FROM OHIO ———
TO AFRICA :
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CSEA volunteer activists
‘ ST eS UTS
have been working for weeks CSEA members and other =a,
to help AFSCME organize unionists are learning about Lins eee
Ohio state employees. Thus th I i
far, 38,000 have said ’yes’ in er oblerae of South AUIS,
union representation
elections. For a report on
their organizing campaign in
ihe Buckeye state, SEE PAGE
. including labor unrest, from
someone who has been fe”
there—a black activist now
teaching at the Empire State
Labor College. SEE PAGES 6
and 7.
‘| Official Pt Publication of The Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000, |
panierican Federation of Stile, County and Municipal Employees AFL- CIO.
' @@iiiBao 4. Vol. 8, No. 24
he 0164 9949)! Monday, December 2, 1985
Fuse is lit on an explosive issue
nn +4 Parking in Albany:
— | The daily adventure
mcoumirreem Grows more exciting
By Dan Campbell arterials which surround this capital city. And
CSEA Communications Associate for years, ever since the opening of the
CSEA MEMBERS: Send your comment, ALBANY—Parking! It's a term and gigantic Empire State Plaza in downtown
suggestions, ideas, etc. concerning condition of employment, and it’s a constant Albany, many slate employees without re-
parking and parking problems, especially issue for CSEA locals who have it and for served or permit parking have been arriving
in the downtown Albany area, to: those locals who do not. up to two hours before the beginning of their
CSEA PARKING COMMITTEE And in downtown Albany, parking is about normal workday to grab one of a minimal
Attn: John Naughter to become an explosive issue between the umber of parking Spaces. Other drivers of-
CSEA Headquarters city of Albany, the state of New York and ten end up parking in spots with a 90-minute
143 Washington Avenue the Capital Region of CSEA. time limit and are forced to jockey their cars
Albany, New York 12210 Every workday morning, thousands of ‘throughout the day.
cars transporting tens of thousands of public As serious as the parking problem
and private sector workers spill off the (Continued on Page 4)
Agreement
BETWEEN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK
AND
THE CIVIL SERVICE 5
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.
Administrative
Services Unit
1985-88
Copies of the Administrative Services Unit
agreements will be in the mail next week,
completing the mailing of CSEA-State
contracts to individual employees in the three
state bargaining units. ASU contracts were
mailed Third Class and should be received
within two weeks.
Two Albany CSEA locals to fest
a college study skills seminar
CSEA’s Labor Education Action Program (LEAP) is launching a pilot project
designed to strengthen skills necessary for college-level studies. Funded under
Article 14 of the CSEA-State contracts, the pilot ‘College Study Skills Seminar’
will be launched in the Albany area for members of NYS Higher Education
Services Corporation CSEA Local 667 and Department of Labor CSEA Local
670 who have expressed interest in the seminar. LEAP expects to offer the
seminar statewide to other members of the ASU, OSU and ISU bargaining units
following completion and evaluation of the pilot phase.
Labor Education Action Progra
COLLEGE STUDY SKILLS SEMINAR
a pilot project for members of
CSEA Local 667 and Local 670
DESCRIPTION: The “College Study Skills Seminar” is available as a pilot pro-
ject only to members of NYS Higher Education Services Corporation Local 667
and Department of Labor Local 670. The seminar will be five weeks in length Gaul cin coealveas cues tom pe:
sod He pcigiee te nee riegerts strengthen their study and other skills neces classroom, | know from pereonal experience
y Seano ; how difficult it can be to revive effective
study habits and feel comfortable in a class-
room atmosphere. | wish this type of course
had been available before | began my own
degree studies. It would have been invalu-
able.’”
TIME: 5:30—8:30 p.m. Patrick Hale Jr.
President, CSEA Local 667
DATES: Tuesdays, January 14—February 11, 1986
PLACE: Department of Labor, Building #12, State Office Campus, Albany.
SEMINAR TOPICS: Week 1 — Time Management
“This seminar should prove very worth- Week 3 ie Recaing sills
while. In addition to improving study skills Waeked Hi to Wi i P p
to make continuing education more effective eet my, oh UMS % tleg
and beneficial, subjects such as time Week 5 — Test Taking in College
management and improving reading skills
can be applied to an individual’s work and DEADLINE FOR APPLYING: December 30, 1985
personal life as well. | strongly urge Local
670 members who expect to continue their WHO CAN APPLY: Members of the Operational, Administrative and
education to take advantage of this oppor- Institutional Bargaining Units of CSEA Locals 667 and 670 who work half time
tunity.”’ or more and who have not taken this course previously.
—Jeanne Lyons
President, CSEA Local 670 HOW TO APPLY: 1) Obtain a LEAP College Studies Skills Application Form
“i from your personnel or training office at your agency, or
from your CSEA Local president.
2) Fill out the application form completely and accurately
and mail to LEAP before December 30, 1985.
OTHER INFORMATION: 1) Students will be accepted on a first come, first
served basis.
2) Attendance at all sessions is required.
3) Students will be notified by mail regarding the
specific course location at the Department of
Labor.
DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS DECEMBER 30, 1985
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL: LEAP (518) 434-0191 Ext. 228
2 THE PUBLIC SECTOR December 2, 1985
CSEA Staff changes
Hanna, former field rep,
named Region | director
Credits include degrees from LeMoyne, Albany Law
ALBANY—Capital Region Field Representative
Ross Hanna has been promoted to the position
of Long Island Region | director.
Hanna is a graduate of LeMoyne College with
a bachelor of science degree in industrial
relations. He is also a graduate of Albany Law
@ School and a member of the New York State Bar.
“| look forward to the challenge of serving the
members in the Long Island Region,” Hanna said.
Hanna's career with CSEA officially began in
March of 1980 when he was hired as a field
service assistant in Rockland and Putnam
counties in CSEA’s Southern Region. But Hanna's
involvement with the union goes back to 1977
when he was employed as a law clerk with
Roemer and Featherstonhaugh while he studied
at Albany Law School
Before serving in the Capital Region, Hanna also
was a field representative in Ulster and Sullivan
counties.
“| look at this promotion as being an opportunity
to serve the collective bargaining needs of CSEA
members in the Long Island Region by bringing
to them my personal desire to serve their needs
in both a professional and personal manner,”
Hanna said.
ROSS HANNA
AARON SHEPARD
2 new directors in Communications
Shepard takes top as Hornak
Steps into number 2 position
CSEA has a new director of Communications. Aaron Shepard,
a 25-year veteran newsman, was recently appointed to the position
by statewide President William L. McGowan.
A graduate of Boston University, Shepard says his goal is to ‘use
the department in a creative way in maintaining effective internal
communications with our members and external communications
with the press and the public.”
His credits include experience in the Albany area as a
reporter/producer with WTEN-TV and as news director of WROW
AM/FM. He succeeds Michael P. Moran.
In another staff change, Stanley P. Hornak recently succeeded
Melinda Carr as assistant director of Communications.
Hornak joined CSEA in 1980 as a communications associate and
was first assigned to the Southern Region before transferring to
Albany Headquarters. A Marist College graduate, he was formerly
public relations officer with the City of Poughkeepsie and a member
of Dutchess County CSEA Local 814
STANLEY HORNAK
Co. board votes down resolution to prepare for sale
e AMSTERDAM—With the growth of union and public opposition to the
concept of selling the Montgomery County Infirmary or contracting out
its 182 employees, the majority of the county board of supervisors voted
Appears Montgomery Co. Infirmary won't be sold
CSEA’s Capital Region plans on monitoring the situation while reviewing
in detail the economic situation of the facility and possible suggestions
which might help resolve the situation.
to defeat a resolution that would have directed the Infirmary Committee
to prepare conditions for the sale of the financially-troubled facility.
The resolution was defeated by a 967-555 weighted vote margin.
“We're not going to drop our guard in this situation,” Local President
William Zippiere said. ‘We're going to do everything possible to defend
our members from any type of sudden surprise change in the attitude
of the board.”
December 2, 1985
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“The Capital Region has been quite successful in situations where
management was wise enough to listen to the suggestions of the people
who do the work and deliver the service to the general public,"" CSEA
Capital Region Director John D. Corcoran said. ‘Let us hope that the
Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is made up of wise
individuals.”
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Esse
Official publication of The Civil Service
Employees Association Local 1000, AFSCME,
AFL-CIO 143 Washington Avenue, Albany,
New York 12210
The Public Sector (445010) is published every oth-
er Friday by The Civil Service Employees Association,
143 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York, 12210.
