Volume 41 • Number 3

March 2011

Official Publication of Social Service Employees Union Local 371-DC 37 AFSCME, AFL-CIO www.sseu371.org

Union Elections: This Is What Democracy Looks Like

I t comes around every three years. The
members of Local 371 choose their
leaders in a Union-wide election, and
the candidates for this year’s election have
been announced.
During a mass membership meeting at
the School of the Future in Manhattan
March 7, members nominated people for
the various officer slots in the Union’s lead-
ership. It breaks down as follows:
l The candidates for President are in-
cumbent Faye Moore and Vice President of
Research and Negotiations Anthony Wells.
l The candidates for Executive Vice
President are incumbent Yolanda Pumarejo
and Reuben Adeshuko.
l The candidates for Secretary-Treasurer
are incumbent Joseph Nazario and
Rosemary Ciulla-Frisone.
l The candidates for Vice President
of Research and Negotiations are Rose
Lovaglio-Miller and Gustavo Rodriguez.
l The candidates for Vice President of
Organization and Education are incum-
bent Beverly Mallory-Brown and Ingrid
Beaumont.
l The candidates for Vice President of
Grievances and Legal Services are incum-
bent Lloyd Permaul, Glenda Lee and Mary
Kelly.
l The candidates for Vice President of
Legislation and Political Action are in-
cumbent Michelle Akyempong and Melvin
Alston.
l The candidates for Vice President of
Publicity and Community Relations are
incumbent Michelle Conklin and Patricia
Chardavoyne.
Also up for election are three spots for
Trustee of the Local. Running for those po-
sitions on the Moore for the Members slate
are Brigette Browning, Marissa Greene
and David B. Kayode; running on the
Wells-Members United slate are Vincent
Ciccarello, Yolanda DeJesus and Melva
Scarborough.
Running for three open positions for
Trustee of the Welfare and Education
Funds on the Moore slate are Mark
Casner and Michelle Gaskin; running on
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Black History Celebration Honors Past and Present

February is known as Black History
Month, but perhaps it should be better
known as Black Present Month.
It is usually a time when we reflect on
the victories of civil rights advocates in
American history, but the fact is that we
find ourselves in the same struggles today.
We have reactionary politicians who say,
with all seriousness, that the civil rights
legislation of the 1960s should be rolled
back, and just as Martin Luther King, Jr.
was assassinated while standing in solidar-
ity with striking sanitation workers, public-
sector workers—as Local 371 members
know all too well—face assaults from the
political right, which blames civil servants
for the financial mess Wall Street created.
On February 25 at DC 37’s downtown
headquarters, hundreds of Local 371
Dave Sanders

members and their families gathered for a

memorable night of music, speeches, and
Continued on page 4 The IMPACT Repertory Theatre featured children of all ages performing original dance and music.

Update on Prescription Drugs Delegate Election Rules Rally for City Services
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CALENDAR Women and the Triangle shirtwaist Fire
MARCH
21 Jewish Heritage Committee Meeting:
6:30 p.m. Union Office, 12th Floor
23 Political Action Committee Meeting:
6:30 p.m. Union Office, 12th Floor
Civilians in Law Enforcement
Chapter Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Union
Office, 15th Floor
24 shelter Chapter Meeting:
6:30 p.m. Union Office, 12th Floor

