A news clipping from the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, unidentified members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from Utica area chapters displayed their signs and intentions this morning before boarding two buses for Syracuse. Their intention: to participate in a massive demonstration at the state office building in protest against what they charged was delay of the Rockefellar administration in recognizing CSEA as the bargaining agent for some 133,000 state workers under terms of the recently-enacted Taylor Act. The Association demands sole bargaining rights over a counter claim by the AFL-CIO Council 50, State County and Civil Employees Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
New York Governor Mario Cuomo speaking at an American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) convention in which numerous United University Professions (UUP) members attended.
New York Governor Mario Cuomo seated at a table during an American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) convention in which numerous United University Professions (UUP) members attended.
New York Governor Mario Cuomo surrounded by unidentified United University Professions (UUP) members attending an American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) convention.
New York Governor Mario Cuomo speaking at an American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) convention which included numerous United University Professions (UUP) members.
New York Governor Mario Cuomo speaking with unidentified United University Professions (UUP) members at an American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) convention.