Cotto No.4)
THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH STATE RATIFIED
CO at Academy
Found Innocent of
Sexual Hi t
The three-year contract between
A conection officer who had been
emy has
charges of sexual haraysment
ter a hearing before Atbi
trator Norman Brand.
assigned to the train
had
dismissed,
room, the correction officer hal fondled
tempted to get
into bed with her
The changes hala hieved some notor
ieay in the press later that year, and the
sut_of Correctional Services
pa
sought dismissal of the officer.
After three full days of testimony
during the arbitration hearing, the de-
cision of the arbitrator constituted a
“complete victory” for the union, a>
cording tw Peter Henner, union gen
ral counsel, and Hollis Chase, then a
field representative and now avsociate
director
In his decision, Brand said, “This is
ot a case it ve sate bats failed
in some sina way to prove its charge
Nor should there be any doubt asto the
vigor with which thestate pursued thiy
The available evidence way force=
fully and ably: presented. But the
evidence—particularly: the testimony
completely failed to establish: the
es. ‘There is: no question in my
mind but that the grievant iy wholly
innocentof the misconduct charged in
the notice of discipline of March 18,
1981. The accusations have no merit
hi
y record of servive remains
unblemished,
Publication of the AFSCME Stew-
card magatinehas resumed and, accord-
ing to Don Craig, the editor, it wil be
published four times a year.
“A major task for us right now is
updating our mailinglist,” Craig si
“Toattack the problem, we're sending.
a Teter to all local presidents,
them to send us a current, complete
roster of stewards in their local.”
‘The goal, he indicated, is to send
copies to all local officers and stew-
ards.
Local presidents should send their
lists of local offices and stewards to:
AFSCME Steward, 1625 L St, N.W.,
Washington, D.C., 20086,
as heen vai
k-and-file of the union
by a vote of 5124-2105.
AIL 25 members of the union's bar-
1g committee si
tive agreement in M
proposal way submitted to the men
bershipafter thespecial edition of The
Review—which contained the text of
the entire tentative agreement —had
een mailed.
John Burke, executive director of
Council 82, termed the agreement “the
ted by auunionof
state workers in this round of talk,
and he assured every: member of the
council who work
n state jurisdi
effort will be
made during the life of the contraet to
tion that every addition
make workingconditionybetter, through,
labor-management cormmittes, the Qual
ity of Work Life Commi
policing contract, which will
terminate in March, 198%.
Ay well, said Burke, thoxe members
fof the union whe are nor in sate ser
view will continue to receive the best
possible serviee from Council #2, in
(Continued on Page 6)
‘AFSCME Councll 82 Officers and Staffers Count Ratification Ballots
NEW YORK STATE TO LOSE NEARLY $4 BILLION
U.S. Headed for Chaos: McEntee
The United States is “headed for
economic and social chaoy” unless the
economic policies are te
AFSCME. President Gerald
Re
versed,
MeEntee told union activisty of
AFSCME Local
this month,
1 Kallsbuug eatly
M Ronald Re
ro take away ftom the people ot
New York State nearly $4 billion in
budget cuts alone this year and the
ties and over SU billion of that comiey
out af the hides of the peaple of New
York City,” Metintee declared.
He listed several ypecitic euty in vital
public service programy that already
haveaffected the sate, asaresult of the
198) Reagan budget cuts
Ail w education, $044 million in
Child nutrition, $95.2 million in
cutbacks
Medicaid, $55.8 million in cuts,
and
Highway construction, $31.5 mil:
lion in cuts
‘Old peopleare going without med-
ieal care and deype
going without help because of the
Hist round of Reagan
idl Mc tee, “Be
banies are closing and stiecty ae ook
Frudget cut
ing like Swisy cheese and parks ate
unusable
It the entite Reagan tax pacage is
adopred by the Congress for 198-82
he warned, New York State will love
$10 billion in aid by the end of Rea
jain's term in fice
“his means that the people of New
York ate going to find themyelves
saddled with either unbelievable state
in neighborhoods and ther
schools andl thet public services all go
down the tube,” the AFSCME leader
(Gontinued on Page 6)
One Inmate Dies,
Six COs Suffer
Injuries in Fracas
At Great Meadow
Six conection officers were injured
and one inmate died ay the revult ofa
fight at Great Meadow Conectional
Facility at Comstock on April 17
Sta Deparment of Conectional
Servives ollicialy said that the ly
occured when about 10 i
turnedon theollicersatthem
security prison.
mate was said to have
-atcold New York City tes
dlent who way serving a 15-y
sentence for fistdegree kid
died about two hourafter the incident
‘at Emma Laing Stevens Hoypital in
Granville. ‘The incident occurred at
about 235 pa
A department spokesman said that
the deceased inmate way among about
100 others, when he turned on one of
the conection officers, knocking him
(Continued on Page 6)
Director's Corner
By John Burke
Executive Director
Council 82 Demands Fair, Even-Handed
Treatment for Workers from State
Civil Service Commission
On April 26,10
Service Commission
rennet in bell of oun amie, to the State Civil
tae une
ding appointments and pronation,
existing New York Stare law. Phe tollowing iyescerpted font that statement
‘Council ely comunittedd ter the mannkite of the New Veoh
State Constitution that appaintinents and promotiony in the vinil sevice of
tl state: shame he anaedetcceneling, to nent sad Fitness, ascertained by come
isn, c1ony
petitive examination, Couneil 82 is unatterably apposed to kav
jan nnd sinner abuses in public emir nett
Council 82, of canuse, wants to expand the eppartamities fon its
nenibeas to increase their earnings, but not at the pieced politicizing the ivi
seavive sistem on making itssmenmbers subject to Liven itiom.«nyisma.and the
servation about the propused tale ctiamges tn shonghs apposes the enact
ta eliminate the requirement
Phe proposed revisions to Ruled.
