de,
be
is
ficial Publication of Council 82. AFSCME-AFL-CIOM(MAY 1981 )
Council 82 Starts Major Drive to
Change Tier Ill Pension System for
Younger Officers, Seeks Fairness
~~
«
HONOR GUARD—The honor guard and fallow officers, union officials, alected off!
lala trands,
About 200 correction officers from
around the state converged! on Albany
this month, to lobby for a change in
the pension program for those who
‘were hired after July 1, 1981, to bring
their plan closer to that of fellow of
ficers who can retire alter 25 years of
The officers from a number of
Couneil 82 Locals were led in theit lob-
bying elfort by Ed Draves, AFSC
International acting legislative coo
ne! Ralph Kent, Council 82
ive director
dlinator
legis
Before the visits to legislators, the
officers were given packets of informa
tion anel heard presentations by Draves
nd Kent. They also were given diy
ive black, white, and blue stickers
symbolize the plight of officers
inder the ‘ier HL
who
pension prog
Throughout theday, during visitst0
members of the Assembly and the Sen-
ate in the Legislative Office Building
and in the Capitol, the officers who
were lobbying werecasily recognizable
because of the kapel stickers
Ds
tobe killed in InaNew
and 5)
Thousands of COs Attend Funeral
Officer D.A
to
Donna A. Payant, 31, a correction
officer at Green Haven Correctional
Facility, was murdered May 15 at the
prison, becoming the first woman of-
ficer to be killed in the line of duty in
New York State,
Officer Payant, whose husband, Leo,
Clinton Cor
ul
b.
isa conection of
rectional Facility in
been on the job only about a mo
after a. three-w couse a
the academy operated by the Depart
ment of Correctional Services in
Albany.
According to authorities, she was
almostassured of her requested transfer
ton, so that she could be per
manently back home with her hus:
bband and three children. Her fatherisa
retited correction officer
An autopsy showed that Officer
Payant had been strangled before she
finished her 1-9 p.m, shift at Green
Haven, Her body was found on May 16
‘ava landfill in Amenia, about 25 miles
Payant, First Woman Correction Officer
ie on Duty, Honored by Massing of Fellow COs
from the prison, Police said that it had
been placed in a dumpster on the day
of the murder, then taken from the
prison in a truck om a regular run to
the landfill
The investigation is continuing
More than 3,000 correction officers
tate attended the fun-
anit on May 21, at St
athootie Church in
Joseph's Roma
Dannemora.
In his testimony before the Perma
ce Employee
Pension aul Retirement Systems in
New York City im late March, Thomas
Holland, executivedivector of Council
2, warned that the proposed cha
in Tier 11 “will only insure the gray
ing of the force
He referred tonecessity to stay on the
job until the age of 62 under the Tier
II plan. ‘Tier {1 would force many
officers "to work behind the walls for
ful
bene
members,
$C
ry
Louncy.®
‘This Is the Lapel Sticker Used by CO
Lobbyists in Albany this Month. Addl-
tional Stickers are Available .
those officers in ier
K-pay alter they
By cont
cam retire at
eal 25 years,
Many correction officers in Council
the Tier HI plan, and many of
them can Look forward to 35-10 more
years of work before they may retire
Already, although they have been
working in New York's prisons only a
relatively few yeary nf them
(Gontinwed on Page 2)
Overcrowding a Major Factor in Creating
Dangerous Prisons, Holland Charges
Overctowding isone of "many con-
ditions that exist inside the prisons
around the
ik State prison syy
and insecure, ine
He pointed out
ing new olf
sin
is causing “uns
humane conditions
that the periat for
tem th
nis of violence against corte
inci
tion officers," according to Tom Hol:
land, Council 82 executive ditector
He noted ata recent press conference
that overcrowding is “devastating” to
‘order to rebuild the ranks of correction
officers wo meet theden
tem which is under an “inundat
nds ofthe sys-
of
inmates
Hundieds of tuding po-
lice officers, sheriff's deputies, envi-
I conservation officers, secur
ityoffie nd civilians—also attended
the funeral, most hearing the funeral
mass through loudspeakers outside the
church,
Nearly 200 correction officers from
Green Haven filled the small moun
church's pews behind the Payant
amily.
Burial was in thecemetery in backof
the church,
gol any pri
added that all of the state'y prisons ate
from 106 10 120 percent of capacity
That means that all are over their
capacity, some are dangetously over
crowded, since few of them should be
‘at mote than 90 percent oftheir capac
ity, according to penal experts, In
‘other words, if prison hay 100 cells,
‘only 90 of those should be occupied at
any given time
John Burke, Council 82 president,
‘warned this month that overcrowding
ke said that Council 82 is re
a Hugh L. Carey
call a special session of the Legis
ture, “to resolve this intolerable
conti
Union officers have pointed out re
peatedly that the lack of adequate st
ing and the severe overcrowding
the priso
rection offic
who "ean not be properly supervised
in overcrowded conditions.”
