Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Local President Joan Bender converses with New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi at a rally against big business taking over county services on September 29, 2005. The rally took place in front of County Executive Joel Giambra's office in Erie County.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Probation Section President Scott Smith takes part in a September 29, 2005 rally against big business taking over county services. The rally took place in front of County Executive Joel Giambra's office building.
Officers of Oneida (New York) County chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) were sworn in recently at an installation dinner at the Twin Ponds Golf and Country Club in New York Mills. CSEA president Theodore C. Wenzl, right, is shown administering the oath to, seated from left, alternate delegate Felix Palczynski, delegate Teddie Kowalszyk, delegate Tania Cook Bitely, delegate Janette Evans, delegate Mary Mizer, delegate Jean Coluzzi; standing, delegate Lewis Eddy, honorary delegate S. Samuel Borelly, chapter executive representative Roger Solimando, corresponding secretary Helen Rauber, recording secretary Dorothy Gutheinz, treasurer Beatrice DeSantis, third vice-president Margaret Boone, second vice-president Gerald Boehlert, first vice-president Carmen Graziano and president Louie Sunderhaft. Missing from the photo are assistant treasurer Elsie W. Jones, alternate delegate Theodore Chrabas, delegates Mary Leonard and Stanley Thomas. In the lower photo at left, CSEA first vice-president Thomas McDonough offers congratulations to Claude R. Woodward, retiring public health chief sanitarian and former chapter vice-president, who is leaving county service after 38½ years. In lower photo at right, CSEA regional field supervisor Francis Martello presents plaque to S. Samuel Borelly, retiring chapter executive representative with 22 years of service. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue stands behind NY Governor George Paptaki as he speaks at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center on September 18, 2001.
NY Governor George Pataki and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue stand behind a speaker at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center on September 18, 2001.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue stands behind NY Governor George Pataki as he speaks at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center on September 18, 2001.
A news clipping from the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, Mrs. Clara Boone, Utica, president of Central New York Conference of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), discussed current CSEA problems during conference's two-day convention at Hotel Utica. She is flanked by Maurice Sokolinsky, left, of Binghamton, first vice president; Emmett J. Durr, of Ray Brook, executive secretary, and Florence Drew, Binghamton, secretary. State Senator James Donovan will speak tonight to the group at a dinner to begin at 7. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members gather at a vigil in rememberance of the lives lost in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2002 in New York City's Central Park. The vigil coincided with CSEA's 2002 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members gather at a vigil in rememberance of the lives lost in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2002 in New York City's Central Park. The vigil coincided with CSEA's 2002 Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2002 Annual Delegates Meeting in New York City hold a candlelight vigil in Central Park to commemorate the first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Members hold a CSEA bannder. Five CSEA members who worked for the State Taxation and Finance Department in the World Trade Center were killed in the attacks. Identified delegates: fourth from the left is Barbara C. Jones. Jones is employed at the University at Albany in the Facilities Management Department and has served as the Third Vice President and Treasurer of CSEA, Local 691.
A view from the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region Office in Downtown Manhattan shows the World Trade Center towers burning before collapse on September 11, 2001. The World Trade Center attacks took the live of five CSEA member from the state Taxation and Finance Department.
A distant photo of the World Trade Center towers burning before collapse on September 11, 2001. The World Trade Center attacks took the live of five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member from the state Taxation and Finance Department.
Unidentified representatives from the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s VOICE (Voice of Organized Independent Childcare Educators) membership march in the Labor Day parade held at the 2007 New York State Fair in Syracuse. CSEA members across the state marked Labor Day 2007 with parades, picnics and other special events.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Secretary Barbara Reeves, who is planning to retire early next year, honored for her service at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY. Listening in the background are President Danny Donohue, Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, Capital Region President Kathy Garrison and Central Region President Ginger Sheffey.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, officers, activists and their guests take part in the Labor Day parade held at the 2007 New York State Fair in Syracuse. CSEA members across the state marked Labor Day 2007 with parades, picnics and other special events.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Marie Navaro, a Suffolk Educational Local activist and Maryann Phelps, SUNY Stony Brook Local activist, show their support for CSEA members employed by the East Williston School District. CSEA members from across Long Island demonstrated in front of the East Williston School District's Wheatley School before the district's Board of Education meeting in support of reaching a fair contract with the district.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) HRI Local President Deb Hanna, State Employees Local representative Marie Rogers, and LRS John Labriel join a 2007 Labor Day Rally at the World Trade Center in New York City. Unidentified man at left of photo holding sign.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Putnam County Unit members demonstrating outside the county's courthouse. More than 100 CSEA members demonstrated outside the county's courthouse before a public budget hearing in an effort to raise public awareness of the vital roles the public work force plays in Putnam County.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Mildred Kelly, shown outside Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. As a navigator, Kelly tries to knock down barriers that keep people from getting the treatment Roswell Park has to offer. The navigator program began as a pilot in the breast cancer clinic in 2006.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists Ron Kreavy, left, Jeanne Kreavy, Erie County Executive candidate Jim Keane, Erie County Local President Joan Bender, activist Steve Szymura and son Steve, and activist Susan Zilbauer looking over a piece of literature before a "Labor to Neighbor" walk before Primary Day 2007. CSEA endorsed Keane as Erie County Executive.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, second from right, gets a warm welcome from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, including, from left, CSEA Treasurer Joe Mullen; John Polydouris, New York State Audit & Control Department Local executive vice president; CSEA Retiree Division Chair Charles Peritore; Karen Jazvinski, State Employees Retirement System Local president and Clarence Russell, New York State Audit & Control Department Local president. The photograph was taken at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting in Lake Placid, NY.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrating for a fair ORDA contract outside the Lake Placid Olympic Center during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue congratulating Long Island Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local President Daryl Wilson on achieving over 50 percent participation in the PEOPLE program. Recognition was given during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
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.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, some from the Erie County Local, march in the 2007 Labor Day parade in Buffalo, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Mount Vernon Library Unit President Gary Newman. CSEA members working for the Library are fighting for the return of fairness and respect on the job, following months of anti-union behavior from management. Newman said the library's interim director has instituted policies that either violate the union's contract or contribute to a hostile working environment.
