Delegates to CSEA’s 110th Annual Delegates Meeting approved the following changes to our union’s Constitution & By-Laws, which will go into effect immediately:
- By-Laws Article II, Meetings, Section 1, changed the Resolution deadline to July 1.
- By-Laws Article II, Meetings, Sections 9 & 12, allows for electronic meeting notices and virtual participation, and eliminates the appointment of a permanent Parliamentarian.
- By-Laws Article III, Statewide Elections, Section 2, changed the Statewide officer petitioning procedure to allow for identifying information to be used on petitions, eliminating the use of Social Security Numbers.
- By-Laws Article III, Statewide Elections, Sections 1, 2 & 5, clarifies that Board of Directors serve four-year terms, eliminates obsolete references to the year 2000 and 2004 elections, and adds that protests can be filed electronically.
- By-Laws Article V, Judicial Board, Section 3, requires a suspended officer to surrender all union physical and intellectual property, in addition to records and documents; eliminates the certified mail requirement for correspondence; and requires that the complaint contain the 10-digit CSEA ID number.
- By-Laws Article VI, Committees, Section 2(b), deleted the obsolete 10-day meeting requirement and the references to a “November” budget meeting; and changed the Budget Committee’s report deadline to ten days prior to the annual budget meeting.
- By-Laws Article Vll, changed the By-Laws amendment proposal deadline to June 15.
The delegates also approved the following changes to our union’s Constitution with their first reading, which will go to a second reading in 2022:
- Constitution Article XIII, Amendments, seeks to change the proposed amendment deadline to June 15 and to eliminate the second reading requirement.
Delegates approved the following Resolutions:
- Number 1-20, supporting CSEA’s effort to expand and develop its officer training to require cultural diversity and leadership training programs.
- Number 2-20, calling on Congress to legislate additional federal aid to New York’s state and local governments to help them recover from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Number 3-20, recognizing the efforts of “essential” workers during the COVID -19 pandemic.
- Number 4-20, paying tribute to the dedicated workers who lost their lives during the COVID -19 pandemic.
