Former Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Greg Szurnicki who died recently at age 83. Szurnicki began his public career as an attendant at the now defunct Kings Park Psychiatric Center in New York City. He went on to become president of the CSEA local there and the union became his passion. He is particularly remembered for the many years he served as chairman of the Statewide Election Committee.
An invitation to all stockholders of the Utica (New York) Chapter to attend their chapter meeting in order to discuss an upcoming legislative session in Albany that would determine "how our 'New York State Corportation' will run." Issues discussed included lump sum payment for accumulated unused sick leave upon retirement, separation from service, and vested rights. Courtesy of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Salamanca, New York, Police officers Chris Hutchison and Jeffrey DaHill and Chief Troy Westfall are members of a police department that makes twice as many arrests as departments in bigger cities and towns, but with half as many officers. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the department were part of an investigation that led to a major drug bust in predominantly rural Cattaraugus County in Western New York, taking a large amount of crack cocaine off the streets and serving 21 federal arrest warrants.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Research Department staff at work. From head of table to right: Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec, Assistant Director of Research Tom Coyle, Director of Research Bill Blom and consultant Joe Watkins. (People on left side of table are unidentified.)
The Oneida County Chapter, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), presented service plaques last night to Mrs. Helen Rauber, salary committee chairman, and William Blom of Albany, second from left, its state research director. Others honored by president Roger Solimando, right, and meeting chairman Louis Sunderhaft, left, were Mrs. Edna Fredricks, Louis Wroblewski, Mrs. Marian Dersherl and William Freiberger. The group met in PLAC Hall and heard Irving Flaumenbaum, state membership committee chairman and president of the Nassau County CSEA, describe his chapter's growth to 10,000 members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue being congratulated by Special Olympics New York President Neal J. Johnson. Donohue was honored by Special Olymbics New York at its Salute to Labor for his continued efforts in the fight for fairness and respect of all individuals, including those with intellectual disabilities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Research Department staff, from left, Assistant Director of Research Tom Coyle, Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec, Director of Research Bill Blom and consultant Joe Watkins. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) slams Governor Paterson's budget. Services, jobs and communities will all be hard hit and middle income New Yorkers will bear the brunt of the cost under Governor Paterson's proposed 2009-10 state budget.
Jerry Knapp of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Cortland County Local agrees with his local's decision to bargain for the Strategic Benefit Trust's prescription drug buying program. Negotiating the trust's benefits into a contract can be a more cost-efficient way to provide health benefits for some public employees and could in some cases, be the only way to get benefits to the private sector.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka fires up the crowd at the 2009 AFSCME Lobby Day. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME members from across the state came by the busload for AFSCME Lobby Day on March 31, meeting with lawmakers and lobbying them to oppose Governor David Paterson's proposed layoffs of 8,700 state workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, from left, Saratoga Springs, New York, City Hall Unit President Kathy Moran, Olivia Dean, Lynn Browne, Doris Dyer, Michael Peters, Karen Whipple and Tony Izzo show off their Halloween costumes. Unit members dressed up in costumes and attended a lunch party, where they raised more than $500 to help buy holiday gifts for residents at Maplewood Manor, the county's nursing home.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Headquarters staff posing for a photo after being interviewed by a reporter from WNYT-Channnel 13 of Albany, NY during a fund-raiser for tsunami victim relief efforts. The mini-telethon held at CSEA Headquarters raised more than $100,000 that day, with CSEA activists and staff taking pledges. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrating at the Peru School District because the district refused to pay retiree health benefits to Ken LaMoy, a former co-worker who is battling cancer. Nearly 100 North Country members turned out for the demonstration, held before a board of education meeting at which the grievance was heard.
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan speaking to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at an unidentified meeting. Moynihan is wearing a baseball cap and holding a plaque. Behind Moynihan is CSEA President William McGowan and other unidentified CSEA members.
Former Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Director Joseph Dolan, left, shown with former Governor Hugh Carey. Dolan died May 7 at age 73. He began his career at CSEA in 1965 as an Albany, NY, field representative, working his way up to executive director, a job he left in 1982.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented New York State workers hold a contract demonstration at the State Capitol in 1975. The crowd of union members are holding their signs upward toward the photographer.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan shaking hands with Governor Hugh Carey at the 1979 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting.