POUGHKEEPSIE—“When in doubt, don’t
back up” advises a safety bulletin issued Nov
12, 1982 by the state Department of
Transportation. The bulletin regularly makes
common sense but sometimes overlooked
recommendations for maintaining safety in what
can be a dangerous job.
Were these recommendations followed
when a street sweeper operated by a private
contractor ran over a DOT worker on Oct. 16?
Could the accident have been prevented if the
sweeper was driven by a state worker? Did
contracting-out cost the life of Francis O'Neill?
O'Neill is not alive today to help find the
answers. And, the results of the investigation
into the 30-year-old worker's death are not all
Ka yet. But DOT Local 507 President Jack
Publication Office: 143 Washington Avenue, Albany,
New York, 12210. Second Class Postage paid at
Post Office, Albany, New York
AARON SHEPARD — Publisher
ROGER A. COLE — Editor
BRIAN K. BAKER — Associate Editor
Address changes should be sent to: Civil Service Em-
ployees Association, The Public Sector, P.O. Box
7125. Capitol Station, Albany, New York 12224
i e e e
Mixing publicemployees |.
and private contractors
dangerous fo your health
‘4
Cassidy contends that contracting-out is e@
costing more than taxpayers’ money. ‘It's
costing lives.””
O'Neill, who was standing behind the
contractor's sweeper, was crushed to death
when the operator backed up the vehicle on
a ramp adjacent to busy Route 9 in
Poughkeepsie. No one, including the driver,
was even aware that O'Neill was under the
wheels of the truck until a horrified passerby
stopped and alerted one of the flaggers. (The
same motorist administered CPR to O'Neill wHo ®
was transported to a local hospital where he
was pronounced dead at 3:18 p.m.)
“Our employees are extremely safety con-
scious,” Cassidy emphasized. ‘You can’t mix
state workers and private contractors.”
VDT MEETING—Pictured above at VDT advisory committee meeting are, left, CSEA Health
and Safety Director Jim Corcoran and state representatives. Also at the meeting were a
group of CSEA representatives including: Debora Lang, Sue Waltz, and Carmen Bagnoli
CSEA, state aim to produce a policy
on safe operation of VDTs by 1986
ALBANY—The joint CSEA/state VDT advisory committee recently met at CSEA Headquar-
ters here in a step towards coming up with a set of policy recommendations for safe operation
of video display terminals
The committee planned to have its suggestions ready by October 1, but fell behind in its
schedule because of some unanticipated obstacles including “overly ambitious goals at the
bargaining table,” said CSEA Health and Safety Director Jim Corcoran. The committee was
set up in the last round of negotiations with the state.
Now the group's revised timetable calls for a policy statement by late spring. And instead
of April 1, 1986, the time set for having a policy in place has been pushed back to late fall.
At the recent introductory meeting, the advisory panel began the selection process for a
professional consultant to review VDT practices and safety. The committee will make a decision
on that position by mid-December.
Corcoran noted that the comittee hopes to make some interim recommendations for VDT
use “to make the situation for operators a little better.
“Until we get a regular state policy, there are some inexpensive, simple improvements that
can be made in terms of layout and lighting. We want to see some of these things done,” said
Corcoran.
4
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
(The parking mess
Nie downtown area
~
(Continued from Page 1)
may soon become moreso. The inner cen-
ter of the city surrounding the Empire State
Plaza and Capitol building may soon be
restricted to parking for city residents only!
“It's the responsibility of the state to insure
reasonable access to and from the
employees’ worksites,”’ points out CSEA
Capital Region President C. Allen Mead. He
said the state should have addressed the @
severity of public employee parking prob-
lems when the Plaza was being built 20
years ago. “Now the city administration is
attempting to institute resident parking
permits, which would force the day workers
from on street parking near their worksites.
It is very important for the state to move to
resolve this situation quickly.”
CSEA President William L. McGowan, to
help address this growing problem, recently
named Region IV Uptown Committee e
chairwoman Ellen Fontanelli, Downtown
Committee chairwoman Georgianna Natale,
and Audit and Control member Timothy
McGan to a special parking committee,
assisted by CSEA Collective Bargaining
Specialist John Naughter
“We will be reviewing possible parking
alternatives in the city, particularly the
downtown area, and obtaining information on
how other cities have handled any similar
situations, "according to Naughter. He said e
CSEA’s parking committee is scheduled to
have its initial meeting with the Governor's
Office of Employee Relations in mid-
December. Between now and then, the
committee will seek imput from various
sources, especially from CSEA members in
Longevity pay on the way
Just in time for the holidays, CSEA-
represented state employees in the
Administrative, Institutional and Operational
Services Units who have been at the job rate
for five or more years will receive $750
longevity payments the week of Dec. 9. The
longevity payments were negotiated as terms
of the CSEA-State contracts.
December 2, 1985 bd
5
A taxing problem
for public employees
ana
WE UNDERSTAN!
_, HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE 4
iD YOU
etbook:
House bill encouraging
WASHINGTON — The House
Ways and Means Committee last
week approved its own version of a
tax reform bill that differs in: many
respects from a plan preferred by
President Reagan in his tax
overhaul plan.
In addition to cutting individual
taxes while putting a greater
responsibility on businesses, the
committee proposal would keep
most worker fringe benefits tax-
free, whereas President Reagan
has proposed taxing many such
benefits. The committee version
also would retain the federal
deduction for state and local taxes
paid, a consideration very important
to New York state taxpayers.
The committee will take a formal
vote next week on the proposed bill
passed last week by a voice vote,
and if approved then it will be sent
to the House of Representatives for
consideration.
Questions remain as to whether
the committee version can pass in
the House, and it certainly faces a
tough test if it gets to the
Republican-controlled Senate,
where many experts expect
Reagan will seek to incorporate
changes more to his liking.
Organized labor has been
working vigorously for months in an
effort to convince Congress to not
tax worker benefits and to continue
to allow deductions for state and
local taxes under any tax reform bill.
Here in New York state, CSEA and
AFSCME have ‘been leading union
campaigns ot retain the tax
deduction, while joining with the
national campaign by the AFL-CIO
to prevent levying of taxes on
worker benefits.
emember Ronald Reagan's campaign promise not to increase your
taxes? Well, don’t believe it!
What President Reagan's got in store for most American workers is a
new tax levy which will tax you on the value of life support employee benefits
health insurance, unemployment compensation, worker's compensation, black
lung coverage, and employer-provided death benefits
This new tax is contained in the second version of President Reagan's
proposal to rewrite the U.S. tax code. In the so-called “Treasury |’ proposal
a tax would have been levied on the premium payments by employers in ex-
cess of $70 per month for a single person ($840 per year) and $175 per
month for a family (62,000 per year)
The following outlines how this new tax on benefits would rob your pock-
Health Care — The new proposal would require an
employee to add to his or her gross income up to $10 per
month ($120 per year) for individual coverage and in the
case of the employee with an insurance policy that
includes a spouse or a dependent, $25 per month ($300
per year). This amount would be added to your gross
income thus increasing your tax liability. This tax alone
would cost workers $15 billion by 1990.
Unemployment Insurance — These benefits provide
essential income to jobless workers. Above certain
thresholds, such benefits are already taxed, adding to the
hardship of being unemployed by diminishing the
program's intended use as an economic stabilizer.
Worker’s Compensation — These benefits are
already inadequate to meet the needs of disabled workers
and their families. Taxing them would widen the gap
between benefits and the income level required to maintain
decent living standards while a worker is jobless because
of ajob related injury. When combined, jobless and injured
workers would pay $4.8 billion yearly in higher taxes by
1990.
Black Lung Benefits — The tax code now provides
that black lung benefits, which are presently inadequate to
sustain disabled miners, are not taxable. However, under
the Administration's tax proposals the total amount of black
lung benefits would be taxed.
Employer-provided Death Benefits — Presently the
tax code provides that employer death benefits up to the
maximum amount of $5,000 is excluded from taxation.
Under the President's proposal this amount would be
repealed and you would be taxed for the entire amount
Dear __
DON'T TAX OR REDUCE MY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
1 am opposed to any legislation which will tax my hard-earned employee
benefits and reduce my coverage. Protections like health, doctor and hospital
The Reagan proposal to tax your employee benefits
currently is being considered by Congress. Urge your
Senators and Representatives to oppose any new taxes on
employer-paid life support benefits by mailing them
copies of the letter at right. Address: The Honorable
____, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington,
D.C. 20515; The Honorable __, U.S. Senate,
Washington, D.C. 20510.
