congressional races throughout the country
leading up to Election Day.
‘CSEA does
not endorse
parties, we
endorse
candidates,
and when
our army of
activists
back up our reise"
endorsements (73000 4
with positive ‘itera cscs
actions our Ptstiie tae.
candidates
benefit
greatly.’
more members,
officers and staff
— CSEA President
Danny Donohue
Here in New
York, CSEA’s
election activities
and strong get-
out-the-vote
efforts paved the
way for victory by
the Clinton/Gore
ticket, helped put
the vast majority
of CSEA-
endorsed
candidates on the
winning side in
Congressional
and state
legislative races,
and helped pass
the statewide
Environmental
involved in
political action
projects
throughout New
York and at
targeted locations
around the
country than in
any previous
election, and the results justified the efforts.
“There are a lot of accomplishments that
CSEA can be proud of in this year's election,”
CSEA President Danny Donohue said. “CSEA
does not endorse parties, we endorse
candidates, and when our army of activists
back up our endorsements with positive
actions our candidates benefit greatly. Again
this year we helped elect candidates to office
who respect working people.”
Donohue said CSEA and the AFL-CIO
strengthened their foundations as important
and influential players in the political arena
with aggressive campaigns that earned the
respect of labor's friends and enemies.
“We will build on that foundation at every
level because the legislative and political
arena provides us with never-ending
challenges to be met head-on and overcome,”
Donohue said. “I thank everyone involved for
all your hard work and dedication.”
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Morale problems ram
BRONX — Distraught CSEA Local 401
members have conducted informational
picketing at Bronx Children’s Psychiatric
Center's main gate in total frustration with
facility management.
“They treat you like you're not human,” said
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Pat Motley,
summing up the employees’ anger.
“The union book don’t mean nothing to those
people,” added MHTA George Stephens, blaming
supervisory attitudes toward workers for
serious morale problems at the hospital.
CSEA Local 401 President Carol Backstrom
said too many Bronx Children’s Psychiatric
Center supervisors lack respect for employees.
“Supervisors are unwilling to observe protocol
and fail to behave in a professional manner,”
Backstrom said.
Several previous supervisory training
programs or periods of monitoring supervisors
Msgr. John Servodidio leads
procession of unions into
s%, St. Joseph’s for
first Staten Island
pant at Bronx Children’s
Members picket at main
gate of Bronx Children's
Psychiatric Center
failed to show any lasting improvement.
“After the trainings were over or the monitors
left, each time the supervisors reverted back to
abusive behavior,” Backstrom complained.
MHTA Sixto Benitiez, who transferred to
Bronx Children’s after 30 years working at
Manhattan Children’s Psychiatric Center, said
he is appalled by Bronx hospital management
insensitivity.
“There's no explaining; nobody wants to
listen to your side of the story. The
administration hasn't been willing to work with
the people,” Benitiez said.
Following a lengthy labor-management
meeting during the picketing, Executive
Director Mark Beanstock made extensive visits
to every shift, speaking to CSEA members at
length individually. According to President
Backstrom, regular weekly labor-management
meetings have begun. — Lilly Gioia
Labor Mass fuses unions,
Labor Mass.
religion in common cause
STATEN ISLAND — Led by CSEA Metropolitan Region
President George Boncoraglio, CSEA members joined
brothers and sisters from seven other unions to
participate in Staten Island's first Labor Mass at the
Church of St. Joseph the Worker recently.
“Unions are important because they give the little guy a
voice and a voice that will be heard,” Monsignor John
Servodidio emphasized in his sermon. “I pray that the
union leaders give good leadership because you are doing
it for the child of God, made in the image and likeness of
God. Even those in the most menial jobs are all children
of God.”
Servodidio is a member of the newly formed Staten
Island Religion-Labor Coalition which sponsored the
Labor Mass.
“CSEA is a staunch supporter of religion and labor
coalitions,” Boncoraglio said. “Every day pastors and
rabbis see the faces of downsized workers and families
worrying about their children’s future. That's why they
are now standing with the unions,” Boncoraglio said.
Both NYS Assemblyman Eric Vitaliano and
Assemblywoman Elizabeth Connelly attended the Labor
As uni
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Mass. “I look forward to praying and working with you to
have everyone recognize the dignity of every working man
and woman in our state,” said Vitaliano, who is chairman
of the state Assembly Government Employees Committee.
ion banners were draped across the communion
altar railing, Monsignor Servodidio told worshippers and
their families, “Unions are the salvation of the working
man and woman. | pray for you.”
— Lilly Gioia
STATE GOVERNMENT BRIEFS
Hispanic activists
Five represent CSEA at
LCLAA convention;
focus on Hispanic issues
NEW YORK — Five CSEA Hispanic
activists were among delegates tackling some
of the thorniest issues facing workers of
Latino descent during the 1996 Labor
Council for Latin American Advancement
(LCLAA) convention recently in Corpus
Christi, Texas.
LCLAA was established in 1973 and is the
only officially sanctioned AFL-CIO Hispanic
labor organization.
Representing CSEA at the convention were{
Region Education and Training Chair Joe
Aravena and Bill Vassallo from CSEA’s
Metropolitan Region, CSEA staff liaison
Miguel-Angel Cruz and Alfredo Carlo from
CSEA’s Long Island Region, and Sandra
Franco from CSEA’s Southern Region.
Delegates dealt with issues such as
affirmative action, opposing “English only”
legislation, child care, organizing Hispanic
workers, the elimination of sweatshops,
HIV/AIDS awareness, and opposing goods
made by child labor in any country.
“It's important that our union brothers an
sisters endorse LCLAA’s ambitious voter
registration and voter education efforts to
promote greater Hispanic participation in the
political process,” Aravena said.
— Lilly Gioia
CSEA/LEAP wins awards for
pair of informational programs
CSEA’s Labor Education Action Program
(LEAP) won
awards in
two different
categories
from the
New York
Continuing
Education
Association
recently.
CSEA/LEAP received the 1995-96 James
C. Hall Jr. Exemplary Programs Award in
the “Business/Industry Linkage” category
for the program Self-Directed Workplace
Literacy Distance Learning, a CS9EA/GOER
project with OMRDD, and in the “Marketing”
category for its program A CSEA/LEAP
Guide to Financial Aid for Working Adult
Students. The guide was a LEAP creation
authored by LEAP Assistant Director Harvey
Huth.
CSEA/LEAP is a tuition benefit program
available to members of the Division of
Military and Naval Affairs, Administrative,
Institutional and Operational Services
bargaining units, and employees of the
Health Research, Inc., SUNY Construction
Fund, and the Teachers's Retirement
System who work half-time or more.
For more information on CSEA/LEAP, call
the LEAPLINE at 1-800-253-4332.
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STATE GOVERNMENT NEWS
A MESSAGE FROM CSEA PRESIDENT DANNY DONOHUE
New York state's health insurance For the last five y
program's most comprehensive health plan, enrollee’s rates have increased by 0.6 percent
The Empire Plan, continues to hold the line in on an annual basis, well below the national
health care premium rates averagi id extremely impressive.
The Empire Plan, which was collectively Our ability to hold rates down is due in
bargained in 1985 and is overseen by the part to the rate stabilization fund which was
CSEA Joint Committee on Health Benefits, negotiated in 1989. Rates and other vital
has released the 1997 bi-weekly premium information is printed below.
rates: individual r drop by 1 percent and
family rates increase slightly by 1.6 percent. ammo
New York State’s Health Insurance Option
Transfer Period Extended to Dec. 27, 1996
Due to the delay in approving the 1997
ie insurance renewal rates, the Option
Empire Plan
office as soon as possible.
The effective date of a newly elected health
insurance option for those employees under
the Administrative payroll will be Dec. 26,
1996. The earliest paycheck in which an
adjustment will be made is the payroll period
of Dec. 24, 1996. The effective date of a newly
elected health insurance option for those
employees under the Institutional payroll will
be Jan. 2, 1997. The earliest paycheck in
which an adjustment will be made is the
payroll period of Jan. 2, 1997. Due to
processing delays, most adjustments will be
made later in January retroactive to the
effective date.