President Jimmy Carter waving to delegates from the stage at the 1980 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, New York. Carter was campaigning for his second term in office. At right is U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan, third from left, looks on as Governor Hugh Carey signs the Public Employee Safety and Health Act. The union played a major role in passage of the law which made safe workplaces a right instead of a priviledge for thousands of public employees in New York State.
Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson shaking hands with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)attorney Jim Featherstonhaugh at the 1980 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, New York. Behind Anderson is CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDunnough.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region President Irving Flaumenbaum addressing the crowd at an occupational safety and health rally at the State Capitol.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) New York City State Employees Local President George Calomeno and other New York City members in the Labor Day parade carrying signs supporting Mario Cuomo during his campaign for governor of New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President Frances Dubose Baptiste, U.S. Presidential Candidate Walter Mondale, CSEA President William L. McGowan, and Statewide Secretary Irene Carr attending the 1984 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting.
Governor Mario Cuomo accepting the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s endorsement for reelection. From left to right are CSEA Federal Issues Coordinator Joe Conway, CSEA President William L. McGowan, Cuomo, and Executive Vice President Joseph E. McDermott.
Civil Service Employees Association(CSEA) members demonstrate for safer working conditions at state psychiatric centers following the murder of New York State Department of Mental Hygiene therapy aide Clara Taylor by a patient at Rockland Psychiatric Center in 1987. Some of the demonostrators' signs include a photograph of Taylor.
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, left, reads a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) petition delivered to Washington DC by CSEA President William L. McGowan, right. The petition called for helping to halt an IRS plan to tax unused sick leave.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march to City Hall in Manhattan as part of a parade welcoming Nelson & Winnie Mandela to New York City. Members carry a banner that reads, "CSEA Welcomes Nelson and Winnie Mandela." CSEA Anti-Apartheid Committee Chair Willie Terry is at left of banner.
David Dinkins speaking at the announcement of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s endorsement of Dinkins for New York City Mayor. Pictured, from left, are CSEA Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, Dinkins, and CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott. Dinkins was New York City's first African American mayor (1990-1993).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue with Karen Burstein at a press conference announcing the union's endorsement of Burstein for New York Attorney General.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue and the 2000 CSEA State Contract Negotiating Team cheering. All are wearing CSEA logo t-shirts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Mark Hoffman, while on the back of a Department of Public Works truck passing through more than 3 feet of flood water, speaks about flood damage done to the Montgomery County Annex building, shown behind him. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. CSEA members recorded much of the devastation the floods brought.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region activists Barbara Shoates, a Department of Motor Vehicles' traffic violation division worker in Manhattan, and Johnnie Dinkins, a keyboard specialist at VESID in Brooklyn, rally before the March for Main Street. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other labor organizations stand together on and off the Capitol steps in their fight for middle-class New Yorkers. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region State Employees Local member Will James keeps the crowd fired up at the Times Union Center. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the Sullivan County Local make it an annual tradition to play Santa Claus to young students at Sullivan County Head Start in Woodbourne, purchasing holiday gifts for the children. Santa, as portrayed by Fallsburg School District Unit member Angelo Pacheco, visits with a student.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue leads the march for Main Street. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Schaunderlon White, right, serves Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance clients with the same dedication as she serves her union. The agency provides services for individuals who have been injured, have a disability or are unable to work and provide for themselves or their families for other reasons.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Hudson Valley DDSO Local President Nancy Hueben is fired up at the March for Main Street. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
In 2004, New York's farmworkers stopped to rally at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) headquarters on their way to the Capitol, winding up a 10-day, 200-mile walk for equal rights. CSEA members and staff joined them and showed support, handing out water to the thirsty and tired workers. CSEA is a longtime supporter of the Justice for Farmworkers campaign, led by the Rural and Migrant Ministry, committed to overcoming prejudices and poverty. CSEA urged members to join a May 12, 2009, rally in Albany to show state lawmakers that farmworkers cannot be forgotten for another 70 years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon illustrating how Wall Street (a beaver) is biting into New York's economy (a tree) while New Yorkers (a sweating bird sitting on a branch) watch savings and investments (leaves shaken from a branch) blow away. A broken branch on the tree shows manufacturing decline. The state motto, "Excelsior" (Ever Upward) is crossed out and replaced with "Caveat Emptor" (Buyer Beware).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President and Women's Committee officer liaison Mary Sullivan applauds Lynn Marie Smith's performance at the Statewide Women's Conference.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Orange County Local activists Betty Lou Kranz and Joyce Howard listen at a workshop at the 2008 Statewide Women's Conference.