(Continued on Page 3)
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
May
Director's Corner
By TOM HOLLAND
Executive Director
Council 82 Deaths Bring Sadness;
to the Families, Our Deep Sympathy
1 is with great sadness that Fteflect this month on the deaths of two
people who have a great impact on all of uy within the past few weeks.
Intae api Patrick J. Me unc iT 82's general counsel, died in
tw i Albany, and inthe mile of dic month, we wee al
Stunned hear of thea of Dan
murdered while performing her d
Payant, a conection officer who was
es at Green Haven Convection Facility
Both were selatively new on the job—Pat had worked lor Council 82 for
mont
rk here, In the short time he was with us, however, he quickly
an just a co-worker, He was a fiend, and he had become a
aloe mer of the staf or what he come on day-tay asi
Officer Payant,j the job, i
to us, but she way one of our own,
Hhink tha ot er tel
tuibute in D he week i
all of us elt twits an outpouring that I'm sure was gratifying to her family,
particularly to her husband, Leo Payamt, who is lw conection officer, at
Clinton Contectional Facility in Dannemora,
he came
her
th
To the families of both Pat and Officer P
1 yoour deepest sympathy:
"ayant. They are, from left to right, Robert McEnroe, International
York State; Tom Inglee, Council 82 treasurer; P. J. Clampa,
TWO UNIVERSITY OFFICERS INJURED
Earlier this year, two University of
Bulfalo policeofticers sustained injur:
Ame
ies im a melee at the universit
herst Campus.
Officer William Brown, a plainclothes-
the scene of a
displayed,
I for assistance
brawl where a weapon v
Jnut he was able
Defore he way assaulted by three ofthe
combatants
Answering Brown’scall for help was
Officer William Flanders, who also
wwasassuuted beforecan wasrestored
Brown and Flandets, both members
of AFSCME Council 82 Local 1792,
LET YOUR LEGISLATORS
KNOW HOW YOU FEEL
ABOUT
TIER Ill
WRITE LETTERS
TODAY!
LEGISLATIVE
at Buffalo's Millard Fill.
for their injuries.
were
more Hospi
treated
‘There were threearrestsasa result of
the incident. The three were being held
‘on Felony charges of assaulting police
officers
CONSUMER PRICES
Clothing(Less) Workers
Ask for Support
OTTAWA, CANADA (PAI)—The
North Americancontinent’sonly union
nad
tainers, launched a coxst-o-coast cam
paign to stengthen their union and
increase job security. As a starter, the
Toca asked the 800,000 members of the
Ontario Federation of Labor to pi
tronize only nightclubs where the
‘THE OPEN SHOPPERS ARE BUSY
strippers are union members.
wipe Meri” Uni
Acclaims Donovan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAD—The
National Right to Work Commit
{ight for other union
members tr trng New rmentaon by
legislation.
‘AFSCME International staffers, ‘Phot by Don Roe)
COUNCIL 82 IN DRIVE TO CHANGE
THER Ill
(Continued from Page 1)
now that they can not make it to re-
ti Holland, who pointed
‘out that the average lifeexpectancy of a
correction officer is only 59 years.
“They (many of the Tiet IH officers)
will have to work until 62 or 63 to retire
with full benefits,” asserted Holland
“Just the numbers ought to tell you
that they won't
falls most heavily on the women and
minority membersof the work force in
Council 82's jurisdiction,
In addition to the regular Lobbying
effort being conducted on the Tier If
‘changes, advertisements were published
in 11 newspapers around the sta
the end of May, in an effort to soli
stupport for the legislative effort
n
Draves pointed out that those who
are most heavily affected by the disad-
vantage of working under the Tier IIL
plan are women and minorities,
Th
rejoiced publicly that it had one of its
ofL
4 picture of Secretary of Labor Ray
Donovan and Real Larson, president
of theunion-busting Commi
ing the platform at a Conserv
litical Action Conference. The Com-
mittee combined its acclaim of Dono-
van with a vicious attack on former
Labor Secretary Ray Marshall, who
opposed so-called right to work laws,
the h
ing p
ties a te deartne
5, pointing out
that a large open of correction
officers hired since 1976 are women
and members of minorities
Because of the departments hiring
practices since 1976, he indicated, the
burden of Tier II—that is, having to
work foras long as 40 years to retire—
it
ME Inerational il offe
in Albany, the effort was termed a suc
cess by Anthony V, Corbo, interna-
tional union assistant arca director,
who assumed responsibility for moni-
toring the retums from the ad cou-
pons. Corbo and Bob McEnro
AFSCME area director for New York
State, responded personally toeach citi
zen who replied, thanking them for
their cooperation and concern.
