Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members participating in the "taking action puzzle" workshop led by instructors from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. CSEA activists and Syracuse, New York, City School District workers Laury Willoughby and Debra Martin used what they learned in the union's Labor Education And Development (LEAD) Program to turn a "staff development day" for their co-workers in the school district into an innovative "union development day" to help build union through learning. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Brenda Schaffer-Weiner singing the National Anthem during the Workers' Memorial Day commemoration sponsored by the Westchester-Putnam Central Labor Body. Union members, elected officials and family and friends of fallen workers gathered at the Kensico Dam in Valhalla, NY to remember those who have died on the job over the past year. Fund raising is in progress for a future Workers Memorial at the Kensico Dam. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members holding picket signs. Close to 100 members of the Westchester County (New York) Unit rallied outside a birthday fundraiser for Westchester County Executive Andy Spano at the Rye Town Hilton. Unit members have been working without a contract since December 31, 2005 and are at impasse. Sticking points are health insurance and wages. It is the third successful picket in a month for unit members. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Director of Legislative and Political Action Fran Turner, right, meeting with New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Executive Director to the Comptroller Diane Lombardi. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, flanked by members of CSEA's State Contract Negotiating Team, at the start of negotiations with the state April 17, 2007, in Troy, New York
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) leaders and activists across the Central Region taking time out from the Region Spring Conference in Corning to honor those who lost their lives in workplace fatalities over the years. CSEA conference attendees participated in a moving ceremony, put together by the Region Safety and Health Committee, where a plaque was presented and candles were lit in the memory of more than 40 members from our Region who have been lost in the last two dozen years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Westchester County Unit President Jack McPhillips addressing several hundred members of Westchester County Unit 9200 who picketed outside the Westchester County Office Building in White Plains, along with CSEA's 15-foot inflatable rat, to protest the lack of progress in their contract negotiations. The rally was timed to coincide with County Executive Andy Spano's State of the County address. Westchester County Unit members have been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2005. Sticking points in negotiations include wages and health insurance. Members sent a strong message to County Executive Spano, Deputy County Executive Larry Schwartz and members of the county Board of Legislators -- that they will not sit back and be silent while legislators are entertaining huge raises for county political appointees. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Daycare provider Sally Heater, from East Syracuse, New York, with the children for whom she cares. Heater is working hard to help give daycare providers the loud and clear voice of advocacy that comes with belonging to a union. She was a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)member for 30 years before becoming an independent daycare provider. The VOICE (Voice of Organized Independent Childcare Educators) campaign began in 2002 when CSEA was contacted by a group of family daycare providers in Schenectady looking for assistance with an unclear county payment system and the threat of proposed cuts in the childcare subsidy funding. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Member Benefits Specialist Bonnie Loyche speaking with CSEA members about the benefits and services they get through their union membership. CSEA activists and Syracuse, New York, City School District workers Laury Willoughby and Debra Martin used what they learned in the union's Labor Education And Development (LEAD) Program to turn a "staff development day" for their co-workers in the school district into an innovative "union development day" to help build union through learning. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Jim Peterniti, left, a maintenance assistant, and General Mechanic Rod Mitchell, who work to maintain the Great Valley Residential Center in western New York, despite understaffing at the youth facility. Many CSEA members who work for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services say the agency has become a rudderless ship. CSEA, New York State's largest union, has reached out to the Office of Children and Family Services to discuss concerns union members have with communication, policy, staffing and regulations.