AFSCME member Tamika Felder, a cervical cancer survivor who founded "Tamika & Friends" to fight the disease, tells her story at the "Say Something" workshop at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) statewide Women's Committee member Catherine Custance, far left, and Tamika & Friends activists listen.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2008 Statewide Women's Conference Committee poses at the end of the statewide Women's Conference. Standing, from left, are Committee Adviser Sharon Lovelady-Hall; Retiree member Sylvia Thomas; Southern Region member Janice Beaulieu; Capital Region member Kim Wallace; Metropolitan Region member Carlotta Williams; Western Region member Rose Conti; Executive Vice President and committee officer liaison Mary Sullivan; committee Chair Jackie Stanford and Long Island Region member Catherine Custance. Front row, from left, are Central Region member Cathy Barretta and Southern Region member Karen Pecora
Master of Ceremonies Nick Paolini, president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Amherst Unit, and Western Region Veterans Committee Chairman Bob Pyjas of the Erie County Unit place a wreath on the dock near the USS Little Rock at Naval and Military Park in Buffalo, NY, during the region's annual Veterans Day ceremony.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities aide John Normile stands with a framed New York Times sports section front page. He took the photo of Drew Bledsoe getting sacked.
Nearly 40 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under the age of 35 from around the state attended a workshop in Rennsselaerville to be a part of Next Wave; a new program designed to encourage younger activists to take an active role in building and maintaining the strength of CSEA by passing along the torch of activism to the next generation. CSEA President Danny Donohue addresses the attendees of the weekend program.
Nearly 40 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under the age of 35 from around the state attended a workshop in Rennsselaerville to be a part of Next Wave; a new program designed to encourage younger activists to take an active role in building and maintaining the strength of CSEA by passing along the torch of activism to the next generation. Shannon Wade, right, from Guild for Exceptional Children, with Scott Gould from Health Research Inc. Local in Buffalo.
Nearly 40 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under the age of 35 from around the state attended a workshop in Rennsselaerville to be a part of Next Wave; a new program designed to encourage younger activists to take an active role in building and maintaining the strength of CSEA by passing along the torch of activism to the next generation. Guadalupe Johnson, Nassau County Local Administrative Assistant, enjoys a light moment with other members at the weekend workshop.
Longtime Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Jimmy Gripper in a 1998 photo. CSEA will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2010. Throughout 2009 The Work Force is devoting the Leading Edge page to a look back at some of the key individuals who have helped shape our extraordinary history. This month we feature a interview with Jimmy Gripper. Gripper began his career in state service at what was then known as the Brooklyn Developmental Center in 1972. An activist in CSEA for 30 years, Gripper was the union's first African-American region president when he was elected to lead the Metropolitan Region in 1980. He is now retired and living in Virginia.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, officers and staff hit the streets to protest proposed layoffs in Lewis County. At the head of the line is Lewis County Local President Cal Farney, followed by CSEA Central Region President Colleen Wheaton.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Onondaga County Local President Phil Graham, giving Santa a hand with his visiting duties, gets a visit from Kara Rice. Rice is the daughter of Central New York DDSO Local member Rebecca Northrup. Graham was helping Santa during Onondaga County's Lights on the Lake Festival.
Western Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members took part in the Polar Plunge at Charlotte Beach for the Rochester, New York, Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics New York. CSEA, through a supportive relationship with Special Olympics New York and Quality Care New York, affirms its commitment to New York's developmentally disabled individuals, advocating for the highest standard in quality of care.
