New York State Veteran's Home at Batavia Director of Nursing Barbara Bates, Administrator Joanne Hernick, Certified Nurse Aide Paul Blujus and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occpational Health and Safety Specialist John Bieger discussing the nursing home's success with zero lift at a safe patient handling seminar in Albany, New York. CSEA is leading a statewide coalition of health care organizations, labor organizations and safety advocates that say it's time to stop requiring New Yorks health care workers to manually lift patients in their care, seriously injuring thousands of hospital and nursing home workers every year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue firing up the crowd during a demonstration in support of Rochester, New York hotel workers trying to form a union. The demonstration, organized by UNITE-HERE, was held during the 2007 CSEA Spring Workshop. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York attended the union's annual Spring Workshop in Rochester. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members taking part in the 2007 spring workshop sessions addressing issues such as health care reform, safety and health and political action. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York attended the unions annual Spring Workshop in Rochester, New York. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, left, and CSEA President Danny Donohue, right, congratulating SUNY Old Westbury Local President Mary D'Antonio, center, on winning the union's 2007 Mission Achievement Award at the Spring Workshop in Rochester, New York. D'Antonio was honored for her longtime service on the Long Island campus of SUNY Old Westbury and for her dedication to the union and education.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Western Region President Flo Tripi, right, congratulating Erie County Local President Joan Bender on receiving the CSEA's Mission Achievement Award at the Spring Workshop, held in Rochester, New York. As Erie County employees grappled with major budget cuts and layoffs, and the Berger Commission's recommendation to close Erie County Medical Center and another Buffalo area hospital, Bender helped lead CSEA members through the crisis, constantly keeping them informed of developments and mobilized them to action.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Yonkers School District Unit 9169 member Suzanne Fuller, a special education aide at Montessori School 31. The photo appeared in the 2007 CSEA calendar. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Yonkers School District Unit 9169 member Lori Riccardi, a teacher aide at Montessori School 31. The photo appeared in the 2007 CSEA calendar.
Long Island Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Vincent Cagmone speaking to Zoranda Wilson of the CSEA/NYS Partnership about continuing education benefits at the Long Island Region International Day and Women's Health Fair. The annual event is held at the Long Island Region office through the combined efforts of the region's Women's and Human Rights Committees. It is one of many CSEA events, often called information fairs, held throughout the year around the state to make information available to members about CSEA's union benefits and services. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) leaders and activists joined hundreds of AFSCME brothers and sisters for a Capitol Hill rally against the Bush administrations's ill-conceived scheme to privatize Social Security. The Social Security event was part of a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
New York Senator Chuck Schumer addresses Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists along with those from AFSCME District Councils 37 and 1707 at a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). As part of the event, hundreds of union members and other groups were joined by an impressive united front of Democratic House and Senate members for a Capitol Hill rally that demonstrated the resolve to protect Social Security benefits.