MAY-JUNE 1982
AFSCME International Issues Report on Correction Officer Stress
STRESS “UNDERMINING” PRISON SYSTEMS
The lack of recognition, considera
tio’, and support of correction licens
““isdangerously undermining the (cor-
sectional) system,’ according to a re-
cent study on stress experienced by
Os,
In the study, commissioned by
AFSCME International, Dr. Frances
Cheek and her associate, Marie DiSte-
fano Mill
sent to corrections
“the bulwark of the correctional sys-
tem," and they note that the continu-
ing problem of stress on the job is tak-
ing an ever-increasing toll on the
officers and the system, and causing
the cost of running such a system to
continue to rise.
‘Atotal of 818 persons responded to
shop steward in AFSCME Council 82 Local 1798, stands beside his Las Journeleras
(The Day .
‘sculptures during April, at the American Standard Bullding in New York City. He
New York Security Officer Spends His
Off-Duty Hours as a Sculptor
By FRANK STELLA
NEW YORK CITY "Fd love 10
inake my living aya professional antist
[thank God tor the git he’s giver: me
says Security Officer Ralph Henna
the Worker’
Compensation Board in lower Ma
hantan
dee, a V-yeat veter
In his spare time, Hernandes wads
his watkie-talhie for a chisel, creating
sculpture in wood, stone, and clay
This April, Herander held his first
public exhibit, Nine of his sculptures
were displayed for a month at mid
Manhattan's American Standard
Building,
Toway nervous at first, when
work, fut it way
late Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, and Mes
ican scence,
Hernan said recently that his un
cle, a well-known Mexican sculptor
who had worked on Manhattan's River:
side Church and for the Rockeleller
and Buckley families, encouraged him
tw take up sculpting, even though he
had no formal wining,
A shop steward for the past eight
yeaty for AFSCME Council 82 Local
1798, Hemandes also hay restored
sculpture for St Jamey Church int
Tower Manbattan
Hisfirsteshibit won't be his ast. He
isa finalist in the New York City
Housing Authority's Aut Show, seheds
uled for May
Totieak ool sel
he said
A sculptor for live years, Herauander
works in his ive-room apartment. His
subjects include James Cagney, the
timetor union,
aetivties, He hay atively fought the
state's planned shilt of the Watker’s |
Compensation Board from its easily
reached lower Manhattan site, to the
furthest reacties of Queens
workers in thee sate, Washington,
Mlinois, and Pennsylvania,
‘The study said that the response
from the correction officers inthe three
states “echoes the finding that one of
stigma of being a correction officer,
lack of administrative support, low
staff morale, and lack of recognition as
professional. These suggest self-
image problems for the correction
office.”
u take
‘of administrative support.” It was
found to be a major complaint, along
with rules not being enforced uni-
formly.
“Poor communication of rules and
changing rules were also high on the
5.” Cheek said in the
In analyzing the sources ofthe great-
est stress, however, Cheek and Miller
found that". ..a major source of stress
| was inadequate pay.””
their toll in a number of ways, accord-
ing to Cheek and Miller—in physical
symptoms and serious illnesses, family
problems, excessive use of sick leave,
absenteeism, emotional difficulties,
and alcoholism.
They found great similarities be-
tween the feelings of the officers in the
three-state study and the study they
had done earlier among New Jersey
correction officers, which was, essen-
tially, the same type as other studies
donein the 1970s among police officers.
AStudy of Occupational Stress
AmongState Corrections’ Officers
That, however, seemed to be a part
of the problems of coretion offices,
whole, ‘can't see positive raul wat
| mout highly correlated. Next came the
In those instances, it was not neces-
sarily the job itself that caused the
stress, but the role ambiguity and lack
of administrative support or
inthe ad of ‘ules and
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COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
May-June
Director’s Corner
By John Burke
Executive Director
Governor's Order to Use
Mental Health Facilities as
Prisons Will Ease Overcrowding
To help alleviate the overcrowding in our conectional facilities today
srnor recently ondeted the t
fer of lout mental hygiene lac iities to
the Department of Conectional Services,
Governor (
300 privon spaces for medium secuity prisonery by mid-19K5,
The cust dor the program is estimated at $75.5 million
vy ondeved the four conversions which, he said, will provide
lan ig thee q
ily 2100p
secunity Os a
Fes tan six seas,
By the end of May, the states prison system contained 27,1085 inmates in
prison facilities which were designed! 10 hold 28,959.
The fist new conectional facility will he located at Pilgrim State Hospi
tal in West Brentwood, La, which will bea medium secinity institusion.
According to what we have been told by the departinent, angler requests
will be accepted in the Albany personnel office
L. 82 OPPOSED TO AMENDED VERSION OF
DEATH PENALTY
As youare all aware by now, Council 82 is opposed to the death penalty
Dill that has been passed in both the Senate and the Assembly, because the
premise of the bill isthata life sentence without paroles justaselfectiveasthe
death penalty
Council 82 isnot opposed to the death penalty in New York State, but we
donot agtec that life without parole preferable tothedeath penalty. The bill
jureor veto isan amended version that passed
ul the Assembly by a vote of 81-69,
that awaits the governor’ sig
the Senate by a vote of 87-16
Basically, the bill calls for a lifesentence without the possibility of parole,
if the jury fails o reach unanimous decision for the death penalty. In that
cease, the judge can hand down a sentence of life without parole, compared
witha minimum of 15 years to life, as it stands under the current sentencing,
procedures.
Hthejury isuna
jury is not un:
mous, the judge must impose the death sentence, the
nous, the judge can not impose the death sentence.
The inability ofthe judge to impose the death penalty means that
deters will be turned loose in prison population for the rest of their liv
no fur
with
penalty for committing murder against conection officers or in
ates inside the correctional facilities
Senators and Assemblymen in your who, in the past, traditionally voted
in favor of the death penalty, this time voted against a watered-town version
‘of the bill and should be commended for their stand on the amended bil.
Council 82 Wins Two Contract
Arbitrations in Monroe County
Momtoe County Deputy Sherif's
Local 29641 recently
two contract arbi
ing cash payment for court appear
ances and the use of part-time, nom
union deputies.
Inthecourttime case, thearbitrator,
Donald Cullen, found that the county
violated the com
deputies who worked more than two
hhows of court ime to be paid the next
1c hours of court time worked ay com
pensatory time off, inset of being
paid in cash
Gull
clered the county to "make
(I members of the bargaining
unit who have been denied the right t0
cash payment for all court time worked
since February, 1981
This will be d
ne by granting the
alfected employees back pay at the rate
of time-and-a-hall for the count time
worked. In effect, it will result in at
double payment 10 these deputies,
since they already have received com
penyatoy time of
A union staffer pointed out that the
county could have
had complied with the contract in the
fiast place, instead of waiting for an
arbitrator to enforce it
saved money if it
In the part
tor, Mor
me deputies case, the
Miller, alsosustained
the union’s position,
ently, part-time employees are
not represented by the union, The con-
tract covers only fulltime deputies,
and clearly det
ties whe regularly work mote th
the as the dep
hours per wee
Because they tenot represented hy a
union, the part-time employees do not
receive such fundamental benefits as
health insurance
tinement beneity, sick
fringe benefity which ate va
haut 6 peacentaanemploye'stake
home pay:
Thecontact violation occunted when
the sheriff egan assigning the lower
Paid pte epanes ww
th
jours pet week, on
regular bavis
Miller stated that, once a parttime
employee begins working in excess of
hours per week, he or she is autos
atically a full-time employer, ene
titled to all the union benefits
She said: “To deny any remedy
would have theeffect of sanctioning or
at least ignoring the employee's rights
vw be treated fairly, as the contract
specifies.”
