Voice-Buffalo Puts Governor Cuomo on Watch

VOICE-Buffalo will hand deliver a letter to Governor Cuomo's local office in Buffalo New York stating their support for the Wisconsin workers and their right to organize and have collective bargaining agreements. Simultaneously, VOICE-Buffalo's religious leaders will lift up their endorsement of a new report -- "The Committee to Scam New York," released today by Buffalo's Public Accountability Initiative -- which links Governor Cuomo to New York's Millionaires and the Committee to Save New York, much like Governor Walker in Wisconsin has been linked to the Billionaire Koch Brothers.

What: Delivery of letter addressed to Gov. Cuomo from the leadership of VOICE-Buffalo stating that, "All of us - lay and religious leaders alike-stand with the tens of thousands of workers in Wisconsin who are fighting for the right to collectively bargain. The dignity of work and the rights of workers are sacred things." They will remind the Governor that labor organization and collective bargaining has been a staple of Catholic social teaching since Pope Leo XIII in the 1890's.

When: Friday, February 25, 2011 at 3pm

Who: VOICE-Buffalo Clergy and Lay Leaders

Where: Governor Cuomo's Regional office, The Walter J. Mahoney State Office Bldg., 65 Court Street, Buffalo, New York 14202

Visuals: Religious leaders hand delivering a letter to Gov. Cuomo's office putting him "on watch"

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