SMITHTOWN — At its recent annual luncheon, Suffolk Retirees Local members got the latest news about their union, including learning more about the upcoming constitutional convention vote.
The session was filled with important information about why many of our rights in New York, including our pensions, are at risk if a constitutional convention were to happen.
The state constitution not only protects our pensions, but protects our right to organize and bargain collectively. Other constitutionally protected issues that could be at stake include civil service regulations, public education, environmental protection, workers’ compensation and civil rights, just to name a few.
The convention will also cost New York taxpayers more than $300 million.
After hearing about the potential risks of holding a constitutional convention, members realized that it’s in all of our best interests to vote ‘no’ on the convention question on Election Day on November 7.
— Wendi Bowie
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- “If we vote ‘no,’ we will be protecting our financial assets and everything else that is beneficial to workers and retirees alike.” — Walter Harris III, 2nd vice president, Suffolk Retirees Local, on why it is important to vote ‘no’ on the Constitutional Convention.
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- Theresa Pernice reads more details about the constitutional convention.
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- Rutha Bush listens attentively to a guest speaker.
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- “Retirees could lose the pensions that we’ve worked for all of our lives. It’s very important to vote ‘no.’” — Carol Low, Suffolk Retirees Local member, on why it is important to vote ‘no’ on the Constitutional Convention.
