Cover image of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s January 2011 Work Force addresses the issue of threatened layoffs of New York State employees: People work. Layoffs don't.
Photo of the Month in the January 2011 Work Force. Representatives from the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and management from Tarrytown and Yorktown participated in a weeklong train-the-trainer course on working in confined spaces. The workshop, taught by staff from the CSEA Occupational Safety and Health Department at the headquarters of Highland Hose Co. No. 1 in Lloyd, will allow participants to train co-workers on how to work safely in confined spaces. CSEA members Anthony Ruggiero Jr. and John Kelly died on Labor Day in Tarrytown after apparently succumbing to fumes in a manhole. The Village of Tarrytown had not offered proper confined space training to its work force. CSEA recently conducted similar trainings across the state.
Illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin in the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s January 2011 Work Force depicting Governor Andrew Cuomo as the newly elected governor of New York with his father, former Governor Mario Cuomo.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) memberr Anabel Rosa, a worker at the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped and the only Spanish-speaking keyboard specialist in the state, is one of hundreds of state workers facing the loss of their jobs. She was one of hundreds of state workers targeted for layoffs by New York Governor David Paterson.
Town of Hempstead welders and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Harold Pinder, left, and Kenneth Hill help the town save money through welding to restore aging equipment.
Fulton County Local President Ron Briggs speaks out about the county's proposed sale of public health services, as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold signs in support.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, including newly elected SUNY Canton College Association Local President Toni Besio, left, and Secretary-Treasurer Michelle Johnson help prepare a meal for students.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) volunteer member organizers from the Metropolitan Region were honored with the Nadra Floyd Award at CSEA's 100th Annual Delegates Meeting. The award recognizes members who have made an extraordinary contribution to the growth of CSEA's membership. In the picture, Metropolitan Region Organizing/Membership Committee Chair Ramon Lucas accepts the award from CSEA President Danny Donohue, left, and is joined by Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, second from right, and Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, right.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Bronx Psychiatric Center Local President Abraham Benjamin speaks with a television station reporter while CSEA members demonstrate outside the center. The workers demonstrated over a lack of workplace violence law enforcement and layoffs.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region "Polar Peeps" team members take the plunge in Oneida Lake, including Team Captain Jeffrey Colburn, dressed in the yellow Peeps suit. Central Region President Colleen Wheaton is to Colburn's immediate left.
As Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Madison County Local activist Karen Bright watches, SUNY Binghamton Local President David Lee gets down and chilly in the waters of Oneida Lake.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region Judiciary Local "Chain Gang," winners of the best costume award, pose with Special Olympics New York CEO Neal Johnson. From left are Darlene O'Hara, Brenda Leone, Johnson, Local President Don Lynskey, Natalie Spilman, Sheila Sears and Gaige Gonyeau-Spilman.
Ad used on the back page of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s January 2011 Work Force addressing the issue of proposed layoffs and the value public sector workers bring to communities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and staff, including state Office of General Services Local activist Tom Moylan, left, and state Education Department Local President Sally Bywater, participate in a candlelight vigil in Albany, NY.
An illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin depicts the overhaul of the public employee pension system by business coalitions and real estate groups.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from left, Jason Hull, John Regan, Westchester County Unit members Arthur Williams and Rick Lanza, Elvis Ulculmana and unit member John Ponce, floor supervisor, provide vital services to the county.
Former Dutchess County Department of Health worker Carrie Cocurullo and community activist Diane Ruffin helped provide essential HIV testing to community members including many who speak Spanish.