Miller ordered that the four affected
employees be given the cash equival:
cent of the fringe benefits they were de
nied. ‘This decision will help deter the
future use of underpaid, non-union,
part-time employees by Monroe
County. It also will prevent the estab
lishment of an open shop by default
$$S$SSESSESSESS
100 individuals could visit
an internist to stay healthy
for the average cost of one
ill person's stay in a hospital.
igi
\
Mr. Kirkland and others are taking the union, the de dhe
Givil Service Commission to court aver the latest lieute
that it's discriminatory and that not enough mini
ough on the list tis thecouncil’s intent to fight this matter tothe U.S
Supreme Court, if necessary
n'y examination,
sons Wi
high e
nce nanan Murs
Port of Albany Site is Eyed for a
Work-Release Prison Program
The Deparment of Conectional
Services hi
building
eye toward using it ay a A0-bed resi
ingpected a three-story
the Port of Albany, with an
dence for inmates involved in a work
releaye program,
Although other sites in the City of
Al se been considered for such,
am, th
tong option fem resident
the neighborhoods where: buildings
were inspected by the department
Neighborhood groups were the stron
est in expressing their opposition,
been
sin
One department spokesman ssid
thatthe port site might not heas objec
tiomiable because itis six blocks
thenearest residential area, aul is
separated from them by railroad wacky
and Interstate Route 787.
fo
Th way suggested hy the department
spokesman that the port building
could be used for programs that al
ready exit for inmates from the Huds
Facility and Mount
McGregor Convectional Facility. in
Wilton, Those programs are conducted
hut the inmates
have to he transported long distances
todo so.
May-June
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
CATSKILL ORDERED TO REHIRE
UNION ACTIVIST POLICEMAN
An arbitrator has ordered the Village
cof Catskill to rehire a police officer
who had a long history of union aetiv-
ity before his dismissal,
The village had sought to uphold
termination of the job of Patrolman
duty “lover's quat=
rel" with his git! friend
Although his girl friend declined to
press charges, the village police eap>
tain filedacriminal complaint against
Henn
The complaint was dismissed, but
the village tsetmony fom the ar
bition hearing ind jury
investigation of the alleged incident
The grand jury returned a "no bill,"
Finding of no reason to indict
At the arbitration heaing, the tes-
timony, according to the arbitra
William ‘Toomey, was lear and ex
plicit,
sulted in crimi
the lover's quarrel never te
Furthermore, acvording 10 Pee
Henner, Gouncil 82 general counsel,
thew Toca indi-
who occasionally received small
amounts of money from the police
captain—was unable 10 identify the
srievant atthe heating
Henner said that the decision te
presented a “significant victory forthe
right of uniformed police officers over
fogance of small
union
an
town politicians,
"Jack" McLean,
tht, ly
Dep:
Valey Community Coleg, The event te ponaored by hunting, hing, and ober
unt.
conservation groups In the co
New York Labor Commissioner Warns
Against Further Federal Cuts in
Funds for Labor Department
ALBANY—"High May une
ployment is once again in hitter con-
trast with the federal administration's
heavy reduction in services for the un
employed as reflected in proposed
tection Fal Yeo 1,"
Roberts, ‘ork State labor com
inisomer sa ein early June
Noting the May unemployment rate
of 9.5 percent, Roberts pointed out that
the Reagan Administration plans to
‘make substantial additional reductions
in Job Service and Unemployment In-
surance programs.
The reductions
only to the unemployed, she said, but
also to the business community, which
on these placement and
injurious not
other services.
Commissioner Roberts continued:
“Despite heavy cuts already made in
these services in New York State and
throughout the nation—which h
led to layoffs and office closings—the
federal administration hay outlined
sto further tobtheunemployed of
nograms to eave their restoration to
the work force
“These reductions would he sub-
stantial and, in my opinion, would se-
jously damage our capability of both
lessening the suffering of the jobless
through unemployment benefits and
finding them jobs during this long-
term recessionary period mall
businesses in New York State and the
nation, which count on the Job Service
for their employees, would also be de-
prived of essential services.
She is, shesaid, appealing tothe un
employed, the business community,
and the general public, to make their
views known to President Reagan and
jess, to restore funds for the
From the President
By James Sipe
Council 82 President
Indemnification Bill is
Important to All Members
Currently, we havea number of issues before us that demand the i
diate attention of Council A2 and its members. At the tp ofthe Fist is the
indemnification article we negotiated in our 1982-85 contract
Somehow. through no fault of thecouncil, it got submitted with CSEA'S
pay hill. tn the spivt of things, when it reached the Senate, it was deferred for a
closer look. We have no explanation on why thisishappening, but it israther
disturbing to me that, when we negotiate a contract, parts ofthis con
expanded to take in all state employees,
he ned fon p but
Avthe
tion or PEF. thePablie myers Fle id wedefinitely donot want
parts of our contract submitted to the legislature tied to patts oftheir contract
Council 2 members ned dhe protection that the indemnification las
would give us. T th
n ‘ving theirjobs
Some action has to be taken immediately to protect our people, We have to
impress on our area legishators that this is an important issue
life without the possibility of parole.
Weare 100 percent against this bill, tis almost certain the governor will
veto the bill 8
i iti
peop p These peop
an employee, We can not allow this to happen.
Our friends in the Senate and Assembly who have supported the death
penalty in the past had the presence of mind to vote against this amended
version for that reason, We will continue toopposeany watered-down version
of the death penalty bill, and we would advise all of our members o voice the
same opinion to their area legislators.
believe that
peop
in EAP. Some of the issues that have been raised are quite disturbing,
In one small facility, the union refused 1 lo ate funds for the local
from for such th e money
slush fund" to
In most cases, all
take care of some of the small incidental costs.
I believe that this is « good policy that gives each local some pride of
ow ve of the program.
only the unions in the facilities that are slowing up the process,
The ‘mn tration is doing its best to bog things down,
Ino
c very large institution, the superintendent is demanding that the
Be
¢location of
aclient help, he by
the client
nong other things at this facility, is going to be the cause of the
program being abandoned by the participating partes.
well asthe union leadersh calize that
this program docs not solely belong to them, It belongs to all of us, and, in
spite of the arbitrary decisions these people are making, we will make the
program go statewide
ENS
ARS
UEC
ae
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
May-June
McENTEE-LUCY
AFSCME International Officers
Warn That a Budget-Balancing
Amendment Will Devastate
The Drops constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal
bugis potealy the wort economic ad eg distr ine hry of
the republic,” according,
McEntee and Secretary-treasurer William Lucy
ck dL
asserted
yin June that President Reagan’sattempt
in magnitude to his "program for
andbagged America with the
rescue the amendment would bee
economic recover they said, has"
Sort unemployment snc the Great Depress
If the president, in the next 45 days, wins on the politically popular
amendment, “we've all got rea trouble,” they std. Already, Reagan has
y halfof the U.S. Sen
‘of the House of Representatives,
According to the AFSCME leaders, if the amendment passes:
* in
federal ai. Hae a hounds of AFSCME workers could be laid
off for goox
* Our now Great Depression rel raional uncrplymet ct of
94 percent would jump by more than 2.25 percent by 1987. More than
26 million more people would lose their jobs,
Social Security payments for millions of Americans would be in
danger of major cuts, and
+h
military security
“This balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, while su-
petficially appealing,” they warned, "is actually a dangerous hoax for huge
federal cutbacks for middle class and poor Americans.”
They “adding
the otal eos of our 80-year home morgage to your monthly family budget
but that’s what Ronald Reagan and a growing number of politicians want to
do.”
McEntee and Lucy are urging all AFSCME members and theit families
and friends to write leters to their senators and representatives, expressing
their opposition to “this disaster in the making
dames Sipe John Burke
Present vou Director Tree
Jee aon Trae Jom rane
Viee Meant eet ‘Serta
abe street
Aone Chewoman
Executive Board
beowsn found Marin
wim Poot
Jey Cunning
Leaner cs Jotey Tate
Hayward Bevery CEERI 5 David Stn
Vor 8 no 1w8
Wisconsin CUB Saved Consumers $14 Million
A New York Citizens Board
Will Save Utility Consumers
Millions at a Small Cost
Legislation now before the State
Legislature would cre tc
volunteer-funded, citizen-controlled
organization that would represent the
interests of consumers in all actions
before the State Public Service Com-
mission,
a stat
Each year, public utilities—govern
‘ment-authorized monopolies that sell
millions of New York State residents
gas, electricity, and telephone ser-
vice—appear before the PSC to push
for billions of dollars in rate in.
creases
When that happens, the customers
are forced to pay the costs of the com:
pany’sadvocacy, through the high fees
9, accountants,
of lawyers,
and “consultants.”
