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CSEA leaders join legislative caucus in gearing up for challenges
These CSEA members working in the West Canada Valley School District in Herkimer County were proud to stand together after a recent membership meeting and proclaim that they weren’t going to quit on each other! Photo provided by Beth Hall.
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ALBANY — CSEA activists and officers recently participated in the 46th New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators in Albany, where a myriad of issues, including the state budget, the Constitutional Convention
and current issues in health and education, were debated and discussed.
CSEA is a longtime
supporter of the Caucus event, and hundreds
of event
attendees
visited our
union’s booth
at the Empire
State Plaza concourse. Statewide Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, Statewide Treasurer Bill Walsh and Capital Region President Ron Briggs joined activists and staff in greeting visitors and distributing CSEA materials.
At the Annual Labor Lunch, Berkley was presented with the Labor Leader of the Year Award that she proudly accepted on behalf of
our union members.
AFSCME President Lee Saunders
delivered the luncheon’s keynote. “We must all stand together,” he said. “(Opponents) are trying to divide us and we can’t let that happen!”
Among the many workshops and discussions during the weekend was the forum on the Constitutional
Convention, which provided more insight and arguments to oppose the ballot measure in November.
“We have more to lose than gain,” said Ryan
Delgado, New York State AFL-CIO political director. He cautioned
that the process would be a waste of money, is unnecessary since a process already exists to amend
the constitution, and it would be risky because many delegates may potentially support measures that roll back many of the rights and protections that are essential to our futures.
— David Galarza
2 The Work Force
March 2017
CSEA Statewide Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, Capital Region President Ron Briggs and Statewide Treasurer Bill Walsh join activists and members during the annual NYS Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators Caucus.
Above, from left, State Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez, CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, and State Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples-Stokes honor Berkley as Labor Leader of the Year during the Labor Luncheon at the NYS Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators Caucus.