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Join the CSEA Retirees!
Retiree spouses and domestic partners and retired CSEA staff can now join a CSEA Retiree Local! To learn more or join, visit cseany.org/csea-retiree-members to download a membership application or call CSEA Headquarters at (800) 342-4146.
From left, Syracuse Area Retirees Local 913 members Diane Quinn- Miller, Jeanne Sullivan, Zona Pospesel and Bruno Cafolla at a local membership meeting.
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Report your tick bites, check yourself
If you are bitten by a tick on the job, make sure you report it to your supervisor as you would any other injury.
If the bite makes you sick and your work status changes, you will have proof that it occurred
on the job and the appropriate documentation if you need to take Workers’ Compensation.
Follow up with your doctor, even if you are not exhibiting symptoms of illness, and if possible, remove and save the tick for testing. If the tick tests positive for Lyme disease, you can begin treatment much sooner and perhaps limit your illness.
Deer tick
disease such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, so it’s important to be alert for any symptoms that follow a tick bite.
More than 30,000 cases
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2017 (the most recent year statistics are available), 96 percent of Lyme disease cases were reported from 14 states, including New York. More than 30,000 confirmed cases were reported.
Eastern and southern regions in New York are at the highest risk, though the disease is prevalent throughout the state. Contracting Lyme disease from a tick bite depends on the type of tick, where you are located, and how long it was attached to you.
Check yourself and your clothing when your shift is done
or soon after. Ticks are notorious hitchhikers, and while you may not get bitten, you may be bringing an infected tick into your home where it could bite other family members or pets.
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by the bite of an infected deer tick.
Common symptoms of Lyme disease include a rash often called a “bullseye” because of the way
it presents with red or purple rings, fever, body aches, flu-like symptoms, fatigue, headaches and arthritis-like joint pain.
Ticks can also transmit other
Visit cseany.org/osh/resources for more information on preventing Lyme disease and how your employer should protect you.
Bush is April PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month
COMMACK — Rutha Bush
of the Suffolk County Retirees Local in the Long Island Region is our PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month
for April. She recruited 13 new PEOPLE members.
Bush
PEOPLE program,” Bush said.
“If you want to have a voice and are interested in standing up to corporate billionaires who seem determined to dismantle unions, you want to join this program.”
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 movement.
— Wendi Bowie
“I can’t stress enough how important it is for all CSEA members to participate in the
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Date of Retirement
CSEA Retiree Membership:
• Eligibility for membership is open to any person who, while actively employed, was a member or an associate member of the Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. and who has retired from active employment OR anyone who receives a retirement allowance from the New York State and Local Retirement Systems or the New York Police and Fire Retirement Systems. Retired employees of CSEA, Inc. who do not receive a pension from the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System or the New York State Policemen’s and Firemen’s Retirement System shall be eligible
• The monthly deduction of $3.00 will appear under the “miscellaneous” code on your pension stub after your first year of direct pay membership.
• Receipt of a retirement allowance is required to process pension deduction
to become retired members. Spouses and domestic partners of current retiree members who were never members of CSEA themselves and were never connected with a place of work for which CSEA was the bargaining agent and do not receive a public employment allowance shall be eligible to become retired members.
• Membership year runs October 1st through September 30th. Dues are $36.00 a year, paid direct or through monthly deduction from New York State and Local Employees Retirement Systems’ pension allowances.
• Membership becomes effective when the membership
application has been processed and actual payment of dues is received. • Make checks payable to CSEA, Inc. in the amount of $36.00 for first year
• Members who choose to authorize dues deduction must fill out the form below and sign under Authorization for Pension Deduction. If you do not have your Pension Number, payment of first year dues is required. Pension deduction will begin after first year.
• If you wish to discontinue dues deduction, you must authorize this revocation in writing, by completing a revocation card. This card may be obtained by contacting the CSEA Membership Department. To terminate dues deduction, the revocation card must be on file with the Retirement System before the first of the month in which you want the deduction to end.
143 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12210 / Phone: 1-800-342-4146, x1328 / Fax: 518-465-2382 RetiRee MeMbeRship ApplicAtion Return application by mail OR if you choose pension deduction and have your 9-digit RETIREMENT NUMBER
To the Administrator of Membership Records:
I am herby applying for membership in the CSEA Retiree Division. I understand that annual membership dues are $36.00 of which $.50 is appropriated for political action purposes. Please Print Clearly and Complete All Fields
CSEA USE ONLY
n Mr./ n Mrs./ n Ms./ n Miss
First Name MI Last Name _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS Number and Street
Home Phone
By providing my cell phone number I consent to receive calls (including recorded or autodialed calls or texts) at my cell phone number from CSEA and its affiliated labor on any subject matter. You may modify your preferences by calling CSEA at 1-800-342-4146 or visiting the CSEA website at cseany.org.
Home Email __________________________________________________
Before I retired, I was ( ) a member of CSEA Local ; (
( ) CSEA Staff; ( ) a member of ______________________________;
pension DeDuction AuthoRizAtion
Cell Phone
County
other organization
or employed by Male/Femaie
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Last Name First Name M.I. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS
Number and Street
City
State Zip Code
( Area
) __________________________ Telephone Number
__________________________ SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
_________________________________________
Pursuant to Section 110-c of the Retirement and Social Security Law, I hereby authorize deductions to be made from my monthly allowance from the New York State and Local Employees Retirement Systems in the amount necessary to cover membership dues on my behalf to CSEA, Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO. Authorization is also given to make any changes the Union certifies to the Retirement System as necessary in the amount of such dues. I, the undersigned, do hereby authorize you to deduct from my monthly allowance the amount of $3.00 for payment of dues, or any amount as may be certified to you by the Union as my dues. I understand that CSEA, Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO is my agent and all requests to begin, modify, or revoke deductions must be submitted through the Union. This authorization shall remain in effect until revoked by me by written notice through the Union or until otherwise revoked pursuant to law.
SIGNATURE OF PENSIONER: _________________________________________________ Date: ____________________
authorization.
dues.
• Questions about retiree membership, dues deduction or requests for revocation cards should be directed to the CSEA Membership Department at 1-800-342-4146 Ext. 5926. Do not call the State Retirement System about dues deduction.
you may fax or scan and email to: ScanApp@CSEAINC.ORG
Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY) City State Zip Code
Social Security #
) a spouse of a member _________________________________________ ;
SIGNATURE: ____________________________________________________________________ Date: ___________________
Dues, contributions or gifts to CSEA are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Dues paid to CSEA, however, may be deductible as ordinary and necessary business expenses.
*RETIREMENT NUMBER (Required number printed on pension check)
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