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Celebrate Labor Day
Long Island, Metropolitan and Southern regions:
Manhattan: Sept. 9: New York City Labor Day Parade. Assemble at West 44th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue, 9 a.m. March time is 10:15 a.m. Call your region office or visit your region’s Facebook page for more information.
Central Region:
Syracuse: Sept. 4: Syracuse Area Labor Day Parade, New York State Fairgrounds. Sign up to march through your local/unit president and receive a free admission ticket to get into the Fairgrounds on Labor Day! Free CSEA shirts while available! Line up between Gates 4 and 5 by
10 a.m. Parade kickoff at 10:30 a.m. Solidarity rally to follow at the Chevy Court Pavilion. Call the Central Region office at (315) 433-0050 for more information.
Massena: Sept. 4: Solidarity Parade and Picnic. CSEA member lineup. 10 a.m., Willow Street (near Coach’s Corner Restaurant). Parade begins at 11 a.m. and will end at Springs
Park. Free picnic lunch and drawing to follow parade. All CSEA members and their families invited to march. For more information, call Amy Simmons at (315) 783-7555.
Ithaca: Sept. 4: Labor Day Picnic, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Cass Park (pavilion immediately north of Ithaca Children’s Garden). All are welcome at this free event; please bring a dish to share. For more information, call (607) 269-0409, or email TCWRH@tcworkerscenter.org.
Western Region:
Buffalo: Sept. 4: Buffalo Labor Day Parade. Line-up begins at 11:00 a.m. Parade starts at noon at the Buffalo Irish Center, 245 Abbott Rd, Buffalo, NY 14220. For more information, contact John Mudie at (716) 633-2211.
Buffalo: Sept. 4: Buffalo Labor Day Mass, 9 a.m., St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 450 Abbott Rd, Buffalo, NY 14220.
Rochester: Sept. 4: Labor Day Press Conference & Parade. Press
CSEA Central Region members participate in the 2016 Labor Day parade held at the State Fair in Syracuse.
conference at 10:00 a.m. NYSUT Bldg., 30 N. Union St, Rochester, NY. 14607. Line up for CSEA will begin
at 10:30 am. Parade begins 11 a.m. sharp. For more information, call the Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation at (585) 263- 2650 or the CSEA Rochester Satellite Office (585) 272-0800 for press
conference details and parade line up locations.
Youngstown: Sept. 4: Youngstown Labor Day Parade 2017. For details, please call (716) 282-8992
Clarence: Sept. 1-4: Clarence Labor Day Fair. For more information, visit ccvfc.net
Visit your region page at cseany.org for more information.
September 2017
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Monroe County Local members, including local President Bess Watts, center, show our union solidarity at the recent Rochester Pride Parade, an annual event that supports the message of solidarity, love, inclusion, non-violence, peace
and community pride. “Once again, Rochester Pride events are a great opportunity to share labor’s message,” Watts said. “The exceptionally warm reception we received as we walked down the avenue gave me chills down my spine. It was awesome.”
From left, Jen Rhee, CSEA Western Region Labor Relations Specialist, with Robert Leonard, a former CSEA Western Region Labor Relations Specialist now with AFSCME Council 66.