Cover of the October, 2009, Work Force. In Erie County, hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members attending CSEA's 99th Annual Delegates Meeting joined with members of the CSEA Erie County Unit to rally in front of the county's Rath Building in downtown Buffalo. The county executive, Chris Collins, systematically has been dismantling county services and undermining CSEA representatives.
In Erie County, hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members attending CSEA's 99th Annual Delegates Meeting joined with members of the CSEA Erie County Unit to rally in front of the county's Rath Building in downtown Buffalo. Erie County Unit President Joan Bender addressed the crowd. The county executive, Chris Collins, systematically has been dismantling county services and undermining CSEA representatives.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Betty Robinson, Health Research Inc. Local President Deb Hanna, Damaris Rodriguez, Lizette Smoak, newly elected AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Suzy Lopez, and Division of Housing Local President Janet Ventrano-Torres. Trumka and his officers held a news conference on Wall Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue leads CSEA members and activists, including Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, Western Region President Flo Tripi and Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, in a demonstration in front of Erie County's Rath Building.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists Manny Mangual, Jerry Laricchiuta and Tom Murray show solidarity at the Erie County demonstration during the 1999 Annual Delegates Meeting.
Albany County Unit members and their supporters demonstrate before a county legislature meeting to protest the five planned furlough days which cut public services and hit county workers in the wallet.
Lifespire Local President Pam Marshall, flanked by members Marion Frampton and Helen Hane, testifies before a panel of OMRDD representatives at Bernard Fineson that the elimination of the Medicaid trend factor make it difficult for workers to perform their jobs to the fullest extent.
Damaris Samolinski, far right, a VOICE/Civil Service Employees ssociation (CSEA) activist from Suffolk County, speaks at a rally to show support for comprehensive health care reform legislation that was also attended by other CSEA activists and other labor representatives. Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte led the rally near a busy intersection off Route 107 in Hicksville that included members from the Oyster Bay 881 and Touro College locals. CSEA/VOICE member and Childcare educator Luisa Lucera also spoke at the rally.