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Fact-Finding Begins
O n State Re-opener
M Y ElEMENIS THAT
SHAPED ACCORD FROM
TUMUITUOUS DEBATE
Carey iHstitutes Fact-Finding Procedure
I h a v e your letter of March 29 and h a v e discussed
i t s <ronteiits w i t h Mr. N o r t h rup and o t h e r s of m y s t a f f .
I a m a w a r e t h a t a l t h o u g h t h e S t a t e h a s o f f e r e d approximately $50,000,000 in w a g e increases, n e g o t i a t i o n s
are presently at an impasse.
CSEA counsel John C. Rice, left, appears before fact-finder panel to set np procedures to be followed
in arriving at recommendations in dispute between CSEA and Carey Administration over woric contract
for state employees. The fact-finders, from left, are John McConnell, chairman Maurice Benewitz and
Jonas Silver.
Meeting Implements 5-Point
Program Adopted By Delegates
ALBANY—The f i r s t m e e t i n g of t h e f a c t - f i n d i n g p a n e l i n t h e c o n t r a c t d i s p u t e b e t w e e n
t h e S t a t e a n d t h e Civil S e r v i c e E m p l o y e e s A s s n . w a s h e l d April 3.
E s s e n t i a l l y , p r o c e d u r a l m a t t e r s were d i s c u s s e d a t t h e o p e n i n g session, w i t h a f u r t h e r
m e e t i n g s e t for April 5 a n d possibly a n o t h e r April 6. D e t a i l s of t h e w e e k e n d m e e t i n g s a r e
not available, since they occurred
after Leader presstlme.
Panel of Mediators and Pact- labor economics at Baruch ColThe three men named as fact- Finders. They also serve on me- lege and is presently on leave
finders are Maurice C. Benewitz, diation, fact-finding and arbit- from the directorship of the
of Manhasset; John W. McCon- ration panels for several other National Center for the Study
of Collective Bargaining in Highnell, of Ithaca, and Jonas Silver, states and agencies.
An arbitrator since 1958, Mr. er Education at Baruch College.
of North Merrick.
Benewitz, who will serve as chair- He holds a Ph.D. In Economics
They are members of PBRB's man, has handled over 600 cases
from the University of Minnesota.
in both public and private labor He Is a member of the National
(Continued on Pare 2)
fields. He has been professor of
Positions Far Apart In Dispute
There Is Room For
Negotiations—And
State IMust Do So
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of t h e Civil Service E m ployees Assn. is u n d e r s t a n d able. Just as a declaration of
war reflects the failure of dlplo(Continued on Pace 6)
As t h e S t a t e a n d t h e Association enter into f a c t - f i n d ing, t h e t w o p a r t i e s r e m a i n
s i g n i f i c a n t l y a p a r t in t h e i r
demands and offers.
The latest CSEA demands were
for 15.5 percent pay raises, with
employees I'eceiving less than
$20,000 getting at least a $1,350
a year raise, and those above
$20,000 getting a niaxlmum of
$3,100.
This schedule was decided upon
as the best means of aiding
those people hi the lower salary
brackets wlu> are most Ivard-hlt
by hiflation, without automatically resulting In high wage Increases for top pwlitical-patronage people, who normally ride in
on CSEA wage Improvements.
The State has offered a $250.
one-time bonus, effective July 1,
and an agreement to continue
the traditional increments, but
delaying them to July 1 also.
No offer has been made by the
State on the question of disciplinary procedure, and no significant offer has been forthcoming on health insurance, an
hi formed spoke«<nian said.
T h e Public E m p l o y m e n t Relations Board h a s indicated t h a t it will, pursuant to the s t a t u t o r y i m p a s s e
procedures, appoint a t h r e e - m e m b e r f a c t - f i n d i n g panel
today.
Since I know t h a t t h e S t a t e ' s n e g o t i a t o r s h a v e
indicated to y o u t h e s e v e r e fiscal r e s t r a i n t s in w h i c h
we find o u r s e l v e s and which I personally e m p h a s i z e d
to y o u on March 9, I need not repeat such s t a t e m e n t s
in t h i s letter.
I do repeat, however, our request' t h a t y o u join
w i t h u s in following the s t a t u t o r y i m p a s s e procedures
as a m e a n s of resolving t h i s dispute.
Wenzl Agrees To Governor's Proposal
Your o f f e r today w a s not received until a f t e r t h e
c o m m e n c e m e n t of t h e D e l e g a t e s Meeting, and I read
it a s I w a s preparing to deliver my s t a t e m e n t . Meanwhile, I directed an a n s w e r to be forwarded to y o u
during t h e m e e t i n g .
While I d i s a g r e e w i t h your conclusion r e g a r d i n g
the legitimacy of your o f f e r or i t s impact on t h e S t a t e
fiscally, I accept the o f f e r to renew n e g o t i a t i o n s and
to a t t e m p t to resolve the current impasse.
A s your letter is being served, I recommended to
the D e l e g a t e s that they use all the tools available, and
urge you to do the s a m e .
T h i s action requires good f a i t h on both sides, and
I trust your intent to proceed in t h a t f a s h i o n accordingly.
Subject to the approval of t h e D e l e g a t e s , I accept
your o f f e r to join with us in reM|i[U]jyL t h e dispute.
Delegates Approve Schedule For Action
1. C S E A shall i n s t i t u t e court action on April 1,
1975, to force N e w York S t a t e to s h o w cause w h y
i n c r e m e n t s should not he paid, e f f e c t i v e on t h e legally
constituted date.
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CSEA Statewide Delegates meeting began in orderly fashion, as officers and other ranliing officials of the
union listened intently to the statement by Theodore C. Wenzl, the Association president, concerning the
intransigence of the Administration.
Fait Finding Begins On Contrmt
tion Board, the American Arbitration Association, and the Federal Postal Arbitration Panel.
Their findings are not binding
on the state. However, if action
Is not taken on the fact-finders'
recommendations, the Association will institute a rule-book action on April 15. The rule-book
action was' one of five steps
voted by delegates at CSEA's
statewide convention earlier last
week. The five points are listed
in the box at the right side of
page one.
The five-point declaration, as
well as the reading of letters exchanged by Gov. Hugh Carey and
CSEA president Theodore C.
Wenzl (aliso printed on page
one) brought to an end a raucous meeting that saw several
very close votes on key issues.
What seemed apparent there
was a definite mood for strong
action to let the AdminisMANHATTAN—The Civil Ser- tration know that the Associavice Employees Assn. is giving a tion was prepared to take whatspecial preparatory course for ever action necessary to realize
members for the inter-depart- a fair settlement with the Stats
mental promotion examinations on the third-year reopener of
for Senior Clerk, Grade 7; Sen- the contract that expires next
ior Account Clerk, Grade 9; Sen- April 1, 1976.
ior Audit Clerk, Grade 9, and
What was essentially in disSenior Statistics Clerk, Grade 9.
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April 8, and will be given twice
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Manhattan. Additional information is available from Evelyn
SMITHTOWN — T h e S u f Glenn; the telephone number is folk c h a p t e r of t h e Civil Ser(212) 488-2520,
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tally a mail ballot on t h e
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Academy of Arbitrators, the Industrial Relations Research Association, the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution,
and the American Economic Association.
Dr. McConnell, an adjunct professor at Cornell University, is the
former president of the University of New Hampshire, and former dean of th$ Graduate School
and of the Industrial and Labor
Relations School at Cornell University. A professional arbitrator
since 1946, Dr. McConnell was a
member of the War Labor Board
and the Wage Stabilization
Board. He also has served on
numerous Presidential boiards.
An attorney, Mr. Silver, received his LLB from George
Washington
University
Law
School. He has served as a supervising attorney with the National Labor Relations Board
and has represented both employers and unions in legal matters before arbitration panels. An
arbitrator, mediator and factfinder, Mr. Silver has been active
in numerous cases involving both
public and private labor groups.
He formerly was an economic
advisor to a Federal Pact Finding
Board and a labor economist
with the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department
of Labor. He is' on the panels of
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Carey Administration to task for lack of good-faith bargaining. In
early part of session he made controversial ruling on strike vote, but
later returned to read letters he exchanged with Governor Carey
agreeing to fact-finding.
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Urn i t 6,
S y r a c u s e City School D i s t r i c t , Civil Service E m p l o y e e s Assn.,
i n f o r m e d u n i t m e m b e r s t h a t it h a s a s k e d a f a c t - f i n d e r in a
c o n t r a c t d i s p u t e w i t h t h e d i s t r i c t to s c h e d u l e a h e a r i n g o n
the Issues as quickly as possible.
"In the interim, a tentative
In a letter to the members of
the unit, the team noted t h a t it agreement was worked out befeels "the district has been stall- tween the Syracuse City School
ing all through negotiations and District negotiator and CSEA. A
has been totally unfair to the letter was sent by the school
employees in the bargaining district's negotiator to the factunit." The letter was intended to finder Informing him of the
bring the imion members up to tentative agreement and addate on contract negotiations journment of the fact-finding
session.
progress.
"The school district's negotiaIt noted that, "After many
negotiating sessions, the CSEA tor then presented the tentative
negotiating team declared im- agreement to the superintendent
passe. A mediator was assigned of schools for his approval. The
and after four sessions, which superintendent of schools rejectproved fruitless, we asked that ed the tentative agreement."
a fact-finder be assigned to hear
The letter then noted that the
the issues and make a formal team then requested the factrecommendation for settlement.
finder's hearing.
(From Leader Correspondent)
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S Y R A C U S E — O n o n d a g a C o u n t y Child P r o t e c t i v e Services e m p l o y e e s h a v e w o n a class
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p r o t e c t i v e services f o r c h i l d r e n . O n o n d a g a C o u n t y devised a p l a n f o r p r i m a r y a n d s e c o n d a r y
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workers to be on call. The employees were given token, com- for each seven days that they made, the employee should be
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pensation for their night and were on night and weekend as- paid for the time.
n
weekend duty.
Onondaga County refused to
signment.
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The employees filed a class
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o
exceeded
his
authority.
tion as stipulated in their con- ment fell on a holiday.
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The county took CSEA to the
• Hour-for-hour
time
off
tract with the county. The handps
book for all employees states should be granted for physical State Supreme Court in an atH
that, "all employees will be com- Investigations, or those investi- tempt to vacate the decision.
e
n
pensated with compensatory time gations made other than by tele- This action was dropped this
sn
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February with about $12,000 to
phone.
off."
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going'
to
the
employees
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the
department
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The employees charged that
involved.
the county had changed their find it not possible to grant time
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tive
and
Earl
Boyle,
CSEA
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agreement
with
the
emnegotiating with the Civil Serployee agi-ee to subsequent time gional attorney, represented the
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vice Employees Assn.
off. If no such agreement can be coimty employees.
A Public Employment RelavO
tions Board hearing ruled t h a t
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the county did not change the Buffalo Dinner Meeting
terms of employment, as there
BUFFALO—The Buffalo chapwas a remedy in the county emter, Civil Service Employees
ployees' handbook for compenAssn., will hold -a dinner meeting
sation. The charges against the
Wednesday, April 16. The event
county were dismissed.
will be held at the Plaza Suits
In June 1974, the case went
Restaurant, One M & T Plaza,
before arbitrator Irving Shapiro,
( F r o m Leader Correspondent)
Buffalo. It will begin at 6 p.m.
who ruled in August 1974 t h a t :
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foiu- days compensatory time off
B O N D S !
U n i t p r e s i d e n t W i l l i a m M c M a n n s a i d t h a t t h e a c t i o n of t h e C o u n t y i n i m p o s i n g t h e
contract terms "represented disalaries may be in need of adrect, immediate and insidious tract.
Under the terms of the im- justment because of inflation.
precedent by threatening to deprive county employees of every posed settlement of the dispute,
Mr. Boungiorne's measure was
right and benefit secured by the employees will be granted a 10 opposed by 15th District Legispercent
pay
increase,
9
percent
employees through collective barlator Joseph Svoboda who conof which will be across the board
tended t h a t the provisions were
Information for the Calendar may be submitted directly gaining."
Mr. McMann added that in re- with the other one percent ear- inequitable. Mr. Svoboda said he
to THE LEADER. It should include the date, time, place,
marked for the salaries of « n address and city for the function. The address is: Civil sponse to the formal complaint, ployees required to work an extra felt that if the county intended
the Public Employment Relato mandate a contract," it is InService
Leader,
11 Warreyi St., New York, N. Y. 10007. tions Board should rule t h a t the hour each day during the months adequate and unfair to give
Attn.: CSEA Calendar.
terms of the contract were not, of July and August, when the those who are making only $4,as he put it, "In the public inter- traditional 4 p.m. office closing 000 and $5,000 a year the same
APRIL
est. Including the interest of the time will no longer be in effect. r>ercentage Increase that those
In the past, the offices had been
8—Orange County unit board of directors meeting: 7 p.m., Casa
employees Involved."
in a $20,000-a-year-and-up bracclosed early due to p>oorly venFiesta, Middletown.
