OSARC Newsletter - January 1998
WELCOME TO ALL NEW RETIREES!
Next scheduled meeting. The OSA/OSART Retirees Club will meet at 12 noon on February 11, the second Wednesday of the month, at the OSA Office at 220 East 23rd Street, Suite 709.
January meeting attendees. Jean Anmuth, Don Baharav, Renee Bash, George Bernett, Elizabeth Borden, Ken Burton, Ida Chin, Rochelle DiCristofalo, Gloria D'Jaha Krant, William Douglass, Arthur Duffy, Manny Friedman, Beverly Freierman, Stanley Granat, Shirley Gray, Richard Guarino, Paul Henry, John Kobelski, Marvin Lutenberg, Hank Mandel, Jim McKeon, Edna Riley, Bernice Stephens, Ana Vives, Dorothy Wadsley, and Richard Walters.
January meeting guests. Joan Doheny (Jean Anmuth) and William Perry (Shirley Gray).
Special guest. Jong-kil Park, Senior Secretary to the National Labor Relations Committee of the Ministry of Labor in Seoul, Korea was our special guest. Mr. Park is here on a Work Study Program and wanted to see first hand how Labor Unions operate in this country. He is spending two weeks with OSA attending meetings with our Chairman, Bob Croghan and other meetings with various OSA Representatives as they go about their duties.
Guest speakers. Wilfredo Lopez, Senior Inspector, Department of Consumer Affairs, New York City, shared with us some of the Consumer Affairs successes and problems. He answered numerous questions from OSARC and gave us some sage consumer advice.
Mr. Lopez reminds us not to be fooled by those Rapid Refund tax return ads (they are high interest loans). Another area Mr. Lopez warned us about was buying appliances from some of the many small electronics stores. Unscrupulous dealers will sell refurbished (used) goods as new goods. Ways in which the consumer can be alert are to look for the "R" on the back of tv's, vcr's, etc., or what he called "skinning" on the packaging. For the uninformed, "skinning" is taking the "R" for refurbished off the carton.
Mr. Lopez left many pamphlets about consumerism. Some of the titles were:
"How To Get The Help You Need As A Consumer"
"Tel-Consumer Tel-Law" (Telephone access to legal and consumer information)
"Guide To The Small Claims Court"
Anyone interested in obtaining these pamphlets can call Bernice at the office Tuesday through Thursday. These pamphlets will be available through February.
COMRO report. Edna Riley, Jim McKeon and Richard Guarino, our COMRO Reps, tell us that COMRO is currently trying to meet with City and State officials to discuss its position on the permanent COLA. The Chairman's report enclosed in this mailing mentions this along with information on the Kyl-Archer Bill on Medicare. We recommend that you read this report very carefully.
An interview with Jong-Kil Park. I had the opportunity to ask our guest, Jong-Kil Park some questions about the differences in the Civil Service system in Korea and New York City. Mr. Park, is the Senior Secretary to the National Labor Relations Committee of the Ministry of Labor of the Republic of Korea. Civil Servants in Korea cannot organize or join a union. Currently, there are proposals to permit unionism in the public sector.
The differences that we were able to discuss were surprising. The major difference was that Civil Service in Seoul has only nine (!) levels. Levels one through five are managerial with one being the highest. Levels six through nine are all non managerial. In the non managerial classes they can hire or promote and create new positions. In the managerial class, new appointments are made only when there is a vacancy. Promotions are usually made internally but they can go "outside" for a candidate.
Mr. Park had several questions for me about our governmental hierarchy. It was hard for him to conceive of our complex, multi-level convoluted system. He would ask "how many directors does a program have?" I would then try and explain that depending on the Agency and the complexity of the particular program, there could be many directors, deputy directors, etc.
Time did not allow us to explore further our differences but what I did learn was quite interesting.
January Birthdays. Marsha Ambrose, Jean Anmuth, Henry Armendinger, Judith Beiss, Lois Blane, William Burgess, Janice Cerra, Anthony DiLeonardo, Gloria Djaha, James Duffield, Minna Dunn, Sheila Gorsky, Emanuel Gyapong, Joan Henry, David Houser, Flora Jones, Harry Lee, Leopold Loher, John McGreen, Susan Mullgrav, Catherine O'Connell, Thomas Ogden, Anita Payne, Alma Pugliese, Barbara Rodriguez, Wilma Shiffman, Edward Smith, Erich Werner, Naomi Wurzburger.
Coming Up. Our next OSARC meeting will be Wednesday, February 11, 1998. The February meeting will include a discussion of the Pension COLA issues and a guest speaker from the office of Mark Green, Public Advocate and NYCERS Pension Fund Trustee. He will give us an overview of the pension fund and answer some of our questions. We will hopefully be able after this to develop the official OSA/OSARC position on the pension COLA.
