Bill Jordan, left, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member representing Region VI Institutional Services Unit and Tom Ward, a Region V representative of the Operational Services Unit discussing preparations for contract negotiations with New York State in 1987. The State's contract with ISU and OSU, as well as the Division of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA) and the Office of Court Administration (OCA) would expire on March 31, 1988. The CSEA teams represented 110,000 New York State employees.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) General Counsel Marjorie E. Karowe discussing Constitution and By-Laws amendments. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the unions constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Long Island Region President Danny Donohue addressing the panel during a discussion at CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Rochester. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A large group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Yonkers School District Unit members hold up signs at a Yonkers School District Demonstration in October 2001.
A delegate admires an American flag quilt assembled during the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 2001 Annual Delegates Meeting from hundreds of patches sewn by CSEA Units, Locals, and staff.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, State Emergency Management Office geographic information systems worker Dan O'Brien points to a map focusing on Hurricane Katrina storm surge inundation zones on Long Island. O'Brien was one of several CSEA members working in the State Emergency Management Office to assist Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. This photo appeared in the October 2005 edition of The Work Force.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) State Office of Children and Family Services Local members collect donations in Rensselaer, NY for "CSEA Street," a row of houses Habitat for Humaity will build in storm-ravaged Louisiana with money donated by CSEA members. Local members bought a doghouse to donate to one of the Habitat homes. Members will raise money by having donors pay to sign a shingle. Signers can include messages of hope to the family who will eventually live in the home that will include the doghouse. From left to right are Treasurer Irena Glogowski, Executive Vice President Mary Hamilton, Local President Richard Chaffin, Kristina Stuto and Sam Hjardemaal.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) union members grieve during a memorial service at the state Office Campus in Albany for state Department of Taxation and Finance and Department of Transportation workers who were killed or remain missing in the World Trade Center attacks. The memorial was held on October 11, 2001.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates Georgiana Natale, Delores Farrell and Rose DeSorbo wait to make comments at a special delegates meeting on September 9, 1986 to consider CSEA developing an in-house legal department.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region officers signing onto a proclamation committing themselves to a better CSEA. The proclamation developed out of CSEA's Task Force on the Future to build a greater understanding of challenges CSEA faces to become a more effective voice for working people. It was signed by CSEA's statewide officers, Board of Directors, senior staff and delegates to CSEA's annual convention and all of the elected leadership of each of CSEA's regions. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Tim Haire, a DOT sign crew worker, and DOT Sign Crew Supervisor Lois Marshall looking down from above into the culvert where they found Glen Smith, an injured driver whose truck went into the culvert along Route 89 in Ithaca, New York. The two Ithaca state Department of Transportation workers are credited with saving the life of Smith. They were repairing a road sign that had been knocked down when they noticed tire tracks ending abruptly on the side of a small hill by a deep culvert and decided to investigate. Smith was suffering from exposure. Because the site was not easy to find, the only way someone would have seen Smith was if they were walking and looking for him.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Dave Perry, a heavy equipment operator for the City of Fulton, shows 9-year-old Logan Aubeuf how to operate a snow plow. Perry was participating in the city's second annual CSEA Employee Recognition Day, a public event honoring CSEA city workers for their service.
Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Thomas Maul answers questions put forward by unidentified Civil Services Employees Association (CSEA) members at a OMRDD Labor-Management Summit. Maul also discussed the current state of OMRDD's functions during the meeting.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Schenectady Family Health Services Local President Garnett Franklin checks Licensed Practical Nurce Vanessa Gilmore's blood pressure.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue congratulating Catherine Custance on winning the Irene Carr Leadership Award at the 2006 Annual Women's Conference. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Brianne Nobis, a Global Messenger for Special Olympics New York, speaking about her experiences as a Special Olympics athlete and advocate for people with disabilities at the Special Olympics New York's Salute to Labor. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue was honored at the event for his continued efforts in the fight for fairness and respect of all individuals, including those with intellectual disabilities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi getting into the beat during the "Sounds of Unity" session at the CSEA's 2006 Women's Conference. More than 400 CSEA members attended workshops and other presentations throughout the weekend to sharpen their union leadership skills and better manage their lives in and out of the workplace.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Wayne County, New York Unit Vice President Linda Pearce at a recent contract rally. CSEA members are objecting to a move by the Wayne County Board of Supervisors in hiring an outside negotiator, which union officials said is a waste of taxpayer money. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Buffalo State Employees Local member Kristine Maszczak helps build a bench as part of her work for the United Way's recent Day of Caring. Members of the CSEA Buffalo State Employees Local spent a recent morning building benches and planters as part of the United Way's annual Day of Caring. For many of the volunteers it's a way of giving back to the community.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the Brooklyn DDSO Local in a workshop during the 2006 CSEA Women's Conference. In keeping with the conference's theme, "Union Women Building a Better Future," more than 400 CSEA members attended workshops and other presentations throughout the weekend to sharpen their union leadership skills and better manage their lives in and out of the workplace.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member John Giffone, chief custodian at Deer Park High School in Long Island, NY, one of many CSEA members across the state who have been working to prevent outbreaks of a potentially deadly form of bacteria. CSEA members working in schools and health care facilities across New York state are challenged to protect the public from the dangerous MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections on a daily basis.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Onondaga County, NY, Local member Brian Nemier adjusting a lighting display for the county's 2007 "Lights on the Lake" holiday display.
The Utica, NY chapter, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is again undertaking its annual Christmas project of gathering and repairing jewelry for area retarded children. Members assist the children in repairing the jewelry, which is then exchanged among the retarded children. Helping out are, Jane Lis, Division of Employment; Lois Ann Minozzi, project chairman, Department of Taxation and Finance; Phyllis Bowen, Department of Motor Vehicles; Frank Lasky, Department of State, and Philip J. Caruso, Utica chapter president. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on and off the job help to support high school athletes in many ways. Sometimes it takes teamwork to set up for a function at school. Here, custodians and maintenance workers install the diving board for the Connetquot swim team.
Nick Benischeck and Scott Torrance set up bleachers for a game. Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on and off the job help to support high school athletes in many ways.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member David Weaver hanging a stocking. The caption reads: David Weaver, a laborer and member of the Hudson, NY City Unit, hangs a stocking in one of the miniature houses that are part of the "Santa's Village" display in the city's Seventh Avenue Park. CSEA members employed by the city decorate Hudson's downtown every year in preparation for the city's Winter Walk.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue urges state labor officials to issue strong workplace violence prevention rules. Donohue spoke at a public hearing on a proposed workplace violence prevention rule. The New York State Department of Labor rule, which would require public employers to put in place workplace violence prevention programs to protect their workers, builds upon the Worksite Security Act of 2006, which CSEA spearheaded and which provides safer workplaces for New Yorks public employees.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Delaware County, NY, Department of Public Works employees at work to rebuild County Road No. 7 after it was destroyed by flooding in June, 2007. All road crews from the DPW were involved in the road's rebuilding, often putting in 12-hour days to get the roadway repaired.
Philip G. Rosa served as the 3rd president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1921 until 1922. Rosa fought for a strong merit system, proper salaries, and an improved retirement plan for CSEA members.
A scan of a telegram of greeting to the 1933 annual dinner of the Association of State Civil Service Employees (as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) was then known) from newly elected United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. According to Association records, Roosevelt had attended the annual dinner on previous occasions during his term as New York State Governor. The telegram is addressed to association Vice President Beulah Bailey. (Courtesy of the Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York.)
New York State Governor Thomas E. Dewey signs a bill concerning sex offenders based on a study of 102 convicted offenders at Sing Sing Prison. The bill added a new section to the Mental Hygiene Law that directed that all psychiatric personnel in correctional institutions be under the control and supervision of the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene. It gave the Department of Mental Hygiene the direct duty of supplying psychiaric services to correctional institutions and removed control from the Department of Corrections. Representing the Department of Mental Hygiene are Deputy Commissioner Dr. Arthur W. Pense (extreme left) and Commissioner Dr. Frederick MacCurdy (behind Gov. Dewey). New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1950. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
When the alarm sounds, Institution Safety Officers are right on the job. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1956. Courtesy ofCivil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Governor Rockefeller and (New York) State Fair Queen are among thousands of fair-goers who enjoy apple juice and cookies at department exhibit. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1961. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Lt. Governor Malcolm Wilson assists members of the children's gift committee of the New York State Senate in placing presents about the Senate Christmas tree in the State Capitol. The gifts were distributed to youngsters at several state schools for the retarded. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1962. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
An unidentified group of Oneida County, NY Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members protest contract offers during the holidays of 1972. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), right, talks with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, left, and United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in Washington D.C.
