Ten Things You Should Know About Us

The Voice for the Members State completely understands the role of the Local 828 officers--they should provide support services and programs that improve the lives of all the CSEA Unit members here in Monroe County.

Here are ten things we will accomplish starting on day one:

1) Have a CSEA Local 828 website up and running immediately. It will be primarily designed for member usability and not programmed for the convienence of Local 828 officers or web administrators. We will post links, policies, meeting schedules, constitutions and anything and everything union to help improve communication between our Units, Region and State offices. CSEA Local 828 has never had a working website EVER.

2) Provide a positive consistent media presence with regular editorials and news articles in local publications. We need to be more vocal about representing the best interests of the people who actually "do the work."

3) Our extensive experience of over 80 years of union activism will allow for us to mentor, train, educate and guide new units and officers.

4) We will immediately create a handy information guide on "how to navigate the CSEA bureaucracy." Unlike others, we possess "original thoughts" and "original ideas."

5) Promote coalition-building with community groups and other local unions.

6) Create an online listserv for transparency and open communication at a large scale.

7) Three of our top slate members have invested serveral years cultivating political relationships with Village, Town, City, County and State lawmakers. We promise to continue to lobby hard for CSEA and all working families.

8) We will create a new "culture of cooperation."

9) We will have an "open door" policy at the Local 828 office on a regularly scheduled basis. And, we respectfully promise to return your phone calls and emails back as soon as humanly possible!

10) As your fellow workers representing the Voice for the Members Slate, we hold the values of honesty, inclusiveness, full participation, diversity, transparency, accountability and fiscal responsibility. We will conduct our business in a fiscally sound manner. Individually and as a team, we are committed to the principles of union democracy.