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We remember fallen workers
Summary of April Board of Directors Meeting
Editor’s Note:
The Work Force publishes a summary of actions taken by CSEA’s Board of Directors. The summary is prepared by CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley for union members.
Berkley
past the local officers’ current term, the Board’s approval is necessary for this lease.
• Approved Local 426, Taconic DDSO, to enter into an extended lease agreement with Herbert Redl, Inc. at 80 Washington Street, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The lease is for four years from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2021. The rent is as follows: July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018 is $1,697.44; July 1, 2018
to June 30, 2019 is $1,748.36;
July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 is $1,800.81 and July 1, 2020 to
June 30, 2021 is $1,854.84. As this lease term runs past the local officers’ current term, the Board’s approval is necessary for this lease.
• Approved the draft audit report. • Approved the Standing Legal
Committee Report of April 27,
2017.
• Approved the appointments to
the Political Action Committee as follows: Kim Cornwell (Local 859) and Rod Clements (Local 826).
Questions concerning the summary should be directed to Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, CSEA Headquarters, 143 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12210 (800) 342-4146, ext. 1253 or (518) 257-1253.
ALBANY — CSEA’s Statewide Board of Directors met on April 27, 2017. In official business, the board:
• Approved Local 412, Hudson
Valley DDSO, to enter into a copier agreement with RICOH
at 3 Wilbur Road, Room 63, Thiells, N.Y. 10984. The lease is for 43 months at the start of the execution of the agreement at a cost of $364.50 monthly. As this lease term runs past the local officers’ current term, the Board’s approval is necessary for this lease.
• Approved Local 823, Jefferson County, to enter into a lease agreement at 215 Washington Street, Suite 012, Watertown,
N.Y. 13601. The lease is for four years from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2021. The annual rent paid in equal monthly installments is $1,677.21. As this lease term runs
CSEA members across the state marked Workers’ Memorial Day through events to not only mourn fallen workers, but to fight to ensure that everyone can go to work — and return home — safely.
In Rochester, state Department
of Transportation (DOT Region
4) workers held a Workers’ Day Memorial Ceremony at the Clover Street facility to honor those brothers and sisters we have lost while working on the job. State Department of Transportation
(DOT Region 4) Local Treasurer Brian Ossont and Genesee-Orleans- Wyoming state Department of Transportation Local President Don Saulter were among those who spoke at the event.
In Oneonta, more than 50
Central Region members observed Workers’ Memorial Day through
a remembrance event at Neahwa Park. The Central Region Safety and Health Committee led the region’s eighth annual planting of its “living memorial tree” dedicated to those who have died while doing their jobs.
In addition to remembering our brothers and sisters and other workers who have died or become seriously injured while doing their jobs, Workers’ Memorial Day is used as an opportunity to renew our ongoing commitment to ensuring that all workplaces are safe.
— Ove Overmyer and Mark M. Kotzin
Burton: PEOPLE is my voice
SYRACUSE
— Diane Burton of the Syracuse State Local in the Central Region is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month
for April. She recruited 22 new PEOPLE members.
Burton
she said. “PEOPLE serves as an important voice for all of us as
we continue to work to preserve our benefits, pensions, collective bargaining rights, workplace safety and health and so much more.”
CSEA’s PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community. Your support and participation in PEOPLE strengthens CSEA’s clout
in the workplace, in the legislature, in your community and in the labor
“PEOPLE is important to me because it’s my voice in Albany, Washington and in my community,”
movement.
— Mark M. Kotzin
14 The Work Force
June 2017
Top photo, state Department of Transportation members in Rochester remember workers who have died while doing their jobs.
Bottom photo, Central Region members remember fallen workers in an Oneonta ceremony. (See page 2 for additional photo).