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February 18, 2003
Dryden, NY

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Agenda
Reports
Communications
Steering Committee elections
Budget

Midstate Central Labor Council Steering
Committee Elections

At the February 18th meeting of the La-
bor Council, elections for the Steering Commit-
tee will take place. The officers that have been
nominated thus far are:

PresidentLinda Smith, SEIU 200United

Vice President—Ken Franklin, IAM 1607
Financial Secretary— Mark Keith, SEIU
200United

Recording Secretarny— open

At-Large Members— Brian Goodell, UAW 2300;
Dave Marsh, LIUNA 589; Midge Grant, CSEA 812
At arge Members Alternates—Erin Sheldon,
SEIU 1199; Ron Powell, UAW 624

Nominations remain open until the meeting on
the 18th. Anyone interested in running for office
should contact the Labor Federation.

Political Forum being held in Binghamton
The Street Heat Committee of the

Broome-Tioga Federation of Labor is holding its
2003 Political Forum on February 15th from
4iam- ipm at the Plumbers Union Hall located
at 11 Griswold St, Binghamton, NY. Elected
leaders will share their views and respond to
questions from the audience.

Scheduled to attend are: Assemblyman
Gary Finch, County Legislators Arlene Nannery,
John Hutchings, William Miller, Chris Burger,

Daniel Schofield, George Kolba and Brian Mather,
Binghamton Mayor Richard Bucci and Vestal
Town Supervisor Anndrea Starzak.

For more information please call the Cen-

tral New Labor Federation office in Binghamton at
607 722-6098.

New York State AFL-CIO says Budget Proposal

may cause “Job-Killing Cuts”
Press release issued by NYS AFL-CIO on January 29th following

the announcement of Gov. Pataki's Budget Proposal

In response to the release of Governor
Pataki’s 2003-04 State Budget announcement,
New York State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes
made it clear that various budget cuts proposed
today may be detrimental to this state’s long term
fiscal health. He also stressed that today’s
budget announcement marks the beginning of the
discussion process to solve this crisis.

Said Hughes, “We must keep in mind that
today is only the first step in a long and hopefully
thought provoking process. While there are areas
of the Governor's budget that are very troubling to
the labor movement, we are willing to work with
Governor Pataki and both houses of the legisla-
ture to mitigate the pain that would befall those
least able to bare it.

“While we acknowledge that there are
“job killing” taxes, it should be noted that there
are also, “job killing budget cuts”. We should not
forget that certain budget cuts called for in to-
day’s proposal would potentially be devastating to
individuals and their families if job loss results.

“So we should not lose sight of the fact
that “job killing” taxes and “job killing” budget
cuts both potentially bring about the same result:
job loss and a diminished future for working fami-
lies.”

NYS AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes
stated that now is not the time for ideology to get
in the way of the monumental task at hand.

Noting that ideological baitles more often
than not favor rhetoric over common sense, Presi-
dent Hughes stated, “Action trumps ideology
every day of the week. Ideology, if not checked,
breeds intransigence. In difficult times such as
this, we cannot afford to waste a single day as we

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look to find a solution to this crisis.”

President Hughes once again called for
shared responsibility amongst labor, business and
government as the long term solution to the crisis.
Said Hughes, “The labor movement understands that
we will be asked to sacrifice in order to get through

_this crisis. But sacrifice is a relative term. We are

willing to do our part to ensure that New York will be
a state worth saving once this budget crisis has
ended.

“Having said that, in order to ensure that
working men and women do not bare the brunt of the
cuts called for in the Governor's budget, we call upon
the Governor and state legislature to explore all avail-
able revenue options.”

Becoming Active in Politics
With local elections coming up this year Mid-
state Central Labor Council is looking to work with
area union members who are interested in becoming
more involved with local political campaigns or in run-
ning for local elected office. Making sure that elected _
officials remain aware of working family concerns is a

Please contact the Midstate Central Labor
the Labor Federation for more information.
The YWCA Institute for Public Leaders
holding a 2 day workshop designed to train
for political office, managing a campaign o
public support for women’s issues. It is being held at
the UAW National Training Center in Syracuse. For
more information contact the YWCA at 315 424-
0040 or the Labor Federation at 315 422-3363.

Labor Federation Annual Meeting
The Central New York Labor Federation, AFL-CIO will

be holding their annual meeting on Saturday, March
8 at 10 AM at the Cortland Holiday Inn . The purpose
of the meeting will be to officially elect our board, and
to continue our work from the September meeting.
All local unions have received the notice of the meet-
ing, and delegates will need credentials to be seated.
Delegates who wish to attend this important meeting
should contact the Labor Federation at 315 422-
3363 to attain delegate credentials.