Corbo said that the letters and cou-
ons will be turned over to Draves for
presentation to the appropriate legis-
lators on Capitol Hill
May COUNCIL 62 REVIEW Page
From the President
By JOHN BURKE
Council 82 President
By-Passing Sergeants for Promotion
to Lieutenant Causing Discontent
Historically, in the Depar
been promoted to sergeant, se
nt of Correctional Services, officers have
10 Fiewensant, and liewtenant to captain,
but, on May 14, the department appointed four or five officers as p
lieutenants, bypassing 500 sergeants,
wisional
Commissioner ‘Thomas Coughlin has sent a
intendent
anil eligibility requirements for taking the upcoming liewtenant’s exam, The
requirements are as follows:
nxdum tall super-
1. All appointments will be made by central office.
2. The reassignment list of existing lieutenants will be used.
3. Where the reassignment list is exhausted, the selection process.
will be used,
nd other
facility where the
cancies exist from candidates at that facility who
der of
meet
in qualifying titles
5, In cases of ties, the Civil Service Seramble System will be use.
6. On or before the date of the examination, candidates must have
four years of
officer and one year of permanent competitive supervisory custodial
experience with a state agency other than the Department of Corvec-
tonal Src n he dine sper of employe who have had
divil
tamed of increasing enslon In Now Vos poone beceuneo
‘overcrowding and understating.
Overcrowding a Prime Factor in Creating
Tensions in Prisons, Holland Tells Press
(Continued from Page 1)
areas for housing, as well as office
space which is being converted 10
Also, Burke ansere tat conn
responsibility for the custody of
‘or b) permanent or contingent permanent experience a
sergeant
a conection
‘Tobe appointed from the eligible list an officer must have four yea
permanent experience as a correction officer and one year of pen
Competitive supervisory custodial experience with a state agency other than
the Department of Correctional Services in the direct supervision of em
ployees who have had tesponsibility for the custody of individuals in an
institutional setting, and !2 months of permanent or contingent perma
competitive service asa correction sergeant
As you can see, these requirement
they are immoral and indecent. The co
f
| criteria ate not only unsafe, but
missioner is within his authori
p
ally, However, if Civil Service approves the eligibility requirements he h
recommended for the
as Commissioner Coughlin.
'sexam, they will beas immoral and indecent
How a supe
i
to the position of heyond
Thi for time in
title, This maneuver makes the Red! Apple Club look like a penny-ante
operation
a written test based on knowledge and ability rom people within the depart:
ment, what used to be the so-called merit system?
This liewtenan’s criteria opens it up to other agencies. ‘The alleged
reason for the pthe
to former Officer of Drug Abuse Services supervisors now in corrections
TT a al
this is right. I is absolutely and totally wrong, I have talked with several
former ODAS esa spevisrsand shy age itiswrong, butsay th
will take the test if allowed, a the
sergeants and oer olliers tha at not eligible w take de exam? This nou
also, offi
tte ‘ean it and officers that are ranvelgie to take the li
exam,
enant’s
Also, by officers being provisionally appointed to lieutenant, it does not
create a sergeant vacancy. Therefore, no sergeant can transfer to where the
‘app
to sergeant,
This newly-implemented policy is devastating the entire promotional
system in the department. We have met with Commissioners Coughlin,
nonth in
Green Haven Conia Facility of four inmates wa toom
Payant were over
ake said that
Teast, the state is."
mates.”
taining, and
“nw mandatory death penalty forthe
‘murdering ofa sate correction officer.”
In order to house the additional
scores of inmates every week, the de
partment is using unsecured areas for
Rowing and king itl reeation lies
ty, at
archousing in-
All of these conditions, said both
Moll and Burke, ate contributing
1 daily assaults on correction
Germano, Coxsackie Local President,
Elected to Village Board Post
Larry Germano, Local 1261 presi mano.
dem, has been elected a trustee om the
Coxsackie Village Board.
