Cathy Collette, retiring director of AFSCME's Women's Rights Department, who was honored at the 2002 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. CSEA saluted Collette for more than 21 years of service and expertise on women's issues on and off the job which helped broaden the opportunities for working women. AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is CSEA's international affiliation, of which CSEA is the largest union.
United States Congresswoman Nita Lowey speaking at the 2002 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. Lowey represents Westchester County. More than 500 women and men participated in many energy-packed programs and workshops that empowered members personally and professionally and laid the foundation to build an even more powerful union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) employees gathering in front of the union's Albany, New York headquarters to hear United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and other political leaders speak at a rally in support of New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall's candidacy for governor. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Delegates to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 91st Annual Delegates Meeting in Buffalo, New York, demonstrating at a unity rally in front of the Erie County Office Building. In a show of labor solidarity in an atmosphere of tough economic conditions, CSEA activists were fired up about their union, fired up about democracy, and fired up for the challenges that lie ahead. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Utica, NY area labor leaders joined in a united effort to discuss area problems of common concern last night in the Ramada Inn, New Hartford. Discussing problems were, from left: Louis Sunderhaft, president of the City and County Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA); Dwight E. Vicks Jr., president of the Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce; Jay Hagenbuch, president of the Utica Teachers Association; George Dooley, labor liaison representative, Northeast region of the United Way of America and dinner speaker; Martin Berger, president of the Greater Utica Federation of Utica. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Vehicle Maintenance Team Leader Brian Ridner, left, and Vehicle Maintenance Operator Wayne Shultes, who contacted the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) last year to form a union, work on one of the airport's "clean air" vehicles. Albany International Airport workers were negotiating their first contract since they became part of CSEA after 13 months of fighting for the right to join a union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Al Gonzales, shown here with the Monroe-Woodbury (New York) School District bus he drives, is an accomplished bagpiper and motorcyclist whose hobbies have led to acting gigs. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation workers Andrea Taylor and Sahadewa Sadya work in Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens, NY.
Niagara County, New York Local President Elaine Timm volunteers at a phone bank in the Western Region on behalf of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-endorsed candidates. Months of hard work by CSEA activists and staff produced Election Day success for most CSEA-supported candidates across the state. All of the union's statewide candidates, including Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer and United States Senator Hillary Clinton, scored impressive victories.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Robbins moves fallen tree branches so they may be picked-up by other members of his Department of Transportation crew. CSEA members answered the call in four Western New York counties when a freak October storm ripped down trees and knocked out power to almost 400,000 households. Impassable streets needed to be cleared and fallen trees removed so utility crews could come in and restore power and heat to residents.