Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s first-time AFSCME Delegates pose for a picture at the San Francisco convention. More than 200 CSEA elected delegates led the way as part of AFSCME's 38th International convention. CSEA is AFSCME's largest affiliate. Delegates debated and acted on scores of issues and resolutions and heard inspiring speeches from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore, among others. Delegates also attended numerous educational workshops, forums and other events to share perspectives and ideas with union members from across the country.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Finger Lakes DDSO workers Elisabeth Brundage, Jennifer Knorr and Mary Abrams recently graduated from a licensed practical nursing program provided to them through the NYS-CSEA Partnership. The program included a distance learning LPN Skills Refresher course provided to students through the CSEA WORK Institute. Statewide, eighteen CSEA members participated in the recent program, with other workers coming from the Central and Southern regions.
Harry Albright discusses his experiences withthe Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)during a 2005 interview for the CSEA 100 History project. Albright, who served as counsel to CSEA from the mid-1950s until the mid-1960s, passed away in October, 2008. As counsel, he was deeply involved in advancing the association's agenda and representing members' interests through the legislative and legal systems.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health activists Jeff Hyman, George Lawson, Sarah Smith and Frank Cosentino represent management in a skit about getting occupational safety and health concerns addressed during collective bargaining.
Saratoga County Public Health Nurse and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Lorie Urquhart cares for infants and families in her work with the Maternal Child Health Program. The program helps families with all aspects of infant care from pre-natal to post-partum, with an emphasis on early detection of developmental issues.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) workers at South Beach Psychiatric Center in Staten Island, NY, check their watches in unison, symbolically showing how their work days are often extended by mandatory overtime. CSEA is pushing for an end to mandating overtime for workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Eastern Correctional Facility workers participated in Walk MS Sullivan County in Monticello, NY. The Eastern Correctional local raised nearly $900 through the walk. Shown in photo are CSEA members Jen Camisa, local president; Tracy Travis, Cindy Gillepsie, Roni Dupree and her daughter and Ellen Scott, and non-CSEA represented workers Sue Lewis and Jim Wilson also participated in the walk.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Staten Island DDSO electrician Mario Papa, right, poses for a photo on the winners podium with his gold winning swimming team at the 2008 Special Olympics. They are joined by co-coach Beth Lawrence, left. Papa has volunteered at the Special Olympics Summer Games more than a decade as a swim coach. CSEA members volunteer for the event in various capacities as a way to give back to their communities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s State Mission Achievement Award Winner Paul Blujus, a certified nursing assistant at the New York State Veterans Home in Batavia, NY, and Buffalo State Employees Local Vice President, left, and Local Government Mission Achievement Award Winner Theresa Palmer, the CSEA Binghamton Central School District Unit President, stand with CSEA President Danny Donohue after winning their awards. CSEA's Mission Achievement Awards are the union's highest honor and salutes members who exemplify CSEA's mission.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under age 35 take part in a plenary session on the "CSEA Next Wave" initiative to engage younger union members in the union during the annual Spring Workshop. The workshop focused on building skills that will carry CSEA well into its next 100 years.