AFSCME President Gerald McEntee holds up a sign stating, "Giambra, you're fired" at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County rally against big business taking over county services held on September 29, 2005. Gerald McEntee is standing in front of the Erie County Office Building where County Executive Joel Giambra's office is located.
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.
AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy welcomes new delegates to the 95th Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo, NY.
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.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee speaks to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates at the 95th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo, NY. In McEntee's speech to the delegates, he stressed the importance of representation, organization, and political action.
Five Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME members play Wheel of Fortune at the 1999 taping of "Wheels Salute to the American family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune.
Wheel of Fortune Host Pat Sajak and Vanna White welcome AFL-CIO Executive Vice president Linda Chavez-Thompson at the 1999 taping of "Wheels Salute to the Working Family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune which featured contestants that are Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members. Chavez-Thompson is a former AFSCME International Vice president and the highest ranking woman in the Labor Movement.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and twin sisters, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red) of Albany, New York are congratulated by host Pat Sajak and Vanna White during a 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune. Twins Brown and Alexander won $21,695 in cash and a trailer.
Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak converses with several AFSCME members including twins and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red), of Albany, NY, during the taping of the 1999 "Wheels Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and twin sisters, Marietta Brown (in green) and Maquerita Alexander (in red) of Albany, New York are congratulated by host Pat Sajak and Vanna White during a 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the Wheel of Fortune. Twins Brown and Alexander won $21,695 in cash and a trailer.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME audience members cheer on their fellow members at the 1999 taping of "Wheel's Salute to the American Working Family" on the game show Wheel of Fortune.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civl Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Applauding, from left, are CSEA Vice President Danny Donohue, AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, and CSEA President Joseph McDermott.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton speaking with AFSCME President Gerald McEntee while making their way through the crowd at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting where both were guest speakers.
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton speaking with AFSCME President Gerald McEntee. Both men were guest speakers at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton addressing the delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1992 Annual Delegates Meeting in New York City. AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, also a guest speaker, is on the left; CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott is on the right.
Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City, shaking hands with an unidentified delegate. AFSCME President Gerald McEntee is pictured on the left; Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio is on the right. Behind Clinton is CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee addressing the delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 1992 New York State Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Seated from left to right are Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the meeting, CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott and CSEA Secretary Irene Carr.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee addressing the delegates at the 1992 New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Seated from left to right are Presidential candidate Bill Clinton, a guest speaker at the meeting, and CSEA President Joseph E. McDermott.
A news clipping from The Civil Service Leader that includes a cartoon depicting a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) bowling ball knocking down bowling pins representing other unions including AFSCME, SEIU, and the Teamsters. CSEA had recently won a landside representation election in Suffolk County and was expected to sweep upcoming elections in Islip Town and Babylon Town.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, back to camera, greeting Senator Hillary Clinton at the 2006 International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, in Chicago.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists and staff posing with president Danny Donohue during a rally at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in downtown Chicago to support the four-year struggle of Resurrection Health Care system workers to join a union. Delegates attending the International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, in Chicago approved the key components to create a $60 million war chest to expand worker power and reclaim rights under assault.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Lifeline activist Marcus Simmons addressing AFSCME delegates at the 2006 International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO in Chicago. Workers at the not-for-profit private sector care facility fought for and won the right to join CSEA. The campaign exemplified how CSEA is leading the AFSCME 21st Century Initiative.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, New York State Attorney General Candidate Andrew Cuomo, CSEA President Danny Donohue and Western Region President Flo Tripi at the CSEA/AFSCME Lobby Day in March. The union endorsed Andrew Cuomo for State Attorney General and Alan Hevesi for New York State Comptroller.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates at AFSCME's 36th International Convention. Delegates heard from numerous guest speakers, including presidential candidate John Kerry and former President Bill Clinton, urging members to fight to take back America by building union membership and political power in order to better wages, benefits and working conditions. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Jenette Engel of Oswego County and Colleen Wheaton of SUNY Potsdam participating with hundreds of their fellow AFSCME members in 108 degree heat in an informational picket on behalf of hotel and culinary workers in downtown Las Vegas during the AFSCME convention. Contracts were settled within days of the AFSCME agitation.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) leaders and activists joined hundreds of AFSCME brothers and sisters for a Capitol Hill rally against the Bush administrations's ill-conceived scheme to privatize Social Security. The Social Security event was part of a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
New York Senator Chuck Schumer addresses Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists along with those from AFSCME District Councils 37 and 1707 at a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). As part of the event, hundreds of union members and other groups were joined by an impressive united front of Democratic House and Senate members for a Capitol Hill rally that demonstrated the resolve to protect Social Security benefits.
Western, NY Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and staff with "Union Pride," a CSEA/AFSCME sponsored dog statue which was part of an American Kennel Club program to raise funds for search and rescue dogs. Union Pride and numerous other dog statues were on display throughout New York City in the year following 9/11 to commemorate the canine search and rescue teams that took part in the recovery at Ground Zero. The idea for a sponsorship of a CSEA dog came from Finger Lakes DDSO Local President Kathy Button, pictured kneeling second from the left, and was promoted by CSEA Executve Vice President Mary Sullivan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, second from left, Hudson Valley DDSO Local President Sara Bogart, Westchester County Unit President Jack McPhillips, and Monroe County Unit President Jim Volpone in Washington, D.C., to protest against the Bush administration proposed Social Security reforms. The Social Security event was part of a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue introduces Senator Hillary Clinton at a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). As part of the event, hundreds of union members and other groups were joined by an impressive united front of Democratic House and Senate members for a Capitol Hill rally that demonstrated the resolve to protect Social Security benefits.
Seated at a table during a press conference are AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan, and CSEA Executive Vice-President Tom McDunnough announcing CSEA's affiiation with AFSCME in Albany, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Rochester, New York, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Chapter President and CSEA staff person Debbie Lee and Rochester City Councilman Wade Norwood. The Rochester Chapter of CBTU honored Donohue, an AFSCME International Vice President, for his long-time union leadership, advocacy for workers' rights, and a host of accomplishments and achievements for working people at its annual convention in Rochester in 2004. The CBTU consists of members from 50 international and national unions with 55 chapters across the country. The basic objectives of the CBTU include: putting forth greater and more creative efforts to improve the image of labor throughout the community; and working within the framework of the trade union movement to provide a voice and vehicle for greater black and minority participation. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME members from across the state pack the Empire State Convention Center for AFSCME Lobby Day. After the rally, members met with elected officials from their districts, urging them to vote against Gov. George Pataki's wrong budget choices to protect working families.
AFSCME President Gerry McEntee sits in a panel with civil rights legend Reverand Joseph Lowery and Ron Daniels of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Eliot Seide speaking at an unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) /AFSCME event. Seide serves as AFSCME's Council 14 Executive Director.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka and AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy attending the 30th Annual Coalition of Black Trade Unionists National Convention.
Gerald McEntee speaks at an unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/AFSCME meeting. McEntee currently (2005) serves as President of AFSCME (1981-present) and as Vice President of the AFL-CIO.
New York State Comptroller and one-time gubernatorial candidate Carl McCall addressing Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at the annual AFSCME New York Lobby Day.
Reverend Al Sharpton speaking at a New York City rally against layoffs at Harlem Hospital. Workers there are members of AFSCME District Council 37 and showing their support are AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee, in yellow cap, and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, in CSEA cap. Donohue is also an AFSCME International Vice President.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue speaking at a New York City rally against layoffs at Harlem Hospital. Workers there are members of AFSCME District Council 37 and showing their support were Donohue, who is an AFSCME International Vice President and AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee, left.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Joseph E. McDermott, CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf confer at an AFSCME Executive Board Meeting at AFSCME Headquarters in Washington D.C. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the international union, making CSEA its largest affiliate.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan, right, with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf at AFSCME Headquarters in Washington D.C. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the international union, making CSEA its largest affiliate.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), right, talks with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, left, and United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in Washington D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the international union, making CSEA its largest affiliate.
