Union City News, Midstate Central Labor Council, March 2002

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Central New York Labor Federation, AFL.

Southern Counties Field Office
123 S. Cayuga Street, Suite 204 .
Ithaca, NY 14850

(315)952-4395/ (607)277-7053

Fax: (607)277-7053

i} 4) Email: jjs3@comell.edu
Http:/Aww.cnylabor.org

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full-day Workers Compensation “Navigator Train:
ing? Saturday, April 20th 9:30-5:30, Sidney, NY.
Excellent speakers and program materials. $6.25
Lunch included. Call Jen Bloom to confirm.

‘Tickets on sale: $1

GRAND PRIZ
Sarah Carthon Benefit Din
Friday, May 3rd, 6:30-9:30
Southside Community Center

318 8. la

Let us now make the commitment to (1) estab-
lish a committee to investigate and interview

all potential candidates, (2) come together asa
labor community to get pehind the candidate
nts in the workplace

that will support our rights in
and in the community, (3) educate out metn-

bers on the importance of voting, AND (4)
identify a team of union activists from every
area union who are willing to mobilize their
co-workers through voter registration drives, sponsored
and GIAC. All proceeds

mailings, phone banks, and work-site leaflets.
sessable housing for the Carthon F
For more information:

Please attend the Tompkins/Cortland Street Seay ante a
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SSM. | Beth Eaton §33-7809/ Jen Bloom 277-1053

3" Tuesday of eve Area Labor Federations

Council meetings on the
ret involved. Jen Bloom, cils host Ist ever Organizer
proximately, 200 local union leaders and organizers

month (7pm) to
Field Coordinator for the Central New York : ea ere Brcanizeis Vick
Labor Federation has collected unregistered around the state participated in an O°Bn'% © nue
: : ly. NYS AFL-CIO President Dents
voter lists for each area union and has voter H Rie
ristration cards that can be used in ever ushes opened the jomt mas
Soe = ; yy session and spoke of the importance of organizing the
county. Please call her for more information at —_ynorganized in New York State. Kate Brofenbrenner, 2
315-952-4395! 607-277-7053. Jabor researcher from Cornell Universily, gave & pres-
entation on the latest strateg) vies for winning organizing,
campaigns. There will be a follow-up 2 day intensive
training on winning organizing strategies and tactics in
April and May.

Good Bye Marty Luster...

in an unexpected turn of events, Tompkins/
Cortland Assembly member, Marty Luster 1s
retiring at the end of his 2002 term. Awarded

by Midstate Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
with the annual “F riend of Labor Award,”
Luster was one of the few representatives with
a 100% union voting record. Itis with great
sadness that we will lose a representative who
understood the value of unions to our commu-
nity. Marty Luster has walked more than a
few picket lines and intervened during orga-
nizing campaigns tipped in favor of business
to ensure a fair outcome for the workers. He
will be missed.

Both the Democratic and Republican Party
will be targeting this seat and putting forth
candidates (most of which will not hold a can-
dle to Luster’s labor record). ~-Our job is to
ensure that whomever takes this Assembly
seat is going to represent our voices in Al-
bany. We have taken on BOTH parties in the
past to get behind candidates that understand
the value of quality jobs, publ ic services, and
protecting workplace democracy. We can do
it again through educating candidates and our wa eh ee ) AF LeCIO Organizing Institute Coming To Syra-
members on the issues that matter most, "TF ecasrnaaaunangelaee ate | whe pee “ =" : |
Most importantly, we can pull out the vote | | ane See as. in Fall 2001 ee ane es
during the Primaries and on Election Day. cluded representatives from SEIU 1 199U state, UAW
Union households represented 26 percent of 2300, and Laborers 7 went id Reweaik N : oe is
the vote in 2000, up from 19 percent in 1992 skills to become member ocuanizers This on ea:
sive training that in three days takes you through

aud Central Labor Coun-
ts Videoconference: Ap-

(yet, we only represent 13.5% of the work-
housecalls, captive audience mectings, and building a
strong member committee. If you are interested in be-
coming, a full time union organizer or developing a
member organizer comunittee in your local union, this
training is a great opportunity. Call Jen Bloom for
more information or download an application and fact
sheet at http://www.aflcio.org/orginst/index. htm.

force). We were able to do this even when
business interests outspent us 15 to 1. Union
households are more likely to vote to support
pro-labor candidates. 70% of the time, regard-
less of party affiliation, they back the candi-
date that will do the most to protect working