Transfer period has been extended to Dec. 27,
1996. To change your health insurance option
for 1997, you must contact your health
benefits administrator (located in your
personnel office).
The rate renewal flier “Rates & Deadlines for
1997” were sent to members’ homes the last
week of November. The “Health Insurance
CHOICES” guide for 1997 was sent to your
health benefits administrator the first week of
November. If you did not receive a rate flier in
the mail or if you would like to obtain a copy of
the ‘CHOICES” guide, contact your personnel
| Insurance Renewal Rates For Plans Covering State Employees
The state pays 90 percent of the cost of the premium for individual coverage and 75 percent of
the cost of dependent coverage provided under the Empire Plan. Beginning Jan. 1, 1997, the
Be: pays 90 percent of the cost of individual coverage and 75 percent of the cost of dependent
overage toward the hospital/medical/Mental Health and Substance Abuse components of each
‘Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), however, not to exceed 110 percent of its dollar
contribution for those components under the Empire Plan.
Enrollee bi-weekly HMO contribution increases, if any, resulting from this employer
contribution rate will not, in 1997, be capped at $5 for individual coverage and $15 for dependent
coverage, as they were in 1996. Any amount above and beyond the 110%, will be reflected in the
member's bi-weekly premium contribution.
Remember that Dec. 27, 1996 is the last day to change your health insurance option. If you do
not wish to change your option, then no action is necessary.
The 1997 bi-weekly health insurance premium deductions for employees are as follows:
Health Insurance Plan Individual Family
(The Empire Plan $6.95 $30.35
Blue Choice 5.88 28.34
Blue Choice HMO-a product of Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield 5.30 26.68
gee Capital Area/North Country/Bassett/United CHP 6.32 31.32
CHP Hudson Valley 7.61 50.23
Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan 6.27 32.59
Community Blue 5.10 27.72
| HIP 6.79 31.70
HIP of New Jersey
HMO Blue (formerly BlueCARE Plus)
HMO CNY-Central (formerly IPHP)
HMO CNY-Southern Tier (formerly FHP)
HCP-Health Care Plan
Healthsource
Independent Health Hudson Valley
Independent Health Western NY
Kaiser Permanente
MetraHealth (formally Travelers)
MVP Health Plan-East
MVP-Central
NYL CARE (formally Sanus)
PrePaid Health Plan
Preferred Care
US Healthcare
Vytra (formerly ChoiceCare)
WellCare
6.23
6.65
8.18
7.49
5.48
7.24
7.53
4.60
7.31
7.05
6.71
6.14
7.00
6.77
6.06
7.55
7.69
6.83
29.37
32.42
52.12
46.88
30.43
37.23
53.28
25.28
33.82
44,26
31.67
28.75
36.11
35.45
29.34
41,20
56.01
36.22
STATE GOVERNMENT NEWS
STATE GOVERNMENT BRIEFS
In the latest of a string of legal victories |
against cutbacks at the Office of Mental Health, |
CSEA won a preliminary injunction preventing
the agency from implementing any further
Senter,
upreme Court Judge Jam
Canfield ruled that planned cut
Hudson River PC would violate le,
requirements to provide a one year notice to the
community before making significant service
reductions at the facility.
CSEA won similar cases at Kingsboro,
Pilgrim, Manhattan and Buffalo psyc ic
centers. At press time, OMH indicated that it
intends to implement the reductions early next
year, when it believes the one year notification
requirements will be met. CSEA is now
reviewing its options.
CSEA member runs
Marine Corps marathon
for leukemia research
WATKINS GLEN — CSEA member Dan Welton
ran the race of his life on Oct. 27, but he has
some mixed feelings about it.
Welton shattered his previous personal best
time in completing the 26.2-mile Marine Corps
Marathon in Washington, DC; finished in
approximately the top 10 percent of a talented
and highly competitive field; placed high in his
age group and raised contributions for the
Leukemia Society of America for research,
patient care and aid.
On the down side, pledges and contributions
to the Leukemia Society of America are coming
in slower than Welton hoped for. Welton trains
year-round and participated in gruelling
marathon events to raise pledges for leukemia
research. He runs personally for Emily, a 16-
year-old leukemia victim in the Watkins Glen
area, Emily's leukemia is currently in remission
and Welton hopes the funds for research he
helps raise will lead to even better treatment and
eventual prevention of the disease.
Welton, a maintenance mechanic for the Office
of Fire Prevention and Control, Department of
State, completed his fourth consecutive Marine
Corps Marathon. He ran a three hour, 40 minute
and five second race, clipping four and one-half
minutes off his previous best time for the 26.2-
mile event. He finished a commendable 2,017
out of the nearly 20,000 runners that started the
race, and placed an excellent 267 in his age
group.
Just a week after completing the Marine Corps
Marathon, Welton lowered his personal best time
in a half-marathon, the Red Baron run, in
preparation for his next gruelling 26.2-mile full
marathon in Bermuda on Jan. 19.
He hopes to raise $5,000 in pledges between
the Marine Corps and Bermuda marathons.
CSEA members who wish to make pledges to
help leukemia research can send contributions
(specify you are pledging for Dan Welton) to:
Leukemia Society of America
Central New York Chapter
847 James Street, Suite 201
Syracuse, NY 13203
The Public Sector * December 1996 + Page’5
Monroe county unit fighting
privatization, cutbacks
ROCHESTER — CSEA activists
in Monroe County are digging in
for another long fight against
privatization and cutbacks with a
county administration that seems
bent on turning public assets over
to privateers and reducing public
services,
The latest battle centers on the
county executive's decision to
grant management of the county's
three public golf courses — which
have been well operated by parks
workers until now — to an
individual, Jack Tindale, who had
been the golf pro at one of the
three courses.
The county has also announced
the January closure of the County
Hospital's acute care unit, which
combined with the golf course
privatization, could affect up to
300 members’ jobs.
More than 30 member-activists
carrying signs supporting public golf courses
recently presented more than 3,500 supportive
petition signatures to the county legislature,
where the unit and local presidents spoke.
After committee debate,
the matter has been
referred to the full
legislature for a vote in
early December.
HERE?
Monroe County Unit President Flo Tripi, right center
front, leads CSEA member activists up stairway enroute
to presenting petitions to the Monroe County legislature.
county's coffers. This will then benefit all of the
county's citizens, without jeopardizing the jobs
of dedicated public employees.”
“This is privatization for privatization's sake,”
said Bernadette Giambra, Local
828 president. “It doesn't make
sense. These courses should
remain part of the county parks
system, and the revenue
generated by them going to the
county instead of a privateer.”
The county executive's office has
also refused to release details of
the Tindale management
proposal, even after a Freedom of
Information Law request,
according to CSEA Labor
/) Relations Specialist Bob Leonard.
“The refusal by the county
executive's operatives to turn
over the requested information is
a blatant attempt to keep the
public in the dark,” said Tripi.
“The taxpayers, golfers, and
others with an interest in Monroe
County parks have a right to
know the details of (County
Executive) Jack Doyle's
privatization plans.”
— Ron Wofford
Member wins back vacation days
NASSAU COUNTY — When CSEA won an
arbitrator's award which restored five vacation
days to union member Eileen Crescenzi’s
accruals, she was so grateful she wrote a note
of thanks to CSEA Labor Relations Specialist
Claude Ferrara.
Crescenzi, a clerk typist in the Nassau
County Police Civilian Unit for more than 25
years, ran into trouble during one of the many
snowstorms last year.
She injured her hip while helping a co-
worker push her car in the precinct parking lot.
The precinct commanding officer claimed he did
“These
coarse Wate long been
utilized and enjoyed by
this community, and
they have been
profitable since 1989,
with the exception of
1995, when they were
undergoing major and
badly-needed
reconstruction. Because
of the reconstruction,
playing fees were
reduced. When the
reconstruction is
completed within a
year, profits will again
be added to the
Monroe County Local 828
President Bernadette Giambra tells
county legislators that
privatization of public golf courses
“doesn't make sense!”
not see Crescenzi injure herself and therefore
the injury did not occur.