The complaint alleges that be- tilated offices in an old building. ket are getting. We've got to
9—Orange, Ulster and Sullivan Counties Retiree chapter meeting:
cause of the county's failure to Two years ago the coimty moved start looking at those minimums
Solomon Kiner Building, Middletown Psychiatric Center, Middlebargain in good faith, the con- into air-conditioned quarters in and making them fair," he said.
town.
tract should be replaced with the the new government center in
14—Statewide Human Rights committee meeting: 12 noon, Holiday
At an earlier hearing before
proposed pact agreed to by downtown BInghamton and this,
Inn, Route 9, Fishkill.
the legislature's finance commitcounty and CSEA negotiating county officials said, eliminated
16—Buffalo chapter dinner meeting: 6 p.m.. Plaza Suite Restaurant,
tee, former unit president Jack
teams in September 1974 and the the necessity for early hours.
One M&T Plaza, Buffalo.
Herrick had pledged "increased
county shbuld be directed to ex17—New York City chapter executive board meeting: 5:15 p.m.,
CSEA opposition to the im- productivity and better quality
clude county legislators as memFrancois Restaurant, i 10 John St., Manhattan.
position of the contract terms service" in return for an acceptbers of future negotiating teams.
17—Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital unit nomination meeting:
was met by the resolution's spon- able pay raise. Mr. Herrick
Two legislators who served on
Candlelite Room, 3740 Harlem Road, Cheelctowaga.
sor, Mr. Boungiome. He said added that the question of the
the county's bargaining team.
18—Drawing for ballot positions for C S E A statewide elections: C S E A
t h a t county employees possess 4 p.m. closing time during the
Fourth Dij^rict Republican Brian
Headquarters, 33 Elk St., Albany.
Job security far In excess of the months of July and August was
M. Prew and Eighth District Re23—Metropolitan Armory Employees chapter meeting for nomination
average taxpayer as well as one the CSEA was willing to
publican Frank Boungiome, are
of officers: 2 p.m., Kingsbridge Armory, 29 W . Kingsbridge
fringe benefits not usually en- negotiate, but he felt the county
no longer serving as county legRoad, The Bronx.
Joyed by employees in the pri- was. in effect, "trying to steal
islators.
vate sector. He did concede that that benefit from the employees."
25-26—Syracuse Region 5 meeting: Hotel Syracuse, Onondaga at
The CSEIA unit contends that
Warren Street, Syracuse.
the county engaged in an atMAY
tempt to Impose a contract on Its
employees by having the coun5—West Seneca Developmental Center chapter meeting.
6—Syracuse Area Retirees' chapter luncheon meeting to elect and ty's negotiators agree to a proMr. Cleary said that he anSYRACUSE — D e l e g a t e s to
install new officers: I p.m., Raphael's Restaurant, State Fair posed pact liast September when t h e S y r a c u s e R e g i o n 5 of t h e ticipates the regional meeting
they knew the accord would be Civil Service E m p l o y e e s Assn. will be one of intense debate,
Boulevard, Syracuse.
'
7—Statewide Committee to Study Probation open meeting for rejected by the legislature.
will m e e t h e r e April 25-26, sihce it will be the weekend just
Oneida, Madison, Otsego, Herkimer and Chenango County
The complaint also charges according to regional president prior to expiration of the gi'ace
period that CSEA has given the
probation officers: Treadway Inn, New Hartford.
that the legislators met In secret Richard Cleary.
9—BInghamton chapter Meet the Candidates Night and dinner- meetings to reject the proposed
This meeting i-eplaces the one State to come to terms on the
dance: 6:30 p.m.. Fountains Pavilion, Johnson City.
agreement with the express In- that had been previously sched- contract dispute.
9—Albany Region 4 "Mix and Mingle": 5:30 p.m. to I a.m., Polish tention of unilaterally imposing uled ajs part of the Statewide
Site of the meeting will be the
Community Center, Washington Ave. Ext., Albany.
Etelegates Meeting, cancelled bea contract.
Hotel Syracuse, Onondaga and
14—Suffolk County Retiree chapter meeting: I p.m., Gullhaven Golf
The unit also contends tliat cause of the crisis in contract
Club, Centra Islip Psychiatric Center, Central Islip.
the presence of legislators on the negotiations between CSEA and Wan«n Streets, In the city's
downtown area.
14-16—Conference of New York State Armorf Employees annual county's negotiating team de- the State.
meeting and election of officers: Holiday Inn, 57th Street and prived coimty employes of a fair
Ninth Avenue, Manhattan. (Annual banquet May 15).
hearlnv in the legislature during
15—Deadline to submit petitions for C S E A statewide and regional public sessions and hearings.
ALBANY—The Civil Service Employees included in the baroffices.
The Broome County legislature
23—Mailing of ballots to C S E A members in statewide election.
acted under a provision of the Employees Assn. has been desig- gaining unit are full- and partJUNE
Taylor Latv to impose contract nated bargaining representative time secretarial, clerical, main21—Last day for returning ballots In C S E A statewide election.
provisions on county employees for non-instructional employees tenance, service and transportation employees, teacher aides and
27—Counting of ballots by Ernst Associates, Albany, in C S E A state- after a lengthy series of negotiaof the Whitehall Central School all other regular full-time and
wide election.
tions with county CSEA repre28—Announcement of results in C S E A statewide election.
the
sentatives failed to result in a District by the snjate Public part-time employees of
new, mutually acceptable con- Employment Relations Board. district.
Decry Alleged Imposition
Of New Broome Contract
Calls Syracuse Region Meeting
CSEA To Represent Whitehall Schoolers
Open Continuous
State Job Calendar
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Assistant Actuary
Assistant Clinical Physician
Associate Actuary (Life)
Supervising Actuary (Life)
Principal Actuary (Life)
Associate Actuary (Casualty)
Supervising Actuary (Casualty)
Senior Actuary (Life)
Chief Physical Therapist
Clinical Physician 1
Clinical Physician 11
Compensation Examining Physician 1
Dental Hyglenisi
Dietitian
Supervising Dietitian
Electroencephalograph Technician
Food Service Worker
Hearing Reporter
Histology Technician
Hospital Intern Corrections
Assistant Hydraulic Engineer
Senior Hydraulic Engineer
Industrial Foreman
Junior Engineer
Laboratory Technician
Public Librarians
Licensed Practical Nurse
Medical Specialist II
Medical Specialist 1
Mental Hygiene Asst. Therapy Aide
Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide (TBS)
Nurses Services Consultant
Nurse 1
Nurse II
Nurse II (Psychiatric)
Nurse II (Rehabilitation)
Occupational Therapist
Senior Occupational Therapist
Offset Printing Machine Operator
Pathologists 1
Pathologist II (Board Eligible)
Pathologist II (Board Certified)
Pathologist III
Pharmacist
Senior Pharmacist
Physical Therapist
Senior Physical Therapist
Principal Actuary (Casualty)
Psychiatrist 1
Psychiatrist II (Board Eligible)
Psychiatrist III (Board Certified)
Radiology Technologist
Radiology Technologist (T.B. Service)
Senior Recreation Therapist
Senior Recreation Therapist
Rehabilitation Counselor
Rehabilitation Counselor Trainee
Asst. Sanitary Engineer
Senior Sanitary Engineer
$10,714
$27,942
$18,369
$26,516
$22,694
$18,369
$26,516
$14,142
$17,629
$27,942
$31,056
$27,942
$ 8,523
$10,714
$12,760
$ 7,616
$ 5,827
$11,337
$ 8,051
$10,118
$14,142
$17,429
$10,714
$11,337
$ 8,051
$10,155 & U p
$ 8,051
$33,704
$27,942
$ 7,204
$7,616
$15,684
$10,118
$11,337
$11,337
$11,337
$11,337
$12,670
$ 6,450
$27,942
$33,704
$35,373
$38,449
$12,670
$14,880
$11,337
$12,670
$22,694
$27,942
$33,704
$35,373
($7.632-$9.004)
($8,079-$8,797)
$11,277
$12,670
$14,142
$11,983
$14,142
$17,429
20-556
20-413
20-520
20-522
20-521
20-416
20-418
20-519
27-448
20-414
20-415
20-420
20-107
20-124
20-167
20-308
20-352
20-211
20-170
20-555
20-135
20-136
20-558
20-166
20-121
20-339
20-106
20-408
20-407
20-394
20-394
20-405
20-584
20-585
20-586
20-587
20-176
20-550
20-402
20-410
20-411
20-411
20-412
20-194
20-194
20-177
20-551
20-417
20-390
20-391
20-391
20-334
20-334
20-553
20-553
20-155
20-155
20-122
20-123
($I6,358.$22,694)
20-312
Speech & Hearing Therapist
$11,337
20-178
Sr. Speech and Hearing Therapist
$12,670
20-552
Stationary Engineer
$ 9,546
20-100
Senior Stationary Engineer
$10,714
20-101
Steam Fireman
$ 7,616.
$ varies
20-303
$ 6,811
20-307
Specialists in Education
Stenographer-Typist
Varitype Operator
Supervising
Veterinarian
$14,880
varies
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Additional information on required qualifying experience and
application forms may be obtained by mail or in person at the following offices of the State Department of Civil Service: State Office
Building Campus, Albany, New York 12226; or Two World Trade
Center, New York. New York 10047; or Suit* 750, I West Gen*s«e
Street, Buffalo, New York 14202.
Specify the examination by its number and title. Mail your
application form when completed to th« State Department of Civil
Service, State Office Building Campus, Albany, New York 12226.
Straininfi: to recognize speaker in audience, CSEA vi?e-president Irving: Flaumenbaum, who chaired most
of the meetinfi:, peers out at audience. At left is another CSEA vice-president, Joseph McDermott, of
Albany Region 4, and at right are Joseph Keppler, president of Central Islip Psychiatric Center chapter,
and Richard Doucette, president of Public Service chapter, Albany. Mr, Flaumenbaum, president of the
union's I-ong Island Region 1, is CSEA's highest ranking county officer, and, therefore, not directly involved in the debate over the state contract.
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KINGS PARK — The Kings
Park Psychiatric Center chapter,
Civil Service Employees A=sn., is
!^ponsoring a series of pre-exam
classes for chapter members who
plan to take the senior account
clerk examination, according to
Joseph Aiello, chapter president.
The CSEA official said that
the classes have been arranged
and are being paid for by the
Kings Park chapter. Sessions will
be held in Building Seven of the
Kings P-ark facility from 5 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. on April 14, 16, 21.
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puts was ths timing of the action.
The first vote, calling for a
strike -at midnight April 1, was
ruled passed by Di-. Wenzl. This
was by voice vote.
A roll call vote later in the
afternoon resulted in rejection
by delegates of an April 14 strike
deadline. The vote was 544 to
531, with some abstentions. This
13-vote margin is in itself misleading, since some of the neg.iiive votes were cast based on
three separate alternatives: no
strike, a later postponement or
immediate strike.
The final voice vote was for
the five-point schedule, and this
was ruled approved by vice-president Irving Flaumenbaum, acting as chairman. Again, however,
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Kenneth Cadieux, right, president of the union's Town of Hempstead
unit, was proctor for one of the floor mikes set up for delegates' use.
The speal(er here is Samuel Grossfield, president of Rochester chapter. Behind, delegates from New York City chapter, Willowbrook
Developmental Center and Creedmoor Psychiatric Center chapter
await their turns.
At the point that strike vote was taken, Anne Urban, president of Commerce chaptcr, Albany, rushed to
the stage in dramatic appeal for reconsideration. With her is John Gully, of Albany Tax and Finance
chapter.
Fact Finding Begins
(Continued from Page 4)
Ihc ayes and nays seemed almost
evenly divided.
Mr. Flaumenbaum is the ranking officer who is not a state
employees, and also the longest
serving of CSEA's vice-presidents. Mr. Flaumenbaum took
charge of the meeting after Dr.
Wenzl, executive vice-president
Thomas McDonough and vicepresident William McGowan had
left the meeting.
Delegates opposed to the early
strike ruling stayed, however, to
dispute the vote. Mr. McDonough
and Mr. McGowan returned soon
after.
Later, Dr. Wenzl, too, returned
to the meeting, explaining to the
Delegates that he had several
pressing items of business to conduct concerning the negotiations.
He then read copies of the letters that had been exchanged by
him and the Governor accepting
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in Suffolk County. Candidates
should apply to the county civil
service department.
A written exam will be given
May 3. Piling closes April 9.
Piling for municipal personnel
technician trainee, exam 15-176,
at $10,118 a year, will be accepted until April 19.