For information on the status of legislation contact:
Bob McGlotten, AFL-CIO Department of Legislation,
202/637-5090. Ss
(Please Print)
care, life insurance, educational assistance, child care, etc., are my life support
benefits. Taxing them reduces my take-home pay and could cut benefits for
myself and my family.
1 am for tax fairness but let's first recover the huge tax cuts given to wealthy
individuals and large corporations.
I'd like to know how you stand on this issue. Please let me know.
Sincerely,
a
5
December 2, 1985 THE PUBLIC SECTOR
SOUTH AFRICA
as seen through
the eyes of a
black unionist
By Steve Madarasz
CSEA Communications Associate
NEW YORK CITY—If there’s a sense of ur-
gency when Dennis Mumble talks about the
South African labor movement, it’s understand-
able. The professor of labor studies at Empire
State Labor College here had to flee for his life
from that country because of his union activi-
ties
Empire State Labor College was found-
ed in 1971 with encouragement from
the AFL-CIO. It is designed specifical-
ly to meet the needs of working people
and is part of the Empire State College
system. Many CSEA members are
among the more than 2,000 unionists
who are on their way toward earning an
associate degree through the Empire
State Labor College, located at 330 W.
42nd Street, New York City 10036.
For the past six and one-half years, Mumble
has taught at the Labor College and now he
is using his experience to offer perspective on
the growing turmoil in South Africa. He is cur-
rently teaching a special seminar on the histo-
ry of South African labor, the first time a course
of this type has been’ offered.
“| do a lot of traveling around this country,
speaking about South Africa, and it made me
realize the need for this type of education,”
says Mumble. “Most people who are con-
cerned about this issue have good intentions,
but few really know the history behind the
struggles. So they aren't able to adequately de-
bate the subject.”
Mumble adds that the South African govern-
ment has been successful in selling its view
to the outside world without appropriate
counter-arguments from the other side. He also
believes that it is too simplistic to view the
South African problems only in terms of racism.
“It's really a class struggle. South Africa is
a strongly industrialized nation with a very high
standard of living for those in the privileged
classes. But there's also an extremely low stan-
dard of living for everyone else. South Africa
has the potential for being one of the world's
strongest economies but it doesn’t meet its
promise because so few share in the oppor-
tunity.”
American workers may take their union rights
for granted, But in South Africa, workers must
attempt to organize against intense pressure
and total exploitation, which becomes part of
the struggle for survival
Unionism has helped some workers improve
CSEA delegates attending the union's
75th annual delegates meeting recently in
New York City took a strong stand on the
question of South African divestment as a
means of ending Apartheid
Delegates voted “that CSEA, Local 1000,
AFSCME, AFL-CIO, calls upon the Gover-
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR
LIVING PROOF OF SOUTH AFRICAN
OPPRESSION — Empire State Labor
College Professor Dennis Mumble ... his
course of South African Labor history is
drawn in part from personal experience.
Mumble fled for his life after a South
African security death squad put him on a
hit list because of his union activities. He
says unions play a critical role in the
struggle for survival in South Africa and
believes that American workers need to
learn more about the South African Labor
movement to understand how events there
affect them.
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their lot, but it has not been easy, noted Mum-
ble. Although there is a long history of or-
ganized labor in South Africa, Black trade un-
ions were outlawed in the 1950's and all-white
unions were co-opted by the givernment long
ago as a means of perpetuating the system
of racial separation known as Apartheid
In 1979, Black trade unions were granted
limited organizing rights, but even before that
many unions disregarded the laws and some
progress was made. For instance, Mumble
says that in the late 1960's and early 1970's
his own union, the National Auto and Rubber
Workers, worked hard on establishing an in-
ternal structure that gave them the strength to
approach Ford Motor Company about improv-
ing working conditions. The result: Ford wor-
kers became the highest paid semi-skilled wor-
kers in the country.
Still, even today only about 10 percent of the
nation’s black workforce is unionized. Mumble
points out that there are several reasons for
that. “Mainly, people don't know enough about
nor, the Legislature and, in particular, the
Comptroller of the State of New York to
move immediately to divest the State and all
of its public pension funds of investments
in any companies which currently do busi-
ness with the racist government of South
Africa..."
unionism and the gains it can achieve for them.
There aren't enough organizers to meet the
need, and the government intervenes to re-
press those who do try.”
Mumble himself was subject to growing
harassment from the government as he rose
through the union ranks. After returning to
South Africa from a trip to the United States
in 1978, he was arrested and held in solitary
confinement for a month without being charged
with any crime.
When he was released, he said he was
warned that the next time the government
came for him, he would not leave detention
alive. Within nine days of his release, he heard
they were coming back for him, and so he left
everything behind to escape certain death.
“They threatened me and | knew they would
follow through. But | had to do what | believed
was right. | was not going to stop my union and
religious activism. Maybe you call it courage
when you're on the outside, but when you're
in the situation, it’s necessity.”
While unions are forbidden from direct par-
ticipation in South African politics, they are cen-
tral to efforts for reform. Because of their struc-
ture, they have bred many leaders involved in
the social changes, and have taken support-
ing action such as education and consumer
boycotts.
They have not, however, provoked violence.
“Unions are not condemning the unrest, but
they are also not orchestrating it,"’claims Mum-
ble. “In most cases the police initiate the vio-
lence and use it as an excuse to continue their
brutal treatment.”
South African unions have made attempts to
build bridges to American labor to gain support
and present a truer picture of what is happen-
ing to South African workers, Mumble says.
Aside from expressing solidarity with labor
brothers and sisters, Mumble indicates that it
is critical for American labor to understand that
events in South Africa do have a direct impact
For if there is cheap labor to be exploited
elsewhere in the world, it will ultimately under-
cut working people here
December 2, 1985
AFSCME International Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy and oth-
er American unionists will be flying soon to South Africa to de-
liver “Freedom Letter” petitions personally to Bishop Desmond
Tutu. They hope to carry one million signatures of American peo-
ple on those petitions. Please circulate the following petition
among your fellow employees and neighbors as soon as possi-
ble and return to AFSCME, Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy,
1625 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Petitions which
arrive after the scheduled flight may be forwarded to Bishop
Tutu, and will show the support of the American people against
Apartheid.
Show your support, sign the freedom letter.
THE FREEDOM LETTER
from one million Americans to
Bishop Desmond Tutu Age MESSAGE FROM SOUTH
“I pray that the freedom loving people of the
United States will not let the government of
South Africa think that Reverend Falwell speaks
for all America.
“Itis time for good people to be heard—loud,
clear and now.”
Desmond Tutu
Johannesburg
The people of
The United States
of America
Dear Bishop Tutu:
rage. We condemn it.
the Government of South Africa.
Jerry Falwell does not speak for me — or for America.
The American people know that apartheid is a crime against the human soul. It is a moral out-
By signing this FREEDOM LETTER we say NO to Mr. Falwell, NO to apartheid, and NO to
| am proud to stand with you, Pope John Paul, Coretta Scott King and one million other Ameri-
cans to speak with a single and solid voice against the oppression of the Black people in South Africa.
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December 2, 1985
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
$7,600!
PEEKSKILL-A retired Peekskill Housing
Authority employee has received back pay plus
interest totaling $7,600 after CSEA went to
bat for him when the Authority denied him pay-
ment for sick leave he had accumulated
Bill Boyles, who had worked for the Authority
22 and on-half years when he retired, claimed
he had at least 280 days of accumulated sick
leave on the books and was entitled to pay-
ment for 90 of those days as called for in the
union contract.
But, says Boyles, “a lack of accurate
records” by the Authority was one reason he
did not receive the sick leave pay when he re-
tired.
“They told him he wasn't entitled because
he quit. But, he didn’t quit,” said Unit Presi-
dent Bob Blaich, ‘He retired.”
“And when we asked to see records, we
were told they couldn't find them,” said Boyles.
Luckily, perserverence by the union and
CSEA Attorney Arthur Grae paid off, and after
two years, Boyles received back pay of
$6,200 plus 9.5 percent interest, a total of
Eight out-of-title
By Sheryl! Carlin
CSEA Communications Associate
LONG ISLAND-CSEA has won out-of-title |
grievances on behalf of eight members em-
ployed‘at two area psychiatric centers, and
those victories have led to the filing of nearly
200 additional grievances for other workers at
the two facilities.
Eight mental health therapy aides or licensed
practical nurses working in either Kings Park
Psychiatric Center or Central Islip Psychiatric
Center have been granted out-of-title pay for
the time they had worked as ward charges.
