Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the union's Metropolitan, Southern, and Long Island New York State regions marching in the 1992 New York City Labor Day Parade. The CSEA is New York's largest union.
Archbishop Cardinal John O'Conner of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York posing with children of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members following the New York City Labor Day Parade.
John F. Kennedy Jr., a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, shaking hands with CSEA New York State Psychiatric Institute Local 419 President Tony Bailous.
John F. Kennedy Jr., a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, posing with CSEA members Carol Backstrom of the Bronx Psychiatric Center Local, Candy Saxon of the Niagara County Local and Diane Lucchesi of the SUNY New Paltz Local.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, pictured with CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott. CSEA Statewide Secretary Irene Carr is seated on the right.
New York City Mayor David Dinkins shaking hands with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Joseph E. McDermott. Dinkins was a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
New York City Mayor David Dinkins addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting.
John F. Kennedy Jr., a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting, shaking hands with CSEA Brooklyn Developmental Center Local Delegate James Gripper.
An unidentified young supporter of Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 New York State Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
New York City Mayor David Dinkins, pictured here with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 010 President Vincent Martusciello (right), was a guest speaker at the CSEA 1992 New York State Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. In this photograph Clinton makes his way through the crowd, shaking hands with delegates.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Seated from left to right are Presidential candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the meeting, and CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 505 members working on a prize winning float for the 1st annual Central New York Labor Council Labor Solidarity Parade in Utica, New York, September 12, 1991. More than 100 CSEA Central Region activists participated in the event. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Matilda Cuomo holds up a copy of The Daily News with the front page headline: "CUOMO PULLS AN UPSET," after her husband Mario defeated New York City Mayor Ed Koch in the 1982 Democratic Primary for Governor.
President Jimmy Carter laughs at a comment by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Bill McGowan, at podium, at CSEA's 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. From left are CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, Carter, U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, unidentified Secret Service agent and McGowan.
President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Bill McGowan at the union's 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. In background are U.S. Rep. John LaFalce and U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
President Jimmy Carter speaks to delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. Seated, front, are AFSCME President Jerry Wurf and CSEA President Bill McGowan. Seated rear are New York Governor Hugh Carey and NYS Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink.
President Jimmy Carter at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. in background are: NYS Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink (partially obscured) CSEA Attorney Jim Featherstonhaugh (partially obscured) AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, CSEA President Bill McGowan and CSEA Statewide Treasurer Jack Gallagher.
President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. At left is AFSCME President Jerry Wurf and at right is CSEA President Bill McGowan.
President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. From left to right are CSEA Capital Region President Joseph McDermott, CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, Carter, U.S. Rep. John LaFalce and U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
United States President Jimmy Carter speaks at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY after the union endorsed his candidacy. To the right of Carter are New York Governor Hugh Carey, CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf.
A news clipping from The Civil Service Leader that includes a cartoon depicting a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) bowling ball knocking down bowling pins representing other unions including AFSCME, SEIU, and the Teamsters. CSEA had recently won a landside representation election in Suffolk County and was expected to sweep upcoming elections in Islip Town and Babylon Town.
Candidates for top office in the State Administration were guest speakers during the 60h annual meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) in Buffalo. NY. Governor Nelson Rockefeller is seen at left along with fellow Republican, Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz, center, and Dr. Theodore Wenzl, CSEA president.
Dr. Theodore C. Wenzl, president of the Civil Service Employees Association, is shown receiving the keys to a 1971 Chevrolet Camaro from S. M. Weiss, general manager of De Russo Chevrolet in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Camaro is the number one prize in CSEAs Super Sign-Up Season membership drive jackpot. Other prizes in the Super Jackpot include ten RCA color TV sets, five Panasonic stereo receivers and 50 Helbros wrist watches. The gigantic membership drive will be conducted throughout New York State during the eight-week period of Oct. 1 to Nov. 27. CSEA added 17,500 members during the contest.
Candidates for top office in the State administration were guest speakers during the 60th annual meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) in Buffalo. CSEA President Theodore Wenzl is flanked by Arthur Goldberg, Democratic candidate for governor and one of his running mates, State Comptroller Arthur Levitt. Goldberg was a former U.S. Supreme Court Justice and United Nations Ambassador.
