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 members demonstrate in front of the governor's midtown Manhattan office.
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. An aerial view of CSEA members demonstrating in front of the governor's Manhattan office April 29.
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. SUNY Stony Brook Local 614 President Carlos Speight addresses members at the Long Island rally. Behind Speight is Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte.
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 members from Western Region gathered outside Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte's Niagara Falls office today to rally against layoffs and to ask the assemblywoman why she will not support state workers. The demonstration received significant support from passersby on the busy downtown street, as well as television and daily newspaper coverage.
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 retiree members Sue Krongold, left, and Natalie Arone participate in a picket of Assemblyman George Latimer's district office in Mamaroneck, Westchester County. Attendees at the picket protested Latimer's failure to take a stand against the cuts in the state budget. The picket drew local television news coverage.
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 Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, CSEA Capital Region President Kathy Garrison and PEF Secretary Treasurer Arlea Igoe address Governor Paterson directly during the recent rally in Saratoga Springs.
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. More than 200 Union members rally outside the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs while Governor Paterson attended a political conference. Members delivered the Governor a message via signs and chants, "No layoffs, can you hear us now."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, CSEA Treasurer Joe McMullen, Nassau County Educational Local President Monica Berkowitz, Suffolk County Educational Local President Harry Ader and CSEA Secretary Denise Berkley take a break during the recent Long Island School District Support Staff Career Development Conference, which was jointly sponsored by the Nassau and Suffolk Educational locals. The popular, one-day conference, which drew more than 1,000 CSEA members employed at schools across Long Island, featured programs relevant to school workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Westchester Medical Center's Taylor Care Center, the hospital's public nursing home, was a casualty of the first round of layoffs to hit the Medical Center in January 2009 when it was estimated the hospital would lay off 400 workers, with 190 immediate cuts coming through the closure of the Taylor Center. A second wave of layoffs hit WMC recently, putting more than 100 additional hospital workers out of a job and stretching an already leann work force.
Somewhat reluctant, but being a good sport, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s New York City State Employees Local 2nd Vice President Donald Bryant has makeup applied before taking part in a Workplace Violence Prevention DVD CSEA is producing to help CSEA leaders and activists reduce the risk of violence at their work sites. Bryant told interviewers about an individual who brutally attacked three Department of Motor Vehicle workers because he was angry over having failed his road test.