They are the grass roots
mmon knowledge of activities and
accomplishments occurring at the lo-
calsand council evel should beknown
by all
In an upset victory, Germano won
his first victory in the local political
arena, having lived in Coxsackie only
for three years. He moved tothe Greene
County village from Queens
From this,a more cohesive organi-
zation will be re The council's
accomplishments of the past and ob:
jectives for the future are varied and
notable. We should remember the past
with pride, we should face the future
with conviction, knowing that our
biggest asset is a membership that is,
local I
d president of Local
1264 only a year after joining the de-
partmentin 1978, and he was reelected
980.
aan active one, Under his leadership,
the local constitution has beem re=
expand our union through brother
hood, unity, and mutually. shared
avenues of knowledge’
‘writen, labor-managementagreements
ve been reached, and general mem
bership meetings are well-attended
Also, added Germano, he “firmly
believes” that political allies are a ne-
“Council 82 is only as good as the cessity if the union is to achieve its
members of each local,” said Ger- goals
We, as a union, have always fought for faimess, decency, non-
d equal treatment for all preferential treat-
ment for none. 1 urge all members to write Commissioner Coughlin con-
demning this action.
Asaunion, todo, shor of
this. We have several plans to be implemented in the immediate future
‘man,
to change this deplorable policy
pr y Well,
now it is so damn low, you can't find any. This is intolerable. What's next?
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
OPINION
New Reagan Order
Government Reduces Human Life
to Dollars and Cents
's Administration's excuse for cancelling OSHA (Oce
tional Safety and Health
ysis" to them.
) rules that protect workers is that it
Contbenefit analysis isn’t as r js. It challenges the
assumption that thousands of lives ate worth saving whenever possible
Inca content malysvattach narrow defi picts vs
and then weigh the financial “benefit” of saving them against business
ates of what itll cast to make work si
I cost-benefit analysis wete applied to the Presidency, the government
upto
the dollar value of the President’ life. IF it didn't, analysts would rule the
President wasn’t worth protecting,
That doesnt happen because the government uses cot benefit analysis
‘After consulting Kemp and Roth and Rube Goldberg...’
judge rl
ness abuses
Preside withan
Executive Order that stipped OSHA and other agencies of all independence
From now on, rules business doesn't like will be reviewed by David Stack:
man’s hatchet men in the Office of Management ancl Bulger
A new Task Force on Regulatory Relief will have veto power over any
regulation considered too costly to business, even when it cleatly saves thou
sands of people from being maimed and killed
Reagan has also ordered regulatory to choose “the least costly alterna:
tive." That means abandoning engineering contrals in favor of “personal
OSHA will tell workers to wear earplugs, respirators andl other awkward,
ineffective equipment, OSHA has even hinted it might let state safety p
grams fine workers who take a break from wearing cumbersome sufety Kea
hgearh sn’ P 8
safety, it's considered i good buy by most cost-benefit analysts, who eagerly
A ppreme Court
A standard Limiting cotton dust went into effect last year. Cotton dust has
crippled re ,000 textile workers with brown lung dise (000 of
them tota cen appealed th
teal thet the Supreme Court
The textile workers union, ACWU, argues that when Congress passed
the original law creating OSHA, it said clearly that businesses must make
workplaces sale limited only by what's posible. But the industry insists
regulators And the Ri
hasaasked the C
deciding while it applies its own "cost benefit analysis” to the cotton dust
rule
ealarme by a similar erosion of hah and safety
1 r L-C1O Indus.
trial Union Department to build the OSHA sional Naworh This
coalition is holding a series of protest “vigils” on Capitol Hill
On April 25, unionists got together in Philadelphia to stage the first of a
seriesof protest demonstrations throughout the country. On May 4, unionists
protest in Detroit. Demonstrators wore respirators while they held
funeral forthe cotton dust standard, UAW members are urged to help build
local coalitions o fight for a strong OSHA,
Republicans who control the Senate are trying to etch even deeper cuts
OSHA.C Se let ther t
want them fiddling with OSHA.
‘Thomes ingle
Executive Director Treasurer
James 8 7 Jen rane
View bidet none Secrtry
Rone Rona
Achar Bobet
Executive Board
James Mortiaay evn Cay Jatry Tate
itonara Welch Wiliam Pooe
Harvey Bath
Randall Lyons hycammn |
Michoe Kelly SP 5 rout Hagen (OME) Egware Dean
Vol. 18, No. 5 ‘Council 82 Review May 1981
Consumer Food Notebook
By GOODY L. SOLOMON
Hidden Food Allergies May Cause Fatigue
the sneezing, wheezing and scratching!
