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.
Governor Mario Cuomo accepting the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s endorsement for reelection. From left to right are CSEA Federal Issues Coordinator Joe Conway, CSEA President William L. McGowan, Cuomo, and Executive Vice President Joseph E. McDermott.
Civil Service Employees Association(CSEA) members demonstrate for safer working conditions at state psychiatric centers following the murder of New York State Department of Mental Hygiene therapy aide Clara Taylor by a patient at Rockland Psychiatric Center in 1987. Some of the demonostrators' signs include a photograph of Taylor.
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, left, reads a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) petition delivered to Washington DC by CSEA President William L. McGowan, right. The petition called for helping to halt an IRS plan to tax unused sick leave.
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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march to City Hall in Manhattan as part of a parade welcoming Nelson & Winnie Mandela to New York City. Members carry a banner that reads, "CSEA Welcomes Nelson and Winnie Mandela." CSEA Anti-Apartheid Committee Chair Willie Terry is at left of banner.
David Dinkins speaking at the announcement of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s endorsement of Dinkins for New York City Mayor. Pictured, from left, are CSEA Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, Dinkins, and CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott. Dinkins was New York City's first African American mayor (1990-1993).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 603 President Shelly Planty hands out information at a CSEA booth at the Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club Expo in 1990.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Judiciary Local 335 President Ralph Hesson right, leads a demonstration in Buffalo against Office of Court Administration job cuts in 1991.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Local President Bud Mulchy, right, hands NY Governor Mario Cuomo a copy of a CSEA whitepaper report "No Compassion, No Care: Abandoning the Mentally Ill" at a demonstration at the SUNY Institute of Technology in Marcy, NY.
New York Mayor David Dinkins speaking at the 1992 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting in New York City. Dinkins was New York City's first African American mayor (1990-1993).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue with Karen Burstein at a press conference announcing the union's endorsement of Burstein for New York Attorney General.
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.
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaking to the press at the 1996 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting. Giuliani was mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Political Action Coodinator member Gerry Fidler, Central Region Political Action Committee Chair Betty Thomas, statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, Treasurer Maureen Malone, and Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan at a 5 for the Future program in Syracuse. Five for the future was an internal union organizing initiative encouraging members to get involved in the union by volunteering 5 hours a month to CSEA activities.
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) Helen Hayes Hospital Local 302 President Bill Curtin accepts the 1998 CSEA Mission Achievement Award. CSEA President Danny Donohue is at left.
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.
Members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), including President Danny Donohue (left), attending the New York State Association of Black and Puerto-Rican Legislators Annual Conference in 1998.
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.
An unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member shakes hands with New York Governor George Pataki at the 1999 CSEA SUNY Cortland Demonstration.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue and the 2000 CSEA State Contract Negotiating Team cheering. All are wearing CSEA logo t-shirts.
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) member, Mark Hoffman, while on the back of a Department of Public Works truck passing through more than 3 feet of flood water, speaks about flood damage done to the Montgomery County Annex building, shown behind him. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. CSEA members recorded much of the devastation the floods brought.
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) Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen leads a chant on the steps of the state Capitol as PEF Secretary-Treasurer Arlea Igo, PEF Statewide Vice President Pat Baker and CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley keep the crowd fired up at the March for Main Street rally in Albany on January 7, 2009.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member proudly displays a whistle bearing the CSEA and AFSCME logos during a rally preceding the March for Main Street on January 7, 2009, at the Times Union Center in Albany. The whistle, one of several giveaways marchers received upon arriving in Albany, was just one of the many ways union activists made themselves heard to challenge Governor David Paterson's state budget proposal.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members chanting "Main Street, not Wall Street," thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol in Albany, January 7, 2009 to participate in the March for Main Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue fires up marchers. Chanting "Main Street, not Wall Street," thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol in Albany, January 7, 2009 to participate in the March for Main Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region activists Barbara Shoates, a Department of Motor Vehicles' traffic violation division worker in Manhattan, and Johnnie Dinkins, a keyboard specialist at VESID in Brooklyn, rally before 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.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other labor organizations stand together on and off the Capitol steps in their fight for middle-class New Yorkers. 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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region State Employees Local member Will James keeps the crowd fired up at the Times Union Center. 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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the Sullivan County Local make it an annual tradition to play Santa Claus to young students at Sullivan County Head Start in Woodbourne, purchasing holiday gifts for the children. Santa, as portrayed by Fallsburg School District Unit member Angelo Pacheco, visits with a student.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s cartoon depicting Flotsam and Jetsam: New York taxpayers drowning in a flood, waving a flag for help, while Governor Paterson offers to cut more services and programs and add more fees and taxes. CSEA (lifeboat) offers to throw a life preserver (Revenue-raising ideas).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members get fired up at the pre-march rally at the Times Union Center. 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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue leads 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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) advertisement "Working New Yorkers Deserve Better!" CSEA members speak out about Governor Paterson's proposed state budget.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are fired up in cold, icy weather during the rally. 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.