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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, second from left, Hudson Valley DDSO Local President Sara Bogart, Westchester County Unit President Jack McPhillips, and Monroe County Unit President Jim Volpone in Washington, D.C., to protest against the Bush administration proposed Social Security reforms. The Social Security event was part of a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, retirees, and their supporters in the Village of Skaneateles, New York, who lined the street to protest a vote by the Village Board that eliminated health care coverage in retirement for many current and future retirees. The union then packed a village board meeting to condemn the board members for failing to bring the issue to the union prior to their action.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other union members from around the state who attended the May 3, 2003, Rally for Public Education at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York, which was just one event in which union members were instrumental in the events leading to the state Legislature voting overwhelmingly to override Governor George Pataki's vetoes to restore $1.9 billion that Pataki sought to cut, primarily in education and health care funding. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members working at the Baldwin Library demonstrate to let the community know that they are severely underpaid and have been working without a contract for too long.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, center, and CSEA Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, right, and CSEA members protesting a lack of adequate security at the Brooklyn DDSO in Brooklyn, New York. CSEA questioned why the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities never replaced a problematic security system following a violent sexual attack on two female workers at the center. After an investigation by the union and a highly publicized demonstration, the center's management agreed the security problem existed, upgraded the current system, and committed to install immediately a more effective system.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, joining CSEA members in a march on City Hall in New York City. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
In one of the largest demonstrations ever held in a city famous for massive protests, 20,000 public employees rallied and marched on the New York State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Albany. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members came by the busload for the "Hot Day in February" rally to protest Governor Mario Cuomo's proposed state budget that called for massive cuts in jobs, aid, and services. CSEA members joined members of other public employee unions including PEF, UUP, and AFSCME Council 82. This photo was taken from the roof of CSEA headquarters at 143 Washington Avenue. The protestors are marching down Washington Avnue towards the Capitol from the Washington Avenue Armory at the corner of Lark Street where the event began with a rally inside the armory.
SUNY New Paltz Local Vice Presidents Janice Beaulieu, left, and Mary Griffin taking part in a rally for the right for private food service employees at SUNY New Paltz to unionize. Sodexho-Marriot, an international, multibillion-dollar corporation, took over operations of the campus dining services in 2001. The workers approached the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) for help in forming a union in 2002 after Sodexho managers would subject employees to intimidation, reprimands and humiliation on the job. Nearly 100 workers voted to join CSEA in 2003. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in Onondaga County demonstrate in support of their contract fight and to urge the county legislature to preserve funding for the Van Duyn Nursing Home.