Probation Officers and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Sue Cirencione, left, and Kevin Case, helped save an Ontario County woman's life. Cirencione and Case received a chief's citation award from the county in honor of their diligence and hard work
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, right, rallies Monroe County members during a demonstration outside the county office building. Members protested the county's unfair labor practices, which have included Taylor Law violations, attempts to weaken the union, and a "whistleblower hotline" that encourages people to report "illegal" or "unethical" behavior by CSEA members.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Justin Lelonek, Department of Social Services, Erie County Unit and Next Wave member, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
Sheri Ambuske, an account clerk typist for the Department of Community Services and Mental Health in Olean, is using social media tools like texting, Twitter and Facebook to recruit new members and post current news for PEOPLE in the mostly rural area. She has already recruited 22 new members. PEOPLE is the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME's political action program which protects and improves jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community. Sheri Ambuske, left, discusses PEOPLE with her co-worker, Maureen Krueger, at the Cattaraugus County office building.
CSEA is calling on Lockport Mayor Michael Tucker and the City Council to scrap their misguided plan to send taxpayer money out of town and outsource the city's ambulance billing. The union has filed an improper practice charge against the city with the state Public Employment Relations Board, stating work performed by the current administrative coordinator has been exclusive bargaining unit work for close to three decades. Caption reads: Barb Parker does ambulance billing work that is being outsourced by the City of Lockport. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is fighting that action by filing an improper practice charge against the city with theNew York state Public Employment Relations Boards stating that work performed by the current administrative coordinator has been an exclusive bargaining unit work for close to 30 years.
Western Region President Flo Tripi waves to spectators from Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) centennial cake float at the Rochester parade marking the union's centennial Labor Day.
Rick Geercken, a groundskeeper with the West Seneca Central School District single-handedly maintains football, soccer, baseball, field hockey and lacrosse fields at West Seneca East High School.
Marcia Gould, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member in Monroe County Social Services, adds a "Stand Up For Probation" sticker to her T-shirt before a recent Monroe County Legislature meeting.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Buffalo State College Local President Jerry Richmond, addresses a crowd during the dedication ceremony for "Arch D'Boot," a towering sculpture built from workers' boots. The sculpture is a tribute of the importance of what the workers at Buffalo State College do every day to help the college run.
Stephen Delair, Sunmount Developmental Center Local, was a first time attendee at the 99th Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue presents the Local Government Mission Achievement Award to Joanne LeClair, the Herkimer County Unit president at the Spring Workshop. CSEA members from across the state met at the union's annual Spring Workshop to unite, build and mobilize New York's Leading Union. Activists in attendance learned about the fight ahead to protect the Triborough Amendment and to tell the governor no tax breaks for his rich millionaire friends. CSEA awards its annual Mission Achievement Awards at the workshop to activists who exemplify the union's mission.
A photo of Jennifer Graley, a social worker and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Chautauqua County Unit member, used in the special section of the September 2011 edition of The Work Force, Always Remember: A commemorative 10th anniversary retrospective. Graley traveled to New York City following the attacks, acting on a strong feeling that she needed to be in that place, at that time, doing whatever she could for those most in need.
Erie Next Wave members Laurie Santiago, left, Alison Schoonover, Keith Ralph and Rachel Casey celebrated Earth Day by cleaning a Buffalo waterfront park, using the opportunity to reach out to their community and help educate children about not littering.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Monroe County Part-Time Unit members Jaime Kennedy-Peer, front and Linda Holzapple demonstrate for a fair contract.
Bus driver Judy Young earns the first Excelsior Award. The Excelsior Award was developed through a partnership between New York State Public High School Athletic Association and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) to recognize a CSEA member who has helped promote and foster athletic spirit in their local school district as well as display extraordinary dedication and support of high school athletics in New York State.
Kim Kopp, Sunmount Development Center Local, was a first-time attendee to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 99th Annual Delegates Meeting.
Photo used for the cover of the July 2011 Work Force: Fighting back in Local Government: Nassau, Erie County workers fight for jobs. Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members working in local government are facing job losses and difficult contract negotiations as communities struggle with loss of revenue from a weak economy. This photo is from a We Are Erie County rally in downtown Buffalo to support libraries and county services.
Voters elect Mark Poloncarz as the new county executive in Erie County. The victory marks the end of the reign of Chris Collins, an out-of-touch politician who became known as "King Collins" for his my-way-or-the-highway style.
Lancaster Blue Collar Unit President Mike Rath, left, Depew Boys & Girls Club Director Jeff Kupka, Depew Blue Collar Unit President Lew Heltman, Depew White Collar Unit President Sharon Quinn, Boys & Girls Club Executive Director Dave Hoch and Depew Blue Collar Unit member Robert Miechowicz discuss the damaged game room at the Depew Boys & Girls Club. The building, which was built in the 1920s and occupied by the Boys & Girls Club since 1936, suffered significant fire damage early in January.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members rally in Rochester. CSEA members joined with Public Employee Federation (PEF) members in more than a dozen rallies.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi introduces CSEA President Danny Donohue, left, during a news conference held during CSEA's Spring Workshop to address Monroe County management's attacks on part-time workers. Tripi is flanked by all the other CSEA statewide officers and Monroe County CSEA activists.
A powerful flood knocked a hole in a brick wall in a Silver Creek Department of Public Works building. The department lost all its buildings and almost all its equipment in the flooding.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region Labor Relations Specialist Penny Gleason, center, leads Dave Dunaj of the Erie Educational Local and Judy DiPaola from the Western Region Judiciary Local through a "courageous conversation" exercise at a recent state budget training, just one of several trainings CSEA will be conducting for members and activists in the upcoming weeks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and their children deliver the message during the 2009 Buffalo Labor Day parade that affordable health care is a right.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Silver Creek Unit member Brianna Griewisch, unit President Joe Reed, and unit members Gary Grover, Jeff Griewisch and Bill Quinn continue to work out of a parking lot following a flood that destroyed the village's public works building.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) State Department of Transportation Erie Residency Local member Joe Pericozzi attended the 99th Annual Delegates Meeting.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other union members take part in a Western New York Area Labor Federation We Are One rally in Buffalo. This was part of a day of action to show support for public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else.
Teaching associates in the Niagara Falls School District took to the street to protest job cuts and stalled contract talks with management. At issue is the loss of 33 jobs, as well as health insurance proposals by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) that would level the playing field and create fair and equitable health insurance costs for unit members. Alida Barreto, a special education associate, leads co-workers during a demonstration against budget cuts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, Special Olympics New York CEO Neal Johnson and CSEA President Danny Donohue pose with the Polar Cap Award at CSEA's annual Spring Workshop. The Central Region earned the award for the second straight year by raising the most money for the Polar Plunge for the Special Olympics. CSEA members from across the state met at the union's annual Spring Workshop to unite, build and mobilize New York's Leading Union. Activists in attendance learned about the fight ahead to protect the Triborough Amendment and to tell the governor no tax breaks for his rich millionaire friends. In addition to the plenary and mobilization sessions, workshops focused on state government negotiations, on CSEA's "Don't Zone Out" campaign, Working People's History, the CSEA Next Wave movement, and "Uniting for Today, Building for Tomorrow."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is donating copies of A Century of Service: The Story of CSEA's First 100 Years to libraries across the state. CSEA's Rochester City Library Unit President Ove Overmyer and Western Region President Flo Tripi present a copy to Rochester Public Library Board President Sharon Orienter. Overall the Rochester City Library System received a dozen copies.
Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members working in local government are facing job losses and difficult contract negotiations as communities struggle with loss of revenue from a weak economy. The situation will get worse as New York's new tax cap takes effect, limiting the ability of counties, cities, towns, villages and schools to manage their budgets. CSEA members Rachel Casey, left, Chris Chimera and Michele Weaver stand in support of libraries and county services during a We Are Erie County rally in downtown Buffalo.
Paul Hybicki, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Maryvale Schools Unit president, found an affordable replacement to dimmable light ballasts that burned out quickly by using ballasts with a five-year guarantee and a distributor who accepted burned-out ballasts for new ones. They were installed by CSEA members and all this came at no cost to the district.
Genesee County Nursing Home Certified Nursing Assistant Yvette Bundy cares for resident Everette A. Johnson. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members like Bundy provide quality care in public nursing homes across the state.
Rick Martinez, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member working for the state Department of Transportation, received recognition for an idea he submitted that has improved snow plow safety. Martinez recommended an additional mirror on the state's trucks, designed to assist drivers with blind spots.
Leslie Walls, James E. Christian Memorial Health Department in Albany, attended the 99th Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists Shekema Brown, left, and Kathy Hartwig get to know each other during a break in the town hall meeting held during the 99th Annual Delegates Meeting.