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, 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) 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) 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.
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) 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.
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) 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) 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) 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.