What's the state off the state?
WILL HE
LIKE
WHAI HE
SAYS?
GOV. MARIO M. CUOMO WAS DELIVERING HIS ANNUAL
STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS TO MEMBERS OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE AS THIS ISSl/E OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR WENT TO PRESS. STATE OF THE STATE MESSAGE
PROPOSALS ALWAYS IMPACT HEAVILY UPON THE PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES OF NEW YORK STATE IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
IN THE NEXT ISSUE, WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE PROPOSALS
AND TELL YOU HOW CSEA PRESIDENT WILLIAM L. McGOWAN AND OTHER UNION LEADERS VIEW THEM.
Official Publication of The Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000,
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AFL-CIO.
hearings schedule
change unacceptable
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(ISSN 0164 99491
Vol. 8, No. 1
Friday, January 11,1985
ALBANY - A plan which the Workers' Compensation Board thinks will
make it more convenient to attend hearings will simply make it more inconvenient for everyone, says CSEA Collective Bargaining Specialist John
Conoby.
;
The board recently announced that beginning Feb. 4 hearings will also
be held week nights. Employees assigned the extra hours will get time off
the following day.
But Conoby calls the idea "unacceptable" and complains "it wasn't well
thought out." He is skeptical clients' attorneys would be willing to work week
nights, and predicts administrative costs will rise with the added expense of
keeping offices open extended hours.
CSEA is filing a class action grievance in protest, citing the change as
a violation of the workday/workweek article of the Administrative Services
Unit contract.
McDonough Scholarship Winners
Secretarial jobs
available at CSEA
LINDA JO FIKE, second from left, accepts a Thomas McDonough Memorial Scholarship from Herkimer County CSEA Local 822 President Mary Sullivan. At left is Linda's mother, Beverly, and at
right is her father, Gordon Fike Jr., who is Local 822 treasurer and a groundskeeper at Herkimer
County Community College. Linda is a dean's list student at HCCC.
ALBANY — CSEA has announced it
has a number of openings for secretaries to work in various departments
of the union's statewide headquarters
here. Typing and shorthand abilities
are included in the requirements.
Competitive salaries and fully-paid
benefits are part of the compensation
package offered.
Interested applicants should contact
Portia Given at CSEA headquarters,
(518) 434-0191. CSEA is an equal
opportunity employer.
$13,000 back pay ^
won by CSEA for
underpaid member
THOMAS M C D O N O U G H S C H O L A R S H I P winner Adrienne Jo Onofri, third from right, receives her
award from Rockland County CSEA Local 844 President Frank Bosco. Offering congratulations are,
from left, CSEA Field Rep Chris Lindsey, Rockland County Unit President Florence Kimmel;
Adrienne's mother, Rhoda Onofri; Adrienne, Bosco, and CSEA Region III President Pat Mascioli.
Adrienne is a journalism major at Northwestern University. Her mother is a clerk at the Rockland
County Department of Motor Vehicles.
ARCADE — A previously underpaid village of Arcade employee is entitled to more
than $13,000 in back pay as a result of CSEA
legal action in his behalf.
A Public Employment Relations Board
arbitrator has ruled that Raymond Killian
was underpaid by about $2 per hour since
he began work on June 1,1981.
The pay dispute, according to CSEA Field
Representative Robert E. Young, revolved
around the question of whether Killian
should be paid the rate in effect on the date
he was hired or on the date he actually
began working.
"The hiring authorization, which was approved on May 19,1981," said Young, "called
for Killian to be hired at 'the working rate'
which on that date was $2 more than when
he actually began."
The village had maintained that the new
rate which ^ e n t into effect June 1 should
have been the guide for Killian's pay, but the
arbitrator backed CSEA's position and
awarded more than $13,000 in back pay for
. Killian.
Marlciewicz a candidate
for Board of Directors
TIMOTHY MORGAN, second from right, accepts a $250 Thomas H. McDonough Memorial Scholarship check from CSEA Region IV President C. Allen ^ead. At left is scholarship committee representative William Fetterling, and at right is Pauline McDonough, widow of the long-time CSEA activist
in whose memory the fund is named. The one-time grant goes to children of CSEA members who are
previous union scholarship recipients to aid in completing their college studies. Morgan, of Castleton, attends Norwich University. He is the son of Judith and Charles O'Leary. Mrs. O'Leary is a clerk
at the State Health Department and a member of the James E. Christian Memorial Health Department Local 664.
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THE f^UBLIC SECTOR', Friday,' January'25, 1^85
ALBANY—The name of a third candidate seeking to fill a vacancy on CSEA's statewide Board
of Directors from Environmental Conservation locals was inadvertently not included in a story concerning the Board seat election in the previous
edition of The Public Sector.
Mary Ellen Markiewicz's name was not mentioned in the previous article. Markiewicz joins
Mary Luciano and Judy Salisbury as candidates
seeking the vacant Environmental Conservation
board seat. The names of all three do appear on
official ballots mailed to eligible voters. Those ballots must be returned by noon, Jan. 22 to be considered valid.
**Ihavea
dream,..**
CSEA offices
to be closed
oif Jan. 21
MARTIN %
LUTHER
KINGDAV^
will be observed
as a state holiday
Monday, January 21
CSEA's statewide headquarters in Albany and all
CSEA regional offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 21
in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an official
New York state holiday.
In announcing the closings, CSEA President William
L. McGowan noted that creation of an official state holiday honoring the memory of Dr. King was among the bills
presented by the union to members of the state Legislature for their consideration. The bill passed both houses
and was signed by Gov. Mario Cuomo, designating the
third Monday of January each year as the official holiday.
Region II to show documentary
The film "I Am a Man," a documentary on the life of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be shown at CSEA
Metropolitan Region II headquarters at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 23. All members are invited to view the film
as part of CSEA's observance of Dr. King's birthday.
The film will be shown in the Frances Dubose Batiste
conference room of the CSEA Metropolitan Region office,
11 Broadway, Suite 1500, New York, New York.
METROPOLITAN REGIONAL OFFICE
11 Broadway/Suite 1500
New York, New York 10004
(212) 5 1 4 - 9 2 0 0
y
•N
Schenectady County
lienors employees for
choosing career that
shaped civilization
SCHENECTADY — "The career that you have chosen in public works
is regarded as a key factor in the early evolution of civilization, as important as writing." With those words, Schenectady County Manager Robert
McEvoy thanked 17 county highway department employees recently for
giving 25 years or more of service to the county.
McEvoy, himself a former CSEA member who said he recalls how it
feels to be plowing streets in the middle of a howling snow storm, told the
highway employees at a luncheon in their honor that their efforts are noble and respected.
"Our great nation would not have progressed to its current state of
technological excellence and leadership without your skilled efforts in building and maintaining the infrastructure which is the foundation of all our
country's momentum," he said.
Among those honored for a quarter of a century of service or more
were Schenectady County CSEA Local President Frank Tomecko, for his
27 years of service, and CSEA Highway Unit President Lou Altieri for 26
years of service.
CSEA Capital Region President C. Allen Mead presented certificates
of appreciation to each of the 17 honored employees, who have a combined
total of 464 years of service and membership in CSEA.
SCHENECTADY COUNTY CSEA LOCAL President Frank Tomecko, left,
is congratulated by County Manager Robert McEvoy for completing 27 years
of service to the county. Public Works Commissioner Harry Mason, right,
looks on.
SCHENECTADY
COUNTY HIGHWAY
UNIT PRESIDENT
Lou Altieri, left, who
was honored for his 26
years of service, congratulates
CSEA
Schenectady County
Local
President
Frank Tomecko,who
was also recognized
for his long service
record.
