VOL. 18 NO.3
Official Publication of Council 82. AFSCME - Al
Retroactive Portion of Council 82 Pay Increase
To be Paid to Members During Week of April 20
Phe renoactive postion af the pay
inieave fon state workers covered by
tHe Counc i ¥2contiactateexpected
he patid during the week of Apnil 20,
contingent on thiee bactots,acconding
toy state oficial
passage of the
ate hudget, the avaik
of Funds fromm the state's soning
Fonowing, sad the mechani pro:
cess tough the regular payroll
Phe payment will he on a separate
check, anid thuse cheeks will be sent to
inulividualy inthe
hot tthe homes of menthery. AIL
ious workplaces,
members of Council 82, however, will
receive the yettetive Tamapssim pay
amen at the same time
Chere will be a full social yectity
deduction, a ull garnishment deat
tion, ifany, and a tull Tier $ deve
tion, ifthe employee iscovered by that
pension plan, State nd federal tases
will he “annualized,” which meany
that the amount withheld is the same
the taxes hal brew withheld over
the 26 previous pay pesos
Payments will he made-on the bass
oof annual slaty, holiday pay, over
preniumn in Hewat overtime,
‘ Talay. There ae
certain thingy that wil he excluded
in Long location pay. night shift dit
ferential, and pre-shilt briefings
In order toquali tor the ettoactive
pay. the individual must heon the pay
rollon Marclt 81, LO8D, unless the tea
som for atbyence from the pastoll iy
death or retirement, Retivees will have
theitchecksmailed to eit homes, and
the survivors will eceive the cheeky
dlegeayed employers
how employees on heave without
pay, and seasonal employees not on
thw paasroll on March 31, will weceive
the tetroactive payment alter they 16+
than to the pavtol
Elewhete on this page ane: chat
listing the silary schedules for pay
pla fan hat ilustratey
the salary steps throughout the con
Haat term.
Nee Related Charts an Page 7)
Union Wins Right
To Share Apartments
At Bedford Hills
An improper practice charge, filed
in behalfol about S0conecion olficery
at Bedtord Hilly Conrectional Facility
has been resolved in favor ob the olf
caty belore the State Public Employ
tment Relations Board
The ollicery had beew allowed to
share on-facility apartments with othe
officers, when the state
prohibited the privilege, provoking
the improper practice change
A meeting between Council
sentatives anid slate representat
wwaty held st Bedlord Hills, and it way
resalved so that theotticer ycould shate
housing at Davis Hall on the groundy
‘ofthe facility, if they choose to do se,
Ending State Share of Federal Revenue
Will Bring Regressive Tax Hikes: WURF
WASHINGTON (PAD—Tinkering
vse feral revenneshuaing pte
aguam threatens “substantial biaenn w
tHe quality of life in America “without
any veliel from the ravages
of intkation,” President Jeny Wutf of
the State, County nd Municip Em
ployers told at Senate pane
Wont testified belore a Senate: Fi:
nance Subcommittecon RevenueShat
ing chaived by Senator Bill Bradley
WAN...
The public employee union leader
said the proposed budget cuty elimi
nating the state share of tee
‘enue sharing would undo decadeot
bipartisan effort to snengthen state
anal local government
that 49 cities in 24 states would face
sevions revenue losses if the sate share
were ended
‘Cities and sates that ae inva posi
tion wa do so will, of course, rae their
tayes to ty to alle the tose fe
cxal funds,” Waa said Ln mest cies,
tue sued, tis will mean bigher prop
cary axes
The vesule, Wu said, will he the ae
placement of el
fesleral taxesty the generally regressive
eld pogtessive
tages on homes nd weal property and
‘more inequity heaped on low and
rmoxlerate income taxpavers.
1981
Council 82 Attempting to Force Lt’s Exam
By Taking Civil Service Commission to Court
Council 82 is going to comet ta lance
the New Vouk State Civil Service
Comuission to give a lieutenant’ e
amination, since there hay aot been
cone sine 1973,
In is unconscionable that the state
could allow the detetionation of stand
ands to suclan extent that they would
space examinations tor such impor
tant positions in the ciminal justice
system more than at hallloren seaty
apart,” sail Thomas Hotkind, Coun
LBZ executive directon
Richad Rowle, attorney for the
union, went te court this month 1
point out that the commission iy in
violation of ity own rules in failing ©
andi the examinations ay they
should hold them
Acconding to Holkind, the ettect hay
thete ate onls 6 permanent
Deen th
Hieutenanty and 110 prosisional fiew
tenants, whaane creating hac klog of
sergeants wha have tilled the positions
vacated by them when they were mate
provisional Hewenanty
Thovetow,” sid Holland, “the
Sergeants ane called contingent y-pet
manent and, mo matter how you Tonk
ait, i's less than a pennanent
ponition
Comtonard on Page 7
Albany County correction officers hit the bricks on Feb. 26
Job Action at Albany County Jail Results in
Settlement of Many Issues for County COs
Ten of 13 issuey of
ancerm were
settled at the end of February, ater
some 63 membersot Lox Albany
County Sheriff's Department Employ
ces, walked off the job at the end of the
evening shilt
The members involved, all cone
tion ollicers at the Count unt
Penitentiary, set-up picket lines at
about 11 pan. Feb. 26, and Council 82
spokesmen worked through the night
tw tesolve the ploblems, setting up at
Jaborananagement meeting with the
‘county om the issues,
We wereable to resolve Wot them
favorahly for the union, while the
dather luce ave stil being discussed
with the sheriff.” said John Burke,
council president. Burke, Fhomay Hol
Land, council execttive ditector, Riche
snl Rowley, attorney for the ation
und Holly V, Chae, stall represents
ive, met with county wltic ial
“One ol the major problems way just
getting the shetilf wo sitdown
‘as any problems with them,” Burke
noted. There way ageement that the
shevitt will dis. uss problems and cv
corny, ay well ay grievances.
