Salamanca, New York, Police officers Chris Hutchison and Jeffrey DaHill and Chief Troy Westfall are members of a police department that makes twice as many arrests as departments in bigger cities and towns, but with half as many officers. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the department were part of an investigation that led to a major drug bust in predominantly rural Cattaraugus County in Western New York, taking a large amount of crack cocaine off the streets and serving 21 federal arrest warrants.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Research Department staff at work. From head of table to right: Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec, Assistant Director of Research Tom Coyle, Director of Research Bill Blom and consultant Joe Watkins. (People on left side of table are unidentified.)
New York State Governor George E. Pataki signing legislation awarding retired public employees in New York a supplement to their pensions. Among the dignitaries looking on are New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, Office of Management Confidential Employees President Barbara Zaron, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, New York AFL-CIO President Ed Cleary and New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall. CSEA, New York State's largest union, fought long and hard for the bill which was a top legislative priority for years.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) East Greenbush School District members fill a truck with donated supplies. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across New York gave blood, helped raise relief money and moved donated goods to aid stricken families and relief workers in the World Trade Center attacks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Research Department staff, from left, Assistant Director of Research Tom Coyle, Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec, Director of Research Bill Blom and consultant Joe Watkins. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Manlius Highway Department Heavy Equipment Operator Dave Hale shows a student how to operate his snowplow during a visit to the Enders Road Elementary School. Hale visits local schools every year to talk about snowplow safety and show the kids whats involved in keeping town roads clear and safe. The town of Manlius is in Onondaga County, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, from left, Saratoga Springs, New York, City Hall Unit President Kathy Moran, Olivia Dean, Lynn Browne, Doris Dyer, Michael Peters, Karen Whipple and Tony Izzo show off their Halloween costumes. Unit members dressed up in costumes and attended a lunch party, where they raised more than $500 to help buy holiday gifts for residents at Maplewood Manor, the county's nursing home.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrating at the Peru School District because the district refused to pay retiree health benefits to Ken LaMoy, a former co-worker who is battling cancer. Nearly 100 North Country members turned out for the demonstration, held before a board of education meeting at which the grievance was heard.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, was drawn prior to the union's 70th Annual Delegates Meeting in 1980 but was never published in the CSEA newspaper. CSEA delegates decided to support Carter's presidential bid and invited Carter to speak at their convention.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, lampooned Governor Hugh Carey's infamous 1982 comments about "drinking a glass of PCBs" following the contamination of the Binghamton State Office Building following a transformer fire.
Gubernatorial candidate Mario Cuomo, front, second from right, campaigns for votes on Long Island with then Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region President Danny Donohue, front, second from left.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, shows his support for Senator Alfonse D'Amato, as the union endorses him for re-election in 1986.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicts the union's successful efforts to stop an ill-conceived Internal Revenue Service attempt in 1988 to tax unused public employee sick leave and vacation time.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicted the horrific violence of the 1995 bombing attack on innocent public employees working at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The union had long made efforts to secure worksites in New York State.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, warns of the devastating impact the 1995 congressional budget would have on New York state jobs and services, including health care and education.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Board of Directors representative Carol Thornton holding a portion of a sculpture she created in tribute to four CSEA social service workers murdered while on the job in Schuyler County in 1992.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, at podium, announcing the union's endorsement of H. Carl McCall for New York State Comptroller on the steps of the State Capitol. Joining Donohue are, from left, CSEA Audit and Control Local President Georgianna Natale, CSEA Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Donohue, Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, McCall, CSEA Capital Region President Carmen Bagnoli, and CSEA Treasurer Maureen Malone.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicts Governor George E. Pataki as oblivious to the needs of state workers in their fight for a fair contract as well as their efforts to obtain one, which culminated in a 20,000 member-strong rally at the state Capitol. A contract agreement was reached a short time later in early Jan. 2000.