With the April arrival of springtime allergies, the 37th Congress of the
American College of Alle egincae to town bringing along renowned aller-
aist Dr. William C. Croo
Crook is one of the most controversial, evangelical personalities in a
largely straight-laced, conservative profession,
The medical establishment defines allergy as a disorder that can be
measured by certain laboratory methods—a positive scratch test, for one
Crook, plus a growing number of revolutionaries (including, by the way,
those who link itabil-
cach reactions
to foods—often foods people eat the most of
‘These allergists talk about “delayed onset food sensitivity” and the "t
sion fatigue syndrome" to describe disorders documented in a multitude of
case histories laboratory
Crook
early days of his pediatric practice in Jackson |. like most physicians,
had been trained 10 thin any disease, you assume it
must be psychosomatic,” he sid
Then he came to grips with young Mac, who was always tired and
irritable, had headaches, bags under his eyesand a pallor—all with no expli-
cable rea
Mac's mother suggested the possibility of a milk allergy since he would
gta rash when he drank it asa baby. Infact she had stopped giving her son
milk until a schoolteacher said to carn an ‘A’ in health he must drink three
silasses of milk a day.
wi great skepticism, Crook approved taking Mac off milk and to his
ent his symptoms disappeared quickly. A few years later, in a
double Bind challenge ts, Mac again reacted to milk with all his old
sgrumpiness and headaches, according to the pediatrician,
Since then, identifying and helping youngsters with food allergies has
been Crook's prime interest in life
He found the sime problems afflicting adults that were tested for aller-
‘gies. Diagnosing his own symptoms—stuffy nose, abdominal pain and chest
eric reaction to milk Ik said
ri
but just don’t realize i
Continued on Page 6)
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
| Heart Attack Victims Sought |
A research unit at a Philadel-
phia hospital is seeking certain
attack victims for ongoing
study as part of a $21 million
grant from the National Insti-
tutes of Health.
‘The work is being done at the
Lankenau Hoypital by thee
lipideia Atherosclerosis 8
Firm Complains of TV Movie Influence
MATTEWAN, Mich.(PAI}—Inone The company is complaining that
of the more bizarre argum ¢ the movie's pro-union sentiments ace
before the National Labor Relations counted forthe substantial margin by
Board—Operating Engincers Local which Local 547 won the right to bar-
547s February representation victory gain othe ceria chemists, bilo
by gists, nes, technicians,
Research and DevelopmentCorp. here laboratory assistants nd caretaker
fon the grounds that the employees that work for them.
were improperly influenced bya movie
shown on television 48 hours before And what was this insidious movie?
the voting. Norma Rae, of course
sentative 7 the group, the study
has been designed 10 address
“one of the most volatile issues
confronting the medical com-
munity today—the true impact
‘of high blood cholesterol on the
development and progression of
heart disease.”
Success ofthe study, according
to Wendy Rosen, the spokes
woman, depends ona large-scale
patient recruitment effort, since
eligibility criteria are stringent.
‘The study group is seeking
heart attack victims who have
suffered only one heart attack
within the past five years, who
are between theages of 28and 64,
and who do not have diabetes
Anyone who believes he or she
falls within these specifications
is asked to call the Hyperlipide-
mia Study for "some information
that could have a major impact
fon your future health,” said
Rosen
‘Transportation and lodging
for those who are selected 10 par-
ticipate will be provided at no
cost to the participant, she said.
Participation is not limited 10
membersofany particular group,
but those who will be selected
will meet the qualifications for
the study.
Further information may be
obtained by calling the following
toll-free number: 1-800-845-1057,
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COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
AFSCME Ad Campaign Points Out
Inequities in Reagan Tax Cut Plan
SCME International, earlier this
month, launched an advertising c
paign that tends to put into sherp
perspective the economic policy of
President Reaganand the Republicans
in Congress, as it relates to working
people.
The commercial, which was shown
‘on several television stations around
the country, showed a large cake that
was labeled, “Republican Economic
Policy,” and depicted a large piece of
ke being served up to each person
‘who earns $100,000 or more each year,
while the worker who earns $1
annually gets a piece many tim
smaller. In fact, itamounts to crumbs.
“The ads show how unfair and un-
equally distributed Reagan's tax cuts
uld be,” said Jerry Wurf, AFSCME.
International president. "Ourads po
Family of Four Needs $23,134 Per Year
to Have “Intermediate” Living Standard: U.S.
WASHINGTON PAL —hgonetn
In breaking down the budget of
$23,194 fora family
out that services like
school lunches, Medicaid, mass tam
sit, and social security will be cut back
sharply if Reagan's plan gets final
approval
Many television stations retused to
show
that it constituted
ing,” which are a
torun,
uulvocacy advertise
1 station policy
AL thee teevsion tations inthe
ment’
ily of four requited $14,014 fora lower
living, $25,134 for an ine
termediate siandand and $34,109 for a
dof living asof autumn
In issuing the updated estimates for
the family budgets, the
rment’s Bureau of Labor Statistics 1e-
ported the largest over-the-year ine
eases since 1971, The lower budget
rose 11.6 percent, the intermediate 12.8
Nand
WAST aac torn the commer-
cial. However, WRGB offered, and
AFSCME accepted, to have a spokes
man appear to speak about “Reagan:
omics
percent and the higher budget 13.5
amn 1979.
percent since a
Double-digit inflation has lifted the
ety since last autumn, according
palated estimates. by AFL-CIO
1¢ Draper.
economist A
see, Siler, dep decor of
nimute
ss Conference, a weekly
spite
vw non WRGB,
AFL-Cl0’s Kirkland Defends U.S.