Customers pay the higher rates and
they pay for the companies’ represen-
tatives and consultants in securing the
higher rates.
we Citizens Utility Board, if the
tse et will
not be a state agency and will not te-
eve any government money wil
iced by the voluntary contribu
tions of uility consumers, whose dues
(of $5 per year will be paid by the con
sumer by means of a check-off on the
Utility bill or some similar means.
CUB is designed to balance the util-
ity regulatory process and will give
consumers the opportunity to use their
money to represent their interests,
The members will control CUB,
which will be managed by a board of
directors elected by the CUB member
ship. The statewide board will set CUB
policy, decide ditection on specific
an executive director
and other staff members
issues, and hit
Although it will have no special
powers—it will not be a state agency
and will not receive tax money, as the
PSC does—but it will allow the con-
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NEW YORK SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INC
PRESIDENT'S CLUB
SPONSOR AN ATHLETE PROGRAM
‘SPECIAL OLYMPICS
year, .
‘thip is open to any group or persons and locals The
30-year Correction Officer Long a Union Activist
Military Leave Abuse Charge is
Dismissed by an Arbitrator
An arbitrator has dismissed cthanges
inst 30-year veteran cortection of
fier, who allegedly abused one day of
military leave and left the facility
where he works eatly one day without
authorization,
The Department of Conectional
Services charged that Sgt. John Casey,
former president of Council 82 and a
long-time union activist, was sche
dled to retire June 1, 1982, from his
present position at Mt, McGregor Cor
rectional Facility in Saratoga County
Town of Wilton.
A third charge, that he had given
false information to a superion officer
about the charge of leaving early, also
was dismissed. ‘The departmer
a fine of $200 as punishment
David Zavon, the arbitrator, im mak-
ing his decision on the dismissal of the
tduree charges, said that "sufficient mote
was taken of Sgt, Casey's minor infrac-
tions in a counseling memo.
Vhe charges wete brought, despite
that, one month after the alleged inci
dent oveuned, he way provisionally
promoted to lieutenant
Inv the snilitary leave incident, the
other personnel
were involved in sinvla incident
that none fad been punished for the
alleged infiaction, although they were
scheduled Lor “counseling
itary Jeave involved a one-day dill
and, it way noted by the arbitrator,
there way some contusion about
whether the deill way announced andl
had been properly cancelled so. that
everyone, including Cavey, would have
been notified
Inconclusion,Zaron declared: “Even
i we were 10 assume that Sgt. Casey
hhad been less than candid in respond:
ingto Capt. Ripley, wemustayk if that
warranted formal diseip
30-year veteran with a
don't think so.
inst
good record. |
Capital Police Lobby for Change
to Policemen-Firemen’s System
Move than a dozen members of th
tal Police toc
ind to push the Tabbying efor ‘t
Through their lobbying ef
Dill was moved out of con
Sena the following day even though
in the Senate had oli
the power of the utility “experts
CUB will be able to hire its own ex-
perts on the issue of rate increases, for
example, to challenge ry oF
unfair rate increases, It will provide
the counterbalance to the expert ana-
Iysts of th
sconsin, where more than
6, 0 residents have contributed an
average of $5 per year since the first
CUB notices went out with their util
ity bills last November, Wisconsin
Electric Power Company customers
have saved more than $14 million,
Other issues in which CUB Wiscon-
sin has been involved are
* Intervened in 10 other rate
+ Presentatestimonyon thetele-
Pho company's proposal to im:
Local measured service
* Participated in hearings inves
tigating co-generation and small
power production,
* Sponsored an energy fair,
* Fought de-comtrol of natural
as, and
+ Produced several information
packed newsletters for its members,
‘Aust /Spectater/London
Fran
| planned to be a worker priest but |
couldn't get a job”
Older Americans’ Medical Care is
Endangered by Medicare Cuts
Even routine medical checkups may
be beyond the reach of elderly Ameri-
cans, if the Reagan Administration
succeeds in cutting the Medicare pro-
gram by the $23.5 billion it seeks
The latest round of Medicare cuts
will increase the costs of hospital vise
its, doctor visits, and home health care
making health care "a luxury the el-
derly can't afford,” AFSCME Presi
dent Gerald W. McEntce warned re
cently ina letter toevery member of the
USS. Senate
These cuts will deprive the nation’s
28 million
the health care services that they've
paid for during their working years,”
McEntee declared. "Just like the Social
Security program which President
Reagan is also trying to cut, Medicare
isn't a handout—it's a contract be-
tween the federal government and
American workers,
AFSCME urged the senators t0 op:
pose the additional Medicate cuts in.
cluded in the federal budget resolution
for Fiscal 1988, approved by the Senate
Budget Committee, following the col
lapse of budget negotiations between
the Reagan Administration and Demo:
cratic Congressional leaders.
Medicare beneficiaries of
The proposed §23.5 billion in cuts
in Medicare are 50 percent higher than
the §15.4 billion Medicare cut origi-
nally proposed by the Reagan Admin-
istration earlier this year
By 1985, the Medicare cuts would
require elderly patients to pay up to 9
the full cost for the second through the
GOth days.
"At aime ten bop care co
from §250 to $300 a day in the major
metropolitan areas, the Medicare cuss
could requite elderly patients to pay
$189 a week, or even more,” McEmtec
said
“Because of the inereased costs for
routine medical checkups, many of the
elderly won't be able 10 have their
health problems diagnosed in their
carly stages," he said, adding, "The
result will be a decline
medicine forthe elderly, an increase in
the need for prolonged hospital care
and a continued rise in medical casts,
he said
"Soft Underbelly”
of Freedomis...
WASHINGTON (PAD—AFI-GIO
President Lane Kirkland said in a
speech here that the business commun
ity’s reaction to the Polish situation
n pre
was expressed by Thomas ‘Theobald,
senior vice president in charge of Citi
bank's international division.
Local the unit into the
pale ne Fi ‘Retirement
System, from the general state en
ployee retirement system.
Roland Martin, a sergeant in the
Capital Police and local presi
worked with AFSCME Legislative
Coordinator Ed Draves and political
action stalfer Dale Templeton, who
provided copies of the bill and a sup-
porting memo from AFSCME for the
lobbying effort.
“Our goal is to have our members,
cially ceased functioning. The bill way
‘expected to be moved in the Assembly
committee within a few days
The volunteers in the lobbying day
included Frank Mele, local vice previ:
dent; Al Jourdin, secretary; Richard
3
onnell, steward, and Joe Forenzo
and Mike Boccio, members of the ex
ecutive board, as well as members Steve
Perillo, John Storrow, and Don Young.
David Sims arranged appointments
forthe group. Three ofices, James
whoa
placed in the ret
they rightfully belong,” according to
Sgt. Martin
ained p
jrement system where
Asked histea
of martial law in Poland, Theobald
was quoted in the Wall Suet Journal
as say
“Who knows which political system
works? The only test we care about is
Gan they pay their bills?”
"Once again,
the first day, Currently, the first day in
a hospital is paid by the elderly pa-
tient, but the Medicare program pays
the American corporate and financi
community exposes itself as the soft
underbelly of freedom.’
oe ae
lice units throughout the st
members of the police retirement sys
tem, and that there is no reason the
Capital Police should be excluded
simply because they work forthe sate
and not a local jurisdiction,
Committee members met with 105
Senators and members of the Assem-
bly, said Mati ey received what
could be deemed total support for the
bill from these people,” he added.
ie are
es Me co
oh
TEA
Rider, J and Brian Bur
rell, volunteered to work on their own,
time to replace officers who weresched-
uled to report for duty that day. Also
participating was Ralph Kent, Coun-
il 82 legislative director,
“The effort also had the cooperation
‘of Capital Police Chiet Richard Hahn,
who allowed the officers to be sched
uled in such a way as to release them
{or lobbying. Richard Van Zandt, dep-
‘ty commissioner ofthe State Office of
eral Services, assisted in obtaining
a memorandum of support forthe bill
from OGS.