APRIL

Pat Arnow
4 HHC Chapter Meeting:
6:30 p.m. Union Office, 12th Floor
6 Executive Committee Meeting: The Local 371 Women’s Committee was on-hand March 9 for the New York chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women’s
6:30 p.m. Union Office, 12th Floor celebration of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. The theme included recognition of the upcoming 100th
anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in Greenwich Village March 25, the infamous industrial fire where 146 workers—
12 Alumni Association Meeting: mostly young immigrant women—were killed. The event led to major safety reforms for workers.
2 p.m. Union Office, 12th Floor
13 Women’s Committee Meeting:
6:30 p.m. Union Office, 12th Floor ACs Lawsuit Update
20 Delegate Assembly: 6:30 p.m. Advance The City has given Local 371’s lawyers court-ordered docu- In December, a Manhattan Supreme Court Justice ruled in the
Realty Building, 235 West 23rd Street in ments in regards to 109 layoffs at the Administration for Union’s favor in terms of revealing information about the termi-
Manhattan Children’s Services. The Union is now waiting on the judge in nations, after the Union charged in its lawsuit filed in late May
the case to set a court date. that the City was also hiring provisionals at the same time.
27 Political Action Committee Meeting:
6:30 p.m. Union Office, 12th Floor
Civilians in Law Enforcement
Chapter Meeting: 6:30 p.m. Union
Office, 15th Floor
25 YEARS AGO March 1986 15 YEARS AGO March 1996
“GSS WORKERS CALL FOR NEW HIRING TO HANDLE “UNION TACKLES SECURITY AT BELLEVUE SHELTER
INCREASE IN EVICTION CASES President Charles Ensley and Delegates from the
Workers at GSS #10 in Central Harlem are doing a Bellevue Shelter met in March with Department of
heroic job handling cases of a critical nature such Homeless Services Deputy Commissioner Anthony
as evictions of the elderly and troubled despite Proscio and other management representatives on
Published monthly except for a combined issue in July/
August and a Supplement in January by the Social working under the most deplorable conditions the problem of staff security at Bellevue.
Service Employees Union Local 371, District Council 37, including severe understaffing, excessive case- In calling the meeting, the Union pinpointed a
AFSCME, AFL-CIO. Subscription Price $2.00 annually.
Periodical postage paid at New York, N.Y. loads...and supply shortages, faulty elevators, number of problems creating an unacceptable risk
POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to: The inadequate security and a host of other problems... to staff at the shelter. Among these were the failure
Unionist, SSEU Local 371, 817 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y. 10003. A labor-management meeting is being scheduled of management to remove individuals with a his-
USPS# 348990 (212) 677-3900
ISSN# 0041-7092
by the Union to discuss GSS understaffing, and the tory of assaulting staff from the shelter, to provide
President
Union has begun arbitration proceedings for GSS security to staff working areas...and to prohibit
Faye Moore #10 and nine other locations with serious physical access to the building in the evening to unknown
Executive Vice President plant problems.” individuals—some of whom have had guns.”
Yolanda Pumarejo
Secretary-Treasurer
Joe Nazario 20 YEARS AGO March 1991 10 YEARS AGO March 2001
V.P. Negotiations & Research “‘LESS HOURS AND MORE STAFF OR ELSE WE’RE “UNION CONDEMNS WBAI’S VIOLATION OF WORKERS’
Anthony Wells WALKING’ SAY ANGRY HOUSEPARENTS RIGHTS
V.P. Organization & Education Twenty-five angry Bronx houseparents and senior
Beverly Mallory-Brown
Local 371’s Executive Board voted unanimously
V.P. Grievances & Legal Services houseparents turned out for a Union meeting on on March 7 to issue a statement condemning the
Lloyd Permaul March 5 to protest the deteriorating conditions in ‘egregious violations of workers rights’ by the WBAI
V.P. Legislation & Political Action Bronx group homes in the aftermath of the tragic Radio management...Last Christmas, Pacifica arbi-
Michelle Akyempong
V.P. Publicity & Community Relations
fire at Laconia Avenue.... trarily fired a number of members of the production
Michelle Conklin Union Organizer Paul Simmons told the house- staff, including a union shop steward, and banned
Trustees parents to call Melvin Hall, director of congregate four unpaid staff members from the station. In
Michael Ballesteros
Yolanda DeJesus care in the Bronx every time they worked alone. He addition, management removed Amy Goodman, the
Melva Scarborough also advised houseparents to keep a record of the popular host of the morning show, ‘Wakeup Call,’
Editor time they worked alone so that the Union could file
Ari Paul
and banned Mimi Rosenberg, long term co-host of
an out-of-title work grievance, charging that the the labor show ‘Building Bridges: Your Community
houseparents are performing supervisory tasks.” and Labor Report.’”
Visit us on the web at www.sseu371.org

