RENSSELAER COUNTY WORKERS VOTE TO SWITCH UNIONS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JOE PICCHI - Staff writer

Another union has replaced the Civil Service Employees Association as the bargaining unit for more than 900 Rensselaer County employees following an election on Tuesday.

The vote was 289 for United Public Service Employees Union Local 424, compared with 202 votes for CSEA, according to Paul Burch, regional director of Local 424.

Burch said that although some ballots were challenged and void, they would not change the outcome of the election.

The results were immediately challenged by CSEA local president Vickie L. Halse, who said "the election process was flawed in several significant ways that could …