fat consent to tianster by the ruthonity with jurisdiction over the
position Irom which ttanster is sought wold appear to be desirable
eases. the ats paper in Rey ian ae
juthonity with jurisiction over the
sghamting co the appointing
ont which a thanvler is sought the authority to waive a probationary
posi
Devied iy, in the view of Council 82
{We believe that iF opens opportunities lor avoritigns by appninting
authorities wl wisle bring friend, rekaive, or political erany into theit
Aepaotinent, We ane not satisfie that the positiony i the Seamity Services
ngunits Supersinons Unita
Hao illest foo higher ha, th exe al the
ters inion units will not occur. Wea
jwoitionsinthe state servicethat
hot sttsfied that, i Hhe changes ae tnd that section 70 ofthe Civil Servite
Ta would provideamellective ia
1 ta thetypeat conduct that weeppere
ining unit ms ion
15 peaiod fon position intone bin
jenn between Council
citht weeks toone year, The collective hangaining,
2 and the state provides tor thiid party binding aabin ation w protect em
1 cases, hit this portant prstection dey not caver
jaobationary workers.
i is unconscionable that employees newly hited in a job should, vs
favor fone the bays, avai the consequences of probation: while employees
ually at whiny, We bok that
ployee relations, and the
who have worbeel many anonthy cat be fined 9
even-handed treatment is fundamental to good
climination af the prohatinay pevoid forthe tavoned few iycamtiany to every
canwept of luinneys and equity
Jn these times af economic tenenchiment nl thieatened lay-otl of sate
termi
workers, am
ond in the provisions of Section 80(1) af the CSL
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW April
New COs Covered
Automatically by
Tier Ill Pension
Newls bined stateconrection atticers
Union Convention
Set for Toronto
The Gonuncil
+ April 22 meeting, set the
executive hoard,
aM
suatonnatieally heveone covered by the
annual convention for Aug, 30
Sepa at Loew's Westhuny, 175
Toronto, Ontati.
Fier UD revinemennt progguann, without
Taw ang sigan ups Ton tae betel
condling ut spokesman lor state te
Younge St
titement system
ATi TM member in the uni
formed personnel iy nor requited 10
inake any election to be coveted hy the
5-year phan ay provided in Chapter
117, his eligibility nuler tha plan iy
automatic.” sail Matthew Te Ree
‘nett liter tt af meaner seavices, Ea
ploseey’ Retirement Systent ia Teter
to Cnn id 82
He added, ME present, we ate at:
temmpatingio identity aol our menthers
cavevet by this plan so that thei comp
ter tevenels will so indicate thet cover
age. Wehope to beable to complete this
pnoject in sue ient tine so that thei
sana stateanents fo the 1 T-
oat inthe special plan ave Pu
UNFAIR!
AAs an interim measure, the following companies
‘on the AFL-CIO Unfair List:
AMERICAN BUILDERS, INC.—METAL BUILDINGS
Metal structures including storage buildings, warehouses, etc—
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA. February 19, 1961
BARTLETT-COLLINS COMPANY—GLASSWARE
Glass products including drinking glasses, mugs, etc—AMERICAN
FLINT GLASS WORKERS UNION. February 19, 1981
been placed
CROFT METALS, INC.—HOME BUILDING PRODUCTS
Aluminum and vinyl doors and windows including storm doors and
windows, bathtub enclosures, patio doors, ladders, camper products
‘and building specialty products—UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CAR-
PENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA. February 19, 1981
MICHELIN TRE CORPORATION
snch-owned corporation operating plants in the U.S. Michelin tires
nd Sears, Roebuck brand name, Sears Allstale—UNITED RUBBER,
‘CORK, LINOLEUM AND PLASTIC WORKERS OF AMERICA. On unfair
list since August 1980
NEW YORK AIR
‘A “new corporation (airline) set up by Texas International Airlines,
through a holding company, to avoid existing union contracts. AIR
LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION. February 19, 1981
RYLOCK COMPANY, LTD.
