Labor Day: What does it mean?

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to honor the social and economic achievements of American workers.
This year, Labor Day is Monday, Sept 2. Labor Day isn’t just about unions. It’s a national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

History of Labor Day

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882 in New York City in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. On that day, about 20,000 workers marched to demand an eight-hour workday and other labor law reforms. In a parade up Broadway in New York City, workers carried banners reading, “Labor Creates All Wealth” and “Eight Hours for Work, Eight Hours for Rest, Eight Hours for Recreation.” About a quarter million New Yorkers turned out to watch.
After the first Labor Day in New York City, celebrations began to spread to other states as workers fought to win workplace rights and better working conditions and wages at a time when they had little power. In 1893, New York City workers took an unpaid day off and marched around Union Square in support of a national Labor Day.
The following year, 12,000 federal troops were called into Pullman, Ill., to break up a huge strike against the Pullman railway company and two workers were shot and killed by U.S. deputy marshals. In what most historians call an election year attempt to appease workers after the federal crackdown on the Pullman strike, shortly after the strike was broken, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation making the first Monday in September Labor Day and a federal holiday. Cleveland lost the election but Labor Day was now federally recognized.

Labor Day today

Through the years, the country has given increasing emphasis to Labor Day. With labor unions fighting for survival and workers fighting for a living way and to preserve overtime pay, recognizing the contributions of American workers is just as important today as it was more than 100 years ago when Labor Day was first celebrated.

Agenda Chapter Meeting

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Good Morning Everyone and Welcome Back!

We hope you had a great summer.  Below is the agenda for our Chapter 327 meeting this month.
We look forward to a fantastic new year filled with peace of mind and happiness and a fresh new start.
Let's all try and find a way to make this happen!
Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting as well as at Back to School!

Chapter Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

2:30-3:30 pm

Cabinet Room

Approval of agenda

Secretary’s report

Treasurer’s report

Chapter business

·         Revised Constitution and Bylaws

·         Professional Growth Update

·         Elections

                 Good of the Order

Adjournment

6-9-16 Chapter Minutes

Chapter Meeting

June 9, 2016

Hopmonk Tavern 4:00-6:00pm

MINUTES

At 4:15 pm, President Karen Ayala opened the meeting.  Present were: Karen Ayala, Terri Nadell, Nancy Duns, Alex Young, Debbie Aviron, Diana Dawson, Liliana Nazarian, Laura Keaton, Adriane Lommel, Erika Greene, and Erin Feely

Hand-outs: 

·         Chapter Meeting Agenda

·         Minutes of April 20, 2016 Chapter Meeting

·         Treasurer’s report

·         Chapter meeting dates schedule

Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Laura Keaton with no changes.

Secretary’s Report: The chapter minutes were approved by Laura Keaton, seconded by Terri Nadell with no changes.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was approved by Terri Nadell, seconded by Adriane Lommel with no changes.

Chapter Meeting Dates for remainder of the year: A revised list of dates was distributed to everyone for the meetings throughout the end of this year.  We will schedule 2017 upon everyone’s return from summer vacation.

Release Time/Meetings: Karen reminded everyone that they need to take lunch, PN or vacation time to attend Chapter Meetings.  Adriane asked if our electronic time sheets had an area to record the “other time.” Answer, yes.

Professional Growth: The Professional Growth reimbursement period is closed this year.  We will not receive funds till possibly October of this year.  We need to wait till the new budget is rolled.

Scholarship Fund: Revised forms were handed out for review.  Alex also posted the updated forms on the CSEA blog.

Paraeducators Conference Presentation: Liliana spoke about the Paraeducator Conference she and Araceli attended.  The conference was in Ontario and about 3500 people attended this year.  She mentioned there was a variety of workshops and trainings to attend.  Many different subjects were covered to assist Paras with needs on their jobs.  She mentioned their travel planning was more work this year and it would be helpful if the Paras attending did not have to pay up front for the attendance of the conference, as some may not be able to afford to do this.  Adriane mentioned there is a “Travel Advance Form” that may be helpful in this case.  Karen will look into what is needed to use this form.  Liliana thanked the membership for the opportunity to attend this conference again this year.

Good of the Order: Adriane asked Karen to follow-up with management on how much release time has been used this year. Adriane mentioned it is always a good idea to keep track of what is used. Karen will address this in our next meeting and thanked Adriane for the question.  Karen thanked everyone for attending and we conducted the raffle at the end of the meeting.  We used everyone’s names that attended and delivered the Starbucks cards to the 5 winners.

Adjournment was at 5:20 pm

Scholarship Forms

From Debbie Aviron, Chapter 327 Secretary:


Here are the forms for the CSEA scholarship applications.

To download the application for CSEA Immediate Family Members, click HERE.

To download the application for CSEA Members, click HERE.

REMINDER 6-9-16

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Good Morning:

Hope to see everyone at our Chapter meeting today.  Please see below agenda.  If you still would like to attend, please email me so we can change the number of folks coming to Hopmonk.  Thanks.

