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.
A powerful flood knocked a hole in a brick wall in a Silver Creek Department of Public Works building. The department lost all its buildings and almost all its equipment in the flooding.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, including newly elected SUNY Canton College Association Local President Toni Besio, left, and Secretary-Treasurer Michelle Johnson help prepare a meal for students.
The Photo of the Month in the March 2011, Work Force. Nearly 100 VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Monroe County child care providers met recently and eagerly submitted written commitments to help in fighting proposed budget cuts to child care. They also pledged to "Get on the bus" bound for Albany on May 14 to meet with hundreds of other providers from around the state.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region Labor Relations Specialist Penny Gleason, center, leads Dave Dunaj of the Erie Educational Local and Judy DiPaola from the Western Region Judiciary Local through a "courageous conversation" exercise at a recent state budget training, just one of several trainings CSEA will be conducting for members and activists in the upcoming weeks.
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.
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.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo President Danny Donohue congratulates Betty Jo Johnson on the Irene Carr Leadership Award.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. The CSEA Women's Committee poses in this photo with AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker and Irene Carr Leadership Award recipients Delphine Moultrie and Betty Jo Johnson. From left are committee staff adviser Sharon Lovelady-Hall, Janice Beaulieu, Rose Conti, Carlotta Williams, Committee Chair Jacqueline Stanford, Baker, Karen Pecora, Moultrie, Kim Wallace-Russo, Johnson, Catherine Custance, Cathy Baretta, CSEA Executive Vice President and committee officer liaison Mary Sullivan and Sylvia Thomas.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo Women's Committee member Catherine Custance, right, gives information to Erie County Local and Next Wave activists Alison Schoonover, Rachel Casey and Michele Weaver.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Next Wave members Andre Medlock, Sheri Ambuske, Michele Weaver and Justin Lelonek staff their table at the Spring Workshop. CSEA members from across the state met at the union's annual Spring Workshop to unite, build and mobilize New York's leading union. Activists in attendance learned about the fight ahead to protect the Triborough Amendment and to tell the governor no tax breaks for the rich. In addition to the plenary and mobilization sessions, workshops focused on state government negotiations, on CSEA's "Don't Zone Out" campaign, Working People's History, the CSEA Next Wave movement, and "Uniting for Today, Building for Tomorrow."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue speaks at the state Department of Transportation's Workers Memorial Day remembrance ceremony in Albany. CSEA members participated in 2011 Workers Memorial Day remembrance ceremonies across the state to remember those who have passed away or sustained serious injuries while doing their jobs, including the members who have passed away during the past year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members participated in 2011 Workers Memorial Day remembrance ceremonies across the state to remember those who have passed away or sustained serious injuries while doing their jobs, including the members who have passed away during the past year. CSEA Central Region Executive Vice President Jeffrey Colburn speaks at a Workers Memorial Day ceremony at the state Department of Transportation Jefferson Residency as region Occupational Safety and Health Committee members James Jackson, Anthony DeCaro, Andy Roche and Committee Chair Joe Miceli look on.
Assemblyman Rory Lancman and state Senator George Maziarz listen as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Director of Occupational Safety and Health Janet Foley speaks to reporters at a press conference in the state Capitol about the benefits of safe patient handling programs. The Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety recently released a report detailing the success of safe patient handling programs in health care facilities in New York and recommended passage of the Safe Patient Handling Act, sponsored by Lancman and Maziarz in their respective houses.
Photo of the Month for September 2011, edition of The Work Force. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and activists including Health Research Inc. Local President Deb Hanna, Jacqueline Stanford, Mary Harmon, Angelina Black and Damaris Rodriguez join Communication Workers of America (CWA) members on the Verizon picket line in lower Manhattan. Harmon's son is a Verizon worker. CWA members and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) struck at Verizon for two weeks in August over the bargaining terms for a new contract. The unions and Verizon have returned to the bargaining table.
Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee left their marks on New York, and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members were out in force aiding in the storm recovery, showing the value of public workers across the state. Montgomery County Augo Mechanic Technician Rick Dingman, left, speaks with CSEA President Danny Donohue about the cleanup efforts of county Department of Public Works employees following the damage caused by Hurricane Irene.
Lisa Vanderburg, a senior accounting clerk in the Health, Physical Education and Athletics Department at the Levittown district's Career and Technical Center and a Long Island Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist, was named this year's recipient of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's Excelsior Award. The Excelsior Award honors CSEA members who show commitment in any role as a parent, coach, booster or staff member and results from individual volunteerism or the performance of one's daily job in a school district. With the CSEA banner behind her, Vanderburg throws the ceremonial first pitch at a Long Island Ducks game.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state were involved in the immediate response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Town of Hempstead workers remove debris from streets after Hurricane Irene. CSEA members in the Long Island Region responded swiftly before, during and after the storm to limit damage from the hurricane's surge, and repair erosion and damage afterward.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) welcomes Lester Crockett as the Metropolitan Region president following Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio's retirement in October. Crockett was the region's former executive vice president.
Thousands protest county executive's anti-American agenda in Nassau County. More than 5,000 demonstrators from dozens of unions across the state came together on October 17 to fight against the anti-American and anti-union agenda of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. Speakers who addressed the crowd included Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue (pictured at microphone), Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Secretary Denise Berkley, Treasurer Joe McMullen, Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, Capital Region President Kathy Garrison and Nassau County Local 830 President Jerry Laricchiuta.
