Nearly 40 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under the age of 35 from around the state attended a workshop in Rennsselaerville to be a part of Next Wave; a new program designed to encourage younger activists to take an active role in building and maintaining the strength of CSEA by passing along the torch of activism to the next generation. CSEA President Danny Donohue addresses the attendees of the weekend program.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities aide John Normile stands with a framed New York Times sports section front page. He took the photo of Drew Bledsoe getting sacked.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Joe Kevlin, center, of the state Education Department Local, his son Patrick Kevlin, a College of St. Rose student, and Jim Dunden, also of the state Education Department Local, work to get out the vote on Election Day in the Capital Region.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Chemung County Unit 4th Vice President Joe Coletta and his Department of Social Services co-workers have been spearheading a collection of used cellular phones to be donated to the Salvation Army Safehouse Program, a domestic violence shelter program for Chemung and Schuyler counties. The program has already collected more than 100 phones that have been given to victims of domestic violence so they can always call 911 in an emergency.
Members of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region's newly formed library work group take a break from their first meeting to pose for a photo. The group is comprised of CSEA members employed at six area libraries. It will meet regularly to discuss issues of relevance to library workers. Discussion at the November meeting included topics such as negotiations, political action, workplace safety and proposed continuing education requirements. Joining the work group members are Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, back row, far left, and Capital Region Director Kate Luscombe, back row, far right.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicts former Governor Mario Cuomo filling a crack with piles of dirt representing state services. Governor Cuomo proposed massive mid-year budget cuts that included thousands of layoffs, deep cuts in state services and sharp slashes in aid for local governments and school districts. Governor Cuomo also called for mandatory, five-day furloughs in pay for all state employees that would cut workers' salaries by 2 percent.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon illustrating how Wall Street (a beaver) is biting into New York's economy (a tree) while New Yorkers (a sweating bird sitting on a branch) watch savings and investments (leaves shaken from a branch) blow away. A broken branch on the tree shows manufacturing decline. The state motto, "Excelsior" (Ever Upward) is crossed out and replaced with "Caveat Emptor" (Buyer Beware).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue is pictured with Emily Armbruster of the American Red Cross at CSEA's recent Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C. CSEA has made a significant contibutin to the National Disaster Relief Fund in support of all Red Cross chapters in New York state. Armbruster spoke to CSEA delegates about Red Cross hurricane relief efforts.
In 2004, New York's farmworkers stopped to rally at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) headquarters on their way to the Capitol, winding up a 10-day, 200-mile walk for equal rights. CSEA members and staff joined them and showed support, handing out water to the thirsty and tired workers. CSEA is a longtime supporter of the Justice for Farmworkers campaign, led by the Rural and Migrant Ministry, committed to overcoming prejudices and poverty. CSEA urged members to join a May 12, 2009, rally in Albany to show state lawmakers that farmworkers cannot be forgotten for another 70 years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Hudson Valley DDSO Local President Nancy Hueben is fired up at the March for Main Street. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.