Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Stephanie Y. Green and LaDonna Swain prepare lunch in the Erie County Medical Center cafeteria. The two are members of the Morrison private sector food service local at the hospital 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.
Guild for Exceptional Children workers stand strong in joining the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Workers demonstrated their overwhelming desire to form a union at their workplace in Brooklyn, NY, not just once, but twice after a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule forced them into an election to defend an already successful card check campaign.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Don Williams and Hank Hoisington memorialize fallen workers. Workers Memorial Day is observed on the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (April 28, 1970) and is an international day of mourning for those who die on the job. CSEA also dedicates April 28 to fighting for safe and healthy work sites for all workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi and Western New York DDSO Local President Dawn Smith take a moment near candles lit in memory of CSEA members at a ceremony at the facility. Workers Memorial Day is observed on the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (April 28, 1970) and is an international day of mourning for those who die on the job. CSEA also dedicates April 28 to fighting for safe and healthy work sites for all workers.
Barbara Rustin, president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region Retirees Local, is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month. She recruited 34 members at the MVP level. Rustin is dedicated to fighting for working families. In the photo, Rustin, far right, campaigns for Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential race in Philadelphia shortly before the Pennsylvania presidential primary. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community. Your support and participation in PEOPLE strengthens CSEA's clout in the workplace, in the legislature, in your community and in the labor movement.
Family members of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who died on the job take part in a Workers Memorial Day ceremony at CSEA's 2008 Statewide Conference on Occupational Safety and Health.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s OSH mascot, the Canary, flies in to save the day in a skit portraying a collective bargaining session during a conference workshop. OSH activists to the right portray injured workers. More than 800 CSEA members attended CSEA's 2008 Statewide Conference on Occupational Safety and Health.
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.