Chapter Meeting Agenda

Thursday, June 9, 2016

4:00-6:00 pm

Hopmonk Tavern

RSVP A MUST BY May 27^th

Approval of agenda

Secretary’s report

Treasurer’s report

Chapter business

·         Chapter Meeting Dates

·         Release Time/Meetings

·         Professional Growth

·         Scholarship Fund

·         Lilliana and Araceli – Paraeducator Conference

                 Good of the Order

Adjournment

Know Your Rights manual

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:

Good Morning:

Just for you to have a copy of the "Know Your Rights" manual in the event you are unsure of a situation and if no one is around to assist you.
Please read it through as an extra benefit to yourself.  You never know when it may come in handy and you should always be informed.

Download "Know Your Rights" Manual

Chapter minutes 4-20-16

From Karen Ayala, Chapter 327 President:


Hello Everyone,

Please find the minutes below from our 4/20/16 Chapter 327 meeting.  It was really great to see such an awesome turn-out as well as some of our new hires at the meeting.  It was a very informative meeting as well as a lot of fun!  Thanks everyone for making it great and for your continued support as chapter members in all you do.

Since our Chapter meeting on June 8, 2016 is offsite, you will need to RSVP to me so I can give the correct number of people attending at HopMonk Tavern.  I will send out a reminder and request for an RSVP as we get closer to the date.

I am also entering the information I received from Markey Lees, Labor Rep, regarding one of the questions discussed at the meeting regarding what would happen if our chapter didn't have a complete executive board in the upcoming elections in December, which I am certain will NOT be the case.  In any event, it is good to be informed.

From Markey: "To clarify, if a chapter does not have an executive board then there are several supportive steps that would need to be taken to try and help the chapter get an executive board.  With the Dixie chapter there were multiple meetings, notices and mailings in hopes of getting people interested in serving as chapter officers.  It was a process that took several months and initially it was the Regional Representative who assumed the leadership role.  The Regional Representative, Kathy Hokanson, also happened to be the San Rafael chapter president at the time.  It was only after these extraordinary steps were taken that it was determined to amalgamate the Dixie chapter into the San Rafael chapter.  However, the goal has always been to get the Dixie chapter back on its own.  There is no automatic amalgamation into another chapter."

I would also again, like to thank the Executive team, Webmaster and Chief Union Steward who continually put their long hours of time, effort and work into our chapter voluntarily.  We have become extremely well organized and feel honored to serve all of our members.

At 3:09pm, President Karen Ayala opened the meeting.  Present were: Karen Ayala, Terri Nadell, Nancy Duns, Alex Young, Debbie Aviron, Donna Prieto, Vicki Ascher, Liliana Nazarian, Erika Greene, Lorie Perez, Laura Keaton, Catherine Brady and Araceli Castaneda

Chapter Meeting
April 20, 2016
Tech Center 3:00-4:00pm
MINUTES

Hand-outs:

·         Chapter Meeting Agenda

·         Minutes of February 24, 2016 Chapter Meeting

·         Treasurer’s report

·         Transfer forms

·         Professional/Personal Growth Fund forms

Approval of Agenda: The agenda was approved by Nancy Duns, seconded by Alex Young with no changes.

Secretary’s Report: The chapter minutes were approved by Donna Prieto, seconded by Alex Young with no changes.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was approved by Debbie Aviron, seconded by Karen Ayala with no changes.

June CSEA Chapter Meeting/End of Year Celebration will be at Hopmonk:

The chapter meeting will be June 8, 2016 at Hopmonk from 4:00-6:00pm.  Karen will send out a reminder in May. Members will need to email (ONLY IF THEY ARE ATTENDING) their RSVP by May 31st as it is required to reserve a table. Our chapter will be providing a

$15.00 per person maximum for this meeting, excluding any alcoholic drinks.  Again RSVP’s are a must to attend and greatly appreciated.

Laptop purchase for CSEA use: Debbie Aviron and Nancy Duns were able to purchase the HP Laptop from Staples. Nancy will be reimbursed for the purchase she made on her credit card.  The cost was $634.24 including tax.  Alex Young will help to setup up the laptop for CSEA Chapter 327 use. Alex also was able to find a bag for us. Thank you Alex!

MCOE End of Year Celebration: The end of year celebration will be June 2, 2016 at the old Dixie Schoolhouse from 3:30-5:30pm. We have not heard yet if any CSEA employees are retiring at this time. Again, this is MCOE’s event not CSEA’s and Tracee Edmunds is in charge of this.

Professional/Personal Growth deadline: The deadline to turn in final reimbursement is May 15, 2016 due to PO cutoff dates set by the MCOE Business office.  Karen explained the process to new employees and handed out the correct 2015-16 forms needed.

Good of the Order: Paraeducators were reminded of the transfer form that would need to be filled out IF they are interested in any job openings which come up during the year. These forms are kept on file in Personnel for 1 year! This will allow you to find out about any openings during the year in the event you are interested. Be sure to fill out all details on the form expressing you would like to be notified of any openings which may come up during the course of the year. You don’t have to take the opening, but this allows you to be notified. For more information, you can check with Tracee Edmunds, Personnel Director.

Paraeducator Conference: Araceli and Liliana reported on the annual Paraeducators conference they attended this year. It was very informative and they will be sharing it with all the para’s when Janelle Campbell sets up the meeting.

Erika asked about the CSEA Chapter 327 Executive Board elections for next year and what would happen if there was an unfilled spot. Karen was going to clarify with Markey Lees, Labor Representative regarding the process and will let everyone know soon.

Adjournment was at 4:03pm