Photo of the Month in the April 2010 Work Force. Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson Unit member Ed Hembree has a camera's flash reflect off his safety vest while he works to clear a fire hydrant after a late-February blizzard. The efforts of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the lower parts of the New York State made it possible for utility crews to rectify the massive power outages that occurred.
The cover of the Civil Service Employee's Association (CSEA) April 2010 Work Force depicts members fighting for public services during budget discussions in New York State.
Gloria Smith of the Upstate Medical Center Local in the Central Region was PEOPLE Recruiter for the month of January, 2010. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized for Political and Legislative Equality) program protects and improves jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, D.C., Albany and local communities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan and Secretary Denise Berkley joined CSEA members at the union's booth during the 2010 Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Conference in Albany. Members participated in several workshops and panel discussions on topics ranging from public education to economic development. AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William "Bill" Lucy also delivered the keynote address during the event's labor luncheon.
Quadalupe (Lupe) Johnson, posing at her job at the Nassau County Local office, is helping lead Next Wave programs for younger Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio demands respect for CFS (Child and Family Service) workers at a rally, surrounded by CFS workers and other supporters.
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Benita Whitlock, along with a child to whom she provides day care, participate in a rally against subsidy cuts in Buffalo. VOICE/CSEA joined with Voice-Buffalo, a coalition of faith-based organizations and the YWCAs of Erie County to rally to protest drastic cuts in child care subsidies for working families. Many child care providers may also be forced to close or to lay off employees.
Ruby Mims, the top statewide Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized for Political and Legislative Equality) recruiter for 2009, poses with AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy at the 2010 Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Conference in Albany.
Kevin Kumor of the Erie County Unit, left, John Stading of the Erie Educational Local and Assemblyman Mark Schroeder meet outside the New York Assembly's chambers during the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME Lobby Day 2010.