In a four week period, Capital Region residents endured an earthquake, a hurricane, a tropical storm, flooding, and in one Montgomery County town, a tornado. Through it all, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members were on the front lines in the clean-up efforts, many continuing to work and volunteer despite their own homes being damaged or destroyed. CSEA members from the Canal Authority work to remove debris from an Erie Canal lock in the Capital Region. Much of the canal remains closed as workers continue to remove debris and repair damaged locks.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and activists renewed the union's commitment to lifting all working people, on and off the job, at the 101st Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley speaks to delegates about the nation's economic disparity and the need for fairer wage treatment of workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, shown in this 2011 photo, retired after 40 years in the labor movement. A hands-on leader since his days as a mental health therapy aide at South Beach Psychiatric Center, Boncoraglio was always known and feared by management. While the topic of race played a very sensitive and often tense role during his early years as region president, Boncoraglio's fairness and insistence on coalition building helped the region become very important in terms of influence within the union.
Photo of the Month, January, 2010. Nurse Assistant Certified Sarah Kennedy, left, and Nurse Assistant Martina Donnelly lift a New York State Veterans Home at Oxford resident into his bed using one of the facility's new ceiling lifts. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members worked with CSEA's Occupational Safety and Health Department to urge the state to install the lifts in the new home. The lifts greatly reduce patient and worker injuries, reducing insurance costs for home operators.
Photo of the Month, February, 2010. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Town of Manlius Highway Unit activist David Hale shows off a town snowplow to the Lion and Bear Dens of Cub Scout Pack 369 in Fayetteville/Manlius. Hale regularly makes presentations to elementary school children and community groups like the Cub Scouts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Colleen Wheaton speaks at a community meeting to oppose the closure of Ogdensburg Correctional Facility. State legislators Addie Russell and Darrel Aubertine are among those listening.
John Glena, husband of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Orleans County Nursing Home employee Kelley Glena, and Dave Pollock, husband of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Orleans County Clerk's Office employee Sharon Pollock, don their finest for the Rochester Polar Plunge February 14, 2011.
Kevin Kumor of the Erie County Unit, left, John Stading of the Erie Educational Local and Assemblyman Mark Schroeder meet outside the New York Assembly's chambers during the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME Lobby Day 2010.
Quadalupe (Lupe) Johnson, posing at her job at the Nassau County Local office, is helping lead Next Wave programs for younger Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on Long Island rally against New York Governor David Paterson's proposal to close dozens of state parks and historic sites across the state.
Niagara County VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) child educator Cathey Sandman (left) stands with U.S. Senator from New York Kirsten Gillibrand (center) after Sandman testified in Washington, D.C., on the need for increased child care funding.
?Suzanne Case and Robert Hale, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the Canastota Central School District, drive athletic teams to sporting events several times a week on average, promoting and encouraging school and team spirit. As part of CSEA's 100th anniversary celebration, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association and CSEA will honor a CSEA member who displays an extraordinary dedication to and support for high school athletics.
Suffolk County Local President Bill Walsh addresses the Southold Town Board after a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) demonstration outside the Southold town hall against a proposal by the town supervisor to lay off 10 percent of the town work force and severely curtail the quality of resident services in the process.
Southold Unit member Ev Corwin, left, and unit President Tom Skabry urge town officials to "show some respect" to workers during a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) demonstration outside the Southold town hall against a proposal by the town supervisor to lay off 10 percent of the town work force and severely curtail the quality of resident services in the process.
Mental Health Therapy Aide Sandra Martine tells Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) OSH Project Developer Matt Kozak about her assault by a patient at Bronx Psychiatric Center as part of a DVD CSEA is producing to help CSEA leaders and activists reduce the risk of violence at their work sites.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region Women's Committee Chair Cathy Barretta and committee members Carmina Russo, Linda Stiefel, and Ann Marie Ellis collect hundreds of undergarments for women and children to be donated to women's shelters across the region as part of the "Underneath it all, we've got you covered" clothing drive held at the region's recent spring conference. Central Region members donated the clothing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Santos Guzman, a carpenter at Helen Hayes Hospital, in an area of the hospital he is helping renovate.
Ken Allen, executive director of AFSCME Oregon Council 75, which as the first AFSCME affiliate to achieve a collective bargaining agreement like those in VOICE and CCPT, spoke to a group of activists attending the VOICE and CCPT-NY Leadership Summit in Albany.
Gary Farrell, 48, a state Department of Transportation highway maintenance worker, died Nov. 2, 2009, after being struck by a vehicle while he was working as a flagger.
Wally Green of the Suffolk County Local in the Long Island Region is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for October. PEOPLE stands for Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Betty Lennon greets a visitor to the CSEA table at the 2009 Clinton County Fair. CSEA's traveling history banner was on display at the fair.
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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and their children deliver the message during the 2009 Buffalo Labor Day parade that affordable health care is a right.
Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, statewide Secretary Denise Berkley and Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio lead the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)delegation in the 2009 New York City Labor Parade.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Silver Creek Unit member Brianna Griewisch, unit President Joe Reed, and unit members Gary Grover, Jeff Griewisch and Bill Quinn continue to work out of a parking lot following a flood that destroyed the village's public works building.