Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) participated in memorial events in New York City and Albany on March 25 to mark the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York's Greenwich Village that claimed the lives of 146 people, mostly young, immigrant women. In this photo, attendees at the Albany event memorialize those who perished in the Triangle Fire.
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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members joined other union members to rally in Rochester. CSEA members participated in rallies across the state on February 26 in support of Wisconsin public employees who lost their collective bargaining rights.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Local and Unit activists Jeff Bryzski, left in camouflage, and Steve Szymura, shouting, at a Buffalo rally. CSEA members participated in rallies across the state on February 26 in support of Wisconsin public employees who lost their collective bargaining rights.
Hundreds of union supporters from the Capital Region rally at the state Capitol in Albany on February 26 in support of Wisconsin public employees who lost their collective bargaining rights. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members participated in rallies across the state.
Ad used on the back page of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s January 2011 Work Force addressing the issue of proposed layoffs and the value public sector workers bring to communities.
Cover image of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s January 2011 Work Force addresses the issue of threatened layoffs of New York State employees: People work. Layoffs don't.