Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Bob Stempert and Chris Banghart with Joseph Ostrom. The two members, employees of the Port Jervis, New York, Department of Public Works, rescued Ostrom's father and brother from a burning building. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region retirees signing letters to President Bush and Congressional leaders demanding they fix the Medicare Law. They also wore stickers and distributed lollipops and fliers that said "Don't be a Sucker ? Bush's Medicare Scheme Makes you Suffer." CSEA members joined a coalition of union members, retirees and supporters of health care reform to bring attention to the glaring problems in the Medicare law that was passed by President Bush in 2003. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Two Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) local presidents from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, standing next to a union-sponsored bus stop shelter ad supporting keeping the world-renown RPCI a public-owned facility. Brian J. Madden, left, is president of CSEA RPCI Local 303 and Jim Jayes, right, is president of CSEA Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo) Local 315. The ads appeared on several bus stop shelters, public transit buses and a billboard in the Buffalo area as part of a union-sponsored media advertising campaign in the Buffalo area.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Port Washington Custodial Unit member Louie Calabrese on drums leading the Power Glide band at the Pride in Port parade in Port Washington, New York, on Long Island. Most of the unit participated in the local community event. More than 300 CSEA members live in the town and work in surrounding areas and are very civic minded. The members of the custodial unit helped raise thousands of dollars for area charities. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, presenting New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with a caricature drawn by CSEA's graphic artist Ralph Distin. The gesture was in appreciation of Silver's support on many of the union's initiatives. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, joining CSEA members in a march on City Hall in New York City. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) state transportation department members repairing a stretch of Interstate 87 near Albany, New York. The workers often find themselves inches from speeding traffic. This photo was used in the January, 2002, Work Force to illustrate the dangers DOT workers encounter daily. New York State Governor George Pataki had vetoed legislation for the second time that would have paid a hazardous duty differential to state Department of Transportation workers who work in or near traffic. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue meeting with United States Senator Hillary Clinton at the union's headquarters in Albany, New York. CSEA members lent their enthusiastic support to Clinton's campaigns in 2000 and 2006. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue speaks in support of Comptroller Alan Hevesi, left of Donohue, at a press conference announcing the New York State AFL-CIO's endorsement of Hevesi's re-election bid. State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes is at far left.