Department of Corrections/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Labor-Management chair Patricia Casler, outside Auburn Correctional Facility, holds a new personal alarm for civilian corrections workers that will be distributed statewide. The device can pinpoint the workers exact location in the event of an emergency. CSEA, the Public Employee Federation and Correctional Services Commissioner Brian Fischer all signed a memorandum of understanding for the new devices.
United States Senator Hillary Clinton with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at the union's booth at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. Central Region President Ginger Sheffey is shown left of Clinton. CSEA announced its endorsement of Clinton as the 2008 presidential candidate earlier in August. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Carol Rogers, a park naturalist for the Niagara Region Interpretive Programs Office at Fort Niagara State Park in Niagara Falls, shows off some of her (stuffed) furry friends to fairgoers at the 2007 New York State Fair in Syracuse.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Diana Gannon, a home health aide for the Herkimer County Public Health Department, demonstrates outside the Herkimer County Office Building. After more than a year and a half of working under an expired contract, 425 CSEA members employed by Herkimer County are fighting for a contract with a wage increase at least equal to what county managers got for 2006.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Nick Fusco, a custodian in the East Williston school district, and Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel. CSEA members from across Long Island demonstrated in front of the East Williston School District's Wheatley School before the districts Board of Education meeting in support of reaching a fair contract with the district.
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) Secretary Barbara Reeves, Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local President and State Negotiating Team member Debbie Downey, AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee, Delaware County Local President George Lawson and Political Action Committee Chair Bill Walsh at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, center, addressing the delegates at the 2007 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members getting fired up outside Lake Placid's Olympic Center for a fair contract for members employed at the Olympic Regional Development Authority. The rally took place during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Joe McMullen, right, congratulating Metropolitan Region Executive Vice President and Bronx Psychiatric Center Local President Denise Berkley on her local achieving over 50 percent participation in the PEOPLE program. Recognition was given during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Steve Mikle, supervisor of the four-member maintenance crew assigned to the gristmill renovation project at Connetquot River State Park Preserve in Long Island, NY, pumps out water in a marshy area near the gristmill. The project has raised safety and health concerns.
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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Lori Nilsson meeting New York State candidate for Governor Eliot Spitzer. Some of CSEA's endorsed candidates for statewide office made visits to the New York State Fair in Syracuse, where CSEA Weekend coincided with Labor Day and the fair's annual parade. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
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.
New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno addressing the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates during the 2006 Annual Delegates Meeting. Bruno, who is endorsed by the union, reiterated the themes of fairness and respect in relaying how he grew up in a cold-water flat in Glens Falls and saw his family suffer the indignties of unrepresented workers. CSEA's 96th Annual Delegates Meeting in Manhattan 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.
Jim Kelly, John J. Kelly Jr.'s son, holding a photograph of his father with New York State Governor Thomas Dewey, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President John Powers and an unidentified woman at a 1954 testimonial dinner in honor of Dewey as the governor was leaving office. John Kelly was the dinner's toastmaster. Kelly was a young well-regarded Albany attorney who served as CSEA counsel during the 1950s. CSEA's J. J. Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund was created when he died unexpectedly, leaving behind a widow and several young children.
New York State Attorney General candidate Andrew Cuomo shaking hands with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Laurie Hoalcraft as Gloria Smith looks on. Some of CSEA's endorsed candidates for statewide office made visits to the New York State Fair in Syracuse, where CSEA Weekend coincided with Labor Day and the fair's annual parade.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members marching in the annual New York State Fair Labor Day Parade, which drew dozens of members and their families. CSEA members in all regions took part in Labor Day parades and events across the state. The strong showing of solidarity sends a resounding message that CSEA is is prepared to fight to protect its 96-year labor legacy.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the Southern, Metropolitan, and Long Island regions of New York State marching in the New York City Labor Day Parade, led by Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, left. CSEA members in all regions took part in Labor Day parades and events across the state. The strong showing of solidarity sends a resounding message that CSEA is is prepared to fight to protect its 96-year labor legacy.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in all regions took part in Labor Day parades and events across New York State. Jazmine Cheek, 7, of Syracuse, shows her CSEA pride during the Labor Day Parade at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. She is the granddaughter of Brenda Hines, LPN at University Hospital's Coronary Care Unit, and member of CSEA Local 615 at Upstate Medical University.
Paul F. McCarthy speaking with members during a workshop on developing comprehensive conflict resolutions skills. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 96th Annual Delegates Meeting in Manhattan, New York 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.