Danny Donohue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 27, 2018
CSEA Responds to Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 Decision
ALBANY, N.Y. – Civil Service Employees Association President Danny Donohue responded to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 case with the following statement:
“It’s outrageous that the Supreme Court caved to greedy corporate CEOs and the wealthy instead of supporting the rights of hardworking Americans.
Let me be clear. This case wasn’t about fairness or even free speech. It was just another scheme for the rich to get richer by destroying unions and silencing working people. I can tell you right now it’s not going to work.
Our members won’t be fooled into giving up everything unions have fought so hard for.
Workers in New York, the most unionized state in the country, know the value strong unions. Our members will stick with our union because unions help workers get better wages and health benefits, improve workplace safety and protect family pensions.
CSEA has been around for more than one hundred years and we’re not going anywhere.”
Flo Tripi, CSEA Western Region President said, “This case was always about the rich getting richer and the powerful getting more power. This latest judicial attack on public sector unions will not deter us from our mission. We will continue to stand arm in arm to do the business of the union, to celebrate all things labor and to protect the rights and values that helped build this great nation. CSEA will never quit fighting for our rightful place at the table and having our voice heard at work—because when unions are strong, workers are strong. And when workers are strong—America is strong.”
About CSEA:
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is one of the largest and most influential unions in New York and the United States. CSEA has approximately 300,000 members and represents state, county, municipal, school district, library, child care and private sector employees. Formed in 1910, CSEA has improved the lives of hardworking New Yorkers for more than a century. CSEA is the largest affiliate of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). For more information, go to CSEANY.org.
Media Contact:
Ove Overmyer
CSEA Western Region
ove.overmyer@cseainc.org
(585) 354-1613
