Every worker needs to stand UP against the ASSAULT on public employee pensions!

Tell Your State Legislators: Don't put my retirement at risk - oppose Tier VI. Call 1-877-255-9417 to reach your legislators. Click on the link for more information. http://www.csealocal1000.org/pac_index.php for more information.

CSEA Monroe County Employee's Unit 7400

CSEA Unit 7400 Executive Board

CSEA Unit 7400 members gathered on Monday January 30th to talk about contract negotiations and other relevant issues. CSEA remains steadfast in defending the hard earned benefits enjoyed by our members. CSEA continues to call on the County to meet in serious negotiations in the spirit of compromise.

CSEA Members engaged in a lively discussion on negotiations.
Region 6 President Flo Tripi can be seen looking on (in the red).

Pictures were taken by CSEA Local 828 President Bess Watts...

POLAR PLUNGE 2012 -

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LOCAL 828/UNIT 7400 PLUNGERS
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We need retirement security for all our members!!!!!!

An important message from Danny Donohue:


Please go on-line immediately to vote in an on-line survey sponsored by the Empire Page news service.

As you know, Governor Cuomo has proposed the creation of yet another pension tier.  This new tier will require employees to choose a 401(k) type retirement plan or accept a reduced pension plan that requires increased employee contributions and requires the employee to work longer in order to get a smaller benefit.  This inclusion of the 401(k) type will result in a weaker pension system threating the retirement security for all our members, past - present - and future.

The Empire Page is a well read clearinghouse of newspaper clippings in New York State.  They are having on-line voting to "grade" Governor Cuomo's pension plan.  Please take the time to vote.  The vote is a grading system from "A" to "F".

We need people to vote"F".

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Upper left side.  Vote on Grading Governor Cuomo's Pension plan

Danny

Danny Donohue
President, CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
143 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210

NEGOTIATION UPDATE

General Membership/Negotiation Update 
Dinner

WHEN:  January 30, 2012
TIME: 5pm
WHERE: Airport Marriott, Ridge Road

Please call the union office at (585) 
328-5250 to reserve your seat.

Like firing people?

Dear Friends,

Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney—who killed thousands of jobs as a corporate raider—recently said he “likes being able to fire people.”

Romney’s record as a corporate raider backs up his words: He supports laws that attack workers’ rights and make it easier to fire people. Laws like the so-called “right to work” bill being considered in Indiana that targets collective bargaining, robbing workers of union protection.

If Indiana’s so-called “right to work” bill passes, the state’s unions no longer will stand between corporate raiders like Mitt Romney and many of the workers they like to fire to boost short-term profits.And it will become much harder for everyday workers to improve their wages, benefits and retirement security.

If you agree with the AFL-CIO that our leaders need to work together on an agenda that actually creates jobs—and stop following the lead of corporate raiders like Mitt Romney—add your name to our “I like leaders who hire people” petition.

In 2011, we saw the beginnings of a new democratic movement for economic justice. We had the most solidarity I’ve seen at any time during my career in the labor movement. We shifted the debate. And we’ll keep doing it.

But to translate this movement into lasting change, politics matter. Not just who we elect for president, but our choices at the state and local levels, too.

America wants to work—and it is politics as usual, not economic obstacles, standing in the way of putting people back to work. That’s why we’re promoting a job-creating agenda in statehouses around the country this year, focusing on priorities like:

• Making sure state tax dollars are used to keep jobs in that state and in America.
• Buying state-made and American-made goods—so we create jobs in our communities and in America.
• Stopping corporate tax loopholes and tax breaks for millionaires—so our states no longer are starved of the revenue they need for critical services.

Please make sure your lawmakers—from the statehouse to the White House—know where you stand. Add your name to our “I like leaders who hire people” petition. 

Even though ruthless, corporate-backed attacks on workers continue, make no mistake: Our message—the message of the 99%—is taking root. Many politicians haven’t caught up yet. But they will. They’ll have to. Because people all across the country are saying our economy and our democracy are out of balance. They’re saying it’s time to create jobs forevery person who wants to work—jobs that can support our families and that can support our dreams.

Sign the “I like leaders who hire people” petition. Make sure our leaders know you expect them to build a better America—and drop the attacks on working families.

Thank you for all the work you do.

In Solidarity,

Richard L. Trumka
President, AFL-CIO

CSEA and the County Return to Negotiate!

The County has just recently notified CSEA that the Administration is willing to return to negotiating a contract for the members of Unit 7400, the first meeting in months will be on Wednesday, December 14". CSEA has long stood at the position that the Unit was willing to enter into real negotiations with fairness for both sides. The membership has been looking for productive talks and for true negotiations. Now that the County has decided to meet with your Unit Negotiation Team again, we remain cautiously optimism that the parties can reach a fair agreement.

CSEA Unit 7400 President, Cris Zaffuto said, ''This is what we wanted to do all along, get back to negotiations, work to make a progressive agreement and we do want a real negotiation process to occur".

Overall, CSEA is hopeful that negotiations will move forward in a positive manner and create an agreement that gives the membership the stability they deserve. The membership has waited a long time and would like to see a positive end to the process.

Zaffuto said, I am glad that we are returning to negotiations to work out a contract that is financially proper for the workforce and fiscally proper for the residents of Monroe County, who our members work for". She continued. "Only by working together in a professional manner will all sides involved get what they truly deserve".

Even more importantly has been the resolve of the membership to attend legislative meetings; detailing the value of the work they do for the community and calling for aide to end the dispute and re-start negotiations. In that same spirit, the Unit 7400 Negotiating Team is calling on all members to come to the legislative meeting on the night of December 13th; showing support for all we have stood for and to show the Legislators the spirit of negotiating in good faith.

Important date to remember:


Tuesday, December 13th, 5:45 -Monroe County Legislative Meeting, Monroe County Office Building -wear your yellow CSEA t-shirt if you have one!

"We'll see you there!"

Tell Newt His Plan to Fire Unionized Janitors and Hire Poor Kids is Nuts

by Mike Hall,

We noted yesterday that Newt Gingrich wants “get rid of unionized janitors” and hire poor kids to clean the schools in low-income neighborhoods. TodayAFSCME says it’s time to tell Gingrich that his ”model” to lift kids out of poverty is outrageous dangerous and downright hogwash.

Click here to sign a letter that reminds Gingrich that

“doing janitorial work in a school entails sanitizing toilets, handling hazardous cleaning chemicals, and scrubbing floors hunched over a mop for hours. It’s hard to imagine a nine-year old doing any of those tasks. Come on.”

You can also tell the oh-so- brilliant Gingrich—at least in his mind—that when he fires all those janitors,

a lot of them are parents. That job puts a roof over kids’ heads, food on the table, and provides them with health care and the chance to get an education. That job is the only thing between a kid and poverty. Firing someone’s mom and hiring the kid for less money isn’t exactly the “process of rising.”

Click here to tell Newt he’s out of his mind and click here for a video look at his plan.