The Reddock Carol.
I started working for CSCA in 1984 in the Steno Pool, what was then the Steno Pool.
It's now in the Records Maintenance Department.
I was a clerk-typist, slash receptionist.
The part I hated the most was being on the switchboard.
So I worked very hard trying to get out of that department.
I went to night school and a wonderful part of working for CSCA is they paid for all the
education that I wanted to have.
I was able to get an executive secretary position in the executive office.
And I worked there for the last 12 years.
I saw a lot.
I saw worked for three statewide secretaries.
Irene Carr being the first one.
And she had a lot of history.
She was very involved in the history of CSCA.
Then I worked for Candy Saxon for a brief period.
And then Barbara Reeves, the present statewide secretary.
You can tell the story to the bottle through that one.
This is where you see a scene.
This doesn't go on.
Irene was, I admired her very much because she was a great woman.
She was all for women's causes.
Children, and she worked very hard at her job.
And I did admire her a lot.
Candy I liked very much.
She wasn't there very long.
They had another election.
And Barbara Reeves won the election.
You used the personal reflection of these people.
You want to know what made them tick and all.
How they did it.
Irene was driven.
She was very much for the underdog.
And I learned a lot of union, lingo, and causes from her.
Candy, I really didn't know that well.
But she was a wonderful person.
Barbara is just the greatest speaker she has.
And she fights for her causes and gets people going.
She's a very kind and caring person.
So what makes CSCACA?
What have you learned about the history of CSC that you can tell us?
We can share with.
The labor organization, I didn't really know much about it at all when I started here.
And fighting for workers' rights.
And I enjoyed the rallies.
And I'll always remember Dan Campbell with his bullhorn.
And getting, I know, it was sad to lose him.
And just knowing that there's some where people can go to fight for.
Their jobs.
And people at CSCACA from the legal department through our officers really do care about these people.
Do you have any memories of actual instances where things like that?
What happened?
How did these things happen?
Who did what?
I can't think of anything specifically right now.
I do remember that there was a few people that would call.
And I would go to bat for them with the officers or whatever officer was involved or department
involved because they were nice on the phone.
Local leaders think to me.
No, they seemed to be wronged and rightly complaining about it in a nice way and kind
of desperately looking for help.
So what makes CSCACA?
What was proud of that?
I think they're dedication to the working people.
On the other side of the point, what are you both disappointed by?
I'm not prepared for these questions.
I don't know.
I'm really not sure.
Well, I personally have a few things.
I just, one thing that they have two house unions within CSCA, HSU and FSA, one thing I
would like to have seen is somewhere management people could have gone for problems.
Now you were part of rallies and demonstrations and things.
Once in a while.
Once in a while.
What do you see the most important events during your time with involvement in CSC?
What are the big things that happened that you saw?
All that last, well, the contract for one, the last contract.
What did you see?
What happened?
Just the number of people that came out with the buses and the rallies and it was, that
was something to say for staff.
I as a staff person enjoyed, because I did the board minutes and the delegates meeting
minutes and I always enjoyed meeting the members and talking to different people and got to
be really friendly with some of them and got to see the other side.
I know a lot of that.
I don't want to talk about that.
My first experience was when they fired the law firm.
I wasn't really, I was on the fringes of that.
I had just started for CSCA and I was in the back of the room and I really didn't understand
everything that was going on.
What did you saw?
Things.
I guess I did, but I don't remember anything.
Oh, taking the fifth time.
All right.
What?
How long did you work for CSCA?
18 years.
18 years.
You know a lot of the recent history of CSCA and probably before that.
What lessons do you think CSCA's history holds for CSCA's future?
I'm really not sure how to answer that.
We got a message for the future of CSCA people.
We're going to be working with Danny and whoever succeeds.
What would you tell them about CSCA that they should know and they should know about the
history and the progression of the union?
One thing is not to lose sight of the history.
To get to know as much as they can about the organization by reading the Constitution.
And get involved in the rallies, the strike actions and all the things just to get to know
what the members are fighting for.
And I think that's what I'm going to say.
We're here.
Take this rolling.
This is your opportunity to get a message for anybody.
Remember anything you want to get out to the record?
Not really.
It's just that it was really a good experience for me and I enjoyed working there.