5
iy
Jomyerene re
a a
ig
Bs
is
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me
UNEMPLOYMENT
“Is it news that some fellow out in South Suc-
cotash someplace has just been laid off?” Pres-
ident Reagan std a8 he complaned of unta-
vorable press re
No, one nomployed flow dows nota news
story make. But 9.9 milion unemployed, th
highest number since the Great Bopression—
thats news, and bad news for working Ameri:
cans, And when the 5.7 milion workers forced
take only parte work, and te 3 milion
job-seekers are added, nearly 17
millon Americans are suflenog fom the
Reagan recession.
‘Two million people have lost thelr jobs
since the recession began in July 1981. The
construction industry is suffering aful-fledged
depression, with a 17.9 percent unemployment
rate, Other figures:
‘Unemployment Rates
Blue-collar; 12.9% Manufacturing: 10.8%
Blacks: 18.0% InMichigan: 16.1%
‘sae 21.9% Washington: 12.4%
shown a re-
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May-June
May-June
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
UNION-BUSTERS
The Reagan Administration has demon-
strated another strategy in its attack on worker
programs: appointing people with anti-worker
backgrounds to direct those programs. For
g
3
Union-Buster at NLRB: President Reagan's
nomination for Chairman of the National Labor
Relations Board was John Van de Water, a
“management consultant” who helped em-
ployers defeat at least 125 union organizing
‘campaigns. Van de Water's advice to employers
pushed to the breaking point the laws prohibit-
ing unfair labor practices.
“Rght-To-Workers” at DOL, OPM, HHS: Infill
ing government posts, the Republican Adminis-
tration has drawn heavily from the ranks of the
National Right to Work Committee and its Legal
Defense Foundation, the empoyer-ront groups
that fight union security laws and finance law.
‘suits against unions:
* Fight to-Work Legislative Decor Hugh lly
was given a top post under Assistant Labor
Secretary Donald Dotson, who is in charge of
Alert Bayview CO
Nabs a New York
Parole Violator
Mier arresting a visitor at Bayview
Conectionat Bucility in New: York
City on two charges involving a mari
Conection Officer
ciganee
at Aneryon found tht the suet
edd on a variety of warrants,
uding parole viokation,
At about 5:20 pam, one March alter
noon, Officer Anderson, while: per
forming her d risk-and
package-room officer, discovered a
marijuana cigarette in an open cig
te pack brought into Bayview by
the visitor
She placed the visitor unde
fon two charges, introduction of con
traband into a prison, second degree
and possession of marijuana,
oked by Officer Anderson,
fi ‘al Booking in M
tan, A check of the computer
naneby y hard eared reaction fo the economic
disaster it has brought to the nation. The Presi-
dent advised the jobless to search the “help
wanted classed ads, bu aed onto tha
almost all the job offers require a high degree of
technical taining. The job training programs
iped some of the unemployed
vice jobs eliminated in the Republican budget.
Conservatives in Congress and the White
House show a hard-hearted reaction to
the economic disaster they have brought
PROGRAMS DESTROYED
Many policies ofthe Republican Reagan Ad-
terms of
‘Adding insult to injury,
6 billion and
ministration can lerms
hundreds of blions of dollars
nearly eliminated Trade Adjustment Assistance
for workers laid off due to government policies
that encourage imports.
JOB SAFETY
Shortly after taking office, the Republican
Re all-out at-
from middle- and low-income Americans to the
\Wealthiest individuals and corporations. As the
charts below show, Reagan budget cuts hit
hardest at working Americans, while the
Reagan tax cut benefits the wealthy:
Reaganomics means windfalls for the
wealthy, and hardship for the rest of us.
«© Former Right-to-Work consultant Donald De-
vine now manages federal hiring as director of
the Office of Personne! Management.
«© Former Right-to-Work Vice President Andrew
Hare was given a top legislative affairs post at
the Department of Health and Human Services.
«© Former Right-to-Work editor Michelle Easton
was appointed staff attorney to a Department of
ustice program, from which she transferred to
the Department of Education.
‘© Baker Armstrong Smith, former director of the
anti-union Center on National Labor Policy, was
appointed toa labor relations post at the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development.
ANTI-LABOR LAW
he
tack on worker safety and health protections. To
‘who can read between the lines, the
Reagan Budget Cuts Hit Workers
light-wing
Jong sought the destruction of laws enacted in
the past 50 years to provide American workers
message is clear: No need to worry about en- Program Cuts Enacted and retirees with a measure of security and dig-
forcement of safety y the Oc- Total, all programs: $40Blon iy. Cones fous on eoramicisues ot
ational Safety and Health $18 Bition time is agenda, but congprva-
To begin with, the Reagan budget cut OSHA rage c ~$1.6Billon tive Republicans seek to push back the cléck on
funding 8 percent, or 15 percent after allowing Joy cone mys eon workers’ rights this year:
for inflation, The results: Publ service jobs: “$21 Bilin Anti-Worker Hobbs Amendments: If amend-
OSHA inspections: Down 21% — Housing: ~$9.0 Billion ments to the Hobbs Act are passed, a striker
Folowup inspections: Down 72% Golege ‘grants: $0.5 Billion who new a pen on 2 piel line could ie
Down 48% Other education: ~$0.5 Bilion ceive up to a 20-year sentence in a federal
TrOSHA Fld oes tobe closed care: =$1.0Bilion _peritentiay, despite adequate state laws now
MSHA penalties Down 27% Railroads ~$1.4 Bion
Mining death ol: 153, Up 15% Federal pay: -$87Blion Seam e
$0.5 Bilion Conservatives in Congress are
The Reagan message to employers: Child nutrition ~$0.7 ion determined to turn back the clock on
worker protection laws.
Forgetabout OSHA. Reagan Tax Cut Benefits the Rich protection laws.
In addition, the Re Labor, Income TaxCutin 1983 Davie-Bacon—Prevalling Wages: Conserva-
instead of proposing new solutions to new fi Cong et
tally and neath potioms, began remouing $20,990 $571 _ ort to remove Davis-Bacon provisions from
ions already in place. For Example: $30,000 $724 federal contracts in 1981. But he Reagan De-
13 Million Lose Protection: As of Oct. 1, 1981, $40,000 1,169 Dertment of Labor weeksoned the rules used to
o
three out of every four manufacturing firms are $120,000 $5024 fe esc ar wages on
‘exempt from routine OSHA safely inspections.
‘Thus the employers of 13 milion workers lost Family of four, one wage earner, 23% personal y: The Walsh-
‘the major incentive to maintain safe jobsites. deductions Healey Act provides f for an “a "hour aay ‘on
Worker complains nord: Ao Fa, And the unfairness of i
OSHA does
retain ays send
worker’ complaint of @ hazard. n about half the
‘cases OSHA will just send a letter to inform the
employer of the complaint.
Gutting Standards: Recent petitions for
‘emergency action on three chemical hazards
have fallen on deaf ears. Reagan's OSHA has
attempted to weaken the cotton dust standard,
. gift taxes were nearly elm-
inated—a special windfall for milionaires and
near-milionaires.
port ‘America’s oldest labor standard. "The Re-
ight wing would like to allow 10-hour
days without overtime pay.
Worker’ Comp.—Longshore Act: Th best
wor the
. mp
General Electric, which had profits of
‘$2,660,000,000 in 1981, will get a tax refund
payment from the government of more than $90
milion.
tongshorms ‘and Harbor Workers’ Com
pensation Ac, faces the possibiity of devastat-
ing “reforms.”
Pensioners Targeted, “oo: Business-backed
the cancer standard, and
ened, the hearing conservation standard
watered down, and the “right to know” chemical
plan withdrawn.
it posts, the Reagan
dmingtation has drawn heavily from
the ranks of antl-worker groups.
tirement income Security Act (ERISA), which
Prevents hardship when private pensions go
Under due to poor management or company
failure.
p p antants forthe
suspect
On flowing dy ile ce
ing for possible warrants, Officer Am
detson found that the susp
wanted for parole violation, and she
twas
Three Unions Monitored Programs
Unions Are Portrayed Negatively: w Study
WASHINGTON (PAD=A levi
sion monitoring project by thee un-
ions found union occupations grossly
trayed and union igsues neglected by
the thiee major TV networks.
The majority of workers in union:
ized occupations on televivion con.
tinue to be “nameless, personality slesy
people who are portrayed ay ley hard:
king.
