CSEA Won Arbitration!

CSEA won an Arbitration against Monroe County!  Congratulations to the member who was terminated and will get her job back.

 Member Benefits Spotlight: save on a new PC in time for school!

The new school year is right around the corner! CSEA members can save an additional 5% at Dell.com with a best price guarantee on all consumer PC’s! Get ready for the school year by visiting www.dell.com/mpp/cseainc to save today! 

 Rochester Labor Day Parade – The parade will kick off at 11:00 am on Monday, September 2.  Location to be determined.............

 Freedom Foundation Loses Access to Members’ Information

The Freedom Foundation sent a Freedom of Information (“FOI”) Request to Jefferson County seeking information for each Jefferson County employee who is currently employed in a position covered by a collective bargaining agreement with CSEA/AFSCME Local 1000. With respect to each employee, the Freedom Foundation sought the employee’s first name, middle name, last name, gender, public office address, job title, hire date, agency or department, work email address or naming convention and domain, work telephone number, and bargaining unit.

The County refused to provide the requested information as an unwarranted invasion of privacy and that the Freedom Foundation wanted the information to solicit the employees. The Freedom Foundation sued Jefferson County and the New York Supreme Court found in favor of the Freedom Foundation finding that it was entitled to the information under Freedom of Information Law in New York.

The County appealed, arguing that the Freedom Foundation wants the information for solicitation purposes only which is improper under FOI. The Freedom Foundation argued that it wanted to educate public employees about the 2018 US Supreme Court Janus decision. The New York Appellate Division, 4^th Department agreed with Jefferson County, reversed the lower court and dismissed the Freedom Foundation’s lawsuit.

This is a victory for our members’ privacy and protecting them against unwanted solicitations from the Freedom Foundation.

Longevity and Retention Bonus!

I was told that both of these dollar amounts should be in your 7/12/24 paycheck.

Update Status!

If you have gone from Part-time to Full-time or Full-time to Part-time status, call the union office to sign a different union membership card to stay current within the correct union.

Negotiation Update!

The second sit down with the Monroe County team is July 30, 2024. Then we will be having negotiation sessions every two weeks after that date until we have a tentative agreement. We can only give "status" updates at this point.