Sliding glass doors, windows—INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, February 19, 1981
UNION LABEL & SERVICE TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO
‘We eal tha iat, whetea jo a
reduction of force in the competitive clays, probationary employers must be
laid off or demoted heloreany permanent incumbents, Thus, employees who
have worked for many months but remain ithe probationary statasconaa he
laid off, while some favored
ul recently spinel with a waiver of
renee thi unin aul sist aml cttin pin
sample of the denial of even-handed treatment to employers,
Individhuals who enter government service waut upovand mobility, ba
ar thesame time. expect ts heobliged to progtess through the vations fevels in
theit lien career. fa the Depaatment of Cantonal Services, Jot xara
theres the possibility of progressing from the position of eomectinn officer 10
2 lieaternant, 6 captain, AID of these promotional protons have
rally been Lilled by competitive examination, and the promotional
ination tor sergeant when it iy atlered, iy taken by hundied
(La new eligible list containy hundredy of names,
Hae of lier
af promotional appaintnenty iy highly important tw every
un union:
Weaneoppored toctinsination of CSL sections whieh prohibit nansters
in amin positions where theve isan existing eligible list, Men and
women long in thei job ctl, who have comp
fully on a promotional esamination and finally reacted the tpat an eligible
list should not be denied their promotional opportunity because of some
Fhack-roon deal between two appointing authorities with their cronies snl
riety
successtully ing the
ions for conection lieutenant and captain, For
Js. the state dekived and stalled examinations far those positiony and
give promotic
denied employees theit opportunity to compete for and obtain promotion,
This union opposes nnalilications of the rule to provide further loop:
Toles by whiets the competitive «lass could be reduced to the status of the
esempt ch he
proposed changes may well alate your daty to earry into effect the consti
tucional and statutory mnandate to fll jobs by merit base on examination,
> where patronage sine faveaitigny prevail, We submit t
In adldition tothe foregoing objections, itappeans that theaction which
sou propose take isa violation of vin valective
the tate which prohibits the vt
inypain any benelit on privilege provided by kas, rule or regulation for ean-
sguiming agreement with
w fron any action that would ‘diminish or
ployees without prior notive to the anion smd, when appropriate, without
inegitiations with the ation,
"We hold that the tights ol proba
employers and the right 10 a
position on a promotional list within the bargainin
denied! by bringing in people hom outside the bargaining unit constivute
hhenetits or privileges provided by sue or law and also constitute mand
unit not delayed or
topics of bargaining under the Gail Sevice Law
The union demands that no changes he made to allow a waiver of the
probationary period lor tuanstereey or to delete the provisions protecting
employers’ positions on a promotional Hist and that i he state wishes to
consider such changes, that negotiations be instituted lorthwith,
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
State, Paul Smiths College Reach
Agreement on Adirondack Prison Site
A 150-inmate new prison contd he
opened inthe Adirondack Mount
at Gabriels, by next fall, under a
agreement reached thiy- month: be
iths College and the
State Department of Correctional Ser-
vies.
tween Pi
The two-year forestry-hotcl man
agement college had purchased the
way svt Ea from its
had beens. Thestate would
over the campus, situated on about 200
acres in the Eranklin County Town of
Brighton, and turn it into a minimum
security prison, ata cost of about $1.5
million.
Donmitor
tures on th
ni other existing str
eampus would be used
Found Al
Doth to house inmates and to provide
workshops and dining facilities,
Purchase price of the tact was not
disclosed by vither the depart
hack, college resident
Thoma
According to department officials,
at prison ispartofanongoing elfort by
toreduce overcrowding in all
of thestae’sprison institutions, whieh
2 percent of caps:
thes
were at athou
Council 82 offi
the consequences of continued overs
crowding in the prisons, where rece
ne other activities have ten
have wanted of
tion
curbed to make room just to house ine
mates, leaving inmates across the state
pore cell time and unpre.
a
ductive ti
Upper Hudson River on Day of Race
Runner Misses Boston Marathon
Chance, After Raft Capsizes
At Teast one would-be participant in
the 1962 Bos Maan a od
excise for not making ithe was lost
ack Mout
capsized andl he was
inthe wilds the Aon
tains after his a
swept downstream the
lay before the
race.
aul Warner, 28,of Waldhan, Mas.
and John Vorhees, $1, of
NJ. were found at about
2:30am, ‘Nik 19, the day of
the big race, relaxing in a makeshift
shelter, protected from hypothermia in
the 24degree weather hy the wet suits
ar for professional
ie i tha a
that are standard
rafting comp
inger Vitor Sasse said that the of
fort wasoneof the "most gruelling” he
Dad ever participated in, since thestate
forest rangers s
had to struggle through 2:-foot stows
in the Blue Ledges avea.
rcheand-rescue unit
“They baad been reported miss
ter their raft capsized at about 1a
Sunday, and they were swept about
wom
‘one of five owned by Northern White-
water Tours of Forks, Me, and caries!
nine persons. The other sever: made it
to the bank.
jes downstream. Their raft was
According to Ri
take the pair made was leavin
of the river to attempt to retura to the
area where the rafts were bunched
Hil they stayed by the river, he said
they would have ben spotted by the
belcoptecew that baad liven bona
imo ho
twain shut an halen
walking
the indicated.
citcles before they camped,
Other tangers who participated in
cluded: Richard Thompsonof Warten
County, district ranger: Lynn Day of
Hamilton County
ranger and
Couneil 82 Local 1872 which repre-
sents the rangers; Tom Eakin, Gerald
Husson, Jim White, Gary Robets,
gers, andl
Bruce Coon, and Sasse,
two guides, John Monthony of Indian.
Lake and Roger Ereeberm of North.
River
gers have undergone training it
run,
sponsored by the Department of Envi=
ronmental Conservation, using train-
ing funds for which Local 1872 andl
“ouncil 82 negotiated,
From the President
By James Sipe
Council 82 President
Contract Just Ratified is
Best One in 16 Years
Fam very happy toreport that the contact hay been tatitied by a2 | 2stod
vite, hv my opinion, this iy the best contract Ebiave seen since E began state
servi Hi seas age,
Thave union state whe think
otherwise, Some of these opinions are unprintable, Some ave not, and E will
relay one of these opinions on why one mentary voted against the contract
By voti
g in favor of this agreement, itis understood that the govern:
ment of Japan hay no intentions of establishing state mental institutions
f the state of New York,
“ members,
note accompanying at ballot
What the logie behind this statement way, L have no ides let tlone the
that made this member vote “no iat relation to this statement, Ecould
tines ithe ae ha Bee ec of health varane, Wonker's
Compensation, or even the freezing of the
aimee rate
rl, H have been involved in the
Concerns in three ateay, Lean underst
Death inst cethat was formed dining negotia
we area through the con
tions, Uh r
fof the coverage and the fu k of coverage in yome cases
That committee from Council 82 will make every eflort to address the
problems in thee different sea.
