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CSEA SAYS REJECTS Fact Finder Recomendation they Pay 7 to 10% of Health Care Costs. Suggests 0,0,2,2 Wage Settlement. County Exec Accepts it.

Posted on April 21, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From the Westchester County Department of Communications. (EDITED) April 21, 2014 UPDATED April 23, 2014 10:15 A.M. EDT:

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced Monday that the county would accept the recommendations that an independent state fact finder, Howard Edelman has laid out to settle the county’s outstanding labor contract with the CSEA, the county’s largest union.

The recommendation called for CSEA-ers to pay a portion of their health care costs.

The Journal News reported Wednesday, Kwabena Manu President of the CSEA has rejected the settlement, saying “To take a salary cut, is unrealistic for them.” The Journal News reports the salary dispute be turned over to the County Board of Legislators that may set a salary for one year of the contract by New York State Labor Law.

For current CSEA employees, health care contributions would be based on premiums but tiered according to an employee’s salary with payments ranging from 7.5 percent to 10 percent of premiums over the course of the contract. New employees would pay 20 percent of premiums.

The fact finder called for a general wage freeze for 2012 and 2013; a 2 percent increase in 2014 and 2015; and bonus and longevity increases of $100 per employee in 2012, $150 per employee in 2013, and $100 in 2015.

“As is the case in all collective bargaining, neither side got exactly what it wanted,” said Astorino. “But, the proposals set forth in the fact finder’s report are fair, and since the fact finder was brought in at the request of the union, I would urge the CSEA’s leadership to act responsibly, accept the recommendations and give its membership a contract.”

The CSEA is the only one of the county’s eight unions that doesn’t contribute to health care. Management and non-union county employees contribute to health care as well.

“The fact finder simply recognized that in today’s economy all employees must pay a share of their health care,” Astorino said. “This is true in the private sector and the public sector. It is time for the CSEA to recognize this reality.”

In accordance with New York State’s Taylor Law, the fact finder met with the parties, heard arguments and received evidence. The report makes findings and recommendations on all issues submitted in the fact finding hearing, most importantly on wages and health insurance contributions.

Tonight PEOPLE TO BE HEARD INTERVIEWS BRIAN WALLACH ON THE GROWTH OF WHITE PLAINS OVER THE YEARS

Posted on April 21, 2014 by John Bailey

JOHN BAILEY, BRIAN WALLACH AND JIM BENEROFE ON YOUR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD. SEE THEIR INTERVIEW TONIGHT 10 P.M.

Another Guest in our Legacies of White Plains Series

BRIAN WALLACH

(with Arthur)

Lifelong resident,

Tireless civic booster,

Pioneer in change in the city

Remembers White Plains the way it was, how and who changed it

Watch this inspiring program tonight at 10 PM Countywide on Verizon FIOS Channel 45

or in White Plains on Cablevision 76 or

download it at whiteplainsweek.com

Sunrise!

Posted on April 20, 2014 by John Bailey

Pastor Melissa Boyer of the Katonah United Methodist Church presiding over the traditional Sunrise Service at Cross River Dam Easter Sunday morning.

Awaiting the start of the service 6:30 A.M.

Bible, Communion Plate, and Chalice

After the short simple eloquence, worshippers departed in the Sun’s glory

Pastor Boyer’s ceremony was simple and brief, saying”This is the Good News– the light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never put it out. . Christ is our peace, the indestructible peace we now share with each other”.
a hymn followed, with is verse that speaks to every person:
“Our hearts be pure from evil, that we may see aright the Lord in rays eternal of resurrection light; and listening to his accents, may hear, so calm and plain, his own “All hail!” and, hearing, may raise the victor strain.”
Pastor Boyer closed by encouraging all to see the meaning of Christ in our every day life in simple acts of kindness.

The Return from Calvary

Posted on April 18, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR NEWS & COMMENT. By John F. Bailey. April 18, 2014:

He died 2,000 years ago. There was no CNN, no internet, no newspapers,radio or television. No Twitter or Facebook.

Nevertheless the message of the man who died on Calvary spread around the world without mass communication.

His followers, twelve of them were so devoted to His message of love and code of behavior they became the first pacifist activists who spread a message the man they called their Lord had preached to them.

He is Jesus of Nazareth. He had no last name.

Today He is now known all over the world for the message he delivered.

Whether you believe He is the Son of God, or not, he ranks as one of the foremost influences on mankind.

His selfless acts of embracing lepers, the poor, those who sinned were unique.

Such compassion for the downtrodden was unheard during the time He lived.

It was a time of slavery. No human rights. No care for the sick. When cities were razed and populations slaughtered or enslaved.

Jesus of Nazareth introduced a new philosophy that spread throughout the world after His death by crucifixation because the community leaders of his own people thought him a threat to their power.

If you live by his philosophy of foregiveness you are a person at peace with yourself. If you accept those who are different from you without fear or prejudice, you are a force for spreading His message of peace towards others and good will.

I f you help the poor and the sick because you sympathize with them, you are following His way.

If you stand up for truth, point out what is wrong as He did with the Pharisees. You are doing his will.

If you go about doing good for the sake of doing good, you are following His virtue of selflessness.

Jesus of Nazareth’s message whether divine or a code of how we conduct our lives resonated with millions and it spread.

There is no denying He is one of the great philosophers of the human experience, kin to Socrates, the other giant of antiquity thought.

The above print of “The Return from Calvary” painted by Herbert Schmalz shows the last hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s crucifixation around 33 A.D. on Calvary Hill, “the place of the Skull” outside of Jerusalem late in the day He was crucified.

The description on the print describes the somber scene:

The darkness which was on the earth (during His suffering) is clearing away.

One long, dark cloud is hanging over the city like a pall.

The Virgin Mother, weighted down by fatigue and grief, knowing not wither she goes, is being led up some steps, toward “his own” home, by St. John and Mary Magalene.

In the distance on the top of Cavalry, you can make out the three crosses.

The grief so eloquently captured by this print depicts the very personal loss all of us endure when someone we love passes away because of all they did for us. Jesus of Nazareth was a human being who affects us to this day.

One of the great gifts of this man, Jesus of Nazareth, is the celebration of humanity and capacity to care and feel for others that aids persons whether they believe He was the Son of God or not. Or that you will have eternal life if you believe in him.

His philosophies of care, courage, compassion and benevolent action serve their practioners well because they leave a great personal satisfaction in the heart, the mind, and the spirit.

You do not have to second guess yourself, when you do what is right, humane, merciful, and serves the less fortunate without superiority.

The peace of mind of action is the least of the great gift of Jesus of Nazareth whose death on the cross is marked this day.

If you act as Jesus did, you will be remembered by all you meet fondly and lovingly, and be comforted that you will live in memories of those you have touched with your love and kindness and caring for eternity to the end of the age.

His simple teachings have great power.

They give meaning to our mystery of life.