Salamanca, New York, Police officers Chris Hutchison and Jeffrey DaHill and Chief Troy Westfall are members of a police department that makes twice as many arrests as departments in bigger cities and towns, but with half as many officers. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the department were part of an investigation that led to a major drug bust in predominantly rural Cattaraugus County in Western New York, taking a large amount of crack cocaine off the streets and serving 21 federal arrest warrants.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Research Department staff at work. From head of table to right: Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec, Assistant Director of Research Tom Coyle, Director of Research Bill Blom and consultant Joe Watkins. (People on left side of table are unidentified.)
New York State Governor George E. Pataki signing legislation awarding retired public employees in New York a supplement to their pensions. Among the dignitaries looking on are New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, Office of Management Confidential Employees President Barbara Zaron, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, New York AFL-CIO President Ed Cleary and New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall. CSEA, New York State's largest union, fought long and hard for the bill which was a top legislative priority for years.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) East Greenbush School District members fill a truck with donated supplies. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across New York gave blood, helped raise relief money and moved donated goods to aid stricken families and relief workers in the World Trade Center attacks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Research Department staff, from left, Assistant Director of Research Tom Coyle, Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec, Director of Research Bill Blom and consultant Joe Watkins. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Manlius Highway Department Heavy Equipment Operator Dave Hale shows a student how to operate his snowplow during a visit to the Enders Road Elementary School. Hale visits local schools every year to talk about snowplow safety and show the kids whats involved in keeping town roads clear and safe. The town of Manlius is in Onondaga County, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, from left, Saratoga Springs, New York, City Hall Unit President Kathy Moran, Olivia Dean, Lynn Browne, Doris Dyer, Michael Peters, Karen Whipple and Tony Izzo show off their Halloween costumes. Unit members dressed up in costumes and attended a lunch party, where they raised more than $500 to help buy holiday gifts for residents at Maplewood Manor, the county's nursing home.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrating at the Peru School District because the district refused to pay retiree health benefits to Ken LaMoy, a former co-worker who is battling cancer. Nearly 100 North Country members turned out for the demonstration, held before a board of education meeting at which the grievance was heard.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, was drawn prior to the union's 70th Annual Delegates Meeting in 1980 but was never published in the CSEA newspaper. CSEA delegates decided to support Carter's presidential bid and invited Carter to speak at their convention.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, lampooned Governor Hugh Carey's infamous 1982 comments about "drinking a glass of PCBs" following the contamination of the Binghamton State Office Building following a transformer fire.
Gubernatorial candidate Mario Cuomo, front, second from right, campaigns for votes on Long Island with then Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region President Danny Donohue, front, second from left.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, shows his support for Senator Alfonse D'Amato, as the union endorses him for re-election in 1986.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicts the union's successful efforts to stop an ill-conceived Internal Revenue Service attempt in 1988 to tax unused public employee sick leave and vacation time.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicted the horrific violence of the 1995 bombing attack on innocent public employees working at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The union had long made efforts to secure worksites in New York State.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, warns of the devastating impact the 1995 congressional budget would have on New York state jobs and services, including health care and education.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Board of Directors representative Carol Thornton holding a portion of a sculpture she created in tribute to four CSEA social service workers murdered while on the job in Schuyler County in 1992.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, at podium, announcing the union's endorsement of H. Carl McCall for New York State Comptroller on the steps of the State Capitol. Joining Donohue are, from left, CSEA Audit and Control Local President Georgianna Natale, CSEA Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Donohue, Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, McCall, CSEA Capital Region President Carmen Bagnoli, and CSEA Treasurer Maureen Malone.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicts Governor George E. Pataki as oblivious to the needs of state workers in their fight for a fair contract as well as their efforts to obtain one, which culminated in a 20,000 member-strong rally at the state Capitol. A contract agreement was reached a short time later in early Jan. 2000.
Civil Service Employeess Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, shakes hands with State Comptroller H. Carl McCall as he announces CSEA's endorsement of McCall for New York State Governor at the Desmond Americana Hotel in Albany. McCall lost the 2002 election to incumbent Governor George E. Pataki.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Dave Sniatecki, left, and Tim Ryan point out a security camera in the aisle of one of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Metro buses. The camera system, originally installed to fight fraud, has also helped discourage rowdy behavior and solve criminal cases. Sniatecki and Ryan are members of CSEA's Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Supervisory Unit.