Candidates need a bachelor of
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TUK.SDAY, APRIL 8, 1 9 7 5
Save This Program
is little to recommend Gov. Hugh L. Carey's plan
THERE
to eliminate the state's m e a t a n d poultry inspectors and
to t u r n the responsibility over to the federal government.
The Governor's proposed budget will f u n d t h e s t a t e
inspection program only through the end of September. The
end of the s t a t e program, the Governor seems to feel, will
be an economy.
But will it?
As a cogent position paper issued by the inspectors and
sent to s t a t e assemblymen a n d senators pointed out, the
Governor h a s allotted $1,087,550 to f u n d the program this
year. Based on last year's figures, $2,412,262 is needed to
r u n the m e a t inspection program for 12 m o n t h s . This latter
figure is 0.002 percent of the $10.6 billion New York S t a t e
budget proposed by the Governor, a not especially impressive
percentage.
A saving? Perhaps in the short term. But w h a t about
the nearly 300 state inspectors who will be wiped f r o m the
taxpayer rolls if their jobs are eliminated? W h a t about the
m a n y small wholesale and retail businesses — taxpayers
all — which will be forced to close? T h e s t a t e inspectors,
while d e m a n d i n g the highest s t a n d a r d s f r o m these businessmen, also u n d e r s t a n d their problems. This will probably
not be the case if the inspection program goes to t h e federal
government. W h a t about the. revenues t h a t will be surely
lost in illegal distribution of m e a t a n d poultry by clandestine
operators? These persons now find it impossible to operate
because of the s t a t e inspectors.
But more important, w h a t about the program itself?
New York State's inspection p r o g r a m is regarded as one
of the best — if not the best — in t h e nation. It is highly
doubtful t h a t the federal government could provide a program t h a t would give New York S t a t e r s the superior consumer protection they presently receive.
We believe Governor Carey's plan to end the s t a t e in.>pection p r o g r a m is a false economy. We believe his plan
will, in t h e end, h u r t the consumer. We believe his plan
will not prosper and we counsel strongly against it.
Questions & Answers
Q. I'm a student getting social
security payments. In the summers I work at a part-time job.
Someone told me that I'll be able
to earn more than $2,100 this
year and still get all my social
security checiis. Is this true?
A. This year you can earn as
much as $2,400 and still uet your
full social security benefits. If
you earn more than $2,400, $1
in benefits will be withheld for
every $2 you earn over $2,400.
Regai-dless of your total earnings for the year, you'll get your
checks for any month In which
your earnings are $200 or less.
Q. My sister, who has 4 children, has very little income. Her
10-year-old son is mentally retarded. Can she get a monthly
supplemental security income
payment for her son?
A. It depends on how severe
the child's condition Is and
what the family's Income and
resources are. Your sister should
contact any social security office to get complete details.'
Q. My children and I have
been getting monthly social security checks since my husband's
death last year. He had been in
the Army since 1952. Someone
told me that there was a change
in figuring social security benefits for military service. Is this
true?
. A. Yes. A new provision of the
law gives additional military
wage credits of $100 per month
for active military service after
1956. You must apply to receive
this additional credit. You can
do this at any social security office.
(Continued from Page 1)
macy so does a .strike mark the
failure of collective bargaining.
Moreover, in the public sector,
all of the weapons are stacked
against the public employees.
Leaders of public employee organizations have served jail
terms because of strikes. The
leaders of such organizations
have been fined. And so have
striking members. This Ls the
law of the vast majority of jurisdictions. It is the law in New
York State under the Taylor Act.
Right To Strike
On the other hand, we have
moved a long way from the dictum of Ju.stice Oliver Wendell
Holmes that a public employee
does not have a right to his job
and may be fired for participating in a strike. Indeed a number
of states recognize the right of
public employees to strike, except in such critical areas of
police and fire protection and in
areas where the state has custodial reiponsibiUties such as mental institutions and in prisons.
Irrespective of state laws prohibiting public employee strikes,
such concerted action by public
employees is not unusual, and
the evidence shows that they
have been increasing. For example, in 1958 there were only
15 work stoppages in the public
sector. In 1968 there were 254.
Since then, there have been
years in which more than 400
.'strikes of public employee.^ have
been tabulated.
In terms of work-days lost
during a strike, the total number in 1958 amounted to 7,500.
By 1968 that total increased to
over two and a half million. The
number of employees involved in
strikes in 1958 was 1,720. In 1968,
it was over 200,000. These statistics reflect in part strengthened public employee organizations, but also increasing frustration among civil .ssrvice employees over salaries, working
conditions, and fringe benefits
whsn contrasted with gains
made by employees in the private sector over the span of
years.
Collective Bargaining
The growth in the number
•and intensity of public employee
strikes is also due in part because of the failure of elected
officials to comprehend tjhe need
for and procedures for collective
bargaining with the public employees. This may indeed be the
basic problem confronting the
new state administration — a
blind to the urgent necessity for
good faith bargaining with
CSEA, which represents almost
200.000 state employees. Mayor
John V. Linds-ay suffered a similar blindness In his early moments as Mayor, with the result
that the city suffered a needless
subway strike.
Failure to bargain in good
faith necessarily leads to anger,
bitterness and frustration. The
long history of CSEA progress is
clear evidence that neither its
leaders nor its members are
strike happy, threatening job action at every stage of negotiation. Indeed, the contrary is true,
and CSEA has shown remarkable
restraint and discipline in the
face of intransigence on the
maaagemeni side of the bargaining table.
Eyeball To Eyeball
There is no excuse for the
obtuseness of the state administration which has led to an
eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.
(Continued on Page 10)
Civil Service
Law & You
By R I C H A R D G A B A
Mr. Gaba is a member of the firm of White, Walsh and Gaba,
P.C., and chairman of the Nassau County Bar Association Labor
Law Committee.
A Case Of Dismissal
In a recent decision f r o m the Sullivan County Supreme
Court, the Justice in Special Term disagreed with t h e dismissal of an employe€ by the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Liberty but felt, nevertheless, t h a t he was powerless to reverse t h a t d e t e r m i n a t i o n . T h e judge stated in his
holding: "I need not concur a n d r e f r a i n f r o m doing .so,
holding only t h a t the d e t e r m i n a t i o n of the Village Board
h a s a rational basis a n d c a n n o t be annulled by this Court."
T h e r e u p o n he dismissed t h e petition.
In this case, t h e petitioner, who was a Building Insp>ector
for the Village of Liberty, held his position by p e r m a n e n t
a p p o i n t m e n t in the competitive class of the classified civil
service. I n May 1974, the respondent Village Manager served
charges on the petitioner, who answered t h e same a n d
thereupon a h e a r i n g was held. Evidence was adduced by
both sides, and in July, t h e h e a r i n g officer gave his f i n d ings of f a c t a n d recommendations to t h e Village Board of
Trustees, s t a t i n g t h a t t h e petitioner ought to be r e i n s t a t e d
with full back, pay less any a m o u n t earned in substitute
(employment. T h e Village Board considered t h e r e c o m m e n d a tions but, nevertheless, directed t h e Village Manager to
dismiss the petitioner. He was dismissed on July 20, 1974.
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THE PETITIONER CONTENDED t h a t his dismissal was
unlawful because t h e charges placed a g a i n s t h i m were for
acts allegedly t a k i n g place more t h a n t h r e e years prior to
t h e date of t h e charge. T h e gravamen of t h e alleged o f f e n s e
was t h a t when t h e petitioner m a d e his application for e m ployment, he did not answer t r u t h f u l l y t h e questions of
whether or not he h a d ever been arrested or convicted of
a crime. His answer to t h e question was no, whereas, in f a c t
he h a d been previously arrested some 17 or 18 years ago for
the crimes of grand larceny, p>etty larceny, a n d u n l a w f u l
possession of a pistol. T h e court pointed out t h a t t h e l a n guage of Section 75 of t h e Civil Service Law permits t h e
charges to be m a d e and d e t e r m i n e d u n d e r circumstances
where t h e incompetency or misconduct complained of would,
if proved in a court of c o m p e t e n t jurisdiction, constitute a
crime. Since the answers on t h e application were m a d e
under o a t h , t h e court was of t h e opinion t h a t if proved
these acts could constitute p e r j u r y , which is a crime under
the New York S t a t e Penal Law.
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PETITIONER ALSO argued t h a t it was a denial of due
process under both the Federal a n d S t a t e Constitution in
inquiry if he h a d ever been arrested. T h e court responded
to t h a t contention by s t a t i n g t h a t while inquiry a s to a r r e s t
would be inappropriate in either a civil or criminal trial,
such a question is not constitutionally impermissible in t h e
context of an application for civil service a p p o i n t m e n t . T h e
court also pointed out t h a t t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of t h e h e a r ing officer was not binding on t h e Village Board of Trustees.
"The h e a r i n g officer's opinion a n d / o r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was
merely advisory in n a t u r e a n d not binding on the Board.
(Continued on Page 15)
Save Meat Inspection Blitz Starts
MANHATTAN — T h e Civil
Service Employees Assn., in
its b a t t l e to save t h e jobs of
several h u n d r e d s t a t e m e a t
and poultry Inspectors and the
Inspection program Itself, has
dispatched copies of a position
paper, a petition and a letter by
CSEA president Theodore C.
Wenzl to all New York State
senators and assemblymen.
Elimination of the inspectors'
.jobs is part of the overall 197576 budget drawn by Gov. Hugh
L. Carey. It will not provide
fimds for the insi>ectors after
Oct. 1. Inspection services will
then be taken over by the federal government, but Agriculture
and Markets Commissioner Prank
Walkley has warned that if the
state inspectors' posts are eliminated, a rise in illegal distribution of meat and poultry in the
state may be likely. Mr. Walkley
-added that the U. S. Department
of Agriculture "has indicated a
willingness to take over the state
program" and to hire "most of
those Involved with the state
program." However, additional
money will be required for the
federal government to hire the
inspectors, and Mr. Walkley expressed somie doubt that Con-
gress will be willing to spend it
at this time. The program cost
the state $2,412,262 last year.
Dr. Wenzl. in his letter to the
Governor, described himself as
"astounded" by the proposal to
eliminate the state inspectors.
"The budgetary Implications of
relinquishing state control of the
current meat and poultry inspection program are mintscule
and must be viewed by CSEA as
a product of a cursory review of
program areas where the state
could easily hand over to federal
control under the guise of economy," Dr. Wenzl wrote.
"I submit to you that many
of such proposals by your Administration are ill-advised and
at best represent, in the long
term view, false economies which
will eventually cost the state, the
consumer, and -small business
enterprises in the state, many
times over what now appear to
be small savings."
The CSEA chief pointed out
that the state inspectors have no
desire to become federal employees because they would lose a
number of fringes.
"Your propHjsal," Dr. Wenzl
told the Governor, "can do no
less than result in increased im-
employment affecting both State
and private enterprise employees;
the closing of many small business enterprises engaged in meat
and poultry processing thereby
reducing State tax revenues; and
loss of State control in an area
so vital to the health and wellbeing of its residents."
The petition received by the
legislators bore the signatures of
several hundred of the state inspectors from around the state.
It asked that the program be
continued and endor.sed an attached position paper.
The position paper read, in
part, "New York State has always had reason to be proud of
its excellent record in surpassing the required minimum Federal standards for consumer protection and New York State's
meat and poultry inspection program is no exception. In testimony before Congress, Peter
Schuck of Consumers Union, a
leading
consumer
advocate,
.stated that some states such as
New York and California are reIX)rted to have superior meat inspection programs than the Federal government. This was noted
in Ralph Nader's publication.
Consumers Protection Report,
Vol. 11, No. 4.
"With legislative approval in
1968, New York State accepted
its responsibility, along with 40
other states, to Institute an effective and high-standard program that met all Federal standards. We believe that New York
State iH-esently has the highest
standards in the nation. The New
York State meat and poultry inspectors have strived with pride
to provide a superior meat and
poultry product to the New York
State consumer, aiming always
for the highest quality standards.
Our personnel have worked hard
to institute an effective, efficient
State meat and poultry structure
emphasizing health, quality and
protective standards.
"New York State has been a
leader in encouraging other
states to adopt high standards
and resisting federal control of
what should be state functions.
If, today, the meat and poultry
program is relinquished by the
State because of a recession,
what will prevent all other federally subsidized programs operated under state control from
capsizing out of the state budget
into Federal control? Will the
state eventually allow the educational, transit, sewerage and
road building, and all other federally subsidized systems to be
under Federal control?
"The Governor allots $1,087,500
to fund the meat and poultry
inspection program until October
1975. Based on last year's figures,
$2,412,262 is required to fund this
program for a full year which Is
0.0002 of Governor Carey's state
budget of $10.6 billion proposed
for 1975-76. We're sure that this
amount can be supplemented to
continue our meat and poultry
inspection program."
