Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Douglas Hayes, a Youth Developmental Aide 3 at the Office of Children and Family Services' Ella McQueen Residential Center in Brooklyn, NY. Hayes blames short staffing at the facility for the injuries he's received on the job. In response to growing concerns about the safety of youth development aides at state Office of Children and Family Services facilities statewide, CSEA has stepped up efforts to ensure that workers voices are being heard loud and clear by OCFS officials.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Cindy O'Bara, shown here at her office, has been recognized for her efforts in organizing "Law Day" in the state's 8th Judicial District in Buffalo, NY. The annual event gives the public, particularly students, the opportunity to learn how the courts work. For her efforts, O'Bara recently received the "Outstanding Educational Efforts Award" from the state Unified Court System.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, wearing yellow shirt, marching in the Buffalo, NY, parade with Erie County Local President Joan Bender, waving, and other union activists.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Union activists from the Western New York DDSO Local marching in the Buffalo, NY, parade. Local President Dawn Smith is on the right.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Western New York DDSO Local members and their families on the union's float in the Buffalo, NY, parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. A steel drum band marching in the New York City parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley marching in the New York City parade with union activists.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA Western Region President Flo Tripi, front center, and CSEA statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, three rows behind her wearing sunglasses, attending a news conference before the Rochester Labor Day parade. Speakers at the event urged voters to vote for Obama.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA members and their families, including Western Region President Flo Tripi and CSEA Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, showing their union pride before the Rochester, NY, parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Western Region President Flo Tripi waves from her red-hot ride at the Labor Day Parade in Rochester, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Photo of union activists fired up and proud to be CSEA members during the parade in Syracuse, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s New York Parole District Local President Peggy Eason sings "The Star Spangled Banner" to open CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Washington, D.C.. Part of a Marine Corps color guard is seen behind her. It was Eason's last ADM, as she is retiring.
Delegates from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Long Island Region, all wearing matching yellow shirts, applaud during the general business session at CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Washington, D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) veterans from left: Joe York, Bill Curtin, Maryann Phelps, Evans Quamina, Len Beaulieu, Bob Pyjas, Ron Gillespie, CSEA President Danny Donohue and Len Foster at the Arlington National Cemetery wreath laying ceremony. More than 200 CSEA members attended the ceremony during the union's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting which was held in Washington, D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Child care providers and VOICE members, along with their families, marching in the Syracuse, NY, Parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates attend a plenary session at which AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy spoke during CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C. Delegates broke into work groups after Lucy's address aimed at mobilizing union members around issues related to political action, field representation and organizing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA members from the Rochester DOT Local riding on a float in the Rochester, NY, parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Cris Zaffuto, Monroe County Unit president and a Western Region Political Action Committee East member, front seat passenger; driver Judy Trost, a Monroe County Unit retiree and "Marilyn" (back seat), sister of a member employed at Monroe Community College, during the parade in Rochester, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Union activists fired up and proud to be CSEA members during the parade in Syracuse, NY. Central Region President Colleen Wheaton is in front row on the left.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley presenting a check for the Red Cross National Disaster Relief Fund to Red Cross of Northeastern New York CEO Gary Striar and Board Treasurer Catherine McCann.
Senator Hillary Clinton celebrates becoming the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s first honorary member. CSEA President Danny Donohue is at left. Clinton urged CSEA members to vote for Sen. Barack Obama for president to help working people. Clinton spoke during CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C.
John J. Kelly Jr. with New York State Governor Thomas Dewey, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President John Powers and an unidentified woman at a 1954 testimonial dinner in honor of Dewey as the governor was leaving office. Kelly was the dinners toastmaster. Kelly was a young well-regarded Albany attorney who served as CSEA counsel during the 1950s. CSEAs J. J. Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund was created when he died unexpectedly, leaving behind a widow and several young children.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, joining AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, left, and AFL-CIO President John Sweeny for a videotaped discussion of the unions' agenda for the future. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
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.
