Suffolk County Local President Bill Walsh addresses the Southold Town Board after a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) demonstration outside the Southold town hall against a proposal by the town supervisor to lay off 10 percent of the town work force and severely curtail the quality of resident services in the process.
Southold Unit member Ev Corwin, left, and unit President Tom Skabry urge town officials to "show some respect" to workers during a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) demonstration outside the Southold town hall against a proposal by the town supervisor to lay off 10 percent of the town work force and severely curtail the quality of resident services in the process.
Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko, right, congratulates town housing inspector and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Jim Carlson for his heroic actions that helped save a young man's life.
The Long Island Region Bathing Beauties prepare to plunge. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Long Island Region participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics. They raised nearly $3,000.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Walter Wojnarowski, left, Steve Borkofsky and other CSEA members in the Deer Park School District (Long Island) were instrumental in stemming a potentially dangerous situation after a pre-school student was diagnosed with typhoid fever. The comprehensive cleansing efforts of CSEA members helped prevent other students and staff from contracting the disease.
Long Island Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members rally in Hauppague against Governor Andrew Cuomo's budget. This was part of a day of action to show support for public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else.
Thanks to a dedicated town street lighting crew, Hempstead is brighter and safer at night. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Gary Aue, a field supervisor for the town, oversees a crew of 12 workers who are responsible for maintaining nearly 50,000 lights ? enough to stretch from Long Island to Colorado if they were placed in a straight line. In the photo, Town of Hempstead street lighting crew member Nick Acuri repairs a streetlight in North Valley Stream, a hamlet within the town.
Some of the more than 50 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Stony Brook Local members demonstrate in front of the Elsie Owens Health Center in Coram to protest the proposed closure of that facility, which treats about 30,000 people each year. The potential loss of this critical facility is directly related to drastic reductions in aid from the state and is likely to place an added burden on hospital emergency rooms in close proximity, putting the health of Suffolk County residents at greater risk.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Stony Brook Local President Carlos Speight, Suffolk County Legislator Sara Anker and SUNY Stony Brook Local Executive Vice President Debbie Nappi-Gonzales fight to keep the Elsie Owens Health Center open. More than 50 SUNY Stony Brook Local members demonstrated in front of the Health Center in Coram to protest the proposed closure of that facility, which treats about 30,000 people each year. The potential loss of this critical facility is directly related to drastic reductions in aid from the state and is likely to place an added burden on hospital emergency rooms in close proximity, putting the health of Suffolk County residents at greater risk.
Photo used for the cover of the July 2011 Work Force: Fighting back in Local Government: Nassau, Erie County workers fight for jobs. Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members working in local government are facing job losses and difficult contract negotiations as communities struggle with loss of revenue from a weak economy. At the June 28 special meeting of the Nassau County Legislature, legislators voted 10-9 to lay off CSEA members working for Nassau County. Hundreds of CSEA members, friends and families packed the chamber to dispute the layoff proposal brought forward by County Executive Ed Mangano.
Victoria Kane, a kennel attendant at the Riverhead Animal Shelter, provides quality care to animals in her care despite short staffing and attacks by a local rescue group. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Suffolk Municipal Employees Local members Lou Coronesi, an animal control officer, and kennel attendant Victoria Kane are the only public employees working at the Riverhead Animal Shelter, as the town increasingly relies on part-time "volunteers" to handle daily functions in an apparent move toward privatization.
Persistent and efficient efforts of a dozen Oyster Bay Local members working in the Sign Bureau Division help to prevent pandemonium on the streets by developing, producing, installing signs and maintaining the signs and lines on town roads and parking lots with limited personnel. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Oyster Bay Local member Wayne Rice creates a sign in the town's sign shop.
Persistent and efficient efforts of a dozen Oyster Bay Local members working in the Sign Bureau Division help to prevent pandemonium on the streets by developing, producing, installing signs and maintaining the signs and lines on town roads and parking lots with limited personnel. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Oyster Bay sign shop worker Mike Kremler replaces a street sign.
A photo of John Damato, a Nassau County Local member, used in the special section of the September 2011 edition of The Work Force, Always Remember: A commemorative 10th anniversary retrospective published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Damato, who works for the Department of Public Works as a sewer maintenance worker and is also a volunteer firefighter and member of the National Guard, was deployed in the days following the September 11, 2001, attacks on a six-month Guard tour during which he alternately sifted through piles of rubble at Ground Zero searching for human remains and guarded security check points at the World Trade Center site.
A photo of Michael Browne, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Nassau County Local member, used in the special section of the September 2011 edition of The Work Force. Always Remember: A commemorative 10th anniversary retrospective. Browne, who works for the Department of Public Works as a sewer maintenance worker and is also a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician for the Rockville Centre Volunteer Fire Department, was sent to lower Manhattan with other members of the fire department to support the search and rescue operations being undertaken by city firefighters at the station closest to Ground Zero.
Lisa Vanderburg, a senior accounting clerk in the Health, Physical Education and Athletics Department at the Levittown district's Career and Technical Center and a Long Island Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist, was named this year's recipient of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's Excelsior Award. The Excelsior Award honors CSEA members who show commitment in any role as a parent, coach, booster or staff member and results from individual volunteerism or the performance of one's daily job in a school district.
Lisa Vanderburg, a senior accounting clerk in the Health, Physical Education and Athletics Department at the Levittown district's Career and Technical Center and a Long Island Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist, was named this year's recipient of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's Excelsior Award. The Excelsior Award honors CSEA members who show commitment in any role as a parent, coach, booster or staff member and results from individual volunteerism or the performance of one's daily job in a school district. With the CSEA banner behind her, Vanderburg throws the ceremonial first pitch at a Long Island Ducks game.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state were involved in the immediate response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Town of Hempstead workers remove debris from streets after Hurricane Irene. CSEA members in the Long Island Region responded swiftly before, during and after the storm to limit damage from the hurricane's surge, and repair erosion and damage afterward.
The cover of the November 2011 Work Force. Standing for America in Nassau County: Thousands protest county executive's anti-American agenda in Nassau County. More than 5,000 demonstrators from dozens of unions across the state, including the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) came together on October 17 to fight against the anti-American and anti-union agenda of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.
Thousands protest county executive's anti-American agenda in Nassau County. More than 5,000 demonstrators from dozens of unions across the state came together on October 17 to fight against the anti-American and anti-union agenda of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. Speakers who addressed the crowd included Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Secretary Denise Berkley, Treasurer Joe McMullen, Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, Capital Region President Kathy Garrison and Nassau County Local 830 President Jerry Laricchiuta.