The arbitrator ruled in Crescenzi's favor,
ordering the county to restore her days and
expunge her record,
In his decision the arbitrator said Crescenzi
“provided verifiable medical documentation
consistent with her testimony.” He also
commented on her “integrity”.
Crescenzi’s note to Ferrara thanked him for
his time, patience, and belief in her.
The unit is part of CSEA Nassau County
Local 830.
Page 6 * December 1996 * The Public Sector “
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BRIEFS
SUFFOLK COUNTY
“Sea Tow” offers assistance
SOUTHOLD — Bryan Weingart, a public
safety dispatcher for the Town of Southold, was'
one of many CSEA members who volunteered
their time or donated their services during the
TWA Flight 800 rescue and recovery efforts.
Weingart is part owner of “Sea Tow”, a
commerctal salvage, marine towing operation
which provides towing and assistance in non-
emergency situations, as well as oil spill
response and containment. “Sea Tow” is a
national franchise.
When Flight 800 exploded, showering the
south shore waters with fire and debris, the
Shinnecock “Sea Tow” crew were there
immediately to offer assistance.
Bryan Weingart’s north shore “Sea Tow”
responded soon after, donating their time and
the use of two of their boats.
“First we thought we were going to be asked
to transport bodies from the coast guard
cutters but that didn’t happen. We were asked
to assist in the search (for victims) and we did
that until 6 or 7 a.m.,” Weingart said.
Other CSEA Town of Southold Public Safety
Dispatchers volunteered their time, including
Jimmy Fogarty who did rotating shifts an
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and
John Raynor who volunteered with the
American Red Cross.
“These CSEA members are a credit to all of
us. I am extremely proud to call them and all
the others who gave of themselves my union
said CSEA Long Island
Region President Nick LaMorte.
The unit is part of CSEA Suffolk County
Local 852. |
NIAGARA COUNTY
| Unit gains four-year contract
LOCKPORT — It took two years of
negotiations and the help of a PERB mediator,
but the 950-member Niagara County Employee
Unit of Local 832 has finally reached agreement
and ratified a four-year contract that boosts
wages 3 percent in each year of the pact.
“It was a good settlement,” said Labor
Relations Specialist Mark Jurenovich, “and the
members ratified it by a 621 to 107 margin. The
county legislature also ratified the contract and
the members’ paychecks reflect the increases
retroactively.”
The contract terms are retroactive to
Jan, 1, 1995, and include New York State
disability coverage for the whole unit, an
additional floating holiday and a $50 increase
in longevity allowances.
Jurenovich was aided by a negotiation
committee that included Linda Gibbons, unit
president; John Archbold, Kathy Cutter,
Richard MeIntyre, local president; Sandi Smith,
Fran Faery Roberts, Michael Tracy and 1
Menkiena, president of SUNY Local 602, who is
doing an internship for her degree requirements
for Empire State College.
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when you need to know,
call the
CSEA Current Issues Update
on a touchtone phone
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT NEWS
she’s my brother
CSEA fights
privatization
of Clinton County nurses
PLATTSBURGH — Citing an all-too cozy
relationship between the director of the Clinton
County Health Department and a private sector
nursing home operator, CSEA has pledged an
all-out battle to prevent the privatization of
nursing jobs in the Clinton County Public
Health Department.
CSEA said the nursing home operator wants
to privatize Clinton County nurses and use that
as a springboard to attempt privatization of
public sector nurses in neighboring counties,
including Essex and Franklin.
CSEA charges Clinton County Health
Department Director John Andrus has allowed
private sector nursing home operator William
Plumb to address CSEA-represented nurses in
the county's Public Health Department at
“captive audience” meetings during work hours
to push Plumb's proposal to privatize the
department employees. CSEA says Andrus
seems to be using his office to support Plumb’s
privatization plan.
CSEA says it will file a formal request with
He’s not heavy,
NEW PALTZ — Sue Boyer never hesitated
when her brother needed a kidney.
“He's my brother,” she said. “When we found
out he needed a transplant, my sister and I both
went for tests to see if we would be compatible.
There was never any question.”
And so it was in July that Sue Boyer's kidney
was transplanted into her brother Frank Gaspar
and for the first time since 1979, Gaspar has a
fully functioning kidney.
Boyer, a 15 year state employee, is a clerk at
SUNY New Paltz.
Gaspar discovered in 1979 that he had
polycystic kidney disease when he was in a car
accident.
“I had lacerated my kidney and when the
doctor went to repair it, he found that the
kidney was diseased and that I was eventually
going to need a transplant,” he explained.
Following a year of dialysis, Gaspar was told
that it was time for the transplant. Since the
surgery, a five hour procedure, he has never felt
better.
“When I it in for the s ery, | weighed
117 pounds,” he said. “Now, I've put on weight.
I never knew how good I could feel.”
Boyer said her brother must take medication
to keep his body from rejecting the kidney.
Insurance and Medic cover the cost of about
$2,000 per month. The surgery for both the
donor and the transplant recipient were also
fully covered. Boyer was out of work for about
two month:
aspar, a former shipping and receiving
clerk, hopes to find a job where he does not
have to stand or lift. Boyer said she would do it
again for her brother.
“It warms my heart to see him not eusedne
{FOGALGQVERNMENT NEWS
Clinton County Administrator William Bingel to
halt the captive audience sessions and direct
Plumb to repay the county for the time the
employees were forced to attend those sessions.
CSEA says it is on strong legal grounds in
opposing the privatization scheme.
“Clinton County employees are covered by
Article 40 in the current contract, which states
‘There shall be no loss of present jobs of
permanent employees as a result of the county
exercising its right to contract our for goods and
services,"" CSEA Labor Relations Specialist
Charlie Scott points out.
“Our members will not give up their jobs or
their contract protections,” CSEA Clinton
County Unit President Joe Musso added.
“We want to be partners in any and all
changes that the Clinton County Legislature
considers,” Scott said. “Our public health care
nurses are well prepared to deal with any health
care service delivery changes the county wants
to consider.”
— Daniel X. Campbell
CSEs
The Work Force
Kidney recipient Frank Gaspar and his sister,
Sue Boyer, are all smiles over success of
medical procedure.
anymore,” she said. “Frank is a person that
during his whole life he has given and not taken
from anybody and it’s about time life gave him
something back. He's gone through so much,
It's good to see him up and able to do things.
For so long his life was put on hold with the
dialysis.”
Boyer has a personal quote that she strongly
believes in.
“You give but little when you give of your
It is when you give of yourself, that
, truly give,” she said. “That's the way
to desi ribe Frank. All his life he’s always been
there for his family. I'm so glad to see that life is
finally giving him something back.”
— Anita Manley
Capital Region
Fulton County activist Bill Soh! wins
region president’ Ss award for 1996
FORMER LONG-TIME CSEA Fulton
County Local 818 president and CSEA
statewide Board of Director member Bill
Sohl, left, accepts a plaque designating
him winner of the 1996 CSEA Capital
Region President's Award. At right is
Capital Region President Carmen Bagnoli.
Sohl was honored in recognition of his
long service to Fulton County CSEA
members, for being one of the longest
serving members of the union's statewide
Board of Directors, and for his dedication
to CSEA on every level. Sohl is one of
several members of the Board of Directors
to retire recently (see page 2).
ange County Local 836
Mike Bard dies unexpectedly
PARKSVILLE — Shortly after a story
about him was published in the October
edition of The Public Sector, Mike Bard, a
Valley Central School District pool operator,
passed away suddenly of natural causes.
The 50-year-old member of Orange
County Local 836 had recently been
awarded a commendation from the school
district for detecting dangerous corrosion in
the wires holding up the ceiling of the high
school's pool area, a situation that could
have jeopardized hundreds of lives.
ike was a very conscientious and
caring person working in a pool where
safety and sanitary needs are paramount,”
he said. “He really took his job very
seriously,” Unit President Wilson “Tinker”
Bunting said.
Bunting said Bard was also a “computer
genius” who had been in contact with
people in Europe to discuss the pool wiring
problems.
“They'll never be able to replace him,”
Bunting said
Bard leaves a wife and two children. His
farnily donated money collected by his co-
workers to a forestry preservation society in
his name.
— Anita Manley
Fhe Falla Seater eRacemm hes, 1996 & Boge 7 é
Challenges of the past year have made us stronger
Solidarity will help us face new
obstacles in the year ahead
In this holiday season, CSEA members can
be proud of their efforts for fairness and respect
over the past year. They have made a difference
in the lives of thousands of people and helped
make New York a better place to live and work.
To all of you who have contributed, thank you.
Together we have faced many challenges in
the year gone by and we are stronger for it.
That's good because we will undoubtedly face
new obstacles in the year ahead.
The strength of CSEA comes from all of us
working together. While we need to continue our
efforts to get all of our members active in
standing up for themselves and their union, I
am proud to say that we have gotten more
members involved in more
ways than ever before.
Whether it’s a fight
for contract fairness,
safety and health
enforcement, or electing
and lobbying
responsible public
officials, CSEA members
are rising to the
occasion.
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The recent election demonstrated the value
and commitment of the CSEA endorsement. We
didn't win every race. We didn't even endorse in
every race. But we did stand up for what we
believe in and worked tirelessly for the
candidates who earned our support.
CSEA members in every part of the state gave
their time and effort to campaigns. That
commitment does not go unnoticed by public
officials at any level. If we continue to build on
that foundation, we will strengthen our ability
to succeed in upcoming budget, privatization,
and legislative battles.
I am also proud of the ile of the AFL-
CIO as a major force
on the national
political scene. While numerous critics have
whined incessantly about labor's spending in
the campaign, it must be noted that Business
interests outspent Labor 9 to 1, according to
published reports.
I think the message of the election results is
clear: the American people are tired of
extremism in our politics and it is time for all of
us to work together for a better future. The AFL-
CIO stood up for the interests of working
families. Their efforts helped set the agenda and
put us in a better position to follow it through.
CSEA is ready for the work ahead. We will
work with elected officials, Republican and
Democrat, as long as they are prepared to work
with us and treat us fairly.
ING UP THE HEAT ON THE NEED For IMPROVEMENT — See Pages 9-11
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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Local 1000, AFSOME, AFL-CIO
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CSEA is turning up the heat on Gov. George Pataki and the state
Labor Department to again address the very serious issue of worksite
security in public buildings and offices across New York state.
CSEA, working with other groups and the state Department of
Labor, proposed a worksite security standard under the PESH law
two years ago only to see the proposal rejected out-of-hand. The
proposed standard would require public employers to assess the
risks in their worksites and develop cost-effective plans to address
( CSEA intensifies campaign for worksite security standard
intervene in the union's campaign to establish safer public buildings
and worksites. Early indications are that the issue will be reviewed at
the highest levels of state government and a practical, cost-effective
approach to improved worksite security for all public buildings
statewide could result from CSEA renewed efforts. CSEA made its
case at an Albany news conference which included CSEA President
Danny Donohue, AFL-CIO President Ed Cleary and Schuyler County
CSEA activists Sandra Rhodes and Sue Tacka who were co-workers
them.
With the fourth anniversary of the shooting deaths of four
Schuyler County Social Services workers as a focal point, CSEA
ee cently again took the initiative, urging Gov. Pataki to directly
of the victims.
Following on pages 9,
Examples of unsafe public buildings and worksites are everywhere.
10 and 11 are some examples of why a)
safety and health enforcement is necessary.
i WATERTOWN — CSEA is pointing to the
recent discovery of a pipe bomb in the
Jefferson County Office Building as further
proof of the need for a statewide worksite
security standard to protect public employees.
The bomb, characterized by an army
| explosives expert as “made to injure or kill
somebody,” was found by a deputy sheriff
shortly before the building opened at 9 a.m. in
a fifth floor hallway outside
| Family Court offices. The deputy
removed it to an outside parking
lot, where an army bomb squad
from nearby Fort Drum safely
deactivated it.
Workers in the building were
evacuated at about 9:30 a.m. and
the building and the nearby
county Social Services
Department building were
searched to determine if other
explosive devices had been
planted.
According to CSEA
Occupational Safety and
Health Specialist Ed King, who
reviewed the County buildings
the following day, the bomb'’s
discovery points out the lack of
attention paid to security in the
county's public worksites.
“There is a sad lack of security
| in the buildings,” King said.
King noted that in the County
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Office Building, there is a sheriff's deputy post
in the lobby, but it is located too far in the rear
of the building to be effective. He met with
county administration officials, who claim that
plans to update security in the building are
already in progress for early 1997, including
the addition of security cameras, a sign-in
procedure for
visitors, employee
identification
badges, and
moving the
deputy’s post to
the center of the
lobby.
King said the
union was also
concerned that
employees were
‘Read all about it!’
Examples of
risks all around
Pipe bomb plants seed of fear in Jefferson County
allowed to enter the building even after the
bomb’s discovery. He said that the workers
were not evacuated until at least a half-hour
after the building opened. There was also no
clear evacuation plan posted, and no clear
policy on handling bomb threats or security
emergencies of any kind.
CSEA Central Region President Jim Moore
said that the bomb was potentially lethal and
should not be treated as “an isolated incident,”
as the county has suggested.
“We have to treat this as an everyday
possibility at every worksite where workers and
the public interact, and take action towards its
prevention,” he said. “If we treat it as an
isolated case, we leave ourselves vulnerable to
the possibility of another Watkins Glen,” he
added, referring to the worksite murder of four
social services workers four years ago.
CSEA has publicly denounced the state
Department of Labor recently for its dismis:
of a proposed statewide standard for worksite
security that CSEA worked hard to draft and
get adopted following the Schuyler County
murders, — Mark M. Kotzin
More reasons why we need a
security standard — pages 10-11
| THE CSEA WORK FORCE
The Public Sector * December 1996 * Page 9 .
Public employees need better
WORKSITE
SECURITY
CSEA officers and members helaed with City of Middletown officials to dedicate
a tree in memory of Martin Grenzhauser, a CS9EA member and city employee who
was killed last summer when a trench he was working in collapsed. From left are
CSEA Orange County Local 836 President Steve Bardin, city employee John
McWilliams, CSEA Middletown Unit President Dave Walters, CSEA Southern
Region First Vice President Diane Hewitt and city employees Clem Serluco, Glen
Arnold and Nick Klupacs.
A tree grows for Martin Grenzhauser
MIDDLETOWN — City of Middletown
workers remembered a beloved co-worker
during a tree-planting and memorial
ceremony held recently at the City Water
Plant.
Martin Grenzhauser was working a
second job in June of this year when he
was killed when the eight foot deep
trench he was working in collapsed and a
six inch water main burst, flooding the
trench. The 29-year-old Grenzhauser and
a co-worker drowned while city
emergency workers tried frantically to
rescue them.
The construction company has come
under fire because the trench should
have been shored up to keep it from
collapsing.
Unit President Dave Walters said
workers chose to plant an oak tree
because Grenzhauser “was big and strong
like a mighty oak.”
City Mayor Joseph DeStefano said
Grenzhauser would be missed by his
co-workers as well as
city officials.
Approximately 40
friends, co-workers and
family members
gathered for the
ceremony.
— Anita Manley
‘Worksite Security is a very
real and serious problem.
New York has an opportunity
to lead the nation in
addressing the problem in a
comprehensive and
cost-effective way.’
— CSEA President Danny Donohue
tions officials
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More double-talk,
bureaucratic red tape,
than positive action
from PESH regarding
security at DOL office
BAYSHORE — Lax enforcement and bureaucratic
double talk over safety and health standards are leaving
CSEA members at risk.
CSEA Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Dan
Morra pointed to an incident in the Long Island office of
the Department of Labor here, where a client assaulted
three CSEA members, seriously injuring two of them.
“There was no security in this building and clients had
open access to employees behind the counter,” said Morra.
One employee suffered a split nose and black eye while
another suffered a head injury as well as trauma to her
neck and back.
Labor and management agreed changes needed to be
made and Morra submitted a PESH complaint defining the
assault, the existing inadequate layout and lack of
security.
A supervisor wrote back to Morra saying the case was
reviewed and it was concluded the alleged hazard did not
meet the criteria of a violation.
