City of Rochester Library Workers Unit Treasurer Lorry Wisse and President Ove Overmyer celebrate National Library Week by accepting a dozen copies of The Main Street Moment: "Fighting Back to Save the American Dream", a book by former AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee and current AFSCME President Lee Saunders that points out the ongoing attacks on middle-class working people and how Americans are fighting back.
Erie Next Wave members Laurie Santiago, left, Alison Schoonover, Keith Ralph and Rachel Casey celebrated Earth Day by cleaning a Buffalo waterfront park, using the opportunity to reach out to their community and help educate children about not littering.
State parks workers Richard Van Horn, left, and Matt Lemonis repair a section of the boardwalk leading to Jones Beach after Hurricane Sandy inflicted $100 million in damage to Long Island's state parks and beaches. Parks workers across Long Island have been working to get state, county, town and village parks ready for the summer season after Hurricane Sandy's devastating damage last fall.
Bangladeshi Labor Activist Kalpona Akter translates Sumi Abedin's horrific story to New York state labor leaders, the New York State Labor-Religion Coalition and other social justice activists seeking a sweat-free New York and hoping to put pressure on major retailers who refuse to pay compensation for lost and unpaid wages for those injured.
CSEA is calling on Lockport Mayor Michael Tucker and the City Council to scrap their misguided plan to send taxpayer money out of town and outsource the city's ambulance billing. The union has filed an improper practice charge against the city with the state Public Employment Relations Board, stating work performed by the current administrative coordinator has been exclusive bargaining unit work for close to three decades. Caption reads: Barb Parker does ambulance billing work that is being outsourced by the City of Lockport. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is fighting that action by filing an improper practice charge against the city with theNew York state Public Employment Relations Boards stating that work performed by the current administrative coordinator has been an exclusive bargaining unit work for close to 30 years.
Delores Huerta, a co-founder of the United Farm Workers, speaks at a rally in Albany, NY urging state legislators to support justice for farm workers and pass the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act.
Wayne County overestimated spending and underestimated revenue during the years 2007-2011 resulting in $59.1 million in surplus funding while claiming the county was in the hole. Wayne County Local President Paul Peters, at podium, and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue.
An illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin titled "Right Fight Knight" depicts unions and workers fighting for dignity and fairness for all against poor working conditions and lack of job protections for groups such as garment workers in Bangladesh and farm workers in New York state.