Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Village of Irvington Unit is implementing new safety procedures. Unit President Todd Smith said the unit has created a safety committee that now meets regularly. Unit members, who work in the villages Department of Public Works, Water Department and Park's Department, have undergone trainings led by CSEA Occupational Safety and Health Department staff. Smith said the unit recently bought safety green colored winter CSEA jackets for workers in an effort to increase visibility of workers on sanitation routes and other road work. Workers are pictured here in their new jackets. The Village of Irvington is in Westchester County, New York.
Vehicle Maintenance Team Leader Brian Ridner, left, and Vehicle Maintenance Operator Wayne Shultes, who contacted the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) last year to form a union, work on one of the airport's "clean air" vehicles. Albany International Airport workers were negotiating their first contract since they became part of CSEA after 13 months of fighting for the right to join a union.
Drs. Michael Wilkins, left, and William Bronston sit for an interview for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 100 History project. The two were instrumental in revealing the terrible conditions at the Willowbrook School for the Mentally Retarded in the 1970s. Excerpts of the interview were featured on the publications Leading Edge page, with a note that the full interviews for the CSEA 100 History project are as part of CSEA's official archives at the M.E. Grenander Special Collections at the University at Albany.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, ORDA worker Kelly Miner lets her view be known. CSEA delegates at the 2007 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, New York, took to the streets to demand a fair contract for Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) workers, who are at impasse in contract talks.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Strategic Benefit Trust inaugural meeting. Pictured, from left, are Lifespire President and CEO Mark VanVoorst, secretary; Bernard King of Blitman and King Associates, counsel; CSEA Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, trustee; CSEA President Danny Donohue, chairman; CSEA St. Lawrence University Local President Richard Sprague, trustee, and CSEA Health Benefits Department Deputy Director Laura Balogh. CSEA established the labor-management fund, which will be an important optin for providing health care and other benefits to the union's private sector members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s "The Right Stuff," cartoon depicts the New York State consumer writing a check for "Fair Trade" products near a scale representing a "balanced world" with fair trade purchases. The purchase of such products supports 100% Fair Trade retailers and the Labor-Religion Coaliton Fair Trade Project, helping farmers receive a fair price for their produce and combating child labor, forced labor and slave labor.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Albany Airport Training and Safety Officer, Bobby Allen at the airfield maintenance division. Albany International Airport workers were negotiating their first contract since they became part of CSEA after 13 months of fighting for the right to join a union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Irene Tossone with Norman Ebanks inside the Supreme Court Appellate Division 1st Department building in Manhattan, New York, where they work. Tossone is a secretary to a judge; Ebanks serves as a court officer. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across New York State who play a key role in the state's Unified Court System. Kevin Macdonald is one of two principal court attorneys statewide, spending much of his time advising attorneys and pro se litigants (individuals representing themselves) about court jurisdiction, practice and procedures. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, center, discussing efforts to launch the League of Women Voters of New York States LeaderSpark program in the Buffalo, NY, area with program coordinators Nuala Dreschler, left, and JoAnn Ross. CSEA's support of LeaderSpark, designed to inform and involve young people in their governmental activities, is an outgrowth of the union's involvement with the League's "Students Inside Albany" program which for many years brought high school students to the state Capitol to learn about the workings of state government. CSEA is New York State's largest union.