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Help us fight for fairness!

Our CSEA Local 752 workers need the support of our entire campus community and the community at large if we have any hope of putting enough pressure on our University Administration to get them to accept our more than fair wage proposal. We had hoped not to go public with our plight, but the University gave us no other choice. Now it's up to all who support us to get involved and help us. To resolve our struggle, we need a visible show of support from everyone connected with our community -- students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff, donors, administration, local community residents and leaders, religious leaders, area businesses and political leaders.

Here are a few ways you can help us:

Tell him who you are and how you're connected to our campus or local community. Tell him you're ashamed of how Clarkson University is treating its workers, who deserve better. Tell him you want him to personally intervene in the CSEA negotiations (so far he has refused to take an active role) and settle a fair contract by accepting the workers' wage proposal. Here's a sample letter you can use as a template for writing your own.

Anthony G. Collins, President
Clarkson University
PO Box 5500
Potsdam, NY 13699-5500

Phone: (315) 268-6444

E-mail: tony.collins@clarkson.edu
(please send a copy of your letter to: clarksoninfo@cseainc.org )

  • Register your support with us.

Add your name to our growing list of supporters, and let us know if you want updates on our fight for fairness!

  • Write a letter to the editor.

Let our community know you support the Clarkson workers' fight for fairness! Please write a short (400 words or less) letter to the editor to any or all of these local newspapers, and let them know how you feel about Clarkson's unfair treatment of their workers. Please include your name, address and phone number so that your authorship can be verified.

Here are the key local newspapers:

- Watertown Daily Times - Letters from the People
- Courier-Observer - send to: courier@ogd.com
- North Country This Week - send to: letters@northcountrynow.com
- Clarkson Integrator (Student Newspaper) - send to: integrat@clarkson.edu

  • Show your support with our sticker.



    If you support Clarkson's Facilities & Services workers, please show it by wearing this sticker around campus!
    Get yours today by calling (315) 386-8131 or fill out the form below.
    FULL NAME:
    MAILING ADDRESS:



  • Display our yard sign.

If you live in St. Lawrence County, we'd love to put one of our "Fair Contract Now" yard signs in your front yard.
Call us at 386-8131 to request yours.


Thank you! Your joining our fight for fairness means a lot!

We appreciate your visiting this site and anything you can do to support our fight for fairness!

This website is not affiliated with or endorsed by Clarkson University. It has been established by the unionized Facilities & Services workers at Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, proudly standing in unity and solidarity as the members and leaders of Local 752 of CSEA, AFSCME Local 1000, AFL-CIO. We hope you will take the time to read about our fight for fairness. Questions about our struggle? Contact us.