According to Tony Bentivegna, president of
Local 411 at Kings Park, technically the rul-
ings applied only to the employees who
CSEA wins $3,000
By Anita Manley
CSEA Communications Associate
MAMARONECK — A $3,000 settlement has
|
BILL BOYLES, left, a retired maintenance worker with the Peekskill Housing Authority,
is congratulated by Unit President Bob Blaich follo
ig a decision by an arbitrator who
ordered the city to pay Boyles for 90 days of accumulated sick leave.
$7,600.
Bill, they'll do it to everyone,” said Blaich. “We
Blaich pointed out that members should be have to protect our members to see that they
aware of their rights. “If they tried to do it to
receive everthing they're entitled to.”
grievances won; 200 more are filed
grieved. “We informed our members that they
would have to file individual grievances in or-
der to enforce their rights,”Bentivegna said.
And the members listened. To date, Kings
Park Local 411 has filed 150 grievances relat-
ing to this out-of-title dispute. Al Henneborn,
president of Local 404 at Central Islip, said that
his local has filed approximately 35.
Kings Park PC Executive Vice President Joe
Sheridan explained ‘we want other employees
to get on the bandwagon with this. If they’ve
worked as ward charges in their area, then they
should surely get paid for it.”
CSEA had secured amemorandum from the
governor’s office two years ago which direct-
ed OMH facilities not to assign grade 9 per-
sonnel to ward charge duties. CSEA officials
said the local facilities disregarded the direc-
tive because they did not have the funds need-
ed to promote employees to the Grade 11
ward charge positions.
“If the administration refuses to get more
Grade 11 items, our Grade Qs will continue to
be assigned to do this work. We want to see
them paid for it,” said Central Islip Local Treas-
urer Barbara Allen.
Awarded out-of-title pay were Josephine Sta-
ron, Joan Bloodgood, Lorraine Sousa, and
Eileen Tobin from Central Islip; and Kathleen
Baker from Kings Park.
settlement for Mamaroneck custodian
been paid to a Mamaroneck School District em-
ployee as a result of a recent grievance filed
on the worker's behalf by CSEA.
MAMARONECK SCHOOL DISTRICT Unit President Paul Fortuna, right congratulates Cus-
todian James Capparelli, who recently was awarded $3,000 following the winning of a
grievance which was filed on his behalf by CSEA. To their left is Region Ill Field Represen-
tative Dolores Tocci.
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
According to Region Ill Field Representative
Dolores Tocci, James W. Capparelli was hired
as a night custodian in 1968. After a few years
on the job, Capparelli was granted a $1,000
stipend for supervising the night crew.
Later, school district officials transferred him
to the day shift.
Tocci argued that the change in work hours
would reduce his pay and emphasized that the
contract provides that if an employee's job clas-
sification changes, his current earnings can not
be decreased
“Mr. Capparelli lost part of his income when
he was removed as a night supervisor,” she
pointed out
“lL want to thank Ms. Tocci and (Unit Presi-
dent) Paul Fortuna for helping me out,” said
Capparelli. “If it weren't for them, | would have
gotten nothing. It goes to show that when we
get together with our union, we can accom-
plish things.”
Fortuna said he was pleased with the set-
tlement and pointed out that “it proves you
never give up on the first or second step. The
results reflect a good relationship between the
board and the union,” he added
December 2, 1985
By Dan Campbell
CSEA Communications Associate
ALBANY—Mary never applies for
promotional exams anymore. ‘Who would be
willing to give a recovering cancer patient a
more responsible job,” she thinks.
Bill's supervisor can’t quite figure out why Bill
is so slow in the morning, yet full of energy in
the afternoon. Bill doesn’t want him to know
about his spreading arthritis.
Karen really wants to become a vocational
rehabilitation counselor, but her hearing loss
is increasing and soon she might be too hard
of hearing to handle her Grade 5 steno job.
Mary, Bill and Karen are fictional, but they
represent real state employees who have
hidden disabilities which are stopping them
from reaping all of the potential benefits of a
successful public employee career.
But now, through the efforts of the Congress
of Handicapable Employees in State Service
(CHESS), in a project sponsored in part by the
Civil Service Employees Association
Committee on Work Environment and
Productivity (CWEP), people such as Mary, Bill
and Karen may be able to realize their individual
potential.
The answer lies in Project REAP -Realizing
Employee Achievement and Productivity.
“REAP is currently involved in a pilot project
for 400 disabled Capital District state
employees who could benefit from the services
available from the project,” according to REAP
Project Director Anne Wasserstrom.
Wasserstrom, disabled herself with hearing
impairments, is a shining example of how a
person, if given the right opportunities, can
succeed beyond their wildest dreams. “| had
a supervisor in Civil Service who was
constantly seeking out career advancement
opportunities for all of her employees,”
Wasserstrom said. “| think that that’s one of
the reasons why | believe that one of the
greatest thrills of being a supervisor must be
watching an employee develop and bloom
under your guidance.”
The positive-thinking Wasserstrom said, “We
can be a tremendous aid to the handicapped
REAP PROJECT DIRECTOR Anne Wasserstrom, right, uses a voice enhancing device to
dictate correspondence with Secretary Michele Sheehan. Voice and hearing enhancing
equipment is part of the special services available through REAP to help state employees
overcome disabilities to achieve their real potentials.
employees in any agency in the state,
anywhere in the whole Capital area. We have
everybody on our side -management,
supervisors, labor. Now all we need are hand-
icapped individuals who are willing to take the
initial step by applying to REAP. That's all.”
The application process is completely
confidential. The REAP program will be
explained in detail to applicants, and the
individual's agency affirmative action officer will
be informed to approve the individual's
participation. This will allow the employee to
attend open-ended training and career
counseling sessions without using personal
leave credits.
“REAP and CHESS workers believe that the
individual potential of a handicapped worker
cannot be determined by his or her supervisor.
Only the individual worker really know his or
her own limits for success. But both have to
work together,”Wasserstrom said.
CSEA has contributed part of the $167,000
which funds the REAP project. CSEA’s
education programs, “How to Prepare for a
Civil Service EXAM,” and its related training
booklets and audio tapes are a central part of
the REAP Resource Center.
“CSEA knows that its members will bene-
fit from all efforts which expand the ability of
public employees to live up to the union’s
motto, ‘We Serve’,” said CSEA Capital Region
President C. Allen Mead in expressing the
union's full support of the CHESS REAP pro-
ject.
What is Project REAP?
How will Project REAP benefit you?
Project REAP is a voluntary program designed to help improve ca-
reer opportunities for disabled state employees.
( QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT YOU AND REAP
When will these activities take place? :
Most activities will take place during the normal workday. Networking
may take place after work.
Who is eligible to participate?
Services provided are designed to help you achieve your career goals.
Services include career counseling, training and development, a re-
source center, and networking, which is the process of moving up
in an organization.
How will supervisors participate?
Supervisors, important in the career development process, will be
invited to attend workshops.
What accommodations will be available? f
Sign language interpreters and adaptive equipment will be available.
Resource materials will be printed in braille and large print. Project
REAPis located at an easily accessible site on the concourse level
Gy the Empire State Plaza, Albany.
Any disabled employee who currently works for a state agency in the
capital district is eligible to participate. If you are a disabled employee
who is on a leave of absence from a state job or eligible for
reinstatement, you are also eligible.
How does someone enroll?
ENROLL BY CALLING PROJECT REAP AT (518) 474-8856 or TTY
(518) 473-5232, or write to: PROJECT REAP, Empire State Plaza,
Suite 108 — Concourse Level, Albany, N.Y. 12242. Enrollment is
limited; only 400 disabled employees can participate.
What is the relationship between REAP and CHESS?
The Congress of Handicapable Employees in State Service (CHESS)
has focused on the employment needs of disabled people since it
was founded in 1981. Project REAP is a CHESS career development
program. S,
December 2, 1985
9
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
QUESTION: “Are you personally
afraid of contracting AIDS, and
is enough being done to educate
the public about the subject?”
. yg - ‘ arene ASKED: NEW YORK CITY, METROPOLITAN RE-
AND FOR EMPLOYEES OF ROBERTO
CLEMENE STATE PARK, IT’S NO PLACE
LIKE WORK as it used to be. For two years,
homeless have been living on the gym floor
at the Bronx facility and park programs for :
the community have dropped off ae -
dramatically. CSEA says that the city
should have found more suitable shelter
for the homeless by now.
SUE COOPER File Clerk, State Insurance
Fund Local 351
“Personally, I’m not afraid. | don’t feel the
panic everyone else feels. It’s not the major
thing on my mind. But for a lot of people it is.
