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UPCOMING EVENTS

Midstate Central Labor Council Meets the 3RD
Tuespay of every month. The next meeting will
take place MARCH 18TH AT 7PM AT TC3. |

SPECIAL STEERING COMMITTEE PLANNING MEETING

AT 6PM AT TC3. ALL STEERING COMMITTEE
MEMBERS SHOULD ATTEND.

Street Heat: Building a stronger labor
movement requires change and a renewed
commitment to organizing and political
action. But it also means backing up our
organizing and political activities with the
capacity to mobilize union members and the
community. And that’s what “Street Heat” is
all about.

Cortland Street Heat Committee meeting April
8th at Workers Rights Board.

To get involved in Street Heat activities please
contact the Labor Federation at 315 422-
3363

Student Labor Week of Action— March 34-
April 4

Join with students to call for social and eco-
nomic justice throughout our community.

Campaign Skills Workshop for Women

The YWCA Institute for Public Leadership is
holding a 2 day workshop designed to train
women for political office, managing a cam-
paign or gaining public support for women’s
issues. It is being held at the UAW National
Training Center in Syracuse. For more infor-
mation contact the YWCA at 315 424-0040
or the Labor Federation at 315 422-3363.

!f you have an event you would like listed here
please contact the Central New York Labor
Federation, AFL-CIO at 315 422-3363.

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Midstate Central Labor Council
General Meeting
March 18, 2003
TC3

Dryden, NY

Agenda
Reports

Communications
Upcoming Local Elections
Workers Memorial Day/ Labor Day planning

Midstate Central Labor Council Steering
Committee Elections

At the February 18th meeting of the La-
bor Council, election of officers took place. The
officers that were elected and will serve as the
Steering Committee of the Midstate Central La-
bor Council are:

President—Linda Smith, SEIU 200United

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

Recording Secretary— open

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

The position of Recording Secretary is still open,
anyone interested in this position should contact
any one of the officers listed above or the Labor
Federation office.

National Student Labor Week of Action

From March 31- April 4, 2003, students
and workers will celebrate the lives of Cesar
Estrada Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by joining together to demand justice for workers
on their campuses and in their communities.

In 2002, students and workers came
together for over 100 actions on April 4th, ad-
dressing a range of issues from sweatshops to

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living Wages to the right to organize for campus
workers. This year the day has been extended to
encompass an entire week starting on March
31st, which is Cesar E. Chavez Day in California
and culminating on April 4th, the 35-year anniver-
sary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination
while supporting a sanitation workers strike.

In Central New York many campuses will
be joining with the Central New York Labor Fed-
eration and its affiliate labor councils to celebrate
this week of action. Actions will be taking place
On campuses and worksites throughout the region
calling for living wages for workers, corporate re-
sponsibility, a state budget without draconian cuts
to working families, an end to sweatshops and
many other issues.

For more information please contact
Carol at the Labor Federation 315 422-3363.

Tell Albany “There’s a Better Choice for New York”
There’s a “Better Choice” for New York

than the proposed budget put forth by Governor
Pataki.
e MAKE SMART REVENUE CHOICES

We have to pass a budget with the right
kind of revenue that closes the budget shortfall
without hurting New York. Governor Pataki’s
budget makes the wrong choices because it cuts
programs for those who can afford it the least.
e PRESERVE THE PROMISE OF NEW YORK

We have to protect our important priori-
ties for the future of New York State, including
quality education, affordable higher education,
and access to decent health care.
e SHARE THE BURDEN

Governor Pataki’s budget puts all the bur-
den on the middle class with higher tuitions,
higher health care costs, and the likelihood of
higher local taxes, but does not ask big corpora-
tions or those with the highest income to share
ANY of the burden. We have to make corpora-
tions pay their fair share by closing corporate
loopholes and asking the wealthiest to pay a little
more.
GOVERNOR PATAKI’S BUDGET PLAN IS NOT THE
ANSWER! IT CALLS FOR...
$1.7 Billion cuts in Education

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Laying off teachers, eliminating funding for pre-K, full
day kindergarten and class size reduction, $1200
tuition increase at SUNY/CUNY, $315 million cuts in
financial aid to students.

$2 Billion cuts in Health care

Closing hospitals and nursing homes, cuts in home
care, cuts in Medicaid and Medicare.

$1 Billion Cuts in state agency expenditures
Significant staffing cuts in virtually every state agency
leading to a drastic reduction in state services, clo-
sures of several mental health facilities.

The governor has also proposed elimination of Pre-
vailing Rate and Wicks Law which would detrimen-
tally effect the building trades throughout the state.

Call 1-877-255-9417 to leave a message for your
elected state representatives saying that Governor
Pataki’s proposed cuts are not the answer.

Labor Federation Annual Meeting
On March 8th the delegates of the Central

New York Labor Federation, AFL-CIO met to discuss
upcoming issues and to elect officers to the Federa-
tion’s Executive Board. The delegates were given
updates from each Central Labor Couneil in the Fed
eration as well as an overview of the budget. The
delegates then made phone calls to their elected
state leadership leaving messages about the gover-
nor’s proposed budget. They also wrote letters to
their Congressional Representatives asking them to
vote against proposed union reporting requirements
that would cost unions billions of dollars and would
disclose all union finances to union-busting consult-
ants as well as our employers.

The delegates also discussed how to bring
more resources to the region for organizing new
workers and are sending letters to international un-
ion presidents asking that they devote more re-
sources to organizing workers in our region. The final
act of business at the meeting was to discuss the im-
pending war on Iraq. The delegates voted unani-
mously to endorse the resolution passed by the Ex-
ecutive Council of the AFL-CIO stating its opposition
to the war on Iraq. The minutes of the meeting as
well as a copy of the resolution can be found on the
Federation’s website www.cnylabor.org.

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