AFSCME District Council 37 Director Victor Gotbaum with his head at his head while standing at the lecturn at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) event. At right are CSEA President William L. McGowan and Executive Vice President Tom McDonough.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Joseph E. McDermott, CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf confer at an AFSCME Executive Board Meeting at AFSCME Headquarters in Washington D.C. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the international union, making CSEA its largest affiliate.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Joe McDermott shares a laugh with CSEA Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec following her selection as CSEA employee of the year.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, called Governor Mario Cuomo's proposed 1990 State budget (which proposed layoffs and delaying salary payments) a pie in the face to state workers in New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 883 Jeanette Engle, Local 015 Fred Gerloff, and Local 611 Casey Walpole register people to vote at a CSEA booth at the New York State Fair.
Joe Melita working at a desk. Melita is the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 559 President (Tryon School for Girls, NYS Office of Child and Family Services). He is also the recipient of the 2005 CSEA State Mission Achievement Award, given to CSEA members who best represent the union's mission statement.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members cheer for their favorite team at the CSEA hockey night held at the Broome County Arena in Binghamton, NY.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Region 5 members join together to march as one in the Central NY Labor Council's Labor Solidarity Parade in Utica, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Chair of the Region 5 Safety and Health Committee Len Foster shows workshop attendees some of the materials available for safety and health committees. The Workshop on Safety and Health was led by regional OSH Specialist John Beiger.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local Treasurer Marie Salvatore, CSEA Local 910 President Irene Hillis, and Congresswoman Susan Molinari shake hands at a healthcare reform forum in Staten Island.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local President Mohammed Hussain and informal picketers protest OMH layoffs and lack of security fence during visit of OMH Commissioner Richard Surles to Manhattan Psychiatric Center.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and retirees rally on the Empire State Plaza in Albany for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for public employee pensions. The issue was a CSEA priority for a generation until it was finally enacted in 2000.
Former Texas Governor Ann Richards with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue at the New York State CSEA's 1998 Women's Conference in White Plains, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), fourth from left, at a Public Employee Conference breakfast in 1982. Also in photo are Governor Hugh Carey, speaking, Lt. Governor Mario Cuomo, to McGowan's right, and Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson to McGowan's left.
Deborah Haws and her husband, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Charlie Haws, a grounds supervisor at SUNY Oswego, look over the couple's growing medical bills. Deborah Haws is suffering from mesothelioma, which the couple believes she contracted from washing her husband's clothes when he worked on asbestos abatement at SUNY Oswego.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Arnold Villeneuve, a construction equipment operator at the state Office of General Services, resurfaces ice on the Empire Plaza rink across from the State Capitol in Albany.
State lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, Senators Neil Breslin, Nicholas Spano (speaking) and George Maziarz, Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco and Assemblymen Robert Reilly, John McEneny and Roy McDonald turned out in force to support the Civil Service Empployees Association (CSEA)'s Campaign for Quality Care in New York's developmental disabilities system at an Albany news conference. The Quality Care campaign is necessary because of an epidemic in turnover rates ? up to 40 percent annually among front line employees of many not-for-profit agencies that threaten the long-term quality standards of services and care.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented workers at the Putnam County Department of Health's Certified Home Health Care Agency staff, who have been ranked among the top in the country. The excellent outcomes of care experienced at Putnam County's agency are due not just to the excellent care, but also to workers' dedication to improving their skills. Direct care workers attend monthly training programs.
Library clerks Cheryl Perkins, standing, and Gabriel Pimentel scanning old medical reference books at the SUNY Health and Science Center, which will enable students at the school to access information and data from these books electronically. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) supports closing the gap in funding for libraries and providing more operating aid directly to libraries so they can have the resources necessary to meet the growing needs of their communities. This photo and others appeared as a feature in The Work Force, CSEA's monthly publication for union members, along with quotes from members sharing their experiences and speaking of the funding need and encouraging members statewide to take part in the New York Library Association Library Lobby Day on March 13.
