COMMACK — With PEOPLE power, union members have the clout to help make positive changes on all levels of government.
CSEA’s Long Island Region PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality) Committee recently held a meeting at our region office in Commack.
Long Island Region PEOPLE Committee Chair Barbara Homburger looks at her notes from the last committee meeting.
In light of what is at stake for our union and working people in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, we must band together to protect our contracts and our rights to collectively bargain from the billionaires and corporate interest groups that seek to strip us of our union rights.
CSEA Statewide PEOPLE Coordinator Denise Felt, who attended the meeting, explained how the program could be negatively affected by the results of the Janus case.
Also during the meeting, committee members discussed how they can further empower locals and units to create more opportunities for committee members to conduct PEOPLE drives at different work sites.
Members also strategized ways CSEA can more efficiently set up payroll deductions for the PEOPLE program.
CSEA’s PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community. Your support and participation in PEOPLE strengthens CSEA’s clout in the workplace, in the legislature, in your community and in the labor movement.
To learn more about the PEOPLE program, visit cseany.org/people.
PEOPLE Committee members Lois Muller and Carol Low role play a typical interaction with members at a PEOPLE table.
