Two Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) local presidents from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, standing next to a union-sponsored bus stop shelter ad supporting keeping the world-renown RPCI a public-owned facility. Brian J. Madden, left, is president of CSEA RPCI Local 303 and Jim Jayes, right, is president of CSEA Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo) Local 315. The ads appeared on several bus stop shelters, public transit buses and a billboard in the Buffalo area as part of a union-sponsored media advertising campaign in the Buffalo area.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Director of Research William Blom, in shirt sleeves, confers with CSEA statewide President William L. McGowan about a bargaining proposal during the 1988 State Contract negotiations.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Port Washington Custodial Unit member Louie Calabrese on drums leading the Power Glide band at the Pride in Port parade in Port Washington, New York, on Long Island. Most of the unit participated in the local community event. More than 300 CSEA members live in the town and work in surrounding areas and are very civic minded. The members of the custodial unit helped raise thousands of dollars for area charities. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, presenting New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with a caricature drawn by CSEA's graphic artist Ralph Distin. The gesture was in appreciation of Silver's support on many of the union's initiatives. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, joining CSEA members in a march on City Hall in New York City. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) state transportation department members repairing a stretch of Interstate 87 near Albany, New York. The workers often find themselves inches from speeding traffic. This photo was used in the January, 2002, Work Force to illustrate the dangers DOT workers encounter daily. New York State Governor George Pataki had vetoed legislation for the second time that would have paid a hazardous duty differential to state Department of Transportation workers who work in or near traffic. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Danny Donohue serves as the 22nd president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1994 to the present . Under his leadership, CSEA is stronger and more effective because of his multi-pronged agenda that emphasizes contract negotiations, political action and organizing. Under Donohue's leadership, CSEA has earned a reputation for being at the forefront on a wide range of public policy issues. Donohue has been a leading advocate on issues of importance to all New Yorkers including fair and responsible budgets, affordable prescription drug coverage, preserving quality health care, and improving public education. CSEA was the first union in the state to negotiate for less-expensive prescription drugs from Canada. Donohue's leadership on the New York State AFL-CIO's Pension Task Force produced the most sweeping pension improvements in a generation for public employees, securing permanent cost-of-living allowances for retired public employees.