Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Albany, NY daycare provider Fran Nantista, left, speaks to a news reporter following a rally against President Bush's 2007 proposed budget which recommended a spending freeze on childcare assistance. Nantista is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero, left, contratulates Sgt. Kevin Owens on his honor of being named New York State Deputy Sheriff of the Year. A Civil Service Emplpoyees Association (CSEA) member of the Ontario County Sheriff's Department, Sgt. Owens was shot in April 2005 while responding to a bank robbery.
U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan led a CSEA/AFSCME rally against President Bush's proposed budget including its recommended freeze on childcare assistance. Day care provider and VOICE activist, Fran Nantista, far left, is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan led a CSEA/AFSCME rally against President Bush's proposed budget including its recommended freeze on childcare assistance. Day care provider and VOICE activist, Fran Nantista, far left, is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Albany NY daycare provider Fran Nantista, left, introduces U.S. Rep Michael McNulty to two of the children in her care at a rally against President Bush's 2007 proposed budget which recommended a spending freeze on childcare assistance. Nantista is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, state park employees Kevin Julius, left, Rich Trudeau, center, and Dan Urkevich work to remove fallen trees from the Avenue of the Pines at Saratoga Spa State Park. About 30 trees were downed along the avenue. A falling tree killed CSEA state Department of Transportation worker George Green. Saratoga County was the worst hit area in the Capital Region in the wake of a severe windstorm that left thousands without heat or electricity. CSEA members from the Capital Region stepped up to help others weather the storm.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Deborah Johnson, standing at right, joined fellow Wayne County Nursing Home employees in Albany for Nursing Home Lobby Day. The group met with State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, R-Seneca Falls, outside Senate Chambers. Clockwise, from left, Dawn Wuilliez, Suzanne Wild, Debra Welt, Nozzolio, Johnson, Brenda Brown and John Allen. Dozens of activists met with their elected officials on March 14, nursing home lobby day, to urge state Senate and Assembly members to make the right choices in funding public health care, and in particular nursing homes.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME members from across the state pack the Empire State Convention Center for AFSCME Lobby Day. After the rally, members met with elected officials from their districts, urging them to vote against Gov. George Pataki's wrong budget choices to protect working families.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Pete Hillier, a driver with the New York state Department of Transportation, suffered bumps and bruises March 2, 2006, after his snowplow was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on route 390 in Wayland. It took two huge tow trucks to pull the plow back up and onto the road.