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Summary of April Board of Directors Meeting
Editor’s • Note: The
Work Force
publishes a • summary of
actions taken
by CSEA’s • Board of
Directors.
The summary
is prepared
by CSEA Bebo
Statewide
Secretar y
Richard Bebo for union members. •
ALBANY — CSEA’s Statewide Board of Directors met in person on April 14, 2022. In official business, the board:
• Approved the Personnel Committee report to the Board of April 14, 2022.
Approved the Audit Committee Local 197 from Willard Drug report to the Board of April 14, Treatment Center to Five Points 2022. Correctional Facility (Central Approved the Budget Committee Region) as contained in the report to the Board of April 14, Charter Committee Report to 2022. the Board of April 14, 2022. Approved the issuance of • Approved the dissolution
a permanent charter for of Local 155, Downstate
CSEA Local 794, Sodexo at Correctional Facility (Southern Schenectady School District Region) as contained in the (Capital Region, 40 employees) Charter Committee Report to as contained in the Charter the Board of April 14, 2022. Committee Report to the Board • Approved the dissolution
of April 14, 2022. of Local 185, Ogdensburg Approved the issuance of Correctional Facility (Central
a permanent charter for Region) as contained in the CSEA Local 796, Massena Charter Committee Report to Rehabilitation & Nursing Center the Board of April 14, 2022. (Central Region, 22 employees) • Approved the dissolution
as contained in the Charter of Local 188, Moriah Shock Committee Report to the Board Correctional Facility (Capital
the Board of April 14, 2022.
• Approved the Standing Legal
Committee Report to the Board
of April 14, 2022.
• Approved the appointments
of Brian Kosikowski, Local 832 and Renee Rowley, Local 837 (Western Region) and Vicki Miller, Retiree Local 999 (Capital Region) to their respective Region Political Action Committee, as contained in the Standing Legislative Political Action Committee Report to the Board of April 14, 2022.
Questions concerning the summary should be directed to Statewide Secretary Richard Bebo, CSEA Headquarters, 143 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12210. (800) 342-4146 or (518) 257-1253.
of April 14, 2022.
• Approved the name change for
Region) as contained in the Charter Committee Report to
Taylor is PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for March
ORANGEBURG — Rockland Psychiatric Center Local 1st Vice President Herbert
Taylor Jr. is
the PEOPLE
Recruiter of
the Month
for March. He recruited 17
new PEOPLE members.
Taylor attributes his success to introducing new CSEA members to PEOPLE as soon as they come on the job. He explains
the benefits of PEOPLE at the facility’s monthly new member orientations and invites new members to sign up.
“I explain why it is important to be part of PEOPLE and how each of us contributing a few dollars
per paycheck makes a big overall impact,” said Taylor.
Taylor noted that our union’s lobbying efforts in Albany make
a difference for CSEA members and said contributing to PEOPLE broadens our impact on a national level.
With union organizing taking off in corporations such as Amazon and Starbucks, contributing to PEOPLE can help pave the way
for worker-friendly legislation that will help workers organize without incessant union busting.
“The Amazon organizing victory on Staten Island shows
that workers are seeing the benefits of unions,” said Taylor. “Doing our part as union members to push for better worker
protections will help other workers continue to build power and form unions in their workplaces.”
— Jessica Ladlee
Taylor Jr.
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