Worker iy going 1 veryone’s
all correction local executive boards to have their
ys Campaign to their area legislator andl Commis:
it, Lyent out at etter 10
The condition of our prisons and the overcrowding situation and, more
important, the number of assaults we have had recently, are of grave concern
toall of us
Tn that light, there is mo way that Council 82 is going tallow the state
take away five days of compensation,
Local 1790 Newsletter Gets New Name
New York State Safety Officers Lae ths
cal 1790 has a new name and anew around the
logo—SAFETY SIDELINES, atl the Safety Officer Paul Pelligrino of
first issue way the January-February, pitgrim Poychiatric Genter was the
1982, sue, aeconding to David Smith, inner of the contest to rename the
\ocal president newsletter. His suggestion wasselected
The new official publication of the BY the Jocal’s executive boatd from a
loca anata tn le size eines total of 38.e1
letter, Be" Officer Pelligrino received a jacket
longesta maling won tonal 1290 and heal cap with the Local 1790
of regular communication with mem Jogo inscribed, as prizes for winning
bts, especially with a ta ei la
has members in many counties
the comtest
Fora/Punch/London
"We're going to have to split those two up.”
Hy
fb
&
a
mea Ted aa aac ie cia ia oe aa a eabat i bel
ages COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
OPINION
“Enterprise Zones” Will Only
Provide Benefits to Corporations
One ol the litst thingsto remember about theso-called “enterprise zones
the likesol Rep. Jack Kemp
the companies be given every conceivbable tas Ineak, but that they willexper
noconly will
te be allowed to pay siuhstandarel wages!
Part and parcel of the concept of such zones is that they would use the
aves skilled Labor at a lower
vast pools of unskilled fahor— and in some
wage than one would normally expect to ps
In the cayeof unskilled labo, which predominates in many urban areas
of economic and physical dev ay, the businesses whie li relocate would expect to
vay Teas than the minimenn wage, Also, they would get tay breaks, conp
stand exemptions hom building coves andl zoning kaws, Ie amust alse be
remembered that there probably would bea tine init an this governmental
tay welfare prog
1 Lor corporation,
When the How of government benefits slowed toa trickle, thecompaniey
whet rushed in for the eaye money probably would leave with the benefit
Kemp'sown distictisoneat the moreeconmnisally depressed indusnial
aveasin the nation, Establistinent of a President Reagan “enterprise cone” in
that anew certainly would have an impact on those seeking jobs, The first
expected result would he depressed wages for these who are uve to higher
wages ina lively industrial area. Someone would haveto pas at, ultimately
it woul be the individual taypager. AS AFL -CIO'S Conmmaittee om Political
‘ducation said of the zones bill, it would “nat provide
up-Lont money tor
new businesses and jab, buat only tay credits for cunventts profitable finns. 1
is sony substitute for a teindustialigation program,
You can express your apposition ta the “enterprise cone coucept of the
sand the Kemps by writing you U.S, Represet
R. 608, 0
Rea atives to inform them
of
tay breaks,
Testimony of Three Corrections Employees
Potentially “Disastrous” to Pageau, Welch
La, Falward Dann and Capt. Steven
ny given by three em:
ployees of the Department of Conee
tional Services aginst Garrection Ob
fier Steve Pageau and Sgt. Leon
Welch in a recently.completed tede
court proceeding that ended ina
tial could have “disastrous” effects for
‘omnis, both of Auburn Conectional
Facility, and Capt. John Cunven, of
Clinton Correctional Facility, were the
three who testified
Pageau and Welel, w
of violating the civib rights af a C
the trial of
A Short Course on Being a Steward
1. Get wo know each person you represent
2. Bealert to sontees of worker intitation,
int fully
$. Avoid snap judgments, Investigate each comp
J. Rvaluateall te facts betore you decide what action should het
grievance iy not justified explain it to the person, in detail,
suchasby
fact, the griewance is not justified
ance, when,
6. Get the story staight. Get all the facts. Ask all the questions you must
clanity any doubihul points
ul
Proceysthe grievance promptly and vigorously, ijusited, bu be fit
accurate in presenting the facts
8. When processing grievance, you should hes persu
should follow up, as necessary, to get action,
iveas possible, and
9, Keep complete and accurate records of any grievance, Keep local officers
informed
10, Report promptly to your fellow workers, to keep them informed about
ny action taken on their complaints and the complaints of their
coworkers
NOTE: Remember, as. steward, you also ean be the cause of a griev
iby: having incomplete knowledge of the contract, ming wnat
es, ail ants, playing
Mowing tumors to circulate
These tips, although they don’t take the place of experience or training,
or working with ayeasoned steward, should help you servethe best interests of
all the members,
the two men, according toatellow un- ton inmate, They were alleged wo have
officers violated the inmate’ rights by having
ion member who saiel that
feel the same way about the case beaten th
Pst
at
ed
adh
OG
4
“4
4
i
dames Sipe John Burke Thomas inglee
President Executive Director Treasurer
Trustees ohn Evans
Vice-President Ronald Runsel ‘Secretary
Robert Outermeler
Ronnie Cheeseman
Executive Board
Bernard Smith
Kevin Casey Wiliam Poole
Steve Pagea
Pageau Jay Cunningham ‘ier mais. Charles Cambaren
Leancer McC cagmy dey Tulle Frank Abescano
Hayward Beverly CEEESEE 5 Oana Smin Richard Bischert
Vol. 19, No.4
Roland Marti
(Council 82 Review Apri 1982
THE MANAGEMENT WISHES TO
ADVISE THAT THE FOLLOWING
NEWS I$ SUITABLE ONLY
FOR AN ADULT AND CYNICAL
AUDIENCE.
