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.
Members of the 90 Church Street Labor Coalition, flanked by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Canary, accepting a New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health Award on behalf of the 90 Church Street Labor Coalition, which consisted of CSEA and other labor union members who helped improve safety and health conditions at the 90 Church Street office building, adjacent to the World Trade Center site in New York City. CSEA members and staff accepting the award are, from left, CSEA Labor Relations Specialist Barbara Moore, Public Service Commission Local President Renee Jackson, Department of Health Local activist Mark Hammer, Health Research Inc. Local President Deb Hanna, Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, former CSEA Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Komilla John, Metropolitan Region Occupational Safety and Health Committee Chair Frank Cosentino, CSEA Industrial Hygienist Mark Stipano and Department of Health Local activist Marie Rogers.
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).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gordon Abbey, a mechanic for the Watkins Glen School District in Schuyler County, NY, maintains one of the district's school buses.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue introduces Senator Hillary Clinton 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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Buffalo State College Local President Helen Hughes, right, and 1st Vice President Jerry Richmond, on the steps leading into the college's tunnel system. The photograph illustrates safety concerns CSEA members have. CSEA members and activists across the state have been proactive in using the Worksite Security Act to address potential risks to workers and the public in public buildings and work sites.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, retirees, and their supporters in the Village of Skaneateles, New York, who lined the street to protest a vote by the Village Board that eliminated health care coverage in retirement for many current and future retirees. The union then packed a village board meeting to condemn the board members for failing to bring the issue to the union prior to their action.