Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue presents an AFSCME T-shirt to New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli at the 2011 AFSCME Lobby Day in Albany.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region activists get fired up for AFSCME (2011) Lobby Day. Hundreds of CSEA members met with their state senators and Assembly members to urge the lawmakers to oppose the governor's proposed state budget cuts and oppose cutting income taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Office of People with Developmental Disabilities member Christine Bischoff responded to charges made by a New York Times article alleging systemic abuse in the state developmental disabilities system. CSEA represents about 18,000 workers who care for nearly 40,000 individuals with developmental disabilities; only a tiny fraction of those employees have ever been brought up on disciplinary charges of any nature. Most are caring, dedicated professionals.
Maria Mach, president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Sodexo Local at SUNY New Paltz, helped explain contract negotiations to Monroe Community College workers during the organizing campaign which brought 55 new CSEA members to the newly certified private sector bargaining unit at the college.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Walter Wojnarowski, left, Steve Borkofsky and other CSEA members in the Deer Park School District (Long Island) were instrumental in stemming a potentially dangerous situation after a pre-school student was diagnosed with typhoid fever. The comprehensive cleansing efforts of CSEA members helped prevent other students and staff from contracting the disease.
Bess Watts, Monroe Community College Unit president, played an integral part in the campaign to organize Sodexo fool service workers at the college. The newly certified private sector bargaining unit brings 55 new members to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA).
The Long Island Region Bathing Beauties prepare to plunge. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Long Island Region participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics. They raised nearly $3,000.
Pawling School District Unit Vice President Kevin Richard, left, and President Jeff Stevens, were first-time Southern Region Polar Plunge participants, though Stevens is a longtime volunteer for other Special Olympics programs. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)members in the Southern Region participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics.
The Southern Region Polar Plunge team at the Fishkill Creek. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Southern Region participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics. They raised more than $2,200 during the plunge.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Ulster County Local President Terry Gilbert presents county legislators with petitions containing 2,562 signatures of residents who support building a new county nursing home.