CSEA NEWS FOR WEEK ENDING OCT 30

CSEA and the labor community is out in force this weekend, knocking on doors and talking to neighbors about getting out the vote on November 2.
(photo by Ove Overmyer)

Get Out and Vote on Election Day

On Tuesday November 2, please get out and vote for the candidates who will fight for us. Vote for Tom DiNapoli for New York State Comptroller. Tom will fight to protect your pension that you have earned.  CSEA is also enthusiastically supporting Harry Bronson for New York State Assembly in the 131st District.

It is imperative that we have people in elected offices that understand our value to New York State. As we face these tough times we must continue to stay active. Together…and only together, can we make our voices heard!

If you would like to volunteer for phone banks or canvass your neighborhood, it's still not too late!  Call Ove at 585.754.8933 for details.

Paterson Announces 898 will be Laid Off

On Thursday, Governor David Paterson announced that 898 state employees will be laid off this calendar year. Paterson said that the state workforce needed to be reduced to fulfill the $250 million in workforce savings that he proposed in this year’s budget.

CSEA pointed out that state operations have been so decimated that there is no way that further cuts wouldn’t harm the public. In fact, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Alexander “Pete” Grannis was recently fired after exposing the impact that layoffs would have on his department. CSEA will fight any layoffs and has reiterated that the no-layoff pledge that Governor Paterson agreed to last year was a binding agreement.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli Calls out Harry Wilson

Harry Wilson stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars if Delphi, a company that Wilson himself worked on as part of the Auto-Bailout Task Force, becomes a publicly-held company.

This is another example of another greedy Wall Street banker acting in his own best interests instead of looking out for taxpayers.