| Local 613 |
| CSEA Local 1000 AFSCME AFL-CIO |
| February 2007 Newsletter |
| SUNY Potsdam |
| A Message from the President's Desk |
Our negotiating team is in place and is wait-
ing on the Governor's office for dates to begin
negotiating. We will keep you updated as
talks progress.
Toni Oakes has graciously volunteered to
take charge of the Newsletter, if you have any
information and/or ideas, please contact Toni
@ 2065.
I also would like to extended my deepest
sympathy to member Jim Foster (Grounds/
Garage), who lost everything in a fire a few
weeks ago. The campus is taking dona-
tions and if anyone would like to donate,
please contact Scott Mitchell in the Garage @
2602.
As union members we all should take an
active role in knowing our contract and
speaking up when we believe that sometime
is not right and/or we witness other mem-
bers with problems or concerns. I came
across this little story that I thought would be
a great example of why we should all be
involved:
“A mouse looked through the crack in the
wall to see the farmer and his wife open a
package. What food might this contain, the
mouse wondered. He was devastate to
discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to
the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the
warning: there is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house! The
chicken clucked and scratched, raised her
head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a
grave concern to you, but it is of no conse-
ing on the Governor's office for dates to begin
negotiating. We will keep you updated as
talks progress.
Toni Oakes has graciously volunteered to
take charge of the Newsletter, if you have any
information and/or ideas, please contact Toni
@ 2065.
I also would like to extended my deepest
sympathy to member Jim Foster (Grounds/
Garage), who lost everything in a fire a few
weeks ago. The campus is taking dona-
tions and if anyone would like to donate,
please contact Scott Mitchell in the Garage @
2602.
As union members we all should take an
active role in knowing our contract and
speaking up when we believe that sometime
is not right and/or we witness other mem-
bers with problems or concerns. I came
across this little story that I thought would be
a great example of why we should all be
involved:
“A mouse looked through the crack in the
wall to see the farmer and his wife open a
package. What food might this contain, the
mouse wondered. He was devastate to
discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to
the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the
warning: there is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house! The
chicken clucked and scratched, raised her
head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a
grave concern to you, but it is of no conse-
quence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him,
There is a mousetrap in the house! The pig
sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr.
Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it
but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said
"There is a mousetrap in the house!' The
cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse, I'm sorry for you,
but it's no skin off my nose," so, the mouse
returned to the house, head down and
dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap
alone. That very night a sound was heard
throughout the house --- like the sound of a
mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's
wife rushed to see what was caught. In the
darkness, she did not see it was a venomous
snake whose tail the trap had caught. The
snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer
rushed her to the hospital and she returned
home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat
a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer
took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's
main ingredient. But his wife's sickness
continue, so friends and neighbors came to
sit with her around the clock. To feed them,
the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's
wife did not get well; she died. So many
people came for her funeral, the farmer had
the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat
for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all
from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
SO, THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR SOMEONE
IS FACING A PROBLEM AND THINK IT
DOESN'T CONCERN YOU, REMEMBER -
WHEN ONE OF US IS THREATENED, WE
ARE ALL AT RISK.
The mouse turned to the pig and told him,
There is a mousetrap in the house! The pig
sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr.
Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it
but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said
"There is a mousetrap in the house!' The
cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse, I'm sorry for you,
but it's no skin off my nose," so, the mouse
returned to the house, head down and
dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap
alone. That very night a sound was heard
throughout the house --- like the sound of a
mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's
wife rushed to see what was caught. In the
darkness, she did not see it was a venomous
snake whose tail the trap had caught. The
snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer
rushed her to the hospital and she returned
home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat
a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer
took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's
main ingredient. But his wife's sickness
continue, so friends and neighbors came to
sit with her around the clock. To feed them,
the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's
wife did not get well; she died. So many
people came for her funeral, the farmer had
the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat
for all of them. The mouse looked upon it all
from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
SO, THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR SOMEONE
IS FACING A PROBLEM AND THINK IT
DOESN'T CONCERN YOU, REMEMBER -
WHEN ONE OF US IS THREATENED, WE
ARE ALL AT RISK.
| In this issue: |
| Local 613 Officers Colleen Wheaton President Ext. 2206 or 212-0615 Skip Fefee Vice-President Ext. 2602 Toni Oakes 2nd Vice-President Ext. 2065 Bonnie Lawrence Secretary Ext. 2900 Charlene Bailey Treasurer Ext. 2471 |
| A Message from the President's Desk |
| A Message from the President's Desk |
| A Message from the President's Desk |