The package to the New York
State legislatoi^ also contained
an editorial written In the trade
publication Modem Grocer by
Howard Ackerman.
Mr. Ackennan, commenting on
the Inspectors' position paper,
State News Posts
Opening In 3 Cities
A forum on the meat impection issue was held recently in Fnaifklin
Square. Above, left, Abe Libow, recording secretary of the New Yorii
City cltapter, CSEA, ffives reasons why the state should retain control of its meat inspection program. On the right are three Lon«r
Island legislators. Assemblyman Henry W. Dwyer, Senator John
R. Dunn and Assemblyman Joseph M. Margiotta. The three said
they were interested in the state's continuing control of the program and disagreed with Gov. Hugh L. Carey's plan to end it.
Chapter president Solomon Bendet also addressed the meeting.
New York State is seeking 17
persons with at least three years
experience In copjrwrltlng, newswriting or public relations and a
degree in Journalism, public relations, communications or advertising for $10,714-a-year public information specialists posts
(Exam 24-287).
Those with a degree in any
field plus 30 credit hours in public relations, journalism, advertising, or radio and TV can also
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A multiple-choice written exam. testing skills in publicity,
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prepare informational material
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Candidates must pass both
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observed, "As we face an indefinite continuance of economic
uncertainties, promulgated by
soaring Inflation, the need for
budget cuts and belt-tightening
becomes more and more imperative.
"But when this action threatens the very quality of a program
instituted to protect and maintain the food we consvune, the
line must be drawn. If the state
legislators are truly concerned
with the perserverance of excellence, they will find a more
equitable way of saving money—
not at the expense of their constituents."
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ALBANY — A petition-signing
campaign with a goal of thousands of signatures supporting
the retention of the State's meat
inspection program plus saving
some 300 meat and poultry inspector jobs has been launched
by John Weidman, Civil Service
Employees Assn. board representative from the State Department of AgricuHure and Markets.
Mr. Weidman, now circulating
petitions, requested that CSEA
members and other interested individuals statewide prepare similar petitions and obtain as many
signatures on them as possible.
Completed petitions should be
collected and mailed to Mr.
Weidman, who will deliver them
to the proper State Legislature
leaders.
Mr. Weidman suggested the
following wording on the petitions: "We, the undersigned, in
order to assure the consumers of
New York State wholesome meat
and poultry products, petition
you to restore funds to the New
York State Division at Meat Inspection. It is our sincere opinion that elimination of this program will affect the meat and
poultry industry adversely and
permit the slaughter, processing
and sale of uninspected meat and
poultry to New York State consumers."
The names and addresses of
signers should both be included
on the sheets, Mr. Weidman said.
The completed petitions should
be forwarded to Mr. Weidman at
37 Tillinghast Ave., Menands,
N. Y. 12204. Mr. Weidman added,
time is very important, and
urged fellow employees to begin
circulating the petitions among
friends and relatives as quickly
as possible.
TO: STATE LEGISLATURE
I petition you to restore f u n d s to t h e New York
S t a t e Division of Meat Inspection, in order to assure
t h e consumers of New York S t a t e wholesome m e a t
a n d poultry products.
It is my sincere opinion t h a t elimination of this
program will a f f e c t t h e m e a t a n d poultry Industry
adversely a n d permit t h e slaughter, processing a n d
sale of uninspected m e a t a n d poultry to New York
S t a t e consumers.
NAME
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DATE
ADDRESS
Please complete a n d mall to:
J o h n Weidman, CSEA Board Representative,
37 Tillinghast Ave., Menands, N. Y. 12204
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ALBANY—Enrollment in a special, low-cost group life
insurance plan, which does not, in most cases, require a
(From Leader Correspondent)
LOCKPORT—The 800 members of t h e Niagara County c h a p t e r , Civil Service E m - medical e x a m i n a t i o n , is available d u r i n g the m o n t h of May
ployees Assn., have ratified by a 4-1 vote a c o n t r a c t with t h e county t h a t ended 10 m o n t h s to s t a t e employees who are members of t h e Civil Service
Employees Assn.
of negotiations.
anently disabled before age 60
Applications, with signed auth- with double indemnity In the
T h e two-year pact offers a 7.5 percent wage increase, with a m a x i m u m a n n u a l inorization
to
have
premiums
decrease of $900 and a minimum
case of accidental death.
of $600 plus a wage reopener arbitrators,
• Increase In sick-day accum- ducted from salary, sftioiild be
The cost of the Insurance is
not
department
sent to the Insurance Depart- 10 cents bl-weekly per $1,000
clause in the second year of the heads, for discipline and dis- ulation from 165 to 175 days. .
ment,
CSEA,
33
Elk
St.,
Albany,
contract.
charge hearings.
• Good Friday as a paid holi- N.Y. 12207, prior to May 31. Ap- worth of coverage for members
The ratification came after the
• Posting of all vacancies.
day. This brings the total paid plications and literature explain- 29 years or younger. Older memCSEA rejected a .fact-finder's
bers may obtain this insurance
• Equitable treatment and holidays to 12 a year. The day
recommendation of 7.5 percent, consideration in inter- and in- after Tlianksglvlng In 1976 will ing the group life insurance plan at lower rates. Members pay their
may
be
obtained
from
local
CSEA
with a $500 minimum and a tra-department transfers.
Insurance premiums through the
become a paid holiday.
chapter representatives or from automatic payroll deduction plan.
$1,000 maximum.
• Equal distribution of over• Pour weeks vacation after the union headquarters at 33
"I thought it a fair and equit- time.
14 years.
Elk St.
able settlement," said William
• Grievance procedui-e for
James C. Stewart, CSEA field
CSEA members under 50 years
M. Doyle, chapter president. safety violations.
"These are tough times and con• Second-shift definitions, representative, was the chief ne- of age. who have not been pretract negotiation is no bed of with premium pay for second gotiator for the chapter. Chapter viously rejected for this insurroses."
and third shifts of 20- and 25- president E>oyle complimented ance on the basis of a medical
ALBANY — B e r n a r d
the county negotiator, Donald examination, are eligible for the Schmathl, c h a i r m a n of the
Originally, the chapter had cents an hour respectively.
Eihinger,
"for
his
ethical
manplan without a medical exam- Civil S e r v i c e
sought a 12 percent Increase.
• Up to 60 days' sick pay for
Employees
ners in conducting negotiations." ination.
Besides the fact-finder's report, maternity leaves.
Assn.'s special election proceit rejected a $615 across-theThe bargaining team Included
• Permanent vehicle allowMembers over 50 must take a dures committee, announced that
board county offer. That in- ance of 15 cents a mile.
Genevieve Kozyra, Helen Wil- medical examination at the ex- the printed positions of names
crease, the chapter said, was un• Improved bereavement ben- liams, George W. Frost, Rudy pense of tihe insurance com- of statewide office-seekers on
fair to employees in higher wage efits to include in-laws and Malda, Anne Bos, Dalton Dlez pany. Premiums are waived election ballots will be made on
brackets.
and Jenny Camarata.
should a member become perm- the basis of a drawing held Frigrandchildren.
Although the wage hike was
day, April 18, at CSEA headthe principal item of the conquarters in Albany.
tract, the pact also contained
Candidates for president, exother agreements. They include:
ecutive vice-president, secretary,
• Permission to discuss CSEA
and treasurer, plus the state exmembership with new employees
ecutive committee, are invited to
during working hours.
attend the drawing.
• Standarlzed policy of two
According to Mr. Schmahl,
hours off for medical and dental
members of the special 'election
(From Leader Correspondent)
visits.
• Appointment of impartial
ALBION—An Orleans County deputy sheriff, president of t h e county's Civil Service procedures committee will draw
Employees Assn. c h a p t e r , h a s been ordered reinstated In his job with back pay by a n arbi- positions for candidates unable
to attend.
W m . K . Hoffman t r a t o r who f o u n d his dismdssal u n j u s t i f i e d .
Election ballots will be mailed
T h e deputy, A n t h o n y Bagnato, was fired by Sheriff J o h n R. Williams in J a n u a r y a f t e r May 23 and are expected to
POUGHKEEPSIE—William
the
sheriff
accused
him
of
InK. H o f f m a n , f o r m e r presireach members by May 27. They
d e n t of t h e S o u t h e r n C o n f e r - subordination and conduct un- been." he added, "such an order "aptly argues that if we use must be returned to Ernst Assomust be regarded as invalid, be- discharge as a punidiment for ciates of Albany, an independent
ence of t h e Civil Service E m - becoming an officer.
The sheriff said the deputy, cause It failed to meet the post- Instability, what do we do with election agency, no later than 6
ployees Assn and perennial activist in union affairs, died last in responding to an accident ing requirements of tIhe con- lying, cheating, stealing or p.m. June 21. Replacement balworse.
week at his home after a brief last December, was impolite and tract."
lots must be received by Ernst
violated direct orders by asking
illness.
"A single outburst of bad man- Associates by 6 p.m. June 26.
The arbitrator. Howard Foster
Mr. Hoffman served as vice- I>ersons at the scene if the state of State University of Buffalo, ners in a seven-year career is Ballots will be counted June 27.
agreed with the CSEA in his 10- simply not Just cause for t e m - The results will be made known
president of the Hudson River police had been summoned.
The arijitrator ruled tIhe dep- page decision. The CSEA, he said. Ination." Dr. Foster ruled.
on June 28.
State Hospital CSEA Chapter in
the 1950's and was a member of uty had been discharged "withthe statewide resolutions com- out Just cause and there was
mittee, which had roughly the insufficient evidence to support
same functions as the present- the charges against him."
day negotiating team.
James Stewart, CSEA field
Physicians, nurses, kitchen disruption of an institution's
ALBANY—A c o n t r a c t ^ i e v Mr. Hoffman had a college representative who argued for
helpers,
psychodoglsts. clerics, oc- shift operation—^when it has
ance
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been
filed
by
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degree in teaching, and was em- Mr. Bagnato, claimed the depployed as recreation supervisor uty "did not violate a direct Civil Service Employees Assn. cupational therapists, ward aides been carefully arranged to proat Hudson River. In recent years, order because there was no di- a n d its outcome may event- and other key part-time person- vide maximum patient care—Is
he was a teacher at the Wassaic rect order. And even If there had ually affect thousands of part- nel in Mental Hygiene will be af- not fair to employees, both fuU
time employees throughout the fected by the outcome of the and part-time. They depend dally
Developmental Center.
grievance which has reached the on these schedules in their pristate.
"Bill Hoffman was the finest
arbitration stage. Eventually, all vate, as well as professional lives.
gentleman I ever knew," said
Responding to a memorandum part-time employees In the four Aside from that, employee beneNellie Davis, president of the
sent to all state department and state bargaining units will be fits provided during a contract
Dutchess-Putnam Retirees chapagency he>ads by Ersa H. Poston, represented in successive contract period should remain effective
ter, CSEA. "He always had time
SOUTH GLENS FALLS — president of the Civil Service grievances to be filed at a later for the duration of the agreefor his fellow imion members
T h e Civil Service Employees Commission, CSEA legal coun- date.
ment." Ms. Karowe said.
and was never too busy to attend
Assn. declared an impasse in selors are seeking a ruling on
"Legal
action
was
taken
first
CSEA meetings."
The contract expires March 31,
negotiations with t h e Village Ms. Poston's directive which disSouthern Region president of South Glens Falls over a new allows the accumulation of va- for part-time employees in Men- 1976. OSEA lawyers are seeking
James J. Lennon agreed. "Mr. work agreement covering village cation, sick, and personal leave tal Hygiene because of the criti- to rescind Ms. Poston's directive,
Hoffman had a big heart and a Department of Public Works em- by part-time employees who cal nature of their Jobs," said at least until negotiations next
calm, deliberate manner that in- ployees.
work less than five days a week. Marjorie Karowe, a CiSEA as- year.
sistant counsel. In institutions
spired confidence from all CSEA
The current leave benefits pro- operating 24 hours a day, seven
CSEA
field
representative
members. He was the perfect
moderator, and served in that Aaron Wagner said that talks vided to part-time empioyees days a week, part-time employcapacity at innumerable meet- broke down after about a month since Sept. 1. 1»67. under the ment Is essential. Many partings. His death is a tremendous of negotiations, "because the vil- Department of Mental Hygiene timers relieve fuU-tlme staff by
loss to every public employee, lage's negotiating team is un- contract—this agreement being working full weekends and fourWARSAW — T h e Wyoming
as well as to his family and realistically attempting to foist used as a basis for the contract day weeks, enabling the hospital
upon these employees a piddling grievance—allows part-time em- to function efficiently and ef- County c h a p t e r of t h e Civil
friends."