Every time they pick something up, they’re
afraid of catching it.
I think the public is very scared and | don’t
CSEA GRIEVANCE REP Joe Collymore of Local 010, above,
Says it appears the homeless at Roberto Clemente is a
situation that is here to stay. CSEA and other unions have
By Steve Madarasz
CSEA Communications Associate
t's not much fun to go to the park
anymore, let alone work there.
That's what employees of Roberto
Clemente State Park are discovering
as they reluctantly watch the facility
change from a place of recreation to
a shelter for street people.
The situation has gotten so bad that CSEA
and other union members at the park sent
aletter dated Nov. 6 to Gov. Mario Cuomo.
In that letter, the unions point out that what
began as the facility's “temporary” use as
a shelter for the homeless two years ago,
now seems more “permanent” than ever.
“Since September 1983, the indoor gym
and facilities of Roberto Clemente State Park
have been occupied by the homeless as a
shelter. While this occupation was supposed
to be temporary in nature by agreement
between the state and the City of New York,
such occupation by the shelter
residents...has existed for almost three
years and further changes seem
to...indicates they're expanding to be
permanent,” the letter states.
Roberto Clemente State Park was
originally created as an urban recreational
facility to provide community programming
and, in particular, organized activities for
inner city youths. Because of its use as a
shelter, its full range of programs has been
drastically cut.
CSEA recreational counselors have
worked hard to maintain activities—at times
going out into the community to do so—but
the use of the facility has dropped off since
1 0 THE PUBLIC SECTOR
the shelter opened. More problems now are
developing.
“Our greatest concern right now is over
safety and health,”’explains Joe Collymore,
a park operational worker and Local 010
grievance representative. “This facility
wasn't built to have several hundred people
living on the gym floor and there's alot more
going on here than we're being told.”
On the basis of what the employees have
learned though, there is a cause for concern.
There are many problems at the facility that
are the direct result of so many people living
close together in less than appropriate
conditions. The park employees have
requested an investigation in their letter to
the governor.
“We are exposed to the adverse health
conditions of various diseases including
AIDS, scabies, and other types of
communicable diseases. We are in contact
with shelter residents who are disturbed
persons, drug users, alcohol abusers and
persons wanted on various types of
warrants.” :
The employees stress that these
descriptions are not representative of all
shelter residents who, they contend, are
also at risk.
In fact, many of the shelter residents are
women and children.
“Families come in here, stay for a few
weeks and are moved out,” claims
Collymore. “But we see a lot of them come
back. There are kids here all day long—|
don't know if they even go to school. | do
know that this is really no place for all these
people to be living.”
“This is a touchy problem,” says CSEA
Region Il President George Boncoraglio.
“Nobody is saying turn the homeless out into
the street, but we’re not getting answers on
the long term plans for this facility. In more
than two years, the city should have found
a better place to house these people. We're
talking about families living like refugees on
a gym floor.”
When the city first explained the use of
the facility as a shelter, its purpose was
described as a staging area to provide
temporary emergency shelter to families
being relocated by the Human Resources
Administration (the city's social service
agency) because they were evicted or
burned out of their homes.
As two years passed and other types of
homeless have been moved in and out,
CSEA members are beginning to think that
HRA is playing word games. While leading
everyone to believe the word “temporary”
referred to plans for using the facility as a
shelter on a short term basis, it really meant
that the individual residents would only be
there temporarily. There is, however, con-
stant turnover with more residents moved
in as others move out and the HRA seem
ready to stay.
“They keep taking over more and more of
the space,” says Collymore. “They use all
of the shower and restroom facilities, the
eating area, offices, and now they're building
new permanent lockers for the residents.”
Collymore also points out that the
hundreds of residents have also taken their
toll on the building itself. “With this many
people in here, the place is starting to
en Gov. Cuomo asking for a review of the facility for health
ty purposes. —
coraglio is reviewing CSEA’s
options in fittempting to work out the best
possible sfllution, he believes the letter to
the govertfr was a positive step.
“The goffernor’'s made a commitment to
house the ffomeless and we agree with that.
But this Sfuation doesn’t serve anyone.
a @mmunity without a park,
#Hoing work other than their jobs,
and men,f#women and children living in
humiliating| and possibly dangerous
state and
“This was a stopgap measure that’s
dragged on for too long. It’s time to stop
putting a bandaid on a hemmoraging
patient,’’said Boncoraglio.
sz _ for the
Holidays...
the city should share the
responsibility to find a better permanent shel-
ter location: “If they thought they could use
Roberto Clemente State Park until they, solve
the homeless problem, they made a mistake
because it isn’t going away tomorrow or
even next year. New York's had a housing
crisis for decades, so there's a lot that has
to be done over a long period.
Decemberp, 1985
think enough is being done in education. | feel
a lot of things are hidden that the public could
handle if they heard.’’
ALFONSO PEALE Respiratory Therapy Aide,
Manhattan Psychiatric Center Local 413
“Pm not concerned because | work with
AIDS patients. But there should be more
education to make people aware of what AIDS
is all about, and put them at ease. The prob-
lem is that people will still have a fear because
this is a new disease and the government
itself doesn’t really know all that much about
it. So no matter what they do, there’ll still be
a certain amount of fear.’”
VENICIA MIMS Therapy Aide, Manhattan
Psychiatric Center Local 413
“‘No, because from what I’ve read about the
main ways to contract it, none of those
situations affect my life. | don’t think enough
is being done though. In terms of job-related
education, most of the employees are afraid
of AIDS because they haven’t been made
aware of how you contract it and how to avoid
getting it, because it’s possible that some of
our patients have it and we don’t know.”’
ARTHUREDO BURTON Clerk, State Insurance
Fund Local 351
“Yes. | think anyone who’s intelligent at
this point would be concerned about wheth-
er or not they’d contract it because it’s not
really clear how it’s transmitted. We do have
data that says it’s passed on by blood and
serum, but there’s isolated evidence that old
people and babies and people who wouldn’t
normally be in the high risk category have it
also. So naturally that worries me. | think that
on a full scale, as much as possible is being
done. The probiem lies with government not
doing more in the beginning.”’
THE PUBLIC SECTOR 1 1
Guards not yet properly trained
fo staff Erie County's new jail
By Ron Wofford
CSEA Communications Associate
BUFFALO—A_ new-style ‘‘podular’”’
penitentiary scheduled to open soon in Erie
County is missing one key ingredient—
adequately trained correctional officers.
“Our members haven't received adequate
training to confidently work the new set-up,”
according to Duane Liebler, president of the
corrections section of the county unit of Erie
County CSEA Local 815. ‘We need training
before the doors open. The majority of our men
have not seen how the new operation works.”
In the new facility, inmates will go from living
in long lines of cells to living in “pods,” which
consist of 48 rooms clustered around commom
living area. Guards will be working in continual
contact with prisoners rather than being
separated from them by bars much of the time.
Liebler said a few hours of “interpersonal
training” is the only instruction given so far to
most prison personnel. He said much more
instruction is necessary to prepare for the new
prison and the new theory of corrections that
will be used.
“This ‘new generation’ jail concept was sold
to the county with the understanding that our
members would be fully trained before it was
opened,” said Liebler, ‘‘and only four have
actually received any instructions under the
new theory. We don’t want to have to sink
before we swim.”
Liebler points to stress as the major potential
danger to his fellow guards. ‘Because of the
new setting, it's bound to create tension and
because we'll all be rookies in the new setting,
the officers will likely take that stress home with
them” without the confidence and familiarity
that a thorough training program would provide.
But while some officers have expressed
reservations about the new system, Liebler
said the majority of officers support the new
concept, which has been approved by the
Boulder, Colorado-based National Institute of
Corrections. ‘The NIC's approval also includes
a strong emphasis on the training that we are
calling for,” Liebler points out.
The guards complain that while the county
has had two years to plan for the new facility,
it has been most lax in the planning of
instructions. A small number of the 130 guards
have been sent to other cities where similar
facilities are in use, “but we don’t consider a
tour of a facility as actual training, where you
can ask questions and be brought up to date
on a wide range of concerns that the new setup
brings,” Liebler declared.
Too, morale is very low among the officers,
Liebler said. That is the result of the
uncertainty, and the fact that all vacation and
comp time off has been cancelled as of Nov.
18, without a date for ending the time off
embargo.
“If the new facility is going to be run under
the original NIC guidelines, we're all for it,”
offered Liebler, “‘but we're just waiting for
management to give us a realistic timetable for
training to take place before it opens.”