Nioga Library System Senior Library Clerk Laura Krzemien. Because of funding cuts, the Lockport, New York, Nioga facility has been continually short-staffed and unable to offer member libraries as many services and programs as it once had. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) supports closing the gap in funding for libraries and providing more operating aid directly to libraries so they can have the resources necessary to meet the growing needs of their communities. This photo and others appeared as a feature in The Work Force, CSEA's monthly publication for union members, along with quotes from members sharing their experiences and speaking of the funding need and encouraging members statewide to take part in the New York Library Association Library Lobby Day on March 13.
Linda Chavez-Thompson speaking at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) event. Chavez-Thompson is the executive vice-president of the AFL-CIO and a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) unit President of the A. Holly Patterson Geriatric Center Les Eason at the A. Holly Peterson Geriatric Center in Uniondale, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) J.N. Adams Development Center Local 400 members picket against Governor Pataki's budget. One member is putting a flier on the windshield of a pickup truck. Information fliers were passed out at thruway exits and other locations throughout South-West New York.
A Pataki zero dollar reserve note floats around on the grass during a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) demonstration. The note states, " It's about economics. It's about fair play. It's about 79% for management and 0% for the workers. How far can you and your family stretch this one?" The device was one of numerous grassroots tactics employed during protracted state contract negotiations in 1999 and 2000.
Congressman Michael McNulty attending an unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) event. McNulty represents New York's Twenty-first Congressional District.
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.
Grand Island, New York, Animal Control Officer and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Greg Butcher. CSEA members across New York State are often called upon to come to the rescue of abused or neglected animals, while at the same time keeping the public safe from wild and feral creatures that pose a threat. On Grand Island, located on the Niagara River between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Butcher and his two part-time deputies respond to domestic pet and wildlife calls. He is a peace officer who wears the uniform of the Grand Island Police Department, has graduated from an animal control academy and is qualified to investigate animal cruelty cases.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan, at right, delivers to New York State Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink postcards from 43,000 CSEA members opposing a plan to furlough New York State employees.
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was the guest of the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health at an Albany Reception April 24, 2006. The event helped focus attention on the importance of overcoming stigma and addressing mental health needs. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health. From left to right are: Senate Majority Leader Joeseph Bruno, Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings, Carter and former First Lady of New York Matilda Cuomo.
Daycare provider Sally Heater, from East Syracuse, New York, holding cards to be distributed to other providers to authorize forming a union with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Membership of independent contractors would be a first for the union. Heater is working hard to help give daycare providers the loud and clear voice of advocacy that comes with belonging to a union. She was a CSEA member for 30 years before becoming an independent daycare provider. The VOICE (Voice of Organized Independent Childcare Educators) campaign began in 2002 when CSEA was contacted by a group of family daycare providers in Schenectady, New York, looking for assistance with an unclear county payment system and the threat of proposed cuts in the childcare subsidy funding. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Jim Peterniti, left, a maintenance assistant, and General Mechanic Rod Mitchell, who work to maintain the Great Valley Residential Center in western New York, despite understaffing at the youth facility. Many CSEA members who work for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services say the agency has become a rudderless ship. CSEA, New York State's largest union, has reached out to the Office of Children and Family Services to discuss concerns union members have with communication, policy, staffing and regulations.
A large crowd of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march with signs and banners at a New York City State Budget Rally in May 1991.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up signs at a demonstration in Rochester in May 1995 challenging Governor George Pataki's budget priorities.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "Your State Taxes at Work": A driver (management), stopped at a stop sign and pouring gas (tax dollars) in the tank of a "state-funded paver" (non-profits Union-Busting Campaigns) that's sitting on a flattened worker (worker rights). The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Suffolk County, New York daycare provider Roxanne Savage, one of thousands of providers looking for the strength that comes from union membership. Independent childcare providers across New York State came one step closer to having a union voice after Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an executive order on May 8, 2007, allowing them union representation.
Group provider Cheryl Oare with some of the children in her care. Independent child care providers across New York State came one step closer to having a union voice after Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an executive order on May 8, 2007, allowing them union representation.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local President Debbie Downey, left and CSEA Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local President Micki Thoms, second from right, speaking with New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter, right, at a forum to address health care needs for New Yorkers with developmental disabilities. The two CSEA activists are among the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council leaders in New York working to show the power of labor solidarity in their communities.