REGION III ORGANIZER Richard Blair, right,
congratulates newly elected officers of the village
of New Paltz CSEA Unit of Ulster County Local
856. The village employees recently joined CSEA
and will begin contract negotiations this month.
From left are Treasurer Julie Boice, Vice President Gail Ashton, Secretary Maria Gallo and Unit
President John Geib.
THE PUBLIO SECTOR, Fridoy, January Ui. 1965
Pag© 3,
SPttbllc
SSECTOR
Official publication of
The Civil Service Employees Association
Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CiO
33 Elk Street, Albany, New York 12224
The Public Sector (445010) is published every other
Friday by The Civil Service Employees Association,
33 Elk Street, Albany, New York 12224.
Publication Office: 1 Columbia Place, Albany, New
York 12207. Second Class Postage paid at Post
Office, Albany, New York.
MICHAEL P. MORAN - PUBLISHER
ROGER A. COLE — Editor
TINA LINCER FIRST - Associate Editor
BRIAN K. BAKER — Assistant Editor
Address changes should be sent to: Civil Service Employees Association, The Public Sector, 33 Elk Street,
Albany, New York 12224.
CSEA STATEWIDE " HEADQUARTERS, 33
STREET, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12224
(518) 434-0191
ELK
DIRECTORY OF CSEA REGIONAL OFFICES
LONG ISLAND REGIONAL OFFICE
Hauppauge Atrium Building
3 0 0 Vanderbilt Motor Pkwy
Hauppauge, New York 11 788
(516) 2 7 3 - 2 2 8 0
(516) 4 3 5 - 0 9 6 2
METROPOLITAN REGIONAL OFFICE
11 Broadway/Suite 1 500
New York, New York 10004
(212) 5 1 4 - 9 2 0 0
SOUTHERN REGIONAL OFFICE
Rural Route 1
Box 34, Old Route 9
Fishkill, New York 12524
(914) 8 9 6 - 8 1 8 0
CSEA STATEWIDE PRESIDENT William L. McGowan, center, visits members of the Dutchess
County Pay Equity Committee following a planning meeting held recently in the CSEA Region III
Office in Fishkill. Dutchess County was chosen as one of four jurisdictions in the state to participate in
an AFSCME-funded study on pay equity. Shown from left are Dutchess County Unit President Mary
Rich, Region III President Pat Mascioli, McGowan, Statewide Secretary Irene Carr and Region III
Women's Committee Chairperson Helen Zocco.
CAPITAL REGIONAL OFFICE
1215 Western Avenue
Albany, New York 12203
(518) 489-5424
IRA payroll deduction available
CENTRAL REGIONAL OFFICE
Suite 3 0 8
290 Elwood Davis Road
Liverpool, New York 13088
(315) 4 5 1 - 6 3 3 0
WESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE
4 2 4 5 Union Road
Cambridge Square
Cheektowaga, New York 14225
(716) 6 3 4 - 3 5 4 0
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HK-
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CSEA STATEWIDE OFFICERS
PRESIDENT WILLIAM L McGOWAN
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
JOSEPH E. McDERMOTT
SECRETARY IRENE CARR
TREASURER BARBARA M. FAUSER
CSEA REGIONAL PRESIDENTS
Region I President Dan Donohue
Region II President George Boncoraglio
Region III President Pat Mascioll
Region IV President C. Allen Mead
Region V President James J. Moore
Region VI President Robert Lattlmer
CSEA members in the three state bargaining
u n i t s ( A d i n i s t r a t i v e , O p e r a t i o n a l and
Institutional), as well as CSEA-represented
employees in the Office of Court Administration
(OCA) are reminded that they may take
advantage of automatic payroll deduction to set
up an Individual Retirement Account (IRA).
An IRA is a tax-deferred investment plan
which allows individuals to save a portion of
their income for retirement while legally
sheltering income from taxes.
For more information, State Division and OCA
employees should fill out and mail the coupon
below to: CSEA-IRA, P.O. Box 7125, Albany,
N.Y. 12224.
CSEA-IRA
P.O. Box 7125
Albany, NY 12224
Please send me information on the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) programs now being made available
to me through payroll deduction. I am a state employee in the ASU, ISU, OSU or OCA bargaining unit.
am interested in receiving:
General information on IRAs
MK
LEGAL DEPARTMENT (518)
436-7663
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT FUND
1-800-342-4274
LEAP-CSEA (518)
434-8151
PERSONAL
LEGAL
SERVICES
PLAN
1-800-435-7757
LEGISLATIVE
& POLITICAL
ACTION
436-8622
CWEP (518) 4 73-3416
EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE
1-800-342-3565
CSEA negotiated IRA payroll deduction with
the state in 1983. Three vendors, who represent
the three major types of IRAs — a bank, insurance company and investment firm that
manages mutual funds — are offering the retirement plans.
The Dime Savings Bank IRAs
Prudential-Bache IRAs
Oppenheimer Funds IRAs
NAME:
Home Address:
Place of Employment:
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, January 11, 1985
YEARS OF
Leave time must be restored
to Orange County employees
sent home during snowstorm
GOSHEN — Three hours of leave time have
been restored to eight Orange County employees
by an arbitrator, who ruled they should not have
been docked for three hours when forced to leave
work early during a severe snowstorm last March.
The situation developed, according to CSEA
Region III Field Representative Flip Amodio,
when the Orange County executive decided to permit employees to leave work early due to the
snowstorm, but directed workers to charge any
time off to vacation or personal leave credits.
The county commissioner of Social Services left
the building early, placing a supervisor in charge
of closing the building at 2 p.m., unless any staff
members chose to remain at work and close the
building themselves at 5 p.m.
However, the supervisor ordered, at 2 p.m., employees to leave even though some said they would
stay at work.
PROGRESS
CSEQ
CSEA argued before the arbitrator that the
eight workers ordered to leave had no choice but
to do so at 2 p.m., while the county said the employees had the option to stay.
"However well motivated," ruled Arbitrator
Arthur T. Jacobs, "in forcing the remaining workers to leave the building at 2 p.m., he (the supervisor) took upon himself the mantle of the county
executive or his designated representative.
"Whether the supervisor violated the commissioner's and/or the county executive's order or
made an honest, well-intentioned mistake under
the stress of unique conditions is immaterial. The
workers under his orders, so far as remaining or
not remaining in the building, had no choice but
to defer to his authority, handed down through the
line, they had every right to believe, from the
county executive."
Two new prep ImioIcs available
for political subdivision
tests for welfare examiner
and caseworker job titles;
stress management tapes now
available for all members
New exam prep boeklets
available for caseworkers,
social welfare examiners
ALBANY — CSEA is now making available two new exam preparation booklets to workers in the political subdivisions. The new booklets, one for caseworkers and the other for social welfare examiners,
add to two already existing instructional series on secretarial and custodial skills.
The new "Social Welfare Examiner Series" contains review work
in the areas of supervision and administration, interviewing, and understanding social and human relations problems.
Principles and practices of social casework, interviewing and supervision are included as part of the preparation in the "Caseworker
Promotional Exam Series."
Still available through the CSEA Education and Training Department are the "Secretarial and Typing Series" and the "Custodial
Series."
The former booklet is for secretaries in the counties and municipalities and for non-teaching school district personnel. Designed for
employees holding typist, steno, and secretarial titles, it contains review
work in areas of supervision, secretarial and typing practices, spelling,
punctuation, and capitalization and usage.
The series for custodians contains review work in supervision, cleaning, building operations and maintenance as well as in ability to read
and follow written instructions.
