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Meeting erupts with angry words

AUBURN - More than 100 CSEA members - most from the Auburn unit, but others from Cayuga County, Oswego County, the Auburn school district, the city's police union and retired city workers - appealed to the public Thursday armed with signs, fliers and orange CSEA T-shirts to protest a proposal to lay off 14 union members.

“We want the taxpayers to know we work very hard for the money we earn, and we work very hard to provide those services,” said Tom Gabak, president of Auburn's unit. Under the budget proposal, the union would also lose five positions through attrition. The cuts, Gabak said, would drastically impact city services.

CSEA Central Region President Jim Moore, who oversees 20 counties, also attended and had a heated exchange with city manager John Salomone who was outside for part of the protest.

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