Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Local member Moira Skalski makes signs and passes out flags in preparation for the Buffalo Labor Day Parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County members protest against big business taking over county services in front of County Executive Joel Gaimbra's office on September 29, 2005.
President Jimmy Carter addresses delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. Seated behind Carter are U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf and CSEA President Bill McGowan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio leading marchers at a labor rally in New York City. Around New York State, CSEA members take part annually in labor events and parades around Labor Day weekend. In 2004 the rights of working people were under attack. Under the Bush administration Americans saw the loss of 1.7 million jobs, erosion of health insurance coverage along with higher prices, gutting of workers safety and health protections and a National Labor Relations Board hell-bent on benefiting employers at the expense of workers.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "One Year Later". New York's Public Workers building a "house" with "reinforced resolve," "new challenges," "new purpose," "fighting back" frame on a foundation (remembering the heroism of Sept. 11) with foundation blocks of "volunteers," "donations," "doing our job" held together by cement (commitment). 911 signpost in front (Coming Soon: the Future), New York City skyline, with Twin Towers, in the background. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A plaque inscribed with the names of 39 state Department of Taxation and Finance workers who were killed in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center for the state Department of Taxation and Finance in the attacks.
A table decorated with mementos of 39 state Taxation and Finance workers who were killed in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack is displayed in the lobby of the state Deptartment of Taxation and Finance building in Albany, NY.
One of several maps that hang in the State Emergency Management Office command center, reporting the latest hot zones at ground zero. SEMO employees were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted directly or indirectly in rescue and recovery efforts following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
New York Governor George Pataki speaks to state Tax Department workers in New York City following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center for the state Department of Taxation and Finance in the attacks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue and CSEA Western Region President Flo Tripi, centered behind a Monroe County banner, leading a contingent of CSEA members in the 2001 Rochester Labor Parade in Rochester, New York. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue observes the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center destruction with New York Secretary of State Randy Daniels, left, and New York State Governor George E. Pataki. CSEA lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center at the state Department of Taxation and Finance. In the early days following the attack, CSEA members responded with blood drives and monetary contributions, and many were involved either directly or indirectly in the rescue and recovery efforts.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and children march with a sign stating, "CSEA, Americans United" at the Albany labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and members of the Albany/Capital District Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) march with a banner at the Albany labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events.
State Emergency Management Office workers were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted directly or indirectly in rescue and recovery efforts following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Town of Hempstead Bay Constables arrive on the scene of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. The Bay Constables were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted with rescue and recovery efforts in the early days following the attacks.
NY Guard Major Bob Peace, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Micki Thoms, NY Guard Capt. Mike Wilson, NY Guard Major Denis Uminski, and Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local President Judy Watts-Devine move relief supplies. Two vacant buildings at the Hudson River Psychiatric Center's Poughkeepsie campus became a staging facility for relief supplies when other facilities in New York City filled quickly following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
Two Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members give the thumbs up as they watch checks being printed out at the pension check printing at the NYS audit and control facility in East Greenbush, NY in September 2001. The checks for the first time reflected a Cost of living Adjustment (COLA), a long sought CSEA legislative goal which was enacted by the legislature and signed into law by Governor George Pataki in 2000. New York State Comptroller Carl McCall was also instrumental in the legislation.
United States Senator Chuck Schumer greets Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Rosemary Hampton and Frank Cosentino among others at the New York City Labor Parade in September 2001. Chuck Schumer represents New York in the United States Senate.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march with CSEA flags and a CSEA banner at a New York City Labor Parade in September 2001.
United States Senator Chuck Schumer wears a sash reading, "official" at a New York City Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Labor Parade in September 2001. Chuck Schumer represents the state of New York in the United States Senate.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march while playing the tuba, drums, and trumpet at a New York City Labor Parade in September 2001.
Unidentified Civil Servicen Employees Association (CSEA) Local 660 members march with a banner at the Albany Labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue shakes hands with an unidentified PEF member while CSEA member Willie Terry looks on following the Albany Labor Parade in honor of the September 11, 2001 victims of the World Trade Center. The parade took place just weeks following the tragic events.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Albany, NY area members march with a banner stating, "God bless America" at the Albany Labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center. The parade took place just weeks following the tragic events.
Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue take part in the Albany labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events. Also pictured are New York State United Teachers Executive Vice President Alan Lubin and PEF President Roger Benson.
New York Governor George E. Pataki observes a state Health Department worker at the Wadsworth Lab test for anthrax following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
New York Governor George Pataki meets with state Tax Department workers in New York City following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center for the state Department of Taxation and Finance in the attacks.
A large tattered flag flies from the façade of a building near Ground Zero following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. In the early days following the attack, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members responded with blood drives and monetary contributions, and many were involved either directly or indirectly in the rescue and recovery efforts.
Five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME members play Wheel of Fortune at the 1999 taping of "Wheels Salute to the American family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune.
