On February 27, The United Way of
Greater Rochester and the AFL-CIO Community Services Committee kicked off the
2018 United Way Labor Fundraising Campaign. More than 200 members from the
labor community joined together to honor Community Service Award winners at the
Hyatt Regency and celebrated the 19 graduates who participated in this year’s
Union Community Assistance Network (UCAN) training program.
Several CSEA members participated and
graduated from the 2018 UCAN training program,
including Renee Kendrot (Rochester Public Library, CSEA Monroe County Local
828); Margaret Chatterton (Rochester Public Library, CSEA Monroe County Local
828); James D’Amico (President, Monroe County Employees Unit 7400/Local 828);
Joanne Dunn (Monroe County Local 828); Angela Muscianese (Monroe County Local
828) and Carrie Chapman (Monroe Community College, Monroe County Local 828).
CSEA
Local President Bess Watts was awarded the Robert J. Flavin Community
Service Award
For more
than 40 years, United Way and AFL-CIO Community Services has trained union
members to assist troubled co-workers through the Union Community Assistance
Network. The training emphasizes the development of relationships with
community partners while retaining a focus on member-to-member communications.
The Union Community Assistance Network (UCAN) program's goal is to expand
labor's presence in our communities. This year, 19 union members participated
in the training to 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.
For more
than two decades, CSEA has been one of the top donors to the annual campaign
fund for the United Way of Greater Rochester.
