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NYS Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Talks Union at Local 443 Event

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New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Local 443 President Ruth Berry, and Local 443 Steward for the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra Janet Nepkie, at the Local 443 summer meeting and membership drive.

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli grew up with both of his parents as union members—his father with the communications workers union and his mother with the civil service employees union—and he still remembers the lessons he learned as a child about the labor movement.

“I remember vividly how important it was for [my mother] to know that she was working in a job where the unions looked out for her, gave her decent working conditions, gave her the dignity of the pension that could be there when she retired,” DiNapoli told members and prospective members of Local 443 (Oneonta, NY) when he addressed their Open Membership Meeting and Membership Drive in August. “Had it not been for the union movement, and the unions that looked out for my parents when they were working, we would not have had the middle class lifestyle that we had, and I would not have had the opportunities that I had to go on to college and do what I am doing with my life.”

DiNapoli complimented Local 443 and all unions for what they do, saying that people often take for granted the impact that unions have on communities. “Unions don’t just happen; they happen because people come together and choose to make a difference,” he said. He added that the numerous recent labor-friendly achievements in the New York state legislature came about for the same reason: “because men and women are organized through unions and the unions then talk to the elected officials—and your voice does have an impact and your voice does make a difference.”

In addition to the comptroller, Ann Marie Taliercio, president of the Central New York Area Labor Federation, also spoke at the event—accompanied by CNYALF Vice President Ken Greenleaf and President of the Tri-County Labor Council Tim Backus—as did Local 443 President Ruth Berry and Local 443 Board members Michael Cleveland and David Irvin.

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Local 443 (Oneonta, NY) President Ruth Berry marched in the September 2 New York State Fair Labor Day parade representing her local and her union. Members of the Syracuse SAG-AFTRA local helped her carry the Local 443 AFM banner.

All the day’s speakers focused on the need for a broad movement toward uplifting unions through increased visibility and positive perception of their value to communities. “That’s what union people do: We support each other; we stand up with each other; we stand up for the little guy,” Taliercio said. “Labor union stories are never front page unless there’s a strike, so we all have to speak to each other, speak to our neighbors, and we’re not some greedy workers; we stand up for the community.”







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