Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan speaking with United States Representative Louise M. Slaughter during the CSEA 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the unions constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
An unidentified Civil Sevice Employees Association (CSEA) delegate reading over material presented at the CSEA 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified delegates discussing an issue during the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) representatives on the Administrative Services Unit (ASU) negotiating team, Jean Baily from Region VI, left, and Elizabeth Kearney from Region III talk with CSEA's chief negotiator Ernest Rewolinski while preparing for contract negotiations with New York State in 1987. The State's contract with ASU as well as with the Institutional Services Unit (ISU), Operational Services Unit (OSU), Division of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA) and the Office of Court Administration (OCA) would expire on March 31, 1988. The CSEA teams represented 110,000 New York State employees.
New York State Senator Nicholas Spano speaking to the delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. During the convention hundreds of CSEA members paraded through the downtown area enroute to City Hall where CSEA statewide President William L. McGowan and several other CSEA activists testified before a hearing conducted by the State Senate Standing Committee on Mental Health, which is chaired by Spano, demanding adequate staffing levels in the state's psychiatric facilities and developmental centers. The understaffing issue heated up after Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide Clara Taylor was murdered earlier in the year while working alone on a night shift at the Rockland Psychiatric Center. CSEA has raised the issue of understaffing time and time again and has pushed for corrective measures for years.
Two unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates registering for the CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) General Counsel Marjorie E. Karowe discussing Constitution and By-Laws amendments. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the unions constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified delegates attending the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting listening as CSEA President Bill McGowan addresses the crowd, while other CSEA officers and guest speakers sit on the dais. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members arriving at the CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Rochester, New York. Dozens of tables were set up with information and materials available to the delegates to take back to their co-workers. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended the meeting. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Irene Carr speaking at the CSEA 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy.