Child care members overwhelmingly ratify contract ALBANY — CSEA Local 100A and 100B members (VOICE and CCPT) overwhelmingly ratified a second child care contract, with more than 99 percent of those casting ballots voting yes. The American Arbitration Association recently conducted the ballot count at CSEA headquarters. Work is now underway with the state Department of Health and state Office of Children and Family Services to implement the new contract that includes health care Mark Labor Day with CSEA Sept. 7 is Labor Day, and CSEA will again stand strong and show union pride by participating in Labor Day events across the state throughout September. Here is a list of some Labor Day events; more details about events will be available at CSEA’s website at cseany.org or by calling your region office. (See page 4.) Long Island, Metropolitan and Southern regions: Manhattan: Sept. 12: Labor Day Parade and March. The CSEA contingent is scheduled to march at 11 a.m. Meet at East 45th Street, between 5th and Vanderbilt avenues by 9:30 a.m. sharp. T-shirts, continental breakfast and door prizes will be provided. For more information, contact your region office. Capital Region: Albany: Sept. 11: Labor Parade, sponsored by the Capital District Labor Committee. More details will be posted at cseany.org as they become available. rebates, supplemental vision and dental insurance, program grants and professional development. VOICE and CCPT providers are respectively regulated by OCFS and county Social Services departments. The home-based child care providers joined CSEA after a long campaign that began when the workers approached the union for help in 2002. Since then, members have built a strong union that supports child care providers to deliver quality early learning and Central Region: Syracuse: Sept. 7: Labor Solidarity March at the New York State Fairgrounds, sponsored by The Greater Syracuse Labor Council. Free admission and parking tickets to the fair (valid that day only) will be available in mid-August on a first-come, first-served basis for members and their family members who join in the march, through the Central Region Office at (800) 559-7975. Meet at 10 a.m. between fair gates 4 and 5; march begins at 10:30 a.m. Massena: Sept. 7: Solidarity Day Parade and Picnic, sponsored by the Jefferson, Lewis & St. Lawrence Counties Central Trades and Labor Council. Line up at Willow Street in Massena, by Coach’s Corner restaurant at 10 a.m. The parade starts at 11 a.m. and will end at Springs Park with the events, a free picnic lunch and drawings to follow. All CSEA members and their families are welcome. For more information, contact Amy Simmons at (315) 783- 7555. American Arbitration Association officials count ballots. care across the state. Being in a union has given family child care providers power and resources they never had before to safeguard family child care and sustain their small businesses. With a strong membership base, CSEA child care is uniquely positioned to continue to negotiate and deliver resources, support and services to providers and working families across New York. — Jill Asencio Ithaca: Sept. 7: 32nd Annual Labor- Community Picnic, Stewart Park, Large Pavilion, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., sponsored by the Midstate Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO and the Tompkins County Workers’ Center. All are welcome for this free event, including free food and music. Volunteers are needed. Please bring a dish to share. Contact Field Coordinator Bonnie Wilson at bonnie@ cnylabor.org or (607) 372-3153. Western Region: Buffalo: Sept. 7: Labor Day Parade and Picnic. Visit CSEA’s website at cseany.org for more information as it becomes available. Rochester: Sept. 7: Labor Day Parade. Visit CSEA’s website at cseany.org for more information as it becomes available. “My union...” “My union matters to me because my grandparents instilled in me the importance of having a safe work environment and earning a living wage for the working class. It is now my responsibility to continue that fight for the members of CSEA. Going backwards is not an option. The future of the working class depends on unions. ” — Beth Hall, probation officer, Herkimer County Probation Department and Herkimer County Local president. 8 The Work Force July-August 2015
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