Unity Committee member Barbara Jones, left, and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Nassau County, NY Local 830 President Tony Giustino, right, presented Nassau County Legislator Patrick Williams with a special award of recognition at the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. ceremonial brunch held on Long Island. Hundreds of union members and community supporters turned out for the Nassau County event, which was among several held statewide to honor the memory of the slain civil rights leader and to commemorate Black History Month. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the Nassau County Local 830 Unity Committee pose for a photo during the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Ceremonial Brunch held on Long Island, New York. CSEA President Danny Donohue, a guest speaker at the event, commended the work of the committee for organizing the Martin Luther King Jr. Ceremonial Brunch and remarked how in each of the past eight years the annual brunch has grown. Donohue also told the crowd how proud he is as president of CSEA to see how the diversity at the event represents the true strength and fabric of CSEA. Hundreds of union members and community supporters turned out for the Nassau County event, which was among several held statewide to honor the memory of the slain civil rights leader and to commemorate Black History Month.
Dorothy Temple, a keyboard specialist for the state Department of Taxation and Finance, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Florence Cohen, a keyboard specialist for the state Department of Taxation and Finance, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Harry Goody, a supply assistant for the state Department of Taxation and Finance, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Ivette Anderson, a keyboard specialist for the state Department of Taxation and Finance, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. Anderson was very active in the CSEA Tax and Finance Local's Social Committee.
Marian Hrycak,an investigator for the state Tax Department's Audit Division was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, CSEA Nassau County (New York) Local 830 President Tony Giustino, Unity Committee member and Local 830 Parks and Recreation Unit President Tim Corr, CSEA members Moses Newsome and Concetta Walker celebrate diversity at the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. ceremonial brunch held on Long Island. Walker, who lauded the union for honoring and celebrating its diversity through its many events, gave the invocation and sang the anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Hundreds of union members and community supporters turned out for the Nassau County event, which was among several held statewide to honor the memory of the slain civil rights leader and to commemorate Black History Month. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Harry Goody, a supply assistant for the state Department of Taxation and Finance, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Marian Hrycak, a investigator for the state Tax Department's Audit Division, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Harry Goody, a supply assistant for the state Department of Taxation and Finance, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
Ivette Anderson, a keyboard specialist for the state Department of Taxation and Finance, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. Anderson was very active in the CSEA Tax and Finance Local's Social Committee.
Marian Hrycak, a investigator for the state Tax Department's Audit Division, was one of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
A New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "Belt-Tightening Time": Uncle Sam, sweating, holding an "economic crisis" document; Statue of Liberty sweating, holding a "tough times" document; New York State, sweating, "all of us in N.Y.S." with a tight belt aound it. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte posing with CSEA member Larry D'Angelis who received the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award at the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Ceremonial Brunch held on Long Island, New York. LaMorte remarked that CSEA stays strong because its diversity is the foundation of its strength and that CSEA will continue to strive to make the dream that Reverend King envisioned a reality for each and every member of the CSEA family. Hundreds of union members and community supporters turned out for the Nassau County event, which was among several held statewide to honor the memory of the slain civil rights leader and to commemorate Black History Month. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
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.
The Albany River Rats' hockey team mascot, Rowdy, taking pledges during a fund-raiser for tsunami victim relief efforts. The mini-telethon held at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Headquarters raised more than $100,000 that day, with CSEA activists, staff and Rowdy taking pledges. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
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.
Cartoon depicting New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer moving into the Governor's Mansion; "day one" flag flying, suitcases marked "promises and plans" and "hope and possibility." Office of General Services worker with tool box marked with a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) sticker: "working with NY's Governors since 1910."
