Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA officers and activists marching in the New York City parade. Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo is in front of the banner on the left; Long Island Region President is holding the banner, second from right; Metropolitan Region George Boncoraglio is on the right. CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley is holding the banner, second from left.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Auburn Unit President Tom Gabak, left, hands CSEA member Rich Wild, his bobblehead likeness. Wild, a recreation maintenance worker at the city-owned Falcon Park in Auburn, NY, will be retiring next year after 33 years with the city, 14 of which he has worked at the park which is home of the Auburn Doubledays minor league baseball team. He was honored with the promotional giveaway at one of the games.
Michael Asencio, who works for the Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities and is a member of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Westchester County Unit, at an afternoon demonstration to demand a contract after working without one for 1,000 days. As the October 2008 Work Force went to press, CSEA and Westchester County had reached a tentative agreement.
Nearly 1,000 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates and guests attend the opening business session of CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C. The goal of the meeting was to develop short-term and long-term strategies that put the union's stamp on the future.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Secretary Denise Berkley, wearing red CSEA shirt, marches in the 2008 Labor Day Parade with members of the CSEA Metropolitan Region in New York City. CSEA members across the state turned out and marched in several Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon "Helping Hand" depicts a hand holding cards representing various ways that CSEA members respond to disasters, not just in New York State but across the United States. Members responded to the need for volunteers during Hurricane Katrina.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the Orange County Unit and their supporters, including Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, front row, second from left, recently demonstrated outside the county's government center in Goshen, NY, shortly before a recent county legislature meeting to urge county officials to reach a fair contract with CSEA.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Otsego County members and their families recently protested their contract stalemate by marching in the Otsego County, NY, Fair Parade and distributing CSEA leaflets to the public. From front to back are Otsego County Manor workers Robert Griffith, Dottie Naughton and Lester Shaw, and Alexis Duda, daughter of unit Vice President Crystal Davidson.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Andrea Adrian, a family child care provider in Schenectady County and member of VOICE/CSEA, teaches the children in her care during their morning art program. In April 2009 the CSEA Board of Directors adopted the Early Learning and Care program's plan to integrate CSEA's nearly 25,000 newly organized family child care providers into the union.
Workers at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Lansing/McCormick Residential Center unhappy with the dangers created by short staffing at Office of Children and Familiy Services facilities. Workers are demanding more staffing and resources from the OCFS after several workers at Lansing were forced to confront a violent situation at the facility without adequate means to do their jobs safely. The residential center is in Lansing, a town in Tompkins County, NY.