Wheel of Fortune Host Pat Sajak and Vanna White welcome AFL-CIO Executive Vice president Linda Chavez-Thompson at the 1999 taping of "Wheels Salute to the Working Family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune which featured contestants that are Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members. Chavez-Thompson is a former AFSCME International Vice president and the highest ranking woman in the Labor Movement.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and twin sisters, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red) of Albany, New York are congratulated by host Pat Sajak and Vanna White during a 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune. Twins Brown and Alexander won $21,695 in cash and a trailer.
Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak converses with several AFSCME members including twins and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red), of Albany, NY, during the taping of the 1999 "Wheels Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and twin sisters, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red) of Albany, New York are congratulated by host Pat Sajak and Vanna White during a 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune. Twins Brown and Alexander won $21,695 in cash and a trailer.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME audience members cheer on their fellow members at the 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the labor union's Metropolitan, Southern, and Long Island New York State regions marching in the 1998 New York City Labor Parade.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the labor union's Metropolitan, Southern, and Long Island New York State regions marching in the 1998 New York City Labor Parade.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) float prior to the start of the 1998 New York City Labor Parade. The theme of the float is CSEA member's fight for fairness and respect across New York State from Montauk Point on Long Island to Niagara Falls.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at the 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting in New York City showing their support for the Clinton-Gore ticket. 1992 Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton was a guest speaker at the event.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, making his way through the crowd and shaking hands with delegates.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates to the New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civl Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Applauding, from left, are CSEA Vice President Danny Donohue, AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, and CSEA President Joseph McDermott.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 New York State Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton speaking with AFSCME President Gerald McEntee while making their way through the crowd at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting where both were guest speakers.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Joseph E. McDermott at the CSEA 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City where Clinton was a guest speaker.
Ms. Piggy, the mascot of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s float in the 1992 New York City Labor Day Parade. The theme of the float is Privatizing is Hogwash, making the point that CSEA members can do jobs better and more cost-effectively than private contractors. The CSEA is New York's largest union.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s float in the 1992 New York City Labor Day Parade. The theme of the float is Privatizing is Hogwash, making the point that CSEA members can do jobs better and more cost-effectively than private contractors.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton speaking with AFSCME President Gerald McEntee. Both men were guest speakers at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting in New York City. AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, also a guest speaker, is on the left; CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott is on the right.
John F. Kennedy Jr.,a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, shaking hands with CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott.
John F. Kennedy Jr., a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, shaking hands with CSEA New York City State Employees Local 10 President Vincent Martusciello as CSEA Labor Education Action Program Director Ira Baumgarten looks on.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Irene Carr with John F. Kennedy Jr. during the 1992 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City at which Kennedy was a guest speaker. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. CSEA Vice President Danny Donohue is on the left.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. CSEA Vice President Danny Donohue is on the left and CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott is on the right.
John F. Kennedy Jr. making his was through the crowd to address the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting. Behind him is CSEA Labor Education Action Program Director Ira Baumgarten. Ahead of Mr Kennedy is CSEA Long Island State Employees Local 16 President Tom Byrne.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, pictured with Western Region President Bob Lattimer (far left) and CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton shaking hands with Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio at the 1992 New York State Civil Service employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Clinton was a guest speaker at the event. Behind Clinton is CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, shaking hands with an unidentified delegate. AFSCME President Gerald McEntee is pictured on the left; Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio is on the right. Behind Clinton is CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee addressing the delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 New York State Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Seated from left to right are Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the meeting, CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott and CSEA Secretary Irene Carr.
John F. Kennedy Jr. addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates to the New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the union's Metropolitan, Southern, and Long Island New York State regions marching in the 1992 New York City Labor Day Parade. The CSEA is New York's largest union.
Archbishop Cardinal John O'Conner of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York posing with children of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members following the New York City Labor Day Parade.
John F. Kennedy Jr., a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, shaking hands with CSEA New York State Psychiatric Institute Local 419 President Tony Bailous.
John F. Kennedy Jr., a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, posing with CSEA members Carol Backstrom of the Bronx Psychiatric Center Local, Candy Saxon of the Niagara County Local and Diane Lucchesi of the SUNY New Paltz Local.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, pictured with CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott. CSEA Statewide Secretary Irene Carr is seated on the right.
New York City Mayor David Dinkins shaking hands with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Joseph E. McDermott. Dinkins was a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
New York City Mayor David Dinkins addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting.
John F. Kennedy Jr., a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting, shaking hands with CSEA Brooklyn Developmental Center Local Delegate James Gripper.
