Monroe County Health Rates:

The rates are on the Intranet in 2 places:

1-HR Info/Benefits/Health Insurance/2025 Rates

2-HR Info/Open Enrollment/2025 Open Enrollment

The rates are also at www.monroecounty.gov/hr-openenrollment

 The vote is a YES, it passed!

Out of the 1300 ballots that were mailed out, a third of the ballots came back and 90.20% of the votes were a YES.

Next steps:

January 14, 2025 this will be brought in front of the Legislature. Once it gets passed by them, the changes will be made to the payroll and will be retroactive back to January 1, 2025.

Thank you to everyone who voted and used your vote as your voice.

 

 Ballot counting tonight!  Results will be posted on here and our website.

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.

Unit 7401 to Unit 7400 Merger

An email will go out on Sunday, July 14, 2024 giving information relating to our possible merger. See the dates below for what you will receive (emails):

1.July 15-July 18 Any questions relating to the Unit 7400 and Unit 7401 merger to be answered.

2.July 22-July 26 Election Buddy voting of Unit 7400 and Unit 7401 merger. (Email will come from CSEA, Inc.)

New SCAM!

An anti-union group based in New Jersey is contacting members and offering them money to participate in focus groups in an effort to convince them to leave the union. These offers are clearly a scam designed to model CSEA's own focus group efforts. DON'T BE SCAMMED

Change of Address:

If you change your address with Monroe County, please call CSEA 2 1-800-342-4146 to change your address with CSEA.  Why?   Once we get to the point where we have a tentative agreement, this agreement will be mailed to each person in the CBA.  If we get yours returned, we will have to try to reach you to get your updated address.  Why not keep it up-to-date?

Negotiating Update:

Your negotiating team will be sitting down with the County on 6/25/24 for the first time. After this initial meeting, we will be meeting every two weeks to discuss except we have some conflicts in July so we will only meet once. The negotiating team for the County does have our Proposal #1 which is language changes within the contract.

 Thinking of Retiring - Local 828 will pay for your first year of becoming a member of the CSEA Retiree union!  Call the office today to inquire about becoming a part of the CSEA Retiree union!  585-328-5250

Negotiation Update 05/12/2024 

We have three (3) proposals in one package to give to the County.

1. The first proposal is for language changes like: taking out words in Articles and adding commas to separate reimbursements, among other language changes.

2. The second proposal is for monetary changes like:  wages and adding the shift differential agreement changes, among other monetary changes.

3. The third proposal is for section changes.  If there is a section in the contract, there could be come changes like:  taking out titles that no longer exist in a particular section or adding verbiage to existing sections or changing dollar amounts for items in the sections.

                                                     Local 828 General Membership Meeting

Wednesday, MAY 15, 2024

                                                        Lakefront Lodge, Webster Park

255 Holt Road, Webster, NY 14580
Steak Roast 5:30 pm - Meeting 6:00pm

 

Please contact Barbara
328-5250 or email: csea828@rochester.rr.com
DEADLINE TO RSVP IS MAY 9TH
SPACE IS LIMITED – NO EXCEPTIONS AFTER DEADLINE

 CSEA 2024 statewide college scholarship applications available Applications for our union’s statewide college scholarships are now available! Graduating high school seniors who are eligible dependents of CSEA active members are eligible to apply for and receive a scholarship. CSEA awards 18 $1,000 scholarships under the Irving Flaumenbaum Memorial Scholarship program, three in each region. Pearl Insurance and MetLife each sponsor a one-time $2,500 award. Application deadline is May 1, 2024. PLEASE NOTE: Old applications could disqualify potential candidates. Please do not use applications from previous years – applications were recently revised. To download the application, visit: https://cseany.org/. *You will need your member ID to login.

Safety & Health information regarding the upcoming Solar Eclipse

On Monday, April 8, 2024, the total solar eclipse will cross a large section of New York State. Here are some important safety guidelines to follow during a total solar eclipse. https://cseany.org/solar-eclipse-safety

Did you know?

People join unions to protect their right to have a voice at the table with management. They join unions to have due process if disciplined or terminated. They join unions for the right to have a contract that has been forged by a group of workers that through their struggle fought for equal rights. Rights that are not usually afforded by management on their own accord but must be fought by workers coming together for one purpose and that is to have a say at their work site. A right to dispute without retaliation. 

 Upcoming Events:

April 2024 - Steward Meeting TBD

April 19, 2024 - Scholarship Paperwork Due - Contact Barb at 585-328-5250 to get information

May 1, 2024 - CSEA Albany Scholarship Paperwork Due

June 2024 - General Membership Meeting TBD

July 19, 2024: Jim Jayes Golf Tournament

July 20, 2024: Family Picnic at Darien Lake

September 2024 - General Membership Meeting TBD

If we get a tentative agreement for a new contract, those dates/times/locations will be updated on here.

Negotiation Update March 2024:

The Negotiating Team has been hard at work reviewing the surveys that we received to include in our proposals to the County.  We CANNOT get into details as this could cause the County to file an Improper Practice charges against us.  We want you to know that we are listening to all comments being told to us.

