New York State Assemblyman Jack McEneny speaking at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) press conference on the steps of the State Capitol. CSEA members, Senator Paul Tonko, Senator Neil Breslin, and Assemblyman Ronald Canestrari stand behind John McEneny. A stuffed turkey is featured in the forefront of the photo to symbolize Governor George Pataki's budget. The legislators were calling for a "slice" of the turkey for public employees, but the governor did not leave a piece for them. The turkey was carved at the end of the press conference. A sign in front of McEneny reads "Show Some Respect!"
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members employed by the Yonkers Public Schools demonstrated before a school board of Trustees meeting. More than 700 members of the CSEA Yonkers Public Schools Non-Teaching Unit demonstrated outside of Saunders Technical and Trades High School before the meeting then filed into the auditorium where Unit President Bobbie DiBattista addressed the board members.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region members picket near the Copiague School District for a fair contract for school custodians, groundskeepers, and maintenance workers. A visit by New York State Education Commissioner Richard Mills to the Copiague School District coincided with the picket.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health Committee Chairman Jim McHugh, waving left, at a state worker protest in St. Paul, Minnesota, in support of striking public employees in that state. McHugh attended the protest, fresh off a state transportation emergency stint at Ground Zero in New York City, after Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura called the striking state workers there "unAmerican" in the wake of the World Trade Center attack. McHugh told the cheering crowd of AFSCME brothers and sisters that everyone working at Ground Zero was a union member. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) veterans from left: Joe York, Bill Curtin, Maryann Phelps, Evans Quamina, Len Beaulieu, Bob Pyjas, Ron Gillespie, CSEA President Danny Donohue and Len Foster at the Arlington National Cemetery wreath laying ceremony. More than 200 CSEA members attended the ceremony during the union's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting which was held in Washington, D.C.
Delegates from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Long Island Region, all wearing matching yellow shirts, applaud during the general business session at CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Washington, D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Cindy O'Bara, shown here at her office, has been recognized for her efforts in organizing "Law Day" in the state's 8th Judicial District in Buffalo, NY. The annual event gives the public, particularly students, the opportunity to learn how the courts work. For her efforts, O'Bara recently received the "Outstanding Educational Efforts Award" from the state Unified Court System.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members employed in the state Executive Branch get copies of the new state contract in the vendor area during CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C. The contracts were a popular item with state division members.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee expresses frustration while commenting on the nation's financial crisis to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s delegates during CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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.