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Workers’ Memorial Day: Remember fallen workers
On April 28, CSEA and other unions observed Workers’ Memorial Day to remember those who have died or become seriously injured while doing
their jobs.
In Memoriam
Johnathan Kehoe, 59 April 1, 2020
Kehoe was a horticulturist
with the Village of Lindenhurst in Suffolk County who volunteere to work on a sanitation run due to short staffin
from the pandemic. He was killed after being struck by a sanitation truck.
The day is also used as an opportunity to reaffirm our union’s commitment to fighting for safer, healthier workplaces. This year, CSEA remembers the following members who passed away while doing their jobs:
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Our union continues to remember all the members we’ve lost in our union family due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We honor their memories, mourn their losses, and pay tribute to them. For a listing of those we’ve been notified of, please visit: https://cseany.org/member-tributes
In Memoriam
Michael Rahm, 58 July 28, 2020
In Memoriam
Andrew Sanchez, 74 December 2, 2020
Sanchez was a
bus driver in the
Washingtonville Central
School District who died
causes in his poorly- ventilated office after working outside all
accident.
day on a hot day.
Rahm was a senior groundskeeper with the Monroe- Woodbury Central School District in Orange County
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Union pushes for work zone cameras to improve safety
ALBANY — Imagine literally tons of metal blasting past you while you’re working in a highway work zone. Think of cars and tractor-trailers rocketing by with perhaps only a few feet and some orange plastic cones separating them from you.
Unfortunately, if and when something goes wrong, it takes very little to turn this everyday reality into a tragedy, taking the lives of CSEA members working to maintain our roads and highways.
That’s why our union is asking you to take action to improve work zone safety for your union sisters and brothers maintaining our roadways during the same month when we observe Workers Memorial
Day and National Work Zone Awareness Week.
Sadly, we’ve lost 57 transportation workers to work zone crashes since 1983. CSEA has always been at the forefront of advocating for stronger measures to improve work zone safety. Anything we can do to slow down drivers around work zones can make the outcomes of these incidents less deadly.
Currently, our union is pushing the state legislature to pass a law that would add speed cameras to highway work zones to prevent injuries before they happen.
Work zone speed cameras have a proven record of success in states where they’ve been implemented.
For example, Maryland saw an
80 percent reduction in speeding violations and a 50 percent drop in fatalities after implementing speed cameras.
This legislation will make a real
difference to our highway workers and prevent future tragedies.
To join us in taking action, visit: https://cseany.org/workzonesafety.
— Mark M. Kotzin
National Work Zone
Awareness Week April 26-30, 2021
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