Each booklet is available for the price of $1.50 from the union's Education and Training Department. Use adjacent coupon for ordering.
Way back in 1931, it was CSEA leading
the fight to reduce the long working days
of public employees. In that year, CSEA
led the campaign to get the state Legislature to abolish the then 72-hour workweek.
It marked yet another milestone in the union's distinguished history.
ALBANY — CSEA is offering members a
cassette tape that individuals can use to teach
themselves how to combat the effects of stress
through relaxation. The audio tape can be
ordered for just $2.50 by completing the coupon
below.
The relaxation tape was developed for CSEA by
Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations,
and is an extension of stress management workshops CSEA has been conducting at meetings
around the state.
One side of the cassette tape is especially
tailored to assist people in controlling stress related to taking exams. The other side of the tape consists of a 30-minute program of breathing
exercises and other relaxation techniques. Both
sides should be useful in helping overcome the effects of stress in a variety of conditions.
ORDER FORM
ATTN: CSEA Education Department
3 3 Elk Street
Albany, N.Y. 1 2 2 0 7
Please s e n d me the booklet(s) indicated. I understand the price is $ 1 . 5 0
(includes postage) for EACH booklet ordered.
_
Secretarial and Typing Series
_
Social Welfare Examiner Series
_
Custodial S e r i e s -
_
Caseworker
Series
Please send me
of $ 2 . 5 0 each.
Promotional
Exam
relaxation program(s) on cassette tape at the price
I have enclosed a c h e c k or money order in the amount of $_
to cover the cost of this order.
Please send booklet(s) to;
Name
Address
State/Zip
City
Social Security Number
CSEA Local
EMPLOYER
PLEASE NOTE: The relaxation tape is available only through CSEA's
Education Department. Non-CSEA members can obtain the exam prep
booklets directly from Cornell University at the same price by contacting: Cornell ILR, 112 State Street, Suite 1200, Albany, New York 12207.
THE PUBLIO SECTOR, Fridoy, January Ui. 1965
;. I
Pag© 5,
fI f
THIS MONTH IN LABOR HISTORY
By the New York State Labor History Association News Service
Labor and! civil rigbts in tiie late '60s
"We shall overcome someday" sang the
pickets. With clasped hands and spirited
demonstrations they marched in early 1968.
They carried signs that read, "I am a man." Day
after day, week after week, the Memphis
sanitation workers and their supporters rallied
to the union cause and the cause of civil rights. In
the face of harassment and sometimes brutal
opposition, these members of the American
Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME) demanded recognition of
their union, an end to racial discrimination, a
wage increase, and a union dues check-off.
AESCME's Wflliam Lucy
Their demands joined the causes of workers'
rights and civil rights, and the trade union
movement and civil rights movement achieved a
higlfTiegree of unity on behalf of these public
employees. Letters of support, money, and food
supplies came from unions across the country.
The United Auto Workers, other AFSCME locals.
District 65, many unions with large black
memberships, assisted in the demonstrations.
They joined with the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, the NAACP, and ether
civil rights groups in a coalition that helped to
change the face of American politics and race
relations.
The 1968 Memphis sanitation strike epitomized
the close links between the labor and civil rights
movements. Dr. Martin Luther King viewed the
struggle of the Memphis sanitation workers as
the centerpiece of the civil rights movement in
the South. His cause was their cause. And he paid
the ultimate price for Dr. King was assassinated
while in Memphis rallying support for the
strikers.
William Lucy was the chief negotiator for the
sanitation wprkers and he would later become
Secretary Treasurer of AFSCME and the leader
of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. The
strike was brought to a successful conclusion in
April, 1968 when the sanitation men won union
recognition from the city of Memphis, a pay
increase, an end to racial discrimination, and a
working grievance procedure to insure justice on
the job. That victory has been seen as a turning
point for public employee unions.
Numerous unions such as District 1199
Hospital and Health Care Workers Union, locals
of the United Auto Workers, and the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters, all had a close
relationship with the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference and Dr. King, Leaders
such as Cleveland Robinson, Addie Wyatt, Doris
Turner, Lillian Roberts, Ben McLaurin and
many others contributed support through their
unions to assist the civil rights movement.
Unions helped to build the grass roots support for
civil rights. That relationship has persisted and
flourished.
In 1983 labor mobilized 200,000 strong to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the March on
Washington. An army of trade unionists of all
races from many unions descended on
Washington to rekindle the spirit lit by Dr. King,
Bayard Rustin, and A. Philip Randolph 20
years earlier. That was the march which
Randolph saw as the beginning of a "moral
revolution for jobs and freedom" and which led
to the passage of the civil rights legislation in the
following years. It was also the moment which
few will ever forget when Dr. King spoke about
his dream of equality for all Americans.
The civil rights movement of the 1960s made a
significant contribution towards social justice in
the United States. The rights of all people,
especially minorities, were enhanced in the
fields of education, votings rights, and
affirmative action in hiring and promotion.
Much still needs to be done.
In order to document the rich history of black
labor in America, an Afro-American labor
archives has been established at Rutgers University. All types of documents are being
collected including letters, films, photos,
leaflets, manuscripts, pamphlets, and tape
recordings pertaining to labor and civil rights,
black-white labor relations, etc. A team of
specialists is processing these records to enable
unionists and future generations to understand
more clearly the role of the black worker in
America.
These records include documents from the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the Negro
American Labor Council, the NAACP, and
individual trade union leaders. The archives is
actively searching for documentary material to
be donated from unions and individuals.
Interested parties should contact Professor
Joseph Wilson at the African
Studies
Department, Room 104, Beck Hall, Livingston
College, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
08903, 201-932-3334.
Rondout Valley School District unit holds info meet
AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION dealing with such items as seniority rights,
contract language, negotiations, out-of-title work and shop steward training
was conducted recently for members of the Rondout Valley School District
CSEA Unit. In above photo, Ulster County Local 856 President Sean Egan,
standing, addresses members. Listening are unit members Henry Ritter Jr.
and Chester Freer. Seated lower right is CSEA Organizer Richard Blair, who
planned the session.
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THE, PUBUC SECTO.R, Friday, January 1.1, 1995
INFORMAL GATHERING includes Ulster County Local President Sean
Egan, second from left, and Rondout Valley School District Unit members,
from left, Dominick Nigro, John Llanes and Unit President Don Gilmour.
McGowan gets
assurances on
safety at Dowiistate
FISHKILL — Assurances that work hazards will be corrected an(} that
workshops on AIDS will be made available to all employees were the results
of a recent meeting between CSEA Statewide President William McGowan,
Downstate Correctional Facility Superintendent Stephen Dalshiem and
Charles DeVane of the Department of Corrections. The meeting followed a
tour of the facility by McGowan and officers of Downstate Local 155.
A number of employee concerns were addressed. McGowan examined a
tj:ansformer room which is located in a 22-foot deep underground pit which
occasionally floods and seeps sewage.
The president also toured the facility hospital ward where some inmates have been hospitalized with AIDS.
Employees had a chance to meet with McGowan later in the day to
discuss their concerns. Most were concerned with local problems that can
be solved through local shop stewards and officers, said McGowan.
Many employees asked about the status of state negotiations and
McGowan explained that union demands will be published in The Public
Sector in the near future.
STATEWIDE CSEA PRESIDENT William McGowan greets officials of
Local 155 during a recent visit to the Downstate Correctional Facility. From
left are Local President Bob Anderson, Labor-Management Representative
John Steffanci, McGowan, and Local Vice President Bill Feldman.
