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Fulton-Montgomery Counties Retirees Local 925 members enjoy their April meeting.
Schenectady County Local 924 held a breakfast meeting at the Glenville Queen Diner this spring. From left, Local Treasurer Lena Becker, CSEA Employee Benefit Fund Supervisor Bill Ryan, former local 2nd Vice President Marcia Walker, Broadview Federal Credit Union Sr. Vice President of Financial Crimes Shane Shoemaker, local Secretary Barbara Niedhammer and Local President Mary Sieder. (Photo provided by Local 924 member Sharron-Linn Schmidt.)
From left, Oneida-Madison-Herkimer Tri-County Retirees Local 914 President Donald Lynskey, 1st Vice President Joseph Palmisano, 2nd Vice President Peter Niznik, Treasurer Cathy Barretta and Secretary Michael Kaiser. Barretta, who had previously served as Local 914 President, and local members were recently recognized by the Herkimer County Humane Society for the local’s ongoing donations to the shelter.
Orange- Ulster- Sullivan Local 917 member Kathy Wills attends a meeting.
From left, Orange-Ulster-Sullian Local 917 members Margaret Van Tassel, Yvonne Cox and Patty Harp enjoy the meeting.
CSEA Suffolk Area Retirees Local
920 members recently volunteer to make wellness calls to retirees. In addition to checking on how they are doing, callers reminded members of upcoming meetings. Pictured, from left, seated are Kathy Koop and Susan Ashworth. Back row, from left, are Gloria Eichele, Laura Werkheister, local Delegate Nick LaMorte, Local 920 President Millie Lucas and Local Treasurer Rutha Bush.
Local 924 Treasurer Lena Becker signs in members.
Retirees remember fallen workers
HAUPPAUGE — CSEA Retirees attended the Long Island Federation of Labor’s Annual Workers’ Memorial Day service. The event is dedicated to workers who lost their lives to workplace illness or injury.
At the event, a candle-lighting ceremony was held, where the names of workers who lost their lives on the job were announced, along with shared anecdotes about the workers’ life.
Speakers shared brief remarks
on the importance of practicing proper safety precautions and urged workers to become more politically engaged to protect future workers from suffering
the same fate as those who
were being memorialized. The ceremony concluded with a memorial flower bed planting
by the Workers’ Memorial Monument, which stands outside of the New York State offices in Hauppauge.
— Wendi Bowie
CSEA Organizer Ursula Howard and CSEA Suffolk Retirees Local 920 Treasurer Ruby Thomas stand to hear words from a guest speaker.
CSEA Nassau Retirees Local 919 Executive Vice President Stanley Bergman plants a flower in
front of the Workers’ Memorial Monument in Hauppauge.
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