Cathy Barretta, the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central, NY Region representative on the CSEA's Standing Women's Committee, selling raffle tickets to members at the 2006 CSEA Women's Conference. Proceeds from the raffle raised $1,460 for the Victims of Domestic Violence Information Bureau of Long Island. More than 400 CSEA members attended workshops and other presentations throughout the weekend to sharpen their union leadership skills and better manage their lives in and out of the workplace.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves and members of the Standing Women's Committee welcoming first-time attendees to the union's Women's Conference. In keeping with the conference's theme, "Union Women Building a Better Future," more than 400 CSEA members attended workshops and other presentations throughout the weekend to sharpen their union leadership skills and better manage their lives in and out of the workplace.
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Local member Lori Jubic asking a question about health care to Dr. Jon R. Cohen, who spoke at the 2006 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference about the skyrocketing costs of health care. More than 400 CSEA members attended workshops and other presentations throughout the weekend to sharpen their union leadership skills and better manage their lives in and out of the workplace.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue congratulating Catherine Custance on winning the Irene Carr Leadership Award at the 2006 Annual Women's Conference. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Former Wal-Mart executive-turned union organizer Gretchen Adams holding up a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) tee-shirt from the CSEA Women's Committee at the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference held in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. The tee-shirt shows Rosie the Riveter flexing her muscle with the motto: "A woman's place . . . Is in her Union." More than 500 women and men participated in many energy-packed programs and workshops that empowered members personally and professionally and laid the foundation to build an even more powerful union. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentifed members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Standing Women's Committee with some of the non-perishable food items they collected from the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference attendees to donate to local food pantries. More than 500 women and men participated in conference held in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2002 Irene Carr Leadership Award winner Ellen Burke, third from left, at the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference as she receives the award from (left to right) New York Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, President Danny Donohue, and CSEA Standing Women's Committee Chairperson Jackie Stanford. Burke, a former SUNY Albany Local activist and now member of the Capital District Retirees Local, has dedicated more than 37 years of activism with CSEA. Burke was interviewed in 2005 as part of a video documentary for CSEA's 100th anniversary. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region Women's Committee Chairperson Carlota Williams wearing a vest of union made packages as part of the program "A Day in the Life ? the Union Label Way!" The program was part of the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference held in Rye Brook in Westchester County, New York. More than 500 women and men participated in many energy-packed programs and workshops that empowered members personally and professionally and laid the foundation to build an even more powerful union. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members attending the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York, gathering materials at an information fair held during the conference. More than 500 women and men participated in many energy-packed programs and workshops that empowered members personally and professionally and laid the foundation to build an even more powerful union. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Cathy Collette, retiring director of AFSCME's Women's Rights Department, who was honored at the 2002 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. CSEA saluted Collette for more than 21 years of service and expertise on women's issues on and off the job which helped broaden the opportunities for working women. AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is CSEA's international affiliation, of which CSEA is the largest union.