2011 SEIU Local 200United Endorsed Candidates

Please Get Out And Vote for SEIU Local 200United Endorsed Candidates!

Below is a list of all the 2011 SEIU Local 200United Endorsed Candidates by County.
 

ALBANY COUNTY

Noelle Kinsch, Albany County Legislator - District 6

VirginaiMaffia- Tobler, Albany County Legislator - District 3

Jeff Stark, Amsterdam Supervisor

Gary McCarthy, Schenectady Mayor

John Silvestri, NYS Supreme Court

Dan McCoy, Albany County Executive

Timothy Nichols, Albany County Legislature

Bryan Clenahan, Albany County Legislature

ChristoherHiggin, Albany County Legislature

Phil Steck, Albany County Legislature

Richard Jacobsen, Albany County Legislature

William Aylward, Albany County Legislature

 

COLUMBIA COUNTY

Eugene Keeler, County DA                      

Peter Stoll, County Treasurer

John Friedman, Alderman - Ward 3 (City of Hudson)

Larissa Thomas, Alderman - First Ward Hudson

Donald A. Moore, Common Council President - Hudson

Nicholas Haddad, Mayor City of Hudson

Carl L. Roby, Town Council - Town of Stockport

Ellen Thurston, Third Ward Supervisor - City of Hudson

Wanda Pertilla, Alderman - Second Ward Hudson

Sarah Hoe Sterling, First Ward Supervisor - Hudson

William Hughes, 4th Ward Supervisor - Hudson

Susan Winchell-Sweeney, Town Council - Town of Copake

Lee Jamison, Stuyvesant Town Supervisor

Dave Donaldson, County Leg - District 6

Margaret Robertson, New Lebanon County Supervisor

Virginia Luppino, County Legislative - District 2

Dave Marston, Alderman - First Ward Hudson

 

DUTCHESS COUNTY

Joel Tyner (I), District #11

Francena Amparo, District #14

Tim Tuttle, Fishkill Town Council

Micki Strawinski, County Leg - District 20

Joseph Rich City of Poughkeepsie - Ward 2

Ann Shershin, Town of Poughkeepsie Town Board -Ward 6

Jim Doxsey, County Leg. - District 1

Daniel R. Miller, County Leg - District 12

VedShravah, County Leg - District 17

Alison MacAvery (I), County Leg - District 16

Jerry Landisi, County Leg - District 18

Diane Nash, County Leg - District 4

Jonah Triebwasser, Town of Red Hook Town Justice Judge

Richard Perkins, County Leg - District 7

Dan French, County Executive

Matt Hanson, County Legislature-District 22

 

ERIE COUNTY

Jeremy Zellner, Erie County Legislature

Mark Polancarz, Erie County Executive

Geoffrey Szymanski, Lackawanna Mayor

Mark Manna, Amherst Town Board       

Maria Whyte, Erie County Clerk

Sean Ryan, NYS Assembly- 144th          

Timothy Whalen, Erie County Legislature

Betty Jean Grant, Erie County Legislature

Lynn Marinelli, Erie County Legislature

Mark Schroeder, Erie County Comptroller

Michael LoCurto, Buffalo Common Council- Delaware District

David Rivera, Buffalo Common Council- Niagara District

David Franczyk, Buffalo Common Council- Fillmore District

Bonnie Russell, Buffalo Common Council- University District

Demone Smith, Buffalo Common Council- Masten District

Francis Pordum, Evans Town Supervisor

Cathy Rybczynski, Hamburg Town Clerk

Donna Stempniak, Lancaster Council Member

Patrick McCusker, Lackawanna Mayor

Richard Slisz, Tonawanda Council Member

Eugene Hart, West Seneca Town Board

 

MONROE COUNTY

Sandra Doorley, Monroe County District Attorney   

Nick Coffee, Monroe County Legislature

Vincent Esposito, Monroe County Legislature

Ted O'Brien, Monroe County Legislature

Carrie Andrews, Monroe County Legislature

Elaine Spaull , Rochester City Council East

Lovely Warren, Rochester City Council North East

Carla Palumbo, Rochester City Council North West

Adam McFadden, Rochester City Council South

 

ONEIDA COUNTY

Lorrie Arcuri , City of Utica Common Council

David Testa, Utica City Council

Joe Marino, Utica City Council

 

ONONDAGA COUNTY

Linda Ervin, Onondaga County Legislature

Monica Williams, Onondaga County Legislature

Mark English, Onondaga County Legislature

Chris Ryan, Onondaga County Legislature

Joan Kessel, Onondaga County Legislature

Marty Masterpole, City of Syracuse Auditor

Tom Buckel, NYS Supreme Court

Jim Magnarelli, Town of Salina Board    

Mike Giarusso, Town of Salina Board    

Helen Hudson, Syracuse Common Councilor At Large

Toby Shelley, Onondaga County Legislature

Lorene Dadey, Onondaga County Legislature

Mark Stanzyk, Onondaga County Legislature

Pat Hogan, Syracuse Common Council

Bob Dougherty, Syracuse Common Council

Khalid Bey, Syracuse Common Council

Kathleen Joy,  Syracuse Common Council At Large

Buffy Quinn, Onondaga County Legislature

Nader Maroun, Syracuse Common Council

Joanie Mahoney, Onondaga County Executive

Carrie Rosamelia, Salina Town Council  

                                                                                                                           

ULSTER COUNTY

Joseph Indelicato, Town of Lloyd Councilman           

Jeanette Provenzano, Ulster County Legislator - District 7

Robert Parete, Ulster County Legislator - District 19

Janai McDonough, City of Kingston Alderman Ward 5

Shayne Gallo, City of Kingston Mayor

Leonard Distol, Town of Wawarsing Supervisor         

Tim Distol, Ulster County Legislator - District 14

Michael Harkavy, Ulster County Legislator - District 1

Mark Halwick, City of Kingston Alderman Ward 9

Roscoe Pecora, County Legislator - District 8

Richard Klotz, Highway Superintendent - Lloyd         

Virginia Luppino, County Legislator - District 2

Donald Donaldson, County Legislator - District 6     

Tom Cotton, County Legislator - District 20                                        

Michael Guerriero, Town of Llyod Councilman - Lloyd

 
Click here for a PDF version of the full list of the 2011 SEIU Local 200United Endorsed Candidates. 

Gary Richardson: Liverpool Central School District 2011 Staff Person of the Year

Gary Richardson, LE Head Custodian and member of SEIU Local 200United, was honored at Liverpool Central School District’s opening day activities on September 6, 2011 as the Staff Person of the Year.  For the full article in the Liverpool Pennysaver, please visit District honors teacher and head custodian. 

Help Our Cemetery Workers Keep Their Jobs

On September 1, 2011 the same day that our contract expired with the St. Mary – St. Agnes Cemeteries, Archbishop Dolan of New York posted his Labor Day message online.  To read the post, please click here.

The hypocrisy revealed when we compare the inspiring positive message of the Archbishop with the real facts on the ground at St. Mary -- St. Agnes is staggering.  Please take a few minutes in the next few days and post a response to Archbishop Dolan’s message. This struggle is far from over.

To learn more about this struggle, please click here and read the article that appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard just a few weeks ago.

Thank you,
Jerry Dennis, President 

Bishop Cunningham: Where is the justice for our cemetery workers?

The Syracuse Diocese is planning to “restructure” the St. Mary’s - St. Agnes Cemeteries Corporation and layoff all six workers.

“If there’s a loss of unions, then there’ll be no (balance) of power.” —Bishop Frank Harrison

These workers, with an average of 20 years on the job, earning a modest $32,000 per year, are middle aged family men with little hope of finding new employment.

“[This] move callously disregards concern for longtime, loyal workers who do back-breaking, sometimes grim work. It also illustrates a high-handed ‘do as I say, not as I do’ hypocrisy.” —Syracuse Post Standard Editorial Board

There is no reason for a profitable cemetery business to restructure except to get rid of a moderately paid ageing workforce — to bust their Union.

“...workers’ rights cannot be doomed to be the mere result of economic systems aimed at maximum profits. The thing that must shape the whole economy is respect for the workers’ rights.” —Pope John Paul II

If you care about the injustice these workers face, call Bishop Robert J. Cunningham at (315) 422-7203 and ask him: why have you forsaken these workers? 

Study: Deunionization A Leading Factor Behind Increasing Income Inequality

ThinkProgress

ThinkProgress has released a new report, confirming what we've known about the benefits of unionization:

• Nonunion workers benefit from unionization, as employers raise wages and increase employee benefits.
• Unions have helped "institutionalize the norms of equity" - working so that people know they deserve fair pay and benefits.
• As union membership decreases, the middle class shrinks, and income inequities increase.

It's time to fight for fair wages and benefits for people all over this country! Join a union!

For full text of the article, visit http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/08/01/284143/study-deunionization-a-leading-factor-behind-increasing-income-inequality/

Gerard Lyons, Local 200United Member, for Ulster County Legislature

SEIU Local 200United is pleased to announce their support of Gerard W. Lyons III, Democratic and Working Families Party candidate for Ulster County Legislature in the Tenth District!

Lyons, has been an active member of SEIU Local 200 since 1984.  A member from Marist College, Gerard has served as steward and chief steward, and was elected to Chairman for the unit in 2000.  He is currently serving as Vice President of the Union, and is a longtime Vice President and E-Board Member of the Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

Gerard is truly a voice of working families, and we look forward to supporting him as the election draws nearer.

For more information on Gerard, look at the full press release.

The Truth About The Economy In 2 Minutes

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said he could explain the problems with the economy in less than 2 minutes, 15 seconds—and he did it (with illustrations to boot). Take two minutes and watch the video!

NLRB Proposes New Rules

Today, the NLRB issued proposed changes that are a step in the right direction for workers.  This rule change simply restores a measure of basic worker rights.  As it stands, most workers who want to form a union will never get the chance. The current rules allow employers to drag out the process for months – in some cases years – while they wage a campaign in the workplace to mislead and intimidate their employees.

The proposed rules will no longer allow employers to drag out the election process through costly litigation and other delay tactics. Workers need the right to a fair and timely election when they choose to form a union, and this rules change will allow for just that.

For a full-text article by the New York Times, click here.

SEIU members all over the country are signing a petition thanking the NLRB for their protection of worker's rights, can you take a moment to sign it? Click here to become one of the thousands of members nationwide who are saying "Thank you" to the NLRB.