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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) VOICE Local leaders and negotiating team members Beth White, a child care provider from Ulster County (foreground left) and Patrick Hogan, a child care provider from Westchester County (foreground right) meeting with United States Senator Hillary Clinton and other AFSCME child care providers to discuss home-based childcare industry issues. Clinton announced that day the Quality Childcare for America Act. The act would increase funding for worker development programs and block grant funding by $200 million. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, speaks with Cornell University President David Skorton and School of Industrial and Labor Relations Dean Harry Katz at a celebration of the schools 60th anniversary. CSEA helped sponsor the event. Also pictured is CSEA General Counsel Nancy Hoffman, an ILR alumna who served on the events planning committee. Cornell ILR is the leading school of its kind and has long maintained a close working relationship with organized labor. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Barbara "Bobbie" Griffin with the stop sign that keeps area children safe. Griffin, a school crossing guard in Auburn, NY, has stood at the same intersection for more than 40 years, helping children safely cross the street on their way to and from school. 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) cartoon "No business like snow business!" and shows a snowman with a shovel and snowboots (CSEA winter workers) and the many ways CSEA members work through the winter keeping roads and sidewalks plowed, maintaining ice rinks and using winter ski mobiles as emergency vehicles when necessary, driving emergency rescue vehicles and driving school buses. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) East Hampton Unit President J. J. Kremm, left, with Suffolk County Local President Bill Walsh, is leading the Town of East Hampton workers' fight against the town supervisor's proposed changes to their health insurance. 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) 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) Western Region Judiciary Local member Terry M. Arzac, who works as a translator between English and Spanish, making sure the right words are recorded in court proceedings. The photo was used in the February 2008 Work Force, CSEA's monthly publication, in an article highlighting CSEA members across New York State who play a key role in the states Unified Court System. Arzac is a certified court interpreter with the 8th Judicial District in Western New York. 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.
A page from the Civil Service Leader including an image of Theodore C. Wenzl, left, president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), and New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, greeting one another following completion of negotiations on a tentative two-year wage and fringe benefit package covering more than 133,000 state employees represented by CSEA. Rockefeller promised his support of the tentative contract when it was presented to the legislature, as he met with Wenzl and other members of the four CSEA unit negotiating teams in the State Capitol.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan speaks with Assemblymember Ron Canistrari at Governor David Paterson's announcement of Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Junior Senator of New York.
Governor David Paterson announces Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Senator Chuck Schumer, Representative Nita Lowey and NYSUT President Dick Ianuzzi (behind) look on.
Governor David Paterson's announcement of Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. From left are State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Speaker Sheldon Silver, Gillibrand (at podium), Governor Paterson, Senator Chuck Schumer and Representative Nita Lowey.
Governor David Paterson announcing Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Speaker Sheldon Silver, left, and Senator Chuck Schumer, right, look on.
Governor David Paterson's announcement of Representative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. From left are State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senator Chuck Schumer (at podium acknowledging a member of the audience),Kristen Gillibrand and Representative Nita Lowey.
Governor David Paterson's announcement of Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Junior Senator of New York on January 23, 2009. CSEA members from the Capital Region flank Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, second from left, and CSEA Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, center.
Governor David Paterson's announcement of Represntative Kirsten Gillibrand as Junior Senator of New York to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan is seen on-stage, top row and fourth from left, among other prominent Albany dignitaries showing support for Governor Paterson's announcement.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s "Peanut Man" also known as Ken Koopman, was one of more than 20,000 union members attending a January 5 rally over stalled contract talks. CSEA used peanuts as a reference to Gov. George Pataki's wage offer of zero percent per year over a four-year contract.
A newspaper clipping from the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Miss Rita Castellano checks poster and Phillip Beno takes inventory of sales at State Tax Office in Utica where the push goes on for the state lottery. In the Utica area and throughout the state, sales of lottery tickets are not very high. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
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) Administrative Services Unit negotiating team member from the Western Region Sara Sievert and Operational Services Unit member from the Central Region listening and taking notes during contract negotiations with New York State. The negotiating team and the collective bargaining specialists assigned to each of the three bargaining units, Administrative Services Unit, Operational Service Unit and Institutional Services Unit, prepare demands to improve the contract language in each unit. CSEA staff and the negotiating teams use contract demand sheets sent in by thousands of members as a basis for formulating the union's demands. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.