Mr. Hoffman was also a mem- offer that is totally unrespon- ployees working a fixed number fectively while administering pa- Service Employees Assn. h a s
tient care. These Institution can- w i t h d r a w n its improi>er p r a c ber of the Elks Club and the sive to the needs of the times." of hours per week, regardless of
Mr. Wagner added, "in addi- the number of days worked, to not function without part-time
Poughkeepsie Town Republican
tice charge agtalnst the Wyoming
tion to a negligible wage increase earn sick leave and vacation personnel."
Committee.
credits in proportion to tihe time
County
administration after the
offer,
the
Village
is
unwilling
to
Mr. Hoffman also served on
worked.
Ms. Poston's memorandum administration, in an emergency
the Board of Directors of CSEA offer any increase whatsoever In
The memorandtun, dated Sept. would force part-time employees Board of Su[>ervisor6 meeting,
in Albany, and at the time of the major fringe benefits, which
fgrm
the
core
of
any
decent
work
26,
1974, states that current Civil in Mental Hygiene to work at approved a tentative two-year
Ills death was ti-easurer of the
Service regulaitlons pnxvide vaca- least three and three-quarters contract with the CSEA chatper
Dutchess-Putiiam Retirees chap- contract."
hours a day. five days a week,
ter.
The declaration of impasse has tion, sick and personal le&ve only regardless of their former sihllt by a 12 to 4 vote.
to
those
part-time,
annually
aaU
He leaves his wife Elizabeth; been fUed with the State Public
arrangement, or face elimination
The Board previously rejected
a (laughter, Elizabeth Sutka of Elmployment Relations Board. A arled employees who work a fixed of their leave benefiU AprU 1.
the pact by a 10 to 5 vote three
Poughkeepsie; a son, William of
mediator will te appointed to the number of hours, five days a
week.
" W e ( e e l t h a t ttke c o a ^ M m
days earlier.
Hyde Park, and a brother, Roger. d i l u t e .
Statewide Election
Schedule Announced
Fired Deputy, Orleans Chapter
President, Restored To His Job
Part-Timer Grievance Filed
Impasse Is Declared
In South Glen Falls
Pact Won; Rescind
Charges In Wyoming
Sihenectady's
Chdpter
Gives Scholarship Fund
SCHENECTADY — F r e d Farone, president of t h e Schenectady County c h a p t e r , Civil Service Employees Assn. a n nounced last week t h a t t h e c h a p t e r h a s awarded $1,000 to
t h e Schenectady County Community College F o u n d a t i o n ,
Inc. for five $200 student s ^ o l arships.
ty. Persons planning to enroll at
These scholarships wlM be SCCC In September are eligible;
awarded to OSEA members or information on the scholarships
sons and daughters of CSEA is available from the financial
members In Schenectady Coun- aid office of the college.
A CSEA Grievance Will Be Filed
On W. Seneca Employee's Belialf
WEST SENECA—Expressing " u t t e r shock a n d disbelief in t h e lack of sensitivity" on
the p a r t of top echelon staff at t h e West Seneca Developmental Center, J a m e s Bourkney,
president of t h e Civil Service Employees Assn. c h a p t e r there, said he will file a grievance
protesting t h e t h r e a t e n e d firing of a 40-year-old woman, formerly a p a t i e n t a t t h e i n s t i t u tion and presently a ward aide
there.
firmed by the cousin who for- demonstrated in Albany March
Mr. Bourkney said the union warded the termination notice 18." Mr. McGowan said.
is taking the unusual action of to the union, and who said the
CSEA
field
representative
initiating the grievance because woman formerly was at Newark Thomas Christy, who will purof the "cavalier manner" in State School for about six years. sue thd Investigation and appeal
which the former patient Is beMr. Bourkney said the worker with the assistance of the iming treated and because of cir- had always reported her ab- lon's legal counsel, compared
cumstances about the ability of sences as required in the con- disciplinary procedures affecting
the worker to defend herself due tract and had furnished doctor's a non-competitive employee with
to hospitalization for recent ma- excuses when so directed.
those applying to the bulk of
jor surgery.
CSEA Western Region 6 presi- state employees in the competiMr. Bourkney said that while dent William L. McGowan. a tive class.
Immediate notice of apE>eal was center employee, said he will
"The two 'clinkers' are the
fUed March 20. the final date personally coordinate appeal ef- seven calendar days appeal deadpermitted for such appeals for forts. He said, "the situation il- line and the finality of the dinon-competitive employees with lustrates the capricious and arbi- rector's decision, short of going
less than two years service under trary manner In which some to court," he said.
current disciplinary procedures, administrators act." He explainCompetitive employees are
formal filing of the grievance ed that the union is seeking a
was held up pending a full in- contract reopener to better de- given 10 working days for the
vestigation by CSEA field staff fine and equalize disciplinary saibmlssion of a notice to appet^J
and there are further steps, prior
procedures.
and legal counsel.
to court review. Mr. Christy
Under
current
contract
proviHe explained the union first
summarized.
sions,
non-competitive
employees
heard of the threatened dismisThe workers are on par after
sal with the receipt of a copy have a different set of disciplinof the termination notice from a ary rules and procedures than two years, and Mr. Christy surcompetitive employees.
mised the timing of the notice
relative of the aide.
"Our contract calls for a re- was designed to beat the second
The letter, signed by Louis
opener this year on this subject, anniversary of the woman's emHuzella, director of the West
and this Is one reason why we ployment In April.
Seneca Developmental Center,
listed 15 dates of what were
called "unexcused absences between Sept. 20, 1974, and Jan.
17, 1975," and charged these
constituted misconduct because
they took place following three
"counseling" sessions.
Citing what were called "your
emotional limitations," the notice
also said, "you are guilty of incompetence in that you have
failed to improve your work performance and control your temper."
Declining to identify the affected worker. Elaine Mootry, a
former imion president and a
therapy aide at the center, said
she first became acquainted with
the threatened worker about
eight years ago. She said that
"administration should
have
been aware of her capabilities,
because she was a patient here
for at least five yeare before
she was hired." Although records
a r e n t available to the union,
MA. Mootry said she would gue&s
"that she came here frotn aix>ther institution." This was con-
Five-County Probation
Officers Holding Meet
ALBANY—^The Civil Service Employees Assn.'s statewide
committee to study probation held an open m e e t i n g for
all probation officers of Oneida, Madison, Otsego, Herkimer
a n d C h e n a n g o Counties April 7 a t t h e T r e a d w a y I n n , New
Hartford.
NeLs Carlson, committee coord- promotional opportunities for
inator, said topics discussed in- probation officers and the need
cluded on-the-job accompllsli- for further study of currently
ments and futui-e goals of the pending legislation on probation
committee.
officers. Tentative future comMr. Carlson reported that at mittee plans include meetings In
a recent probation meeting held the Rockland-Westchester . and
in Albany, it was decided that
Rochester areas for probation ofindividuals charged with what
they feel to be excessive case- ficers. Probation officers at the
loads will be able to suiamlt evid- Albany meethig were James
ence for possible litigation Brady, chalnnan, Eulls Cathey
(Erie), James Mattel (Nassau),
against the State Department of
James Frlsina (St. Lawi-ence).
P r o b a t i o n for violiEbtion of Section 356.9 of the Executive Law. Peter arieco (Jefferson), Alan
(Sullivan),
Hank
Other Itenis up' for discussion Greenfield
Panning
(Monroe),
Bernard
at the Albany area were a
memorandum by Walter Dunbar, Marosek (Onondaga), and Jack
director of probation, regarding Whalen (Westchester).
<
In accepting the $1,000 for the
SCCC Foundation, Robert D. r
Larsson, president of the college, n>•
said, "We are deeply grateful
for this significant gift, which w
will probably enable some stu- 50
BINGHAMTON—The n o m - dents to take advantage of the H
i n a t i n g c o m m i t t e e of Bing- opportunities for a college edu- sit
h a m t o n c h a p t e r , Civil Service cation who might not have been w
C.
Employees Assn., h a s a n - able to do so otherwise. I want 51
nounced its slate of officers for to express our appreciation for
>
the forthcoming chapter elec- the leadership of members of our >9
fine staff of civil service emtions.
An asterisk following the can- ployees in making this possible, 00
didates name indicates an In- as well as affirming their comcumbent officer. DOT indicates mitment to the goals of the so
Department of Transportation, college."
IX>L Indicates Department of
Labor and SUNY Indicates State
University of New York.
The candidates and offices
sought are:
ORCHARD PARK—NegotiPresident: Eleanor M. Korchak*, SUNY; Burton S. White- ations on t h e first labor
man, DOL. First Vice-President, a g r e e m e n t ever d r a w n bePrances D. Goodwin, SUNY; tween t h e Town of O r c h a r d
Louis Visco. DOT. Second VicePresident. Toni Began. SUNY; Park and the newly organized
Devere W. McRorle, DOL; Min- Highway Department unit. Civil
nie P. Blaine, SUNY. Third Vice- Service Elmployees Assn., are exPresident, Edwin E. Lewis*, pected to begin this week, acDOT;
Sandra
ChambCTlain,
cording to William Nelllst, temSUNY.
Secretary, Jacqueline Burgess*. porary president of the unit.
SUNY; Jeannette C. Gaines,
Although a definite date has
SUNY. Treasurer, Margaret L. not been set, Mr. Nelllst said that
Campoli, DOT; Howard P. Taylor. DOT; Emile K. Mogannimi, field representative Robert E.
DOL. Delegate DOT, Prank S. Young has been named chief
Mlcallzzl. Anthony Sarantopou- negotiator by James J. Powers,
loso. Delegate Downtown, John CSEA Region 6 director.
J. Panaro, DOL; Frederick A.
Cheatwood. DOL, and Delegate
B U Y
SUNY, Suzanne N. Snyder, MiU. S.
chael E. Gorman, and John T.
Price.
BONDS!
Pick Candidates
For Bingliamtoii
NEW BROOME OFFICERS — Among new cvmcers selected by the Broome County unit. Civil
Service Employees Assn., are, from left, board member Barbara Pickell; Richard Torrey, treasurer;
Joseph Gabor, board member; Carol Carter, secretary; Ida Gialanella, first vice-president; Richard
Petrisko, board member; William McMann, president, and Naomi Shields, board member. Other officers
are Mary Pompeii, second vice-president and John Tangi, board member. The officers were installed
in 'formal ceremonies held recently in Johnson City.
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Set Hwy. Talks
In Orchard Park
Set M a y Date For Albany
Employees' M i x A n d Mingle
ALBANY—The second a n n u a l Albany Region 4 "Mix
a n d Mingle" will be May 9
this year for Civil Service
Employees Assn. members and
their guests In the region.
The annual dinner-dance Is
for the purpose of providing an
opportunity for CSEA members
to get together with their fellow
employees in an informal atmosphere, said the event's publicity
chairman, Mary Toomey, a member of the Motor Vehicles chapter.
It will be held at the Polish
Community Center on Washington Ave. Extension, west of the
State Campus.
A Dutch Treat bar at 5:30 p.m.
A 7 % Pay Increase
ALBION—Pay raises of 7 percent were included In a two-year
contract s l g n ^ by the Orleans
County chapter of the Civil Service Einployees Assn. and county
officials. The pact, which ended
six months of bargaining, provides the increases in 1975 and
1976, retroactive to Jan. 1. Medical prescriptions and other
fringe benefits were also included.
will be open prior to the dinner
at 6:30. A choice of roast beef
or chicken breast will be offered.
Music for dancing from 9 pjn.
to 1 a.m. will be provided by the
Ron Cresimo Band.
Tickets at $7.50 a person are
available from Mix and Mingle
chairman Margaret Dittrlch.
Lancaster Hwy. Workers
To Have CSEA As Agent
LANCASTER — Town of
Lancaster highway d e p a r t m e n t workers have received
certification to be represented by the Civil Sei*vlce Employees
Assn., and negotiations on their
first contract are expected to
begin this week, according to
Mike Paso, temporary president
of the unit.
CSEA Region 6 director James
J. Powers named field repi*esentatlve Robert E. Young, of Alden,
chief negotiator in Lancaster. Mi*.
Young, who with Depew unit
president William Sorrentino
helped organize the workers, has
also negotiated the agreements
for the Villages of Depew and
Lancaster public works department empk>yees. He is chief negotiator for the 5,200 white-odku- emptoyees of Erie County.
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On hand to take part in the informational picket line are three tff
the Civil Service Employees Assn.'s top executives, from left, treasurer Jack Gallagher, president Theodore C. Wenzl and State Executive Committee chairman Victor Pesci.
State Armory
Annual
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ALBANY — J o h n Lock,
p r e s i d e n t of t h e C o n f e r e n c e
of New York S t a t e A r m o r y
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14-16 at the Holiday Inn Motel,
57th Street between Ninth and
Tenth Avenues, Manhattan.