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 Union Elections
Continued from page 1
the Wells slate are Michelle Blackstock,
Rosaura DeJesus and Jagdish Patel.
Running for the 20 positions of
Delegate to the DC 37 Delegates Council
on the Wells slate: Michelle Akyempong,
Ingrid Beaumont, Patricia Chardavoyne,
Pascual Gomez, Doris Hernandez-
Murphy, John Land, Rose Lovaglio-
Miller, Kirby Lindell, Margaretta
Mormon, Joseph Nazario, Lloyd
Permaul, James Plaza, Yolanda Pumarejo,
Sylvia Quinones, Magda Santos, Derek
Pat Arnow
Saunders, Ana Soto, Yolanda Williams,
Union members packed an auditorium to participate in the nomination process.
UPDATE ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE
In response to the Federal Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act, the Union’s Welfare Fund allows Fund
members’ children between the ages of 19 and 26 to
enroll for coverage under the Fund’s Prescription Drug
benefit, effective January 1, 2011. This coverage will
be provided at no out-of-pocket expense, and will be
included within the Fund member’s $4,000.00 annual
maximum limitation on coverage ($8,000.00, if both
husband and wife are Fund members). This does not
apply to Dental, Optical, or any other of the Welfare
Fund’s benefits.
The Fund member/parent must opt into the Plan for the
children to enroll, and a child on the Plan will be able to
stay on until his or her 26th birthday. There is an enroll-
ment period from January 1 to March 31, 2011. Children
who were previously covered and became ineligible due
to the age limits (19, or 23, if a full-time student), or were
over the age limits when the Fund member/parent be-
came eligible for coverage, must enroll in order to become
covered for Prescription Drug benefits.
Adult children of Fund members can be covered whether
or not they are single or married, but cannot enroll if they
have Prescription Drug coverage through their employ-
ment or their spouse.
To enroll your adult child up to age 26 for coverage by
the Welfare Fund’s Prescription Drug benefit, clip out and
complete the application form at right, and mail it to:
SSEU Local 371 Welfare Fund, 817 Broadway, 15th Floor,
New York, New York 10003, ATTN: Enrollment.
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Jeffrey Wilson, and Michelle Woody;
For the Moore slate: Reuben Adeshuko,
Adams, Jacqueline Love, Diana Verna,
Everlina Washington and Myrtle Wilson;
Melvin Alston, Rosemary Ciulla-Frisone, On the Wells slate: Henry Adekoya,
Michelle Conklin, Glenda Lee, Beverly Michelle Akyempong, Ron Cook, Rick
Mallory-Brown, Gustavo Rodriguez, d’Arias, Lucy Lane, Hector Molina, Denis
Reuben Archer, Faith Cochran, Angela Relf, Jose Santos and Thomas Schechter.
Hunt-Phipps, Dawn Jones, Gina Marie Ballots will be mailed to members’
Keyes, Adrienne Miller, Emmanuel Ojo, homes April 4 and must be returned by
Jason Paulino, Dempsey Phillips, Maria 9:00 a.m. April 29 to be counted. The ad-
Santiago, Amador Suarez, Lisa Turner and ministrative term will commence May 1.
Delroy Williams. The American Arbitration Association
There are also nine slots for Delegate to will count the ballots beginning at 10:00
the Central Labor Council. In the running a.m. on April 29. Any member who has
for those positions on the Moore slate not received a ballot by April 12 should
are Melvin Alston, Lonnie Artis, Tracy call AAA at 1-800-529-5218 to request
Carson, Dawn Isom, Tamar Johnson- a ballot.
Election Committee
Members Chosen
Five members of the Election Committee have
been elected. They will oversee the General
Officers Election slated for next month.
Saundra Galloway and Theodore Baker were
elected in a Delegate Assembly meeting
February 16. Charlena Lowery, Manuela
Garrett and Maria Cintron were elected during
Pat Arnow a General Membership Meeting February 28.
The application form can also be completed and FAXed to All applications must be postmarked or FAXed not later
the Welfare Fund, at (212) 505-2584, ATTN: Enrollment. than March 31, 2011.
A separate application form must be completed for each If you have any further questions, or to obtain additional
child between the age of 19 and 26 for whom you are application forms, please call the Welfare Fund, at (212)
requesting Prescription Drug benefit coverage. 777-9000, Ext. 3054 or 3060.
The Sections Below Must be completed by the Covered Member
Member’s Name: ___________________________ Social Security Number: __________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number: _________________________
Dependent Child’s Name: _____________________________ Date of Birth: __________________________
Relationship to Member: ______________________ Social Security Number: __________________________
Address (if different from the member): _________________________________________________________