Sheritl George fntante agreed that
he wold no Longer simply stamp "de
nied” on grievances and return them:
without explanation or discussion, as
had been done in the part. Now, ae
cording 10 the agreement, he will dis
‘cuss them with the unionand the indi
vidual concerned,
(Continued an Page 7
. {
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
Director's Cor’
By TOM HOLLAND
Executive Director
Clay Resigns—Sol
J Fwant to wish him well in
Services.
March 12 was a su day for me, in that Fhad to accept the vesignation of
‘our council's reasurer, who hay been a very Joyal union me
her
id Union Member
his new job with the State Office of
aayoneof the foundersof Council 2, nel was the only treasure that
the union has baad since its founding, Over long yearyaand many tying tines
and difficult ttle, Bill has always been in the thick of it, giving his sage
Counsel not only in stictly labor-management matters, but in all financial
tery
The job done by Bill Clay in keeping the financial records and guiding
the union at every step in the use of the fundy over all those years will he a
lasting tribute to his yearsay council treasurer
Also in ine for comgratukations is Ton Tnglee, an Albany city police
officer and secretary of Council 82, upon his election to the neastrer’s post
‘vacated hy Bill Clay, Pm ghad that the executive box elected such a staunch
mn man for the job, andl [congratulate Jobn Evans, president of Local
2060,
‘of Council 82,10 fill Tom's vacant office
John and Local 2060, with the help of Council 82, won a good contract
for the 500 members of the local eatly this month, B g started in early
January, and concluded about two months later
tor hoe
AFSCME, with Council 82, conducted a training seminar March [Band
and for stewards. Organized by John Dowling, international educati
p the seminar y
sessions, Arne Wipfler, international union representative, worked with
Dowling, ane! the first day's sessions was attended by Robert McEnroe, intet-
national union area director for New York
We'll be heading for the New York Ci
and we p
of the training sessions,
area next, with the sine pro-
The Quality of Work Life Executive ¢ £ Council
Union recovers Some $9,600 for those
Who were Wrongfully Fined After '79 Strike
Attomneys for Council 82 have com:
pleted theso-called “two-for-one” hea
ings at Great Meadow Correctional
Favility at Comstock, whete itappears
that the union hay recovered about
$9,600 for the members
Phe hearings have been under way
al months, and were he result
York State Taylor Law
legal expenses for the union at
Gea Meas for the hearings aed
some $3,706, with fourattomneys work-
ing on the numerous ces
They're going as fast as they ean
go." said Thomas Holland, Council
en
rth the ion and vale
Shae tunder prosisions of the New
take until theend of 1981 to processall
(of the claims of union members.”
AFL-CIO Union Leaders Assert Reagan Plan
Takes From the Poor, Gives to The Rich
BAL HARBOR, Fla. (PAL)—Union
leaders attending the AFL-CIO exec
tive council meeting here attacked
President Reagan's tax and budget cut
proposals, charging th
henefit the rich and business while
they hurt the unemployed, the poor,
and the following are a few examples
—AFSCME President Jerry Wurf
said: "The tax cuts and the spending
‘ats proposed by President Reag
devastating 10 the average workin
family... Incontrast big business and
very wealthy would he the winners
these economic programs are
Reagan program, he
added, “represents the most basic chal:
adopted." T
lenge to the labor movement in de-
ceades, We must develop our own eco
nomic policies or tisk having. one
imposed on us.
Reagan, heassert
d,“isscrewing the
people who voted forhim.
The middle
82 President John Burke, Commissioner ‘Thomas Coughlin of the Depart-
men of Cnsetenal Serves, Meyer Frc, deta of the Governor's
i ich vem:
ployee i the New York Legislature, ay staff director th fe were Mm:
applicants for the job, and Hill was inter atenhansie view of many
s— -one penalties under the Taylor Law—botb this
month andl in April. On March 31, and April | an hiearings will be held at
Clinton in Dannemora and Eastern at Napanocly; on April 7-9 at Gree
Haven; April 1-16at Clinton, Green Haven, an Bedford Hills; April ! at
Hort: Ayril 2128
i What he is
doing is pumping a lot of tax dollars
into rich people's pockets
Loyd McBride, Steelworkerspresi:
dent, std: “It isa soak-the-poor-and-
give-to-the-rich proposition.” He ex:
v ned that working menand women
the low end of the tax cut will pay
the price of budget cuts by paying
more for school lunches for their
children,
—Anerican Federation of Teachers
President Albert Shanker charged that
the proposal is "Robin Hood in
reverse.”
“In education, for example, the
proposed 20 percent cuts in federal
spending are in programs designed 10
aid the educationally disadvantaged—
the poor and the handicapped,” he
said, noting, “Education is a capital
investment because in
ductivity and self-sulf
back on education isa certain way of
increasing the ranks of those in our
country who depend on government
for their basic needs
Answers to
YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE
Questions
Taconic
jy are Apt Clinton; April 28at C day
‘ an effort to keep our membership better informed about their group
i thi column i bing initiated on ao is
Camp Pharaia
Waterford Police
Solve Problems After
Peaceful Picketing
Members of the Waterford vote
department conducted peaceful picket
ing in the Saratoga County wilson
Retired D.C. 37 Editor
Honored by ILPA
NEW YORK (PAI}—Two retired un-
ion editors have received the Distin-
guished Labor Communications Award
from the International Labor Press As-
sociation. ILPA President fim Cesnik — Matel 7, bring attention to several
presented the award Tor Cedervall, Problems they nad experienced in
former editor of the Retail, Wholesale sling with: management
and DepartmentStoreEmployees"Ree Hollis Chase, a Council 82 taf rep-
J Bernard Stevens, retired edi- resentative, went to Waterford and, ac-
i cording to union officials, “wayable to
resolve the problem by getting a
sides to sit down, discus their pr
lems, and work them out.”
Attend Local Meetings
then format, impo
der the New York stewie ph n
ficquestion,
vers in Albany. Yo
«tive participation is requested on a continuing basis.
Any question, however simpleor secmingly complex, issoicited, in the hope
health insurance coverage
cal plan program,
spouse is not eligible.)
When should file
deductible
dependent under jor medi
A. (a) Your spouse or a legally separated spouse. (Note: a divorced
(b) Your unmarried children under 19 years old
(¢) Your unmarried children 19 years old or older, but under age
5, who receive more than half oftheir support from you and
‘who are full-time students at an accredited secondary or pre-
paratory school or college or other accredited ed
stitution, ‘Time spent in the U.S. m
years, may be deducted from the dependent's age for the pur-
pose of establishing eligibility for coverage
claim under the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company statewide major medical pla
.A-claim may be submitied when you or one of your covered de-
pendents incur covered meatical expenses, in excess of the $75
amount in any calendar year.
must be submitted for each covered person.
/ not to exceed four
pparate claim forms
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
Capital Police Local President Charges
OGS was Just "Catching Up” on Police
Staffing When 32 Jobs Were Cut
The Capital Police unit of the State
Office of General Services has
duced to its Lowest level of staffing
ce 1970, according w Sgt, Rokind
Martin, president of Local 1870 which
represents the officets of the unit
OGS announced a few months age
that it intended to reduce the approx
mately 100 officers hy 32 and replace
the policeotficers with building guards
Council 82 and AFSCME Interna
tional have been working with Local
1870 to legislatively transfer the Capi-
“In fact,” asserted Matti
simply catching up on the levels of
staffing for building guards and their
particular function as they have been
tunderstafled for years.
Martin pointed out that, sine 1975
the Capital Police unit hay been te-
duced from 127 officers, including su-
pervisory and command officers,
JL in December, 1980.
During that same perio, crimes
rose 100 percent in both the felony and
imisdemeanorclasse,” Martin asserted
tal Police unit from OGS tothe Execu-
tive Department, under which the
State Police functions.
The bill which would remove the
Capital Police from OGS and place it
within the jurisdiction of the Execu
tive Departinent remains in legislative
committe inthis session. Iwas intro
duced by Assemblyman Joseph Lentol
and Senator Richard Schermerhorn,
Martin predicted in his event ath
alress to the Council of Albany Neigh
borhiood Associations that crime would
rise as police were reduced in the South
Mall complex downtown, and on the
State Office Campus.
The presidentol Local 1870haseriti-
ized OGS for its action in reducing
he unit because, he said, the re
dakes the guts out of the department
by vitally reducing the patrol and de-
terrent function,”
Further, he said, the placement of
vers with building
(since) guards have no pow=
cersof arrest or investigation and must
call for police assistance in all cas
involvingcviminalatisty, sinh
ness or injury, and
"Ah, clean windows, eh?
Member of the Month
‘AUBURN CORRECTION
OFFICER NABS BURGLARY
SUSPECT ON LAWN OF
CITY POLICE CHIEF
Floyd Bushnell Jr.
A conection officer from Aubum Correctional Facility this: month
tackled a burglary suspeet on the lawn of the Auburn policechief’shome, and
held the youth for the police, who had been int hot pursuit al
incident
Floyd Bushnell Jr, who was off duty atthe time, saw police im the area
where he was driving his ear and heatd shouts for someone to stop,
ear ok boy ran inion Bushs Je, ana it became evident
ta ake hi on the haw of Police hie fbi Costello,
Thecha
it was known that no one was at home
Alter policearrived atthe scene. yuan ies too
down the street, Police officers gave chase andl one caught the spect who
then struck the officer in the faceand ¢ nue orn, pursed hy nur
‘The suspec
second Idee asa and third-degree burglary, He was said by officials
have been ona “home visit” from the Great Valley Youth Genter, Buffalo, at
the time ofthe ine ident.
Bushnell isa four-year veteran of the department and isa steward in his
local in Auburn,
[Wash ington }
lL dadprlixid vee
SHOCK OF CONTINUING RURAL POVERTY
Legal Work on Two-For-One Hearings Conti
Ina nation blessed with ahundantiesouices ain highly productive farms
and factories, perhaps nowhere isthe sul fact of povertyin themidstof plenty
anne starkly illustrated than in teal Americ
Jf the nation’s population,
‘poor; about two
# The wural areas, with neal
account for almost half of the offi
thins he polation rive nade medical services. and about
half are poorly hows 1 LO oillion rural American live in
homes with no indoor wivmbing
# Rural black workers evan only half ay much ay the national
average forall workers
+ About half ofthe rural Higpanie families headed hy women live
in poverty
+ all Native
live in substandard or overcrowded housing,
Numbers, however, tellonly panto the sure power
Jess ina tual America still nostal
harm oF Looked upon aya
Jy romanticized as a place of rustic
nal playground void ol ¢ i inhabitants
Bur if you work for the Zenith Corporation in Watsontanen, Pa, being
powerless means watching helplessly as the plant is closed and your job is
moved to Taiwan
In Kodak, Kentucky, itmeansseeing your home bulldored away to get the
coal beneath t ©
In Madera, Cali. if you're a farmworker, it means living with the daily
fear that your family may he poisoned hy the careless use of pesticides,
Problemy such ay these have resulted Largely from public policies de-
signed to support narrow economic interesty engaged in the exploitation of
rural resources and people, Tax laws, government subsidies, research and
so-called development programy have been tailored to these corpe
interests
On the other side of the coin, public policy hay been one of systematic
aval of rsa people dept thee disproportionate shate of
nic problems. Public investment in housing, health
anyporation, job-creation and job training moyen Aiay been
minimal, For example, since the 1980s, less than 20 peteent of the nation’s
housing support funds went to tural
In another ingtance, President Garter, on one of hi inst acts alter tal
office in 1977, launched! an emergency progam to pump SE billion inte
municipal public works. But the Administration casually excluded from
cliibility all ans with populations wnt 50.000
tests of ata which Jato Washington, D.C. mone thant
we nation forthe wwe
sponsored hy Runal Ameri haha ng diligently ince 1975 0
organize rural communities and to give rua issue
During the three-day conference in early Februay, delegates from aver it
of isues—production and marketing co-ops, community control through
Tand trusts, community development block grants, federal programs for ea
development, the use of rural dumping grounds for havarde
nae a few
Yo increave their level of organization anxl political influence, the dele~
gates faunched a National Alliance Tor Rural Action (NARA), which will
av
roots coalitions, NARA leaders sad plany include setting up an independent
political action commitiee in addition to seekit h prc
forces in urban anes, These would include labor, minorities, i women
The recognition at the Rural America conference that suonget bonds
must be forged with natural alliey is part of a welcome wend among pro
crests, including onganized labor, environmentalists, consumers and
sninorities,
Such alias perhaps are nel oe one han ee if he curent
it
efought
p '
successfully
Asa recent editorial in the monthly newspaper of Rural America put it
Justice, equityand power will not begivenby liberalsor conserva
tives, It will not be realized through “trickle-down economies, or the
‘reindlustralization’ of Ametic
I i peop
ined and who control thee lives, communities, kind and resoure
who work hanelin-hand with thowe even less powerful chan th
to assure equal distiution of resources among all people
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW —
OPINION
Guest Editorial
"The Opportunity to Cultivate
Our Better Natures”
1981 isthe centennial year of American labor, the 10h
sersity of thefoundingon November 15,1881, of the Federation of
Organized ‘Trades and Labor Union, which became the American
Federation of Labor five yeats later
Samuel Gompets, the fist president of the AL, was at dee
gate to that 184] convention, and coine identally, January 27, 198),
marks the [31st aniversary of is binth, Consequently, it’s proper
to statt the centennial year hy setting the record statight on what
Samuel Gompers actually sad in responye to the question, “What
does Labor want?" It sas no simply More.” Phat misquotation
iy Long outlived Gompers and is used today to the detriment of
American labor because it implies that the nade union movement
iy dedicated to baw and selligh motives
Samuel Gompers never suid, “Mote,” and what he did sy—
the only possible test rom which that misquote could have been
taken—makes cleat that the teade union movement in America
flows from far nobler instincts. Hete, fom a paper Gompers real
to the International Labor Congtess in Chicago in September
1993, is what he actually sai
5 What does labor wants the earth and the fullness thereof
There is nothing too precious, thete is nothing too beautiful, 0 lolty, 190
enoblng une it is witin these an comprehension of aba» apinr
1 nl lesa:
Ivana mene ang and es ie ecm work ad sine
‘more leisure and less greed: more justceand less revenge in fact, more of the
opportunities to cultivate our better natures,
Ini in that spirit that we greet our second century
Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO president
the centennial year of American or
labor.
ohn Burke ‘Thomas Holland
President Executive Director
Vice-President ‘Robert Ostermeler
Ronald Russell
Executive Board
, Sosa
‘Arthur Fidgeon (QUSUA PIES), award Dean
pera
Vol. 18, No.3 ‘Council 82 Review March 1981
LETTERS
STAND UP FOR ALL WORKERS
Editor
Tnotice the reporton labor history education sponsored by Local 11990f
the National Hospital and Health Gare Union. Uhave read in dhe papers and
also attended rally to support Local 1199 in theit fight for better and fair
Hivanne Y. The Review
and even Polish workers, but thete’s no statement in support of Local 1199
whoye members have been fined for standing united andl they have been on.
strike for over four months,
Atleast the Woodlboune local has moved to support their brothers, but
has the council made a formal public notice of support? Here isan attempt to
ddesroya union in anaheads depressed economic area. The public as formed
dye toad
holdall
a pp
the cards to force a stanolf, to tnak he union financially, the sume way
OER seems to he tying to take the duey check-off from Council 82
The hoypital union has asked for binding arbitration and management
refuses, Iti obviows that management has alot to lose and wants the union
broken, not only for itself, for all business fitms in Sullivan, N.Y. This
coming week (Editor's note: this letier was received too late for the February
+v.),the union isgoing to Albany and New York for help. 1feel Council
82 should publicly support Local 1199.and request the NYS AFL-CIO to be
more active in supporting Local 1199. Faso feel Council 82 should give
whatever pressure it can to bear in Albany, to support the hospital workers
As it appears to be the theme of The Review, which should also be the
hheartand voice of Council 82, "One forall andallforone." Itis time to stanel
united and strong, not just for ourselves, but forall workers, Remember April
"79! Thank you for your time and consideration concerning this mater.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Patterson
Camp Pharsalia, Local 1876
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
JOB WELL
John Burk
‘appreciation of
New York Air Placed on Unfair List
New York Air way placed on the
AFL-CIO unfair list at the request of
the Airline Pilots Association hy the
federation’s executive couneil at ity
February meeting in Florida
Captain John J. O'Donnell, pres:
dent of the pilots’ union, adviged the
council that thousands of airline work:
‘ery have lost their jobs during the past
two years through the economic recey
sion and government deregulation.
Workers and their unions, he said,
now face a new threat from the 1
way tactics of so-called “alter ego” ar
Fines set up hy established carviers in
an attempt to avoid their obligations
under union contracts.