The Erie County Correctional Facility is a
minimum security prison, with most inmates
serving up to one-year terms, although some
may be serving two or three one-year
sentences for multiple offenses.
The state has bought the old facility, and will
take it over for state prisoners as soon as the
county has completed its move into the new
prison.
“This ‘new generation’ jail concept was sold to the county with the understanding that
our members would be fully trained before it was opened, and only four have actually
received any instructions under the new theory. We don't want to have to sink before
Forced Saturday
work violated
union contract
in Erie County;
CSEA win gains
regular day off
12
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
BUFFALO—CSEA has convinced an
arbitrator that seniority rights guaranteed in a
contract should take precedence over a
religious observance, resulting in a CSEA
member at the Erie County Correctional Facility
being given back Saturdays off. The man had
been directed to work on Saturdays to
accomodate another officer who observed the
sabbath on Saturdays.
Albert Gilbert, an officer at the county
correctional facility and a member of Erie Coun-
ty CSEA Local 815, first filed a grievance when
he was directed to work Saturdays in place of
another officer, Robert Huggins, even though
Gilbert had more seniority than Huggins.
Huggins is an adherent of the Seventh Day
Adventist religion. Seventh Day Adventists
observe the sabbath and refrain from working
from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday.
The county had given Huggins Saturdays off
after he had filed a complaint with the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
under the assumption that federal and state
laws would be violated had he been forced to
work Saturdays. County officials initially tried
to find a volunteer who would be willing to work
Saturdays for Huggins. When that failed, the
county directed Gilbert to work Saturdays to
accomodate Huggins.
When Gilbert’s grievance was denied at the
local level, CSEA Region VI Attorney Ron Jaros
represented him in arbitration.
Arbitrator Irving Sabghir ruled in favor of
Gilbert, citing a 1977 Supreme Court ruling that
equal opportunity laws passed by congress did
not mean “an employer must deny the shift and
job preference of some employees...in order
to accomodate or prefer the religious needs
of others.”
Attorney Jaros and CSEA Field
Representative Robert Young both predict
further legal rulings will be necessary to clarify
such instances when, for example, employees
involved have equal seniority.
December 2, 1985
A Democratic Strategy for the 0s
PROJECT DUIS °
AFSCME joins
Dems in redistricting duel
WASHINGTON—AFSCME Inter-
national has joined with several na-
tional, state and local Democratic
Party organizations and allied
groups to launch a major grassroots
effort in preparation for the legisla-
tive reapportionment which will fol-
low the 1990 census.
Leaders of the groups recently
approved the formation of ‘Project
500,” an independent committee
that will begin plotting Democratic
strategy for the redistricting. In ad-
dition to AFSCME, organizations in-
volved include: the Democratic Na-
tional Committee, Democratic Con-
gressional and Senatorial Campaign
Committees, Democratic Governors
Association, Democratic State
Legislative Leaders Caucus,
Democrats for the ‘80s, and the Na-
tional Committee for an Effective
Congress.
The goal of Project 500 is to gain
or retain 500 Democratic legislative
seats in key states between now
and 1991 when state legislatures
will redraw district lines based on
population shifts. The new district
lines will be used in the 1992 elec-
tions for Congress and state legis-
latures.
Project 500 will initially target
states where projected population
changes suggest significant redis-
tricting activity and where control of
either or both legislative bodies by
one political party could switch to
the other party.
“Our premise is simple,” said Paul
Jensen, a Democratic political and
public policy consultant who will
serve as senior advisor to Project
500. “While nothing can be done
to alter population shifts that cause
the gain or loss of House seats, a
great deal can be done to affect the
makeup of the new districts during
redistricting.”
December 2, 1985
He noted that if Democrats begin
now to target states where they can
win and keep control of one or more
legislative chambers, “we can win
the 1991 redistricting fight.”
Among the services to be provid-
ed by Project 500 are:
*direct contributions to candi-
dates;
* polling;
* targeting;
*media advertising;
*computer resources;
*and legal assistance.
The project marks the first institu-
tional effort by Democrats to coor-
dinate long-range remapping strate-
gy. The Republican Party and oth-
er conservative groups have been
preparing for several years, and
they already have announced
several multimillion dollar program
for 1991.
AFSCME International President
Gerald McEntee called the goal of
Project 500 a ‘vital concern not
only to us, but to any organization
that wants to keep a check on the
excesses of the conservative trend
that threatens the economic well-
being of the country.
“With more than a million mem-
bers nationwide and with our staff
of political action, legislative and
other specialists working at various
levels of the union structure, we
hope to provide substantial grass-
roots resources to help make the
project successful,” said McEntee.
The leaders of the founding or-
ganizations will serve on the Execu-
tive Committee of Project 500’s
Board of Directors, along with Mary-
land businessman Nathan Landow.
Other organizations, individuals and
members of Congress will be added
to the Board in the near future.
A budget of $2 million has been
approved for the project.
bWe hope to provide
substantial grassroots
resources to help make
the project successful.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee
Winners
Arizona
(alifornia
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Virginia
+1
+56
+3
+1
+5
+1
+16
New York a big loser
An analysis of latest Census Bureau population estimates indicates a shift of
16 Congressional Districts from the Northeast and Midwest to the Sun Belt after
the 1990 Census. Projected gains and losses of seats appear below.
Losers
Illinois xe
lowa ell
Kansas -1
Massachusetts ail
Michigan =3)
=> New York -3
Ohio —e
Pennsylvania me
West Virginia =1
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR
13
Swords into <<;
plowshares
How time turned
munitions base to
natural park
preserve
MOUNTAIN HIGH — A view of lona Island
is made more beautiful by the autumn foli-
age. Here, the Hudson River is seen with the
Bear Mountain Bridge in the background.
By Anita Manley
A cons, turtles, frogs and even the rare bald ea-
CSEA Communications Associate
with the beauty of the island which is bordered
gle which was spotted here by a bird watcher
on its east side by the Hudson River. Most of
BEAR MOUNTAIN—Not too long ago, the
building held the tools of war: ammunition and
bombs.
Today, its purpose is a stark contrast. Tools
to maintain some of New York's most beauti-
ful parks are stored here by the Palisades In-
terstate Park Commission.
Set in the midst of a bird sanctuary, the work-
site is located on Ilona Island, a 300-acre par-
cel adjacent to Bear Mountain Park about 50
miles north of New York City. A causeway over
a marsh provides access to the island
The munitions building, constructed in the
early 1900s, was occupied by the U.S. Navy
and guarded by Marines during the last war.
Purchased by the state in 1965, the island
and its buildings were to be used as a park,
but in 1973 the National Park Service desig-
nated the area a national natural landmark be-
cause of the extensive variety of wildlife there.
Today, CSEA members store and distribute
electrical and plumbing supplies, hardware,
paint, tools and uniforms to employees who
maintain the 23 parks and historic sites they
oversee in Orange, Rockland, Ulster and Sul-
livan counties, according to Park and Recrea-
tion Worker Betty Kezek.
In addition, thousands of signs that are post-
ed in the parks are made in the sign shop which
is also located in the old building
Touring the island recently with Park Work-
er Walter Wojehowski, a visitor is impressed
14
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
the Navy Depot buildings are gone now. Here
and there are lightning rods, a reminder that
a stray bolt of lighting could have meant dis-
aster for the island’s former residents.
State employees now share the worksite
with the likes of whitetailed deer, ospreys, fal-
“
no long ago.
On a recent autumn day when the foliage
made the river view spectacular, one could not
help by envy the people who have the
priviledge of working here on this little “island
paradise.”
STOCKING UP—Palisades Park Patrolman F. J. Ryan picks up flares from the Park Supply De-
pot on lona Island. Signing out the supplies is Park and Recreation Worker Betty Kezek, a mem-
ber of Palisades Park Local 108.
December 2, 1985
4state workers
now share the
worksite with
- deer, ospreys,
falcons, turtles
and frogs.
@
NEW PURPOSE—The old naval depot which
was once used to store ammunition and
bombs now holds supplies to maintain the
e state’s most beautiful parks.
e
LOADING DOCK—Park and Recreation Aide
Richard Raisch is hard at work at the Pali-
sades Park Supply Depot on Iona Island.
IMPORTED
DRAFT BEER
DINKEL ACKER
$2.50
KTOBERFEST
? $2.50
BIG MUG—Sign Shop Supervisor Richard
SIGNING UP—Sign Shop Workers Ed Lelin and Richard Dean put the Dean shows ott a aah tharos made for a
finishing touches on a hand posted sign that will soon hang i one recent Bear Mountain Oktoberfest.
of the 23 historic sites and parks in the Palisades Interstate Park
system. Last year, more than 9,000 signs were silkscreened and more
than 500 hand posted in the sign shop.
