Shenendehowa Central School District Unit Vice President Gary Lanahan drives buses for the district but also is a passionate booster of the school's hockey and baseball teams. Lanahan spearheaded the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) unit's efforts three years ago to provide fund-raising support to the teams.
Canastota Schools Groundsworkers Nick Campbell and Richard Mitchell carry bleacher seating to the inside of the track to set up for an athletic event at the school.
Canastota Schools Groundsworkers Nick Campbell and Richard Mitchell rake some new topsoil on top of the dirt at home plate to prepare the playing field at the school for spring's baseball season.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Lifespire Local President Pam Marshall, right, with bullhorn, leads CSEA members in demonstrating for a fair contract outside the Empire State building in Manhattan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Lynnet Witherell, left, writes down the violence concerns of library worker Yvonne Fuller, right, during workplace violence prevention training for library employees. Fuller was at an evening program at the Liverpool Library with her young children 15 years ago when a man lurking outside the library shot and killed his wife as she left the library. She is now an employee of the library. At the time of the murder, library workers feared for their safety, but weren't sure how to best respond to protect themselves and their patrons.
Liverpool Library workers listen to the presentations about the library's new workplace violence prevention program. Part of New York's workplace violence prevention legislation in 2006, which Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) led the way to passing, requires employers to work with labor to ensure an effective workplace violence prevention program is in place. Liverpool Library has proved to be an example of how public employers can help reduce the risk of violence for workers and the public.
South Glens Falls School District Unit President Don Ostrander and his new Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) tatoo (between his thumb and index finger).
Capital District Psychiatric Center Local Vice President Dwayne Parsons, left, congratulates Carl Shank who was honored for his dedication, hard work and longevity. At the time of this photograph, Shank was 85 years old and still working with no plans to retire.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members pass out information to the public attending the parade at the Otsego County Faiir in 2008 to gain public support during their contract struggle.
Former Governor George Pataki recorded a video interview for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 100 History Project. Pataki shared his perspective on his relationship with CSEA throughout his time in office. For more than 10 years CSEA conducted interviews with key individuals who played a role in CSEA's history to be archived at the University at Albany's Grenander Special Collections. The interviews were also used as part of the CSEA history book and video documentary for the union's 100th anniversary in 2010.
Cover of the December, 2009, Work Force. Workers from the St. Lawrence County Local demonstrate for a fair contract as local budget pressures mount across the state.
Karen Bright of the Madison County Local in the Central Region was PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for September, 2009. PEOPLE stands for Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio was honored by the New York Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) with its Distinguished Service Award.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan marches in a demonstration in front of New York state Farm Bureau Headquarters in Albany to urge state senators to pass legislation granting equal workers' rights to farm workers.
An illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin, titled The Ant and the Grasshopper, depicts that health care workers should prepare for new strains of flu while state health administrators have no comprehensive strategy to address the health issue.
Saratoga Springs Department of Public Works Unit President Gary Benincasa, right, presents Mark Roberts, left, and Mark Milks, center, with certificates of recognition by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) unit. The two public works employees are credited with saving the life of a stabbing victim.
Western Region President Flo Tripi examines the boots that support the "Arch D'Boot," a sculpture built from Buffalo State College workers' boots. The boots represent the work of members of the Campus Services Department and other classified titles: their work holds up and supports the rest of the campus.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Buffalo State College Local President Jerry Richmond, addresses a crowd during the dedication ceremony for "Arch D'Boot," a towering sculpture built from workers' boots. The sculpture is a tribute of the importance of what the workers at Buffalo State College do every day to help the college run.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) workers at the newly opened DMV office on Central Avenue in Albany in 1972. Photo is from the New York state Archives.
A traveling display presenting Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Century of Service made public appearances in all six CSEA regions. The displays were on an 18-month odyssey that took them to every corner of the state to tell CSEA's story in highly visible public locations.
Ken Allen, executive director of AFSCME Oregon Council 75, which as the first AFSCME affiliate to achieve a collective bargaining agreement like those in VOICE and CCPT, spoke to a group of activists attending the VOICE and CCPT-NY Leadership Summit in Albany.