New York Air iy & case in point,
O'Donnell pointed out, It isa “new”
corporation, set up by Texas Inter
tional Airlines, whose directors,
through holding company, used mil-
lions of dollars of Texas Internation
assets to fund the supposedly "new
airline
New York Air employs non-union
HERE'S HOW 1 DO IT—Thomas ingles, Counci 62's former secretary, prepares to
workers at wages and under working
conditions far below industry stand-
ard, he explained, while union en
ployees of Texas International, who
have provided safe and reliable service
to millions of passengers for many
ployees with far leyy expetience have
been hited by New York Air
Union-Busting In Hi
Care Scored by ALO
BAL HARBOUR, Fla, (PAD—The
AFL-CIO hascalledon state inguranee
commissions to put an end to the
health care industry's practice of payy
ingon thecostsol socalled labors nag
ment consultants a
tongs eocasamers
higher hospital billy and health in:
surance premiums,
The federation said the practice is
already forbidden in federal medical
care programs because such costy ate
not related to patient care
council secretary, his record-keeping system. Inglee was named secretary by the
Legal Update
By Patrick B. McNamara
Council 82 General Counsel
Legal Work on Two-for-One Hearings Continue
In 1979, mone than 6,500 members of Council 82 were changed with
alleged patie pation in. stike,in violation ofthe Taston Law, between April
[Wand May J, under Givil Service Lan Section 210,
Phe great majonity of prople socharged were originally «hanged within
Wdaysot stike participation, Under thediaconian penalty provinionyat the
Valor Lanw cath person originally presumed to have beenon stibe tor Hidayy
‘oud have been subjected 10 Hoss ol 32 day» gto pas
Ava tesult of a law suit commenced fy Council 82 on hetuall of al ity
snembers who were presumed to have beet on strike, the munnber of ays each
vember wats presumed «have been on stike way reduced by the number of
regular days off falling within te petiea in question,
Thus, asaaresultot the lawsuit brought by Council 82nd handled by out
atomneys, Rowley andl Forest, P.C, no member of Council 82 way changed
with stiking. on fined “uvoor-one,” on his regular days ol
Approximately 6.000 state employees represented by Council 82 filed
alfdavity objecting to the original sike determinationy made by the gover
nnor's Oficeol Employee Relations, Based upon ityteview of thoyeallidavity,
OER granted heatingy lor approsimately 1,600 eyiplovees tepresented by
Council 82, which, with ity attorneys, iy involved in the largest number of
two-for-one” hearings held on a statewide ass in the history of the Tas lor
Law
Attomeys from the law finn of Rowley and Fonest and 1 have been
tenting ‘ouncil 82 membersat these hearings thoughout the sate, Lam
plea ata this ysimately been hel
30 Eilts hough the sta
Given the cmnent state of the law and the siatutory presumption which
p the esultsha
succesful, Winh Council 2's commitment to provide Kegal conned to on
members, we have been able w achieve the following results to date
At ALBION Conevtional Facility, thie members recoxeved every aay in
question claimed in their affidavit and seven member stecavereda portion of
the days claimed, AUARTHUR KILL, 30 membery recovered all days in
aquestionan tiveeen cr pntonat eda yin quedo. ALA TTI, 24
member Y Wy Hahedayy
in question. At CONSACKIE, seven: members aecoveted all ayy in question.
and five recovered a portion of the davy in question, At EDGECOMB, tw
recovered all avs ity question and one recovered portion of the dayy in
question, AU EISHIKILL, 29 members teconeted every day inv question and
cight recovered a portion of their objection to the srike determination vty
nied. At GREAT MEADOW, 21 olficers have recovered everyday in quey>
tionand five ave recovered a portion. At HUDSON, tice recovered every day
in question, AM MID-ORANGE, tout officers recovered every dav, and four
veciatere portion of the dys in question, At QUEENSBORO, one attic
recovered all days claimed and, at TACONIG, 15 recovered every day in
question. At WALLRILL. thice officers ecaneted all dav in question
fnye reaver portion of the days he claimed
With {ovr membership, loc, andl council
leaders, and the legal representation provided by Council 82, we anticipate
that Council 82 may very well recover the largest sum of money ddducted
under the Taylor Law
Under the Taylor Lav, each employee hay had his objection sustained,
and isentitted 1orefund of two days’ gross pay foreach day he isfound not to
have been on strike
Conuncil 8 stands committed to take whateveraction may he necessary to
‘enyune that each member who hay won his hearing is "made whole” for any
payroll deductions which wete improperly made
William Ciay, former treasurer, end the naming of Inglee to replace him.
“No
‘Wausau Insurance to
Provide Union Cover:
Anew insurance company, Wausau
of Wisconsin ected tocary
omobile insurance for members of
Council 82, cording to Robert Tin.
ney, insurance broker from Mang As:
sociates of Albany, the local firm
through which the union has worked
for several years
AI members who qualify ay safe
drivers will receive a lower rate, Tine
ney said. The rate will become effective
(er 90 days, Also, he suid, there will
bea slight reduction in life insurance
premiums for members of the union.
‘Sore ev nl oe te guy iw
}one to be unfair with.”
oS
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Pages
Consumer Food Notebook
By Goody L. Solomon
Is Caffeine Safe Enough to Add to Food?
