Page 7 - Work Force October 2018

Albany County
members are sticking
with our union
ALBANY — Capital Region officers, member volunteers and staff recently worked nonstop over three days to build our union by visiting worksites and knocking on doors across Albany County.
The volunteer teams visited numerous worksites and more than 1,000 member homes, where they dropped off literature and met with members to hear their concerns and help strengthen our union, including asking members to recommit to our union.
Members were overwhelmingly positive to our visits, with one non-member noting to the team that visited that he was glad we showed up and that he had been meaning to call our union to join, which he did.
The message from members was clear: “We’re sticking with our union!”
— Therese Assalian
“I value the strength and
Stephanie Languell, right, a member employed at the Schenectady County Department of Social Services, discusses the benefits of union membership with CSEA Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Brian Pomeroy.
“I will ne”
ith my fellow union members.
ver, ever quit this union!
— Vilma Elliot, Schenectady City School District Secretaries- Registered Nurses Unit, on why
she recommitted to our union.
— New York State Public Service Commission Local President Andrew Bisnett
From left, Albany County Department of Health workers Peyton Harrison, Dewayne Crawford and Doretha Dickerson stick with our union during a worksite meeting.
Celia Evers, a nurse at the Albany County Department of Health, shows during a worksite meeting that she is staying union and staying strong.
I’m a nurse who has worked in the private sector and health care workers don’t always have the best benefits and job security can be an issue. I value the protection and job secur”ity
my union provides.
— Jessica Bogert, registered nurse (Epidemiology), Albany County Department of Health, on why she’s sticking with our union
solidarity of standing w”
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October 2018
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