The monitors in 36
szates trom the Machinists, Op
Engineers and Bakery, Confectionery
and Tobaceo Workers also monitored
ABC, NBGand ¢
ies. Monitors alyo termed la
used in describing labor contact nego-
tiations ay “hostile” due to the uve of
h hut
erage for labor's top priority issues i
Hlation, energy, plant closings. job
Tosoes, made, medical care ad tax
reform.
They found workery’ positions were
Tent than ever.” the survey concludes
about entertainment shows on televie
The survey report also found that
entertainment showscontinucto “empha
sive serviceoceupations ioadegree that
is hazardous to then
ion’s economy
ritical need in
the country for increased goods
ata time when theres
production,
Anexception to the poor sho
entertainment shows was CBS's “Low
Grant," which stars Screen Actors
Guild President Ed Asner asa news
paper city 1oom editor, Not only were
notified the New York
fice om 40th Street
The
two pa
aspect, taken into custody by
le officers, assisted by Oticer
Anulerson, was returned to Bayview's
parole violator unit
HELP THE UNEMPLOYED
BRIDGE THE GAP
Telephone Company
Executives Live
High in Texas
AUSTIN, TEX, (PAD—Exceutives
of the Southwestern Bell "Telephone
Company must spend practically all
when Bell demanded a huge customer
rate increase and corporation docu:
iments disclosed that $50 million of
that new income would be ea on
having portraits of the f ted
ana for pagan of lub bership
dues forthe boyses,
the major role
sible union jobs but “the presence of
nized labor is acknowledged.
the newspaper was com:
sidered “fair and impartial” hy the
monitors
nn slories broadcast. The NBCnews
shonw was rated fairest inthe natute of
itspesentations, but sill presented the
corporate position ove labor's b
toe] margin. The ABC network tav-
coed corporate views hy 5to-Land CBS
hy a tod margin
The extent of the networks’ news
issues also,
‘coverage of labor's major
was found! deficient, with the excep
tion of inflation. ‘The report said eo
‘erage of energy concerns is “drying
up” on all thiew networks,
amounted
only 7 percent of all three networks!
news stories, with strikes most tre
quently covered, followed by nego
tions
Specitic union stories
Generally, the monitors found dhe
news programs failed to explain
worker nevds or the relationship be:
tiween community benefits andl worker
‘hot “management demands
In announcing the results of the
the primary source of infor
mation, news and entertainn
olfering sweet-smelling bodies: sulted,
satisfied belliey: and gre
in ow cerebral cortex, Wha
WOE, President J.C. ‘Tanner con.
fuded hat TV continues 10 i
labor's cont ibutions
ityand the nation, PV—1
cexful persuaaler and educator inthe
‘country is guilty ol prese
tive messages about worke
the commun:
unions, under ingles te
BRT President John DeConcini
said the project resultsreveal an “inside
ious form of censorship and a total
defilement of democta
growing out of that conformity. This
study confirms our gravest concerns
an cries out for immediate action to
reverse this pattern.”
principles
Sgt. Vasquez of Waterford PD—Helping Hispanic Newcomers
The desire to give hi hihen an
their Hispanic herit-
hi iny-aea p
ite oie to become involved in an
giving a boost 10
ers to the region.
organization th
Hispanic neweo
Sgt. Frank Vasquez, supervising of
ficer of the Waterford Police Depart
yer of AFSCME
2811 W, joined Cen
about
Gontto Givieo, he explained, is es
sentially a service organization, de-
signed to help Hispanie residents in
the Mohawk and Hudyon Rivet
in whatever way they need help.
ued, be simply a
Ik with others
age, but it
services for such
0 C
luring which time the
enon stich
Department
“We helped wo bringin enough peo-
vie help them have another
Vasque said of the State Police pro-
ject, for which he received a personal
note of thanks from SP Superinten:
lent William Connelie
class, Vasqquey said, just grade
al hom the State Plice Aeaemy
THEME'S NOTING LEFT
‘TO
4) a
education,
“Ifyou can't ypeak English, wetry to
teach you, or weknow people who can
teach them,” said Vasquez
He has worked closely with Iris A.
president of CCHA
ols Mende of he Broa, who has
worked closely with minorities and
unions on various issues.
“She was very happy to just hear
that, with the Albany Police Depart
rent, we set up what Centro Ciview
feet lasses, though G
McCormick and Chiel ‘Thomas Burke.
The aim of the pn
troaluce members of the Albi
Department to the Hispa
ant give thema working knowledge
‘of the most basic la ses that
apoliceotficer
Tce yu license? How ae you? Whi
fay L help you?
quce said that the officers who
lec the classes received material
tohelp themachievea degree of famil-
‘conversational. Spanish,
and to help them understand, to a de-
agree, the culture from which the 4,000
Hispanic residents of the region have
for the
re only a
According to a spokesn
police department, there
half dozen officers on the 360-member
department whoare fluent in Spanish,
About 80 officers were to have com:
pleted the conversational Spanish
course by this time.
Vasque said that the APD program
was conducted by John Rojas, who
works with Central Civico on a full
time basis. Headed, however, that the
program could not have been inst
weof Senator
tuted without the assist
Howard Nolan of Albany
Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd.
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COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
Low Pay, Lack of Administrative Support Cited As Causes of Stress, Burnout
May-June
STRESS UNDERMINES PRISONS
Conpred from Pa
Far conection afliversth
the APSCME
caused by the dal wales served by the
Iv. much sess is
COs—custodial sand rehabilitative
Prolonged stress and disappaint
ment on the jab,aas well as hatdshipon
Davis, came result in burn-out
sunething whieh conection allies
sulfer att high rte
Cheek and Miller describe burn-out
Te person becomes sitialistic, goes
boy the book and tends cw respond int
Sere negative and caustic an
This kind of behavior pases a
Ihe sex unity of the conection instine
Huot heeanseit an eteate volatile situa
Fionsthat may be very difficult to bing
Fock ander eantva because the stall
hk, Moneaver
unable to respond p
tus take an ttetest in his job, heeonnes
passive instead of active in canny ing it
tut, and lets things ger fn cone
quence, citical incidents ana develop
which oul have been asotded at
properly handled ar the beta
The ae ot sick leaves the studs
fond, is pelated ta buanrout, but thea
didnot appear te bey duvet conela
tion between burn-out and isability
time oll without pas, ob days. sus
pended. The factors most hi
ted with burn-out were: mental ill:
ness, poor job performance, and slew
holism,
AIL of theye problems sae compli
cuted by the growing prison popula:
tions and overcrowding of existing fa
cilities, apparently due to increases
crime rates, ineareeration of the men
(the inetlectiveness of the
<aiminal justice system
Check and Miller warn, however
that the results must not be aneasured
re of hostile indi
sulely by them
dents that ocean within prisons
They point ont: “For the inmates,
stress leads to injuries, lawynits, andl
illness, and feeds the negative feelings
ia attituales that make thei rehabili:
For COs, the
tensions take toll on families and
tion more difficult
friends, as well as on the officer.
Inv 1975 study in New York State it
was noted, the rate of heart attacks for
conection officers is “one of the high
ng groups ol slate watkery
tal tana nity b the New
York State conections stall was $00
percent higher than the slate average
and problems of severe emotional
streys involving the heart, alcoholism,
and allied emotional disorders aw
conmated lor 60 percent al die stalls
disability leave
Thay long been recognized that GOs
work ina very stressful envionment
but professional mearment of the law
enforcement field hay been focused
primarily on the CO's more visible col
Teague, the police atlicer, Cheek noted,
The findings of the AFSCME study,
Check and Miller declared, indicate "a
growing crisis in contections, Peep
tated in part by rapidly incieasi
Siatonal ovreoing, (which) is
causing comectional officers, the bul-
wark of the correctional system, to find
themselves progressively more depleted
aint plissteally and emotionally ev
Fhaustedt hy the conditions in which
they must wath,
Tithe past conectional systers
have typically failed to reviogaize and
styppont the contibutions of the ollie
ery; nove, in a seriously deteriorating,
Situation, this lack of recognition,
Comidletation, aml support is danger
cosy rauler ining thie systean
Financial casts itv terms of absen
terion have beeen a heavier bundett
ter the state, wwe Have seem Peat
Sylvania, where bureaut is highest
while petsunalsustsuetheatticery and
Hun anniivy ate tising ho intolerable
levels, Finally, as job petfoninaee it
vitally ddetetintanes, the potential tar
Institutional distuption and violence
increaves
Cheek and Miller's study, according
tw APSCME Intemational: President
Gerald W. Meknter and Secretary
Fieasuret Willigan Dry, in thei tor
wand of the repart, “Coninny eater
studlirs ob conection ativery in New
York and New Jeryes, whieh found
that sttess took a high toll on canes
tion oltigers, both on theit joby and in
twin private lives,
he study found that humour, a
voree lca tattae ks, sui ideand higher
stress Hevels ate the anaiay rewards fon it
‘catevt as a conection ollicet
Convection officers Stall tlie most
dangerous outpests in the aiminal
justice system. They toil in these
workplaces’ without recog
sisking theit lives and shouldeving the
ul growing) burden af the
criminal justice system,
Frances Fo Check, PLD.