Civil Service Employeess Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, shakes hands with State Comptroller H. Carl McCall as he announces CSEA's endorsement of McCall for New York State Governor at the Desmond Americana Hotel in Albany. McCall lost the 2002 election to incumbent Governor George E. Pataki.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Dave Sniatecki, left, and Tim Ryan point out a security camera in the aisle of one of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Metro buses. The camera system, originally installed to fight fraud, has also helped discourage rowdy behavior and solve criminal cases. Sniatecki and Ryan are members of CSEA's Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Supervisory Unit.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, posing with CSEA St. Lawrence County Local President Betty Thomas and County Administrator Donald R. Brining outside the county office building in Canton, New York. Donohue had traveled to the North Country in the aftermath of a devastating ice storm in January 1998 to help recognize the efforts of CSEA members responding to the disaster that left much of the region without power for weeks in the heart of winter. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue making a point in the St. Lawrence County, New York Manager's office in Canton while State Police Superintendent Jim McMahon and State Office of Mental Health Commissioner James Stone look on. Donohue had traveled to New York State's North Country in the aftermath of a devastating ice storm in January 1998 to help recognize the efforts of CSEA members responding to the disaster that left much of the region without power for weeks in the heart of winter.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Mindy Davidson competed in a triathlon in Florida hoping to raise $5,000 for leukemia research. Davidson, who works for Nassau County (New York) BOCES, is among thousands of CSEA members each year who improve their communitiies by volunteering for neighborhood programs and raising money for local charities all year long. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Bob Plunkett, co-chair of the Capital Region Veterans Committee, delivers cookies and candy to the 109th Airlift Wing at the Stratton Air National guard base in Scotia, New York. Across New York State CSEA members are caring community members, donating time and raising money for local charities and community projects all year long.
A preschool student in Manlius, Onondaga County, NY, getting a firm grip on the controls of a town snowplow during a presentation at the preschool. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the town's department of public works visited the preschoolers, teachers, and parents to talk about winter safet and avoiding accidents with town trucks during the winter.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Jim Moore, at right, presents a check to the organizers of the Blodgett Library renovation. CSEA's Onondga County, New York, area Locals participated in a huge fund-raising effort that raised nearly $6,000 to help renovate a school library in one of Syracuse's poorest public schools.
As part of their on going concern for their community, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at SUNY Oswego donated food to needy local families. Union member Manuel Orta loads a box of food destined for the Salvation Army as members Dan Hoefer, Joe Miceli and Margaret Turner prepare another container. Across New York State CSEA members are caring community members, donating time and raising money for local charities and communnity projects all year long.
World Trade Center volunteers Air National Guardsmen David Guest, left, and Jim Greenough recall the tragedy of September 11th, 2001. Guest and Greenough were among the hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across New York State who, as National Guard members or volunteers, helped with the cleanup efforts in lower Manhattan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members John Conners, left, and David Hale teach toddlers at the Highbridge, New York, Preschool valuable winter safety tips that could save their lives. For the second year, workers in the Manlius Highway Department in Onondaga County took one of their big snowplows out to a "show and tell" program at the preschool to teach yougsters that a plow is not something to be scared of, but also to remind them to stay out of its way.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Kip McHargue, left, and Tommy Gorman of the Troy, NY Department of Public Utilities working a valve to control water at the site of a water main break in the city, which experienced several breaks during a bitter cold snap. The cold weather and old pipes wreaked havoc, which kept the crew busy ensuring that the water supplies were turned off quickly without damaging the old valves and then digging to find and replace any damaged pipes. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Troy, NY Department of Public Utilities workers repairing a broken water main, one of several that burst in the city, during a bitter cold snap. The cold weather and old pipes wreaked havoc, which kept the crew busy ensuring that the water supplies were turned off quickly without damaging the old valves and then digging to find and replace any damaged pipes.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Refrigeration Plant Supervisor Tom Borden as he retraces the path of the Olympic speed skaters walking through a tunnel on route to the skating oval where Eric Heiden skated to victory with five gold medals in all five distances, a highlight of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games held in Lake Placid, New York. CSEA members operate and maintain the venues that are still in use for national and international competitions that take place in Lake Placid. Photos, story appeared in the February 2005 Work Force.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) labor supervisor Charles Terry pointing to the snow guns in operation on the highest trails of Whiteface Mountain. During the 1980 Winter Olympic Games held in Lake Placid, New York, Terry helped groom and create trails before the downhill skiing events on the mountain. CSEA members operate and maintain the venues that are still in use for national and international competitions in Lake Placid.