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Nassau municipal employees stay union, stay strong
more than 200 members, proved to be particularly successful. As with previous member engagement visits, members were also receptive to discussing our union with our volunteers at their homes.
In addition to hundreds of worksite and home visits, member volunteers and
CSEA Nassau County Municipal Employees Local members recently showed they are union strong during our
union’s recent member engagement visit to homes and worksites across the county. The worksite meetings, including one
City of Long Beach meeting that drew
CSEA Long Island Region Treasurer Barbara Homburger, right, explains the significance of the CSEA recommitment card to member Naomi Royster.
“Being a
CSEA member
is important because it keeps our jobs protected. I’ve seen what happens when members
don’t have the protection of a union and I w”ant no part of it.
— Naomi Royster, Residential Assistant 2, Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
staff left more than 1,700 pieces of CSEA literature for members during the three-day event. Hundreds of CSEA members also signed recommitment cards.
On these pages are images from the visit.
— Wendi Bowie
City of Lo President welcomes to the me engageme
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Steven Wright was one of about 200 members who attended a worksite meeting in the City of Long Beach.
CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley agrees with a point Town of North Hempstead Unit President Tom McDonough makes during a member meeting.
Nassau County Municipal Employees Local President John Shepherd updates members about union activities.
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“I’ve worked at jobs with no union and it’s awful. Management can fire you whenever they want. With CSEA, if your manager is treating you poorly, you have the power of yo”ur union behind you.
— Steve Beauchesne, Village of Rockville Centre Unit member
CSEA Oyster Bay Local President Jarvis Brown vis Herman Patterson to hear Patterson’s thoughts an about CSEA.
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