Rather than simply explain the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Super Sign-up Season membership drive to the delegates at the Annual Meeting in Buffalo, CSEA's Public Relations Department and the advertising agency Van de Car, de Porte and Johnson presented a 30-minute parody of "The Honeymooners" during which "Ralph" explains to "Norton" how they will clean up when the drive gets under way. In the picture, left to right: Carmen Sgarlata playing the role of Ralph Cramden; Marilyn Jackson as Trixie; Betsy Morray of Van de Car, de Porte and Johnson, director of the show; Marvin Nailor as Norton; Mary Beth Corbett as Alice. The script was written by Bud Johnson of the agency.
SIGNED UP YET? - That is the question Eileen DeGeorge and other active Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members will be asking the many thousands of eligible non-members during CSEAs eight-week Super Sign-Up period. DeGeorge is shown holding a button toward the photographer. CSEA added 17,500 members during the contest.
Rockefeller And Goldberg campaign at a convention, seen here listening to one of the speech makers at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegate session are, seated, Dr. Theodore C. Wenzl, CSEA president, Solomon Bendet, CSEA second vice-president, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and, standing, Irving Flaumenbaum, CSEA first vice-president.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and children wave to the camera at the First Annual CSEA Tax and Finance Local 460 Community Awareness Day on August 16, 1994 in Brooklyn.
The State Department of Transportation Region 2 Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) recently, for the eighth consecutive time, elected Nicholas J. Cimino president. New officers were installed by CSEA field representative Ted Modrzejewski, at right, standing. Others were, from left, seated: Beatruce Spatto, financial secretary; James Conley, treasurer, and Ann Smith, secretary; standing, from right, Charles Whitney, second vice president; Nicholas V. Serio, first vice president; and Cimino. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, left, with United States Senator Hillary Clinton and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue at the CSEA announcement of CSEA's endorsement of Clinton for president of the United States.
Senator Hillary Clinton signs an autograph for a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) supporter at the announcement of CSEA's endorsement of Clinton for president of the United States.
Enthusiastic supporters greet United States Senator Hillary Clinton at the announcement of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s edorsement of Clinton for president of the United States.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Ginger Sheffey greeting United States Senator Hillary Clinton at a luncheon during the New York State Fair in Syracuse. CSEA announced its endorsement of Clinton as the 2008 presidential candidate earlier in August. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, New York City Police Department Inspector Jim Keogh, left, and Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson meet with members concerned about workplace safety at Bronx Psychiatric Center as a follow-up by State Assemblyman and Mental Health Committee Chair Peter Rivera addressing worker concerns at one of the most dangerous places to work in the state Office of Mental Health system.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) New York State Bridge Authority Local member David Morgan performs maintenance on the Mid-Hudson Bridge in Highlands. September is Disaster Preparedness Month but CSEA members across the state are constantly prepared for emergencies and are making sure drinking water is safe, bridges are strong and roads are clear.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Glendale (Home) Housekeeping staff, left to right, Diana Gannon, Anna Conyers, Mina Aini and Susan Nichols show their support of the county's plan to build a new county nursing facility for county residents, at a recent meeting of the Schenectady County Legislature.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, in recognition of September as Disaster Preparedness Month, depicting a CSEA member practicing safety first on New York's infrastructure.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Webster New York highway department maintenance mechanic Sue Trottier and Foreman Joe Herbst, along with co-workers, have taken Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) training as part of the towns disaster preparedness. CSEA members across the state work every day to make sure our roads are safe, our drinking water is clean and our state and local governments deliver vital services.
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center workers demonstrate outside the facility with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) rat in the background. The CSEA members are fighting on-the-job violence, overtime issues and short staffing.
United States Senator Hillary Clinton autographing a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) sign supporting her at the union's booth at the New York State Fair. Central Region President Ginger Sheffey, far left, back row, is among the CSEA activists and officers looking on. CSEA announced its endorsement of Clinton as the 2008 presidential candidate earlier in August, 2007.
State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, left, joins Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue and members from the State Contract Negotiating Team during CSEA Night at a Tri-City ValleyCats baseball game in Troy, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Christopher Kruse works with water meters at his Ossining (New York) village work site. He recently earned statewide honors for saving a woman's life during a house fire.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Ernie Feeney, shown here beside a New York State Thruway Authority Bridge Patrol truck, is responsible for the safety of thousands of Tappan Zee Bridge commuters. Feeney, a bridge supervisor for the Thruway Authority's Tappan Zee Bridge Patrol, rescued an 18-year-old woman contemplating a deadly jump into the Hudson River.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region members met with United States Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to thank her for voting in support of the Employee Free Choice Act, as well as for her support of working people in the 20th Congressional District, which covers parts of the Capital District, Hudson Valley and North Country. Shown from left are Gillibrand, Greene County Local President and Federal Political Action Liaison George Greiner, Saratoga Springs City Hall Unit President Katherine Moran and Saratoga County Local President and Federal Political Action Liaison Ron Revers.
