Lizette Marrero of the Long Island Developmental Center Local in the Long Island Region is the PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality) Recruiter of the Month for March 2010. Participation in PEOPLE strengthens Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) clout in the workplace, in the legislature, in the community and in the labor movement.
Massapequa School District Unit Treasurer Paul Lavigne, left, and activist Mike Molter enlist the support of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at the Nassau County Educational Employees Local conference. The unit has been working with an expired contract for nearly three years and members have been working with the media and residents to get information out about management's lack of movement in negotiations.
?Nearly 100 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Long Island Region demonstrate outside the district offices of New York State Senator Brian Foley. Foley and Senator Craig Johnson joined with the New York State Senate's Democratic leadership in calling for thousands of state workers to be laid off. They were among several Democratic senators CSEA targeted across the state for proposing the layoff scheme.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Humane Education Instructor Gelsy Freese with pomeranians Brandi, left, and Chanel, two of the dogs used in the Pet Therapy Program.
Town of Oyster Bay Highway Foreman Electrician John Schuerlein was one of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who had a critical role in helping get Long Island back in order after a fierce storm. Schuerlein helped highway crews identify downed power lines during cleanup operations.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the Long Island Region "Bathing Beauties" show their union pride amid torrential rains and strong winds at the North Hempstead Beach Park Polar Plunge on March 13.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on Long Island rally against New York Governor David Paterson's proposal to close dozens of state parks and historic sites across the state.
Quadalupe (Lupe) Johnson, posing at her job at the Nassau County Local office, is helping lead Next Wave programs for younger Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members.
Photo used as faces of the work force in the 2007 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) calendar shows New York City Parks worker Ramon Grimotes preparing the field before a baseball game at the Roberto Clemente State Park. It is used here as a promotion for nominations for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's Excelsior Award.
Certified Nurse Aides Carina Shultis, left, and Jeanette Utter help lift a resident into his bed at the New York State Veterans Home at Oxford using a portable lift. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) strongly advocated the new safe patient handling lifts be installed in the new building at the home.