Officer Wins Farm Job Back at
Coxsackie After Two-Year Fight
correction officer who lost his job
at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in
February, 1980, has wo fuck his farm
job as the result of an arbitration in
which the anbit
thete had been improper discipline
jor recently held that
Jonas Silver, the arbi
the state's argument th
ble to distinguish removal ofa contec:
on rejected
it was possi-
tiom officer froma hid job for security
reasons and reassigning an officer to
impose discipline
He said that the upholding of the
state's position “would render Article
47 (of the union's contact) inoper
tive.” The article prevents changes by
agement of an employee's jab,
for facility. without pursuing
shift
agreed-upon procedures, including nego:
tiating with the union
More than two yeary ago, the officer
was removed from his bid job as dairy
wv officer, after an alleged! incident
involving horseplay with in
Deputy Super
fhad removed the officer beacuse he be
lieved tht the officer's presence on the
farm created a threat to the salety and
security of the institution,
endlent Donald Pieree
The officer involved was subject to
dligcipline ay the result of his actions,
and thete wasan arbitration, However
the arbitrator in the disciplinary arbi
tration ypecifically refused tw tule on
the question of whether or not the
grievance transfer from his bid joh was
proper
Coxsackie administrators refused to
reinstate the grievant ta his bid job
alter theconclusion of theslieiplinary
arbitration, ‘The second arbitation
was one in which Couneil #2 ought 19
itage interpreted,
and to determine whetber the officer
turned to his old job
have contact ta
should be
Silver sil that, if the state hal rea
son to believe that the grievant's pres
ence on farm duty way at threat, the
state could have suspended the griev
ant pursuant to the contract. AL
ty would appear
drastic, Silver noted, it was the re
course supplied to management under
such circumstances,
He noted, “Phe panties banned reas:
signiment
disciplinary comext as
efully-worked anray of
pa
permissive penalties, In so doing, they
were giving effect ta commonly
found concept incollectiveagreements
which is: hose employee rights whieh
are dependent, in whole or patt, upon
seniority for their acquisition, such ay
choice of assignment, may not he lost
as a consequence of a disciplinary
infraction
The arbitrator ordeved the core
tion might mean the replacement o
any conection officer who might
ave held a job during the last few
years
The Public's View on Unions: They're Needed
No matter how the questions were phrased, those surveyed in a recent
that they would join one if they had the opportunity.
vincing, when you consider the anti-labor bias ofits co-sponsors.”
William Winpisinger, president of the Machinists, pointed out that the
sional Air Traflic Controllers Organization, and that, therefore, neither the
Post nor ABC could be accused of having phrased the questions to elicit
ro-labor answers.
for work improve
wages, working conditions, and job security for workers.”
Below, a chart shows the answers, by percentage, of the views of those
surveyed in three questions:
Don't
‘Agree Disagree Know
Do you agree or disagree with this
statement: “Labor unions ensure fair
8 treatment for workers?” os
conditions, and job security for workers.
Labor Unions improve wages, working
2 Do you agree or disagree? Ud %
.
Labor No
Union Corporations Opinion
corporations, do you think has been
more responsible for improved wages
3 Which group, labor unions or business
and benefits for workers over the years? 72%. 158 %
Father Edgar Sanguinsin speaks to the New York State Labor/Religion Coalition in
Valatie.
Philippine Priest-Labor Leader Asks for
al ancl moral sup:
port has been sounded hy the 1,20
sugar workers on the Philippine Is
L nal
Federation of Sugar Workers has been
oon strike for nearly three months,
ul of Negros, where the N:
Fr. Edgar Sanguinsin, Marykuoll priest,
who alo i an official of the 30,000.
member si
anendled two
New Vork State
tion, and explained the plight of the
jon, adding that the strike isthe last
tesort for the poorTy-paid workers
AFSCME isa member of the kabor
religion coalition,
The Philippine gove
used soldiers to knock b
lines, wo allow scabs 10 ¢
anill of Elizalde & Co, loca
Carlota. on Negros, sid FES.
NESW, and independent trade un.
ion of factory and field sugar workers,
hay several plantation contracts, hut
La Ganlota is the first mill where they
have organized and signed a contrat.
La Carlo
every nick in the hook to frustrate the
mnagement hay used
workers’ efforts to win for themselvesat
fair share of the profits,” according to
fone union official, "Over tremendous
colds, the workers have prevailed, and
the present stike is a mark of theit
extreme frustittion,
Fr, Sanguinsin pointed out that
wages are the equivalent of $288 per
day for mill workersand $1-S2for field
workers, he explained further that a
presidential decrecordersemployersto
pay
workers who reveive less than §
ditional month's pay t
5 per
month, and it must be paid by Dec. 21
each year
Last year, both the Ministy of La
borand Employment anal theSupreme
Court ruled in favor of making the
payments, and the union wan theca.
cession from management with a
three-day strike last November
During a labor:
ference on
ragement con:
. however, the
n Support for Sugar Strike
minister of MOLE sent a telegram
which, in effect, told the workers that
the Lith month payment did not apply
to the 1,200 workery at La Carlota
Fenty days later, Jan. 28, they struck
and have remained on strike since
Under the threat of death ecause of
his union activities, Fx. Sanguinsin,
pastor toatvery poor
parish of sugae workers, came te the
United States, but he is scheduled 1
return to his parish and his union in
May
International pressure is a “eritical
actor” for thestiking workers, hesaid,
adding that ity in the interest of all
workers, especially sugar workers, be
cauye the Philippines is one of the
lowest-cost sugar producers in the
world, “mainly due to the low wages
paid thee
The continued payment ob ex
undercuts the
Hy low wages
he said.