Canelace Peat wonties about thecaleine childten consunne in salt chinks
St-tietsay amorter wh ses hes chillew "get hyper yery excite her
dhinking vole
\
experton povchesctive drugs, Peat is nusious on behal ul all woungsters, She
pharmacvlagist at the National Institiwes of Mental Healah and any
recently related her conc eta fetter to the Foot and Dawg Aemiustation
CFDA), the agency that regulate te use of calle ay a ingen
(You we, although this substance occas natutalls in calleg elie
latend the hota naa isabel waste ks fads nec nes, cabs.
least 0 percent thes allen ide: desma balan eta cone tom hola
nats
Calleine is ponent ding.” Bert wrote EDA. Phew ate anany digs
which requite resceptions with les poten saul less puonnnced etfeetsan
the bisa than callin... Chene is sulicientevieene iy the fenate tat
caffeine bas detectable elects om. the buat and beast
Noting that because cfuildtew are small they veacesmone than ada on
Hesse aunts, she suid "Te wis «ange tei bain eset fare ee ys
nent ivaltected
Pests caves are no mete tier, Health professionals have beet voicing
sowing uneasiness about calle forall ages, Vrnong the wasons
Je peps up the ceatial nervous ststent tn ince sleepless an
instability, Hala consiiets bleu vessels, quicken te Hecate ee
vate blood! sugar sul blond pressite and iereawes the How af geste
veils, Monee, calle «an be abit loaning
Inv addition, pregnant aminnals el caffeine flab expsintents bore
coflspring with anissing Fingersanud oes plseater bin delets, Fomst
espns. hieesperinnent suggests posible havates or Bannan seprei
sign an the eel for mete estate
{ers parts bev auset paessate Bom consunne adver ates that FD baal
sponsored the abu la woth, Meanwhile, the agen va hal simi
review done on the safety of eslleine aya sole drink inguin, Tes iemtst
concluded, in May 1W78, that “hase on the evidence available. is nat
appropriate 40 consider calleine as a generally aevoagnized ay sale (GRAS)
substance for addition ta coketypw bevexages
Gonequentls, FDA has issue the following proposals, hich ate nos
pending
# Topeunit he manulacinentatleine-aeevalavt pepper deinks
Vhe curent stud requis calleine ia those verges anal sets a
anaxinmu of 0.02 percent There appears wo be ita as ss on
regarding calleine per sew be w chuacerizing ingediewt of ula
pepper beverages,” wrote EDN in its public notice
* Towne calleine om theGRAS tis and giveitintesim satus,
tHhuyallowsing ity continued uve while ndusty must conduct the aecey
Sry esearch to establish salty
Both notions have percokated opposition Irom mnanuaetuters and con
sumers. The National Solt Drink Association, aanong athens ia industy
holds that theve is no necessity for tevising the sida stand since it sey
inusinvon hut no a minimum, Thevetoe, mamuaccuters cond age bata
unin ulesamount, ites wish, but they dent because preset te ipes panic
colas ith theit unique favor. “El people dent wantasoltalaink with calleine
they dan't have to hay cola,” suid Howard Rebeats vice pest fot iene
sud welanoloygy at he sot eink association
Asloriemoving.
vvobasistorthiveither
eine hom the GRAS list, the bubble water mitkerssee
uty. hat theve is me solic ev intent eteysacinng biath
detects or child development, Futthermete, sessed Roberts, inlastny reeds
no prealding to pursue escach, [has ahead spent SE million on vlanay
stints
Consumers advewates fautt FDA for not acting ener and for nat goin
lar enough, The Federation of Homemaker shuts tiled aw site har ging tat
the May 1978 sciemtific report gave FDA no choice hur to eliminate added
calfeine fram sot dinky, therclore ity proposals were illegal. national
organization of “mothers and grandmothers,” 1 ase the wands of president
Ruth Desmond, the Federation ies the s ientisty expres “concen (aout
children’s)... elnunic consumption ol eaten in cketype beverages during
the peviog of bain giovwth and develeypmnent
Suuggestiony inc hue the use of warning Labels. Pert, tor instance, hay
recommended that labely sty," Hhis product cantainy added catteine, potent
Dpoyetstctive ding that affects «bilder ay well ay adult.” ‘The Center ton
Seienee in the Public Intewest,t Washington-based bli interest group, bis
unger wating label addressed to paegnant womens
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW
March
plain the procedure for a local lobbying effort on the Tier II! reirement program In
which some of the correction officers participate,
ive coordinator, and his assistant, Elleen
Her John D’Allessandro, The trio have brought the program to
{ar this year, in preparation for the effort to improve the
Draves, New York State acting legis!
system for correction officers.
laking the presentation were Ed
sion,
"Miss Goldy” Chicken Company Bargained in Bad Faith,
NLRB Finds After Hearing on Firm's Practices
ARRON. Ohio (PAL = The Cent
cal Workers, whose miembery aie ont
strike ageinst Sanderson Farniyin Mis
Sissippi. wel omed a National Lathan
Relation Beane judge's ruling that
the pouty yrocesson had bargained
in aul Lith
Au NLRBaulministative law judge
red in Januiny that the company’s
effort to vote out the fecal anion: way
tuntinannd, because of the tactics used
against members of FCWE Local 882
the strike buy heen prolonged
Ue asic issue the trike, aec ont
ing to the union, include poor work
ing conditions, oppressive work rules
aad yextal hanaystnent
Gloria Joutan, whomade numerous
appeatances thraughout thenation on
bbalLot thesnikers.alwaysended her
talks declaring: “Tmay be wut of work,
bot ame ee!
ICWU Presideat Frank D, Martino
said "In many wavy this decision isa
monument wo that kind of spit
The decision “also shows that the
‘company’s claim that the workers had
soted out the union was contaminated
ing tacties,” he
added
On a less positive note, Martino
pointed out that the stike is almost
tivo veary old and "Sanderyon Kurmy
hay reaped the benetits of lowe asages
and degrading worki
hase two yeas,
AFL-CIO Endorses
Perdue Boycott
BAL HARBOUR, Fla, (PAD
AFL-CIO has endoryed a United Food
and Commercial Workers boycott of
Perdue Farms products, saying Perdue
Thay used “ruthless anticunion tactics
to suppress union representation of ity
6,000 employers.
