WNYC, August 15, 2011, Monday

WNYC

August 15, 2011, Monday

WNYC (full article)

CSEA Union Set to Announce Results on Contract Vote

WNYC By Tracie Hunte

Ken Margolies, Director of Organizing Programs at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said he expects members to accept the deal because by ruling out tax increases, Governor Andrew Cuomo put the union in a tough position.

“The Cuomo administration is looking to hold the line on public employee settlements and get concessions when it can and perhaps small increases towards the end of agreements,” Margolies said. “There’s a very long history of agreement like these setting patterns.”