Photo used on the cover of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s January 2012 Work Force. Bad medicine, bad management: WMC CEO puts jobs, world class care at risk. Members and hospital nurses rallied outside Westchester Medical Center (WMC) to draw attention to WMC CEO Michael Israel's dangerous proposal to cut 250 jobs in addition to those drastic cuts and closing health care facilities he's already made since taking the reins as CEO.
In this photo Westchester Medical Center Unit activist Tony Mennite holds a sign explaining the top-heavy management at the hospital as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and hospital nurses rallied to draw attention to WMC's CEO Mike Israel proposed cuts to jobs following cuts he has already made.
An illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin titled "Once Upon a Time in the North Country" depicts the disrespect shown Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) represented Olympic Regional Development Authority workers who operate and maintain venues that was the home to the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid.
Tom Utley, a building maintenance worker and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, makes repairs to radiant heating on a wooden walkway at Gore Mountain.
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Local Vice President Crispin Booker, left, and Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Local President Fitzroy Wilson discuss the recent report calling for the closure of inpatient services.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, front right, speaks with supporters of the Erie County Medical Center Downtown Outpatient Clinic.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and Onondaga County Department of Water Environment Protection Personnel Office workers Collette Hare, left, and Julie Greiner, right, recently saved the day for about 380 of their co-workers when, on the Monday before Thanksgiving 2011, computer servers crashed, not allowing them to enter their payroll changes. Undaunted, the two drove downtown to the county Comptroller's Office, where, for several hours, they manually entered all the changes.
Direct Support Assistant and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Veronica Robinson helps resident Carlton Sessoms decorate the Christmas tree at the Snow Hill group home in Syracuse.