The federation urged union mem-
hers and their families not to buy
Perdue poultry “until the company
ceases its unfair and legal anti-union
hochavior
The UFCW launched itsnationwide
consumer boycott aginst Perdue alter
{ve company fined 37 union symp
thizersat its Accomac, Va., processing
plant
environmental conser
FOR A STRONG UNION neni Conner
KN ow YOUR CONTR ACT watrver trp, From he lt are Officer Dennis O'Reilly of Columbia County; Ed
March
COUNCIL 82 REVIEW Page7
Unemployment Pay Discouraging: Donovan
WASHINGTON (PAD—Crem
ployed workers may ot Know i, bua
the present system of unemployment
inurancedisconmagey then fron week
ing jobs inv new industies whith may
pay less but promi: “vewarding sew
canes
Vhat’s what Labor Secetary Ray
mond Dongs tad the Hone Ways
and Meany Committee
The Reagan Administration pro:
poses ta continue letting workers
1S weeks of jobless benelits, Then, to
give them a Fite smudge, the jobley.
worker would be denied benetits if he
refused a written alter of work paving
te minimum wage ot the sine ay an
employment compensation, whieh
ever is bigher
nian Dan Rostenkowe ski =
ML) wats skeptical about skilled workers
Chai
taking jolly a the wnininnam wage o1
sucht job even being olteed
in these times.” responded
Donovan, “we have te give thet in
entives to tnd work quick
Switzerland-Based Nestle Company Boycott Continues, as
Unions representing millions of
American workers dovensot other
national organizations representing
anillions of other Americans ane con
tinuing to boycott all proatuets of the
Nestle conglomerate, because ol its
promotion of infant formuls which
has lel to widdeypread “bonte baby di
cease” in underdeveloped counties
Uigestimaned by health official that
snore than 10 million babies sulter
from “botte baby disease”™—dian he
unalnuttition, brain dam,
dea
wean event
Acconding to Capital district IN
FAGT (Infant Formula Action Coli
tion), infant formula in poor countries
ily
‘ean cast up to 60 percent of the
income, so mothers dilute it to make it
lant longer
families have too little fuel wo sterilize
il babies starve, Poor
aby botles, lack teftigerators, and
have to use contaminated water to
six with the formu
“Phe bottle and formula then become
caniers of disease, and studies show
hat death rates ate tse to thee times
higher for botteded babies than te
bneastted infants. aon ih att
day up within av week, if she iy com
Since to iste eto tormt, Then, she
and the baby are dependent on the
formu
Thin (Nestle agutessive poner
tion hay persuaded milliony of women
to stop bicastteeding and use tor
rma,” sigs INFACT, “ox over nine
{ets muttitionisty, dactonyccomtumiet
groups, and international healthagen
Ces, including the World Healy O1
ganization, have presented reponty t0
Nestle, showing that theit promotion
iy contributing to ‘bottle baby di:
sas
tn addition to the well-known Nes
Ale candy bay andl covest mixes, the
Switverkand-bave food conglomerate
als proatuces a satiety of callers and
teay wines cles pt Rage tn
sop, uns hotels restaurant
sells uber of miscellaneous prot
tuts, suehh as: L'Oreal casnetics, Deer
Park Mountain Spring Water, Pine
Hill Ciystal Water, sand Kavli Griyp
read
Labor 8 POLITICAL ROLE—The ole A workers and ther unions te tp ot
sussion, as Al Barkan, director of the
1L-C1O Committee on Political Education,
Fl
to gain more direct voice in selection of presidental candidates. From the lt
and
AFSCME President Jerry Wurt. (Photo by Frank Alexander for Pal Photo See)
Lieutenant's Exam
(Continued from page Ly
Such a“Timbo" designation, accont
ing vo Holland, has an eft on thet
position on tanser ists, stiee they ae
holding a permanent position. Fhey
could be bumped out of i i the Hew
teraant cones hack for any reason, ine
hing, his failure to pass the lew
tenant's examination,” Holland stid,
audding, “OF course, that has a very
great effect on their morale
‘Albany County Job Action
(Continued from page Li
Jia stealy downpour of sow and
rain, these people took this action,
Holland suid. "He way probably the
worst night of the year, bur they took
‘hi action hecsause it way that inp
‘ant to them.
The 65 members returned to their
jobs after about eight hous, and all
returned to their normal work sched:
ule on Feb. 2
COUNCIL 82’s SALARY SCHEDULE
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1981
upto 3%
Fy 1980 8
PAYABLE AFTER
aver | 973%
at
Fy 1979-80
™%
THREE J
members’
with the 7 percent Increase on April 1, 1979, at the bottom, left, of the chart. Not
includ
made 0 or abot Apa 15 Thee he settlements a7 percent increase In pay in
the thre ol mor fan 2 pore gured on the
compounding ofthe” percent inne ‘econ
Economy Grew 4% in Fourth Quarter;
1980 Decline First in Five Years
WASHINGTON (PAD—The nit
the third quarter's SLA72 uillion an
nual rate
tion's economy giew at at slightly
slower rate in the fourth quarter of
TOMO than hate! been previously esti:
dl, the Commerce Deparment
reporter
Revived figures show that the weal
Gross National Product—the total
output of goods and services, adjusted
for inflation—expanedt at 3
allvadjusted 4 percentannual rated
ing the hast thice months of 1980, Last
month, the Commetee Deysa
quarter growth,
But for all of 1980, real GNP still
declined about 0.1 percent. the sume as
previously estimated. “That was the
Firgt decline in five veany
Mie wevived fourth qu
ter teportie
{lected a much larger reduction of bus
iness inventories partly oliset by
stuomger consumer ses ham previous
A A Commerce Department
economist sid the tight inventony-t
sales situation represents “the kine of
Real GNP ose to a seasonally ak
justed $1.487 trillion sama nate from
th, or at least
jon, of inventories, is
ft
less liquid
likely, sig
agvonsth in the Finst quater” of 198L
4 continued economic
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he slide program, “I've Lived a Lot In My
id the AFSCME Albany i
Barbara Graham, Eileen Holt, and Ki
hind the desk are, from the left,
Catskill
Time to “Tend Trade Union Garden,” Kirkland
says During AFL-CIO Winter Meeting in Fla.