Retiring Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves accepts applause at her final Annual Delegates Meeting in 2007. Reeves has devoted her union career to improving the lives of working people on and off the job. She has served as CSEA statewide secretary since 1994. She leaves a legacy of leadership and dedicated service to the union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Katrina Guariglia tosses "ice treats," a fish and juice frozen into the shape of a heart, to one of five gorillas at the Buffalo Zoo. In conjunction with a family Valentine's Day event, animal handlers represented by CSEA held an "enrichment day" at the Buffalo Zoo. The event is one of many ways zoo staff educates visitors about the zoo's inhabitants.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Jacob Lange tosses fish to a sea lion in his care at the Buffalo Zoo. In conjunction with a family Valentine's Day event, animal handlers represented by CSEA held an "enrichment day" at the Buffalo Zoo. The event is one of many ways zoo staff educates visitors about the zoo's inhabitants.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Donna Keicher and Tom Muscarella, a senior public health sanitarian (health inspector) for Erie County, review plans during a Hepatitis A vaccination clinic at Erie Community College. CSEA members from several county and state agencies joined together to vaccinate thousands of area residents during a four-day period after a grocery store chain announced one of its produce employees had been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, working for more than 12 hours each day to register, guide, escort, educate, screen and monitor groups of people who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, joins CCPT-NY organizers in cheering results of a State Employment Relations Board election allowing 17,000 child care providers to join CSEA. An overwhelming majority ? 96 percent ? of the providers voted in favor of joining CSEA. This brings the total of unionized childcare providers represented by CSEA in New York to 25,000, the other 8,000 belonging to Voice of Independent Childcare Educators (VOICE/CSEA). CCPT-NY now has the right to negotiate with the state.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Sullivan County Jail Unit President Robert Brewster, left, presents Cpl. Janet Calengelo a plaque honoring her as the CSEA Sullivan County Jail Officer of the Year. Jail Administrator Col. Hal Smith looks on. Calangelo, a correction officer since 1999, was chosen as the first Officer of the Year for her willingness to go above and beyond on the job and for performing immaculately every duty she is assigned.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members campaign in downtown Albany for Sen. Hillary Clinton on New York's Super Tuesday. CSEA's efforts helped Clinton carry New York.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members show their support as CSEA Hudson Correctional Facility Local President Bob LaTour expresses his concerns about the state's plan to close Hudson and three other facilities to state Corrections Commissioner Brian Fischer. Hundreds of concerned citizens, including a large contingent of CSEA members, packed an auditorium at Columbia Greene Community College to let Fischer know the damage Spitzer's plan to close Hudson facility would cause to workers and their families, as well as local economies supported by the workers. Similar events were held at Camp Gabriels in Franklin County and Camp McGregor in Saratoga County.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Grace Perez, left, president of the Central Islip Library Unit and Jackie Scannella are shown in front of a voting machine used by community residents in a recent vote that approved construction and renovation project for the library. Perez and other unit members played a key role in gaining public support for the project that would allow the library workers to provide better services to the community, with the unit sending postcards to registered voters and placing an ad in the local newspaper. The project will include a children's activity center, new computer lab and a quiet study/local history room.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Tammy Sugrue prepares to serve a five-gallon "ice treat," a fish and juice frozen into the shape of a heart, to an elephant. In conjunction with a family Valentine's Day event, animal handlers represented by CSEA held an "enrichment day" at the Buffalo Zoo. The event is one of many ways zoo staff educates visitors about the zoo's inhabitants.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Cliff Seguin could lose his job at Camp McGregor in Saratoga County, NY, under Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposal to close several Corrections and Office of Children and Family Services facilities across the state. Seguin, the founder of "Operation Adopt a Soldier," a volunteer organization that has sent thousands of care packages to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, says Operation Adopt a Soldier would be forced to close if Camp McGregor closes. The organization, which is spearheaded by CSEA staff at the facility, also helps families of soldiers, holds rallies and welcomes soldiers returning home. Seguin began "Operation Adopt a Soldier" in 2003.
Retiring Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves in her earlier union activist days. Reeves has devoted her union career to improving the lives of working people on and off the job. She has served as CSEA statewide secretary since 1994. She leaves a legacy of leadership and dedicated service to the union.
Retiring Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves takes part in a Workers Memorial Day demonstration. She was also acive in efforts to pass the Worksite Security Act. Reeves has devoted her union career to improving the lives of working people on and off the job. She has served as CSEA statewide secretary since 1994. She leaves a legacy of leadership and dedicated service to the union.