December 2, 1985 THE PUBLIC SECTOR 1 5
‘ tig
‘“CLARK-MARR HALL’’ — Erie County CSEA) is 4 \ ‘ president and currently CSEA Board of
Local 815 has named its office facility “‘Clark. . |Directors member John Eiss; former long-time
Marr Hall’’ in honor of two long-time Local 815) ENT MI igrievance chairman George Clark; former
officers and activists who retired recently. _ Board member Vic Marr; and current Local
815 President Sal Castro. The Local 815
offices are named in honor of the long years
facilities at 570 Kennedy Road in Cheek:
A of service to the members by Clark and Marr.
towaga are, from left, former Local 81
Greenhaven therapy aide gains out- of-title pay
A Grade 5 physical therapy aide at Green- the equipment including record keeping, compensation, however, agreed with Girouard
haven Correctional Facility will receive scheduling, parts inventory and purchasing; ‘The maintenance and repair of wheelchairs and
retroactive out-of-title pay for performing work conducting safety inspections and assigning hospital equipment is an activity appropriately
that should have done by a Grade 8 employee inmates to chairs and instructing them in proper assigned to maintenance assistants, Grade 8.
as the result of a successful grievance filed on use and maintenance. Consequently,” he said, “we find that the
her behalf by CSEA. grievant is performing out-of-title work and
Janice Girouard claimed that she was Facility officials had maintained that Girouard recommend that the grievance be sustained and
assigned up to 50 percent of her time repairing had volunteered to perform the duties. the grievant be paid at the Grade 8 level,
wheelchairs, coordinating the maintenance for The state's director of classification and 'etroactive to April 8, 1985.
Grievance seminar
ROCHESTER — A three-part Grievance
Handling Seminar, with special attention to
state and local government issues, will be
given to a limited number of Region VI
members on Dec. 6 and 7
Rensselaer County contract
hung up over salary issues
TROY — The amount of a salary in-
crease and how it will be paid appear to
be the main sticking points preventing a
settlement to a contract dispute affec-
ting 1,100 Rensselaer County employees
represented by CSEA.
“We're close to a contract settlement,
but close doesn’t count in contract
negotiations,’’ notes CSEA Field
Representative Aaron Wagner.
CSEA President Carol Larpenteur said
her members are unhappy over the
county’s plan to split raises into two in-
creases of 4.5 percent and 1.5 percent in
each year of a two-year pact. ‘‘We’d like
to see the increases rounded off to 5 per-
cent in January and 2 or 3 percent in July
She said the union membership has
sacrificed to help the county overcome a
multi-million deficit over the past three
years, and now deserves a decent
settlement.
Noting that the county is currently
painting a more rosey economic picture,
Wagner said he doesn’t understand why
the county administration has turned a
deaf ear on the needs of the employees.
“If management expects everyone to
sacrifice together in times of need, then
they should expect everyone to share
together in times of plenty,’’ he said.
The dispute went to impasse some time
ago, and meetings have been held
recently with Public Employment Rela-
tions Board-appointed Mediator Paul
The seminars will be presented by Anne
Rokeach and Sean Turley of the CSEA
Education and Training department at the
Rochester Holiday Inn-Airport, 911 Brooks
Ave
The seminars will be open on a first-come,
first-served basis to the first 35 state and first
35 local government members to sign up for
all three sessions, according to Region VI
President Robert Lattimer
The sessions will begin on Friday evening,
from 6:30 to 9:30, and will continue through
Saturday afternoon, concluding at 4 p.m. A
buffet luncheon will be served at a cost of $8
per person. Reservations for the luncheon
should be made before Dec. 2, with Carolyn
Blose at the Region VI office, (716)
634-3540. i,
\ot each year,’ Larpenteur said. Currey in an effort to reach a settlement.)
1 6 THE PUBLIC SECTOR
December 2, 1985
—CSEA grievances that paid off
Four hours overtime awarded after year’s fight
By Chuck McGeary
CSEA Communications Associate
AUBURN — It took more than a year, but
CSEA officials and the union’s_ legal
department finally got the four hours overtime
pay award that was coming to Cayuga County
Deputy Sheriff Robert Outhouse
CSEA and the deputy were recently notified
that an arbitrator has sustained a 15-month-
old grievance involving overtime pay for duty
performed in July 1984 and ordered Cayuga
County to make payment for the time
The issue began in July 1984 when
Outhouse was ordered to report to the county
firing range to qualify for necessary
recertification. Although it was his day off, the
deputy reported as ordered and was duly
After a grievance was filed, and also denied
by county authorities, CSEA proceeded to
arbitration.
At the two hearing sessions, CSEA
contended that although the current contract
contains a 12 percent differential premium for
deputy sheriffs, contract language and past
practice clearly indicate overtime should be
paid at the specified straight rate. The union
further argued that when the deputy was
called in on an off day he was entitled to four
hours pay.
The county maintained that the differential
premium was in lieu of any claims for overtime
pay.
In his hearing presentations to the AAA
arbitrator, CSEA Regional Attorney Earl Boyle
In his award the arbitrator said “although the
sheriff reserves the right to deploy the
personnel in his organization, he cannot
unilaterally change terms and conditions of
employment contained in the collective
agreement.”
Benerly Todd, president of the Cayuga
County Unit of CSEA Local 806, expressed
her appreciation to former unit president Mike
Pisciotti for his effort with the initial grievance
She also recognized the professional
assistance of CSEA Regional Attorney Boyle
“The fact that the arbitrator's decision
concurred with the CSEA position from the
beginning is very significant,” she said
“Although it took more than a year to resolve
an issue involving four hours of overtime, it
indicates the persistence and determination of
CSEA to correct a wrong. Hopefully, we have
resolved this issue once and for all,” Todd
added
recertified.
When his next paycheck did not cover
overtime for the hours, Outhouse
made a specific request which was denied
produced county payment chits showing
overtime payments since 1982, including
payments to the grievant for patrol
qualification.
Extra pay for Kings Park psych workers
mandates overtime pay for any employee who works more than 40
hours in a week
According to Bentivegna, the Office of Mental Hygiene had work-
ed part-time employees more than 40 hours per week and escaped
paying overtime rates for many years.
Approximately 40 food service workers at Kings Park will be af-
fected by the decision and should receive overtime pay for any over-
time hours they've worked since April 1
In conjunction with becoming eligible for overtime pay these
employees will now receive meal allowances as provided by the
CSEA contract, when working four or more hours beyond their
regular shift.
KINGS PARK — Many part-time employees at Kings Park
Psychiatric Center will be receiving unexpected overtime pay as the
result of a union grievance
Tony Bentivegna, president of Local 411 there, explained that
local management didn’t contest CSEA’s demands for overtime pay
and meal allowances for part-time workers.
“This is a landmark decision. Rarely is a grievance settled at the
first step,” said Bentivegna.
_ In the union’s grievance, it was cited that a U.S. Supreme Court
tuling which had reversed a previous decision, held that the 1938
Fair Labor Standards Act applies to all civil service workers. This law
Good pay hikes,
no givebacks in
Port Chester
PORT CHESTER — “We held firm and we
persevered. There are absolutely no givebacks
in this contract,” says Region Ill Field Represen-
tative Dolores Tocci of a recently ratified agree-
ment in the Village of Port Chester, Westchester
* Local 860
According to Tocci, the contract provides for a
7 percent pay increase retroactive to June 1; 6.5
percent as of June 1986; and 7 percent effec-
tive June, 1987
The clerical and blue collar employees also
have a new optical plan
Unit President Virginia Telesco said her
members “were very pleased’ with the new
contract and thanked village officials and
“especially Dolores Tocci who we could not
have done without. In our estimation,” she add-
ed, ‘our field representatives are the heart of the
union
VILLAGE OF PORT CHESTER Unit President Virginia Telesco (seated, right) signs a three-
year agreement that provides the unit’s 68 members with 20.5 percent in Pay increases over
the life of the contract. Seated next to her are Region Ill Field Representative Dolores Tocci
and Village Attorney George O’Hanlon. Standing, from left, are members of the negotiating
team: Unit Vice President Nick Carriero, Ed Parham and Vinnie Corbo.
