Whitehall Police Oust AFSCME

By a 3 to 1 margin, Police Officers of the Village of Whitehall voted on February 17, 2009 to join United Public Service Employees Union. The unit was represented by AFSCME Council 82 for many years.

Sgt. Dick LaChapelle, summed up the unit's decision to leave AFSCME for UPSEU stating, "With AFSCME, we never had a representative in our workplace. They were an absentee union. The officers felt we needed a different level of representation, and after speaking to other UPSEU represented employees, we decided they provided what we needed."

Executive Vice President/ Regional Director Gary M. Hickey, who organized the unit said,  "not only did the full-time police officers join UPSEU, but now we await PERB certification of the part-time police officers also." Hickey went on to thank all the officers for their tremendous support.

Welcome aboard Village of Whitehall full-time Police Officers!