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who worked at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games posing in front of the net used to score the winning goal in the famous "miracle on ice" hockey game victory against the Soviet team. Left to right are David Wilcox, Tom Borden, Ron Rosio and Charles Terry. CSEA members operate and maintain the venues that are still in use for national and international competitions in Lake Placid, New York.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. Olympic Regional Development Authority workers Mattthew Bimonte, left, and Wayne Moran stand by a ski jump at the Olympic Ski Jump Complex in Lake Placid, where they worked on electronic timing, snow making and trail grooming during the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Hector Cruz, an animal caretaker for the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, NY, maks sure the steer he is caring for at the town's Ecology Site, Park and Animal Preserve has plenty of hay.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Tim Sabo, a mechanical equipment operator and truck driver for the Wallkill Highway Department in Orange County, NY, cleans out a sander following a snowstorm.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrated outside SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, to oppose the Berger Commission's proposed cuts, mergers and privatization of public health care facilities. From left are SUNY Upstate Local President Michelle Hunter, CSEA Central Region Political Action Coordinator Rick Noreault and SUNY Upstate Local 2nd Vice President Gloria Smith.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Upstate Medical University workers and Van Duyn workers rallied outside Upstate University Hospital to support protesters walking from Buffalo to Albany, NY, to oppose the cuts and privatization of facilities proposed by the Berger Commission. SUNY Upstate Medical University Local member Doreen Jacobs was one of many who participated in the rally.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island, NY Region President Nick LaMorte speaks at the school board meeting on behalf of Mattituck-Cutchogue School District Unit members. CSEA members from all over Long Island turned out at a demonstration to support members in the school district unit fighting for a fair contract.
Mattituck-Cutchogue (New York) School District Unit President Sam Strickland leads a demonstration of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from all over Long Island who turned out to support members in the school district unit fighting for a fair contract.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Rensselaer County, NY 911 Unit President Todd Smith, far right, and Capital Region 2nd Vice President Mike Gifford, second from right, lead the Rensselaer County 911 Unit's demonstration outside the county's office building to urge county officials to settle a fair, equitable contract. The previous contract expired on Dec. 31, 2003 and negotiations began more than two years ago.
Jim Rose, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) regional attorney in the Southern, NY Region, shows off his collection of union buttons and pins. He is an avid collector of union memorabilia, with a collection of more than 1,000 buttons from CSEA and other unions. His office doubles as a small labor museum of sorts, showcasing the many years of progress.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Political Action Coordinator Rick Noreault, right, hands a packet of signed letters to New York State Assemblywoman Joan Christensen, Democrat, Syracuse, center. Also around the table, left to right are: CSEA SUNY Upstate Medical University Local 615 President Michelle Hunter, Local 615 3rd VP Kimberly Mays, and CSEA Van Duyn Home & Hospital Unit President Barbara Taylor.
Van Duyn Home and Hospital Director of Safety and Security Kelly Neish makes a call at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-sponsored phonebank to urge state legislators to reject the Berger Commission report. She's not a CSEA member but one of CSEA's management supporters at Van Duyn.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, stands with "Inside Albany" hosts Lise Bang-Jensen and David Hepp after presenting them with cartoons of their show drawn by Work Force illustrator Ralph Distin. The show ended its production in 2006 after 32 years on the air.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrated outside SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, to oppose the Berger Commission's proposed cuts, mergers and privatization of public health care facilities. Supporters at the rally included members of the United Auto Workers union. Van Duyn Unit President Barb Taylor is at far left.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Rensselaer County, NY 911 dispatchers and their supporters demonstrate for a fair contract outside county offices. Unit members have worked without a contract for more than two years. The dispatchers were joined by community activists and supporters from area labor unions.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members employed at the New York State Department of Civil Service stand in front of their new work site, the Alfred E. Smith State Office Building. From left are Beth Stamas, Zofia Draus, Joann Delsignore, Zelda White, Sharon Connors and Christine Pivoda. The historic downtown skyscraper housing state offices is seeing new life after four years of extensive renovations.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Shirley Avdenko, at work as a law library assistant, 7th Judicial District in Rochester, New York. CSEA members across New York state play a key role in the state's Unified Court System. They perform many tasks and have many responsibilities. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) East Hampton Unit members demonstrate outside the town hall against the town supervisor's plan to change health benefits. It was agreed under the current contract with the town, that runs through 2010, that medical benefits would not be changed in any way until the current contract expires. The town of East Hampton is in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Nassau County Municipal Local President John Shepherd fires up the crowd at a demonstration in Glen Cove, New York, to fight the county's sewer district consolidation plan. CSEA is blasting a secretive City of Glen Cove vote to transfer sewer operations to Nassau County. CSEA represents many full-time employees in the city, some of whom work at the water pollution control facility. These members now face the choice of reassignment to other city jobs, retirement or resignation. CSEA is New York State's largest employee union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Purchase Local Executive Vice President Miguel Cuyatti, shown with his SUNY Purchase presidential honor award, has helped numerous CSEA members at SUNY Purchase translate between Spanish and English. His involvement with CSEA began when he realized some of his co-workers were not getting a fair shake on the job due to a limited understanding of English. His willingness to help earned Cuyatti one of the school's presidential awards, an honor given each year to several public workers at each SUNY school. Purchase is a hamlet in the town of Harrison, in Westchester County. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Norman Ebanks outside the Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department building in Manhattan, New York, where he serves as a court officer. Ebanks worked his way up through several courts during his 25 years within the Unified Court System, including the Civil, Supreme Civil, and the Supreme Criminal Court. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s New York State Unified Court System members from the Supreme Court of Nassau County, part of the court system's 10th Judicial District. Elizabeth Kane, 6th from left, is a principal court analyst and was interviewed for the feature with other members from across New York State.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Barbara "Bobbie" Griffin helping a group of children safely cross the street. Griffin, a school crossing guard in Auburn, NY, has stood at the same intersection for more than 40 years. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Kelly Tornstrom, a 15-year bus driver in the Victor School District, taught her primary-age students the names of the United States presidents in chronological order. The district and her co-workers recognized her with an 'Unsung Hero' award for her efforts. Victor is in Ontario County, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Law Library Assistant William Sommer. Sommer works in the 5th Judicial District Supreme Court Law Library in Syracuse, NY where he and his co-workers maintain the law library for four different courts and the chamber collections for eight judges. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Jason Cox at work as a New York State Court Officer. Cox works in the 5th Judicial District in the Onondaga County Courthouse in Syracuse, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, center, discussing efforts to launch the League of Women Voters of New York States LeaderSpark program in the Buffalo, NY, area with program coordinators Nuala Dreschler, left, and JoAnn Ross. CSEA's support of LeaderSpark, designed to inform and involve young people in their governmental activities, is an outgrowth of the union's involvement with the League's "Students Inside Albany" program which for many years brought high school students to the state Capitol to learn about the workings of state government. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across New York State who play a key role in the state's Unified Court System. Kevin Macdonald is one of two principal court attorneys statewide, spending much of his time advising attorneys and pro se litigants (individuals representing themselves) about court jurisdiction, practice and procedures. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Irene Tossone with Norman Ebanks inside the Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department building in Manhattan, New York, where they work. Tossone is a secretary to a judge; Ebanks serves as a court officer. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
The New York State Police cordoned off the State Capitol during Governor George E. Pataki's State of the State speech as 20,000 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and PEF members protested stalled contract talks at the Empire State Plaza.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region President Carmen Bagnoli joins with members during an October 1997 demonstration in Cohoes challenging a plan to contract out some of the city's public services.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members sit to listen to a speaker at the October 1997 CSEA Cohoes Privatization Rally.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up anti-privatization signs at the October 1997 CSEA Cohoes Privatization Rally.
Brian Loop and his wife Erica Wade-Loop of Baldwinsville, New York, registering to vote at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) booth at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York. Voter registration is just one focus of the CSEA booth at the fair every year, where CSEA members volunteer by handing out brochures and union materials and answering questions about the union. It's an opportunity for CSEA to be visible to a wide variety of people. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
50-year Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Concetta Giambra holding Monroe County (New York) Local's 50-year old CSEA charter. Giambra was among the first members to sign the original charter. Giambra's daughter Bernadette, the Monroe County Local president, accepted the local's 50-year CSEA banner at the union's 90th Annual Delegates Meeting in October 2000.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue presents a $5,000 check to the Red Cross for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The check was donated to the Red Cross during the CSEA Day ceremony at Syracuse University's football home opener. Standing with Danny Donbohue is Red Cross' Onondoga-Oswego Chapter Board Chair John Murad and Syracuse University Athletic Director Dr. Daryl Gross.
