Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, introducing AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Jim Kelly, John J. Kelly Jr.'s son, holding a photograph of his father with New York State Governor Thomas Dewey, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President John Powers and an unidentified woman at a 1954 testimonial dinner in honor of Dewey as the governor was leaving office. John Kelly was the dinner's toastmaster. Kelly was a young well-regarded Albany attorney who served as CSEA counsel during the 1950s. CSEA's J. J. Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund was created when he died unexpectedly, leaving behind a widow and several young children.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Maureen Malone, AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, and CSEA President Danny Donohue hold up a check presented by CSEA to the AFSCME Fallen Heroe Fund. CSEA donated a total of $25,795 to the Fallen Heroes Fund, which aids victims of the 2005 Gulf Coast disasters. The check was presented to AFSCME at CSEA's 95th Annual delegates Meeting.
Albany, Ny's Diamond Dog team mascot "Homer" looking on as New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue tosses out the first pitch during "CSEA Night" at an Albany/Colonie Diamond Dogs game. CSEA members maintained the field for the now-defunct Capital District Independent League team.
New York State lawmakers and labor leaders looking on as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue shakes hands with Governor George E. Pataki after Pataki signed legislation calling for a permanent cost of living allowance (COLA) for the state's public employee retirees. The much needed pension boost had been a chief legislative goal of the CSEA's for years.
New York State Veteran's Home at Batavia Director of Nursing Barbara Bates, Administrator Joanne Hernick, Certified Nurse Aide Paul Blujus and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occpational Health and Safety Specialist John Bieger discussing the nursing home's success with zero lift at a safe patient handling seminar in Albany, New York. CSEA is leading a statewide coalition of health care organizations, labor organizations and safety advocates that say it's time to stop requiring New Yorks health care workers to manually lift patients in their care, seriously injuring thousands of hospital and nursing home workers every year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Director of Legislative and Political Action Fran Turner, right, meeting with New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Executive Director to the Comptroller Diane Lombardi. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, flanked by members of CSEA's State Contract Negotiating Team, at the start of negotiations with the state April 17, 2007, in Troy, New York
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, applauds as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer addresses a meeting of the union's Board of Directors after CSEA announced its endorsement of Spitzer's campaign to become the next governor of New York. To the right of Spitzer is CSEA Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves.