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.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up signs at a demonstration in Rochester in May 1995 challenging Governor George Pataki's budget priorities.
A large crowd of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march with signs and banners at a New York City State Budget Rally in May 1991.
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.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up signs at a Brooklyn Developmental Center Demonstration over staff assaults in April 2001.
NYC Mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio join a group of CSEA members at a Brooklyn Developmental Center Demonstration over staff assaults in April 2001.
A group of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up signs at a Brooklyn Developmental Center Demonstration over staff assaults in April 2001.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march with signs at a Brooklyn Developmental Center Demonstration over staff assaults in April 2001.