Ulster county csea local 856, kingston, ny
Ulster county csea local 856 website
Welcome to the CSEA Local 856 Website
Please check our site for the latest postings. If you prefer, you can join our mailing list for updates and other Union information
A word about our Postings online
Wherever possible - the postings are listed in chronological order. You can click on the image to view the entire posting or the link that accompanies it.
These postings are also available on site at the Union Bulletin Boards in the County Buildings as well.
Todd Schmidt,
President, CSEA Local 856
Membership Meetings And Picnic For Families
Saturday, September 17, 2022
12pm-4pm
Robert Post Park in Town of Ulster
Houston Best brisket, chicken quarters, pulled pork, hot dogs, hamburgers, corn on the cob, macaroni salad, green salad, coleslaw, baked beans Soda, water
CSEA Member Benefits and Vendors will be present
Raffles
Ticket Information:
Pricing: member only-$20, member & guest-$40, family of 4-$50, additional guests 12 & up-$10 each
Please contact a Local Officer to purchase tickets: Todd Schmidt at UC Probation 750-7265;
Eugene Roosa at Town of Lloyd 914-388-3684; Sheri Farrell at UC DA 706-1865; Kirk Jones
at UC IS 332-5207; Derek Stapleton at Town of Shandaken 514-5919; Tina Buono at UC DSS 706-9620; Jeanne Edwards at City of Kingston 224-9262
Tickets available until September 9, 2022
Limit 150 people for dine-in; take-out also available
csea local 856 boat ride
Friday, Sept 16th, 2022 | More Details to follow
CSEA Southern Region Golf Classic
at the
Town of Wallkill Golf Course
40 Sands Road
Middletown, NY 10941
** More Details to Follow**
Leadership Empowerment Zone - Thursday may 12th, 2022
Federal Judge sets primaries, upholds Assembly district lines
This week a Federal court has ruled that the primary for congressional seats and state senate seats will be August 23, 2022 and the primary for Governor, Lieutenant Governor and State Assembly will be June 28 of this year. The court has upheld the redrawn Assembly district lines. We expect the new congressional lines and New York State Senate lines to be released on or about May 20.
Honoring those doing the work to strengthen our Union
Have your fellow leaders or members been signing up new members within your local or unit? Have any of them made an extraordinary contribution towards bringing a new bargaining unit or group of members into CSEA? If so, please consider nominating them for either the Membership Achievement Award or the Nadra Floyd Award! Nominations are due by July 22, 2022. More information on the awards, the qualities the nominees should have, the nomination forms and the process can be found at https://cseany.org/award-nominations.
Last chance to apply for CSEA college scholarships
The last date to apply for our union’s statewide college scholarship awards will be May 15. If you know of CSEA members who have graduating high school seniors, this is your last chance to share the application information with them. We will give out eighteen $1,000 Irving Flaumenbaum Memorial Scholarships, three in each of our six regions. We also have two additional college scholarship opportunities available through the same application. The application is available for download at: https://cseany.org/scholarships.
Communications Department wins awards
I am pleased to share that our Communications Department has won several awards from the New York Metro Labor Council. The Department brought home 13 different awards for their outstanding work in the Work Force, CSEA Calendar and Video production. To view the full list of awards visithttps://cseany.org/metro-ny-awards.
CSEA Appreciation Day is coming, did you get your posters?
Monday, May 23 we celebrate our third annual CSEA Appreciation Day. If you want a supply of posters that you can ask to have posted in your community, please reach out to your Region President and they will assist with distribution. I’d also invite you to view and share our Appreciation Day tribute on our website: https://cseany.org/thankyou.
Have you received the Safety Net newsletter?
Don’t miss the April edition of the CSEA Safety Net, our Safety and Health e-newsletter, recapping our informative and empowering Statewide Conference on Safety and Health held last month in Saratoga Springs. I encourage anyone who hasn’t subscribed to do so at: https://cseany.org/safetynet.
Resolutions and Amendments webinar now available on-demand
We have a brand-new webinar available online for activists interested in our governance process, How to properly write and submit proposed resolutions or amendments to CSEA’s Constitution & By-Laws. It will prepare viewers to properly write proposed resolutions and/or amendments to our governing documents that, if approved, may be voted on at our Annual Delegates Meeting this October. It can be found at: https://cseany.org/webinar-resolutions-and-amendments.
A reminder on submission deadlines:
Proposed amendments to the CSEA Constitution must be submitted to the Office of the Statewide Secretary by May 15, 2022.
Proposed amendments to CSEA’s By-Laws must be submitted to the Office of the Statewide Secretary by June 15, 2022.
Proposed Resolutions to be voted on by the delegate body must be submitted to the Office of the Statewide Secretary by July 1, 2022.
Many on-demand safety trainings available from our OSH Department
Our award-winning Occupational Safety and Health Department continues to offer guidance through on-demand webinar trainings that all members can access at no cost. We have dozens of available offerings, including many provided at our recent Statewide Conference on Occupational Safety and Health, as well as school safety and health topics, and employer compliance webinars. For detailed explanations of and links to each workshop, please visit: https://cseany.org/osh-webinars.
Required OFFICER TRAININGS scheduled
We remind all elected union officers that per our constitutions, you are required to take the training for your office during your current term of office. This training must be taken each time you are elected, even if you’ve taken it during a previous term in office. To satisfy this constitutional training requirement, a number of trainings are scheduled. Please make plans to attend the training for the office you hold. To register, contact your CSEA Region Office and let them know which training and date you are registering for. Participants must use their own time or have approved Release Time to attend this training if attending during normal work hours.
