State Employees Association of North Carolina The SEANC Scoop February 3, 2012 T.E.A.M! Training in Concord
More than 350 SEANC members came together for a three-day intensive T.E.A.M! Training in Concord Wednesday through Friday. The training focused on SEANC’s legislative priorities for 2012 including opposing privatization, maintaining SPA rights and retirement security and how to recruit, communicate and motivate state employees and retirees. For more from the event, visit SEANC's Facebook page.
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SEANC Hero Linda Coleman Running for Lt. Governor
SEANC member and N.C. State Personnel Director Linda Coleman spoke to the T.E.A.M! training yesterday and shortly later announced she would run for lieutenant governor. Coleman was hailed after her T.E.A.M! speech by SEANC Executive Director Dana Cope as “a true SEANC hero.”
Dalton, Tillis speak to our T.E.A.M!
SEANC members got a behind-the-scenes look at state government Thursday at the training from leaders of both houses of the legislature. N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis spoke held a frank discussion of the issues during the morning session, calling state employees the “state’s biggest asset.” Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, a SEANC member who presides over the N.C. Senate, then spoke at dinner, telling members, “You are the important ones in the room. You are the state of North Carolina.”
SEANC Members Dalton, Faison Running for Governor
The race to replace Gov. Beverly Perdue is starting to take shape. SEANC members Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton and state Sen. Bill Faison announced last week they would seek the Democratic Party nomination, and were joined by former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge on Thursday. Pat McCrory announced on Tuesday he would seek the Republican Party’s nomination. EMPAC will decide SEANC endorsements at a later date.
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