Among those addressing a VOICE and CCPT-NY Leadership summit in Albany were New York State Assembly member Susan John. The summit brought together leaders from both child care campaigns, as well as state leaders and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) statewide officers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue spoke at a VOICE and CCPT-NY Leadership Summit in Albany. The meeting coincided with the formal signing of a four-year memorandum of agreement between CSEA and New York state after 18 months of negotiations.
Among those addressing a VOICE and CCPT-NY Leadership summit in Albany were William Gettman Jr., executive deputy commissioner of the state Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).
VOICE and CCPT-NY activists listen to speakers at an Albany summit for the two groups. Leaders from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) VOICE and CCPT-NY child care groups met in Albany to advance CSEA's advocacy role with childhood educators.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan is presented with the Capital District Women's Employment & Resource Center's Harriet Rifkin Leadership Award by the center's Board Chairman Glenn Clermont. Sullivan was honored for her longtime efforts to advance working women. She also serves as the officer liaison to CSEA's statewide Women's Committee. The private, not-for-profit group helps women find success in the workplace by building their economic and personal independence.
Nassau County Local 2nd Vice President Lynne Kramer speaks to members at the nursing station at Nassau University Medical Center about contract violations and union-busting tactics.
Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Unit Vice President Joe Manning, at left, addresses members of the Sullivan County Legislature. Workers at the Sullivan County Jail are paid dramatically less than their counterparts in neighboring counties causing a high turnover rate as new correction officers gain experience and leave for nearby federal and state correctional facilities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Santos Guzman, a carpenter at Helen Hayes Hospital, in an area of the hospital he is helping renovate.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Brigitte Higgins-Havlicek, a registered home health care nurse from Fulton County, testifies at a state New York State Assembly hearing in Manhattan about her concerns about mandating H1N1 vaccinations for health care workers.
More than 1,000 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Onondaga County Localmembers shut down the street outside a county budget hearing, demanding a better budget.
Cover of the November, 2009, Work Force. A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Onondaga County worker, with a child who carries the sign: "Don't Cut My Mommy's Job," joined more than 1,000 other Local members, clad in black CSEA shirts, demonstrating outside a county budget hearing. CSEA successfully stopped the threat to reduce the work schedules of 2,149 full-time county workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) was a proud major sponsor of the WPBS-TV "All Star Auction" in Watertown in 2009. Dozens of CSEA volunteers from around the North Country helped the TV station answer phones, sell auction items, and work behind the scenes to make the magic happen and raise money for the last night of the annual television auction.
Capital District DDSO Local President Joseph Howard and Western New York DDSO Local President Dawn Smith with certificates of appreciation they received from the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter and John Monteiro, Deputy Commissioner for Workforce and Talent Development. Both are retiring from state service.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Broome Developmental Center Local President Deborah Davenport received a certificate of appreciation from Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter and John Monteiro, Deputy Commissioner for Workforce and Talent Development. Davenport is retiring after more than 34 years of state service.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) state Department of Taxation and Finance activist Willie Terry speaks at a Capital District labor group meeting. Terry, a past president of the state Department of Taxation and Finance Local in New York City and a CSEA member for 28 years, received the Coalition of Black Trade Unionist's (CBTU) Capital District Chapter's 2009 Nadra Floyd Membership Award.
An illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin depicting the union's stand in stopping threats to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) negotiated bargaining agreement.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region Women's Committee Chair Cathy Barretta and committee members Carmina Russo, Linda Stiefel, and Ann Marie Ellis collect hundreds of undergarments for women and children to be donated to women's shelters across the region as part of the "Underneath it all, we've got you covered" clothing drive held at the region's recent spring conference. Central Region members donated the clothing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, right, congratulate Mike Kaiser, a CSEA State Police Troop D Local activist and a 27-year police communications specialist with the New York State Police in Oneida, for receiving the 2009 State Mission Achievement Award.
Probation Officers and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Sue Cirencione, left, and Kevin Case, helped save an Ontario County woman's life. Cirencione and Case received a chief's citation award from the county in honor of their diligence and hard work
Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center Local activist Rosemarie Richards is all smiles after purchasing raffle tickets Friday afternoon at the PEOPLE table during the 2009 annual Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Spring Workshop. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves jobs, benefits, and pensions in Washington, D.C., Albany, and local communities.