Action way taken at the Lat
plant as the gi
and milly in Haw
nt sugar phi
were slowing
production and lavingvoff workers, in
contemplation of shutting down perma
rently
Fr, Sanguinsin asked that elegrams
Oo protest he sent to President Berdi-
rand E, Mancos, Ma
Manila, Phitippines anal to’ The Philip
pine Ambassador, Philippine Embssy
1617 Massachusetts Ave, N.W. Wash:
ington, D.C
Solidarity funds, he said, may be
sent 1: Social Action Office, 191
Joraleman St, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
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If You're a Practising Philosopher,
A Connecticut Prison May Await You!
The Connecticut Department of
Conection is seeking a philosopher
in-tesidence, to spend 10 months
within the system, visiting the 1 prise
dons inv the state, and atte
‘probe the soul” ofthe prison system,
Thedepartment went about thepro-
cess of finding a philosopher willing
to spend some time behind bans
among other things—in the usual
way. They advertised in the newsp
ery and, according to one report, the
esponse was rc
applied.
and many have
‘One prison spokesman said
though there have been many social
nncetypee studies of pr
the lett, Ludwi
fray ‘and James Sipe, Council 82 pres
Klelnchmiat and Tim Rounds, both of Clinton Correctionsl
resident,
MEMBERSHIP RATIFIES CONTRACT
(Continued from Page 1)
negotiations, grievances and arbitra-
tions, operation of locals, and “any
other service the uni
form for our members.
able to per-
The three-year contract calls for a 9
percent increase in the frst year, bi
under a “lag” concept designed 10
lessen the cost of the first year's in-
‘crease tothe tate, employees would re.
ceive their usual 26 pay checks in the
first year, with eack check being for 9%
days instead of 10 days for each pay
peri
‘The two weeks’ pay withheld in the
first year will be paid to the employee
at the end of his or her state service, at
the pay rate being earned atthe time of
departure, no matter what the reason
for the job termination.
In the second and third years of the
‘contract, split increases in pay will be
‘earned, 6 percent on each April l,and4
Possible Results of
Reaganomics: McEntee
(Continued from Page 1)
continued. "More and more people
have discovered that they can't ex-
change Reagan's jokes and promises
for a bag of groceries, or anew car, ora
down payment on a house—or even a
job.”
He urged union members to become
involved in political action during the
1982 elections, saying, “‘The only way
we are going to take care of our prob-
lems is through political action, the
toughest and most effective political
action this union has ever seen.
“Right now, we have a very good
chance this November to build a work-
ing majority of liberals and moderates
in the U.S. House of Representatives
ight even be possible to pull
the teeth of the conservative majority
in the Senate.”
McEntee pledged to lead a massive
voter education and voter registration
drive among union members in New
York before the fall elections.
“If we can strengthen our allies in
Congress, then we will have built a
defensive line against the worst that
Reagan can do during the remainder
of his term in office," he sai
percenton each Oct. 1. Thereare other
improvements in the contract, incl
ingincteasesin theuniformallowance
and in line-up pay, improvements
the reimbursement schedule for the
dental plan, increase
meal allowance, ine
pay, and an increase in the education
and training fund,
the ove
in longevity
T'mhappy with the more than 2-to-1
ratification vote,” said Burke, who
added, "It was most gratifying to have
the unanimous support of the members
of our large bargaining commiuce
when it came time to reach tentative
agicement, There were differences of
opinion during our long weeks of
talks, but, in the end, they all pulled
together and not asingle one failed to
sign the agreement that we presented
to the membership for ratification.”
Help Save Your Union’s
Six Comstock COs
hated Inmate Dies
Prison Fracas
(Continued from Page 1)
down, then he turned and punched a
such things as:
teterem quality prison ile Issue
a thing ay rehabilitation possible?
What are the ethical and moral impli-
cations of locking up people who
‘commit anti-social acts?
Secking a petson who will consider
ty of prison life—including
‘what it means for those who work with
inmates—was not a means of provid-
ing work to unemployed philoso-
phers, but an attempt to get concrete
recommendations for improvements
in the prison system,
The spokesman said that the de-
partment is prepared for “any num-
her” of suggestions by the end of the
philosopher's 10 months, with the
possibility of his (or her) calling into
question the whole idea of prisons or
correctio
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Proposed Law to Bring Striking Unionists
Under Federal Jurisdiction Not Given Much
Chance to Pass by Rep. Samuel S. Stratton
Federal legislation that would have
made striking union members subject
to the Hobbs Act—which makes
federal offense to obstruct interstate
commerce by robbery, extotions, or
threat of
bill late las year,” Stratton said, “the
Reagan Administration came outagainst
legislation to make picket-line vio-
lence by union members a federal
crime, Without administration sup-
by Rep. Samuel 8. Stration (D-28h
by one of the officers, bringing others,
who, the spokesman suid, fought their
way into the cell block where the inci
dent occurred.
I was not known what kind of i
juries were sustained hy the inmate
None of the officers was admitted to
the hospitals to which they were taken,
On the day before that incident,
April 16, CO Anthony Healy suffered a
stab wound from a “pick-like” weap:
‘on, wielded by in inmate who was leav-
ing the mess hall after the evening rec-
teation period. The inmate was not
District)as
this Congress
Many unionists had expressed the
fear thatthe federal law would be used
to inhibit the lawful strikes of unions
across the country. They said repeat-
edly that the state laws provided sul
cient sanctions against any picket
violence. Opponents of the extension
‘of the Hobbs Act also argued that, in
the event of such violence under the
proposed legal change, only the striker
would be liable under the federal law.
