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UAW Region 9 CAP Director & Western New York Working Families Party President Sam Williams Nominated To Fill Open Seat On NYS Workers’ Compensation Board
WNY Labor Today Buffalo, NY http://www.wnylabortoday.com/news/2010/05/15/buffalo-afl-cio-clc/uaw-region-9-cap-director-western-new-york-working-families-party-president-sam-williams-nominated-to-fill-open-seat-on-nys-workers-compensation-board/ (BUFFALO) – UAW Region 9 CAP (Community Action Program) Director & Western New York Working Families Party (WFP) President Sam Williams has been nominated by Governor David Paterson to fill an open seat and a seven-year term on the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, WNYLaborToday.com has learned. It’s [...]
Citizen Action To Endorse Schneiderman For AG
City Hall New York, NY http://www.cityhallnews.com/newyork/article-1273-citizens-action-to-endorse-schneiderman-for-ag.html By David Freedlander Progressive stalwarts Citizen Action will endorse State Sen. Eric Schneiderman for attorney general Tuesday. The endorsement comes at a critical point in the campaign season, according to Karen Scharff, the group’s executive director. “We looked at the field and we looked at the track record and [...]
Home away from home: Where should prisoners count?
WKTV – NBC 2 Utica, NY http://www.wktv.com/news/local/89745552.html ALBANY, N.Y. (WKTV) – A proposed change to how the census counts prisoners would not effect funding. According to Peter Wagner of the Prison Policy Initiative , there is no mention of federal funding in the legislation. Wagner says the purpose of the bill is solely to impact redistricting [...]
Syracuse native says community organizing is a lifestyle, not a job
The Post-Standard Syracuse, NY http://blog.syracuse.com/metrovoices/2010/04/syracuse_native_says_community.html By Maureen Nolan One of the smaller spectators at a recent school board budget meeting was one of the busiest, politely handing out bright green fliers for a fundraiser for the local chapter of Citizen Action of New York. She was Ajahnik Brown-Cole, 8, a second-grader at Edward Smith K-8 [...]
1199: Don’t go to the Arcuri fund-raiser
Times Union – Capitol Confidential (blog) Albany, NY http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/24310/1199-dont-go-to-the-arcuri-fund-raiser/ By Jimmy Vielkind The health care union 1199 is calling on Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito, D-Rome, not to attend a fund-raiser scheduled tonight in Albany. “At a time when New York’s working families are faced with the continuing loss of jobs and health coverage, Arcuri effectively turned his [...]
Local unions ask Destito to skip Arcuri fundraiser
WKTV – 2 – NBC Utica, NY http://www.wktv.com/news/local/89338202.html ALBANY, N.Y. (WKTV) – Congressman Michael Arcuri has been facing criticism from Democrats of late since he voted no to health care reform. Local unions and political groups are sharing their displeasure by asking a local assemblywoman to not attend his fundraiser. The United Healthcare Workers Union, [...]
Destito pressured to avoid Arcuri fundraiser
Utica Observer-Dispatch Utica, NY http://www.uticaod.com/news/x1009761873/Destito-asked-not-to-host-Arcuri-fundraiser By Elizabeth Cooper ALBANY — Two unions, the Working Families Party and another statewide organization have asked Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito, D-Rome, not to hold a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri set for Monday. Arcuri, D-Utica, incurred the wrath of unions liberal groups with his no vote on national healthcare [...]
Labor Tries To Turn Arcuri’s Friends Against Him
Daily Politics – The Daily News New York, NY http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/03/labor-tries-to-turn-arcuris-fr.html By Elizabeth Benjamin Four labor/progressive leaders sent a letter to Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito today, asking her to cancel her plans to co-host for Rep. Mike Arcuri (NY-24) to protest his “no” vote on health care reform. Destito, a Utica-area Democrat, is listed as a headliner for [...]
Turning Up the Heat Over a ‘No’ Vote
New York Times – City Room Blog New York, NY http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/after-health-care-vote-new-york-congressman-feels-the-heat/ By Raymond Hernandez In the continuing fallout over the vote to overhaul health care, several influential Democratic groups are pressing a veteran Albany lawmaker to cancel a fund-raiser she was planning for a Democratic congressman who voted against the measure. Assemblywoman RoAnn M. Destito, a [...]
Unions Ask For No Show At Arcuri Fundraiser
Albany Watch Blog, LoHud.com Albany, NY http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2010/03/26/unions-ask-for-no-show-at-arcuri-fundraiser/ By Joseph Spector After Rep. Michael Arcuri’s no vote on the federal health-care legislation, four labor and activist groups wrote a letter today to Democratic Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito, D-Utica, asking to not headline a fundraiser for him Monday in Albany. The $500 a head fundraiser is being held [...]