Workers’ Support of Polish Unionists
Convention 87, an agreementamong,
the participating nations of the Inter
national Labor Organization, assures
therightol freedom of association and,
therefore, the right to form free trade
unions.
Poland isa signatory ofthat conven
tion and isa member of the ILO.
‘There has been criticism of the AFL
10's Polish Workers Aid Fund by
both Polish government officials and
by the Soviet Union, whose official
press has denounced the American
workers’ aid as interference in the in
ternal operation of Poland,
During a press conference in Bal
session, President Lane Kirkland
answered that charge succinctly
A reporter asked: “Sir, the Soviet
Union, though, every time that this
issue comes up, says that the AFL-CIO.
is acting as an agent for the American
government and interfering with the
internal affairs of Poland. And it
strikes me that this is—strikes some
people in the State Department that
the AFL-CIO's position on Poland
‘opens the door of being provocative.
Kirkland responded: “I've heard
that word. ‘There isa stepping up of
Soviet propoganda directed both
against Solidarity (Solidannow), and
against the AFL-CIO. Idon't regard it
as provocative toassista brother unie
i frat agent nee he
rights guaranteed by solemn interna
tional conventions to which both Po-
Jand and the Soviet Union are parties,
which they signed.
“When you sign a document of that
kind and commit yourself to those ob-
ligations, you ate acknowledging an
mati
matter to be of internation
simply internal concern. In fact, in the
ILO, there is international machinery
for the supervision of the extent and
manner in which that obligation is
carried out
So, this becomes, by defi
Nonger a pely internal conan "The
On livingeh
through March 1981, Draper calcu
lated, the lower budget now would cost
$14,831, the intermediate budget
$24,461 and the higher budget $86,760,
BLS bases ity budgets for three levels
of living on a precisely defined urbi
family of four: A S8year-old husband
employed fulltime, a non-working
wife,a boy of Sanda ginlof 8, After 15
years of marsied life, the family is
settled in the community ani the hus
n expetienced worker,
hand is
BLS stresses that the budgets do not
represent how families of this type ac-
tually door should spend their money,
nor are they intended to teptesent a
f beso aa income or
€ level of living, They re-
ite assumptionsabout the manne of
living at three hypothetical levels.
‘THE SUBMINIMUM WAGE
ists voting in the
onder of $20 billion. It scm pasing
strange that grants of a
Wester wadeunions,exceding ma
‘st in amount, for very basieneeds and
supplies, should be condemned, while
the living off of the largesse or the
loans of Western capitalists perfectly
okay.”
“rn on A oem
Te LY BT*
evel, BLS estimated total family con-
sumption at $16,969. ‘This was listed
food, $5,571; housing, $5,106; trans-
portation, $2,116; clothing, $1,292;
personal care, S471; medical cate,
$1,803; other family consumption,
$1,109. Other items came t0 $957;
ial Security and disability deductions,
$1427 and personal income taxes,
$37
Budget costs varied by ate.
Compared to the national figure of
$25,144 for the intermediate budget,
these were the inter udgets for
some major cities
27,029; New York-north-
eastern NJ, $26,749; Pittsburgh,
$22,192: Chieago-northeaster Ind,
$28,887; Cleveland, $25,129; Detroit,
$23,168; Milwaukee, $24,028; Minne-
apolisSt, Paul, $25,580; St. Louis,
MoI, $22,248,
Also Baltimore, $34,389; Dallas,
$20,766; Houston, $21,572; Wash
ington, D.C-MdVa, $25,208,
Also Denver, $22,813; Los. An:
gelesLong Beach, $22,500; San
Fracico-Oakland, $24,704; Seale
Everett, Wash, $2
No Disability Pay
For Romance Inflicted
Job Injury: Court
SAN FRANCISCO (PAI)—Romance
place took on a new twist
isromanticadvances.
is rejection caused
him to become lovesick and caused
industrial injury” to his nervo
tem, Muessig filed a disability claim
But the California Supreme Court af
ter pondering long and deeply, con-
cluded that Michael's problem was
more personal than work-related
Hidden Food Allergies
(Gontinued from Page 4)
“They go about their business with a little headache, alittle fatigue
and learn to live with these unnecessary discomforts,
“Lam determined to tell everybody Ican—shout it from the housctops—
that the road to better health does not lie i
“Notonly in identifying food
lifestyle," Crook said.
more doctoring but in changes in
lergy but in not pollut-
ing your house with a bunch of formaldehyde, cigarette smoke and other
things.”
