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• Fri, Dec 9th, 2011 12:00:00 am
  An Overwhelming Victory--88% Chose AME!
  
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• Fri, Jun 24th, 2011 12:00:00 am
  AME's Endorsement for County Executive
  
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• Thu, Mar 12th, 2009 12:00:00 am
  Important Announcement from the Members of SCOPE In Response To County Executive Levy's Threats To Members...
  Cheryl Felice, President of the Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees and Chair of the Suffolk Coalition Of Public Employees (SCOPE), and all ten Union Presidents were denied after repeated requests, to meet with County Executive Steve Levy regarding the financial state of our County.
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• Mon, Apr 6th, 2009 12:00:00 am
  AME Files Improper Practice Charge With PERB
  Cheryl A. Felice, President of the 8000 member Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees, Inc., filed with the New York State Public Employees Relations Board charges against Suffolk County and its executive Steve Levy. These charges outline that although Mr. Levy was aware that management is forbidden to interfere in union elections, his recent layoff notice sent to approximately 5000 employees stating that AME's election for executive offices was "precluding the union from acting in the best interests of its members" was illegal, Levy sent them anyway.
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• Thu, Apr 16th, 2009 12:00:00 am
  AME is again present in Albany to defeat anti-union legislation and to protect its own AME members...
  The Association of Municipal Employees ("AME") is pleased to announce that through its affiliation with the Public Employees Conference ("PEC") two bills in Albany that would have had a negative impact on all public union workers in NYS have been defeated and one that safeguards all residents of NYS was approved.
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• Wed, Apr 29th, 2009 12:00:00 am
  Successfully Avoided Layoffs of AME Members
  The Association of Municipal Employees has announced that it has come to terms with Suffolk County and has successfully avoided layoffs of more than 300 of its members. "I am relieved that members' jobs have been saved! It is unfortunate that our members must defer 10 days of pay; however it is a small price to pay for saving their own jobs and those of their co-workers. With the current instability of our fragile economic climate, it is not unexpected that everyone must do their part. Once again, our AME members have risen to the challenge." said Cheryl A. Felice, President of AME.
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• Fri, May 29th, 2009 12:00:00 am
  AME President Honored by Independence Party
  AME President Cheryl A. Felice was very pleased to have been honored by the National, New York State, and Suffolk County Independence Party at their Annual Spring Reception, held locally at the Venetian Yacht Club in Babylon on April 27, 2009. And, as a strong point of reference to validate the importance of our own Association of Municipal Employees, Suffolk County's largest independent union, she stood alongside New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo – as they both accepted their awards.
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• Tue, Jul 28th, 2009 12:00:00 am
  When is a Union President...
  When is a Union President not allowed to communicate with her Union members? When CWA says so, that's when! On Monday, July 20, 2009, The Communications Workers of America filed Improper Practice Charges with the Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) against the entire union of Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees.
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• Tue, Sep 1st, 2009 12:00:00 am
  AME Stands Firm against CWA in PERB
  In what obviously is turning out to be a failed attempt to obtain enough interest into decertifying the Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees (AME), the Communications Workers of America, (CWA) filed an improper labor practice (IP) against AME through the Public Employees Relations Board (PERB). CWA is engaged in a hostile take-over of the 7,000 member union made up of Suffolk County government support staff.
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• Wed, Sep 9th, 2009 12:00:00 am
  Decision in Charges Against Lydia Sabosto and Phyllis Garbarino
  The Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees Board of Directors, by a unanimous vote on September 3, 2009, upheld the Judicial Board's recommendation in finding both Lydia Sabosto (former Executive Vice President) and Phyllis Garbarino (former President and Judicial Board member) guilty of aiding a competing labor organization, a violation under the AME Constitution and Bylaws. In a second vote cast, the BOD voted by an overwhelming majority to expel both members out of the union – permanently; thereby denying them any benefits the union itself offers the right to seek or hold a union office. Mrs. Garbarino, 71, has been with the county for 31 years. Ms. Sabosto, 50, has been with the county 11 years. Said Joseph Congedo, Judicial Board Chairman, for this hearing, "We wish there had been a more stringent penalty that could have been recommended. The evidence against both parties was overwhelming; both the JB and the BOD did their job well, under very lengthy and difficult circumstances."
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• Tue, Jun 15th, 2010 12:00:00 am
  NYS Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit
  The Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees, Inc. received a ruling on Friday, June 11, 2010 in favor of upholding the union's 2009 general election for Executive Board held in April 2009. Cheryl A. Felice, president of the 8,500 member union, the largest independent union in the state, said her slate was "elated" with the decision issued by Hon. Peter H. Mayer, Justice of the Supreme Court- State of New York. Justice Mayer granted the motion to dismiss, citing "there were no irregularities in the voting process and concluded the election was conducted in accordance with the organizational bylaws."
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• Fri, Nov 5th, 2010 12:00:00 am
  "Another Year’s elections are finally over…. What exactly does I all mean?”
  
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• Wed, Apr 27th, 2011 12:00:00 am
  AME members are asking: Have we gone from Contract Negotiations to Hostage Negotiations?
  
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• Fri, Jul 15th, 2011 12:00:00 am
  2011 AME Endorsements
  
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