Is Your Dependent Child Currently Employed ___________ Yes _________ No
If Yes, Please Provide the Following Information Regarding Your Dependent Child:
Employer’s Name: _______________________________________________________________________
Employer’s Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Employer’s Telephone Number: ______________________________________________________________
ATTENTION: Health Coverage, which provides prescription drug benefits, is not available from my child’s employer.
Member’s Signature: _______________________ Date: _______________________________________
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 Official Rules for 2011 Delegate Elections
A. GENERAL RULES:
1. The Delegate is the chief Union representative
of his or her location and represents all members
there regardless of title.
2. Delegate elections shall be held annually in
May.
3. Delegate and Alternate Delegates shall be ap-
pointed in accordance with the Local’s Constitution;
one Delegate for a minimum of 25 to 74 members,
two Delegates for a minimum of 75 to 124 members
and, in like manner, one additional Delegate for
each 50 members. For each Delegate there shall be
two Alternate Delegates.
4. Membership in good standing commences
when a worker is on union dues check-off, or when
a worker is both on “agency shop fees” deduction to
the local and his/her “green card” has been received
in the Union office. Membership in good stand-
ing is immediately established by direct payment
of dues to the Union. Dues are payable monthly
in advance.
5. Locations which do not hold elections in May
will be considered to have unfilled positions, unless
the Secretary-Treasurer has approved, in writing, an
extension based on a specific problem.
6. Nomination meetings shall be held in each
location with 15 days notice. Such notice shall be
any Union leaflet distributed to the members in
the work location or mailed to the membership, or
notice prominently posted on bulletin boards, or
published in The Unionist.
7. Nomination meeting notices shall specify the
date, time and place of the election. The nomina-
tion notices should also specify the date, time and
place of a run-off election should it be necessary. If
the election dates, time and place are not specified
on the nomination notice, a second notice must be
given at least 15 days in advance of any election.
8. No funds of SSEU Local 371 or of any affiliate
body shall be used to support the candidacy of any
member for any elective office within AFSCME.
9. No publication sponsored by the Union or
by any affiliate body shall endorse or support any
candidate for elective office within AFSCME.
10. Any nominee for elective office shall have the
right to have campaign literature mailed once to
each member in good standing, through the Union
office, but at private expense.
11. Messages on the Union tape (212-674-7670)
for two consecutive work days will constitute official
notice to all candidates. It will be the responsibility
of all candidates to call the tape regularly in order
to keep themselves informed.
12. Prior approval of the Secretary-Treasurer is
required for a change in the composition of the
work location.
B. ThE WORk LOCATION ELECTION COMMITTEE:
1. The conduct of the election shall be the respon-
sibility of the Work Location Election Committee
(WLEC). The Committee shall be chosen at the
nomination meeting and shall consist of no fewer
than two (2) Union members in good standing who
are not candidates for any position involved in the
election. The members of the WLEC should be
present at the nomination meeting.
2. The WLEC shall remain neutral on all issues
and candidates.
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3. The WLEC shall post on the bulletin board
the names of the candidates nominated, the date,
time and place of the balloting, and the names of
the members of the WLEC.
4. The WLEC shall, as soon as possible, inform
the Secretary-Treasurer’s office by phone (212-677-
3900) of the nominees’ names in the order they are
to appear on the ballot and shall assist the Secretary-
Treasurer’s office to identify the distribution points
covered by their election.
5. The WLEC shall be responsible for picking up
all election material including the latest member-
ship run, ballots and report sheets from the Union
office.
6. The WLEC should count the ballots imme-
diately after closing the polls, but no later than the
end of the day.
7. The WLEC has an additional responsibility
enumerated under Section H (Certification of the
Election).
8. The WLEC shall, immediately after the elec-
tion, destroy all ballots which have not been used.
9. The WLEC shall maintain all records of the