December 2, 1985 THE PUBLIC SECTOR
OPEN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS SCHEDULE
APPLICATIONS DEADLINE JANUARY 6, 1986
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BEGINNING EVALUATIONS OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
JOB TITLE EXAM NO. SALARY Director, Office of Administrative Support 28-701 39,165
Services Assistant Pharmacy Consultant 28-793 25,099
Architectural Specifications Writer, Junior 26-455 $21,227
Automotive Facilities Inspector 26-476 20,066 APPLICATIONS DEADLINE JANUARY 20, 1986
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Canal Structure Operator 26-438 14,013
Mechanical Specifications Writer, Junior 26-456 21,277 EVALUATION OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
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1 +S THE PUBLIC SECTOR December 2, 1985
You’ve come a
long way, baby
ALBANY—It’s been 15 years since the first
CSEA retiree local was formed and members
plan to mark the anniversary this month with
a gala celebration.
Gaining ground
The CSEA Board of Directors, at their
September 1984 meeting, approved a
constitution creating a Retiree Division
heads by an Executive Committee of
elected representatives from the six
CSEA regions. At the meeting last Sep-
tember, some changes were made and
a uniform Retiree Local Constitution
was approved.
The first Annual State Convention of
all the retiree locals was held this Oc-
tober. A program was mapped out for
a viable organization to promote and
maintain economic and social benefits
for present and future civil service
retirees,
Retiree Local 999 was chartered on Nov.
20, 1970 with just 250 members. Local Presi-
dent Charles Foster says the number of an-
niversary party invitations sent out to members
is a good indication of how much the local has
grown since then.
“We mailed out more than 5,700,” he says,
noting that throughout the state there are 20
other CSEA retiree locals with some 41,000
members.
Foster is the fourth president of the local,
succeeding David Schneider, John Joyce and
John Kennedy. The group was created for the
purpose of advancing the needs and
interests— economic, social and educational—
of retired public employees. And Foster thinks
it's come a long way in reaching those goals.
“When we first tried to form a chapter back
in 1970, it took us a while to get some accep-
tance for the idea,” says Foster, who has in
his possession the original charter signed by
late CSEA President Theodore Wenzl. “There
was a problem in terms of financing, but we
worked that out and eventually other chapters
were founded.”
But retirees have gained strength from those
humble beginnings. Retirees Coordinator Leo
Hope notes that in the last four years retirees
have pushed for, and received, three cost-of-
living pension supplements.
“We lobby the legislature for benefits for the
retirees,”""says Hope. ‘And we've had a good
amount of success.”
Foster said CSEA’s Political Action Depart-
ment will be lobbying again this year for a pen-
sion increase to help retirees keep pace with
inflation.
“We work together with other retiree groups
to get fair legislation to benefit our people,” he
said.
Besides keeping retirees informed about
legislative issues and looking out for their eco-
nomic well-being, the retiree locals give mem-
bers a chance to get together, said Foster. In
addition to meetings held four times a year for
discussion of legislation and health programs,
the local holds a summer outing in July and a
holiday party in December.
Blanche Nechanicky and Deloras Fussell are
co-chairing this year’s annual holiday party/an-
niversary celebration to be held Dec. 4 at the
Turf Inn, Wolf Road, Albany. Information and
reservation forms were mailed to all members.
CSEA host at
AFSCME meet
SCHOOL TIME—CSEA recently hosted a
meeting of AFSCME’s National School Em-
ployees Committee. Committee members
took time to tour Troy schools which spon-
sor the Labor History Project and to make
plans for a national conference in the spring
of 1986. Pictured above at the meeting are,
from left: Carol Craig, chairwoman of the
CSEA statewide School Employees Commit-
tee; CSEA Executive Vice President Joseph
McDermott; and Charles Hughes, chairman
of AFSCME’s National School Employees
Committee and president of AFSCME Local
December 2, 1985
19
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
| CSEA activists
organizing Ohio
Buckeyes
bolt into
the ranks
By Stanley Hornak
Asst. Director of Communications
COLUMBUS, OHIO—“Unionism is far from
dead,” says Sue Bucrzinski after spending
three weeks in Ohio helping organize state
workers there.
Bucrzinski was one of 15 CSEA activists
sent by CSEA President William L. McGowan
to lend AFSCME a hand in organizing state
workers in Ohio.
In 1983, the state Legislature gave state
employees the right to bargain collectively. And
since that time the competition between
different unions to gain representation has
been heated.
The state divided about 75,000 workers into
14 bargaining units. Elections were scheduled
this fall.
Are the volunteers making a difference?
The numbers say “yes.” So far, AFSCME
has won the right to represent 38,000 Ohio
state employees. Every election in which
CSEA volunteers participated was won. And
with several elections just ahead, AFSCME is
still counting.
Bucrzinski was assigned to Mount Vernon
Developmental Center. Employees there
belonged to Dixie Local 11 which was
chartered 35-years ago by OCSEA, the Ohio
Civil Service Employees Association.
“OCSEA,” she explains “was much the same
as CSEA before we won the right to collective
bargaining in New York state 16 years ago.
OCSEA did not have the exclusive bargaining
rights and did not have the power to negotiate
contracts. It does now.”
The state allowed the unions two years to
sell their case. And, according to Dixie Local
11 steward Phillip Ocker, right after the
bargaining law was passed other unions started
“coming out of the woodwork.”
Since mid-October, CSEA rank and file have
been packing their bags and heading west.
They go first to AFSCME headquarters in
Colulmbus and are then assigned to cover
different parts of the state
“We need comfortable shoes, jeans and
warm jackets’ Bucrzinski exclaims. ‘We put in
14 and 16 hour days with no time off.”
Many volunteers walk informational picket
lines to promote OCSEA which affiliated with
the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees in 1983. They carry
signs and chant slogans such as “Don't Start
Over, Stay with AFSCME/OCSEA." They also
meet in small groups and even person-to-
person to influence the vote
Says Stubby Stevens who helped organize
department of transportation workers:
“We were allowed into the shops before
7:30 a.m., during breaks, lunchtimes and after
hours. We showed them our New York state
contract, talked about our benefits, wages and
health insurance, and they couldn't believe
20 THE PUBLIC SECTOR
FOUR OF 15 CSEA ACTIVISTS who volun
COUNT!
four Vote
teered to help organize Ohio state employees
for AFSCME stand before sign urging Ohio state workers to vote for AFSCME/OCSEA.
From left are William Burdick of CSEA’s Tax and Finance Local, Albany; Doris Bourdon
of CSEA’s Labor Department Local, Albany; Delores Farrell of CSEA’s Civil Service
Department Local, Albany; and Bruce Larson of the Tax and Finance Local, Albany.
what we have. They also asked a lot of
questions. Apparently, there is a lot of political
hiring out there. | told them that with a union
it wouldn’t matter whether you were a Demo-
crat or a Republican.”
He described a typical day as starting 4:30
a.m. and often not ending until midnight. Yet,
Sarah Jackson, who is still out there
garnering support for a mid-December vote by
clerical and administrative employees,
comments “It's exciting to be out here, it’s
exciting to be talking to people, handing out
leaflets and letting them know how important
it is to be part of AFSCME.”
it was ‘an exciting experience | would do
again.”
Ernest Punter, who was on the team
organizing mental hygiene workers, thought
people were first “hostile, but then they
mellowed and later looked forward to seeing
us.”” He would be at the Colulmbus
Developmental Center daily during 6:00 a.m.,
2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. shift changes,
passing out leaflets and just talking.
“We had a lot in common as direct care staff.
We got close to these people because we
could relate to what they’re doing.” He also
came away feeling “here in New York we're
way ahead of the game.”
Mickey Cruz, who helped organize Central
Ohio Psychiatric Center, adds “There were a
lot of people who didn’t want to believe that
they could actually improve their lot by
unionizing, but the fact that were some so
many people from AFSCME from all over the
country telling them otherwise really did turn
them around.”
The following 15 CSEA activists played
major roles in helping organize Ohio state
employees into the AFSCME ranks. With
a major election still to go there, 38,000
Ohio state workers have chosen
AFSCME as their collective bargaining
representative.
Working to organize Ohio state mental
hygiene employees were Micky Cruz,
Sue Buerzinski, Elaine Mootry, Ernest
Punter and Ruth Glatt.
Organizing Ohio department of
transportation workers were Merwin
Stevens, Ronald Dockery, Thomas
Patterson, Louis Mannelino and Del
Perrier.
Working to organize clerical and
administrative workers in Ohio were
William Burdick, Delores Farrell, Doris
Bourdon, Sarah Jackson and uy
\ Larson.
INFORMATIONAL PICKET LINE is manned by AFSCME volunteers from across the country,
including CSEA members, and members of the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association,
affiliated with AFSCME.
December 2, 1985
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