There's only one way to learn if you have food sensitivities said Crook:
severe hives sh
ld follow the diet under
1e cautioned r
supervision. It works like this:
Youcutout ihe cght fons tha sos common ‘cause hidden food
Hl com, wheal,
coffee and «
sugar,
Avo thes ight isos ier Todays
‘When your symptomsare gone, try the omitted foods oneat time
At this
point, if you are at all sensitive to something you will have
supersensitivity and will get a strong reaction. If you avoid a food for as
long as three or four weeks, however, you may have t eat it for several
days in a tow or in a very large amount for symptoms to appear.
Asan alternati
eliminate only that 0
fora week
there's one food you eat lot of or clearly suspect,
nl thew tr it again. Be particularly
tdo without like
coffee or sugar. And pay attention 1o the artificial colors ‘an chemi i
tives that are troublemakers for many people
Crook has written three books that can be purchased by mail for $5.50
3454,
‘cach from Professional Books, P.O. Box
are: “Tracing Down Hidden Food Allergy,”
54, Jackson, Tenn, 38301. Tee
‘Are You Allergic?” an
Your Child Read? Is He Hyperactive? Food May be the Villan.”
wy
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
Page7
Water During a May
Council 82 Forest Rangers Run White Water for Search-and-Rescue Training
Search and rescue efforts in New
York's famed Upper Hudson River
have increased in frequency and im
portance in the past few yeats and Lo
al 1872, through its negotiated tr
16 funds, has taken steps tow
meeting the problem of increased tse
‘of white water tecteation by novices
and those of litle experience
According to Lynn D, Day St. a
stranger and president of the local,
the recent 17-mile trip down the In-
dlian River and the Hudson River was
justone of thewaysthe rangersand the
Department of Environmental Con-
servation are attempting to meet the
growing demands om the fragile eco-
systems ofa wilderness area such as the
Upper Hudson.
More than 5
on commercial trips down the same
route that the rangers took on May 15,
when some two dozen rangers made
the run in what was described as
“probably the best white water run of
the year,” in rubber rafts
100 persons have been
Day pointed out that Council 82 ne-
gotiated the funds for ranger training,
and it was decided that some of the
money would be used to contract with
Adirondack Wikdwaters Inc, to take
two groups of rangers down the rivers,
reational users of the rivers) are going
through.”
Between 1976 and 1980, said Day,
there have been 10 life-threatening in.
cidents, involving 51 persons, on the
Upper Hudson, There were three fatal
accidents, including two drownings
anda fatal case of hypothermia. Seven:
teen persons were rescued from cit
cumstances that could have been fatal,
involving the 10 major incidents
Before cach run down the river with
the commercial outfitter from Co-
SAFETY AND HEALTH
om
a)
IT'S UNION BUSINESS:
rinth, Ranger Gary Roberts briefed the
other rangers on the growing need for
expetienced search and rescue teams
for wilderness white water ateas of the
physical features, so that ac
maps of cach wilderness area can be
drawn; placed public register boxes at
state, Day noted that similar training
will be conducted in other patts of the
state forest rangers in their use, and have
Rangers, he said, are involved in fated toms ih hee
forming volunteer groups of expe theequipment,and thetypesof rearca-
rienced canoes, kayakers, and rate tion seckers who, will be using the
ry; preparing an inventory of major area,
ness areas;
hered specialized w
water rescue equipment and trai
Instructor,
Lynn. Day 81 Lett,
Rangers Before the Downriver Run
ia
Council 82 Local
Presidents to Meet
Monthly in Albany
The presidents of Council 82 locals,
around the state will be seeing more of
Albany, if a plan proposed by the
council executive director gets under
way in the near future.
Tom Holland, executive director,
said this month, "Tintend to initiate a
procedure that will bring local presi-
dents into Albany, so that they can see
firsthand what's going on in the
union."
If the local presidents are brought
in, he indicated, they will be able to
hear the reports on union activity in
person, and will be beter able to com-
municate those activities with their
members when they return to their
locals
“We're going to ty for a monthly
meeting,” said Holland.
