AFSCME District Council 37 Director Victor Gotbaum with his head at his head while standing at the lecturn at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) event. At right are CSEA President William L. McGowan and Executive Vice President Tom McDonough.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, was part of the union's ongoing efforts to secure pay equity for women. CSEA made great strides on this issue throughout the 1980s.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, and CSEA attorney Jim Featherstonhaugh, center, chat with Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson, right.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), right, talks with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, left, and United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in Washington D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the international union, making CSEA its largest affiliate.
William L. McGowan served as the 20th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1977 until 1988. McGowan is credited with transforming CSEA into one of New York's most powerful labor unions. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). His many accomplishments include: passage of the Public Employee Safety and Health Act, creation of the CSEA Employee Benefit Fund, fighting sex-based wage discrimiation, establishing employee assistance and tuition reimbursement programs and promoting workplace day care centers.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, called attention to the unfairness of occupational safety and health laws, which, prior to 1979 applied only to private sector workers in New York State.
Newly elected officers of the Marcy State Hospital chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) assemble following their recent installation ceremonies. They are, sitting from left, delegate Charles Noll, corresponding secretary Barbara Waldo, president William Deck, recording secretary Florence Card and alternate delegate Ernest Coleman. Standing are treasurer Henry Szarek, fourth vice-president Loyal Allan, third vice-president Evelyn Pianella, second vice-president William Battle and first vice-president Arnold Klossner. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Tempers flared when two pickets, served with injunctions, were arrested by City police on orders from State Assistant Attorney General Robert Contiguglia. However, police learned shortly after the arrests the two men were not state employees, but field representatives of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Both were released. City officials said the entire matter was a misunderstanding and that the two had not really been arrested. On hand for the incident were Mayor Paul W. Lattimore and Assistant corporation counsel Thomas Leone. Above, Capt. Joseph Conboy, third from left, has a brief exchange with an on-looker. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).