MetroE>olitan Armory Employees
chapter, Civil Service Elmployees
Assn. Alfred Knight, chapter
president, said that reservations
for the meeting and banquet may
be obtained from Cassell Brockett. 104th Field Artillery Bn.
Ai-mory, 93-05 168th St.. Jamaica. N. Y. 11433. The telephone
number Is (212) 739-0421.
The conference will hold its
annual banquet on the evening
of May 15 at the motel.
Mr. Knight asked those armory employees interested in a t tending to make their reservations as soon as possible.
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Among marchers was Ethel Ross, right foreground,
currently campaigning for signatures to submit petition
as candidate for CSEA president. She is a member of
CSEA Board of Directors.
CSEA executive vice-president Thomtas H. McDonough
took up placard to air union's views as he and other
CSEA members walked in the freezing weather outside
building where Lieutenant Governor Krupsak was
speaking.
Westchester chaptcr president Raymond Cassidy, left,
lines up with regional CSEA attorney Arthur Grae to
display signboard that they land hundreds of other
union protesters wore in picket line.
CSEA Picketers Protest
Krupsak Proposal To Make
Pensions
Half-Contributory
Orderly group of protesters gathers outside New City meeting hall to shout for the Lieutenant Governor
to come out.
One of the smallest picketers. one-year-old Jason Frishnvan, rides
piggyback, with his father Nissen doing the honors.
YOU JUST RAN OUT OF EXCUSES.
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Sullivan County protesters were led by chapter president Earl Bivins.
left foreground.
You're smart enough to know that there's a lot more that you'd like to know . . .
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Reduced tuition is offered for husbands and wives who enroll in the same course
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Spring semester II begins April 19, 26, 27.
Summer semester begins J u n e 28, July 12, 13.
Visit or phone Office of Special Programs,
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Southern Region S second vice-president Scott Daniels, left foreground, reviews the situation with regional supervisor Thooias Luposello as the two men march through the roadside slush.
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Del«8rates try to shield speaker at microphone from photog:raphers. It was at this point that other nearby
delegates set upon Leader photogrrapher Ray Hoy. During the ensuing melee, still other delegates succeeded in breaking up the threatened fight. It was one of several incidents involving media representatives during the day. At one point, a newswoman from an Albany station had to be escorted out under
the protection of guards.
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Cautioning: against hasty action is CSEA vice-president Solomon
Bcndot. who heads New York City Region 2. Mr. Bendet noted that
although he has a reputation as a militant, he would advise the
delegates to think seriously about the course of action they would
decide upon.
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Parliamentarian Harold Ryan, of Audit and Control chapter, Albany,
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by. At left is Richard Cleary, president of Syracuse Region 5.
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As the afternoon session continued, caucuses were called to reach agreement on unified action. This
cluster of delegates represented various State University chapters throughout the state. Speaking to the
delegates is Albert Varacchi. in light jacket, center top, chairman of the union's statewide Universities
committee.
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the fact of stalemate in. the negotiations and need for factfinding.
In the five-point schedule, the
rule book action means that employees will work only according
to their job descriptions, and will
not engage in out-of-title work.
The contingencj' fund is to provide welfare relief for employees
who suffer financial problems as
a result of any union-job action.
LEGAL
NOTICE
T h e Sands Company, 405 Park Avenue,
NYC. Substance of Cert, of Ltd. Partnership filed N . Y . Co. Clk's Office July
16, 1975, and Amended Cert, of Ltd.
Partnership filed Feb. 6. 1975. Business:
producing and arranging the distribution
of feature length motion pictures, etc.
General Partner: Ernest Sands, 25 Poplar Drive, East Hills, N.Y. Limited
Partners, set forth below.
Term of partnership twenty years unless
earlier terminated as providedi in partnership agreement. Limited Partners have
not agreed to make any additional contributions. Limited Partners shall have
the right to have the amount of their
contributions reutrned to them out of the
profits of the parnership as provided in
partnership agreement. However, each
Limited Partner shall remain liable to
the Partnership for the full amount of
his original contribuion until such time
as the Partnership is terminated or upon
his withdrawal as Limited Partner, etc.
A Limited Partner shall not have the
right to substitute an assignee as contributor in his place without the written
consent o f the General Partner, a n d
without offering the other Limited Partner the right to acquire his interest on
terms and conditions set forth in Partnership Agreement. General Partner shall
have the right to admit additional Limited Partners, provided that at no time
shall the aggregate contributions of all
Limited Partners exceed S275,000. N o
Limited Partner shall have priority over
other Limited Partners as to repayment
of contributions or profits. Upon death,
insanity, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, retirement or resignation of the iiKllividual General Partner,
the Partnership business may continue
only with the written consent of Limited
Partners representing two-thirds of the
aggregate amount of contributions. T h e
Limied Partners shall have no rights to
demand and receive property other than
cash in return f o r their contribution.
Article 4 of said Cert, of Ltd. Partnership is hereby amended to read as follows: Ernest Sands of 25 Poplar Dr.,
East Hills. N.Y. is the General Partner.
Limited Partners, their address. Cash
Contribution awfi Percentage of Share of
Net Profits are Raymond Brunjes, 128
B'way, B'klyn, N Y . , Ben Messenger, 200
E. 57th St.. N Y C , Nicholas
Ryan.
Ironwood
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Muttontown,
N.Y.,
each 510,000, each 3.6%, Harvey Friedman, 420 E. 55th St., N Y C , Seymour
Terry, 463 7th Ave., NYC., William
Griffo, 20 Markwood Lane, East Northport, N.Y., and David G. Birnbaum,
1452
53d
St.. B'klyn,
N.Y.,
each
$25,000, each 9 . 0 % , Mlltoo
Jacobs.
2751 South Ocean Dr., Hollywood, Fla.,
Vincent Griffo, 6 M i d f a r m Rd., Rockville Centre, N.Y., Robert L. Horohoe,
188 Coachman Dr. N o r t h . Freehold,
N.J., Aaron W . Welngarten, 215 Che«tnut Dr., E a « H i l b , L.I., N.Y., and
Michael Klein, 4 Rockaway Ave., Garden City, N.Y., each $15,000, each 5.4%,
Phil Kreger, 4 0 R e n u e n Rd., Great Neck,
N.Y., $20,000, 7 . 2 % , and William Tabachnik, 13 Sugar Maple Dr., Ro«lyn,
Looking grim as the debate rages are, from left, CSEA executive vicepresident Thomas H. McDonough, left, and vice-president William
McGowan. head of the union's Western Region 6.
At microphone. Abe Libow, of New York City chapter, warns of
Administration's continuing threats of layoffs, saying this should be
the primary issue. Waiting a turn at the microphone is A. Victor
Costa, center, chairman of the union's restructuring committee.
Three chapter presidents focus on rostrum, awaiting answer to question. From left are Alfred Everest, Parks and Recreation chapter,
Albany; Earl Kilmartin, General Services chapter, Albany, and
Martin Langer, Rockland Psychiatric Center chapter. Orangeburg.
At right is CSEA collective bargaining specialist Robert Guild.
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yean of work ezpertenee were honored opon their retirement from
the Syracuse Developmental Center at a recent employee recognition
day held there. Clarence Laufer, former president of the center's
Civil Service Employees Assn. chapter, was among those honored.
At the ceremony, Dr. George Buchholtz, director of the centcr.
declared, "Wo will certainly miss their experience and dedication."
The SDS retirees, above, arc, from l«ft: Frank Case, Philip Leonard.
Edward Eckert, William Finnegan. Mr. I^ufer, Dr. Buchhotz, Vera
Adams. Mary Scott, Eleanor Bosworth and Margaret Clary. Not present for the ceremony were retirees Ted Brooks, Victoria Jasak,
Violet Mackey, Edith Randall, Grant Cummings and Erma Stearns.
ALBANY — T h e Civil Service Employees Assn.'s retiree
committee members voted
unanimously in Albany to
support Cong. Benjamin Oilman
(R-Mlddletown) on his bill to
provide free or reduced trans-'
portatlon fares for elderly and
handicapped persons throughout
the country.
In recommending the committee's support, retiree coordinator
Thomas Gilmartin quoted Mr.
Oilman's words: "Our elderly
and handicapped, who often
must live on fixed incomes, are
the hardest hit by inflation and
rising costs. Further, transportation often poses unique problems
because of the lack of adequate
special facilities and services for
the handicapped and the elderly.
This is an important step in
helping our senior citizens and
handicapped individuals to become part of the mainstream of
our society."
The bill, Mr. Oilmartin told
the committee and retiree chapter presidents at the meeting,
was introduced on Jan. 23. It
bears number HR 2035 and is
at present, in the House of
Representatives' Transportation
Committee awaiting action.
A New Insurance Policy
Is Adopted By Retirees
ALBANY—^The Civil Service Employees Assn.'s statewide retirees committee a n d retiree chapter presidents officially adopted a new life insurance policy a t a m e e t i n g here
March 25. T h e policy was recently approved by the CSEA board of directors.
"This policy fills a need felt for a long time by elderly retirees who w a n t more life
insurance but are unsure of their
ability to pass a medical exami- sored as num'ber A. 4134 in the or earlier, after a minimum of 10
nation," said Richard Merkel, Assembly, provides a permanent years service. This bill, so far
vice-president of the insvu-ance cost-of-living increase keyed to unnumbered, is sponsored by
firm of Ter Bush & Powell, who the consumer price index of the Senator Douglas Barclay and Asdescribed the benefits of the pol- Labor Department's Bureau of semblyman Thomas Brown.
icy at the meeting. No physical Statistics. This same bill would
At the federal level, CSEA reprovide an immediate percentage
exam is required.
tirees
are in full supfwrt of Ohio
increase to all retirees who have
The Insiu-ance executive went been retired for a year or more Congressman Ashbrook's bill for
on to explain that many retirees after June 1975, on a graduated a $5,000 federal tax exemption
who continue their group life scale of 4 percent for 1974 re- on retirement allowances and
Insurance until age 70 need a tirees up to 11 percent for 1951 benefits. Mr. Gilmartin called the
final expenses-type policy to and earlier retirees. In opposi- committee's attention to a new
make up for the loss of the group tion to the Kinzel's Commission's number assigned to Mr. Ashterm insurance which expires on recommendation
effective in brook's re-introduced bill. It is
their seventieth birthday. The 1974, the age 62 limitation is now H.R. 1584.
insurance plan is similar to one eliminated in this CSEA-supportA highlight of the meeting was
already available to members of ed proposed legislation.
the appearance of Theodore
the New York City Civil Service
Another bill has been written Wenzl, CSEA president, who disRetired Employees Assn.
by CSEA, according to Mr. Oil- cussed several matters of retiree
In other action at the meeting, martin, to provide a $2,000 sur- Interest and reiterated his supChairman Hazel Abrams directed vivor's benefit for state employ- port for the objectives of CSEA's
the attention of the conferees to ees who retired in the year 1966 Retiree Division.
the new model constitution form
mandated by the board of directors for all new CSEA chapters,
both active and retired groups
alike. The committee's consensus
was that segments of the mandated model are unsuited to retiree chapters and should be reworded to make them more relevant. Ms. Abrams said that she
will brln« this matter up at the
next meeting of the statewide
constitution and by-laws committee. Ms. Abrams will also be
inquiring about the committee's
reasons for not amending the
Association's constitution, article
III, section 2, entitled Retiree
Members, dealing with membership eligibility, as requested by
the Retiree Committee through COMMISSIONER'S CONGRATULATIONS — Lawa resolution passed at the Dec. rence C. Kolb. New York 8t»te Department of Mental Hyileae
5 meeting.
oommlMioner, extended praise and oonfratnlationa to Kurt Lopei
Thomas Gilmartin. CSEA re- and Richard Doiun. two recent retlreee from the New York SUte
tiree coordinator, described the PKycUatrlc Institute, Manhattan. Mr. Lopes has » years of stote
progress of state and federal service and Mr. Doran tt years. Dr. Kolb, prior to his appointment
bills which the CSEA retiree di- as oommisrioner, was director of the Institate. Above, with the
vision supports. The 1975 supple- commissioner, center, are BOr. and Mrs. Lopes, left, and Mr. Doran
mental cost of living bill, spon- and hb dauchter.
A LITTLE BAIT MONEY — in addition to a new rod and
reel, Delmar Nichols, right, was presented with "a little bait money"
by fellow members of the Town of Union unit. Civil Service Employees Assn. at ceremonies marking his retirement recently at
End well. More than 50 persons attended; Mr. Nichols retired after
Z1 years of service with the town's highway department. Above,
with Mr. Nichols is Robert Densmore, left, CSEA unit president,
and Leo Green, Town of Union highway superintendent.