United States Senator Hillary Clinton appeared at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s endorsement announcement of her as the 2008 presidential candidate. CSEA President Danny Donohue said she is the right candidate at a moment of great need.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) New York State Bridge Authority Local member David Hawkins works on bridge maintenance recently. CSEA members across the state perform similar work keeping New Yorks bridge's safe.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Delaware County, NY bridge engineer Tom Markus welding the "wing wall" of a County Route 47 culvert in Tompkins. CSEA members in the Capital, Central, and Southern regions are working hard to help rebuild the flood-devastated infrastructure.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Retiree Division Chair Charles Peritore, right, congratulating Harold Price, center, on winning the Retiree Mission Achievement Award at the 2006 Retirees Delegates Meeting in Syracuse, New York. Price serves as vice president of the New York Metropolitan Retirees Local. He retired in 1985 from 31 years of service at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Terrance Hinkle and Louis Rouse transport patients to and from their treatment procedures at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree member Mary Palmer sitting outside her flood-damaged Sidney, New York home showing one of several rejection letters she's received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, from which she's requested assistance. Palmer's frustrations and losses mirror those of hundreds of CSEA members, family, and friends who were affected by the severe late June flooding across much of the Southern, Capital and Central regions of New York State.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue poses at a Saratoga Springs, New York event sponsored by the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health along with Tom O'Clair of Rotterdam, State Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, former New York First Lady Matilda Cuomo, and New York State Sen. Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. Donohue and Cuomo are both members of the foundations board. O'Clair is the father of Timothy O'Clair, whose suicide sparked the effort to pass Timothy's Law, which would require health insurance companies to cover mental illness like other illnesses. CSEA has supported the legislation, which lawmakers expect to approve later this year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Delaware County, NY heavy equipment operator Terry Constable rebuilding the shoulders of County Route 4 near Tompkins. CSEA members in the Capital, Central, and Southern regions are working hard to help rebuild flood-devastated infrastructure.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members posing. Several weeks after severe flooding affected hundreds of CSEA members across Central New York State's Southern Tier, CSEA Central Region leaders and activists were helping with flood relief efforts. CSEA Madison County White Collar Unit members worked with administrative staff to collect food and school supplies for flood victims. They also raised money by paying to participate in a "jeans day" at work. Pictured standing are: Linda Jackson, confidential secretary to the Commissioner of Social Services, Russell Stewart, CSEA White Collar Unit president, Karen Bright, CSEA member. Kneeling are CSEA members Tiffany Canning and Jonel Stanhope.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Binghamton, NY Area Retirees Local President Olga White as she tells of her losses after Southern Tier flooding. White had no flood insurance and said the FEMA assistance wouldn't cover all her costs, but overall White said the aftermath of the flood left her with a postive outlook. "My priorities have shifted and now I don't pay attention so much to material things. The response I had from people I didn't even know was awesome."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, back to camera, greeting Senator Hillary Clinton at the 2006 International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, in Chicago.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists and staff posing with president Danny Donohue during a rally at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in downtown Chicago to support the four-year struggle of Resurrection Health Care system workers to join a union. Delegates attending the International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, in Chicago approved the key components to create a $60 million war chest to expand worker power and reclaim rights under assault.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Lifeline activist Marcus Simmons addressing AFSCME delegates at the 2006 International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO in Chicago. Workers at the not-for-profit private sector care facility fought for and won the right to join CSEA. The campaign exemplified how CSEA is leading the AFSCME 21st Century Initiative.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. John Klamm, an Onondaga County Parks Department employee, grooms the baseball diamond at Alliance Bank Stadium in preparation for a Syracuse SkyChiefs game.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "Dressing for success: It's Important." Uncle Sam (Responsible Voter) giving the "V" for victory sign and holding a newspaper with headline "Primary Day 2002, Sept. 10" , is being assisted by "Voter Registration." Umbrella stand (Election 2002) holds umbrella and walking cane; suitcase (last day to register for primary Aug. 16) is waiting next to a sign with arrow that says "to the polls." The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Albany, Ny's Diamond Dog team mascot "Homer" looking on as New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue tosses out the first pitch during "CSEA Night" at an Albany/Colonie Diamond Dogs game. CSEA members maintained the field for the now-defunct Capital District Independent League team.
Tom DiNapoli speaks to a crowd of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at the official CSEA endorsement for Tom DiNapoli for Nassau County Executive in August 2001. Tom DiNapoli, first elected in 1986, represents the 16th Assembly District in the New York State Assembly.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up a CSEA banner and signs of support for Tom DiNapoli at the official CSEA endorsement for Tom DiNapoli for Nassau County Executive in August 2001. Tom DiNapoli, first elected in 1986, represents the 16th Assembly District in the New York State Assembly.
Amos Royals, president of the Manhattan State Hospital Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), at right in first picture, presenting a free toll book to Nora Tracey, head dining room attendant at the hospital, for use on the Triborough Bridge. Employees used the bridge when commuting to work. Looking on is Carl D. Rinker, administrative director at the hospital. The second frame shows the employee using the first ticket for free passage over the bridge. The use of the free toll tickets by State employees on the Island was won by CSEA in negotiations after a long battle.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from across New York State convene for CSEA's annual clambake at Mayfair Park, Marcy in 1969. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Clinton County, New York Local President Joe Musso, left, congratulating a member of the winning team of the Plattsburgh All-Star Little League Tournament that the local supported July 22-23, 2006. The local also provided souvenir water bottles and baseball caps bearing CSEA's logo for the tournament's 150 players from 20 teams. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Delegates attending the recent Central and Capital District Conferences of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) held jointly in Cooperstown at the Otesaga Hotel are pictured above. Philip Caruso, president Utica Chapter State office workers; Loren Youngs, Unit Representative Clinton Central School and Jake Banek, Unit Representative Whitesboro Central School are in front. In the rear row are Louis Eddy and Samuel Borelly Oneida County Chapter; Mrs. Dorothy MacTavish, State Wide Secretary Albany; and Ray Castle, Syracuse. At the conference, Louis Sunderhaft, president of Oneida County Chapter CSEA was elected and installed as First Vice-President of the Central Conference Region. Highlight of the three day meeting was the swearing-in of new officers for the Central Conference and for the Conferences County Workshop. Dr. Edward Diamond CSEA Director of Education, was the main speaker. The meeting attended by more than 300 delegates. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
A Delaware County, New York, Department of Public Works worker clears flood debris from a ravaged County Route 16. This scene is a familiar one in the dozen counties hit by recent floods. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members recorded much of the devastation the floods brought. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
State Department of Transportation worker and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Randy Green cleans a highway sweeper after spending twelve hours sweeping highways in Montgomery County, New York. 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.
Ron Ruvo, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Mount Pleasant Blue Collar Unit president and a Traffic Safety Department worker, removes tree limbs damaged in a tornado that ripped through two communities in New York State's Westchester County on July 12, 2006.
Floodwaters from the New York State's Mohawk River rush toward lock houses at Lock 12 on the Erie Canal in Montgomery County west of Amsterdam, one of the many instances of the June 28, 2006, flood damage to buildings and infrastructure in New York's Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital, Central, and Southern regions.
Suffolk County, New York, Police Officer Robert Viggers talking to a young attendee at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region International Day and Women's Health Fair about the Ident-A-Kid program. The annual event is held at the Long Island Region office through the combined efforts of the regions Women's and Human Rights Committees. It is one of many CSEA events, often called information fairs, held throughout the year around the state to make information available to members about CSEA's union benefits and services. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Poitical cartoon depicting the popular summer 2006 movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Deadman's Chest" depiction shows State agencies (Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members) bearing down on disaster funding (pirate with his spoils) for 2006 flooding in New York State. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A Canal Authority scow crew removes trees and other debris from the Erie Canal, New York State. Sections of the canal from Lock 9 to 15 were affected by heavy flooding. Erosion, as well as structural damage and significant debris trapped in canal gates and lock mechanisms, was to blame for many of the problems. From left, Civil Service Empoyees Association (CSEA) Canal Authority Local members Louis King, Captain Bruce Pavlus, Machinist Bob Lisco, and Crane Operator Ron Klump haul a tree from the Lock 13 gates.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Brian P. Moore, Sr. stands in front of the damaged Erie Canal Lock 10 in Montgomery County, New York. 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) members worked around the clock at flood relief even when their own work sites, including the State Department of Transportation residency in Fultonville, New York were under water. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. CSEA members recorded much of the devastation that the floods brought.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, New York State Attorney General Candidate Andrew Cuomo, CSEA President Danny Donohue and Western Region President Flo Tripi at the CSEA/AFSCME Lobby Day in March. The union endorsed Andrew Cuomo for State Attorney General and Alan Hevesi for New York State Comptroller.
