From left, Bess Watts and Pat Martinez, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Monroe County Community College Unit, Todd Plank of the Empire State Pride Agenda, and union member Neil Kirby of the New York City State Employees Local participate on a panel on marriage equality. The workshop, held during the 2009 annual Spring Workshop in Rochester, focused on marriage equality, domestic partnership, civil unions, and the movement toward equality for everyone.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Amy Simmons, St. Lawrence County Local Secretary, attended the 2009 annual Spring Workshop in Rochester.
?Sally MacDougal, right, of Steuben County, and other Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, listen to presenters during a workshop on preventing workplace violence at the 2009 annual Spring Workshop.
Mental Health Therapy Aide Sandra Martine tells Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) OSH Project Developer Matt Kozak about her assault by a patient at Bronx Psychiatric Center as part of a DVD CSEA is producing to help CSEA leaders and activists reduce the risk of violence at their work sites.
Donna Mead, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented school aide at the Port Jervis School District in Orange County, is being honored by her co-workers for saving a kindergarten student's life. When Mead noticed the boy, Matthew Fitterer, choking on cereal, she jumped into action and within seconds she successfully performed the Heimlich Maneuver on the child. Matthew was so grateful that he brought Mead flowers the next day. In the photo are Mead and Matthew Fitterer.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo speaks out against a proposed merger of Sullivan County BOCES with Orange-Ulster BOCES at a public hearing held February 12, 2009 at Liberty High School.
Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko, right, congratulates town housing inspector and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Jim Carlson for his heroic actions that helped save a young man's life.
Southold Unit member Ev Corwin, left, and unit President Tom Skabry urge town officials to "show some respect" to workers during a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) demonstration outside the Southold town hall against a proposal by the town supervisor to lay off 10 percent of the town work force and severely curtail the quality of resident services in the process.