‘The strikebreaker or “scab” or anyone
else involved in an altercation on the
Y
Healy was listed in “satisfactory” con-
dition at Glens Falls Hospital on the
day after the incident,
picket
existing state or local laws.
“You may be interested in knowing
that, during Senate hearings on this
port, the legis likely to get
very far in this Congress,
Despitethat speculation, union mem-
bers are advised to continue to let their
teperesentatives in Congress. know
that they are adamantly opposed 10
any such changes in the Hobbs Act or
any similar law.
FOR FAIR TAXES
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[Every Member of Council 82's Bargaining Team
Endorsed the Three-Year Contract by Si
The Tentative Agreement
JN WTTNESS THEREOF, the tes het ave a hy Arment he signe
DATED: Mach 121942
The Faecutiee Bra ol
‘The State of New York
Council 82 Members and Their Families
Will Benefit From State-Union Day Care
The New York Sta ae
iment Day Care Advisory Committee
has approved the establishment of
nine day care center
at workplaces wh
members work.
round the sta
ny Council 82
This effort, stated more than a
month ago, is reported to be the inst
systematic effort inthe nation toestabs
lish a network of day cane services for
public employees
ted and funded hy three state~
about 5 children, fromabout 6a.m.t0
6 pam, five days per week, ata cost of
35-555 per week, depending on par-
cents’ income, Most propose expanding
to seven-day operations, with ex:
%
panded houts, at some time in the
future
John Burke, Council 82 executive
et, wan ang the pine move
advisory commit:
team ened that at a
and n 's perspective, day
in an era of two
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cae is Peril
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International "Free Market” Costs U.S. Tax
Payers Plenty, Says AFL-Cl0’s COPE
The international “free market” is
not free at all, according to the Gom-
mitiee on Political Education of the
AFL-CIO.
30 countries already
‘crventrequreents tote
auto industries, to example
lature,
for instance, to ae a subst
portion of the vehicle compo
within the country, using the co
Ury's materials and workers,
than 500,000 per year would have to
wi committees,
including hat Cone the ads ial and capil womet in the
sory committee approved the award: work force, and to inci
ing of $10,000 to each of the local ductivity by decreasing
labor-management committees for tant-
year liability insurance, and the sa
of a ditector during the start-up pe-
riod. Each center must beself-support
ing, with foes charged to parents.
Free space for each center is provided
at the workplace. Each center must
reimburse the state within five years
for any renovation costs
Generally, the centers—which must
meet Department of Social Services
standards before opening—will serve
The nine centety approved were:
Binghamton Psychiatric Center, Letch>
worth Developmental Center, Marcy
Psychiatric Center, Rovwell
imorial Institute and Utica Psychiatric
Genter, along with joint centers for
Elmira Poychiatic Center and Elmira
Correctional Facility, Rochester Psy-
chiatric Center and Monroe Develop:
vices, and Rockland Psy-
emer and the Rockland
Gilren and Youth Unit, Alo ap:
proved was expansion of day care at
Gowanda Psychiatric Center, so that
older children will be covered
Bill Would Put Forest Rangers in Charge
Of Nearly All Search-and-Rescue Missions
A pair of bills that would make the
state's forest ang soe responsible
for search-an s in the
mote and forested tan ol the sate
ig their way through the
sembly an the S Albany
Legislation, introduced in the Se
‘ate by Senator Ronald Stafford, (R-
Peru), simply would make formal
what has been de facto for many years,
in that the rangers have been in charge
‘of such searches in the Adirondack
and Catskill Parks and in the various
state forests and similar lands across
the state,
When the bills become law, no
added expense is expected for making
formal the rangers’ responsibility for
seatch-and-rescue,a department spokes-
rman said.
According to COPE, “H.R. 5138
cold play an impon
homie recovery of the United States
What is at stake is not just the auto
industry, but sizable slice of the entire
economy. ‘The auto industry and its
many supplier indusrics provide 28
percent of all U.S jobs,
depression in auto production is hav
ing a ripple effect that is smothering
hice imports, and many other meth
‘ods are used to keep American prod-
ucts out, COPE said in a recent report
COPE is supporting a bill in the
House of Representatives, H.R. 5133,
“Sales of domestic autos and trucks
fell 8 million in 1981, from 13 mil
Jion in 1978. Planned production for
the fitst quarter of 1981 is only 1.1
million,
in
uucts Act, which would do in the United
States what similar laws do in other
countries, such as Sweden, France,
Austria, or Japs
The ill, is passed into law, would
company selling more than ve, 000
vehicles would have to include 25 per=
cent U.S.-built components in its vehi
cles. A company with sales greater
id on Page 8)
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Urban “Enterprise Zones” Opposed by AFSCME
International and the AFL-CIO as Just Another
Method of Enriching Corporations
Phe proposal of the Reagan Admin:
isnation to cieate socalled enterprise
‘nes that would give corporate owners
of buyinessey and industries in decayed
turban ates more tax tavory isstromgly
opposed by both AFSCME hnterta
tional and the AFL-CIO.
