Workers at Lifespire, a human service agency in New York City that provides services to developmentally disabled individuals, are the newest members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Their victory marks the largest ever private sector organizing win for CSEA, with 1,200 members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and maintenance mechanic Ed Melin builds and repairs the gates, grates and any other metal security fixtures used at the Nassau County jail.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Kathy MacKay, Sandy Lyons, Candie Lucyzyn and Rose Teachman load clothing donations onto a truck at a Cattaraugus County work site. CSEA members conducted a clothing drive to benefit Allegany Region Missions, which provides clothing to those in need in the communiy, throughout the United States and abroad.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue talks about the union's Campaign for Quality Care in New York's developmental disabilities system at a news conference in Syracuse with Assemblywoman Joan Christensen and Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli. The Quality Care campaign is necessary because of an epidemic in turnover rates ? up to 40 percent annually among front line employees of many not-for-profit agencies that threaten the long-term quality standards of services and care.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Dashamali Jennings, a developmental aide with the Central New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office works with a client. CSEA is preparing to introduce state legislation that will help preserve the quality care standards in the public and not-for-profit sectors of the developmental disabilties field, which will help boost the substandard pay and benefits of non-union employees of not-for-profit centers while protecting the hard fought rights and contractual protections of CSEA members.
Deborah Haws and her husband, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Charlie Haws, a grounds supervisor at SUNY Oswego, look over the couple's growing medical bills. Deborah Haws is suffering from mesothelioma, which the couple believes she contracted from washing her husband's clothes when he worked on asbestos abatement at SUNY Oswego.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the Orchard Park Highway Department, from left, Al Marino, Les Locker, Mark Brown, Dean Welch, Ryan Wooliver, John Blesy, Tony Delmonte, Paul Tuttle and Dave Magill, stand in silent protest during a candidates' forum. The workers sent a strong message to candidates running for town office to negotiate in good faith and a reminder that Orchard Park's roads are well-maintained because of the efforts of CSEA members.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. Horticultural worker Rosa Goncalves shows off some plants she helped nurture in Brookhaven's town greenhouse.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Town of Greenport Unit standing in front of the garage they built for the town of Greenport, New York. From left are Mark Gaylord, Roger Rote, Chip Roberts, Dan Kenneally and Unit President Pat Nolan. Other CSEA members who helped build the garage but were not available for the photo are Fred Fuchs, Anthony Porreca and Bob Poulter. The members gave up part of their weekends for nearly a year to give back to their community by building a double-bay garage, as a gift to their town.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gerard Zlotkowski, a Smithtown Fire District Firehouse Attendant, at work taking a call for help. Zlotkowski was honored by the town of Smithtown, New York, for his quick action that a saved a woman's life. CSEA members in the Smithtown Fire District are skilled, compassionate caregivers who are often unsung heroes. The district, which serves Smithtown and four other municipalities, serves more than 100,000 residents.