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Marcellino a friend of working people
Get ahead with Skills for CSuccess courses
SEA members employed
by New York state, local government agencies and the private sector have opportunities to take Skills for Success training courses offered by the NYS & CSEA Partnership for Education and Training.
Course participation, as space permits, by CSEA-represented employees in local government agencies, school districts, state authorities and the private sector is sponsored by the CSEA WORK Institute.
Skills for Success courses provide CSEA-represented employees with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to meet their personal and professional development goals.
Eighty-five classes in 42 course topic areas are scheduled statewide from August through December 2016. The training is available at no cost to employees or agencies.
All courses are held at conveniently located training sites. In order to increase participation in courses while eliminating time away from the office and travel expenses, the Partnership is offering 16 classes via webinar.
Employees may enroll through the Statewide Learning Management System (SLMS) or by completing the Partnership’s course application form.
Eligibility
Employees are eligible to participate in Partnership courses if they are a:
• CSEA-represented New York state employee (ASU/02, OSU/03, ISU/04 or DMNA/47).
• CSEA-represented employee working in local government agencies, school districts, state authorities or the private sector employee, as space permits.
SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
2016
Courses for CSEA-represented employees
NEW COURSE CATEGORIES:
Adult Education Basics Computer Skills
Safety and Health
August - December 2016
www.nyscseapartnership.org
Available courses
Choose from job-related and personal development courses under the following categories:
• Adult Education Basics • Computer Skills
• Individual Development • Interpersonal
Communication
• Safety and Health
• Trades, Operations and
Maintenance
• Work Management
For more information
A web catalog of the Skills for Success courses is available on the Partnership’s website at nyscseapartnership.org.
The catalog contains course descriptions, dates, locations and an application form that can be downloaded and printed.
For more information about Skills for Success courses, call 518-486-7814 or, for areas
outside the Capital Region,
call 1-800-253-4332, or email learning@nyscseapartnership.org.
OYSTER BAY— State Sen. Carl Marcellino is standing with CSEA in our ongoing fight to protect our members from potential work site hazards, including those that sanitation workers face.
Marcellino
collecting recycled waste.
“We had a couple of sanitation
workers who were hit and killed,” said Marcellino. “It’s important to remind people to pay attention to the yellow markings around the truck and give workers a chance to do their jobs. Slow down so you don’t put their lives at risk.”
Marcellino further displays his compassion for the community by making it a priority to get out of his office and speak with his constituents.
He also has personal ties to the labor movement.
“I was born and raised a union brat,” said Marcellino. “My father was in the Electrical Workers Union in the City of New York and he taught me a very valuable lesson. You don’t cross picket lines. I’ve walked many a picket line, I’ve never crossed
a picket line in my life and I don’t intend to.”
— Wendi Bowie
Marcellino, who has represented New York’s 5th Senate District since he was elected in 1995, sponsored the recently-signed “Slow Down To Get Around” Law that extends the state’s “Move Over” law to sanitation and recycling vehicles. (See page 2 for more.)
Marcellino became inspired to develop the bill after a few incidents near his office in Oyster Bay. In 2013, town employee and CSEA member Steven Giacobello passed away
after being struck by a vehicle while
Phillips fights for her community
FLOWER
HILL — It’s important for CSEA members to have leaders who put their communities first.
Elaine Phillips has proved that she is one of those leaders.
Phillips
were raised on Long Island, Phillips is very passionate about education. She is a strong proponent for increasing aid to schools.
Phillips has also been actively involved in efforts to protect the environment in her community.
Phillips believes strongly in bipartisan government, a belief that extends to the people that work in her office.
“I don’t ask people about their political affiliation because I don’t care,” said Phillips. “I appointed five of the six members of my board of trustees and I never asked any of them what their political affiliation
is. I appointed them because they are the right people for the job.”
Phillips, now in her third term as mayor of the Village of Flower Hill, is running for the State Senate 7th District seat in Nassau County that is being vacated by state Sen. Jack Martins.
As a mother of three children who
— Wendi Bowie
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