Rather than create new jobs and
Dring an economic boost to the areas
which aredesignated “emterprig zones,
coding 10 AFSCME President Get
ald McEnice, the areas would become
19 towns," with all he attend
ant ills associated with that 9th Cen
tury phenomenon
According to AFL-CIO'y Commi
te on Politieal Education (COPE),
US. history—heaped billions of dol
‘on profitable conpon
causing havoc in the economy. But it
wasn't enough for the proponents of
‘upply-side* (rrickle-down) econom
ivy. Now, Rep. fark Kemp (R-Buffalo)
and the adninisation are pushing a
Dill togive more tay breaks to business,
in the guise of helping depressed area
ol the country
McEntee noted that the tax benetity
promised business would cast the gov
ernment $8100
the administation plan, hut the ad
nt already hay slashed bile
lion in vevenueunder
minist
Jions of dollats from job tani im
community development programs
giving “with one hand va ak
with three others,
Also, itis feared that the heavy in
dustriey that would be expected to be
the “magnets” to
coast year’s Christmastie
for corporations. "Businesses locating,
given tay credits and exemptions rom,
CURRENT T SESSIONS BILLS step
Albi
ath, enviromental, nd
OPE aulded,
nee the Reagan proposal calls for
theconnacting out ol “vital policeand
fine services to private industry in the
owes.” MeEntee assented thatthe
Here:
for
with many irons in the fire in the form of a multitude of bills that we are
supporting, in conjunction wth the AFSCME International suff
Lined below are the bills of major concern:
tration for deputy sherils
ma ioc camecon ace
1. Improvements
state correction officers,
15, Teflon bale ill,
16 damer oi,
proposal by Kemp, Reagan, and others
isa divect assault on public service
and public employees.”
Although thete is no direct mone-
tary outlay from
nent to the businesses
involved, kahor economists have pointed
‘out that the enterprise sone concept iy
riot without ity cost, Ht iy, in low
to the U.S. Treasury of the tax money
that the corporations would pay.
Somewhere, the economists. indi
‘eate, the loss must he made up and,
up by increasing the
cost of goverment to the individual
payer, There must be a more elf
Gea to help the nation’s chronic-
Iy poor than by, in effect, giving
more money to the corporations and
colten, i is
hoi
Soran and ie of Genel Seis
offen,
& Miliary leave credit,
Proibion of we of hrumen by
Seto
oti thet Pole od Femen' Re
tiremen
dese sce lew fe lors ager,
Peace officer tatu for university security
Use of appearance tickew by safety
ices,
‘9, Prychologcal screening for prospective
conection air
10, Hear blo sae corcsionoficen,
vel Himiadonst Ter
17. Deputy sherills20-and 25yearreopener, secu
n,
21 Provide 5 percent disability pay for po-
lice and ftemen, without accident require:
22. Use of appearance tice by univerity
2 Payseyoruay: inna,
Reinastement
28 Capital
and Firemen's Retirement
%
17 Creditable service for resirement for
and,
18 Drone
patk police,
‘Assembly will be ex
‘An update of these bills will follow and their status in the Senate and
“3 7
treatment sistas
I would
the wealthy
International "Free Market" Costs U.S.
Plenty, Says AFL-Cl0 COPE
(Continued from Page 7)
250,000 auto workers
layoff, as well as more
“As a result
anconindel
500,000 workers in supplie
dustries. This waste of human resou
ces is costing the federal governme
$25 billion per y
unemployment compe
n lost taxes and
Administ
tion budget cuts have stashed ‘Trade
Adjustment and regular-unemplos-
snent compensation,
“The United
tion that has allowed its auto industry
tobe devastated by unnestrained foreign
imports. H.R. 5138 is a fast step 10>
ward a fair trade policy. It would slow
“foreign sourcing” by domestic mat
factuters and restore 868,000. jobs,
while still
port of our bills.
Federal Government Blacklisting of PATCO
Members Across U.S. Continues Unabated
r
tation has reached into at east one
which car to buy. (The kaw) is neces-
store health to the American
the entire economy.
Te way pointed out that the “com
tent” Taw’ importance extends far
beyond just the auto industry, because
auto production is closely tied to sup-
plier industries such as rubber, steel,
lumninum, glass, textiles, electronics,
and plates Of all US. jobs ne ob
in every five is auto-related.
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federal goretnnen
After PATCO members went on
suike last August, President Reagan
fired them, had his agency decertify
to work in federal service
private contractor may hite to do the
work—and who may not be hired
On Dec. 29, 1981, Victor Math
fired controller, was dismissed without
supervisor why he was being fired, he
was told simply tha
is a fired air traffic controller. In late
February this year, Joe DeFelice, a
former controller fiom Fresno, Cal,
‘was notified by leter that the
tl Service woul nt consider hit for
wats ecause he
Then, in what the
rive as"
ingair trafficco
to be hired in federal agencies,
than the Federal Aviation Admi
tion. That was on Dec. 9, 1981
Since that time, according 10
PATCO, more than 50,000 govern
ment jobs have been filled, but not one
former air traffic controller has been
hired.
According wo the conttolles’ union,
by writing prohibitions ag
hiring in their solicitations for bids
trom pris conacton to work mil-
by the FAA.
Another fired controller, David E.
Pente of Canton, Mich., was told by
North American Van Lines last Oc-
tober that the company would be un-
able to process any of his paperwork
through which he would seek to be-
come a part of the company’s owner-
nent is applying
alittle pressure to everyone as well as
they did to PATCO."
“Iappearsas if the directors of some
federal agencies have ior Pra
a vl ali
itary airport
ment hasbeen unable tind qualified
personnel.
Inthe specifications, thedepartment
states that the contractor and its em-
ployees will not be considered federal
empl
and they serve no purpose other
than to harass former controllers and
their families, all of whom have been
treated more harshly than anyone can
realize, No trials, no hearings, just
complete condemnation since last Au=
rust.”