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Appoint Sauerhoff
E. Sauerhoff, Jr. Is the
Chapter Holding newJohndeputy
regional director of
intergovernmental
proNomination Meet grams of the Newpersonnel
York Region
THE BRONX — A special
meeting to n o m i n a t e officers
for t h e Metropolitan Armory
Employees
chapter,
Civil
Service Elmployees Assn., will be
held at the Kingsbrldge Armory
here. 29 W. Kingsbrldge Road.
Alfred Knight, chapter president, said the meeting will begin
at 2 p.m. He urged any duespaying chapter member wishing
to run for office to contact the
chairman of the nominating
committee, Howard Sergeant, at
the Seventh. Regiment Armory,
643 Park Ave., Manhattan. The
telephone number Is (212) 2880200.
Officers to be elected by the
chapter members Include president, vice-president, recording
secretary, executive secretai*y.
corresponding secretary, treasurer and sergeant-at-arms.
Will Honor Zeferetti
At Educational Luncheon
Congressman Leo C. Zeferetti
(D-N.Y.) will be a guest of
honor at an annual limcheon.
held in conjunction with the
SprinfiT Education Conference of
the United Federation of Teachers April 19 at the HUton Hotel.
Another conference guest will
be Senator Hubert H. Humphrey
(D-Minn.) who will receive the
1975 John Dewey award.
LEGAL N O T I C E
S U M M O N S : Plaintiff Designates N e w
York County as t h e place of trial based
on the location of t h t premises herein.
SUPREME C O U R T O F T H E STATE OF
NEW
YORK, COUNTY
OF
NEW
Y O R K ; FEDERAL N A T I O N A L M O R T G A G E A S S O C I A T I O N , P l a i n t i f f , against
HERMINO
TORES
and
JUANITA
TORES, his w i f e , if living, a n d if they
b e d e a d , t h e respective heirs-at-law, nextof-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, ass i g n ^ , lienors, creditors and successors
in interest a n d generally all persons
h a v i n g o r claiming u n d e r , by o r t h r o u g h
said d e f e n d a n t s w h o may b e deceased, by
purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise
any right, title or interest in and t o the
real p r o p e r t y described in the complaint
herein and " J O H N D O E , " " R I C H A R D
R O E . " " J A N E D O E , " " C O R A COE, "
" D I C K M O E " and " R U B Y P O E , " all
of whose names are u n k n o w n to the
p l a i n t i f f , the last six names b e i n g fictitious, they being intended f o r tenants o r
o t h e r persons h a v i n g a n interest in the
premises w h o s e names a r e u n k n o w n t o
the p l a i n t i f f , T H E P E O P L E O F T H E
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K , J U L I E SUGARMAN,
AS
COMMISSIONER
OF
SOCIAL SERVICES O F T H E C O U N T Y
OF N E W YORK, FIRST NATIONAL
CITY BANK, THE CITY OF N E W
Y O R K ( P A R K I N G V I O L A T I O N S BU.
R E A U ) , Defendants.
T O T H E ABOVE N A M E D D E F E N D ANTS:—
Y O U ARE H E R E B Y S U M M O N E D t o
answer the complaint in this action a n d
to serve a copy of your answer, or, if
the c o m p l a i n t is not served w i t h this
summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the P l a i n t i f f ' s Attorneys w i t h i n
twenty ( 2 0 ) days a f t e r the service of
this s u m m o i u , exclusive of t h e day of
service ( o r w i t h i n ttvirty ( 3 0 ) days a f t e r
the service is complete if this summons
is not personally delivered to you w i t h i n
the State of N e w Y o r k ) ; and in ease*
of your f a i l u r e to a p p e a r o r answer,
j u d g m e n t will b e taken against you by
default f o r the relief d e m a n d e d in the
complaint.
Dated: New York, New York, January
28, 1975.
CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM \
T A F T , Attorneys for P l a i n t i f f .
O f f i c e and P. O. Address, O n e W a l l
Street, N e w Y o r k , N e w Y o r k 10005.
Tel. N o . ( 2 1 2 ) 785-1000.
T o the above namod d e f e n d a n t s : T h e
f o r e g o i n g s u m m o n s is served u p o n you
by publication p u r s u a n t t o an o r d e r of
the H o n . N a t h a n i e l T . H e l m a n , a Justice
of the Supreme Court of t h e State of
N e w Y o r k , dated March 10th, 1975 and
filed along w i t h the s u p p o r t i n g papers in
the N e w Y o r k County Clerk's Office.
T h i s is an action to foreclose a mortgageon premises, 328 East 120th Street, N e w
Y o r k . N . Y., briefly described as f o l l o w s :
O n the south side of 120th Street, 303
feet 6 incbe* west of First Avenue, b e i n g
a plot t o o feet 10 inches x 21 feet 6
inches > 1 0 0 feet 11 inches x 21 feet 6
inches, being Lot 4 1 , Block 1796, Section 6. D a t e d : March 2 5 t h , 1975, Cadwalader, W i c k e r t h a m & T a f t , Attorneys
for P U i a d i f .
of the US. Civil Service Commission.
He was formerly chief, grants
bmnch, of the division, and chief,
evaluating branch of the personnel management division.
WHERE T O
FOR PUBLIC
APPLY
JOBS
NEW YORK CITY — Persons
seeking jobs with the City
should file at the Department of
Personnel, 49 Thomas St., New
York 10013, open weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Special
hours for Thursdays are 8:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Those requesting applications
by mail must include a stamped,
self-addressed envelope, to be
received by the Department at
least five days before the deadline. Announcements are available only during the filing period.
By subway, applicants can
reach the filing office via the
IND (Chambers St.); BMT (City
Hall); Lexington IRT (Brooklyn
Bridge). For advance Information on titles, call 566-8700.
Several City agencies do their
own recruiting and hiring. They
Include: Board of Education
(teachers only), 65 Court St.,
Brooklyn 11201, phone: 5968060; NYC Transit Authority,
370 Jay St., Brooklyn 11201,
phone: 852-5000.
The Board of Higher Education advises teaching staff applicants to contact the individual schools; non-faculty jobs are
filled through the Personnel Department directly.
STATE — Regional offices of
the Department of Civil Service
•are located at the World Trade
Center, Tower 2, 55th floor. New
York, 10048, (phone: 488-4248);
State Office Campus, Albany,
12226; Suite 750, 1 W. Genessee
St., Buffalo 14202. Applicants
may o b t a i n announcements
either In person or by sending
a stamped, self-addressed envelope with their request.
Various State Employment
Service offices can provide applications In peiTson, but not by
mall.
For positions with the Unified
Court System throughout New
York State, applicants should
contact the Staffing Services
Unit, Room 1209, Office of Court
Admin., 270 Broadway, N.Y.,
phone 488-4141.
FEDERAL — The U.S. Civil
Service Commission, New York
Region, runs a Job Information
Center at 26 Federal Plaza, New
York 10007. Its hours are 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays only.
Telephone 264-0422.
Federal entrants living upstate
• North of Dutchess County)
should contact the Syracuse Area
Office, 301 Erie Blvd. West.
Syracuse 13202. Toll-free calls
may be made to i800) 522-7407.
Federal titles have no deadline
unless otherwise Indicated.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL —
The Intergovernmental Job Information and Testing Center
supplies Information on N.Y.
City and State and Federal jobs.
It is. located at 90-04 161st St.,
Jamaica, Queens, 11432 and office hours are from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. weekdays. The phone for
Information about city jobs Is
523-4100; for state. 526-6000;
and for federal, 526-6192.
A 21% Base Salary Hike
Won In Westchester Pact
WHITE PLAINS—The Westchester County unit, Civil Service Employees Assn., last
week overwhelmingly ratified a new t h r e e - y e a r c o n t r a c t with t h e county.
Q
The a g r e e m e n t was ratified by a vote of 3,389 to 176 a n d now goes to t h e Board of <
Legislators for approval.
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In the area of sick leave, berUnder the terms of the new insurance policy for job related
n
pact, retroactive to Jan. 1, sal- deaths for those employees ex- eavement leave, personal leave, <
posed
to
danger
of
life
in
the
maternity
leave,
tuition
reimaries will be. Increased 8 percent
with a minimum of $700 and a Con-ectlon, District Attorney bursement, job security and
K
maximum of $1,700; 8 percent and Sheriff Departments.
grievance procedures.
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effective Jan. 1, 1976 with a
Mileage reimbursement will
Mike Morella, president of the K>
minimum of $700 and a maxi- now go to 13 cents per mile retcounty
unit,
expressing
gratifimum of $1,800; and 5 percent roactive to Jan. 1; 16 cents reto
effective Jan. 7, 1977 plus -i co.st roactive to March 5; 18 cents cation with the large vote of n
w
membership
approval,
said
that
of living adjustment that should effective Jan. 1, 1976 and 20
the members should be proud of
result In an increase of not less cents effective Jan. 1, 1977.
H
the people who volunteered to e
than 5 percent nor more than
The CSEA negotiating team serve on the negotiating com- re
•10 percent.
S
won an Increase in shift differ- mittee.
CL
S9
Regular increments, if due, ential from $6 to $8 retroactive
Mr.
Morella
added
that
Emanshall be added to the salary in- to March 5; to $9 effective Jan.
>
creases. Longevity increments 1, 1976, and to $10 effective Jan. uele Vitale, the union's collec- •TS
tive
bargaining
specialist,
dehave also been provided for in 1, 1977. In addition, all 40-hoiuthe first year of the contract of per week employees will go to served special thanks for his
$450 after 25 years service; in 37'72 hours effective Jan. 1, 1976 work with the negotiating team.
the second year, $300 after 20 and to 35 hours effective Jan. 1, The team members, in addition
to Mr. MoreUa, the chairman,
years sei-vice; and in the third 1977.
were (Tlndy Wholey, Robert V\
year, $100 after 10 years service
An Item in the new agreement Parkhurst, Charles Marchi, Vinand $150 after 15 years service. calls for the addition of Martin
cent Mauro, Carmine DlBattista,
Luther King's birthday to the Ernest Hempel, James Vertjoys,
The county also agreed to an
pi-esent 11 holidays. The county Mary Ann Mikulsky, Carmine
improvement In the dental plan;
has agreed to seek legislation to Lamagna, Patrick Roche, Marto pay 100 percent health Insurmake this effective.
lene High, Roger Williams and
ance coverage fdr dependents,
Other Improvements were won John Whalen.
and will purchase a $50,000 life
Creedmoor Chapter Alleges
Misuse Of State's Money
QUEENS VILLAGE—Creedmoor c h a p t e r . Civil Service Employees Assn., h a s Issued a
d e m a n d to S t a t e Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz to investigate reports t h a t t h e psychiatric center's a d m i n i s t r a t i o n intends, in t h e words of a message f r o m t h e chapter, "to pay
strike-breakers double a n d triple overtime for simply working an e i g h t - h o u r s h i f t . "
The message also alleges that
the -Creedmoor administration ments, support services and ad- ing an alleged budgetary crisis,
plans to house and feed the ministration offices have report- seemingly has unlimited funds
strike-breakers with state funds. ed to CSEA officials that some at their disposal—fimds that the
The situation apparently stems supervisors "have promised them Carey Administration claims are
from the current unsettled state overtime pay for non-existent not available for badly needed
of the CSEIA-State contract work, plus free room and board, salary Increases for state emtalks.
on state funds. If they cross a ployees."
The message to the Attorney possible Civil Service Employees
The demand concluded that
General notes that employees in Assn. picket line.
should an investigation show the
the Medical-Surgical Building,
"At this time, the Civil Service charges to be true, Mr. Lefkowitz
the Clearvlew and Jamaica Elmployees Assn. has not called must prohibit "the Creedmoor
Units, the engineering depart- for any job action. Yet the Psychiatric Center administraCreedmoor administration, dur- tion's misusing state funds."
A child with Leukemia.
A young woman awaiting
open heart surgery.
Help them — Give blood.
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Such recommendations m u s t be considered, however, to
d e t e r m i n e if they comport more with logic and fairness t h a n
does t h e inapposite finding of t h e Board in order t h a t t h e
court might d e t e r m i n e if t h e Board's finding is arbitrary,
capricious or u n l a w f u l . "
THE COURT ALSO embarks on an e x p l a n a t i o n of t h e
relationship between Sections 50 a n d 75 of t h e Civil Service
Law a n d concludes t h a t t h e petitioner could properly be
removed under the provisions of Section 75 a n d not under
the provisions of Section 50. I t appears to t h e writer t h a t
incompetence or misconduct as described in Section 75
pertains to t h e incompetence or misconduct in t h e p e r f o r m a n c e of his duties. If t h e petitioner was to be removed
a t all, the e f f o r t to do so should have been m a d e under a
claim of violation of Section 50 of t h e Civil Service Law a n d
not u n d e r the disguise of bringing the petitioner up on
charges of incompetence or misconduct for allegedly falsifying an application for employment where the alleged false
answers involved actions which took place almost 20 years
prior to the d a t e of t h e charge. Section 50 of t h e Civil Service Law provides t h a t a certification shall not be revoked
or an a p p o i n t m e n t t e r m i n a t e d more t h a n three years a f t e r
it is made, "except In t h e case of f r a u d . " There is no m e n tion made, nor app>arently was any finding m a d e by t h e
h e a r i n g officer, t h a t t h e r e was f r a u d involved in t h e alleged
improper answers on the application for employment.
