Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) occupational safety and health activist Donald Mulder Jr. of Brooklyn DDSO makes a point during a conference workshop on union strategies to address workplace violence. At right is workshop presenter Jonathon Rosen. More than 800 CSEA members attended CSEA's 2008 Statewide Conference on Occupational Safety and Health.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, right, welcomes AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker during the Capital District Area Labor Federation's annual meeting in Albany, NY, where Holt Baker delivered the keynote address. CSEA plays an active role in the area labor federation, with Sullivan serving as the federation's executive vice president and Capital Region President Kathy Garrison serving as a vice president. Holt Baker is the first African-American woman elected to one of the federation's highest three offices, and she is the highest ranking African-American woman in the labor movement.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Town of Colonie Recreation Maintenance Worker Len St. Gelais performs routine maintenance on a town bicycle path that runs along a six-mile section of the Erie Canal in New York State. CSEA members across the state maintain the canal and 400 miles of bike paths that run along the canal.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s St. Mary's School for the Deaf Local members Edmond Boctor, left, and Karen Gambino joined with students, teachers, parents and alumni in a demonstration outside St. Mary's School for the Deaf in Buffalo, NY, for greater access to the school board and input into its decisions and policies.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Long Island State Parks and Recreation Local member Betty Hirt prefers working outdoors at Connetquot River State Park Perserve in Suffolk County, NY. CSEA members have long played a key role in preserving the high quality of life many Long Island residents make a priority, striving to maintain and enhance attractions such as a gristmill, nature trails, horseback riding paths, bird watching venues and the main house, which is more than 100 years old and features an antique kitchen and dining room complete with paraphernalia from that period.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, James Cardinale acted on instinct when he chased after an escapee he saw fleeing the Family Court Building. The New York State Court officer in CSEA Region 6 Judiciary Local was honored with awards from the Erie County Deputy Sheriff's Badge & Shield Club, an organization encompassing several area law enforcement organizations, for capturing the escapee.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Licensed Practical Nurse Vannessa Hill reviews medication records in the skilled nursing facility within Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, NY. CSEA's Erie County Local is leading mobilization efforts to keep Buffalo's Erie County Medical Center public. Members of CSEA and two other unions at the hospital collected more than 2,000 postcards to be mailed to Western New York state legislators. The postcards call on state lawmakers to protect the public hospital, which the Erie County Executive wants privatized.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Radiologic Technician Bob Foley positions a patient's leg before taking an X-ray at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, NY. CSEA's Erie County Local is leading mobilization efforts to keep Buffalo's Erie County Medical Center public. Members of CSEA and two other unions at the hospital collected more than 2,000 postcards to be mailed to Western New York state legislators. The postcards call on state lawmakers to protect the public hospital, which the Erie County Executive wants privatized.
Keith Shultis, a member of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Mid-Hudson State Employees Local, operates a grooming machine at the Belleayre Mountain ski resort located in Highmount, NY, in Ulster County. CSEA members at Belleayre, Gore Mountain and Whiteface Mountain are all wrapping up a busy ski season that kept them on the slopes through April, as ski areas did much better business this year than last.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, New York State Court Officers Gregory Hartman, left, and John Pezzino used an automatic external defibrillator to revive an unresponsive woman who had collapsed in the middle of the street in front of Buffalo City Court. The New York State Court officers in CSEA Region 6 Judiciary Local were honored with awards from the Erie County Deputy Sheriff's Badge & Shield Club, an organization encompassing several area law enforcement organizations, for saving the woman's life.