Kathleen Cronin, head of children's services for New Rochell, NY Public Library, taking a moment to read to a few of the library's younger patrons. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) supports closing the gap in funding for libraries and providing more operating aid directly to libraries so they can have the resources necessary to meet the growing needs of their communities. This photo and others appeared as a feature in The Work Force, CSEA's monthly publication for union members, along with quotes from members sharing their experiences and speaking of the funding need and encouraging members statewide to take part in the New York Library Association Library Lobby Day on March 13.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Putnam County Local President Jane Gorman dressed in a blood drop costume to encourage workers and customers at Putnam County, New York, offices to participate in the county's twice-yearly blood drive. Gorman said the CSEA members' participation is a good reminder of how, despite tenuous contract negotiations, CSEA members continue to give everything to their jobs. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Tax Local 690 Women's Committee with some of the 200 Teddy Bears they and their co-workers created outfits for to get ready for their new owners, residents of the Albany (New York) County Nursing Home. From left are committee advisor Kim Wallace, co-chair Diane Barosi, committee chair Shana Davis and committee member Coneaka Anderson.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented workers at the Putnam County Department of Health's Certified Home Health Care Agency staff, who have been ranked among the top in the country. The excellent outcomes of care experienced at Putnam County's agency are due not just to the excellent care, but also to workers' dedication to improving their skills. Direct care workers attend monthly training programs.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Deputy Counsel Jerry Lefkowitz, who was nominated by New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer to chair the Public Employee Relations Board. As an attorney in the New York State Labor Department under Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Lefkowitz helped craft the Public Employees Fair Employment Act, also known as the Taylor Law, which was enacted in 1967.After the law's enactment, Lefkowitz served as PERB's executive director for many years before joining CSEA in 1987.
Cheryl M. Perkins, Library Clerk at SUNY Health and Sciences Center in Brooklyn, New York, using the Dewey Decimal System card catalog even though most of the research at the library is now done electronically. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) supports closing the gap in funding for libraries and providing more operating aid directly to libraries so they can have the resources necessary to meet the growing needs of their communities. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
SUNY New Paltz Local Vice Presidents Janice Beaulieu, left, and Mary Griffin taking part in a rally for the right for private food service employees at SUNY New Paltz to unionize. Sodexho-Marriot, an international, multibillion-dollar corporation, took over operations of the campus dining services in 2001. The workers approached the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) for help in forming a union in 2002 after Sodexho managers would subject employees to intimidation, reprimands and humiliation on the job. Nearly 100 workers voted to join CSEA in 2003. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Terri Gilbough of the Finger Lakes DDSO Local and client Richard at a group home in Rochester. CSEA is preparing to introduce state legislation that will help preserve the quality care standards in the public and not-for-profit sectors of the developmental disabilties field, which will help boost the substandard pay and benefits of non-union employees of not-for-profit centers while protecting the hard fought rights and contractual protections of CSEA members.
State lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, Senators Neil Breslin, Nicholas Spano (speaking) and George Maziarz, Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco and Assemblymen Robert Reilly, John McEneny and Roy McDonald turned out in force to support the Civil Service Empployees Association (CSEA)'s Campaign for Quality Care in New York's developmental disabilities system at an Albany news conference. The Quality Care campaign is necessary because of an epidemic in turnover rates ? up to 40 percent annually among front line employees of many not-for-profit agencies that threaten the long-term quality standards of services and care.
State Senator Frank Padavan speaks at a Campaign for Quality Care in New York's developmental disabilities system news conference in New York City. Numerous other legislators, city council members and activists also participated. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Quality Care campaign is necessary because of an epidemic in turnover rates ? up to 40 percent annually among front line employees of many not-for-profit agencies that threaten the long-term quality standards of services and care.