An unidentified young supporter of Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 New York State Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
New York City Mayor David Dinkins, pictured here with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 010 President Vincent Martusciello (right), was a guest speaker at the CSEA 1992 New York State Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. In this photograph Clinton makes his way through the crowd, shaking hands with delegates.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Seated from left to right are Presidential candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the meeting, and CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 505 members working on a prize winning float for the 1st annual Central New York Labor Council Labor Solidarity Parade in Utica, New York, September 12, 1991. More than 100 CSEA Central Region activists participated in the event. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Matilda Cuomo holds up a copy of The Daily News with the front page headline: "CUOMO PULLS AN UPSET," after her husband Mario defeated New York City Mayor Ed Koch in the 1982 Democratic Primary for Governor.
President Jimmy Carter laughs at a comment by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Bill McGowan, at podium, at CSEA's 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. From left are CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, Carter, U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, unidentified Secret Service agent and McGowan.
President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Bill McGowan at the union's 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. In background are U.S. Rep. John LaFalce and U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
President Jimmy Carter speaks to delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. Seated, front, are AFSCME President Jerry Wurf and CSEA President Bill McGowan. Seated rear are New York Governor Hugh Carey and NYS Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink.
President Jimmy Carter at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. in background are: NYS Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink (partially obscured) CSEA Attorney Jim Featherstonhaugh (partially obscured) AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, CSEA President Bill McGowan and CSEA Statewide Treasurer Jack Gallagher.
President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. At left is AFSCME President Jerry Wurf and at right is CSEA President Bill McGowan.
President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. From left to right are CSEA Capital Region President Joseph McDermott, CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, Carter, U.S. Rep. John LaFalce and U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
United States President Jimmy Carter speaks at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY after the union endorsed his candidacy. To the right of Carter are New York Governor Hugh Carey, CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf.
A news clipping from The Civil Service Leader that includes a cartoon depicting a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) bowling ball knocking down bowling pins representing other unions including AFSCME, SEIU, and the Teamsters. CSEA had recently won a landside representation election in Suffolk County and was expected to sweep upcoming elections in Islip Town and Babylon Town.
Candidates for top office in the State Administration were guest speakers during the 60h annual meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) in Buffalo. NY. Governor Nelson Rockefeller is seen at left along with fellow Republican, Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz, center, and Dr. Theodore Wenzl, CSEA president.
Dr. Theodore C. Wenzl, president of the Civil Service Employees Association, is shown receiving the keys to a 1971 Chevrolet Camaro from S. M. Weiss, general manager of De Russo Chevrolet in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Camaro is the number one prize in CSEAs Super Sign-Up Season membership drive jackpot. Other prizes in the Super Jackpot include ten RCA color TV sets, five Panasonic stereo receivers and 50 Helbros wrist watches. The gigantic membership drive will be conducted throughout New York State during the eight-week period of Oct. 1 to Nov. 27. CSEA added 17,500 members during the contest.
Candidates for top office in the State administration were guest speakers during the 60th annual meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) in Buffalo. CSEA President Theodore Wenzl is flanked by Arthur Goldberg, Democratic candidate for governor and one of his running mates, State Comptroller Arthur Levitt. Goldberg was a former U.S. Supreme Court Justice and United Nations Ambassador.
Rather than simply explain the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Super Sign-up Season membership drive to the delegates at the Annual Meeting in Buffalo, CSEA's Public Relations Department and the advertising agency Van de Car, de Porte and Johnson presented a 30-minute parody of "The Honeymooners" during which "Ralph" explains to "Norton" how they will clean up when the drive gets under way. In the picture, left to right: Carmen Sgarlata playing the role of Ralph Cramden; Marilyn Jackson as Trixie; Betsy Morray of Van de Car, de Porte and Johnson, director of the show; Marvin Nailor as Norton; Mary Beth Corbett as Alice. The script was written by Bud Johnson of the agency.
SIGNED UP YET? - That is the question Eileen DeGeorge and other active Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members will be asking the many thousands of eligible non-members during CSEAs eight-week Super Sign-Up period. DeGeorge is shown holding a button toward the photographer. CSEA added 17,500 members during the contest.
Rockefeller And Goldberg campaign at a convention, seen here listening to one of the speech makers at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegate session are, seated, Dr. Theodore C. Wenzl, CSEA president, Solomon Bendet, CSEA second vice-president, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and, standing, Irving Flaumenbaum, CSEA first vice-president.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and children wave to the camera at the First Annual CSEA Tax and Finance Local 460 Community Awareness Day on August 16, 1994 in Brooklyn.
The State Department of Transportation Region 2 Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) recently, for the eighth consecutive time, elected Nicholas J. Cimino president. New officers were installed by CSEA field representative Ted Modrzejewski, at right, standing. Others were, from left, seated: Beatruce Spatto, financial secretary; James Conley, treasurer, and Ann Smith, secretary; standing, from right, Charles Whitney, second vice president; Nicholas V. Serio, first vice president; and Cimino. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, left, with United States Senator Hillary Clinton and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue at the CSEA announcement of CSEA's endorsement of Clinton for president of the United States.
Senator Hillary Clinton signs an autograph for a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) supporter at the announcement of CSEA's endorsement of Clinton for president of the United States.