HEALTH & SAFETY CONFERENCE EDUCATES THOUSANDS OF WORKERS

Lake Placid, N.Y.--  CSEA at 100: Better, Stronger, Safer

The 2010 CSEA Statewide Conference on Occupational Safety and Health was held April 30 - May 2 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Over 1,100 workers and activists from Montauk Pt. to Niagara Falls participated in the three day program, focusing its attention on inplementing the Workplace Violence Prevention Act and honoring those who recently lost their lives while on the job.

Highlights from the conference included the launch of CSEA's "Don't Zone Out" campaign; President Danny Donohue's presentation of the William McGowan Award to Village of Suffern Unit activists Scott Brown and Joseph Hunt; numerous workshops and a Workers Memorial Day observance.

Bess Watts, Local 828 President will be meeting on Wednesday, May 5 with all 18 Local 828 activists who attended the conference.  We will be sharing information and planning strategies to better serve our members and our employers.  For more information about the conference, you can go here or email Bess at besswhat@gmail.com. 

For a photo gallery of the 2010 Health and Safety Conference, please go here.  Photography by Ove Overmyer.

CSEA officers of East Irondequoit Schools Unit 7416

Gino Sciortino (left) and Aurelio Mendoza pose with

the CSEA Health and Safety Canary at the Olympic Center.

(photo by Bess Watts)