Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, third from left, joins about 50 other plungers from the Central Region "Polar Peeps" team in the frigid waters of Oneida Lake December 2012. The CSEA group was, once again, the largest fund-raising team at the event "Freezin' for a Reason", exceeding their fund raising goal of $15,000. Also pictured are Team Co-Captains Tammy Witteman, second from left, and Casey Walpole, fifth from left.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President Lester Crockett testifies before the New York state Assembly Health Committee that the economic benefits of SUNY Downstate MEdical Center to Brooklyn, NY and surrounding areas far outweigh the savings that would result from privatization of the hospital.
SUNY Downstate Local members lobby state legislators in their Albany offices about a reported restructuring that threatens the loss of thousands of jobs.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO) Local President and Office of People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) Statewide Labor Management Chair Kathy Button speaking on how state policies are hurting the quality of care at OPWDD.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Veronica Robinson, a Direct Support Assistant at the Snow Hill IRA in Syracuse helps Gerry, one of the residents at her group home, put together a puzzle.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital District Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO) Local President Bill Loya at a function concerning CSEA members' need to fight to protect decent paying, middle-class jobs.
Office of People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) Commissioner Courtney Burke speaks with members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) OMH/OPWDD Advisory Committee at a meeting in Albany about improving employee morale while the agency proceeds to move work to private agencies and undermine the future for CSEA members and the communities in which they work.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Colleen Wheaton speaks out in support of not selling Onondaga county's Van Duyn Home & Hospital nursing home to a local development corporation (LDC) at an Onondaga County Legislature public hearing in fall 2012.
Supporters of the Chemung County Nursing Facility fill the Chemung County legislative chambers to show their opposition to privatizing the county nursing facility.
Bayview Correctional Facility, New York state's last remaining women's prison south of the Tappan Zee Bridge, located next to high-priced condominiums and apartments in the Chelsea, NY neighborhood, will soon close as part of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal.