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From left to right, Metropolitan Region President Lester Crockett, CSEA Statewide Treasurer Nicole Meeks, Brooklyn Developmental Center Local President and CSEA OPWDD Committee Chair Faye Wilkie-Fields, CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan, Western Region President Steve Healy and Central Region President Kenny Greenleaf.
From left to
right, Long Island Developmental Center and Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center Local 1st Vice President Abraham Johnson greets Staten Island Developmental Center Local 2nd Vice President Alphonzo Stubbs.
State direct care workers convene for annual conference
SARATOGA SPRINGS — CSEA’s OPWDD/OMH Annual Advisory Committee Meeting saw an impressive turnout.
Three days of workshops, held September 21-23, engaged our union members by covering topics that included team
building, leadership development, interrogation and discipline techniques, recruiting and retaining members, critical thinking, public speaking, member representation and an expedited arbitration process.
— Caroline Boardman
From left to right, Finger Lakes DDSO Local President Lauren Jackson looks on as Brooklyn Developmental Center Local President and CSEA OPWDD Committee Chair Faye Wilkie-Fields addresses attendees.
From left to right, Buffalo Psychiatric Center Local President Lovette Mootry, New York State AFL-CIO Executive Secretary Sherice Shomo, Brooklyn Developmental Center Local President and CSEA OPWDD Committee Chair Faye Wilkie-Fields and CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan.
From left to right, New York State AFL-CIO Executive Secretary Sherice Shomo and CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan discuss important labor issues.
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CSEA Staten Island Developmental Center Local officers and activists show their union pride.
Metropolitan DDSO Local Treasurer Kaisha George gives an answer on our union’s version of “Family Feud.”
CSEA President Mary E. Sullivan addresses conference attendees.