Two unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members assess the flooding damage to a washed-out road in Sullivan County, New York. 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. The CSEA is New York State's largest and most powerful labor union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the town of Hempstead, New York, being trained in safely handling hazardous material spills. CSEA has secured a State Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board training grant that provides all CSEA-represented work sites with the opportunity to take advantage of free training programs, aimed at increasing members' knowledge and understanding of potential safety and health hazards to help reduce or eliminate workplace injuries or illnesses.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. Omayra Camacho helps protect the public as a crime victims specialist for the New York State Crime Victims Board in New York City.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates at AFSCME's 36th International Convention. Delegates heard from numerous guest speakers, including presidential candidate John Kerry and former President Bill Clinton, urging members to fight to take back America by building union membership and political power in order to better wages, benefits and working conditions. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, was one of many for which Distin received an award from the International Labor Communications Association. Titled, "Critical Condition" the cartoon criticized state health care funding policy and was part of the union's campaign to reform health care in New York state.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Jenette Engel of Oswego County and Colleen Wheaton of SUNY Potsdam participating with hundreds of their fellow AFSCME members in 108 degree heat in an informational picket on behalf of hotel and culinary workers in downtown Las Vegas during the AFSCME convention. Contracts were settled within days of the AFSCME agitation.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates attending the 2002 AFSCME Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. CSEA was in the forefront as energy and activism dominated the activities at the 35th International Convention. AFSCME is the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees of which CSEA Local 1000 is the international union's largest affiliation. CSEA members have the strength of two unions: the 265,000 membership of CSEA plus the 1.3 million membership of AFSCME.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "That's the point . . . It works, because they work." School kids, teachers, school nurse, and others turning the handle of a pencil sharpener (School support staff) that sharpens the pencil (education). Paper says "On the job all year round!" The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members standing in solidarity with striking union workers picketing the Finch Pruyn paper mill in Glens Falls, New York. Union activists collected school supplies for children of the strikers and more than $500 was collected from union employees and donated to the strike fund.
The cover of the July 2000 edition of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s newspaper The Work Force. The image represents the tangible benefit to CSEA members from several legislative successes including the enactment of a permanent Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for the public employee pension system along with other pension reforms and the legislative approval of a new state contract.
An unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree member participating in a COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) rally in Albany, New York. The retirees brought their message, part of the CSEA battle for annual cost-of-living increases for public employee retirees, to the Capitol and the Legislative Office building: "It's our turn . . . COLA now." The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
New York State lawmakers and labor leaders looking on as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue shakes hands with Governor George E. Pataki after Pataki signed legislation calling for a permanent cost of living allowance (COLA) for the state's public employee retirees. The much needed pension boost had been a chief legislative goal of the CSEA's for years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue addressing a rally for permanent pension COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) for all public employee retirees in New York State. Thousands of members and retirees attended the rally held near the State Capitol in Albany, New York. Donohue chaired the AFL-CIO Pension Task Force and served on the Governor's task force, which recommended action. In August 2000, New York Governor George E. Pataki signed into law pension reforms granting the cost of living adjustment to all public employee retirees, ending a 20-year CSEA drive to enact the legislation. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
New York State Governor George E. Pataki speaking at a press conference announcing a bill awarding retired public employees in New York State a supplement to their pensions. Among the dignitaries looking on are Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left of Pataki, and state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, right of Pataki. CSEA fought long and hard for the bill which was a top legislative priority for years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue speaking at a press conference announcing a bill awarding retired public employees in New York State a supplement to their pensions. The union fought long and hard for the bill which was a top legislative priority for years. Looking on are New York Governor George E. Pataki, left, and state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, right.
An unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree member participating in a rally in Albany, New York. The retirees brought their message, part of the CSEA battle for annual cost-of-living increases for public employee retirees, to the Capitol and the Legislative Office building: Governor Mario Cuomo said on April 24th 1991 his sympathies are not with retirees: "It's our money." The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Irene Carr being interviewed by Cable 6 TV, Wappingers Falls, New York, about a recent groundbreaking of a local day care center. Carr retired September 1, 1993 as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary after helping pioneer many innovative improvements for public employees during a public service career spanning parts of four decades. Child care and women's issues were two primary concerns at the core of her agenda for years. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
An unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree member participating in a rally in Albany, New York. The retirees brought their message, part of the CSEA battle for annual cost-of-living increases for public employee retirees, to the Capitol and the Legislative Office building: "No COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) in '94, no Cuomo (Governor of New York State) in '95." The CSEA is New York State's largest union.