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CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan elected for full term
Rensselaer County Local Treasurer Latasha Gardner, left, hands out census information to SUNY Upstate Local activist Ali Cottrell at the recent NYS Association of Black & Puerto Rican Legislators Conference in Albany, where a group of CSEA leaders and activists made our union’s voice heard. See pages 3, 10-11 for more about the census, and page 13 for more about the caucus. Photo by Therese Assalian.
Orange County Unit member Tom Walter, 28
In a voting
process overseen by the American Arbitration Association, secret ballots from union members
were counted on Feb. 13 at their Manhattan offices. Sullivan was
the winner, securing the largest number of votes, besting three other candidates vying for the union’s top leadership post.
Sullivan’s term began March
1, 2020 and will continue through Feb. 29, 2024. Sullivan assumed the position of CSEA President on Nov. 1, 2019, following the retirement of longtime president Danny Donohue.
“I am grateful our members put their faith in me and our leadership team to continue our challenging work ahead,” Sullivan said. “We will keep bringing workers together to fight for our piece of the American Dream, and to build a stronger and more inclusive union that delivers better working conditions for our members, and better public services for all of New York.”
Sullivan has been a union activist for more than 35 years, starting
ALBANY —
CSEA members throughout the state have elected current union president Mary
E. Sullivan to continue to lead our union for the next four years.
Sullivan
her career as an employee of the Herkimer County Department of Social Services and advancing through the union ranks. Sullivan was elected statewide executive vice president in 1994, serving in that role for 25 years.
Also elected to CSEA statewide office were:
CSEA Executive Vice President Denise Berkley, who is employed at Brooklyn Developmental Center in the Metropolitan Region. A longtime union activist on all levels of our union, Berkley had previously served as our union’s Statewide Secretary from 2008 until her election to her current post.
CSEA Statewide Secretary Richard Bebo, who had previously served
as president of our New York State Department of Transportation (Albany) Local and is a program aide at the agency. He also served as the CSEA Capital Region Executive Vice President before his election to statewide office.
CSEA Statewide Treasurer
Nicole Meeks, who had previously served as president of our City of Syracuse White-Collar Unit, and is an accountant II at the city. She also served as Central Region Treasurer before her election to statewide office.
Our union also held elections for region officers, Board of Directors and AFSCME delegates. Full election results begin on page 14.
GOSHEN — CSEA is
mourning the death
of Orange County
Unit member Tom
Walter, 28, who died
Feb. 5 following a
single-car collision
that occurred when
the county-owned
car Walter was
driving struck a tree in the Town of Goshen.
Walter, a Warwick resident, was on the job at the time of his death, performing his duties as a public health technician for the county Department of Health. He had
worked for the county since 2017. Outside of work, Walter was
a volunteer firefighter with the
Raymond Hose Co. No. 2 in Warwick, as well as an avid outdoorsman and fisherman.
Walter is survived by his parents, Joe and Debbie Walter; sister, Laura Walter; brother, Peter Walter; niece and nephew, Hannah and Theodore; as well as extended family.
Visitation and a firematic service took place Feb. 9, followed by a funeral mass on Feb. 10.
CSEA and PESH are investigating
Walter
May 15 is deadline for submitting proposed Resolutions, changes to CSEA’s Constitution & Bylaws
Proposed Resolutions and proposed amendments to the CSEA Constitution & Bylaws for consideration by CSEA delegates to the union’s 2020 Regular Delegates Meeting must be submitted by May 15, 2020.
Proposed Resolutions or proposed amendments may be submitted only by a delegate and must be submitted on the proper forms which are available from the Statewide Secretary’s Office
at CSEA headquarters and region offices.
Proposed Resolutions and proposed amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws must
be submitted no later than May
15, 2020, to Statewide Secretary Richard Bebo, CSEA Headquarters, 143 Washington Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12210-2303.
The 2020 Regular Delegates Meeting will be held Oct. 5 – 9 in New York City.
the incident.
— Jessica Ladlee
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The Work Force
March 2020