AFSCME DONATES LABOR BOOK TO ROCHESTER, N.Y. PUBLIC LIBRARIES

CSEA Monroe County, N.Y. Local 828 Unit 7420 Treasurer Lorry Wisse and Unit 7420 President Ove Overmyer accept a dozen copies of the book, The Main Street Moment: Fighting Back to Save the American Dream.
photo: Jude Schewe

THE MAIN STREET MOMENT: Fighting Back to Save the American Dream, by Gerald W. McEntee and Lee Saunders. 

Rochester, N.Y.-- Unit Officers Lorry Wisse and Ove Overmyer (AFSCME NY/CSEA Local 1000, CSEA Local 828 Unit 7420, City of Rochester, N.Y. Library Workers) accept a dozen copies of the definitive narrative for progressives and working people who know that America can only be transformed if we all stand united. The book will be cataloged, distributed and available at the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, N.Y. and the ten branches of the Rochester Public Library.

CSEA members throughout Monroe County celebrated National Library Week (April 14-20) at their own work sites by hosting workshops on pay equity and workplace safety plus volunteering to participate in World Book Night on April 23. Many CSEA members also honored National Library Workers Day (April 16) by wearing their CSEA conversation starter buttons that read 331.88, the Dewey Decimal number for Trade Unions.