Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, right, addresses Schenectady County legislators before a vote authorizing the bonding of a new county nursing home, as CSEA members and Glendale home residents look on.
Anthony Adamo, 1st vice president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY New Paltz Local, is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for April, 2009. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community.
Fighting swine flu on all fronts: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members protecting the public. Across the state, CSEA members have been responding to the swine flu outbreak in various ways. Cover photo, a worker at the Erie County Health Department testing flu samples, is courtesy of Erie County Medical Center.
Across New York state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are showing up wherever the Governor appears to protest and confront him about his threat to lay off 8,700 state employees. Union members are also holding rallies and demonstrations in front of the offices of legislative leaders who are backing the governor's plan. CSEA and PEF members and staff demonstrate outside the New York State Court of Appeals May 1 during a Law Day event Governor David Paterson attended. Demonstrators marched around the building chanting phrases such as "cut the waste, not the workers."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Long Island Region Veterans Committee members Herm Williams, left, and Ed Hussey stand at attention as color bearers at a Memorial Day observance at Calverton National Cemetery in Long Island, NY. Committee members decorated the graves of more than 60 former CSEA members buried in Calverton. The committee also conducted a Flag Day ceremony where committee members properly disposed of worn, torn and tattered U.S. flags.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Wilson School District Aide Lisa Shaffer and Secretary Lisa Gigliotti send their message to passing motorists during a recent demonstration at Wilson Middle/High School in CSEA's Western Region. The Wilson Schools Support Staff Unit has declared impasse in contract talks with management. CSEA hopes a neutral third-party mediator can help work out issues including health insurance, the disciplinary procedure and the need for fair and equitable treatment of workers throughout the district.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Lee Torrance, a State Police Communications Specialist, on the job in the Essex County 911 Center. The coordinated response by CSEA-represented state and county workers in Essex County is credited with saving the life of a 3-month-old baby.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Don Williams of the Chautauqua County Unit, left, and Western Region 1st Vice President Hank Hoisington place a wreath at the workers memorial during a May 3 ceremony at Erlandson Overview Park in Frewsburg. The Chautauqua County Workers Memorial Committee hosts the annual event, led by CSEA retiree James Kurtz. Ceremonies were also held by the state Department of Transportation Region 4 (Rochester) Local and Western New York Developmental Disabilities Service Office Local.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Genesee Parks Local President Tom Cervone looks out over the water at Darien Lakes State Park from the wooden footbridge. CSEA-represented park workers across New York State prepared their facilities for an anticipated very busy summer season.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Duane Hannold and Reggie Hillriegel with one of the Holstein cows used for milking at the farm at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, NY. The farm is operated by the New York state Department of Correctional Services, charged with providing dairy for inmates at state correctional facilities nearby.