Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue and New York State Governor George Pataki shake hands after agreeing to a new contract for CSEA-represented state employees following a lengthy and hard-fought contract campaign.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue speaking with then Governor's Office of Employee Relations Director Linda Angello. Angello is now Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue meeting with United States Senator Hillary Clinton at the union's headquarters in Albany, New York. CSEA members lent their enthusiastic support to Clinton's campaigns in 2000 and 2006. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) State Contract Negotiating Team Tony Bailous, former CSEA New York State Psychiatric Institute Local 419 President, and Kathy Button, CSEA Finger Lakes DDSO Local 436 President. Both are wearing CSEA t-shirts. A note reading "Contract team 1999-2000" is attached to the image.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue speaks in support of Comptroller Alan Hevesi, left of Donohue, at a press conference announcing the New York State AFL-CIO's endorsement of Hevesi's re-election bid. State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes is at far left.
New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi shakes hands with New York State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes at a press conference announcing the state federation's endorsement of Hevesi in his re-election bid.
New York State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes speaks in support of Comptroller Alan Hevesi, left of Hughes, at a press conference announcing the New York State AFL-CIO's endorsement of Hevesi's re-election bid.
Nioga Library System Senior Library Clerk Laura Krzemien. Because of funding cuts, the Lockport, New York, Nioga facility has been continually short-staffed and unable to offer member libraries as many services and programs as it once had. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) supports closing the gap in funding for libraries and providing more operating aid directly to libraries so they can have the resources necessary to meet the growing needs of their communities. This photo and others appeared as a feature in The Work Force, CSEA's monthly publication for union members, along with quotes from members sharing their experiences and speaking of the funding need and encouraging members statewide to take part in the New York Library Association Library Lobby Day on March 13.
Heavy equipment that the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Oswego County highway crew uses to cut back snow banks recently in the village of Parish, NY. Parts of the county have been hit with more than 10 feet of snow, keeping highway workers and other state and municipal workers busy. The CSEA is New York's largest union.
Library clerks Cheryl Perkins, standing, and Gabriel Pimentel scanning old medical reference books at the SUNY Health and Science Center, which will enable students at the school to access information and data from these books electronically. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) supports closing the gap in funding for libraries and providing more operating aid directly to libraries so they can have the resources necessary to meet the growing needs of their communities. This photo and others appeared as a feature in The Work Force, CSEA's monthly publication for union members, along with quotes from members sharing their experiences and speaking of the funding need and encouraging members statewide to take part in the New York Library Association Library Lobby Day on March 13.