Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Local member Moira Skalski makes signs and passes out flags in preparation for the Buffalo Labor Day Parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County members protest against big business taking over county services in front of County Executive Joel Gaimbra's office on September 29, 2005.
President Jimmy Carter addresses delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. Seated behind Carter are U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf and CSEA President Bill McGowan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio leading marchers at a labor rally in New York City. Around New York State, CSEA members take part annually in labor events and parades around Labor Day weekend. In 2004 the rights of working people were under attack. Under the Bush administration Americans saw the loss of 1.7 million jobs, erosion of health insurance coverage along with higher prices, gutting of workers safety and health protections and a National Labor Relations Board hell-bent on benefiting employers at the expense of workers.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "One Year Later". New York's Public Workers building a "house" with "reinforced resolve," "new challenges," "new purpose," "fighting back" frame on a foundation (remembering the heroism of Sept. 11) with foundation blocks of "volunteers," "donations," "doing our job" held together by cement (commitment). 911 signpost in front (Coming Soon: the Future), New York City skyline, with Twin Towers, in the background. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A plaque inscribed with the names of 39 state Department of Taxation and Finance workers who were killed in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center for the state Department of Taxation and Finance in the attacks.
A table decorated with mementos of 39 state Taxation and Finance workers who were killed in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack is displayed in the lobby of the state Deptartment of Taxation and Finance building in Albany, NY.
One of several maps that hang in the State Emergency Management Office command center, reporting the latest hot zones at ground zero. SEMO employees were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted directly or indirectly in rescue and recovery efforts following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
New York Governor George Pataki speaks to state Tax Department workers in New York City following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center for the state Department of Taxation and Finance in the attacks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue and CSEA Western Region President Flo Tripi, centered behind a Monroe County banner, leading a contingent of CSEA members in the 2001 Rochester Labor Parade in Rochester, New York. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue observes the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center destruction with New York Secretary of State Randy Daniels, left, and New York State Governor George E. Pataki. CSEA lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center at the state Department of Taxation and Finance. In the early days following the attack, CSEA members responded with blood drives and monetary contributions, and many were involved either directly or indirectly in the rescue and recovery efforts.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and children march with a sign stating, "CSEA, Americans United" at the Albany labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and members of the Albany/Capital District Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) march with a banner at the Albany labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events.
State Emergency Management Office workers were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted directly or indirectly in rescue and recovery efforts following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Town of Hempstead Bay Constables arrive on the scene of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. The Bay Constables were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted with rescue and recovery efforts in the early days following the attacks.
NY Guard Major Bob Peace, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Micki Thoms, NY Guard Capt. Mike Wilson, NY Guard Major Denis Uminski, and Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local President Judy Watts-Devine move relief supplies. Two vacant buildings at the Hudson River Psychiatric Center's Poughkeepsie campus became a staging facility for relief supplies when other facilities in New York City filled quickly following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
Two Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members give the thumbs up as they watch checks being printed out at the pension check printing at the NYS audit and control facility in East Greenbush, NY in September 2001. The checks for the first time reflected a Cost of living Adjustment (COLA), a long sought CSEA legislative goal which was enacted by the legislature and signed into law by Governor George Pataki in 2000. New York State Comptroller Carl McCall was also instrumental in the legislation.
United States Senator Chuck Schumer greets Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Rosemary Hampton and Frank Cosentino among others at the New York City Labor Parade in September 2001. Chuck Schumer represents New York in the United States Senate.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march with CSEA flags and a CSEA banner at a New York City Labor Parade in September 2001.
United States Senator Chuck Schumer wears a sash reading, "official" at a New York City Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Labor Parade in September 2001. Chuck Schumer represents the state of New York in the United States Senate.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march while playing the tuba, drums, and trumpet at a New York City Labor Parade in September 2001.
Unidentified Civil Servicen Employees Association (CSEA) Local 660 members march with a banner at the Albany Labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue shakes hands with an unidentified PEF member while CSEA member Willie Terry looks on following the Albany Labor Parade in honor of the September 11, 2001 victims of the World Trade Center. The parade took place just weeks following the tragic events.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Albany, NY area members march with a banner stating, "God bless America" at the Albany Labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center. The parade took place just weeks following the tragic events.
Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue take part in the Albany labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events. Also pictured are New York State United Teachers Executive Vice President Alan Lubin and PEF President Roger Benson.
New York Governor George E. Pataki observes a state Health Department worker at the Wadsworth Lab test for anthrax following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
New York Governor George Pataki meets with state Tax Department workers in New York City following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center for the state Department of Taxation and Finance in the attacks.
A large tattered flag flies from the façade of a building near Ground Zero following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. In the early days following the attack, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members responded with blood drives and monetary contributions, and many were involved either directly or indirectly in the rescue and recovery efforts.
Five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME members play Wheel of Fortune at the 1999 taping of "Wheels Salute to the American family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune.
Wheel of Fortune Host Pat Sajak and Vanna White welcome AFL-CIO Executive Vice president Linda Chavez-Thompson at the 1999 taping of "Wheels Salute to the Working Family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune which featured contestants that are Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members. Chavez-Thompson is a former AFSCME International Vice president and the highest ranking woman in the Labor Movement.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and twin sisters, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red) of Albany, New York are congratulated by host Pat Sajak and Vanna White during a 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune. Twins Brown and Alexander won $21,695 in cash and a trailer.
Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak converses with several AFSCME members including twins and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red), of Albany, NY, during the taping of the 1999 "Wheels Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and twin sisters, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red) of Albany, New York are congratulated by host Pat Sajak and Vanna White during a 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune. Twins Brown and Alexander won $21,695 in cash and a trailer.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME audience members cheer on their fellow members at the 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the labor union's Metropolitan, Southern, and Long Island New York State regions marching in the 1998 New York City Labor Parade.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the labor union's Metropolitan, Southern, and Long Island New York State regions marching in the 1998 New York City Labor Parade.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) float prior to the start of the 1998 New York City Labor Parade. The theme of the float is CSEA member's fight for fairness and respect across New York State from Montauk Point on Long Island to Niagara Falls.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at the 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting in New York City showing their support for the Clinton-Gore ticket. 1992 Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton was a guest speaker at the event.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, making his way through the crowd and shaking hands with delegates.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates to the New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civl Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Applauding, from left, are CSEA Vice President Danny Donohue, AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, and CSEA President Joseph McDermott.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 New York State Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton speaking with AFSCME President Gerald McEntee while making their way through the crowd at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting where both were guest speakers.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Joseph E. McDermott at the CSEA 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City where Clinton was a guest speaker.