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AFSCME members ‘Rise Up’
CSEA members were among the thousands of AFSCME leaders and activists from across the country who participated in AFSCME’s 43rd International Convention in Boston.
During the five-day event, our members shared knowledge on how to rise up and face challenges to the labor movement in the aftermath of Janus v. AFSCME Council 31.
“AFSCME members are rising
up to show resilience and loyalty in sticking with their union,” AFSCME International President Lee Saunders
CSEA Buffalo State Employees Local President Paul Blujus, left, greets AFSCME International Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride and AFSCME International President Lee Saunders at the convention’s Rise Up Action Center, where Blujus and other delegates reached out to members to urge them to Stay Union, Stay Strong. (Photo by AFSCME Staff)
said in his keynote address. “Coast to coast, proud and
passionate AFSCME
members are ready to
fight.”
In addition to
numerous plenary
sessions and breakout workshops, delegates
shared information on
how to stick together and strengthen our union.
Another plenary session focused on workers involved in
the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike telling their stories.
Among other convention business, AFSCME International Secretary- Treasurer Elissa McBride was re-elected.
CSEA President Danny Donohue, Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan and Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte
serve as AFSCME International Vice Presidents.
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September 2018
Clinton County Local President Joe Musso, third from left, joins other delegates
for AFSCME’s Political Trivia session, where he discussed one-on- one conversations as key to getting out last year’s
vote to defeat the Constitutional Convention. (Photo by AFSCME Staff)
CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley discusses the work of AFSCME’s Racial, Social and Economic Justice Work Group, which she chairs, that is promoting equality and respect within our union and beyond. “My fellow work group members and I are fighting to make sure that racial and economic justice reaches every corner of our union and our communities,” said Berkley. (Photo by AFSCME Staff)
Westchester County Unit activist Noel De La Cruz watches a video during a general session. (Photo by AFSCME Staff)