Watts honored by Rochester Labor Council

Bess Watts

Candidate for President, Local 828

Candidate for State Delegate, Local 828

CSEA Local 828 was well represented at the Rochester Labor Council, AFL-CIO Annual Delegates Awards Dinner that was held at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on December 11, 2008. Monroe Community College library employee Bess Watts, a vice-president of Unit 7402, a delegate to the Rochester Labor Council and the President of the local chapter of Pride At Work AFL-CIO, won the Community Solidarity Award.

Jim Bertolone, President of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, said Watts was an easy choice for the Community Solidarity Award. He said, “Bess Watts’ involvement and activism to the cause of all union members– to all unions at their picket lines– to political mobilization and to her dedication and commitment to the civil rights of our union members– the passion that she brings is second to no one.”

There are over 32 participating construction, private and public sector member organizations that are listed with the Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation. The federation represents over 100,000 working men and women in an 11-county area of mid-western New York State.