Marlene Neal, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Onondoga County's Van Duyn Home and Hospital worker, signs letters pushing for medicaid funding reform for public nursing homes. The letters, a part of CSEA's campaign to keep the Van Duyn Home and Hospital from being privatized or sold, were sent to local and state officials.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Cattaraugus County Local President and probation officer, Clara Ramadhan, joined with other CSEA members to close down a probation department building that was located in a refuse transfer station in Salamanca. The office was closed after an inspection confirmed workers concerns that the building was unsafe. In the photograph, Ramadhan stands next to a sign listing the probation department within the refuse transfer station.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree and former Western New York Developmental Disabilities Services Office Worker Frank Balsano helps a young boxer improve his skills at a Lackawanna gym. Balsano takes part in a boxing program to keep children out of trouble and off the streets.
New York Governor George Pataki watches as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Criminal Justice Local member, Deborah Govel, demonstrates the Operation Safe Child Program at the Criminal Justice Division booth at the New York State Fair.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President James Moore speaks at a forum that allowed Van Duyn Home and Hospital workers to meet with local officals as part of a campaign to save Van Duyn Home and Hospital.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Deleware County Department of Public Works employees Ryan Boice and Jerry Ford work on landscaping around pipes from a newly built co-composting facility. CSEA Delware County Local CSEA members fought for the construction of the co-composting plant to extend the life of the county landfill and save it from privatization.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Watkins Glen School District employee, Tom Harbot, cleans up a cafeteria table. Hobart is one of many CSEA members who will be helped by a newly passed law mandating the use of enviromental cleaning products in New York State schools.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, State Emergency Management Office EMAC operations employees Ken Bergmann, Stacey Dunn, and Brian Head answer phones in the coordination center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. EMAC operations employees are the first to recieve calls from local governments looking for assistance.
Parent Barbara Stevens testifies about the security she feels when leaving her children in the care of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/VOICE activist Joyce Burch. More than 100 independent daycare providers from across the state attended a two-day child care advocacy summit in Albany hosted by CSEA and the Voice of Independent Childcare Educators, a professional association of more than 700 family child care providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Tracy Auten keeps the public safe in her job as a dispatcher for Town of Amherst's Public Safety Department in Erie County, NY.
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.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and deputy county sealer from the Erie County Department of Weights and Measures, Stephen James, inspects a gas station pump at a Buffalo supermarket. James works to ensure that scales are accurate and the equipment consumers use is functioning properly.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Village of Chatham Unit member Kelly Corbett distributes fliers and collects donations for the Red Cross relief effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Corbett was one of many CSEA members who staffed a Red Cross booth at the Columbia County Fair.
Senator Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue meet with child care providers from across New York state attending a two-day child care advocacy summit in Albany hosted by CSEA and the Voice of Independent Childcare Educators (VOICE). VOICE is a professional association of more than 700 family child care providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve. Bruno expressed his commitment to working with CSEA and VOICE on the challenges providers face.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) State Office of Children and Family Services Local members collect donations in Rensselaer, NY for "CSEA Street," a row of houses Habitat for Humaity will build in storm-ravaged Louisiana with money donated by CSEA members. Local members bought a doghouse to donate to one of the Habitat homes. Members will raise money by having donors pay to sign a shingle. Signers can include messages of hope to the family who will eventually live in the home that will include the doghouse. From left to right are Treasurer Irena Glogowski, Executive Vice President Mary Hamilton, Local President Richard Chaffin, Kristina Stuto and Sam Hjardemaal.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Susan Sharp, shown in the back row at far left, with some of the members of the Western, NY Region Women's Committee during a recent region event. Sharp, 53, a CSEA activist and mom who has been called to activitation on a civil affairs assignment, is a Sergant 1st Class in the Army. She is a keyboard specialist in the medical records department at Gowanda Correctional Facility and has been a member of the Army Reserves for almost 22 years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Rebecca Yahinaton from the Metropolitan (New York) Region. The photo appeared in the 2007 CSEA calendar. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Robbins moves fallen tree branches so they may be picked-up by other members of his Department of Transportation crew. CSEA members answered the call in four Western New York counties when a freak October storm ripped down trees and knocked out power to almost 400,000 households. Impassable streets needed to be cleared and fallen trees removed so utility crews could come in and restore power and heat to residents.
