Hello Everyone!
NYSUT announces The Solidarity Express!!
NYSUT announces The Solidarity Express!!
As some of you know, this coming week is the NYSUT Representative Assembly convention in New York City. All of the MITA officers will be attending this event from Weds - Sat.
On Saturday, April 9th, the convention will adjourn at 11AM; NYSUT has planned a LARGE rally in support of workers' rights; everyone in attendance will be "marching" down to Times Square to assemble there with other union members from noon - 1:00.
“Thousands of delegates to NYSUT’s annual Representative Assembly, as well as other NYSUT members, their friends and supporters will march en masse to Times Square in New York City to join other unionists and labor advocates on Saturday, April 9, in support of workers’ rights.
The rally, to begin at noon, will be the culmination of the national AFL-CIO’s ‘We Are One Week of Action,’ planned to build on the momentum generated by the events in Wisconsin.”
http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/labor_16358.htm
“Thousands of delegates to NYSUT’s annual Representative Assembly, as well as other NYSUT members, their friends and supporters will march en masse to Times Square in New York City to join other unionists and labor advocates on Saturday, April 9, in support of workers’ rights.
The rally, to begin at noon, will be the culmination of the national AFL-CIO’s ‘We Are One Week of Action,’ planned to build on the momentum generated by the events in Wisconsin.”
http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/labor_16358.htm
Last night, NYSUT announced at a meeting I attended with Mary Grffin and Sean Robinson, MITA reps, that they were chartering an entire TRAIN, yes, TRAIN, as in LIRR, to transport members to the rally.
VOTE COPE is paying, there will be NO CHARGE to ride the NYSUT SOLIDARITY EXPRESS as it has been named.
It is a 6 car train, that they can expand to 12 cars if we need them, that will be only for union members and guests attending the rally.
Here is how it will work, MITA building reps. will collect the names and head counts of members who plan to come.
Members: You can bring anyone you want with you, as many people as you want. All paid for by VOTE COPE. These are our VOTE COPE contributions at work.......
On the day of the rally, Sat April 9, the train will leave Ronkonkoma at 9:10, stopping only in Hicksville to pick up Nassau members at 9:44. You will arrive at Penn Sta at 10:30AM......
A NYSUT person will be at both stations a half hour before departure time. MITA reps will be there as well, to meet you at Ronkonkoma and give you your tickets. Plan to get there a little early, I would suggest by 8:45. The tickets will be round trip, you can take any LIRR train back home.
MORE DETAILS AS WE GET THEM THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN AND A GREAT WAY TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR FELLOW MEMBERS WHO ARE FACING TOUGH TIMES IN LIGHT OF THE CUTS BEING MADE BOTH HERE AT HOME AND IN OUR STATE.
