SEANC has been active in meeting with the press
and General Assembly members about this and othere issues coming
before this session of the General Assembly. You need to call
and/or meet with your General Assembly Representative or Senator
as soon as possible about this issue and other issues which
concern you in this short session (deals with financial issues
and adjustments to the budget). Here is where and how to contact
your General Assembly leaders:
http://www.seanc.org/seanc/htmltemplate.cfm?key=cyberlobbying.html.
A SEANC Town Meeting is scheduled
for the McKimmon Center on May 28
The State Employees Association of North Carolina
(SEANC) will hold a Town Meeting for State Employees on Tuesday
evening, May 28th at the McKimmon Center. SEANC Executive Director
Dana Cope will update employees on legislative issues related
to pay and benefits, hear employees' workplace concerns and
promote the association's 2002 legislative agenda and rally.
The meeting, to begin at 6:30 p.m., will include a question
and answer session. Expected topics of discussion are the State's
budget crisis, the rising cost of health care, shrinking employer
retirement contributions and
collective bargaining. Elected association officers will also
be in attendance, including SEANC President Shirley Bell, First
Vice President Steve Lusk, Second Vice President Cliff Brown
and Treasurer Mark Dearmon. All state employees and their families
are encouraged to attend.
Rally in Raleigh June 12th
"State Employees: The Spirit
of North Carolina"
Rally Schedule
10 a.m.
Begin arriving at Halifax Mall, in downtown Raleigh (behind
the Legislative Bdg. on Jones St.).
Visiting legislators!
Shuttle buses begin running from State Fairgrounds parking to
Halifax Mall area.
11:30 - Noon
Rally Program
Noon
Rally participants march around the Legislative Building with
signs.
Noon - 2 p.m.
Rally BBQ lunch served to those who have purchased tickets in
advance AFTER the march around the Legislative Bldg.
12:15 - 2 p.m.
Shuttle buses run from Halifax Mall back to State Fairgrounds
parking.
Program:
The program will center around key issues facing
state employees (pay, health care and retirement), and areas
within the budget that legislative leaders might look at for
cuts instead of once again balancing the budget on our backs.
The citizens of our state pay taxes for various services we
provide, not to provide tax breaks for big business and politically
connected patrons.
Bring your children:
One of the advantages of the later date for this
year's rally is that our children will be out of school. Bring
your children with you to the rally this year. Let's make sure
that citizens and legislators know that state employees are
working families.
Last year an estimated 5,000 state employees rallied at the
Legislature May 16. They were there to express concern over
salary increases averaging little more than 3 percent per year
for the past 10 years, soaring costs of health care, and a decline
of their retirement system. The SEANC-sponsored rally gives
state employees an opportunity to talk to their legislators
about legislative issues and "make their voices heard."
