Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Olympic Regional Development Authority Local President Bill Shurter, Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, and CSEA President Danny Donohue firing up the crowd for a fair ORDA contract outside the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY. The rally took place during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, right, celebrating as President Danny Donohue presents the annual PEOPLE Cup to the Southern Region for recruiting the most new PEOPLE members during the past year. The PEOPLE cup was presented during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Retiree Division Chair Charles Peritore, right, congratulate Sam Mogavero on being honored with the Donald Webster Memorial Mission Achievement Award. Mogavero, 89, retired in 1980 after more than 23 years as a building custodian for the Lake Shore Central School District in Erie County. Now, he continues his union activism as vice president of the Buffalo-Niagara Frontier Retirees Local.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, introducing AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
CBS Early Show anchor Hannah Storm posing with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue as a group of delegates take part in a live broadcast of the program during the 2006 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting in Manhattan, New York. CSEA's 96th Annual Delegates Meeting drew more than 1,000 delegates to conduct the union's annual business. This year's theme, "Meeting the Challenge," focused on the challenges unions face with a business-friendly National Labor Relations Board and federal efforts to dismantle worker protections and strip union workers of their collective bargaining power.
Leaders of New York State's Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and Lifespire, a not-for-profit provider of services to people with developmental disabilities, recently met to strengthen labor-management relations and plan strategies to improve quality of care in their operations. Last year, 1,200 Lifespire employees formed a union with CSEA and were recognized by management. Their first contract is in the works. From left are Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, New York AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes, CSEA President Danny Donohue, Lifespire Inc. President Mark Van Voorst, Lifespire Executive Vice President Tom McAlvanah and Lifespire Vice President for Human Resources Cassandra Dancy-Potts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, Western Region Delegate Michael Flaherty, and CSEA President Danny Donohue celebrate the Western Region's win of the PEOPLE Cup and Flaherty's win of the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year. The awards were handed out at CSEA's 95th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, hands University at Albany President Kermit Hall a framed poster depicting the union's 95-year history at the opening of CSEA's archives at the university's M.E. Granander Department of Special Collections and Archives. Grenander's state of the art facility is housing and preserving important documents, publications and other materials from CSEA's history for future use and research.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, New York City Mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer, Long Island Region President Nicholas LaMorte, and CSEA President Danny Donohue lead CSEA members in the NYC Labor Day Parade.