Niagara County, New York Local President Elaine Timm volunteers at a phone bank in the Western Region on behalf of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-endorsed candidates. Months of hard work by CSEA activists and staff produced Election Day success for most CSEA-supported candidates across the state. All of the union's statewide candidates, including Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer and United States Senator Hillary Clinton, scored impressive victories.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation workers Andrea Taylor and Sahadewa Sadya work in Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Al Gonzales, shown here with the Monroe-Woodbury (New York) School District bus he drives, is an accomplished bagpiper and motorcyclist whose hobbies have led to acting gigs. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Vehicle Maintenance Team Leader Brian Ridner, left, and Vehicle Maintenance Operator Wayne Shultes, who contacted the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) last year to form a union, work on one of the airport's "clean air" vehicles. Albany International Airport workers were negotiating their first contract since they became part of CSEA after 13 months of fighting for the right to join a union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) union members grieve during a memorial service at the state Office Campus in Albany for state Department of Taxation and Finance and Department of Transportation workers who were killed or remain missing in the World Trade Center attacks. The memorial was held on October 11, 2001.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) union members grieve during a memorial service at the state Office Campus in Albany for state Department of Taxation and Finance and Department of Transportation workers who were killed or remain missing in the World Trade Center attacks. There were 42 empty chairs, each draped with the state flag, to represent the 42 state workers, 39 from the tax department and three from the state transportation department. The memorial was held on October 11, 2001.
Utica, NY area labor leaders joined in a united effort to discuss area problems of common concern last night in the Ramada Inn, New Hartford. Discussing problems were, from left: Louis Sunderhaft, president of the City and County Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA); Dwight E. Vicks Jr., president of the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce; Jay Hagenbuch, president of the Utica Teachers Association; George Dooley, labor liaison representative, Northeast region of the United Way of America and dinner speaker; Martin Berger, president of the Greater Utica Federation of Utica. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Delegates to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 91st Annual Delegates Meeting in Buffalo, New York, demonstrating at a unity rally in front of the Erie County Office Building. In a show of labor solidarity in an atmosphere of tough economic conditions, CSEA activists were fired up about their union, fired up about democracy, and fired up for the challenges that lie ahead. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking at a rally for New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall's gubernatorial bid in front of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Headquarters in Albany, New York. Clinton is joined by serveral prominent union and political leaders including, front, from left to right, CSEA Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, CSEA Treasurer Maureen Malone, CSEA Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, Clinton, Congressman Michael McNulty and State Senator Paul Tonko.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) employees gathering in front of the union's Albany, New York headquarters to hear United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and other political leaders speak at a rally in support of New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall's candidacy for governor. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
United States Congresswoman Nita Lowey speaking at the 2002 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. Lowey represents Westchester County. More than 500 women and men participated in many energy-packed programs and workshops that empowered members personally and professionally and laid the foundation to build an even more powerful union.
Cathy Collette, retiring director of AFSCME's Women's Rights Department, who was honored at the 2002 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. CSEA saluted Collette for more than 21 years of service and expertise on women's issues on and off the job which helped broaden the opportunities for working women. AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is CSEA's international affiliation, of which CSEA is the largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2002 Irene Carr Leadership Award winner Ellen Burke, third from left, at the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference as she receives the award from (left to right) New York Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, President Danny Donohue, and CSEA Standing Women's Committee Chairperson Jackie Stanford. Burke, a former SUNY Albany Local activist and now member of the Capital District Retirees Local, has dedicated more than 37 years of activism with CSEA. Burke was interviewed in 2005 as part of a video documentary for CSEA's 100th anniversary. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.