Civil Service Employee Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue walks with a sign stating, "Working people who want decent treatment shouldn't have to pay with their jobs," at a rally in support of union representation at the LaSalle School in Albany, NY in June 1997.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "Stuck in Oz", big drug manufacturers letting go of the ropes of a balloon (Prescription drug costs, rising health premiums) that was tethered to money bags (ad budgets) with Uncle Sam in the basket saying "Help! I don't know how to stop this thing!" while Dorothy and Toto (you and me) stand hopelessly watching from the yellow brick road. Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Lion are running toward the balloon holding a sign that says "Buy Generic." The castle (prescription bottle and pills that say tough to swallow) is in the background. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members taking part in the 2007 spring workshop sessions addressing issues such as health care reform, safety and health and political action. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York attended the unions annual Spring Workshop in Rochester, New York. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue firing up the crowd during a demonstration in support of Rochester, New York hotel workers trying to form a union. The demonstration, organized by UNITE-HERE, was held during the 2007 CSEA Spring Workshop. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York attended the union's annual Spring Workshop in Rochester. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue addressing a rally for permanent pension COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) for all public employee retirees in New York State. Thousands of members and retirees attended the rally held near the State Capitol in Albany, New York. Donohue chaired the AFL-CIO Pension Task Force and served on the Governor's task force, which recommended action. In August 2000, New York Governor George E. Pataki signed into law pension reforms granting the cost of living adjustment to all public employee retirees, ending a 20-year CSEA drive to enact the legislation. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Two unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members assess the flooding damage to a washed-out road in Sullivan County, New York. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. CSEA members recorded much of the devastation the floods brought. The CSEA is New York State's largest and most powerful labor union.
Suffolk County, New York, Police Officer Robert Viggers talking to a young attendee at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region International Day and Women's Health Fair about the Ident-A-Kid program. The annual event is held at the Long Island Region office through the combined efforts of the regions Women's and Human Rights Committees. It is one of many CSEA events, often called information fairs, held throughout the year around the state to make information available to members about CSEA's union benefits and services. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up a CSEA banner and signs of support for Tom DiNapoli at the official CSEA endorsement for Tom DiNapoli for Nassau County Executive in August 2001. Tom DiNapoli, first elected in 1986, represents the 16th Assembly District in the New York State Assembly.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Lifeline activist Marcus Simmons addressing AFSCME delegates at the 2006 International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO in Chicago. Workers at the not-for-profit private sector care facility fought for and won the right to join CSEA. The campaign exemplified how CSEA is leading the AFSCME 21st Century Initiative.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Binghamton, NY Area Retirees Local President Olga White as she tells of her losses after Southern Tier flooding. White had no flood insurance and said the FEMA assistance wouldn't cover all her costs, but overall White said the aftermath of the flood left her with a postive outlook. "My priorities have shifted and now I don't pay attention so much to material things. The response I had from people I didn't even know was awesome."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue poses at a Saratoga Springs, New York event sponsored by the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health along with Tom O'Clair of Rotterdam, State Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, former New York First Lady Matilda Cuomo, and New York State Sen. Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. Donohue and Cuomo are both members of the foundations board. O'Clair is the father of Timothy O'Clair, whose suicide sparked the effort to pass Timothy's Law, which would require health insurance companies to cover mental illness like other illnesses. CSEA has supported the legislation, which lawmakers expect to approve later this year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Ginger Sheffey greeting United States Senator Hillary Clinton at a luncheon during the New York State Fair in Syracuse. CSEA announced its endorsement of Clinton as the 2008 presidential candidate earlier in August. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and children wave to the camera at the First Annual CSEA Tax and Finance Local 460 Community Awareness Day on August 16, 1994 in Brooklyn.
Candidates for top office in the State administration were guest speakers during the 60th annual meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) in Buffalo. CSEA President Theodore Wenzl is flanked by Arthur Goldberg, Democratic candidate for governor and one of his running mates, State Comptroller Arthur Levitt. Goldberg was a former U.S. Supreme Court Justice and United Nations Ambassador.
President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. From left to right are CSEA Capital Region President Joseph McDermott, CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, Carter, U.S. Rep. John LaFalce and U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
President Jimmy Carter laughs at a comment by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Bill McGowan, at podium, at CSEA's 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. From left are CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, Carter, U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, unidentified Secret Service agent and McGowan.
John F. Kennedy Jr., a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, shaking hands with CSEA New York State Psychiatric Institute Local 419 President Tony Bailous.