President/Vice President Training:
>June 21 & 22 (NOT previously trained officers) – 6 to 7:30 pm - Please register by June 15
>June 28 & 29 (previously trained officers) – 6 to 7:30 pm - Please register by June 23
Treasurer Training:
ONSITE trainings for Region 1 Treasurers - Please register with the Region 1 Office at 631-462-0030 by May 18
>May 24 – 5 to 8 pm – William P. Bennett Hicksville Community Center, Hicksville NY
> May 25 – 5 to 8 pm – CSEA Long Island Region 1 Office, Commack NYVirtual training for all > Regions – please register with your Region Office by June 8
> June 15 – 5 to 8 pm
What do you want to read about?
I’m asking for your feedback on any topics you’d like to see covered in future editions of this weekly leadership update. If you have ideas, please take the time to fill out our quick online survey at: https://tinyurl.com/leadership-update-topics. I appreciate your response.
In Solidarity,
Mary E. Sullivan
President
CSEA You are not alone we are stronger together
Strengthening the CSEA Relationship through the Insurance Program
Offering a voluntary insurance program since the 1930's, CSEA was a pioneer in the group insurance program that has benefited thousands of members and their families over the decades.
These specially negotiated group plans are only available as a CSEA Member. All plans are with A+ rated carriers vetted by CSEA & obtained through the union's strength of extensive membership. The program today is better than ever with a full range of offerings from life insurance products to supplemental disability, to rental and homeowners insurance to auto, boat and motorcycle. We even have catastrophic illness and pet insurance available. Everything that you might need in your life.
How the CSEA Group Sponsored Insurance Program has helped Members
enacted 2022-23 State budget summary
A few days after the start of the state fiscal year, the Governor and lawmakers agreed to a final budget. Overall, this budget is a positive for CSEA members across New York State. It includes positive changes for members in tiers 5 and 6, bonuses for healthcare and direct care workers, historic levels of school district funding, new funding for SUNY, and unprecedented investments in childcare.
We continue to review the enacted budget for additional details and will report additional details as needed.
Are taxes stunting your growth?
Did you know that by contributing to New York State Deferred Compensation Plan you can put off paying taxes on your contributions and any earnings.
The plan is tax-deferred . That means that you pay less current federal and New York State income taxes today and have the opportunity for your money to grow tax-deferred. You don't pay taxes until you decide to make withdrawals, which are taxed as ordinary income.
Investing involves market risk, including possible loss of principal.
Be tax smart.
Sign-up for the Plan today.
Ask questions, review your account or join
Ulster County Employees
New York State Deferred Compensation Plan
Please contact Gene for more information about your benefit.
For general info please visit: www.nysdcp.com
For MORE information, contact Gene Nescot at his voicemail (614)854-4364
or send Gene an email to gene.nescot@nationwide.com
CSEA - Insurance for csea members
CSEA - Pearl Insurance
Insurance plans specifically designed for CSEA Members!
- Disability
- Term Life
- Whole Life
- Critical Illness
- Comprehensive Accident Plan
- Hospital and Home Care Recovery
- Auto
- Home & Renters
- RV, Boat, Motorcycle
- Umbrella
- Pet Insurance
Your NEW CSEA Insurance representative is: Sean Lynch - 518-860-0612 | call or text!
Click on the CSEA Pearl Insurance flyer for additional information.....
Early Retirement Incentive Update
Subject: CSEA members: Get the facts on Early Retirement
Reply-To: get.active@cseainc.org
Many CSEA members are inquiring and seeking an Early Retirement Incentive (ERI) this year from the legislature. While CSEA does support any additional retirement benefit that may be offered to all of our members, the specific proposals that have been introduced in the Assembly and Senate are unacceptable for many reasons as outlined below:
The proposals give the employer the exclusive right to target who gets an incentive and the position must be ELIMINATED. That means the specific job is gone. While ERI’s do have a benefit when layoffs are proposed, that is not the case this year. In fact, all of our state agencies are understaffed and mandatory overtime is being used exclusively in our agencies. There also are no proposed layoffs on the local government side and in fact many county executives are using stimulus money to beef up the workforce especially in probation, social work, child protective workers and 911 operators. This bill is not automatic for local governments or the state. THE EMPLOYER GETS TO CHOOSE TO OPT-IN OR NOT.
No position in health care, direct care or public safety can get the incentive. This particular provision excludes almost three-quarters of our state workforce and many positions in local government as well. CSEA cannot support an ERI that does not treat all of our members fairly and equitably.
There is always a cost to an ERI that is paid for by the employer. These costs can add up to millions of dollars that the employer must pay to the retirement system. In order for the employer to save any money, the job must be eliminated leaving employees who cannot take advantage of the ERI to do even more with less workers. In addition, if the employer is paying out more money to pay for an ERI that means less money for contract negotiations or raises!
Employers in the past have used the ERI to support and promote the privatization of our public jobs. When there are not enough workers to do the job the state and local governments will contract out the work. In fact, this year our Department of Motor Vehicles is so far behind in servicing the general public due to the pandemic that they contracted out to Triple A to pick up the slack... members of AAA can now get any motor vehicle service accomplished at their local office in the downstate area.
Employers in the past have also given the ERI to management and then rehired that same person as a consultant to no benefit of the CSEA members.
For all of the reasons listed above, CSEA cannot support the proposed ERI’s currently pending in the legislature.
CSEA would and will support an ERI that is open and fair to all of our members, that doesn’t eliminate positions and that strictly prohibits privatization of the work performed by the members.
In solidarity,
Mary E. Sullivan, President
CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, 143 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210
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