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Long Island Region: WENDI BOWIE (631) 462-0030
Metropolitan Region: DAVID GALARZA (212) 406-2156
Southern Region: JESSICA LADLEE (845) 831-1000
Capital Region: THERESE ASSALIAN (518) 782-4400
Central Region: NICHOLAS NEWCOMB (315) 728-3375
Western Region: OVE OVERMYER (716) 691-6555
Headquarters: JILL ASENCIO (518) 257-1276
WorkForce ISSN 1522-1091
Official publication of
CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO 143 Washington Ave. Albany, NY 12210-2303
Mary E. Sullivan, President
MARK M. KOTZIN
Director of Communications and Publisher
MATHEW L. CANTORE Deputy Director of Communications
JANICE GAVIN Editor
JASON D. HOSIER Graphic Production Specialist
BETH MCINTYRE Graphic Production Specialist
JOELLE LUCENTE Communications Assistant
CommuniCations speCialists
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Marie Snyder Rick Stahl Christopher Vogel
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President Mary E. Sullivan in touch with
The WorkForce
New year brings new opportunities for our union
4 The Work Force
January 2020
Sisters and Brothers:
This new year brings us new opportunities to make a better union that delivers even more value for our members, and I’m excited to be working to make that happen.
As your president, I’ve been traveling all around the state, talking with as many members as possible to hear about how we can improve our union.
What I hear is that you want a strong union that will fight for you, protect you, let your voices be heard, and negotiate contracts recognizing your valuable contributions for the work you do and the services you provide every day.
I’m working hard to make that a reality for our future.
We are hiring more staff professionals, taking advantage of new training
opportunities, enhancing and improving our communications, including working on a new website and looking to deliver better benefits and contracts for our members.
But moving our union forward only happens if we work together and you get involved. Go to a union meeting. Visit us online. Volunteer to take a more active role in our union. We need your support to be a stronger, more effective union. Working together, we gain the power to make positive changes.
Together we can achieve these goals for the new year.
In solidarity,
Mary E. Sullivan, President