Know Your Contract
It Provides Rights
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COUNCIL 62 REVIEW May
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The Attack on
Unemployment Compensation
Unemployment insurance, or partial repl
rh thei
went of lost wages for
asa basic right in this county for mote than 40
ais
Nevertheley
Famedck ith Conguess was to cut back certain jobleys benefit protections,
including leaves hisjob
“voluntarily
CETA jobs ane terminated
his right is being chipped away. One of the List actyof the
r worker
ending federal funding for benefits to workers whose
Now Congress isconsidering even more drastic changes, proposed by the
which would cate
denied oF cut off hom jobless benefits during the fival year beginning Oe
tober
Hardest hit woul he workers unemployed for long period aya result of
cconomic recession and of problems in particular industries such as auto,
dL-pressed workers will suffer even more if Congiess goes along,
Jas
in 1970 0m a permanent basis,
he Administration proposes to extend to recipients of regular
benefits a measure enacted by the kameduck Congress which
requites recipients of extended benefits to take jobs at the minimum wage
level or at the level of their weekly benefit, whichever is higher, States would
be forced to impowe this requirement alter a jobless worker's 13th week of
benefits
In 27 state b
he forced into aim
solow that every
amt wage job or lowe all entitlement to benefits. the
propoved requirement were now in effect, it is estimated that about one
million experienced workers would have 1 jobs,
Since average earnings in the nation are about $7.00 an hour and the
ql
Legislative Update
By Ralph Kent
7
Counell 82 ts
Legislative Director
On Monday, May 18, 1981, the locals of the New York State Con
Officers amet at the Legislative Office Building in Albany for the lobbying
effort to obtain for all of our officers the 25 sty pension,
We have been attempting to cha
officers who were hited alter 1976—thow who
fy for the
year
«conditions for those correction
re subjected to the Vier IL
retirement bereits
pension system—so that they ean qui
ants to work until the
2 Forthose who
are hited necessary to collect a full
pension. Others, those who were ited before 1976, may retreat hall-pay after
ple, if 20-year-old was hired in 1975, he or shecouldretize
psy
The Tier HI plan forces thoye whoare partici ane
the leet
age 20, a working career of 12 yea
25 yeas
the same 20-year-old officer hired after July 1, 1976,
0 collect, and you ean see how unfair it is for those
under the yoke of Tier IHL
minimum wage isonly $3.35, theaverage worker's standard of
reduced by more than half
Considerable as paid
to Capitol Hill in Albany in the middle of this month, all wearing a Tier HI
stickers, brigh at all of our members ogniza
Notonly that, abavie tenet ot
be lost—that is, 0 preserve the skills of workers until they can find another
suitable job. L d lifetime
mings which never could be recowred, a labor expert noted inv recent
testimony before a Houw Ways and Means subcommittee
In onder to force jo
Jess workers into minimum wage level jobs, the
is
the mea
sto chang ng of
cin most state unemployment insur
words like “truly needy” and "safery ner”
the "suitable work” provision com
ance regulations,
Lawrence E,W
seeretary for employment and training, freely acknowledged that the Admin
exford, the Labor Department’s new deputy assistant
istration propostl would “redeine” therm "Suitable work” tomeanany job
athe minimum wage or jobless benefit level
h testimony, the AF
tory it is for the Reagan Administeation, a sell-pro
ned champion of
the mechanism of federal standards to “force states to withdraw the protec-
tions that unemployed workers now have.”
The majority of legislators are in support of the 25-year, hall-pay bill,
+ oe Re
At the opening of the day's proceedings, Jim Mortissey, chairman of the
Conections Policy Committe, held a moment of silence inside the LOB, in
tribute to Officer Donna Payant, who was killed just few days earlier inside
Green Haven C Facil
their badges with black bands across them, and they wore black arm bands as
well.
The lobbying showed the need for our bill and the response of the
the law
Well done, and thanks to all the locals whowe members participated.
toe ee
This is the month when our efforts ate concentrated on our bills, to get
the attention of our legislators.
We may call, write letters, meetin person, as we have done in the pastandd
probably willdo in the future, There ate, however, other ways that wecan get
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Subscribers who wish to change their Mailin
1 just takes a little imagination,
Somehow, fact that our
local organizations can be of great help to us, Weall belong to some type of
lub, team, or order, and yet, we rarely ask these people to support our bills
Let’s goa little farther in this area. Our local government offices have
athe sime as our union locals, and you members doa pretty good job
of running the union locals, Why not get in: olved in your local government?
bout time we becat
From what Pve een, [think it
e fully imobved.
Take a look at the candidateand compare your talent to his. Pm sure you
can equal or exceed the performance of some of the people who hold these
elective offices. Many of them hold their positions just because of a machi
vote in their particular areas,
We know what effort, teamwork, and hours of work each month that it
dk Apply th d
return to COUNCIL 82.
seseeveseteeseseees Local no,
could make one hell of an improvement, So, get involved and, if you need
some background, call me or Ed Draves, AFSCME acting political action
coordinator in Albany, and we'll talk itover.
‘Some of our members are becoming involved in local government and
have won seats on school boards, and in town and village government, to
name a few, and they have been doing an exceptional job.
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