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Cottrell is August PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month
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— Ali Cottrell of the SUNY Upstate Medical University Local in the Central Region is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for August.
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involved or visit the PEOPLE table at any of our conferences.”
CSEA’s PEOPLE program protects and improves our
job, benefits, and pensions in Washington, Albany, and in
your community. Your support and participation in PEOPLE strengthens CSEA’s clout in the workplace, in the legislature, in your community and in the labor movement.
— Nicholas Newcomb
Cottrell, who serves as the SUNY Upstate Medical University Local President, recruited 16 new PEOPLE members.
“One of the most important things you can do after signing your CSEA membership card
is signing up for the PEOPLE program,” said Cottrell. “Be sure to ask local officers how to get
From left to right, CSEA Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Local President Arnold “Rashad” Jones and CSEA Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Local Executive Vice President Christina Lebron use features of a new staff decompression room at the center. Jones, Lebron and other CSEA Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Local officers strongly advocated to management to convert an unused patient recreation room into a room for staff to relax on their breaks, an effort that was underway since 2019 but had been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new room is separate from areas where individuals receive mental health services, which allows staff a place to relax and recharge before returning to work. Before the room was converted, many Pilgrim employees were spending a significant amount
of time during breaks leaving the campus to get food or eating in their vehicles as Pilgrim does not have an employee cafeteria. The new room includes vending machines, a coffee machine, television and seating. (Photos by Wendi Bowie.)
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