project director or the tepott
Prisoners of Lites A Study of
aang prouauns
Her associate, Marte DiSte
Lane Miller, an associate ol
Dr, Check’s lor the past live
ears, holes 4 position in the
Division of Policy and Pla
hing in the State af New
Jersey
CORRECTION
OBTAIN A COPY OF
PRISONERS OF LIFE,
Write to:
John Funiciello
AFSCME/New York
99 Washington Ave,
oom 1116
Albany, N.Y, 12210
Stop- -And-Ge = - Stress
The main thing isthe stopeand go,
Ome: animate you're telayed and the
nest minute you're wiking ane of a
avbe. ving
major problem, suchas
to stop at fight or a mate yetiony ay
sult, On
suddenly in jeopandy
other olfiver’s life may he
Then, an how later, you're in se-
clusion, writing a report, the
anvottiet hour, you'Te in the
situa
Think it's the constant a
vio ten ight ho
hours, whatever length of shift you're
working, thateauses the kinds of stress
that ane dangerous to COs, pluy the
constant surveillance of whatever post
you're working, whatever your respon:
sibility
The GO-to-inmate ratio could yan
1-500 1-60... the yard ratiocould ran
LO0-to-1, inmate to CO.
—Lauudvig Kleinschmidt, cones
tion officer at Clinton in Dan
nemora and a heart attack
vietio before the age of M
Overcrowding = Stress
“Les overcrowded and they're bning:
ing in dormitories hevw now, They're
putting inmates in what used to be the
recteation anets, and these aes are
lost, So the inmates who used those
aneay have to use the smaller ates that
anejust not slequiatefor teaeattion and
in'y bad for all of us, inmates andl GOs
alike
And the tension builds, Fuses ave
very short.
Tetakrs mea lot longer time to cool
down when F get home, Tease to be
that the dhive home was enough, bat
now, Pan taking it home with me, I's
longer naw, I takes longer 40 cool
down,
“Unfortunately,
cooling down in ba
of guys ae
hey don’t
bring it home
Inn addition, U have to listen to tots
‘of other problems that Tid
wo of my men were sent home
last week with chest pains, One ishack
and one i still home, Ie was serious
enough to go to the hospital for
Nonays
Joseph Prana consection officer
and president of Laval 1264
Coxsackie, sprang of his fa
cality earls this year
fANX
‘No one said anything about lo boing fair
May-June
Correction Officer Asks for Recognition,
Some Appreciation of Work Done for the
Society Inside the Prisons of the U.S.
Being of sound mind and body, I have undertaken a jab which very few
individuals care to do, namely, a New York State conrectional services officer.
Itisan extremely demanding job. AL times pressure isso pronounced that
fone must practically seream, throw tables and chairs around, inorder to
release the build-up of stress in which we constantly work, We ate also
penalized by the Taylor Lauw-—fined two days of pay tor every one day out on.
strike.
Thisiserary, Today, everytime you turn around, someones goingouton
strike, ‘Take baseball players. They strike an most players earn triple the
average citizen’ssalary. Yet, we, the conection officers are fined by the Taylor,
two days’ pay for every tay out, This is a crime
An officer must work overtime just to make ends meet. This is more
pressure placed upon the professional performance of his duty. It is time
someone took notice, Constantly, onereads nul hears bad publicity about the
prisons and prison guards. Well, it iva crack of bull!
The prisons a of doctors, lawyers, politicians, police officers,
teachers, taxi cab drivers, mailmen, plumbers—I could go on and on, Does
this mean all these people ate no good, and
nyone associated with these
Why, then
upon?
Sure, we have a few “had apples.” So do all departments and agencies.
However, we constantly receive bad publicity. A great deal of good which is
done goes unrecorded. Officers save many inmates’ lives. They sometimes
help a younger confused convict straighten out, Most important, hardened
1 by robb Akilling,
ate p fully, will earn a
Deter way of life
eyetemporarily and, h
However, h
isnow ’ He
desioyed families, Ask the veins aii the eile of the people this
poor inmate kille
Society is falling prey to the multi-billion dollar news media. The televi-
sion news and newspapers are interested in making money. ‘They prey on
public sympathy. We all fall into the trap of reading what they tell us and
never get the whole story
‘The poor convict they refer to was the same maniac who had society
afraid to walk the streets at night. Now, in jail, these convicts live better than
‘most public employees. An example: an inmate gets three meals a day. For
breakfast, che menu might consistof pancakes, sausages, and eggs. For lunch,
veal parmariana mashed potas, and a vegetable, Supper time, roast ee
color television with HBO Lar evey 30
Free postage and a salary for learniny ni
television repair, small engine repair, and other trades are
Beyond this, there are many recreatio activites the inmate, such
s: swimming in an indoor Olympic-size pool, weightlifting, bocci ball
volleyball, track and field, basketball, softball, hana padallebatl, chess,
checkers, cards, ping-pong, and more
rade. Shops such as radi
ight free of cost
‘They may have had their freedom taken away from them while serving
their sentences, but punished, no way. Most facilities today are better than
most neighborhood YMCAs and vocational schools.
G
amd el th dar
ul beaten up, Inmates have nothing to
at they want, We are left
constantly assaulted stabbed, piped,
lose, facing torlife sentence: ey dow
with the problem of maintaining order and secutity
Someone has to do this job. Do not look down om these men. W
more. If you do not think so, try it yourself, Work unarmed with numerous
behind
desk,
We are not asking for much—jst a wage to comes for all this
hostility, mental B
have constantly saring us
The job is not easy. These convicts play for keeps, as I said. Talk to the
families
Prison isnot like the James Cagney movies. Then, the guards had power,
ir his. Tod:
off cotcfree if the judge says he
time of arrest
Let . We are hard-working, h
and we are professionals doing ajob fr soccy, ml
must stick together,
ng the streets safer. We
=This comment appeared in te frst
issue of Blue News, the newsletter of
Mid-Orange Correctional Facility
Local 2982, AFSCME Council 82.
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
Union Wins Sick Leave Arbitration
Involving an Arthur Kill Officer
Aa tiane ashe Ness York State has She
abuse wd sch Deve, eliaturs agateit ats het Wythe pl
Worle the Deparment a Gon
Manice Benesite, natianalls
Known Labor abutter, teventls diy
Gosvtnin 5 On
See
thanges against the atlicet ati laced
He state fad changes! har the ol
Neutral thud parties
ve te Lacts, ters con Tale ht tl
fhoet “Rnwawingly and wallingh sul
rmitied ty supetians a frandatent
heat” said
rnypleser asesnnpletely
Dibvsteian’s cevtiticate, t substantiate
‘Hatmed reason ft alee ack Burke. Coamel 82 executive d
Hector "In Lact. au lity ease, the ony
enews, clissmissnng the changes, liam trawilulent was the haa
said that there way ney neason tor the hneaughe be the Departament of Goniec
sive Labuicate ans thing, riemal Sersiees
WORKING ON PENSION CHANGE—Members of the environmental conservation of-
ficers Local 1873 meet in Council 82 headquarters in Albany, before going to the state
and Firemen's
standing right, AFSCME le ‘coordina
ti
tor for New York Slate
Record Rise in Nation's Prisons: U.S. Study
Ee ration’spnison pagtanon nose iv aditinny, New York's ns rease was
setecend EEL percent, ta S680, i pantiatls gtinabatesd to the allocate
Wt according toate US. firtice Des anne dats for use an prasce ation ol
jattnnent’s Bune
Inthe May tepor, the department
said believed that the siangeanetease
ann ttetis.espre tally 9
Arvottier aspect of the changes an
5
‘gio sao tun, AY
Bulosorien'or ‘An
Ec
creased 2.305, 1408, sand 829, jomist?