INSPECTING AN UNDERGROUND TRANSFORMER, at right, on the
grounds of Downstate, McGowan expressed concern for the safety of electricians who must work in the 22-foot pits and asked for reassurances that safety hazards would be corrected.
AT A RECENT MEETING TO DISCUSS SAFETY problems at Downstate
were, below from left. Local 155 President Bob Andei^son, Region III Director Diane Campion and Region III President Mascioli.
(518)434-0191
CSEA STATEWIDE HEADQUARTERS
33 ELK STREET, ALBANY. N.Y. 12224
(518)434-0191
ROCHESTER SATELIITE OFFICE
BINCHAMTOII SATELLITE OIFICE
Suite 218, Executive Office Bidg«
Binghamton Plaxa
33 W. State Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
607-772-17S0
CANTON SATELUfE OFFICE
P.O. Box 488
Canton, NY 13617
315-386-8131 or 8132
MAYVILIE SATELUfE OFFICE
P.O. Box 22S
Mayvilie, NY 147S7
716-763-5290
UTICA SATELLITE OFFICE
PIATTSBUR6H SATELIITE OFFICE
Broad Street Professionai Bidg.
53 Broad Street
Plattsburgii, NY 12901
518-563-0761
C.IA.C. Buiiding
3699 W. Henrietta Road
Rociiester, NY 14623
716-334-7140
289 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13501
315-735-9272
WESTCHESTER SATELLITE OFFICE
222 Mamaroneclc Avenue
Wliite Plains, NY 10601
914-946-6905 or 6906
THE PUBLIO SECTOR, Fridoy, January Ui. 1965
Pag© 7,
Oswego County unit members
says 'yes' to a new contract
OSWEGO — For more than 150 Oswego County blue collar unit mertibers,
the New Year will begin with a new two-year contract calling for pay increases
each year, plus other important benefits.
The unit, part of CSEA Oswego County Local 838, recently ratified the agreement by an overwhelming margin.
Roger Kane, CSEA collective bargaining specialist and chief negotiator for
tf e unit, released terms of the pact effective Jan. 1,1985.
. They include an increase of 50 cents per hour, plus an increment step where
due, each year of contract; a new ^ y e a r longevity step; full uniform payment
for mechanics; tool allowance of $75 per year; an employee dental plan;
improved vacation benefits; and a seven-day notice prior to any permanent work
schedule changes.
Commenting on the new contract, Kane said, "The fact that unit members
voted overwhelmingly to ratify speaks for their general satisfaction with the
agreement. We think it offers some good improvements and new benefits the
employees can certainly use and enjoy."
Kane also expressed his appreciation for the help and support of Fred Potter, unit president, and the other members of his negotiating committee. They
include Larry Archibee, Brett Galvin, Steve Wilber, Hank Mattot and Mark
Bailey.
COMPETITIVE PROMOTIONMAL EXAMINATIONS(State Employees Only)
APPLICATJONS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN JAN. 14, 1985
Crime and Delinquency Prevention Bpec.G-23
DCJS 3 9 - 8 8 6
DCJS 3 8 - 3 6 9
Education Supervisor (General) G - 1 9
DFY 3 8 - 4 1 4
Education Supervisor (General) G - 1 9
DCS 3 8 - 3 7 2
Education Director I G-22
DCS 3 8 - 3 7 2
Education Director II M-1
Senior Social Services Medical
DBS 3 8 - 4 2 3
Assistance Specialist G - 2 3
DBS 3 8 - 4 2 2
Social Services Medical Assist. Spec. G - 1 8
OMH 3 8 - 4 1 5
Education Supervisor (General) G-19
OMH 3 8 - 4 1 6
Education Director I G-22
IDP
38-141-38-149
Principal Stenographer G-12
OGS 39-882
Asst.Dir.General Services Fiscal Management M-2
You may obtain announcements and promotion application cards XD-5 from your
agency personnel office.
OPEN COMPETITIVE STATE JOB CALENDAR
FILING ENDS JAN. 21, 1985
Crime and Delinquency Prevention Spec.II
Crime and Delinquency Prevent. Spec. Ill
Social Services Medical Assistanc Spec.
Senior Social Services Med. Asst. Spec.
Occupational Program Specialist
Education Director I
Education Director II
Education Supervisor (General)
Stenographer, Principal(several locations)
Stenographer, Principal(New York City)
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20-903
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ART COUSINEAU, on behalf of CSEA Local 303 at Roswell Park Memorial Institute and Health Research Local 315, presents proceeds from a poinsettia
sale and Cabbage Patch doll raffle to Carolyn Hoffman, director of Roswell
Park Memorial Institute Day Care Center.
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Disgraceful maiiipulation of unemploynienf
figiil^s is a imdceiy xrf fairness, justice
On the first Friday of each month, the Labor Department's Bureau i
of Labor Statistics releases the national employment and unemployment
data for the previous month.
The one figure that is headlined by the nation's newspapers and highlighted on the evening television news is the jobless rate. It's the magic
number, so to speak, which buries the rest of the unemployment statistics.
But how much does the magic number reveal about the extent of unemployment in the nation? That question was raised at a recent Capitol
Hill press conference by a coalition of labor, religious and civil rights
leaders.
. Actual unemployment and underemployment, said the group, stands
at over 13 percent of the labor force, far above the Labor Department's
7.4 percent rate for October, for instance. The higher figure, which represents more than 15 million men and women, takes into account not only
the "officially" unemployed, but also the 5.5 million people working parttime because they couldn't find fuUtime jobs, and the 1.2 million
"discouraged" workers who have despaired of finding any job at all.
Despite the past two years of so-callcd "recovery," the group noted'
there are almost a half-million more officially jobless now than in 1980;
1.2 million more discouraged workers and another 1.2 million involuntary
parttime workers.
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THE f^UBLIC SECTOR', Friday,' January'25, 1^85
In an effort to move the nation toward full employment, the coalition
urged the new 99th Congress to enact emergency Jobs legislation, including the Community Renewal Employment Act, the Youth Incentive Employment Act, the American Conservation Corps, plant closing legislation,
and the Industrial Competitiveness Act.
The real unemployment situation in the United States was described
as "a profound economic and moral crisis" by religious leaders in the coalition. One church'leader called the unemployment rate "a crime, an assault and battery on the bodies, the dignity and lives of all those who
continue to be deprived of the opportunity to provide for themselves and
their families."
Rabbi David Saperstein of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations' Religious Action Center noted the Reagan administration "promised
that, t h r o i ^ stimulation of the economy, it would provide a job for all those
who wished to work. Yet in the aching abyss between the promise and reality lie the shattered lives of millions of Americans: the lost legion of minority youth, out of jobs, out of school, out of hope, filled with anger and despair;
the stynnied victims of racism and sexism; the millions whose job skills
have been left behind by technological change. All of these are in danger
of being recycled into^ permanent underclass; they make a mockery of
our pretensions of fairness and justice."
Protect your rights, join a CSEA retirees' local
ALBANY — Retired public employees can protect their futures for just $9 — the cost of an annual membership in a CSEA retirees' local.
The union's legislative accomplishments for
retirees have included pension increases, one
measure which allows eligible state employees
who retired before Sept. 1,1980 to participate in
the group dental plan administered by GHI, and
another which permits them to earn up to $6,960
in parttime public employment without reductions
in pensions.
But these benefits could have not have been accomplished without the political clout of the 50,000
people who already belong to retirees' locals. And
it is in the special interest of retirees who have not
yet joined their ranks to do so.
Membership gives retired public employees a
voice through lobbying efforts in state government. In addition there are a number of other
benefits including a retirees' newsletter issued
periodically, special mailings on selected issues,
local meetings to share ideas and exchange information, social gatherings and access tö a retirees'
department staffed by professionals at CSEA
Headquarters.
