Vehicle Maintenance Team Leader Brian Ridner, left, and Vehicle Maintenance Operator Wayne Shultes, who contacted the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) last year to form a union, work on one of the airport's "clean air" vehicles. Albany International Airport workers were negotiating their first contract since they became part of CSEA after 13 months of fighting for the right to join a union.
Drs. Michael Wilkins, left, and William Bronston sit for an interview for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 100 History project. The two were instrumental in revealing the terrible conditions at the Willowbrook School for the Mentally Retarded in the 1970s. Excerpts of the interview were featured on the publications Leading Edge page, with a note that the full interviews for the CSEA 100 History project are as part of CSEA's official archives at the M.E. Grenander Special Collections at the University at Albany.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, ORDA worker Kelly Miner lets her view be known. CSEA delegates at the 2007 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, New York, took to the streets to demand a fair contract for Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) workers, who are at impasse in contract talks.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Strategic Benefit Trust inaugural meeting. Pictured, from left, are Lifespire President and CEO Mark VanVoorst, secretary; Bernard King of Blitman and King Associates, counsel; CSEA Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, trustee; CSEA President Danny Donohue, chairman; CSEA St. Lawrence University Local President Richard Sprague, trustee, and CSEA Health Benefits Department Deputy Director Laura Balogh. CSEA established the labor-management fund, which will be an important optin for providing health care and other benefits to the union's private sector members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s "The Right Stuff," cartoon depicts the New York State consumer writing a check for "Fair Trade" products near a scale representing a "balanced world" with fair trade purchases. The purchase of such products supports 100% Fair Trade retailers and the Labor-Religion Coaliton Fair Trade Project, helping farmers receive a fair price for their produce and combating child labor, forced labor and slave labor.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Albany Airport Training and Safety Officer, Bobby Allen at the airfield maintenance division. Albany International Airport workers were negotiating their first contract since they became part of CSEA after 13 months of fighting for the right to join a union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Al Gonzales, shown here with the Monroe-Woodbury (New York) School District bus he drives, is an accomplished bagpiper and motorcyclist whose hobbies have led to acting gigs. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation workers Andrea Taylor and Sahadewa Sadya work in Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens, NY.
Niagara County, New York Local President Elaine Timm volunteers at a phone bank in the Western Region on behalf of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-endorsed candidates. Months of hard work by CSEA activists and staff produced Election Day success for most CSEA-supported candidates across the state. All of the union's statewide candidates, including Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer and United States Senator Hillary Clinton, scored impressive victories.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Robbins moves fallen tree branches so they may be picked-up by other members of his Department of Transportation crew. CSEA members answered the call in four Western New York counties when a freak October storm ripped down trees and knocked out power to almost 400,000 households. Impassable streets needed to be cleared and fallen trees removed so utility crews could come in and restore power and heat to residents.