Morra argued the site had to be inspected to be
understood and wrote a letter requesting a conference to
convince PESH of the need for the on-site visit.
“The PESH program manager wrote back contending
that since there was no inspection, ‘no conference is
needed,” Morra said. “It was unbelievable double talk.”
CSEA persisted in meetings with management at the
Department of Labor where the incident occurred and a
security guard was hired.
“Security was hired part-time in the department but
more needs to be done and the PESH citation could have
forced the state’s hand,” Morra said.
— Sheryl C. Jenks
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Woman allegedly threatens
officials over registration
FORT EDWARD — A woman who
wouldn’t take no for answer when she
was told it was too late to register to
vote was in jail Thursday, charged
with menacing, authorities said.
Dawn Bygd, 40, of Fort Edward told
Washington County Board of Blec-
Haley and other elections officials
cleared out of the office, Sheriff's dep-
uties responded within minutes and
arrested Bygd, she said.
she had a gun and 2
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CSEA’s proposed worksite security standard is as important for.
the well-being of the general public as it is for public employees
Town of
Corning motor |
equipment
operator lucky
to be alive!
PESH cites town
CORNING — Lloyd Hurd knows
he is lucky to be alive following an
| on-the-job accident while working
with a highway road patching crew
) for the town of Corning, although he
can’t remember much about it.
While Hurd recuperated from the
severe concussion, lacerations and
bruises he sustained, CSEA pursued
a PESH complaint against the Town
of Corning Highway Department
which resulted in PESH issuing
citations for lack of brakes on the
roller Hurd was driving and for
improper training of equipment
operators.
The Steuben County CSEA Local
851 member was injured when a
drum roller he was operating went
| out of control on an incline, and he
didn’t have brakes to stop it.
Incredibly, the roller has been
wouldn't cause an accident for
traffic,” said his wife, Debbie. “He
was thinking of others, even then,
instead of himself.”
Hurd held on as the roller gained
speed, trying to slow it down with
the gear lever, and did manage to
steer it past some traffic before it
tipped over, causing his injuries.
Ironically, even though he was
seriously injured, Hurd's life may
have been saved by a “home-made”
roll cage that kept him from being
thrown.
CSEA President Danny Donohue
ed with Hurd recently and
assured him that CSEA will
aggressively push for on-the-job
safety corrections at his workplace
and other public employee
worksites. He urged CSEA members,
wherever they work, to report any
on complaint of CSEA
service in 1981.
CSEA President Danny Donohue, right, assures Lloyd Hurd that
CSEA will aggressively fight for safer worksites.
without brakes since it was put into
“He even stayed on, instead of
jumping off right away, so the roller
safety hazards to their supervisors,
and their union shop stewards or
unit/local officers.
— Ron Wofford
Memorializes four victims of tragedy
‘Tree of Life’ quilt reflects
hope, continuity, rebirth
WATKINS GLEN — Where once lay a
memorial bouquet of flowers, now bright
orange traffic cones adorn the steps by an
entrance to the Schuyler County Office
Building — a sign that the door is no longer
used as an entrance to the building — and a
grim reminder of the tragedy that happened
here Oct. 15, 1992.
The door is closed off as one of the
measures to limit a s to the facility and
improve worksite security following the brutal
slaying of four CSEA members who worked in
the Schuyler County Department of Social
Services Support Collection Unit.
Florence Pike, Phyllis Caslin, Denise Van
Amburg and Nancy Wheeler were killed by a
lone gunman angry over the department's
efforts to force him to pay child support. At
the time, there was little in the way of
worksite security measures which could have
prevented the tragedy from occurring.
On the fourth anniversary of the killings,
co-workers and others gathered for the tearful
unveiling of a quilt dedicated to the memory
of the workers, which is now on permanent
display inside the County Office Building.
Entitled the “Tree of Life” quilt, it depicts a
tree in all four seasons, and focuses on the
themes of hope, continuity and rebirth. It was
handmade by a committee of workers in the
New York State Office of Child Support
Enforcement in Albany, chaired by Karen
Vigliante, who helped unveil the quilt.
According to CSEA Schuyler County Local
849 President Charlene Williams, the quilt is
a fitting memorial to the memories of the
workers, and should serve as a constant
‘THE CSEA WORK FORCE
reminder for the need for workplace security.
“The people upstairs are still uneasy about
security. Before it happened, we didn’t think
anything like that could ever happen in a
small community like this. Now we feel it
could happen anywhere,” she said.
“If there's one good thing that came of this,
it's that when I walk into county office
buildings throughout the region, there's been
an increase in security measures,” CSEA
Central Region President Jim Moore said.
“We must not allow that to disappear as time
goes on, — Mark M. Kotzin
Bridge worker death
should have resulted in
PESH citation, union says
KINGSTON — The New York State Bridge
Authority should have been cited for various
safety ations following a fatal accident on the
Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge which connects Ulster
and Dutch Counties over the Hudson River,
CSEA believes.
Daniel Van Benschoten, a bridge maintenance
worker, fell nearly 200 feet to his death last June
while he was cleaning the steel girders on the
bridge with one of his co-workers.
According to CSEA Safety and Health Spec: alist
st certain safety procedures after the
accident. While Bieger credits the Authority with
correcting the problems, he said PESH should
have formally cited the agency.
Van Benschoten, a member of NYS Bridge
Authority Local 050, had unhooked his harness
to switch his position when he slipped and lost
his balance. A co-worker tried in vain to hold him
to keep him from falling.
“Making the changes still does not negate
PESH from issuing a citation,” he said. “It would
have been a simple matter of exchange of paper. If
PESH had cited the Bridge Authority, it would
have brought them into compliance with the
standards, Sure, management recognized the
hazard and took corrective action. The
unfortunate part is, PESH doesn't formally
recognize it.”
Local 050 President Chris Perrello emphasized
the Bridge Authority has an excellent safety
record and exercises utmost caution for its
workers.
“Where changes were needed they've been
made,” he said.
— Anita Manley
The Public Sector'* December 1996 »'Page 11 _
NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS
Elections for CSEA statewide PRESIDENT,
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY,
~~ TREASURER to be held in 1997
The offices of CSEA statewide
president, executive vice
president, secretary and treasurer
are scheduled for election in 1997.
CSEA members will be electing
officers to fill those statewide
offices for a 3-year term effective
July 1, 1997.
Persons seeking a statewide
office may petition and appear on
the ballot individually or as part
of a slate. A slate must contain a
candidate for each of the
statewide offices: president,
executive vice president, secretary
and treasurer.
Candidates must be at least 18
years old, have been a CSEA
member in good standing since
June 1, 1996, and must have
Schedule of election of CSEA statewide officers ——
| Any CSEA member who is considering the possibility |
of running for office may obtain information
regarding the election process by contacting the
Election Committee at CSEA Headquarters
1-800-342-4146, Ext. 477
presidents, CSEA headquarters
and region offices. Petition request
forms may be filled out and
returned to CSEA Headquarters
and/or region offices ahead of
schedule, but the nominating
petitions will not be released until
continuously paid CSEA obtaining 1,000 signatures of
Feb. 10, the first day of the
membership dues since that date.
Candidates cannot be a member
of a competing labor organization
and must not be serving a
disciplinary penalty imposed by
the CSEA statewide Judicial
Board.
Any CSEA member who meets
the above criteria may become a
candidate and have his or her
name placed on the ballot for a
specific statewide office by
Petitioning period
starts February 10
February 10
© Start of petitioning period.
© Nominating petitions released from CSEA
headquarters and region offices.
March 21
© Deadline for nominating petitions to be
received at CSEA headquarters (5 p.m.).
CSEA members eligible to vote in
the upcoming election. Signatures
must be of CSEA dues-paying
members who are not serving a
suspension and who have no
delinquent dues. The signatures
must be collected and submitted
on official nominating petition
forms in a timely fashion under
the published election schedule.
Nominating petition request
forms are now available from local
April 16
petitioning period.
The election process will be
overseen by the union's Elections
Committee. The balloting will be
conducted by an independent
election agency approved by the
union's statewide Board of
Directors,
he schedule for the 1997
ion for CSEA statewide offices
© Drawing for candidates’ positions on the
ballot (headquarters).