For additional information, contact the CSEA
Retiree Department by calling (518) 434-0191. To
sign up, fill out the form below and send it with a
$9 check to: CSEA, 33 Elk St., Albany, N.Y.
12207.
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Medicare Deductible
Increases for 1985
T h e M e d i c a r e hospital i n s u r a n c e - i n patient d e d u c t i b l e , t h e a m o u n t an inpatient is r e s p o n s i b l e f o r , will increase to
$4oo t or benefit periods starting in
1985, a Social Security m a n a g e r said recently. T h e 1984 d e d u c t i b l e was S3S6.
Also increasing are the per-day
a m o u n t s t h e patient is responsible f o r ,
t h e m a n a g e r s a i d . T h e inpatient d e d u c t ible is t h e only cost to t h e patient for
c o v e r e d services for t h e first 60 days of
care in a benefit period. f-"or t h e 61st
t h r o u g h 9()th day, hospital i n s u r a n c e
will pay for all c o v e r e d services except
S I 0 0 a day in 1985. T h e 1984 figurd
was $89.
For t h e 60 r e s e r v e days of care, hospital insuKince will pay all c o v e r e d services except for S200 a day in 1985.
T h e 1984 figure was $178.
For care in a skilled n u r s i n g facility,
hospital i n s u r a n c e pays for all c o v e r e d
services for t h e first 20 days a n d all but
$50 a day f o r up to 80 m o r e days in
1985. T h e 1984 figure was $44.50.
T h e M e d i c a r e medical i n s u r a n c e prem i u m is also increased for 1985. T h e
1985 basic p r e m i u m will be $15.50 a
m o n t h , c o m p a r e d to t h e 1984 basic
p r e m i u m of $14.60. S o m e people pay a
higher rate b e c a u s e t h e r e were periods
of t i m e they could h a v e had medical ins u r a n c e but did not.
The basic hospital
insurance
monthly premium
will be $174 in
1985, c o m p a r e d to the 1984 rate of
$155 a m o n t h . T h e p r e m i u m applies
only to p e r s o n s w h o are not o t h e r w i s e
entitled to hospital i n s u r a n c e .
T h e $75 medical i n s u r a n c e a n n u a l
d e d u c t i b l e V i l l not c h a n g e , the m a n ager said b e c a u s ^ it is set in law.
M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t Medicare
costs for c o v e r e d services can be obtained at any Social Security ofTice. T h e
a d d r e s s a n d t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r of t h e
n e a r e s t Social Security ortice can be
f o u n d in t h e t e l e p h o n e directory.
Excess Tax May
Have Been Withheld
A p e r s o n w h o w o r k s for m o r e t h a n
o n e e m p l o y e r d u r i n g t h e c o u r s e of a
year may h a v e m o r e Social Security
taxes withheld t h a n are required by
law, a Social Security m a n a g e r said recently.
If this o c c u r s , t h e p e r s o n may claim a
r e f u n d for t h e excess a m o u n t w h e n he
or s h e files an i n c o m e tax r e t u r n for
that year; h o w e v e r , if t h e excess withholding o c c u r s b e c a u s e an e m p l o y e r
d e d u c t s too m u c h in taxes, t h e person
s h o u l d ask t h e e m p l o y e r for a r e f u n d .
E a r n i n g s in excess of t h e m a x i m u m
a m o u n t that c o u n t s f o r Social Security
c a n n o t be used in figuring t h e benefit
rate.
Additional i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t taxes
a n d r e f u n d s m a y be o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e
i n t e r n a l - R e v e n u e Service. I n f o r m a t i o n
a b o u t Social Security b e n e f i t s can be
o b t a i n e d at any Social Security office.
T h e a d d r e s s a n d t e l e p h o n e n i i m b e r of
t h e nearest Social Security office can be
f o u n d in t h e t e l e p h o n e directory.
Social Security Earnings Base Increases
T h e 1985 Social Security e a r n i n g s
base, t h e m a x i m u m a m o u n t of e a r n ings t h a i c o u n t s for Social Security will
increase to $ 3 9 . 6 0 0 , up f r o m t h e 1984
m a x i m u m of $ 3 7 , 8 0 0 , a Social Security
m a n a g e r said recently.
In a d d i t i o n . Social Security tax rates
will also increase, t h e m a n a g e r said.
T h e tax rate for e m p l o y e e s a n d their
e m p l o y e r s will be 7.05 percent e a c h , up
f r o m t h e 1984 e f f e c t i v e rate of 6.7 percent for e m p l o y e e s a n d 7.0 percent for
employers.
O t h e r a m o u n t s will also increase in
1985, t h e m a n a g e r said. T h e a m o u n t of
a n n u a l e a r n i n g s required to earn o n e
q u a r t e r of c o v e r a g e , t h e m e a s u r e of
Social Security p r o t e c t i o n , will increase
to $410, up f r o m the $390 figure for
1984. People will earn a m a x i m u m of
f o u r q u a r t e r s if their a n n u a l e a r n i n g s
are $I ,640 or m o r e .
T h e a n n u a l e x e m p t a m o u n t s for t h e
a n n u a l e a r n i n g s test, t h e m e a s u r e used
to decide if a person is eligible for
b e n e f i t s , will increase to $ 7 , 3 2 0 for
people 65 or older in 1985 and to
$ 5 , 4 0 0 for people u n d e r 65 all of 1985,
T h e 1984 a m o u n t s were $6,96j) for
p e o p l e 65 a n d o v e r and $ 5 , 1 6 0 for people u n d e r 65.
THt'f'tlBLK:'SECTOR, F)»hdaV,'iänüäfy">l'/>98S- >
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the
Uls vhth holiday happi
At Pilgrim PC,
handicrafts add
warmth, color
& homey feeling
WEST BRENTWOOD — Pätients at Pilgrim
Psychiatric Center here got a small measure of
Christmas cheer because employees brought
materials from home to decorate dining halls
and day rooms.
CDPC Local 692 President John Loveday is shown with R.N. Sarah O'Neil, one of four
workers who helped spruce up Unit K, an acute care inpatient unit at the Albany facility,
for the holidays.
Employees help adorn
Inpatieiit unit at
Capital District
Psychiatric Confer
ALBANY — Holidays are usually a time for
being with family. But for some CSEA members
— like Bruce Viele, Arlan Gray and Cheryl
Logue, all mental hygiene therapy aides
(MHTAs) at the Capital District Psychiatric
Center (CDPC) — this past holiday season was
spent making their second family feel as loved
and wanted as their own.
The three, plus R.N. Sarah O'Neil, were the
eniployees staffing Unit K on Christmas Day,
from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Because of their energy
and efforts, the day turned out to be bright and
festive for everyone.
"Without them it would have been just another
day in Unit K," said one client in the acute
inpatient care unit.
"They made it Christmas and they did it for
us," put in another young client.
"ft was almost like home," said one elderly
client.
Like most psychiatric care units in state
institutions, Unit K is big, open and antisepticlooking. But on Christmas Day, the unit was a
splash of Christmas color and design. For two
weeks, MHTA Viele had helped the 20 clients who
would spend the holiday there to decorate the unit.
Holiday decorations — like Santa Claus, holly
wreaths, poinsettias and a painted snow-covered
city — filled the walls, windows, halls and
stairwells.
A traditional dinner was served family-style
around a large table.
"Our clients are people too. They want to enjoy
the holidays but they just need a little extra
help," said Viele.
Said Logue: "We don't just work here seven
and a half hours a day. We live here too. And
these clients are in some ways our second
family."
