Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Albany NY daycare provider Fran Nantista, left, introduces U.S. Rep Michael McNulty to two of the children in her care at a rally against President Bush's 2007 proposed budget which recommended a spending freeze on childcare assistance. Nantista is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, state park employees Kevin Julius, left, Rich Trudeau, center, and Dan Urkevich work to remove fallen trees from the Avenue of the Pines at Saratoga Spa State Park. About 30 trees were downed along the avenue. A falling tree killed CSEA state Department of Transportation worker George Green. Saratoga County was the worst hit area in the Capital Region in the wake of a severe windstorm that left thousands without heat or electricity. CSEA members from the Capital Region stepped up to help others weather the storm.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Deborah Johnson, standing at right, joined fellow Wayne County Nursing Home employees in Albany for Nursing Home Lobby Day. The group met with State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, R-Seneca Falls, outside Senate Chambers. Clockwise, from left, Dawn Wuilliez, Suzanne Wild, Debra Welt, Nozzolio, Johnson, Brenda Brown and John Allen. Dozens of activists met with their elected officials on March 14, nursing home lobby day, to urge state Senate and Assembly members to make the right choices in funding public health care, and in particular nursing homes.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME members from across the state pack the Empire State Convention Center for AFSCME Lobby Day. After the rally, members met with elected officials from their districts, urging them to vote against Gov. George Pataki's wrong budget choices to protect working families.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Pete Hillier, a driver with the New York state Department of Transportation, suffered bumps and bruises March 2, 2006, after his snowplow was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on route 390 in Wayland. It took two huge tow trucks to pull the plow back up and onto the road.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Bob Stempert and Chris Banghart with Joseph Ostrom. The two members, employees of the Port Jervis, New York, Department of Public Works, rescued Ostrom's father and brother from a burning building. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region retirees signing letters to President Bush and Congressional leaders demanding they fix the Medicare Law. They also wore stickers and distributed lollipops and fliers that said "Don't be a Sucker ? Bush's Medicare Scheme Makes you Suffer." CSEA members joined a coalition of union members, retirees and supporters of health care reform to bring attention to the glaring problems in the Medicare law that was passed by President Bush in 2003. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon declaring "You Decide!" Governor George E. Pataki shooting arrows (penalties, positions eliminated, employer decides) not hitting the target labeled "NYS" (retirement incentive). The target labeled "CSEA" (25/55, employee decides about retiring, fair to all public employees, no lost positions) has an arrow in the bullseye. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members wearing "Quality Workers Providing Quality Care" t-shirts at a "speakout" against New York State Governor Pataki's proposed budget cuts to the Office of Mental Health (OMH). CSEA bombarded the public and state lawmakers with information about the proposed plan to close two state-run psychiatric centers and thousands of CSEA members lobbied lawmakers, made phone calls and rallied to save vital mental health services. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.