© Membership list available for inspection
by candidates (headquarters).
May edition of
The Public Sector
May 15
mailing.
© Publication of campaign statements and
photos submitted by candidates.
© Ballots delivered to Post Office for
© Deadline for candidates to decline
nomination (8 a.m.).
© Deadline for candidates to submit
campaign statements and photos for
publication in The Public Sector.
© Deadline for receipt of candidates’
campaign literature at CSEA
headquarters for distribution (5 p.m.)
April 14
May 23 © Replacement ballot may be requested if
original ballot was not received.
June 5
Election results will be announced after the ballot count.
Candidates will be notified by mail.
July edition of
The Public Sector © Election results published.
© Deadline for receipt of ballots (8 a.m.).
Always protect your membership status
Break in union
membership affects
A break in union membership status
can have long-term future implications.
Your membership status affects your
eligibility with respect to:
© seeking or holding union office;
© signing nominating petitions for
potential candidates;
© voting in union elections, and;
© voting on collective bargaining
eligibility to seek of css:
hold union office,
voting privileges
Only members “in good standing” can
participate in these activities. To be in
“good standing,” your dues cannot be
delinquent.
If you go on unpaid leave or for any
other reason have a break in your
Page {2 The Public Sector ¢ December 1996 —-
employment status, your dues will not
continue to be paid through payroll
deductions. You must make arrangements
to pay your dues directly to CSEA to
continue your membership status. If you
are either laid off or placed on leave
without pay status due to becoming
disabled by accident, illness, maternity or
paternity, you may be eligible for dues-
free membership status for a period not to
exceed one year.
You must notify the CSEA Membership
Records Department at 1-800-342-4146,
Ext. 327, of any change in your status
and what arrangements you are making to
continue your membership in CSEA.
— GENERAL NEWS
4
Wanda Lubinski of CSEA Mental Hygiene Local 673, center and
John Funicello, right, chair of the Solidarity Committee of the
Capital District, present IUE Local 36 member Dick Morgan with a
check for $846.50 collected at CSEA’s Annual Delegates Meeting.
Striking [UE brothers, sisters
could use your contributions
In need of food, medical needs,
holiday gifts and more, our
brothers and sisters of IUE Local
36, who have been on strike for
York Solidarity, a coalition of
union activists.
Wanda Lubinski of CSEA
Mental Hygiene Local 673, a
member of the Solidarity
Committee of the Capital District,
volunteered to organize this year’s
fund raiser and got off to a great
Without your help, the holidays will be
bleak for these union members, families
over two years, reached out to New
start collecting $846.50 from
CSEA delegates at the 1996
Annual Delegates Meeting.
Individuals and locals wishing
to contribute towards this
worthwhile effort may send
donations to: Wanda Lubinski,
175 Second Avenue, Albany, NY
12202-1233.
Checks made payable to
“SOLIDARITY” should be received
by Dee. 11.
‘Sail Away With CSEA’ cruise
reservations deadline is Dec. 13
Reservations are being accepted until Dee. 13, 1996 for a
seven-night “Sail Away With CSEA” cruise from New York City
to Bermuda May 18 - 25, 1997. Early reservations are
recommended for the best choice of cabins. Participants will
cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Song of America.
Rates, per person double occupancy, are just $1,059 for
outside (Category I) cabins and $959 for inside (Category N)
cabins, cruise only. Rates include all meals and
entertainment on board, port charges, departure tax and a
shipboard “Bon Voyage” cocktail party. Airfares from most
eastern cities, including round trip transfers from airport to
the pier, can be added on for $279 per person. Optional
insurance, which covers trip cancellation, medical protection,
baggage protection and emergency assistance, is also
available at $79 per person.
Reservations and a deposit of $250 per person must be
received by CSEA's official travel service, Plaza Travel
Center, Inc., PO Box 849, Latham, NY 12110 by the Dec.
13 deadline. If optional insurance is selected, an additional
deposit of $79 per person is required.
Payments are accepted by check only made payable to
Pl Travel Center.” Balance is due in full by Feb, 19, 1997.
Travel to Bermuda requires proof of citizenship. Contact
Plaza Travel Center 1-800-666-3404 or (518) 785-3338 for
details.
RESERVATION FORM
The CSEA Crui
Full Legal Names of each person in cabin:
Address:
City
Phone: Home (_)
# of people in cabin
| require air from the following city
Inside Cabin Outside Cabin
Optional insurance: Yes
No (circle one)
For dining purposes: Smoking _____. Non-Smoking
Member, son die in house fire
BLAUVELT (ROCKLAND COUNTY) —
A South Orangetown School District
bus driver was killed trying to rescue
his son from a house fire.
Al DeFlumere, Jr. and his six-year-
old son Matthew were found just inches
from a window after DeFlumere
successfully rescued his wife and two
other sons from his burning home. The
fire, which officials say was caused by
an electrical problem, started early in
the morning while the family was
sleeping.
In addition to driving a school bus
for South Orangetown, DeFlumere, a
The CSEA Advantage Cellular
Phone Discount Programs
FRONTIER CELLULAR
(Special Plan Features Available)
County Service Areas: Erie, Niagara,
Chautauqua, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming,
Cattaraugus, Allegany, Monroe, Livingston,
Steuben, Wayne, Ontario, Chemung, Tioga,
Onondaga, Broome, Oneida, Madison, St.
Lawrence, Jefferson, Lewis and Herkimer.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL
1-800-440-1894
Vietnam veteran, was a 31-year
volunteer firefighter and a clerk for the
U.S. Post Office.
“The family lost everything,” said
Labor Relations Specialist Larry
Sparber.
Ironically, the fatal fire occurred on
the DeFlumeres’ 11th wedding
anniversary.
Blauvelt firefighters have started a
fund for the family. Donations may be
sent to the DeFlumere Children’s Fund,
PO Box 273, Blauvelt, NY 10913.
— Anita Manley
CELLULAR ONE
Service Areas: Tompkins, Cortland,
Chenango, Seneca, Cayuga, Yates,
Schuyler and *Oswego.
Monthly access charge: $12.00
Per minute charge: $.21 peak/off
peak
Activation fee: Waived
Contract term: 12 months
Discounted equipment
For more information, call:
Stephanie Togni
1-800-524-2351
607-273-0400 or 607-280-0606
*For Oswego County, call
Carol Haynes
1-800-541-8890 ext. 5130
315-439-5130 or 315-447-4004
CELLULAR ONE
Service Areas: Ulster, Sullivan, Dutchess
and Orange
Monthly access charge: $15.95
Per minute charge: 100 bonus minutes
upon activation, $.35 peak, $.25 off peak,
Activation fee: Waived
Contract term: 2 years
Discounted equipment |
Service Areas: Columbia, Greene, Otsego,
Monthly access charge: $8.95
Per minute charge: 100 bonus minutes
upon activation, $.19 peak, $.16 off peak,
$.55 NYS roam $.
Activation fee: Waived
Contract term: 2 years
Discounted equipment
CELLULAR ONE
Schoharie and Delaware
45 NYS roam
For more information, call:
ED FRATZ 607-434-1128, 434-1129, 914-399-1129 or 914-389-9000
RON BROWN 914-389-9000
The Public Sector « December. 1996 * Page 13,
S300 ee ys Wad Trobe
, Campaign ‘96
PEOPLE members
made the
difference
Keeping President Bill Clinton in the
White House and electing fair-minded people
to the Congress was this year’s top priority for
organized Labor.
Led by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
and AFSCME President Gerry McEntee,
the AFL-CIO waged an aggressive
campaign to put the interests of
working people at the top of the
political agenda.
The effort not only resulted in
the historic re-election of President Bill
Clinton and strong in-roads into the
majority in the U. S. House of
Representatives, but re-established
organized Labor's role as a significant force
in American politics.
And CSEA members were at the heart of
the fight by contributing to and recruiting
others to join PEOPLE (Public Employees
Organized to Promote Legislative
Equality), the AFSCME/CSEA lobbying
program that operates at the federal level.
Since CSEA is prohibited by law from using dues money to lobby
at the federal level, we rely on PEOPLE volunteers and contributions
to make your voice heard in Washington.
Besides helping to elect politicians who will be responsive to the
needs of public employees, PEOPLE contributions help to educate
the general public about the public sector; protect our rights to
collective bargaining; protect programs like Social Security and
Medicare; and fight against programs that are harmful to you and
your family.
During the past two years PEOPLE helped us defeat a great deal
of Congress's anti-worker, anti-family budgetary policies, including
efforts to cut Medicare, Medicaid, student loans and other worker-
friendly programs while providing huge tax cuts for the wealthy.
We also played a major role in defeating Congress's anti-worker
attempts to repeal labor protections which would have eliminated
the 40-hour work week, modified overtime provisions and gutted the
Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Congress did pass some important worker-friendly legislation
during the past two years such as increasing the minimum wage
and protecting health insurance benefits for workers who change
jobs. These initiatives were achieved, in large part, because of our
federal lobbying efforts made possible by PEOPLE contributions.
In the past, PEOPLE contributions have enabled us to
successfully lobby for important federal legislation of interest to
CSEA members, such as: the Family and Medical Leave Act, which
allows up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a
child or the serious illness of a parent, spouse or child; the Motor
Voter Bill, which makes it easier to register to vote; and
unemployment extension legislation, which provided 13 weeks of
additional unemployment insurance benefits to jobless workers
whose benefits had expired.
PEOPLE contributions also enabled us to successfully lobby
against harmful federal legislation, such as an Internal Revenue
Service plan to tax our sick and annual leave credi
In the future, PEOPLE contributions will help CSEA continue to
fight for federal issues such as striker replacement legislation to
level the playing field in labor-management negotiations; OSHA
reform to strengthen current federal job safety laws; and Hatch Act
aan so public employees can run for public office.
Zs
Page 14° The Public Sector * December 1996
CSEA, AFSCME set goal to be
top unions in political arena |
AFSCME has long been
recognized as one of the most
effective labor organizations
participating in the federal political
arena. AFSCME is second only to
the Teamsters among labor unions
in raising political action funds
through volunteer member
contributions, and this year hopes
to move to the top
of the list.
At the same time,
CSEA hopes to
move to the head of
the list of AFSCME
affiliates in PEOPLE fund-raising.
CSEA currently ranks third behind
Illinois Council 31 and New York
City Council 37.
You can help CSEA and AFSCME
become the top labor unions in the
political arena and help strengthen
the voice of working people in
America when you join PEOPLE.
Membership levels range from just
$35, $50 and $75 per year with
payroll deduction possible for state
employees and some local
government members. Incentive gifts
are available for belonging at each
membership level.
When you recruit new members
into PEOPLE, you earn points that
are redeemable for great gifts in the
new PEOPLE Recruiter Gift Catalog.
As an added incentive, all newly
recruited PEOPLE members and the
members who recruited them will be
entered in a drawing for a new Ford
Escort automobile. This grand prize
will be awarded when CSEA
achieves its goal of becoming the top
PEOPLE affiliate in AFSCME.
Chances are you have been, or
soon will be, approached by a fellow
CSEA member and asked to join
PEOPLE. If you haven't already done
so, please join and
support the
program that
supports you. You'll
be glad you did,
and you'll be
increasing your chances to win that
Ford E ort at the same time.
For more information about the
CSEA/AFSCME PEOPLE program,
call the CSEA Political Action
Department at 1-800-342-4146 Ext.
404 or (518) 436-8622.
Tie for top
PEOPLE recruiter
for October
Carol Low of CSEA SUNY at
Stony Brook Local 614 and Micki
Thoms of CSEA Letchworth Village
Developmental Center Local 412
earned PEOPLE Recruiter of the
Month honors for October. Low
and Thoms each enlisted 22 new
members in the PEOPLE program.
CSEA volunteers recruited 44 new members to join PEOPLE and
raised $3,189, surpassing last year's amount, during this year's
Annual Delegates Meeting, Sept. 30 through Oct. 4 in New York City.
GENERAL NEWS
Programs
bargaining unit.
Registration forms are available in a program
The registration deadline for the ISU
Employee Enhancement Workshop Series,
Spring 1997 is Jan. 9, 1997. Registrations
received after the deadline will be considered
only if there are available seats.
Workshops on a wide variety of subjects, to
be held throughout the state, are open to
CSEA-represented NYS employees in the ISU
TTENTION EMPLOYEES IN THE CSEA-REPRESENTED INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES UNIT
Registration deadline Jan. 9 for new employee enhancement workshop program
An “ISU Employee Enhancement Workshop
Series” designed to support the job skills and
career development needs of the more than
20,000 CSEA-represented members of the state
Institutional Services bargaining unit will be
held during the Spring of 1997. The newest
employee enhancement programs developed by
the NYS/CSEA Labor-Management Committees
are called “Pathways To The Future: The ISU
announcement brochure prepared by the
NYS/CSEA Labor-Management Committees.
See your agency or facility human resources or
training office or your CSEA Institutional
Services Unit local president for more details,
or call the NYS/CSEA Labor-Management
Committee at (518) 473-3416.
A supervisor or manager authorized to grant
release time to attend the workshop must sign
the registration form.
THE BUYER'S EDGE
YOUR CSEA BUYER’S EDGE GROUP NUMBER IS 1811
HOLIDAY SPECIALS
PUBLISHED EXCLUSIVELY FOR BUYER'S EDGE MEMBER:
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1996
BE PREP)
MAJOR APPLIANCE:
UVC 4-HEAD VCR #HRJ430
on-screen display; universal remote
SUGG. RETAIL ... $199.97......... BE PRICE $174.00°
RCA 20" STEREO TV #F203528F
commercial skip; timer; 181 channel; on-screen
display; universal remote
SUGG. RETAIL ... $247.97......... BE PRICE $219.00*
TAPPAN MICROWAVE #TMT104U1S
1.1 cu fi; 850 watt; turntable; black
SUGG. RETAIL ... $169.97........ BE PRICE $109.00"
SHARP HI 8MM VIEWCAM #VLE39U
3 LCD; 42 x 200M; auto LCD brightness
SUGG. RETAIL ... $587.97........ BE PRICE $549.00°
VTECH CORDLESS PHONE SeseRROBNCY
900 MHz: digital clarity; 20 number sere dial
SUGG. RETAIL ... $189.99........ BE PRICE $149,00°
SHARP “WIZARD” ORGANIZER #0Z3500
256k memory; 40 character by 10 line display; time &
data enagerent
SUGG, RETAIL ... $209.99......... BE PRICE $179.00*
1-800-377-3700 * NJ (201 & 908) 908-248-0055
COMPUTERS
LEXMARK “WINWRITER150C”
color ink jet printer; holds both color & black cartridges;
150 sheet input tray; 600 x 300 DP!
SUGG. RETAIL ... $209.00......... BE PRICE $189.00°
1-800-346-6265
DIAMONDS/FINE JEWELRY/WATCHES
DIAMOND EARRINGS - 1/2 ct. TOTAL WEIGHT
*G" Color, VS clarity
SUGG. RETAIL ... $1200.00....... BE PRICE $500.00*
HERRINGBONE NECKLACE: 18”
‘14K Yellow Gold
SUGG. RETAIL ... $350.00........ BE PRICE $150,00°
CULTURED PEARL NECKLACE
14K gold clasp; 6mm: fine pink hue
SUGG. RETAIL ... $1200,00....... BE PRICE $400.00°
1-800-635-9196 » NJ 908-654-1049
VIDEO
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12/31/96. PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING UNLESS SPECIFIED BY (#*). APPLICABLE SALES TAXES MUST BE ADDED.
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YOU CONTACT A PARTICIPATING VENDOR.
AUDIO EQUIPMENT
PIONEER RECEIVER #VSX603
130 watt; 100W Dolby ProLogic; smart remote
SUGG. RETAIL ... $425.00.
PIONEER RECEIVER #vSX504
150 watt; 110W ProLogi
SUGG. RETAIL ... $395.00.
1-800-543-0011 » DOWNSTATE NY 718-720-3792
CARPET & RUGS
100% CONTINUOUS FILAMENT NYLON.
plush Saxony pile; 3M Scotch Guard stain release: 28
colors; 25 sq. yd. minimum; padding & installation
available at additional charge
SUGG. RETAIL .. $15.99/sq. yd...... BE PRICE $7.99"
1-800-526-5389 * NJ 1-800-662-6947
OCCASIONAL PIECES FROM A LEADING
FURNITURE MANUFACTURER
CHERRY JEWELRY/LINGERIE CHEST #682-14
liftid w/ mirror; 5 jewelry drawers; 3 lingerie drawers;
1 pull up tray for hanging jewelry; UPSable
SUGG. RETAIL ... $624.95 . BE PRICE $347.00
CHERRY BLANKET STAND #993-14
brass medallions; 28.5°W 15.5°D 36.5°H; UPSable
SUGG. RETAIL ... $144.95............. BE PRICE $79.00
‘TWIN/FULL BUNK BED #8101-54-A,B,L
solid pine; guard rails and ladder, van line
delivery rei
SUGG. RETAIL ... $676.00 BE PRICE $362.00
1-800-631-0286
PIANOS/ORGANS
ALTENBURG STUDIO PIANO
Mahogony or Ebony; bench; 12 year guarantee
SUGG. RETAIL ... $4500.00..... BE PRICE $1900.00"
ALTENBURG BABY GRAND
choice of finishes; bench; lifetime guarantee
SUGG. RETAIL... $10,000.00... BE PRICE $4995.00*
1-800-826-6825 * NJ 1-800-492-4040
CALL THE BUYER'S EDG
SEWING MACHINES
‘SINGER SEWING MACHINE #0224
free arm; automatic tension; 24 built-in stitches;
electronic speed control; built-in button holer
SUGG. RETAIL ... $699.00........ BE PRICE $430.00"
SINGER SEWING MACHINE #9010
10 built-in stitches; four-step buttonholer built-in;
free arm
SUGG. RETAIL ... $399.00 ..
SINGER SERGER #140286
can be used as 2/3/4 thread serger; differential feed,
electronic speed contro!
SUGG. RETAIL ... $799.00 BE PRICE $425.00"
1-800-635-0765
.. BE PRICE $190.00"
LUCAS “RUGGED TRAVELER” #90520
Garry on w/ wheels; bk navy, gm
SUGG. RETAIL... $130.00 ......... BE PRICE $59.99"
SAMSONITE CARRY-ON #488111062
upright piggy back; bik or navy
SUGG. RETAIL ... $220.00...» BE PRICE $91.00°
ATLANTIC “INFINITY BALLISTIC” #364-29F
29" upright w/ wheels; black or red
SUGG RETAIL ... $325.00.
ROYCE MEN'S WALLET #8686
soft napa leather; fatfold; black or brown
SUGG RETAIL ... $55.00 BE PRICE $24.99"
MONARCH “INTELLIGENT” ATTACHE @164-18
Htalian calfskin leather; leather lined; black or burgundy
SUGG RETAIL... $245.00... BE PRICE $99.99*
ROYCE SHAVE KIT/MANIGURE SET #501
all eather; all-around zipper; black, brown
‘of burgundy
SUGG RETAIL
BE PRICE $99.99°
$75.00. .. BE PRICE $35.00*
1-800-843-8237
CHINA/SILVER/CRYSTAL
SPODE “CHRISTMAS TREE” DINNERWARE
20 pe. service for 4
SUGG. RETAIL ... $390.00. BE PRICE $149.95"
LARGE SELECTION » IN STOCK ONLY
DAVID WINTER'S COTTAGES 40% OFF*
HUMMELL FIGURINES...
LENOX CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
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EXERCISE EQUIPMENT
KEYS ABEX
adi, upper bar; video & weights
SUGG. RETAIL... $99.00
LIFESHAPER_
multifunction handlebar; adj. resistance; ad). seat; no
impact exercise; electronic monitor
SUGG. RETAIL ... $299.99........ BE PRICE $249.00°
1-800-541-0905
VACUUM CLEANERS
REGINA UPRIGHT #RG715EBI
11 amp; tools on board: 3.5 amp electric broom bonus
SUGG. RETAIL ... $149.97 BE PRICE $105.00*
1-800-377-3700 » Nu (201 & 908) 908-248-0055
LIGHTING .
BRAND NAME TABLE LAMP #2398Q
28"; brass finish; parchment pinch pleated shade
3-way socket; UPSable
SUGG. RETAIL ... $220.00 BE PRICE $122.00
BRAND NAME TORCHIERE FLOOR LAMP #1246-70
old brass finish; opal matie shade; UPSable
SUGG. RETAIL ... $355.00. BE PRICE $196.00
1-800-631-0286
30% OFF*
BE PRICE $74.00"
[BE PREPARED YO GIVE YOUR GROUP WUMBER WHENEVER YOU CONTACT A PARTICIPATING VENDOR.
PLEASE NOTE...THIS SPECIAL FLYER FEATURES JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THE PRICES YOU
RECEIVE FROM OUR PARTICIPATING VENDORS. YOU WILL RECEIVE COMPARABLE SAVINGS ON
MERCHANDISE YOU ORDER THRU THE PLAN.
IN ADDITION TO THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES LISTED ABOVE, OUR PROGRAM
ALSO FEATURES PARTICIPATING VENDORS FOR THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
REAL ESTATE PLAN « MOVING SERVICES + KITCHEN CABINETS + NEW CARS
NEW CAR PLAN
‘The 1997 models are out, Gall THE CAR PLAN for a referral to a local cooperating dealer...or call for a
computerized printout listing standard features and every available option with corresponding dealer cost.
The $10 fee is refundable if you buy thru THE CAR PLAN.
NORTH NJ (908 & 201): 908-654-8070 » SOUTH NJ: 609-778-0945
ALL OTHER AREAS: 1-800-843-8381
STOP PAYING RETAIL!!! CALL THE BUYER'S EDGE
The uncertainty of today’s economy has caused
everyone to worry about their financial future. One
way to help secure your future is to protect your
income. Experts agree that a comprehensive disability
plan is a good place to start.
receive
disability
coverage ki
CSEA has answered members’ needs by sponsoring
a new Disability Income Protection Plan. It helps
protect your income if a disabling illness or injury
keeps you out of work.
With the help of Jardine Group Services
Corporation, plan administrator, CSEA has improved
the program with new benefits at the same group
rates. This plan now features Rehabilitation Benefits,
Survivor Benefits, and Work Stoppage Benefits, all with
convenient payroll deduction.
ake steps now to make sure that if you become
isabled, you'll have the resources you need to help
protect your financial future. And be on the lookout for
your disability kit to arrive in your mailbox later this
month. It contains important plan information, and
shows step-by-step how you can apply, or increase
your current coverage amount.
Need more information?
Call Jardine toll-free at
1-800-697-CSEA.
GENERAL NEWS
——— The Public Sector « December 1996'* Page45,,
v
The
CSEA
Work Force is
becfarpei the eS of NY
nM “We answer
.) mine one one...”
The CSEA Work Force is at the heart of everything that makes New
York State work.
Every day of the year, your family, friends and neighbors are on
the job, providing vital services that keep New York’s school dis-
tricts, cities, towns, counties, even the state itself, running.
They drive millions of children to school. Maintain thousands of
miles of roads. Keep public buildings clean. Help your neighbors
who are in trouble to get back on their feet. Nurture the sick and
elderly. Help keep the peace.
And yet politicians are always targeting those needed services.
What CSEA workers proyide is so basic, you hardly stop to think
about it. Don’t let the politicians’ budget cuts erode the ser
that you depend on.
The Work Force
Local 1000, APSCME, AFL-CIO * Danny Donohue, President
Official publication of
The Civil Service Employees Association, Inc.
Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
143 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12210-2303
JB
INSIDE THIS EDITION
® Working overtime, not getting paid? - Page 2
@ CSEA members big winners in November elections — Page 3
@ State Government News — Pages 4 and 5
@ Local Government News — Pages 6 and 7
@ Push comes to shove on worksite security standard - Pages 9, 10 and 11
@ Annual leave records enclosed