Retiring Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves in a familiar role of advising and mentoring a union activist. Reeves diligently worked to codify union documents, constitutions and contracts, where possible, to make them consistent with the union's mission. Reeves has devoted her union career to improving the lives of working people on and off the job. She has served as CSEA statewide secretary since 1994. She leaves a legacy of leadership and dedicated service to the union.
\Western Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members took part in the Polar Plunge at Charlotte Beach for the Rochester, New York, Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics New York. CSEA, through a supportive relationship with Special Olympics New York and Quality Care New York, affirms its commitment to New York's developmentally disabled individuals, advocating for the highest standard in quality of care. Members of "Team Region 6" are,Team captain, Western Region President, Flo Tripi; Leroy Thompson, president, Rochester Psychiatric Center Local; Jeff Parker, Western Region Judiciary Local; Misty White, Western Region Judiciary Local; Mark Wortz, Western Region Judiciary Local; Fran Falzon, Monroe County Local; John Bieger, CSEA OSH Specialist.
Retiring Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves was a leading advocate for child care programs, as well as health and wellness and sexual harassment education. Reeves has devoted her union career to improving the lives of working people on and off the job. She has served as CSEA statewide secretary since 1994. She leaves a legacy of leadership and dedicated service to the union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Police Dispatcher Steve Robinson and other CSEA Batavia Unit members are fighting a plan to consolidate the city's dispatchers with the county. Removing the city's dispatchers would close the police station to the public for 16 hours out of every day. Police officers would also be removed from patrol to handle some of the work currently completed by dispatchers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Port Washington School District Custodial, Transportation and Maintenance Unit members John Ciotoli, David Albury, Ralph Clemente, Jerry D'Agostino, Unit President Rich Acevedo and Monte Vane help staff the concession stand at a charity basketball game which pitted teams from the Port Washington, NY, Police and Fire departments against one another to benefit the Children's Health Fund. The CSEA unit has served as the backbone of fund-raising projects that have raised $160,000 two years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, Treasurer Joe McMullen, and Secretary-elect Denise Berkley. The four statewide officers will take the oath of office for a four-year term beginning March 1, 2008.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Elijah Willingham, child care provider from Loudonville, NY, was part of the overwhelming majority of CCPT-NY who voted yes to be part of CSEA. CSEA/Child Care Providers Together-NY, a new CSEA child care union (CSEA Local 100B), won with 96 percent voting in favor of a union. Representatives from Local 100B will now join CSEA/VOICE Local 100A at the table for negotiations with the Office of Children and Family Services. One contract will cover both child care locals, a similar structure that CSEA uses for state contracts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Orange County Unit President Ron Greene is interviewed by a television news station during a demonstration for a fair contract outside the county's government center in Goshen, NY. The ever-increasing cost of living in Orange County, with home prices remaining high in response to New York City commuter demand, motivates CSEA members to continue to fight for a fair contract.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Orange County Unit activist Mary Collins and unit Secretary Rosemary Kukys fight for a contract outside the county's government center in Goshen, NY. The ever-increasing cost of living in Orange County, with home prices remaining high in response to New York City commuter demand, motivates CSEA members to continue to fight for a fair contract.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Orange County Unit members and supporters demonstrate for a fair contract outside the county's government center in Goshen, NY. The ever-increasing cost of living in Orange County, with home prices remaining high in response to New York City commuter demand, motivates CSEA members to continue to fight for a fair contract.
