Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s statewide officers and former statewide Treasurer Maureen Malone at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY. Back row, from left, are Central Region President Ginger Sheffey, Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, Malone, Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, President Danny Donohue and Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio. Front row, from left, are Western Region President Flo Tripi and Southern Region President Diane Hewitt.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Diana Gannon, a home health aide for the Herkimer County Public Health Department, demonstrates outside the Herkimer County Office Building. After more than a year and a half of working under an expired contract, 425 CSEA members employed by Herkimer County are fighting for a contract with a wage increase at least equal to what county managers got for 2006.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Nick Fusco, a custodian in the East Williston school district, and Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel. CSEA members from across Long Island demonstrated in front of the East Williston School District's Wheatley School before the districts Board of Education meeting in support of reaching a fair contract with the district.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, right, celebrating as President Danny Donohue presents the annual PEOPLE Cup to the Southern Region for recruiting the most new PEOPLE members during the past year. The PEOPLE cup was presented during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Secretary Barbara Reeves, Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local President and State Negotiating Team member Debbie Downey, AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee, Delaware County Local President George Lawson and Political Action Committee Chair Bill Walsh at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, center, addressing the delegates at the 2007 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members getting fired up outside Lake Placid's Olympic Center for a fair contract for members employed at the Olympic Regional Development Authority. The rally took place during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Joe McMullen, right, congratulating Metropolitan Region Executive Vice President and Bronx Psychiatric Center Local President Denise Berkley on her local achieving over 50 percent participation in the PEOPLE program. Recognition was given during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Steve Mikle, supervisor of the four-member maintenance crew assigned to the gristmill renovation project at Connetquot River State Park Preserve in Long Island, NY, pumps out water in a marshy area near the gristmill. The project has raised safety and health concerns.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Retiree Division Chair Charles Peritore, right, congratulate Sam Mogavero on being honored with the Donald Webster Memorial Mission Achievement Award. Mogavero, 89, retired in 1980 after more than 23 years as a building custodian for the Lake Shore Central School District in Erie County. Now, he continues his union activism as vice president of the Buffalo-Niagara Frontier Retirees Local.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, introducing AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Lori Nilsson meeting New York State candidate for Governor Eliot Spitzer. Some of CSEA's endorsed candidates for statewide office made visits to the New York State Fair in Syracuse, where CSEA Weekend coincided with Labor Day and the fair's annual parade. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Will Garrett meeting with United States Senator Hillary Clinton. Some of CSEA's endorsed candidates for statewide office made visits to the New York State Fair in Syracuse, where CSEA Weekend coincided with Labor Day and the fair's annual parade. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Wayne County, New York Department of Social Services member Christine Taylor enjoying the Rochester Labor Day parade. CSEA members in all regions took part in Labor Day parades and events across New York State. The strong showing of solidarity sends a resounding message that CSEA is is prepared to fight to protect its 96-year labor legacy.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County, Local member Neal Hodgson talking with Abraham Lincoln impersonator Dave Kreutz from Depew prior to annual Labor Day Parade held in Buffalo. CSEA members in all regions took part in Labor Day parades and events across New York State. The strong showing of solidarity sends a resounding message that CSEA is is prepared to fight to protect its 96-year labor legacy.
CBS Early Show anchor Hannah Storm posing with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue as a group of delegates take part in a live broadcast of the program during the 2006 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting in Manhattan, New York. CSEA's 96th Annual Delegates Meeting drew more than 1,000 delegates to conduct the union's annual business. This year's theme, "Meeting the Challenge," focused on the challenges unions face with a business-friendly National Labor Relations Board and federal efforts to dismantle worker protections and strip union workers of their collective bargaining power.
New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno addressing the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates during the 2006 Annual Delegates Meeting. Bruno, who is endorsed by the union, reiterated the themes of fairness and respect in relaying how he grew up in a cold-water flat in Glens Falls and saw his family suffer the indignties of unrepresented workers. CSEA's 96th Annual Delegates Meeting in Manhattan drew more than 1,000 delegates to conduct the union's annual business. This year's theme, "Meeting the Challenge," focused on the challenges unions face with a business-friendly National Labor Relations Board and federal efforts to dismantle worker protections and strip union workers of their collective bargaining power.
Jim Kelly, John J. Kelly Jr.'s son, holding a photograph of his father with New York State Governor Thomas Dewey, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President John Powers and an unidentified woman at a 1954 testimonial dinner in honor of Dewey as the governor was leaving office. John Kelly was the dinner's toastmaster. Kelly was a young well-regarded Albany attorney who served as CSEA counsel during the 1950s. CSEA's J. J. Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund was created when he died unexpectedly, leaving behind a widow and several young children.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members marching in the annual New York State Fair Labor Day Parade, which drew dozens of members and their families. CSEA members in all regions took part in Labor Day parades and events across the state. The strong showing of solidarity sends a resounding message that CSEA is is prepared to fight to protect its 96-year labor legacy.