Immediately following the meeting will be a new experience, the OSARC talent show. We have included a flyer with information on participating in the Talent Show in this mailing. (It's not too late to sign up.)
OSARC members. Clifford Allen, Joseph Alvarez, Marsha Ambrose, Paul Anderson, Jean Anmuth, Hanacho Atako, Jewel Bachrach, Robert Backes, Don Baharav, Malkit Baines, Mary Barlow, Ted Barra, Barbara Batts, Charles Beckinella, Judith Beiss, Ruth Bell, Diana Benitez, Marily Bernard, George Bernett, Adona Blake, Helen Blecher, Elizabeth Borden, Anthony Brancale, Herb Brandwein, Irving Brickman, Veronica Bright, Yvonne Broughton, Herbert Brown, Rosemary Brown, James Bucchino, William Burgess, Theresa Burke, Kenneth Burton, Patricia Burton, Joseph Buster, Eugene Calvert, Joseph Cappiello, Burton Carlin, Phyllis Carr, Janice Cerra, John Clark, Josephine Clark, Joyce Cleary, George Cohen, James Corleto, Hannibal Coscia, Peter Costa, George Costantino, Stanley Cutchins, Elizabeth D'Aversa, Marilyn Daitsman, Dolores Daniels, Ralph Delise, John Dellecave, Rochell DiCristofalo, Vincent DiGesu, Anthony DiLeonardo, Gloria D'Jaha, Sheila Donohue, William A. Douglas, Ed Douglass, Carla Drije, James Duffield, Arthur Duffy, Walter Dugan, Martina Elam, May Engler, Gloria Erardy, Linda Erickson, Camille Fatto, William Fellows, Harold Fowler, Branda Fox, Bev Freierman, Ella Gales, Daphney Garrison, Stanley Gersten, Myrna Gonzalez, Pedro Gonzalez, Joan Gordon, Sheila Gorsky, Stephen Gregor, Ira Greinsky, Gilbert Grennie, George Gritzan, Marcia Grossberg, Martin Grower, Richard Guarino, Frank Gulino, Tilak Gupta, Claire Hall, Robert Hansen, Frances Hapaz, Marion Harnik, Donald Hartnett, John Hastey, Jacquel. Henderson, Paul Henry, Solomon Himelfarb, Maria Ibanez, Haydee Inclan, Evelyn Jackson , Pearl Jackson, Mary Jennings, Gloria Jimenez, Christine Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Robert Johnson, Roslyn Jones, John Kobelski, Marian Konstan, Henry Korobelnik, Irving Kreindler, Richard Kucera, Adele Kwaw, Judith Layzer, Joel Leichter, Andrew Lewis, Dr.Joyce Liechenstein, William Linhart, Virginia Locco, Leopold Loher, Eileen Lovett, Flora Lucchese, Rose Maconi, Henry Mandel, Lucretia Marcigliano, Angela Marino, Donald Marshall, Ralph Martinez, Dorothy Mason, Peter Mastropolo, Weltha McCant, Thomas McGann, Camilla McGuire, Jim McKeon, Velma McLaughlin, Margarita Mercado, Brenda Mereu, James Meyer, Carol Michaels, Joseph Mickens, John Milat, Dr Helen Mitchell, Barbara Mont, Charles Montalbano, Dan Morgan, Susan Mullgrav, Mary Murphy, Michael Murphy, John Nash, Jack Niznick, Catherine O'Connell, John O'Fee, Thomas Ogden, Sheldon Oliff, Murray Olsen, Henry Opad, Larry Pappert, Carol Payne, Delores Peloso, Sara Perry, Anthony Pettolina, Mary Ellen Phifer, Jack Pilchman, Arlene Pitt, Pauline Pon, Alma Pugliese, Mimi Raimondi, Jack Reubens, Ray Riccio, Dolores Rice, Edna Riley, Gwendolyn Riley, Donald Ross, Norman Roth, Anna Rudbarg, Ed Ruettiger, Ruby Sapp, Marc Sawyer, Theresa Sbano, David Schapiro, Elaine Schirmer, Ina Schwartz, Solomon Schwartz, Peter Schweitzer, Ida Sessa, Anita Shleifstein, Edna Sieber, Sheila Silver, Lois Sims, Ina Sinclair, Milton Sirota, Catherine Slade, Edward Smith, Charlotte Spiegel, Jeanette Springle, Fred Steinberg, Penelope Stubbs, Thomas Tallarico, Tuly Tanenbaum, Kirsten Telemaque, Arthur Thomsen, Nora Tinsley, Edward Tischler, John Toman, Roberta Van Laven, Ana Vives, Vida Wagner, Richard Walters, Herbert Wasserman, Alyce White, Grace White, Margaret Williams, Kay Wilson, Francis Witt, Geraldine Wooden, Simeon Wright, Bernard Yen
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