Rodrigo Mujica, an activist and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member of the Oyster Bay Local in the Long Island Region, was named the February PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month. Mujica is shown here on the job as an Oyster Bay sanitation worker. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community. Your support and participation in PEOPLE strengthens CSEA's clout in the workplace, in the legislature, in your community and in the labor movement.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/Child Care Providers Together-NY, a new CSEA child care union (CSEA Local 100B), won with 96 percent voting in favor of a union. Representatives from Local 100B will now join CSEA/VOICE Local 100A at the table for negotiations with the Office of Children and Family Services. One contract will cover both child care locals, a similar structure that CSEA uses for state contracts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Sheila Smiley of Syracuse, NY, applies first aid cream to a child's arm at her child care. Smiley was part of the overwhelming majority of Child Care Providers Together-NY who voted yes to be part of CSEA. CSEA/Child Care Providers Together-NY, a new CSEA child care union (CSEA Local 100B), won with 96 percent voting in favor of a union. Representatives from Local 100B will now join CSEA/VOICE Local 100A at the table for negotiations with the Office of Children and Family Services. One contract will cover both child care locals, a similar structure that CSEA uses for state contracts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Rita Crawford, shown at her day care, was part of an overwhelming majority of Child Care Providers Together-NY who voted yes to be part of CSEA. CSEA/Child Care Providers Together-NY, a new CSEA child care union (CSEA Local 100B), won with 96 percent voting in favor of a union. Representatives from Local 100B will now join CSEA/VOICE Local 100A at the table for negotiations with the Office of Children and Family Services. One contract will cover both child care locals, a similar structure that CSEA uses for state contracts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Jennifer Causer, of Addison, NY, was part of the overwhelming majority of CCPT-NY who voted yes to be part of CSEA. CSEA/Child Care Providers Together-NY, a new CSEA child care union (CSEA Local 100B), won with 96 percent voting in favor of a union. Representatives from Local 100B will now join CSEA/VOICE Local 100A at the table for negotiations with the Office of Children and Family Services. One contract will cover both child care locals, a similar structure that CSEA uses for state contracts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/Child Care Providers Together-NY, a new CSEA child care union (CSEA Local 100B), won with 96 percent voting in favor of a union. Representatives from Local 100B will now join CSEA/VOICE Local 100A at the table for negotiations with the Office of Children and Family Services. One contract will cover both child care locals, a similar structure that CSEA uses for state contracts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Buffalo Psychiatric Center Local President Tony Brown discusses workplace violence during a workshop held in Corning, NY, for CSEA members from across the Western Region. More than a year after the Worksite Security Act went into effect, CSEA members are still waiting for the state to complete a workplace violence prevention rule, which seeks to add clarity and direction to the law so that public employers can comply with the requirements.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Robert Knight, a Rockland County employee and vice president of the Board of Trustees for the Ramapo-Catskill Library System; Jo Ann Reuben, an Ulster County Clerk's Office worker and an officer of Friends of the Rosendale Library; and Jennifer Ogrodowski, a department head and librarian at the Guilderland Public Library, at Library Lobby Day. CSEA members employed at libraries across the state came to the state Capitol in Albany, NY, for the New York Library Association's (NYLA) Library Lobby Day. Library workers urged state officials to increase state aid and close the gap in funding for libraries so they can better provide library resources to their communities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member State Office of General Services electrician Frank Salvagio installs an improved light fixture he designed into a marble wall at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY. Salvagio recently won the state Civil Service Department Merit Award for his suggestion to replace outdated magnetic light ballasts in the plaza's 420 security lights with more efficient electric ones. The new electronic ballasts will last five times longer and use less energy than the magnetic ones.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Mental Health Therapy Aide Kenneth Ricketts disarmed a gun-toting consumer at a Kingsboro Psychiatric Center residential home in Brooklyn, NY, an incident that has CSEA calling for more security.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) New York City Local President Vincent Martusciello leads union members in a protest against closing the Pyramid Reception Center in the South Bronx, NY. The juvenile facility was spared, as were other such facilities, but the 2008 state budget's plan for other facilities, especially in central New York, will affect some union members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Rockland County Local Women's Committee members and Rockland County Local President Fritz Ernest at Helen Hayes Hospital in Haverstraw with one of the three portable DVD players they donated to the spinal cord injury unit at the hospital in Haverstraw, NY. Patients from throughout the Northeast who have spinal cord injuries get quality care at Helen Hayes, a state run hospital that employs hundreds of CSEA members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Joe McMullen speaks out for affordable prescription drugs and taxpayer savings as part of a news conference in Albany, NY. The event brought together an unprecedented alliance that includes the American Association of Retired People (AARP), New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the Business and Labor Coalition of New York (BALCONY), the Public Employees Federation (PEF), Consumers Union, New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) and the Center for Medical Consumers. The alliance is calling on state officials to make prescription drugs more affordable and accessible to New Yorkers through marketing and purchasing reform. CSEA has long supported the idea of using the state's buying power to negotiate the best possible prices for prescription drugs.