I’m sticking with our union

: “When I was faced with the hardest time of my life, I did not fear for my job. I can’t imagine going through what I did worrying about my job. That is what our union has given me. Our benefits are priceless. That’s why I’m sticking with our union.” — Kim Wallace-Russo, president, state Taxation and Finance (Albany) Local, discussing how our union gave her the freedom to care for family.

: “Unions give people the opportunity to rise above where they came from; to put in a fair day’s work and a get a fair wage. In right-to-work states, people make less money, including women. In union jobs like ours, it doesn’t matter if you are a man or woman, you get the same pay that is negotiated for everyone. What’s really at stake is your opportunity to be in a job where you don’t have to know someone to succeed. Unions always make it a fair place to work.” — Scott Gartland, president, Region IV Judiciary Local

: “I can tell you many people in our community are working harder and harder, but not getting ahead. The deck is stacked against working people—the economy is rigged and we are here today to say enough is enough. We want an end to the systems in place that reward a handful of corporate elites at the expense of everyone else.” — Bonnie Peters, president, Chautauqua County Local

: CSEA Capital Region members, along with CSEA Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan and Capital Region President Ron Briggs (standing, center), at the Working People’s Day of Action rally in New York City.

: CSEA Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, Statewide Treasurer Bill Walsh and Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley stand up for worker freedom during the Working People’s Day of Action rally in New York City.

: Monroe County Local President Bess Watts stands up for worker freedom during the Working People’s Day of Action rally in Buffalo.

: Clinton County Employees Local and Unit 2nd Vice President Cindy Gallicchio shows she plans to stay union, stay strong at the Working People’s Day of Action rally in New York City.

: Putnam County Unit President Janet Gomez-Canaday stands up for our future at the Working People’s Day of Action rally in New York City.

: Metropolitan DDSO Local President Evans Quamina speaks with local media about why he is sticking with our union during the Working People’s Day of Action rally in New York City.

: Brooklyn Developmental Center Local President Faye Wilkie-Fields stands up for worker freedom during the Working People’s Day of Action rally in New York City.

: CSEA Western Region members join other Western New York labor union members for the Working People’s Day of Action rally in Buffalo.

: Warren County Local President Sue Sheehan, front center, joins in the Working People’s Day of Action rally in New York City.

: From left, Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo and Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley and Metropolitan Region activists state Taxation and Finance (New York City) Local President Jamel Harewood, Arlice Pugh, Kennedy Rogers, Beatrice Rogers, William Green, Maurice Dunaway and SUNY Downstate Local President Althea Green stand together for worker freedom during the recent Working People’s Day of Action rally at Manhattan’s Foley Square.

: CSEA Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan and New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

: Metropolitan Region Secretary and State Insurance Fund Local President Delphine Moultrie and Brooklyn Developmental Center Local 1st Vice President Ed Holder show their plans to stick with our union at the Working People’s Day of Action in New York City.