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THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, January 11, 1985
The facility was adorned with Christmas trees
and decorations made of everything from scraps
of balsam and styrofoam cups to coffee-can lids.
"We do it with an open heart," said Charles
Lewis, a licensed practical nurse. "We use stuff
left over from last year and stuff we buy with our
own money."
SPIRITED TWOSOME — Bruce Viele and Cheryl Logue, MHTAs
at CDPC, were among the four employees staffing the unit on
Christmas Day. Both showed enthusiasm in helping the clients
decorate the unit.
"The patients appreciate something to make
their days brighter," explained Bessie LoBalbo,
a director of Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Local
418, who led her staff in decorating the dining
room she runs in the Admitting Building.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS — Employees at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center helped make the holidays a nine
brighter for the patients by making their own decorations from assorted materials. Pictured are, from
left to right, seated, Jean Lynch, Vetell Williams, Sarah Allen. Standing from left are Bessie LoBalbo,
Nelson Garcia, Clem Narcis, Joe Karpf, Shawn Quillan.
"One patient said it was so pretty, he didn't
want to leave," she recounted. Dietitian Chris
Ringrose said, "Patients who never spoke came
up to staff members to say, 'Thank you for doing
it.' "
A SPECIAL DAY IN UNIT
K — MHTA Arlan Gray is
pictured beside a
Christmas tree at CDPC,
where he was one of four
people assigned to work in
Unit K with 20 acute care
inpatients on Christmas
Day. The four helped the
clients fill the walls,
hallways, stairwells and
windows of the unit with an
a r r a y of h o l i d a y
decorations, including
wreaths, poinsettias and a
painted silhouette of a
snow-coated city.
'These clients are in some, ways
our second family.'
LoBalbo proudly showed what her dining room
staff had been able to do with scraps, castoffs
and what they could afford to buy.
There was a small, well-used Christmas tree
saved from the past, but it looked a bit forlorn
until the staff brought papier-mache ribbon to
festoon the walls. On doorways, they hung
decorations made from scraps of balsam and
styrofoam coffee cups disguised with pasted-on
glitter and hung upside down to look like bells.
Windows were spruced up with plastic coffeecan lids made colorful with glitter on the edges
and Santa faces cut from wrapping paper and
pasted in the centers, giving the effect of a
stained-glass window hanging.
Staffers also brought in phonograph records
with seasonal music to add to the gaiety.
LoBalbo said people worked on the decorations
for up to three months. "Everyone takes an
interest," she said, "and bring things from home
that they bought with their own money. It seems
we don't have any (hospital) money any more
for the little things, even though they're
important, too."
The decorations have come down now, packed
away for next year. And, already, staffers are
working on ideas for St. Valentine's Day and St.
Patrick's Day.
HOMEMADE — Sarah Allen, left, and Bessie LoBalbo hold up one of their decorations — styrofoam
cups up-ended and tied in threes to look like Christmas bells.
The patients appreciate something
to make their days brighter.'
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, Friday, January 11, 1985
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A BOOK
"Joseph D. Keenan, Labor's Ambassador
in War and Peace" by Francis X. Gannon.
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R E G I O N IV
JOHN J. KELLY JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
J. TODD BURDICK, a student at Oneonta State University, is winner of the Kelly Memorial
Scholarship in Region IV this year. Pictured above, from left, at the scholarship presentation are:
Region President C. Allen Mead; Todd; his father, John D. Burdick, a member of Saratoga
County Local 846; and Scholarship Chairman Brian Ruff. The Kelly Scholarship was established
in memory of John J. Kelly Jr., a popular attorney with CSEA's law firm who died at an early age.
R E G I O N VI
THOMAS MCDONOUGH M E M O R I A L SCHOLARSHIP W I N N E R
SHARON MARIE WAGNER, seated right, proudly displays a check and certificate she received
as Region VPs Thomas McDonough Scholarship winner. On hand for the presentation were: her
mother, Jean Rasmus of Erie County Educational Employees Local 868; Region VI President
Robert Lattimer; and Art Howell, Region VI Education Committee. The McDonough Scholarship
Program provides a $250 one-time grant to undergraduate students in each of CSEA's six regions.
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» THE RUBRIC SECTOR, Fridpy,, J.qnuary 11, 1985
One of Bill Mauldin's best remembered cartoons from World War II shows an officer and
his aide looking at a panoramic scene from a
mountain top in France. "Beautiful view," said
the officer. "Is there one for the enlisted men?"
Labor leader Joseph D. Keenan served as a
brigadier general during the postwar reconstruction of Germany, but there was never any
doubt that he looked at everything from the enlisted men's point of view.
Keenan, an electrican by trade, served the
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as a local
officer and international secretary for 53 years.
He died last July at the age of 88, but the story
of his influential life has been recorded in a new
book.
"Joseph D. Keenan, Labor's Ambassador in
War and Peace," by Francis X. Gannon, is not
just about Keenan but about working people.
Many of the tens of millions of men and women swept up in the historic events of 1940-45 and
the postwar years would have their memories
refreshed in reading this book.
While many Americans have the idea that
World War II started with Pearl Harbor on Dec.
7,1941,the war actually began with Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939.
With the war clouds lowering over America,
President Roosevelt created a commission on
defense mobilization in mid-1940. Sidney
Hillman represented the CIO on the panel and
Joe Keenan was called in from Chicago to represent the AFL building trades.
Keenan traveled the country as a troubleshooter, putting out labor/management
fires and ensuring that contractors worked
through unions. In the war years, the Army
Corps of Engineers operated through civilian
contractors and mostly union workers built
3,000 military installations, 300 major industrial
projects, 500 camps, 765 airfields and numerous ports, hospitals and storage depots.
Keenan served, along with Clinton Golden of
the Steel workers, as a vice chairman of the War
Production Board. With FDR's backing, Keenan had the authority to get things done. One
result of the union role in the all-out war effort
was that membership doubled from eight million to about 16 million.
Keenan also played an important role in the
race for the atomic bomb. At a secret Pentagon meeting, Keenan and others were told that
the Germans had the formula, and "whoever
gets this weapon first wins the war."
Looking directly at Keenan, the undersecretary of war said the decision was to skip the pilot plants and go right into plutonium
production, adding: "Joe, that's your job.
Directly or indirectly we may need up to 200,000
mechanics, electricians, plumbers and pipefitters and immediately
" Joe kept the secret
and recruited everywhere.
As the war came to a close, Keenan was
made a brigadier general and worked in reconstructing the trade union movement in a
devastated Germany.
After the Republican 80th Congress passed
the Taft- Hartley Act over President Truman's
veto in 1947, then AFL Secretary-Treasurer
George Meany determined that labor needed
a political arm. Keenan was drafted to start
up Labor's League for Political Education.
Keenan loved his country and the labor movement and served both well.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Following is
a list of pamphlets, leaflets and
other publications put out by the
AFL-CIO that will prove useful
to every union member. Single
copies of all publications, except
No. 19, are available free. Use
the coupon below to place your
orders. Mail to: Pamphlet
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3. 1983 AFL-CIO Convention Policy
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12. Rules Governing State Central
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25 pp. Published: February 1973.
Price: 10« per copy; $7.50 for 100.
13. Rules Governing Local Central
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25 pp. Published: February 1973.
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14. Rules Governing Directly Affiliated
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65. Services for the Unemployed
Leaflet—Published: July 1981.
Price: 5« per copy; $4.00 for 100.
Advice to local unions on establishing
a consumer information and counseling program to help members safeguard their hard-earned dollars.
