50-year Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Concetta Giambra holding Monroe County (New York) Local's 50-year old CSEA charter. Giambra was among the first members to sign the original charter. Giambra's daughter Bernadette, the Monroe County Local president, accepted the local's 50-year CSEA banner at the union's 90th Annual Delegates Meeting in October 2000.
Brian Loop and his wife Erica Wade-Loop of Baldwinsville, New York, registering to vote at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) booth at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York. Voter registration is just one focus of the CSEA booth at the fair every year, where CSEA members volunteer by handing out brochures and union materials and answering questions about the union. It's an opportunity for CSEA to be visible to a wide variety of people. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Irene Tossone with Norman Ebanks inside the Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department building in Manhattan, New York, where they work. Tossone is a secretary to a judge; Ebanks serves as a court officer. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across New York State who play a key role in the state's Unified Court System. Kevin Macdonald is one of two principal court attorneys statewide, spending much of his time advising attorneys and pro se litigants (individuals representing themselves) about court jurisdiction, practice and procedures. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, center, discussing efforts to launch the League of Women Voters of New York States LeaderSpark program in the Buffalo, NY, area with program coordinators Nuala Dreschler, left, and JoAnn Ross. CSEA's support of LeaderSpark, designed to inform and involve young people in their governmental activities, is an outgrowth of the union's involvement with the League's "Students Inside Albany" program which for many years brought high school students to the state Capitol to learn about the workings of state government. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Jason Cox at work as a New York State Court Officer. Cox works in the 5th Judicial District in the Onondaga County Courthouse in Syracuse, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Law Library Assistant William Sommer. Sommer works in the 5th Judicial District Supreme Court Law Library in Syracuse, NY where he and his co-workers maintain the law library for four different courts and the chamber collections for eight judges. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Kelly Tornstrom, a 15-year bus driver in the Victor School District, taught her primary-age students the names of the United States presidents in chronological order. The district and her co-workers recognized her with an 'Unsung Hero' award for her efforts. Victor is in Ontario County, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Barbara "Bobbie" Griffin helping a group of children safely cross the street. Griffin, a school crossing guard in Auburn, NY, has stood at the same intersection for more than 40 years. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s New York State Unified Court System members from the Supreme Court of Nassau County, part of the court system's 10th Judicial District. Elizabeth Kane, 6th from left, is a principal court analyst and was interviewed for the feature with other members from across New York State.