election for thirty-one (31) days, or in case of protests,
for 31 days after the resolution of all protests. On
the thirty-first day the WLEC shall destroy all the
material except the membership run which should be
given to the Delegate for the location’s use.
C. NOMINATION AND DECLINATION RULES:
1. Any member who is in good standing for six
weeks on the date of nomination may run for Del-
egate or Alternate Delegate.
2. At the nomination meeting any member may
nominate himself or herself or any other member.
No second is required. The nominee need not be
present.
3. Any member nominated for Delegate is au-
tomatically nominated as a candidate for Alternate
Delegate. However, a member may be nominated
and run for Alternate only.
4. A motion to close nominations is always out of
order. Nominations for each office are closed only
after three consecutive calls for “other nominations”
go unanswered.
5. No further nominations shall be accepted after
the close of nominations.
6. Every nominee shall be given an opportunity
to decline. Declinations after the nomination meet-
ing must be submitted in writing to the WLEC. A
member declining the Delegate nomination will still
be considered a candidate for Alternate Delegate
unless he/she also specifically declines to run for
Alternate Delegate.
7. If there is only one nominee for each open of-
fice, such unopposed candidate or candidates shall
be declared elected, provided they fulfill all require-
ments for office. In all other cases, elections shall
be by secret ballot.
D. VOTING RULES:
1. Only members in good standing may vote.
2. Absentee or proxy voting is prohibited.
3. A standard ballot form shall be used at all loca-
tions.
4. The polls cannot be watched by any candidate.
However, each candidate has a right to have a rep-
resentative (who must be an AFSCME member)
as an observer.
5. There shall be no campaigning at the polls.
No one at the polls (including those registering vot-
ers, distributing ballots, poll watching, etc.) shall
indicate support for or opposition to any candidate
within the hearing of anyone voting or waiting to
vote. No candidate is allowed at the polls except to
cast a ballot.
6. Elections are to be held for at least two (2)
hours during the lunch hours or during the pay
periods in conventional 9 to 5 locations. Wherever
possible, elections shall be held all day.
7. For locations where there are shifts, voting
must be available for some period for each shift.
Wherever possible, the election shall be held
throughout all shifts.
E. VOTING PROCEDURES:
1. In order to receive a ballot, the member’s name
with Union Designation (Code UA or UX in Pay
Grade Column) must appear on the membership
run provided by the Union Office. Any other code
(AA, A, S, or X) denotes Agency Fee payer or Non-
Member and, therefore, renders one ineligible to
vote unless the WLEC confirms that a “green card”
has been received in the Union Office. In HHC an
Agency Fee payer is identified by the number 9 in
the first column after the name on the printout or
by an asterisk (*) on the pay stub.
2. The member must sign the membership run
next to his or her name and will then receive a ballot.
3. If the member’s name is missing or an ineligible
code appears, he/she must submit a paystub showing
“U” beside dues deduction or Union membership
must be verified by phone through the Union office.
Upon receiving proof of membership, the WLEC
shall print his/her name and social security number
on the membership run, and indicate how member-
ship was certified. The member must then sign next
to his/her name before receiving a ballot.
F. COUNTING RULES:
1. Each candidate has a right to one (1) represen-
tative (who must be an AFSCME member) to be
present at the counting.
2. The number of ballots cast should not exceed
the number of signatures.
3. Write-in votes, blank ballots, and signed bal-
lots are void.
4. A vote is valid if a member votes for the same
candidate in both Delegate and Alternate columns.
The two marks shall be considered as one vote for
said candidate as Delegate.
5. Use common sense if the intentions of the voter
are clear; count the vote.
6. The Delegate votes shall be declared and
counted first. When counting for Alternate any
member who ran for Delegate and lost shall have
the Delegate votes received added to the Alternate
votes received to make his or her Alternate total.
7. In the case of a tie, a runoff shall be held at
the request of any involved candidate. Any alter-
nate method acceptable to all these candidates is
permissible (e.g. lot, flipping of a coin, drawing
straws, etc.). Fifteen days notice of run-off elections
must be given.
 Members Celebrate Irish Heritage
Photos: Dave Sanders
G. PROTESTS AND APPEALS:
1. Protests must be made in writing to the WLEC