116. When You W r i t e Your Legislator
Leaflet—Published: September 1980.
Price: 15« per copy; $12.00 for 100.
Tips on framing letters to your legislators to let them know how you feel on
issues.
B70. The Future of Work
36 pp. Published: August 1983.
Price: 75« per copy; $60.00 for 100.
An initial report of the Committee on
the Evolution of Work created by the
AFL-CIO Executive Council to review
and evaluate changes taking place in
the labor force, occupations, industries,
and technology.
8 pp. Published: November 1983.
Price: 25« per copy; $20.00 for 100.
A pamphlet designed to help unions
interested in forming senior clubs as a
means of maintaining links with retired
members.
14 pp. Published: August 1981.
Price: 10« per copy; $7.50 for 100.
A pamphlet tracing the history of the
American labor movement's support for
public education in the United States
from the early 1800s to the present.
40 pp. Published: November 1981.
Price: $1.00 per copy; $75.00 for 100.
A compendium of historical materials
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158. The Constructive Use of Government
8 pp. Published: October 1982.
Price: 50« per copy; $40.00 for 100.
An address by Lane Kirkland at a
Dartmouth College program in which
the AFL-CIO president discusses the
role of the democratic state as "the indispensable instrument of human progress."
159. The Public School and the Common
Good
8 pp. Published: December 1982.
Price: 25« per copy; $20.00 for 100.
Organized labor's support over the
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school system is detailed in this pamphlet.
* 136. Collective Bargaining: Democracy
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30 pp. Published: June 1982.
Price: 25« per copy; $20.00 for 100.
A basic primer on how collective
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*75. AFL-CIO Manual for Shop Stewards
70 pp. Published: March 1984.
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A handbook designed to aid shop
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*81. How to Run a Union Meeting
157. One ffundred Years of American
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121. Labor Champion of Public Education
B74. A Guide to Establishing Senior
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161. Together in Solidarity
12 pp. Published: October 1983.
Price: 15« per copy; $12.00 for 100.
AFL-CIO President Lone Kirkland's
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1983 convention in which he outlines
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156. A Foreign Policy with a Purpose
64 pp. Published: March 1984
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A discussion of how to run interesting,
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Leaflet—Published: September 1981.
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An outline of how union locals can develop programs to help members use
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9 pp. Published: April 1982.
Price: 15« per copy; $12.00 for 100.
Text of an address to the Foreign Policy Association by AFL-CIO President
Lane Kirkland outlining labor's views
of America's role in world affairs.
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24 pp. Published: May 1984.
Price: 25< per copy; $20.00 for 100.
A popular short pamphlet describing
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Price: 60« per copy; $45.00 for 100.
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109. Consumer Counseling
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A current sprightly pamphlet primarily
designed for use in schools and by
community organizations for young
persons who will soon be joining the
labor force.
42. Working Together . . . The key to
jobs for the handicapped
11 pp. Published: June 1978.
Price: 10« per copy; $7.50 for 100.
Labor's program for effective cooperation to aid the mentally and physically
handicapped and to insure them equal
opportunity In employment.
46. The Truth About 'Right-to-Work'
Laws—Facts vs. Propaganda
20 pp. Published: March 1984.
Price: 15« per copy; $12.00 for 100.
A popular discussion of what's wrong
with state right-to-work laws.
S2. W h a t Every Worker Should Know
About Alcoholism
L e o f l e t ^ u b l i s h e d : February 1984.
Price: 3« per copy; $2.50 for 100.
A discussion of the diseose of alcoholism, and the means and focilities
available to help those afflicted.
S6. Songs for Labor
56 pp. Published: December 1983.
Price: 35« per copy.
A book of union songs that can be
sung at union meetings, summer
schools, conventions, and on the picket
line. The music for each song Is included.
Total
TITLE.
NAME.
UNION (and local number)
STREET and NUMBER.
ZONE
CITY
STATE
SINGLE COPIES OF ALL PUBLICATIONS, EXCEPT #19, ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE.
Amount of money order or cheek $
1
Check should be made payable to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer.
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An important CSEAP training program for ASU members
Transition
training
courses
sdieduled
Here's wiiere
courses will
lie offered
to employees
The catalog for spring 1985 transition training
courses for members of the CSEA-represented
state Administrative Services Unit is now
available.
Transition training courses will be offered at 13
sites around the state this spring. The unique
training program is offered as part of the Clerical & Secretarial Employees Advancement Program (CSEAP) as negotiated in the ASU
contract.
Detailed information concerning the spring
catalog or about specific courses may be obtained by contacting:
Employee Advancement Section, State
Department of Civil Service, (518) 457-6306 OR
CSEAP, Civil Service Employees Association,
(518) 434-0191.
The CSEAP transition courses are free to eligible employees. The courses are intended to improve job performance rather than to prepare
employees for Civil Service examinations.
Eligible employees include members of the
CSEA-represented ASU Unit on a first-come, firstserved basis; employees in transition titles as es-
Transition training courses will be offered this
spring at the following 13 locations. Most, but not
all, courses will be held at every location. Applicants should check their acceptance letter for the
precise address.
The following have been designated as training
sites:
Albany
NYS Department of Civil Service, Building 1,
State Campus.
Binghamton
Broome Developmental Center, Glenwood
Road.
Buffalo
Roswell Park Memorial Institute, 666 Elm
Street.
Marcy
Marcy Psychiatric Center, Northwood Building,
River Road (Old Rt. 49).
Melville
Long Island Developmental Center, Building 16,
133 Carman Road.
tablished under CSEAP; and employees in clerical and secretarial titles designated as
management/confidential.
Transition situations include, but are not limited to, appointment or transfer to program aide,
administrative aide, training aide, program
traineeships, and the Public Administration
Traineeship Transition (PATT).
The courses are from one to three days in
length, and are held at the specified location during the workday from approximately 8:30 a.m. to
4:15 p.m.
Interested employees may register by filling out
a separate registration for each course they are
interested in applying for. Employees are urged
to check the listed course dates against their individual schedules, and should not apply for a
course they will not be able to complete entirely.
Each course and location has a registration
deadline date. Approximately two weeks before
the start of a course, all applicants will receive
a letter indicating whether or not they have been
accepted. Any employee who applied for a course
but (üd not receive notification should call the Employee Advancement Section at (518 ) 457-6306.
Employees are not eligible to attend any course
without prior notification of acceptance.
New York City
NYS Department of Civil Service, Two World
Trade Center, 55th Floor.
Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center.
Perrysburg
J.N.Adam Developmental Center, Route 39.
Raybrook
Adirondack Park Agency.
Rochester
Monroe Developmental Center, 620 Westfall
Road.
Staten Island
The Institute for Basic Research for Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1050
Forest Hill Road,
Syracuse
SUNY Upstate Medical Center, 155 Elizabeth
Blackwell kreet.
Wassaic
Wassaic Developmental Center.
Here's list ef courses available under program
The following course titles will be offered under
the spring transition training program. Not all
courses will be offered at every location. Also,
courses have different start dates and enrollment
deadlines at each location. Applicants should
check their acceptance letter for the actual location and dates.
Course titles available include:
Minimizing stress
Where did the time go?
Being assertive: what, when and how
Planning and conducting productive meetings
Team building
How do I get there from here? Goal setting
Building your interpersonal skills
You can be a communicator
Interviewing for information
Simplify your work processes
How to tackle a research project
Grammar and punctuation: A review
CSEA DOT LOCAL 676 officers William Petal, left, and Milo Barlow, right, president of
the Local, discuss the department's new
mandatory shift schedule for snow and ice
removal workers with State Assemblyman
Richard Conners, center. CSEA has strongly criticized the new schedule, charging the
plan will result in millions of dollars being
wasted. Barlow told the 104th District assemblyman the plan lacks common sense and Petal expressed union concerns about its
^ i m p a c t on employee morale.
