Meet new CSEA PEOPLE Coordinator Kim Wallace-Russo
Editor’s Note: Former longtime CSEA Capital Region activist Kim Wallace-Russo recently took on a new…
Vaccine: Our way out of the pandemic
After union pressure, state opens up vaccine eligibility for all public-facing workers ALBANY — In…
Difficult time brings out best in members
NEW YORK — Looking back on the past year, through some of the darkest and…
Library system a valuable resource during pandemic
Editor’s Note: In April we recognize National Library Week, spotlighting the workers who keep our…
Library workers adapt quickly; ponder post-pandemic
ROCHESTER — Library workers provide many essential services that go well beyond the traditional borrowing…
State Budget update: Legislative houses released favorable budget proposals, union members kept the pressure on
As this edition went to press, the state Senate and Assembly had passed their one-house…
Lobbying yields progress on OCFS, OMH closures
With the proposed state budget including closures of Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center, Goshen Secure Center…
American Rescue Plan includes badly-needed aid to state, local governments
President Joe Biden recently signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law, which includes…