by a member of the work location within ten (10)
days. In case of such protests, all interested parties
shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and a
decision shall be made by the WLEC in writing
within thirty (30) days after the filing of the protest.
2. In any election where an agreement of the count
cannot be reached, this problem shall immediately be
brought to the attention of the Secretary-Treasurer
where a ruling will be made.
3. In case of an outright violation of the Constitu-
tion, a reelection may immediately be ordered by
the Secretary-Treasurer.
4. Any protestant adversely affected by a WLEC
decision may file a written appeal with the Secretary-
Treasurer within ten days after the decision, or, if no
decision has been rendered, within forty (40) days af-
ter filing the original protest with the WLEC. Upon
receipt of such an appeal, the Secretary-Treasurer
shall refer it to the Central Election Committee
(CEC) to conduct an investigation, affording all
interested parties an opportunity to be heard and
a recommendation shall be made in writing to the
Secretary-Treasurer within thirty (30) days.
(The CEC is composed of two representatives
from each Chapter with the Secretary-Treasurer
serving as Chairperson. However, no person may
serve as a member of the CEC in any election in
which he/she is a candidate.)
5. Any further appeals may be made to the Judicial
Panel in accordance with the AFSCME Constitu-
tion and Judicial Panel rules.
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6. If a protest is being considered before the
WLEC has certified the election, incumbents shall
remain in office until the WLEC certifies the elec-
tion. If the election has been certified the newly
elected Delegates and Alternates remain in office
until a new election is held.
h. CERTIFICATION OF ThE ELECTION:
1. The newly elected Delegates and Alternates
take office immediately upon the certification of
the election by the WLEC.
2. The WLEC shall post the election results on
the bulletin board.
3. The WLEC shall submit the results of the lo-
cal election in writing to the Secretary-Treasurer of
the Union immediately after counting. This report
must include:
a. A copy of the ballot used including totals re-
ceived by each candidate; if the election is uncon-
tested, a work location membership list including
Social Security numbers.
b. The winners’ names, home addresses, social
security numbers, home telephone numbers, work
location with their addresses and work telephone
numbers.
c. The signatures and work phone number of the
WLEC members.
4. The location shall be considered without Del-
egates by the Secretary-Treasurer until the report is
received. When received, the report will be accepted
subject to review by the Secretary-Treasurer.
5. Delegates and Alternates shall be ranked in
Local 371 members attended
DC 37’s annual Irish Heritage
celebration at its downtown
headquarters March 4. Members
were treated to traditional Irish
musical performances, including
one from the FDNY-Emergency
Medical Service’s Pipes and Drums
(left), as well as some unique Irish
dancing (right).
order of the number of votes received. If members
desire to yield their rank they must do so in writing
to the Secretary-Treasurer.
I. INTERIM DELEGATE ELECTIONS:
1. A Delegate transferred to a new work location
shall continue as Delegate from his/her former lo-
cation for a period of thirty (30) days or until such
former location shall elect a new Delegate, which-
ever shall occur first.
2. In the event an interim election is needed
for vacated Delegate or Alternate positions, said
election shall be for the total number of vacant
offices for the remainder of the unexpired term.
No Alternate moves into a Delegate position
automatically, but must be voted on. Incumbent
Delegates move into the next higher available Del-
egate position. (Incumbent Alternates move into
the next higher available Alternate position.) The
election will then be held to fill the total number
of remaining positions.
3. Alternates must resign their position as Al-
ternates if they wish to run for a vacant Delegate
position. This is to insure to the members the right
to fill all vacancies at the same time.
4. However, if an incumbent Alternate resigned to
run for a vacant Delegate position and is not elected
Delegate, but is reelected Alternate, his/her rank
among the Alternates shall be as if he/she had not
resigned to run for Delegate.
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The Committee of Concerned Social Workers
held its annual celebration March 11 with
keynote speaker Mimi Abramovitz. See next Social Service Employees Union
month’s Unionist for more in depth coverage. Local 371
817 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10003