Gewoall, both Calilornia—whidh 8
amtedd in the states warts the largest
tn asters, New Vath, Galion nis
unl Flinida, white the prapatations
.
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COUNCIL 62 REVIEW
Decontrol of Gas -Cost-of-Living Time-Bomb
There's a cost-of-living time
bomb. wa plode if
nitration
{ets its way on decontrol of
natural
tion, would benefit according. More unemployment, espec
y
windy i uta shew ‘sites
ready highest.
™ Reagan Administration
concern
soaring
since natural gas isan impor-
tant part of the cost of many
ca esterase Sot a
ip them,
shoving it at the wealthy and
"lon of jobs would be
uneteed in base American ‘Mecororaion inthe frm of
natural,
econtoled oll price,
with
weed atacias oman
stmates say
total decontrol would sock
average household gus-wers
{rom $500 to $1,000 per year
re than they're now paying.
billion in higher gas
over he ex few yrs old
reserves will nc
than $1 trillion, according 10
oy
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ed with Council 68 during May, to change
fer It retiremant aystem, which calle for contributions from state
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local; Ed
councils who traveled to Albany forthe lobbying dy.
AFL-CIO President Kirkland
Offers Sound Alternative To
Destructive Reaganomics
(PAI)—AFL-C1O
President Lane Kirkland has outlined
"an alternative set of economic pro-
posals that we believe would easily out-
perform Reaganomics” and that
“would not create inequities, as Rea-
jganomics has done.”
Kirkland offered the federation’s al-
ternatives in remarks prepared for a
“conference on national priorities”
which featured leaders of business, gov-
ernment and labor as well as econo-
d aca
The consumer boycott cam-
paign against non-union New
York Airis at fll speed, thanks
tothe support of organized labor
and its allies within and outside
of the airline industry.
Many labor groups have passed
anti-New York Air resolutions
and educated their members to
stcer clear of theanti-labor outfit.
Informational leaflets, buttons,
and bumper stickers have been
distributed by and among trade
unionists
BOYCOTT NY AIR!
from the Civil Aeronautics Board,
Texas International also provided
New York Air with routes and
airport slots.
Despite their help and flash
promotion using a “big apple"
logo, New York Air has become
the “bad apple” of the industry.
This is due, not only to its poor
labor relations, but to its dismal
record of service to customers.
Data from the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board shows that New York
Air i
Kirkland was unable to attend the
conference, held here at the George
Washington Univerity, and his re
marks were read by Rudy Oswald, di-
rector of research for the AFL-CIO.
‘The federation chief said the na-
tion's economic problems require an
array of specific, targeted measures
To combat inflation, he proposed
“ to lower
and rescuing the
crippled housingand au indus.”
To move toward full employment,
Kirkland reiterated the federation’s
proposal for “a tripartite National
Reindustrialization Board, including
representatives of labor, business and
government, which would develop a
balanced program to ensure the revi-
{alization of the nation’s sick indus-
tries and decaying communities" as
well as “encourage the development of
new industries.”
Such a board, he said, “would also
direct the activities of a financing
agency, patterned after the Recon
nance Corporation of the
1980s and 1940s, which would be
authorized to make and guarantee
loans to finance approved reindus-
trialization ventures.” He said private
pension funds also could be used for
such investments
interest rates by channeling available
(0 productive use; energy con-
mn and development and price
Controls an eliminating inflationary
housing shortages through measures
to increase the supply of low and
‘moderate-income housing.”
He said that “removing restrictions
on planting of crops, reforming price
New York Air is not like the
rest of those “new” airlines that
have sprung up in the past few
years. It is a runaway shop that,
unlike most, moved from south
to north. Its parent corporation,
Texas International, set up a
holding company, Texas Air
Corp., to funnel money, planes,
and management into the newly-
created and entirely unorganized
New York Air.
With help from Alfred Kahn
and Philip Bakes, executives fresh
to its schedule as it docs to its
contracts, It had the worst on-
time record of all airlines in the
New York-to-Cleveland market,
and the second-worst of all air-
lines flying between Washing-
ton, D.C, and New York City.
Alltrade unionistsare urged to
support the boycott and publi:
cize the facts. Don’t fly New York
Air!
AFL-CIO Union Label
and Service
Trades Department
‘oncommoditisin short supply would
that there isany-
thingies ‘new beginning’ in
the revival of the hoary old trickle-
down economics in the guise of
supply-side,’ said Kirkland,
‘But_more important,” he added,
“we reject the policies themselves,
simply because they will not work.
‘And we think America—both Wall
Surcet and Main Street—is beginning
to wake up to that fact.”
goa long way
AAs for reducing health care infla-
tion, Kirkland said a range of pro:
‘grams snecded to "eliminate duplica-
tive services reform insurance practices
and contain hospitalization costs.”
Kirkland said the Administration
and the Federal Reserve Board “should
use their authority under the Credit
Control Act to direct the allocation of
credit. Instead of finding $7 billion of
funds overnight to underwrite a Co-
nnoco oil merger, the credit sources
should be targeted to developing new
Kirkland said“
creates its own demand has been re-
peatedly rejected by the hard world of
‘experience. Transfering largeamounts
‘of funds to the wealthy and capital
does not guarantee either investment
or production.”
Noting that so-called supply-side
economics has been tried before, with
bitter results, Kirkland said “the mas-
sive supply of unemployed workers
and idle machines during the Great
Depression should have pu
tion to rest once and for all."
y-dune
Automation Has Changed and
Continues to Change Workers Lives
Automation has affected the lives of
countless millions of workers in every
facet of American lile
cl the way thing
factories, hoypital, institu
pols, universities, and. gov
‘erument, Ht has cated changes in the
work places of the nation, if only by
the great losses of jobs in some areay
dnd the creation of other jobs,
Whatever the changes have been, the
impact fay been felt by workers
While proponents of the papetless
office claim that eflieenc
tivity for both clerical and professional
employers improve with automation,
many believed
ul produc
at the nunber of sup:
port serviceemployees could be diasti
cally cut in computerized ollices
A Micronet olticial claimed
these support personnel—mainly wo:
mien in clevical positions —will have a
jump onthe computer matt sine
they alteady know how tooperate type
writery and word processing equip
ca
that ate taking place and will take
police in modern offices offer a glance
allect workers
in virtually every occupation and work
pace across the county
A dozen trade union women recently
toned what has been called the “pate
perless office” in Washington D.C.
isa model automated office rum by the
Miqonet Company
One million paper documents are
created every minute of every working
day, avording to a Micionet spoke
‘woman, pointing out that the "paper
less" approach will be “imperative”
for business and government in the
fue
A description of the office from the
February-March, 1982, ine of the
AESCME Women’s Letter follows
The Micronet Company includes
sections for document reation, digital
conversion (to computer characters)
rmicrogaphic conversion placing docu
ments on mocrofilm), automated te
trieval (ile), as well as hatd copy pro
duction (copyingand printing of mate-
rials). ‘The office even included a
machine called the Micropad, that
alates and pring into compu
ter ch
‘The office was full of machines.
Wha wats Largely missing was people
ke the average office, clerical sup:
pon personnel in the “paperless” of-
fice were few and far between.
ment togive
them access to the computer would be
relatively: simple, 16 q
several computer science courses. Mi-
ronet also stressed that there will bea
surge in the n
needed 10 service computer equip.
iment, and hat women shout
turning in that ditection for f
powibilitcs,
mber of personnel
‘Regardless of ity potemtial for jab
opportunities, itis clear that the com:
puterized office will greatly impact on
Tabor relations and union organizing
drives. Keeping up with trends in of-
Utah AFL-CIO Is Seeking Funds
To Defeat Anti-Union Sen. Hatch
‘The Utah AFL-CIO has issuedacall,
for funds for next fall’ election cam
paign, involving U.S. Senator Orrin
Hatch, whom they say has “conducted
a vendetta against the labor move:
ment.”
