Page 10 - Work Force March 2020

CSEA members working to
Be Counted!
10 The Work Force
March 2020 March 2020 Beacon School District Unit member Janice Edwards urges CSEA members to
be be counted “As CSEA union members and social activists it is is extremely important we we all find a a a a a a a a a a a role to
play when making sure we we get an an an accurate count for for the 2020 Census New York cannot afford to
lose out on federal tax dollars we rightly deserve Our local communities are depending on on us to
get the job done ”
— Angel Pride chef/food service worker and Sodexo at Monroe Community College Local President
“Filling in in local from the the receive the the could disappear their co-workers the — Amy From left Capital Region Judiciary Local Secretary Dave Chambers 1st Vice Vice President
President
President
Dawn Cota President
President
President
Nicole Ventresca-Cohen and 2nd Vice Vice President
President
President
Brian Wilson are working to
to
make sure everyone is counted in in the census (Photo by Bill Gustafson)
d d d hinder progress and access to
quality
“As residents of the United States we we must let let it it be known that we we count Our completed census form puts us us closer to
receiving the funds necessary to
to
help our schools hospitals pay
vital programs “By all of us us participating in in in the 2020 Census we are doing our part to
keep vital public services intact here in in Erie County and all We
— Rachel Casey employment counselor and Erie County Local Corresponding Secretary “Every person counted in in in the 2020 Census brings additional money money into our community That money money supports vital public “Census define fin a a snapshot wherewelive—andsomuchmore in making — Angela public workers ”
around the State of New York ”
want everyone to
be counted!
and many other
— Abraham Johnson III CSEA Long Island Developmental Center Local 2nd Vice President
services social programs and and political po”
It’s incredibly important we get this right — Scott Shugarts document clerk and CSEA Erie County Local activist “All children children and families do better when they are counted Families with children children under under 5 years old have a a a a a a a a a higher undercount rate than any other
group As child child care providers we we must do everything we we can to
ensure that children and and families in in in in our our care and and our our communities are are are counted including immigrants regardless of citizenship The count count affects federal funding for child care subsidies food programs and and local services such as community libraries and and and parks Another 10 years with the the mistake of not not counting everyone woul” early learning and care New York State Psychiatric Local President
Theresa Toliver reviews census information on on union bulletin board — Heidi-Jo Brandt CSEA/VOICE Ulster Chapter Representative
Amy Simmons and Ray Barney
wer in in Washington D C