Months of hard work by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists and staff produced Election Day success for most CSEA-supported candidates across the state. All of the union's statewide candidates, including Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer and US Senator Hillary Clinton, scored impressive victories. CSEA Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, left, and New York State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes, to Boncoraglio's left, listen as Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer thanks labor leaders during his post-election celebration. Also pictured are New York State Teachers President Dick Ianuzzi, left of Spitzer, and NYSUT Vice President Alan Lubin, right of Spitzer, and AFSCME District Council Executive Director Raglan George, fourth from right.
Cathy Collette, retiring director of AFSCME's Women's Rights Department, who was honored at the 2002 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. CSEA saluted Collette for more than 21 years of service and expertise on women's issues on and off the job which helped broaden the opportunities for working women. AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is CSEA's international affiliation, of which CSEA is the largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health Committee Chairman Jim McHugh, waving left, at a state worker protest in St. Paul, Minnesota, in support of striking public employees in that state. McHugh attended the protest, fresh off a state transportation emergency stint at Ground Zero in New York City, after Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura called the striking state workers there "unAmerican" in the wake of the World Trade Center attack. McHugh told the cheering crowd of AFSCME brothers and sisters that everyone working at Ground Zero was a union member. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan speaking with United States Representative Louise M. Slaughter during the CSEA 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the unions constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
An unidentified Civil Sevice Employees Association (CSEA) delegate reading over material presented at the CSEA 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Long Island Region President Danny Donohue addressing the panel during a discussion at CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Rochester. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified delegates discussing an issue during the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Two unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates registering for the CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) General Counsel Marjorie E. Karowe discussing Constitution and By-Laws amendments. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the unions constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified delegates attending the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting listening as CSEA President Bill McGowan addresses the crowd, while other CSEA officers and guest speakers sit on the dais. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members arriving at the CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Rochester, New York. Dozens of tables were set up with information and materials available to the delegates to take back to their co-workers. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended the meeting. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Irene Carr speaking at the CSEA 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) VOICE Local leaders and negotiating team members Beth White, a child care provider from Ulster County (foreground left) and Patrick Hogan, a child care provider from Westchester County (foreground right) meeting with United States Senator Hillary Clinton and other AFSCME child care providers to discuss home-based childcare industry issues. Clinton announced that day the Quality Childcare for America Act. The act would increase funding for worker development programs and block grant funding by $200 million. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, joining AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, left, and AFL-CIO President John Sweeny for a videotaped discussion of the unions' agenda for the future. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s first-time AFSCME Delegates pose for a picture at the San Francisco convention. More than 200 CSEA elected delegates led the way as part of AFSCME's 38th International convention. CSEA is AFSCME's largest affiliate. Delegates debated and acted on scores of issues and resolutions and heard inspiring speeches from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore, among others. Delegates also attended numerous educational workshops, forums and other events to share perspectives and ideas with union members from across the country.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, joined by 40 CSEA volunteer organizers, addresses the AFSCME Convention after CSEA was awarded the International's organizing award. More than 200 CSEA elected delegates led the way as part of AFSCME's 38th International convention. CSEA is AFSCME's largest affiliate. Delegates debated and acted on scores of issues and resolutions and heard inspiring speeches from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore, among others. Delegates also attended numerous educational workshops, forums and other events to share perspectives and ideas with union members from across the country.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member proudly displays a whistle bearing the CSEA and AFSCME logos during a rally preceding the March for Main Street on January 7, 2009, at the Times Union Center in Albany. The whistle, one of several giveaways marchers received upon arriving in Albany, was just one of the many ways union activists made themselves heard to challenge Governor David Paterson's state budget proposal.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf shake hands over the agreement for CSEA affiliation with AFSCME in 1978.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka fires up the crowd at the 2009 AFSCME Lobby Day. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME members from across the state came by the busload for AFSCME Lobby Day on March 31, meeting with lawmakers and lobbying them to oppose Governor David Paterson's proposed layoffs of 8,700 state workers.