FLO TRIPI AND LOCAL 828 MEMBERS HONORED AT LABOR DINNER

pictured above are CSEA 2010 UCAN

graduates with Region 6 President Flo Tripi (center)

left to right:  Holly Gudonis, T. Judith Johnson, Flo Tripi

P. Angela Muscianese and Roland Gray

photo by Ove Overmyer

Rochester, N.Y.--  Four CSEA Local 828 Unit 7400 Monroe County employees and WNY Region 6 President Flo Tripi were honored at the 2010 United Way AFL-CIO Community Services Partnership Labor Recognition Dinner at the downtown Hyatt Hotel on February 23.

Flo Tripi won the Robert J. Flavin Community Service Award for her outstanding contributions to improving the quality of life for all who call Rochester home.  For over 30 years, Flo has personally raised thousands of dollars for essential services for those who can not advocate for themselves and has shown exemplary leadership skills and perseverance in the labor and nonprofit communities.

CSEA Local 828 members P. Angela Muscianese, Roland Gray, Holly Gudonis and T. Judith Johnson were program graduates of the prestigious Union Community Assistance Network (UCAN), which prepares labor advocates to take leadership roles in board rooms and meeting spaces across Western New York.

For more than 40 years, the Union Community Assistance Network (UCAN) program's goal is to expand labor's presence in our communities. Emphasis is placed on increasing labor participation with local service providers. UCAN participants gain a better understanding of the social and economic conditions that contribute to workers' everyday stresses, and learn how to help meet the human service needs of working families. Throughout the program, UCAN participants look at how union members can assist one another by familiarizing themselves with the resources available to them.

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The Union Community Assistance Network is coordinated jointly by the Rochester Labor Council, AFL-CIO, United Way of Greater Rochester and Cornell Labor Studies Program.  The dinner event sponsor was Chamberlain D'Amanda law firm headquartered in Rochester, N.Y.