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CSEAer Responds
To Union's Critics
. ALBANY—^The series of s t a t e e m r l o y e e layoff t h r e a t s f r o m C a r e y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a i d e s
" c a n only serve t o f u r t h e r i n f l a m e s t a t e workers, keep t h e level of a p p r e h e n s i o n very h i g h
a m o n g public w o r k e r s a n d t h r e a t e n t h e success of f a c t f i n d i n g proceedings now u n d e r way,"
T h e o d o r e C. Wenzl, Civil Service Employees Assn. p r e s i d e n t d e c l a r e d .
Dr. Wenzl suggested Gtovemor
Carey "should immediately muz- disrespect for the people who fill start realizing It can't use the
threat of layoffs against the
zle his outspoken spokesmen be- them well."
fore they cause irreparable damThe CSEA president said Legislature without having that
age" to efforts to settle the "Governor Carey and his mouth- threat spin off directly to every
CSEIA-State contract
dispute pieces apparently forget that single state worker. And that
peacefully.
.such tactics tied to budget con- i-esults In fear, apprehension and
The most recent thi-eat, from siderations Impact as heavily in uncontrollable concern about job
State Budget Director Peter the contract dispute situation. .security, which in turn creates a
Goldmark, was described as "in- The administration had better volatile situation."
credible" by the union chief.
"The Goldmark pronouncement is incredible in many ways.
The number of firings announced
—up to 50,000 people! The offhanded manner in which Mr.
Goldmark threw out that number of firings, as if 50,000 jobs is
LYONS—An a r b i t r a t o r h a s r u l e d in f a v o r of t h e s h e r i f f ' s
nothing! And the timing—unbed e p a r t m e n t u n i t , W a y n e C o u n t y c h a p t e r , Civil Service E m lievably poor!—within hours after CSEA agreed to enter fact- ployees Assn., in a c o n t r a c t g r i e v a n c e filed by t h e u n i o n
finding rather than call an im- a g a i n s t t h e c o u n t y f o r its r e f u s a l t o p a y dry c l e a n i n g costs
mediate strike and just as the incurred by detectives in the defirst fact-finding session was be- partment during December 1974. di-y cleaning bills Incurred In
U.sing past practice as the 1974.
ginning."
Dr. Wenzl noted, "We've been basis for his award, arbitrator
In his decision, the arbitrator
hearing layoff threats since even John E. Drotnlng found Wayne wrote, "It Is an established point
before Mr. Carey took office, and County In violation of the CSEA In arbitration that the arbitrator
those threats are partly respon- contract. During the hearing,
turns to past practice to detersible for the anger and militancy James Hancock, CSEA regional
mine the mutual intent of the
evident among state workers be- attorney, proved the county had
parties. The p.ast practice In this
reimbursed
detectives
for
dry
cause job security ranks right at
case
is clear and consistent—the
cleaning
bills
during
the
first
the top of their concerns In this
era of high unemployment. We 11 months of 1974. Gary John- county has been reimbursing decame through a crucial period, son, CSEA field representative, tectives for dry cleaning. Thus,
April 1, without a strike and was also present at the hearing. It cannot make a unilateral
The county Is now obligated to change during the life of the
we've entered an important new
phase in our contract problems, reimburse the detectives for all contract."
fact-finding. But the crisis is far
from over—we still have a strike
mandate for the end of April.
And public threats to fire 50,000
people certainly do not contribute
to reaching a solution before
then."
ALBANY—Sgt. A n t h o n y Corsale, p r e s i d e n t of t h e A l b a n y
Dr. Wenzl said the Governor is C o u n t y S h e r i f f ' s O f f i c e Assn., a n I n d e p e n d e n t g r o u p f o r m e d
apparently so obsessed with his
t o d e t e r m i n e t h e best employee o r g a n i z a t i o n t o r e p r e s e n t
budget problems that other,
equally important, considerations t h e collective i n t e r e s t s of all Albany C o u n t y S h e r i f f ' s D e partment employees, contacted
are being Ignored.
the Albany Region 4 office of
"For Instance, the press views the Civil Service Employees Assn.
threats of layoffs, including asking that an Informational
Goldmark's threat to fire 50,000 meeting be held.
state workers, as a pressure gimAlbany Region CSEA field
mick by Governor Carey to force
NORTH S Y R A C U S E ' — A
legislators to vote, for massive supervisor John Corcoran said a
N o r t h S y r a c u s e School Disadditional tax measures that he meeting was scheduled for March
trict teacher aide h a s won a
says are necessary to balance his 22 with the oi«anlzation at 2 case
through
arbitration,
budget. In other words. If he p.m. CSEA representatives ex- kept her job and was awarded
doesn't get his Uix bills he'll just plained the statewide organizaabout $1,050 in back pay.
fire 50,000 people Instead. That tion, the regional organization
Joan CTolley's position was
means the Governor Is using and formation of a separate unit
state workers as pawns in his in the exlsUnig Albany County abolished last September. The
school board said t h a t her serpower play against the Legisla- CSEIA chapter.
vices were no longer needed and
ture, and frankly, we're sick and
Joseph MoDermott. Region
tired of having jobs tosised 4 president, said "We welcomed denied her use of seniority and
bumping privileges.
around with utter disregard and the opportunity."
In April 1974, the school district and the North Syracuse
Teacher Aide unit of the Onondaga County Civil Service Employees Assn. chapter, drew up
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a letter of understanding in re2. C S E A D e l e g a t e s d i r e c t t h e n e g o t i a t i n g c o m m i t gard to dismissals. The North
t e e t o proceed to f a c t - f i n d i n g .
Syrafcuse director of labor rela3. Should t h e S t a l e ( G o v e r n o r a n d L e g i s l a t u r e )
tions denied Ms. Golley's grievfail to accept t h e f a c t - f i n d e r a w a r d , C S E A s h a l l conance on the grounds that the
d u c t a rule-book a c t i o n 15 d a y s f r o m now. ( E d . N o t e :
letter was not an enforceable,
biiiding legal document.
T h i s would p r e s u m a b l y fall on T u e s d a y , A p r i l 15, t h e
f i f t e e n t h d a y following t h e e x p i r a t i o n of t e r m s f o r t h e
second y e a r of t h e t h r e e - y e a r c o n t r a c t . )
1. Should t h e S t a t e f a i l to a d o p t t h e f a c t - f i n d e r
a w a r d w i t h i n t w o w e e k s of t h e inception of rule-book
SARATOGA S P R I N G S —
action, C S E A shall i n s t i t u t e i m m e d i a t e s t r i k e a c t i o n .
T h e City of S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s
( E d . N o t e : T h i s would p r e s u m a b l y occur on T u e s d a y ,
u n i t of t h e Civil Service E m ployees Assn. h a s r e a c h e d a
April 29.)
contract settlement with the
5. E f f e c t i v e i m m e d i a t e l y t h e lk)ard of D i r e c t o r s
city on a new two-year pact that
shall a p p o i n t a c o n t i n g e n c y a c t i o n p l a n n i n g c o m m i t t e e
includes a 25 cents per hour salw h i c h shall, a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s , begin t o r a i s e m o n e y
ary hike in the first year and a
to f i n a n c e t h e p l a n n i n g f o r c o n t i n g e n c y a c t i o n .
wage reopener in the second.
(Editor's note: The following letter, written by Civil Servicc
Employees Assn. member Mary E. Weidman, of Menands, was prepared for publication in Albany area newspapers. It was intended as
a response to criticism of the union and also to the lack of news
coverage of public sector employee viewpoints. The Albany area
newspapers have not, to date, seen fit to publish it.)
I n reply to m a n y l e t t e r s to t h e editors, editorials a n d
o t h e r i t e m s in local p a p e r s r e g a r d i n g CSEA employees a n d
t h e i r " o u t r a g e o u s " d e m a n d s for m o r e m o n e y — t h e i r " g r e e d "
when fellowmen are unemployed—the fact t h a t State workers be eliminated because they
demonstrated in front of the cap- our pay for State and Federal
itol for two hours—or took a day
taxes. In other words, SURoff their vacation to stand up PRISE. SURPRISE. SURPRISE!
and be counted—and the fact —state workers pay taxes, too! !
that unemployed people in the
And they say we shouldn't ask
private sector will be unable to for more money now that they
support State workers any longer
are unemployed; it is in exwith their tax money now that tremely bad taste. But, why us?
they are unemployed—let's face We hear every day of some prisome facts:
vate concern getting 9 percent.,
First of all, what are our "out- 12 percent in cost of living
rageous" demands? A cost of liv- raises: but THAT'S O.K. Their
ing increase to bring us up to meat, bread and CK)tatoes cost
the level of people in the private them more than ours do.
sector who are the i-eal instigaWhy don't we hear from them
tors of the inflation tx>day. When
unions in private industry de- about the Governor, his second
manded — and got — more and in command and all the others
more raises, and industry raised in the Capitol who are riding
costs of cars, food and other the gravy train? A book could
items, both e«-sential and luxury be written about funds wasted
Items almost out of reach, did over there. Millions are ^as nothState employees cry and raise ing to them.
And what about the legislators
h — ? We should have.
We weren't jealous of them. and their big raises they gave
The employees in private indus- themselves this year of $8,500.
try were very happy over the What possible justification do
years — until they raised them- they have for this? If Legislators
selves right out of a job. Now are worth 56.6 percent more this
they're crying and jealous of us. year than last, figured on a
They would like to see us fired four month basis, with some on
and themselves hired in our a three-day week, and allowing
two weeks for Easter i-ecess. etc..
plac2. But, back in the days of
high wages for private industry, why shouldn't State workers, the
they were laughing at us and majority of whom earn under
raying we were crazy to work $10,000, get a cost of living raise
for the State for peanuts, crazy also? Why does this cause people
to take exams, go on probation in private industry, including
and work for "petty cash." Now editors and the unemployed, etc.
they think we're still crazy, that to beat their breasts and moan?
we will give up our jobs and let
There were many, many times
them have them.
in the past and even now for
Now, when they are collecting State workers to bite the bullet
unemployment insurance, they and tighten their belts with no
say we are greedy when actually compassion felt for us.
in many cases they are taking
MARY E. WEIDMAN
home more money per week than
Menands. N. Y.
we ai-e. They should ask themselves, "Where is all this lovely
money
for nothing
coming
from?" I'll answer the question
for them: from me and other
State workers like me who have
big chunks of salary taken from
JOHNSON
CITY — T h e
B i n g h a m t o n c h a p t e r . Civil
Service Employees Assn., will
hold a j o i n t d i n n e r - d a n c e
and Meet the Candidates Night
WATERTOWN—H. EUot Dick- Friday, May 9, at the Fountains
son, 31, former manpower ad- Pavilion hei-e.
Candidates for statewide, reministrator of Jefferson County,
has been named as the county's gi6nal and local races who wish
new personnel administrator by to attend shouuld contact the
the Jefferson Board of Supervi- satellite office in Binghamton to
sor's personnel committee. Mr. obtain reservations. The teleDickson succeeds William S. phone number is (607» 772-1750.
Coleman, who has accepted a Tickets for the event are $4 each
similar post with the city of and may be picked up at the
Anchorage, Alaska. The appoint- door. The deadline for reservament, which will run for six tions is Friday, May 2.
years, has a starting salary of
The joint event will begin at
$16,497.
6:30 p.m.
Wayne's Detectives
Get Arbitrator Nod
Albany Sheriff's Croup
Asks CSEA Info Meet
North Syracuse Aide
Wins Bacl( Pay, Job
Delegates Approve Schedule For Action
Binghamton
Dinner-Dance
New
Jefferson
Personnel
Head
25c Hourly Hike, Re-opener In Saratoga Springs
Other highlights of the agreement, which covers most employees of the City of Saratoga
Springs, are: 30 days maximum
sick leave paid at time of retirement; an addition to the vacation accrual schedule
(three
weeks after five years of services; an additional paid holiday
on Election Day; a $1,000 life In-
surance policy for all employees
with at least one year of service,
and payroll deduction authority
for CSEA insurance programs.
The agreement was signed by
unit president John McGee and
Mayor Rayn;o;id Watkln. Aaron
Wagner was the CSEA field representative assisting in contract
negotiation^.