Probation Officers and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Sue Cirencione, left, and Kevin Case, helped save an Ontario County woman's life. Cirencione and Case received a chief's citation award from the county in honor of their diligence and hard work
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, right, rallies Monroe County members during a demonstration outside the county office building. Members protested the county's unfair labor practices, which have included Taylor Law violations, attempts to weaken the union, and a "whistleblower hotline" that encourages people to report "illegal" or "unethical" behavior by CSEA members.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Justin Lelonek, Department of Social Services, Erie County Unit and Next Wave member, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
Sheri Ambuske, an account clerk typist for the Department of Community Services and Mental Health in Olean, is using social media tools like texting, Twitter and Facebook to recruit new members and post current news for PEOPLE in the mostly rural area. She has already recruited 22 new members. PEOPLE is the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME's political action program which protects and improves jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community. Sheri Ambuske, left, discusses PEOPLE with her co-worker, Maureen Krueger, at the Cattaraugus County office building.
CSEA is calling on Lockport Mayor Michael Tucker and the City Council to scrap their misguided plan to send taxpayer money out of town and outsource the city's ambulance billing. The union has filed an improper practice charge against the city with the state Public Employment Relations Board, stating work performed by the current administrative coordinator has been exclusive bargaining unit work for close to three decades. Caption reads: Barb Parker does ambulance billing work that is being outsourced by the City of Lockport. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is fighting that action by filing an improper practice charge against the city with theNew York state Public Employment Relations Boards stating that work performed by the current administrative coordinator has been an exclusive bargaining unit work for close to 30 years.
Western Region President Flo Tripi waves to spectators from Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) centennial cake float at the Rochester parade marking the union's centennial Labor Day.
Rick Geercken, a groundskeeper with the West Seneca Central School District single-handedly maintains football, soccer, baseball, field hockey and lacrosse fields at West Seneca East High School.
Marcia Gould, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member in Monroe County Social Services, adds a "Stand Up For Probation" sticker to her T-shirt before a recent Monroe County Legislature meeting.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Buffalo State College Local President Jerry Richmond, addresses a crowd during the dedication ceremony for "Arch D'Boot," a towering sculpture built from workers' boots. The sculpture is a tribute of the importance of what the workers at Buffalo State College do every day to help the college run.
Stephen Delair, Sunmount Developmental Center Local, was a first time attendee at the 99th Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue presents the Local Government Mission Achievement Award to Joanne LeClair, the Herkimer County Unit president at the Spring Workshop. CSEA members from across the state met at the union's annual Spring Workshop to unite, build and mobilize New York's Leading Union. Activists in attendance learned about the fight ahead to protect the Triborough Amendment and to tell the governor no tax breaks for his rich millionaire friends. CSEA awards its annual Mission Achievement Awards at the workshop to activists who exemplify the union's mission.
A photo of Jennifer Graley, a social worker and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Chautauqua County Unit member, used in the special section of the September 2011 edition of The Work Force, Always Remember: A commemorative 10th anniversary retrospective. Graley traveled to New York City following the attacks, acting on a strong feeling that she needed to be in that place, at that time, doing whatever she could for those most in need.
Erie Next Wave members Laurie Santiago, left, Alison Schoonover, Keith Ralph and Rachel Casey celebrated Earth Day by cleaning a Buffalo waterfront park, using the opportunity to reach out to their community and help educate children about not littering.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Monroe County Part-Time Unit members Jaime Kennedy-Peer, front and Linda Holzapple demonstrate for a fair contract.
Bus driver Judy Young earns the first Excelsior Award. The Excelsior Award was developed through a partnership between New York State Public High School Athletic Association and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) to recognize a CSEA member who has helped promote and foster athletic spirit in their local school district as well as display extraordinary dedication and support of high school athletics in New York State.
Kim Kopp, Sunmount Development Center Local, was a first-time attendee to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 99th Annual Delegates Meeting.