TEMP WORKERS COSTLY TO NYS TAXPAYERS; CSEA TESTIFIES BEFORE NYS ASSEMBLY

"Temporary should mean temporary and not employment that extends for years."

- Fran Turner, CSEA Legislative and Political Action Director

Albany, N.Y.--  That was the message CSEA delivered to state lawmakers today as the union continued its fight to end the Paterson administration's exploitation of temporary workers and undermining of state workers.

Testifying at a hearing on the state's use of temporary employees before the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Employees, CSEA Legislative and Political Action Director Fran Turner said it's time for state agencies to come clean about their real work force needs and that the need for temporary workers be addressed by a pool approach with deployment and retrenchment.

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