Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA Western Region President Flo Tripi, front center, and CSEA statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, three rows behind her wearing sunglasses, attending a news conference before the Rochester Labor Day parade. Speakers at the event urged voters to vote for Obama.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley marching in the New York City parade with union activists.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. A steel drum band marching in the New York City parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Western New York DDSO Local members and their families on the union's float in the Buffalo, NY, parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Union activists from the Western New York DDSO Local marching in the Buffalo, NY, parade. Local President Dawn Smith is on the right.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. CSEA statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, wearing yellow shirt, marching in the Buffalo, NY, parade with Erie County Local President Joan Bender, waving, and other union activists.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Cindy O'Bara, shown here at her office, has been recognized for her efforts in organizing "Law Day" in the state's 8th Judicial District in Buffalo, NY. The annual event gives the public, particularly students, the opportunity to learn how the courts work. For her efforts, O'Bara recently received the "Outstanding Educational Efforts Award" from the state Unified Court System.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Douglas Hayes, a Youth Developmental Aide 3 at the Office of Children and Family Services' Ella McQueen Residential Center in Brooklyn, NY. Hayes blames short staffing at the facility for the injuries he's received on the job. In response to growing concerns about the safety of youth development aides at state Office of Children and Family Services facilities statewide, CSEA has stepped up efforts to ensure that workers voices are being heard loud and clear by OCFS officials.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte was interviewed for the Leading Edge Meet your leaders series. The photo of LaMorte was taken as he spoke during the 2008 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Washington, D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Veterans Committee Chair Len Beaulieu, members Maryann Phelps and Bob Pyjas, and CSEA President Danny Donohue are escorted from Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns after presenting a wreath. More than 200 CSEA members attended the wreath laying ceremony during the union's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting which was held in Washington, D.C.