Central New York DDSO Local activist Kathy Kelly, Syracuse State Employees Local President King Davis and Central New York DDSO Local activist Peter Jacobs meet with Assemblyman Samuel Roberts, far right, during AFSCME Lobby Day, 2012 concerning the Tier 6 proposal.
Kumiko Asao, far right, assistant director of the Compensation Division of the National Personnel Authority in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, listens as the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Director of Contract Administration Ross Hanna, far left, explains how public sector labor relations works in New York. From left are Hanna, CSEA Director of Research Don Kelly, CSEA Legislative and Political Action Representative Joshua Terry, CSEA Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan and Asao.
CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, left, and Western Region President Flo Tripi, right, congratulate Sullivan, center, on receiving the prestigious Frances Perkins Award awarded by Eleanor's Legacy, a statewide organization, named after Eleanor Roosevelt, dedicated to building a new generation of New York Democratic women leaders of all types.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Town of Hempstead Local member A.J. Smith in the Long Island Region is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for February 2012.
An illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin titled "'Caving' In The Dark of Night" depicts New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as a vampire standing in front of a cave (New York State Legislature) from which bats (Tier 6) are flying out.
CSEA activists, including Retiree Division activist Dorothy Dutton left, join other CSEA members and Public Employee Federation (PEF) members at a rally at the State Capitol recently to let the governor and state legislators know that their political deal for Tier 6 will not be forgotten.
An AFSCME activist dressed as "Monopoly Man" and an inflatable corporate pig hand out fliers in front of the New York State Capitol Building recently, urging people to tell state lawmakers to say "No" to Tier 6.
The cover of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s April 2012 edition of the Work Force. Politics before people: Cuomo, legislators put self-interest first. CSEA slammed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislative leadership, Senate Republicans and Assembly Democrats for a politically expedient deal that trades the future retirement security of working New Yorkers for legislative redistricting lines.