As they passed the Quality Care Act, senators and Assembly members told why they think this is a step in the right direction for direct care workers and consumers. Read these quotes here.
ARC Workers Get The Support Of Elected Officials Across The State
Elected officials from all over New York State - senators, members of the Assembly, City and County officials - are supporting the efforts of ARC employees all over the state to form a union free from management interference.
Letters of support
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Letters of support
- AFL-CIO President John Sweeney's Letter to Mark Brandt Supporting Employee Free Choice
- 24 Members Of Congress Confront NYSARC On Union Busting*
- Assemblyman Willis Stephens And State Sen. Vincent Leibell
- Albany County Legislature Democratic Caucus
- Assembly Member Jeff Brown
- Assembly Member David F. Gantt
- State Sen. Neil Breslin
- Assembly Member Robert D. Barra
- Assembly Member Thomas P. DiNapoli
- Assembly Member Rob Walker
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| Joe Fox, center, president of the Capital District Area Labor Federation, speaks in support of Congressional passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. Joining Fox are, from left, Gene Rodriguez, Captial District Worker Center; Jeff Stark, IUPAT DC #9; Kathleen Sims, CWA 1104; Babe Amash, ATU; Walt Wheeler, Albany County Central Federation of Labor; unidentified woman, Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Michael McNulty, Fox, Maggie McCarey, former direct service provider at Schenectady ARC; Paul Webster, New York State United Teachers; Paul Engel Jr., Teamsters #294; Gail Cook, nurse and member of 1199 SEIU; Paul Engel Sr., president, Capital Region Building Trades Council; Kevin Nipper, a direct service provider Schenectady ARC; and Kathy Garrison, CSEA Capital Region President. | Karen White, a direct care worker at New Visions, speaks about her support of the Employee Free Choice Act. From left are an unidentified woman, Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Michael McNulty, White, Paul Webster, New York State United Teachers; and Maggie McCarey, former direct service provider at Schenectady ARC.
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| CSEA President Danny Donohue speaks with elected officials at City Hall in New York City about the Quality Care Campaign. | CSEA President Danny Donohue outlines CSEA's Quality Care Campaign in Westchester County, with Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski, left, and state Sen. Thomas Morahan, center. Morahan chairs the Senate's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee. |