P. Mayne, presi-
beneficial thingy that union women
an do to keep one step ahead of man:
agement who may attempt to weaken
or destroy a union by reliving office
workers with machines,
“CONTENT” Bill Will Boost Economy
i
bill now before the Congress could
create as many asa million jobs in the
auto and auto-related industries, ac-
cording to the bill's supporters.
‘ally The Fair Prac-
ide content (parts
ind wey be included in every auto-
mobile sold in this country.
Content legislation had, by early
summer, 1900 soi House
mnnceded
tices in Automotive Products Act—
to have a majority for va and it
had the Senate
Sorry, youre overquathes
dent and secretary-treasurer of the
Utah federation, Hatch “personally
killed the labor taw reform bill (in
Congress) with a filibuster,” and he
pointed out that Hatch isthe architect
of the youth sub-minimum wage bill
andis using “what used tobe calledthe
Senate Labor Committee to promote
the right wing Heritage Foundation’s
labor agenda—repeal of Davis-Bacon
and other prevailing wage laws, water-
ing down the principal of the 8-hour
day, (and)
away from him, and force him to run
‘on his record, he will lose. Hatch is
vulnerable, he asserted
“His arrogant, abrasive, cold style
and far right politics have left him
with a large, negative rating,” said
Mayne. “Hatch figures he can over-
‘come these handicaps by campaign
spending, and he'salready raised more
than $1 million.
“In fact, he raised half of it at a
Washington reception, where he told
non-union contractors that he needed
the money because George Meany had
targeted $4 million to beat him, which
hows you that Orrin Hatch is also a
‘contemptible liar!”
‘The Utah labor movement madeita
to labor unions through-
tion, Mayne detailed the
anti-union, anti-worker positions he
has taken in the nation and, particu
larly, in his home state,
“Ifyou think Orrin Hatch has been
bad for labor nationally, he and his
henchmen are making things even
‘worse for labor in Utah,” said Mayne.
He added that, if Hatch is able to
make labor his only issue, he will win,
but if organized labor takes that issue
try in this manner, Mayne indicated,
but, he added, “the task that faces us in
1982 isso great and so important tothe
entire labor movement that we are ask-
ing your local to help fund thiseffor
Since no funds will be given to candi
dates, we can accept treasury money."
Maynesaid thatany amount of money
can be sent to the federation for the
effort to defeat Hatch, to: Utah State
AFL-CIO Education Fund, 2261 S.
Redwood Rd., Salt Lake City, Utah
BAILS.
ITU Warns of Job Losses
COLORADO SPRINGS (PAI)—
‘The Typographical Union has esti-
mated that as many as 367,000 re
be printed in either this country or
Canadi USS. copyri
could be lost
Sishing i industry should Congres a
tore
tection. The ITU says thatelimination
of the in a massi
theUS. Copyright Law.
‘The provision, due to expire July 1,
move by American publishers and
printers out of the country.
Page 12
COUNCIL 82 REVII
May-June
Charges Against Two Clinton
COs Dropped in Federal Court
Charges that two Clinton Correc-
tional Facility correction officers vio-
lated the civil rights of an inmate
were dismissed in eatly June, ending a
two-day trial in federal courtin Albany.
An carlier trial in the case in which
thetwo were accused of using excessive
force in subduing an inmate ended in a
mistrial for Sgt, Leonard Welch, 45,
and Stephen Pageau, $0, aftr a juror
became ill
Both of the men, at the beginning of
June, were suspended without pay for
30 days and were barred from having
contact with inmates for one year, by
the Department of Correctional Ser-
vices. The suspension was to have
begun sometime later this summer.
Welch also had been charged with
{ailure o exercise proper supervision
cover Pageau in the incident, in which
an inmate allegedly was beaten, and
the incident was recorded by the pri=
son's television surveillance system,
‘The suspensions will cost the wo a
total of about $8,900 in lost wages, but
conviction on the federal charges
could have cost them a fine of $1,000
cach and a year in prison.
[As the prosecutor asked that the
charges be dropped in federal court—
the inmate did not appear in court to
testify for the prosecution—both Sgt.
Welch and Officer Pageau dropped
their grievances in the matter, effee-
tively accepting the suspensions.
The incident occurred in a Clinton
corridor, when the two said that they
Legislative Report
By Ralph Kent
Council 82
Legislative Director
Busy Legislative Session Sees
Many Council 82 Bills Submitted
The 198: ‘Council 82 has been a very
the end of May and is continuing into June,
ded. ill
ik hiscellto
an exercise yard, and that he had
leaped at them before he could be
searched. ‘The inmate was paroled in
August, 1981, and the departmental
charges were brought against Welch
and Pageau a month later.
DENTAL INSURANCE CLAIMS
Higher Reimbursement to be Paid
Payment of dental claims at the old
tal claims be delayed temporarily, so
ld be paid at
lature passes and the governor signs
legislation to enable bills to be paid at
the new rate, according to James Sipe,
Council 82 president.
“As you know, our new contract was
negotiated and became effective April
1, 1982,” said Sipe. “AI items in the
contract that have to do with money
‘must be approved by both houses of
the newly-negotiated rate
“Now, we recognize that it may be
quite some time before the legislative
process is completed,” Sipe sai
The claims will be paid at the old
level until the state completes the rati-
fication. Later, said Sipe, dental insur-
ance checks will be issued for the dif-
the governor. This is going to come
nt it is al
yayment that was
made at the old rate and the amount
paid at the new
take time.”
twas hoped at frst, he said, that the
pay bill would proceed quickly, o the
union requested that payment of den-
rate,
“In the meantime,” he added, “we
ask for your understanding and
cooperation.”
Wensum /Nebelpatie/ Zurich
COUNCIL 82
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there writing and visiting their senators and assemblymen. We look forward
{0 a good year.
1 want to compliment the narcotics offices on their turnout in Albany,
when it came time for them to lobby on behalf of their creditable service for
retirement bill
They were well-received and were very convincing in their presentation
to the senators and assemblymen.
In addition, the members of the capital police and the environmental
conservation officers did a top notch job on lobbying for their bills, along
1 safety offi i
the issuance of appearance tickets. Doing as good a job were the correction
officers on their package room bill
the Tier III pension law was excellent, and is but another example of our
members
in the country in return to its members.
TI We' ji
to bigger and better programs, and the help of each and every one of you is
needed.
New Galax Mirror
Boycott Ends
The New Galax Mirror Company of,
Galaz, Va., has been removed from the
AFL-C1O's boycott list, since the com-
jgned a new contract with the
United Furniture Workers Local 258.
The company has been removed
from the official AFL-CIO "DO NOT
BUY!" list, according to John Mara,
secretary-treasurer of the Union Label
and Service Trades Department, who
urged unions and their members o pa-
tronize the company’s products. New
Galax is a maker of various glass and
mirror products sold mostly in eastern
states.
BOYCOTT
Procter & Gamble
‘Soap Products
Help the Kansas City
‘Steelworkers in their fight
ontract!
Union Label & Service Trades
Department, AFL-CIO
Air Traffic Control Problems Persist
-C1O NEWS)
id several factors led to det
A special government task force set
up a few days after the start of last
year’s air traffic controllers. strike
warned that many of the conditions
riorating relationships between FAA
managers and controllers, including
increased “peak time” air traffic that
led to anxiety during peak periods and
that
“Most factors th
the valley
lems in the past them-
selves, and the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration seems headed toward more
lerelated problems in the fu-
the three-member group said in
Mt
Officers of the Professional Air Tral-
fic Controllers Organization said the
task force's findings bear out the asser-
tions of PATCO members concerning
the work environment within the
FAA's air traffic control system.
‘The task force, headed by Lawrence
J
tween d prior
to the Aug. 3, 1981, strike included in-
adequate systems to select and train
‘managers rigid management attitudes,
and a “pervasive” attitude that the
“lite concern” for its
Jones said that the task force con-
cluded that the 11,500 controllers who
went on strike last year did so because
of factors other than the hope of win-
ring higher salaries. Economic con-
siderations, Jones told reporters, “did
‘not seem to be a driving motive in any
way.”
