Members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Brooklyn, NY Developmental Center Local Frederick Judd and Carl Smith joining television actors Tichina Arnold and Terry Crews from the hit show "Everybody Hates Chris" during a segment of the CBS'"Early Show." CSEA members attending the CSEA's 96th Annual Delegates Meeting were invited to take part in a live broadcast of The Early Show. CSEA's 96th Annual Delegates Meeting in Manhattan drew more than 1,000 delegates to conduct the union's annual business. This year's theme, "Meeting the Challenge," focused on the challenges unions face with a business-friendly National Labor Relations Board and federal efforts to dismantle worker protections and strip union workers of their collective bargaining power.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, Western Region Delegate Michael Flaherty, and CSEA President Danny Donohue celebrate the Western Region's win of the PEOPLE Cup and Flaherty's win of the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year. The awards were handed out at CSEA's 95th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo, NY.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. June Gordon keeps the New York State Veterans' Home at Stony Brook on Long Island running smoothly.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, hands University at Albany President Kermit Hall a framed poster depicting the union's 95-year history at the opening of CSEA's archives at the university's M.E. Granander Department of Special Collections and Archives. Grenander's state of the art facility is housing and preserving important documents, publications and other materials from CSEA's history for future use and research.
New York State Senator Dale Volker speaks to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates at the 95th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo, NY.
AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy welcomes new delegates to the 95th Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo, NY.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Taxation and Finance Local members march with a sign in the Capital District Labor Day Parade in Albany, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, New York City Mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer, Long Island Region President Nicholas LaMorte, and CSEA President Danny Donohue lead CSEA members in the NYC Labor Day Parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region members carry a large CSEA banner at the Labor Day Parade in New York City. Holding the sign (from left to right) are CSEA Oyster Bay Local 1st Vice President Bobby Rauff, SUNY Stony Brook Local members Maryann Phelps and Carol Low, Brookhaven White Collar Unit President Meg Shutka, A. Holly Patterson Unit President les Eason, Nassau County Local member Valarie Ciaramella, Long Island State Employees Local member Nora Jane Adkins, Nassau County Local members Rudy Bruce and Nancey Ianson, Long Island Developmental Center member Richard McLaren, Suffolk Retirees Local member Al Luppo, Nassau Retirees Local President Dominic Ciaramella, and Barabara Luppo.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. Kaycee Kzyzak, an attendant at Putnam County's Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster, NY proudly grooms one of the farm's horses.