Condolences
Condolences are extended to Virginia S. Valente,
Community Coordinator, DOT, Safety City Staten
Island, on the death of her mother, Carmella Valente,
on February 9. Condolences may be sent to Virginia
Valente, 11 Gadson Place, Apt. 2G, Staten Island,
NY 10314.

Condolences are extended to Collins Nwankwo,

Caseworkers at HASA, on the death of his father,
Vitus Nze, January 13. Condolences may be sent to
Collins Nwankwo, HASA, 1791 Grand Concourse,
Bronx, NY 10453
Condolences are extended to Darcell Berridge,
Juvenile Counselor at the Horizon Juvenile Center
in the Bronx, on the death of her mother, Gertrude
Lockwood, on February 24. Condolences may be
sent to Darcell Berridge, 3000 Bronx Park Blvd., Apt.
13A, Bronx, NY 10467.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Barbara Chatmon-Judson
on her retirement after 30 years of service in the
Substance Abuse and Policy and Planning Division
and Family Support Services at ACS.
MEMBERs’
BULLETIN BOARD
SWAP- CPS/FSU at 1200 Waters Street wants to
swap with CPS at Emergency Children’s Services
at 492 First Avenue. If interested, please call
(917) 349-2474.
SWAP- AJOS1 at East River Job Center in Long
Island City would like to swap with AJOS1 in Far
Rockaway. If interested, please call (917) 776-1223.
SWAP- CPS/FSU at 2501 Grand Course, Bronx
looking to swap with CPS at 974 Morris Park Av-
enue, or CPS at 1200 Waters Place. If interested
please contact (718) 679-7561.
hundreds Rally to Support City Services
sseu LocaL 371 joined other unions,
civic leaders and community groups on Feb-
ruary 24 to demand that Mayor Bloomberg
support City jobs and services that he has
threatened to cut, while continuing tax
breaks for millionaires and giving away mil-
lions of taxpayer dollars to private interests
for runaway projects like CityTime.
Representatives from the AFL-CIO,
Transport Workers Union Local 100, CWA
Local 1180, DC 37 Locals 375, 1113, and
1549 were among the hundreds of union
President Moore addresses the crowd.
workers and supporters who turned out for
the rally. City Council Member Charles
Barron, Sonia Ivany of the New York City
Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin
American Advancement (LCLAA), Local
371 President Faye Moore and others spoke
out about the widening gap between rich and
poor, the attack against public-sector unions
and the right of workers to representation.
“There is nothing more pathetic than a bil-
lionaire who cries broke,” Moore said. “This
is not about money; this is about us, this is
about the working class. Wisconsin just beat
us to the streets. Bloomberg already told us
that he wants to do away with the civil-service
system, that he wants to take our benefits.”
Local 371 member Antoinette Nelson was
among the demonstrators, and expressed
the sentiment of many in the crowd, stating,
“This is not about money, it’s about power.
The Union is one of three power brokers in
this City, the other two being the politicians
and big business. If we let them take the
Union out of the equation, we lose the voice
of the middle class.”

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