By Robert B. Cooney
PAI Staff Writer
BAL HARBOUR, Fla. (PAD—The
AFL-CIO has taken a setie of actions
aimed at strengthening itsstructuneat
the grassroots and involving labor
amore directly in the selection of prev:
dental candidates.
The decisions reflected some soul
seatehing by the feseration’s Executive
council in the wake of the 1980 elec
tions which sw conservatives opposed
aman House nd Senate liberals
Expressing confidence that labor
will endure and survive the Re
years, AFL-CIO President Lane
land borrowed a phase from a British
union leader that labor out of power
must “tenkl our trade union garden
The AFL.-C1O, Kitkland added, has
‘abundant oppontunities to tend our
trade union garden, 10 build up our
strength,” examine its structure, “and
prepa for the battles to come."
In a potentially important break
with tradition, the Council decided to
try to develop a unified approach in
aswrting labor's voice early enough to
influence the issues and candidates of
the major parties, Previously, the
AFL-CIO waited until after both party
conventions wo endorse a candidate al
though many indivi unions bac kel
candidates during the primaries,
ABL-C1O President Lane Kitkland
named a committee, open to all 3%
Council members, whieh has no dea
Tine in revising labor's approach to
panty politics,
expressed the belief that
success involves thiee ele-
While organized labor is currently
seeking direct representation on the
Democratic National Commitee, Kitk:
Jandl said Labor does not intend 19 be
come “captive” of either major patty.
He said he hoped each party would
present an appeal to working people
The Council alo heard a report
from AL Barkan, director of the Com-
inittecon Political Education (COPE),
‘on what Kirkland called the strengths
weaknesses of labor's. political
rm,
Kirkland won from the Council a
i
arkan’s contributions in
COPE and said he needs Bat
appraising labor's polit
ical role, He sad he also wants him 10
serve until a successor can be selected
In acting to stengthen the fede
tion's structure at the lower levels the
Council was addressing a longstand-
ing weakness
Kirkland said the committee he
named would “study. problems of
strugture
Fox central boxes” andl make
mendations
Ina press conference exchange ear
lier, Kirkland said “one of the most
important issues that ison our minds
is the swength andl capacity of our re
gional bodies, our state federations
anel major city central bodies.”
He said “they carry a heavy burden
in terms of the political process; the
COPE con are the ones
ind carrying out registration
get-outthe-vote efforts,” for candidates
at state nd Local levels
Kirkland said these efforts ate bi
dlicappedd by meager resources,
cially where unions ate less numerous
and by the fact that many local unions
remain unaffiliated.
The problem will be discussed in the
regional meetings to beheld in coming
Think we've been very good at or
ganization,” Kirkland declared.
think we've gotten consistently more
fective, but we've relied on what the
party processescast up in terms of cat
nd issues in age part, And, of
ssues atise out ofthe random
fortunes of the times.”
In the past campaign, he noted, the
economic issue “worked heavily”
Jon's candidates, along with
some other issues.
the AFL-CIO, he
said, adding: “It's very important.
For about a quarter century, there
ange atthe state anel
of improving alli
ons. In general, only about half of
Jocal unions are affiliated to state and
local boaties
This can pose problems in the pe-
tures are redrawing congtession
triet lines as the House of Representa:
Lives is reapportioned on the basis o
the 1980 census. The changes will af
fect the power balance in the House for
the next decade
Perhaps more important, the
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1981 Convention
of Council 82
The annual convention of Council
£2 will be held from Aug. 80-Sept. 4
1981, at the Thruway House in Al
any. The location was selected by the
union executive board at the March
meeting in Albany
January CPI Rise
Lowest Since August
WASHINGTON (PAI)—The Con-
sumer Price Index rose a seasonally ade
justed 0.7 percent in January after
going upabout | pereemtineach ofthe
four preceding months, the Labor De
partment reported
Although it was the first time since
ation has increased at
Administrationand privateeconomists
‘warned that January probably was
only a brief pause in continuing high
inflation trend. ‘The CPL increase rep:
resented an annul inflation rate of
8.1 percent before compounding and
9.1 percent after compounding
The CPI for Urban Wage Earners
and Cletical Workers, which covers
about half the population included in
the regular, all-urban index, rose 0.8
following increases of about 1
percent in cach of the previous four
months.
In January, it took $26 to purchase
the sme market basket of goods and
services which cost $10 in 1967
BEWARE, OF UNION BUSTERS
Popular History of the
Carpenters Union to be
Published in Iilinois
CHICAGO (PAD)—In commemora-
tion of the 100th anniversary of the
Carpenters Union, the Illinois Labor
ters in Illinois. The book
searched and writtenby Richa
rov,anexperton 18th century Chicago
labor, and Thomas Subrbur, a high
school teacher and member of the Ca
pentets Union,
platform and in Rea
In other actions, the Council:
Restructured and expanded the dor-
mant Committee on Public Relations.
Communications Workers President
Glenn Watts will chair the commi
It will include panels on the uses of
cable and satellite TV, on telecom:
munications policy, on public tela-
tions aspects of organizing, and on TV
monitoring
* Decided to beginexploratory talks
with the International Confederation
of Free Trade Unions and Kitkland
named to committe for that purpose.
“Who's he blaming his
mistakes on today?”
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