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Fundamentals of writing
Management principles for the non-manager
Effective problem solving
Overview of New York state government
Beginning accounting
Basic math: A skills refresher
Using tables and graphs
Public speaking
Introduction to computers
BREADP
IROSES
^SOLIDARITY CENTER-^
INFORMATION OF INTEREST
TO UNION MEMBERS
AND FRIENDS OF LABOR
DISTRICT 1199 CULTURAL CENTER, INC.
The slogan " B r e a d and
Roses" comes from the historic
strike of 20,000 textile workers in
Lawrence, Massachusetts in
1912. The strikers — most of
them women and children and
all of them immigrants — struck
against intolerable wages and
working conditions. They sought
more than just a few additional
pennies in their pay envelopes.
They wanted to be treated as
complete human beings with
hearts and souls, not just as factory "hands." Their banners
proclaimed, "We Want Bread
and Roses, Too." They fought
and they won.
"Bread and Roses" is also the
name of a cultural project of
District 1199, National Union of
Hospital and Health Care
Employees, RWDSU/AFL-CIO.
It offers, at discount prices,
books, records and posters to
union members and friends of
labor. Publications are ideally
suited as training aids for educational programs, awards for
union members or students,
materials for distribution at conferences or workshops, gifts, office decorations or for your own
personal use.
Bread and Roses Order Form
Bread and Roses do Publishing Center for Cultural Resources
625 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
(212) 260-2010
Supported by funds from the National Endownnent for the Hunnanities, a federal agency.
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POSTERS
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Images of Labor (cloth) @ $20.00
In Mine and Mill @ $13.00
Lawrence 1912 @ $7.95
1199: A Family Portrait @ $4.50
One Strong Voice @ $3.00
The Working American
Catalog @ $5.00
Our Own Show @ $4.00
Images of Labor
Study Guide @ $4.95
Fear at Work @ $9.95
Salute to Paul Robeson @ $7.50
Labor's Untold Story @ $6.95
Asbestos Alert @ $8.95
In Our Blood @ $7.95
American Labor Struggles @ $7.95
What's Wrong with the
U.S. Economy? @ $10.95
Social Concern/Urban Realism
Catalog @ $10.00
Mother Jones Speaks @ $15.95
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. Bread and Roses @ $8.50
.The Strike @ $8.50
. Lawrence 1912 @ $11.25
. Labor Day Street Fair @ $8.50
. Milton Glaser @ $11.25
. Phillip Hays @ $11.25
. May Stevens @ $11.25
. Paul Davis 0 $11.25
.Sue Coe @ $11.25
.Jacob Lawrence @ $11.25
. Set of six Images of
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Ossie and Ruby and
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Take Care @ 7.98
The Original
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directly with the Publishing Center, 625 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10012. Orders
must be prepaid with check or money order made payable to Publishing Center.
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M a r y Frank, Red Grooms, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, N a n c y Spero, and 3 9 other major
contemporary American artists invite you to share their interpretations of the threat of nuclear w a r —
DISARMING IMAGES
Art for Nuclear Disarmament
A Bread and Roses exhibition presently touring U.S. museums
THE B O O K i Forty-four works of art in
various media that show how artists
think about nuclear holocaust, an event
that has never taken place, whose only
reality exists as a threat that permeates
all phases of contemporary life.
72 pages, 45 lllusfraflons, Including 17 In
full color. List price: $14.95. YOUR PRICi
ONLY S 12.50.
THE T H E M E P O S T E R : A powerful image in full color by Francesc Torres.
Torres' drawing (War Head and/or
Trans-Historical
Helmet,
THE P O S T C A R D S l Ten works selected
from the Disarming
Images
exhibition
reproduced as full-color post cards, $5.50.
1983) m a k e s O
connection between male power and
nuclear weapons through the conjunction of text and image.
24" X 36" List price: $20.00. YOUR PRICE
ONLY $15.00. Also available In a numbered
edition of 200 copies autographed
by the
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625 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
I want to show my support for nuclear disarmament. Please send me:
copies of DISARMING IMAGES @ $12.50
copies of the THEME POSTER @ $15.00
copies of the numbered, autographed THEME POSTER @ $35.00
sets of DISARMING IMAGES post cards @ $5.50
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AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT SOMEONE
MIGHT NEED YOUR HELP IN A LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. WOULD YOU
KNOW WHAT TO DO? THE HEIMLICH
MANEUVER COULD HELP YOU SAVE A LIFE.
A hug, and out popped fhe candy
VALATIE — "It's one of those things you don't
think about— you just react," says Patricia Pribis, a CSEA member and secretary to the primary
school principal at Ichabod Crane School here.
Pribis reacted properly when a little first grader
at the school was brought from the school cafeteria to the principal's office. "She was gagging very
badly and almost unable to breath," recalls Pribis, who noted the child was choking on a lollipop.
Pribis administered the Heimlich maneuver.
PATRICIA PRIBIS, seated, used
Heimlich maneuver to dislodge a
lollipop from throat of a choking first
grader at Ichabod Crane School. Standing behind her is CSEA Unit President
Lynn Garcia.
irS THE LAW
Since 1980, every restaurant and cafeteria
in New York state has been required, by law,
to display a poster showing first aid procedures to assist a victim of food choking.
The legislation applies to any public eating establishment, including cafeterias and
lunchrooms located in schools and educational institutions.The law does not impose
any duty on anyone to perform choking first
aid and also includes a "Good Samaritan"
clause releasing from liability any person
who utilizes the poster instructions to assist
a choking victim, except in cases of gross
negligence.
nRST AID FOR
CHOKING
o
IMPORTANT: if victim can speak,
breathe, cough, stand by but
DO NOT INTERFERE
©
©
The recommended abdominal thrust
method to aid a choking victim is often
called "the Heimlich Maneuver" because the method was origmated by
Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, a Cincinnati
surgeon.
The recommended first aid procedure for aiding a choking person is as
follows:
(1) Deliver four hard blows to the
victim's back, between the shoulder
blades, with the heel of the hand. If four
blows produce no results, proceed to
abdominal thrusts.
(2) Stand behind the victim, with
arms around the victim's waist. Make
a fist with one hand. With the other
hand, press the fist against the victim's
abdomen, below the ribcage and above
the navel.
(3) After four thrusts, return to back
blows, alternating the two actions until results are produced.
A FREE BROCHURE, "FIRST AID
FOR CHOKING VICTIMS," IS AVAILABLE BY WRITING: NEW YORK
STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
BOX 2000, ALBANY, N.Y. 12220.
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hugging the little girl from behind with her arms
around the child's midsection. She gave a quick,
firm bear hug and out popped the candy, she said.
Pribis said while she has been trained in CPR,
this was her first attempt at the Heimlich maneuver. She said she was familiar with the procedure
through seeing posters and informational
brochures.
"I was just touched when the child's mother
came in afterwards and gave me flowers."
THE f^UBLIC SECTOR', Friday,' January'25, 1^85
CALL AMBULANCE if victim cannot
breathe, speak, cough.
Telephone
IF VICTIM IS CONSCIOUS:
4 quick hard blows
THEN
4 abdominal thrusts
Repeat until food is forced out.
IF VICTIM IS UNCONSCIOUS:
4 back blows THEN 4 abdominal thrusts THEN clear mouth
Repeat steps until food is forced out.
Do mouth-to-mouth or CPR as necessary.