 St. Patrick's Day Parade - March 16, 2024

For more Information

Please contact Local 828 President

Mike Irving at (585) 732-1850                     

 Update to Negotiations Status:

1.Sent a request to Monroe County for reports Unit 7400 is requesting for negotiations in November 2023. In process by the County - received

2.Created a survey to be completed by dues paying members -CSEA got permission to send the survey out via County email system since we've had people not get the surveys via email. Working on sending this out again. - received, sent out

3.Create a Communication Plan (CP) for the Negotiation team to review. This is a working document. We will be updating the CP as we go forward. - completed working document

4. Sent the letter to the County to negotiate with them (this opens up the negotiation) completed by the LRS

5. Next meeting setup for 1/25/24 with the NT completed

6.Next meeting 2/29/24 - Team went over the surveys that were submitted by the membership.

7. Section meetings are happening with representatives to go over language.

8.Next NT meeting 3/14/24 - we will go over Section language

9.Next NT meeting 3/28/24 - we will go over all changes

10. We should then be ready to sit down with the County to negotiate.

Member Benefits Spotlight: Think Spring!The first day of Spring is less than a month away. If you are looking for a fresh new look for your home, take advantage of CSEA’s 18% discount on furniture and mattresses at Raymour and Flannigan. Contact CSEA’s Account Specialist Mark Lesser at: 631-332-6811 or via email at mlesser@raymourflanigan.com to receive the discount!

Monthly Newsletter:

February we had our first ever newsletter from Unit 7400.  Every month we will highlight more information for members.  If you have any suggestions, please send an email to unit7400@rochester.rr.com.  We hope you like it!

 Negotiation Update:

We have received 223 survey responses.  There is still time.  You have till 2/29/24 to respond to the survey.  Your negotiation team has been meeting to look over our current contract.  We are waiting till the second round of survey results come in to get more in-depth in the negotiation process.

Mass Emails: It was a good thought back in April when I wanted to send Mass Emails to all the dues paying members. I've been struggling to get the right platform to do this. I've tried Roadrunner, Gmail as well as Outlook. I just get errors and it is such a huge process. I have emails in Notepad, Excel as well as in each email system. I am looking to do this in another platform that will allow for lots of emails to be sent. Please be patient while I transition to the new Mass Email system! Thank you ---- Holly

Ballots Received:  The ballots that you received or are in the process of receiving is for the Statewide CSEA President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.  Please look at https://cseany.org/our-leaders to see who your current Statewide officers are so you know who is who on the ballot.

Greetings CSEA family,

We're just a couple weeks away from the Rochester Polar Plunge and we want YOU to plunge with us! On February 4, our team – "Flo"zen to a Cube – will honor our late region president, Flo Tripi, by plunging into freezing Lake Ontario to raise money for Special Olympics New York. Can't plunge? Consider donating! Please click the link here to register or donate TODAY! Here are a few more details about the event:

What: Rochester Polar Plunge

Where: Charlotte Beach at Ontario Beach Park

When: Sunday, February 4; Registration begins at 9 a.m.; Plunge at noon

Why: To raise money for Special Olympics New York

Member Benefits Spotlight: Planning a trip to Disney in 2024?

Do your 2024 plans include a trip to Disney? If so, you are in luck. Member Deals is offering adult Disney tickets at children’s prices for three day passes or more. You must act quick as this offer is for a limited time. Visit: https://memberdeals.com/cseany/packages.php?sub=packages&action=view&id=3445&login=1

Fight Back with the Truth!

We will be holding a series of webinars titled “Fighting Back with The Truth” for ALL members to learn about the Freedom Foundation’s lies and attacks and how they can fight back with the truth. All members will be sent an email with a link to register for the webinar in their region. Please encourage your members to register and attend one of three dates the webinar will be offered. Knowing the truth about the Freedom Foundation will only help strengthen CSEA so it’s important for as many members as possible to attend.
January 23 at 7:00pm Register here.
January 30 at 7:00pm Register here.
February 1 at 7:00pm Register here.

2024 Scholarship information now available:  Contact Barb at 585-328-5250 to get more information.

Update to Negotiations Status:

1.Sent a request to Monroe County for reports Unit 7400 is requesting for negotiations in November 2023. In process by the County

2.Created a survey to be completed by dues paying members -CSEA got permission to send the survey out via County email system since we've had people not get the surveys via email. Working on sending this out again.

3.Create a Communication Plan (CP) for the Negotiation team to review. This is a working document. We will be updating the CP as we go forward.

4. Sent the letter to the County to negotiate with them (this opens up the negotiation)

5. Next meeting setup for 1/25/24 with the NT

 Celebrating the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

On Monday, January 15 we honor Dr. King's 95th birthday and all that he did to advance the rights of minorities in America. We also must not forget that Dr. King gave his life while preparing to march on behalf of striking AFSCME sanitation workers. I encourage you all to take some time to find and participate in observances in honor of Dr. King near you.

 New Local 828 President Michael Irving!  Local 828 is the local of Monroe County and has 21 units underneath.  Welcome Mike to his new role.  Congratulations!

 Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024!  This year we will negotiate a new contract with Monroe County, starting 2025.  Looking forward to this new endeavor for CSEA.  The team is meeting for the first time on January 11, 2024.  We will be going over the survey results.  We will publish the survey results on here and our website CSEA UNIT 7400 (csea-unit-7400.org) for the top items the members want us to pursue.