Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region members joined other AFSCME activists and members of the Coalition of Labor Union Women at the 3rd annual Walk to Beat the Clock in Washington, D.C. The walk helps to raise money and awareness about cervical cancer. It was started by Tamika Felder, an AFSCME member and cervical cancer survivor (holding the CSEA banner on the left) who formed Tamika and Friends, a movement to end cervical cancer.
Farmworkers fight for their rights at a recent rally at the state Capitol. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) joined the Justice for Farmworkers campaign, taking part in a rally to support farm workers in their fight for the same rights enjoyed on the job by non-agricultural workers.
Fighting swine flu on all fronts: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members protecting the public. Across the state, CSEA members have been responding to the swine flu outbreak in various ways. Cover photo, a worker at the Erie County Health Department testing flu samples, is courtesy of Erie County Medical Center.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Reggie Hillriegel, a driver at the Sullivan Correctional Facility's dairy farm in Fallsburg, NY, poses with a tool of the trade. The farm is operated by the New York state Department of Correctional Services, charged with providing dairy for inmates at state correctional facilities nearby.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo joins state Department of Transportation Regional Director Joan Dupont in a memorial garden outside the DOT Region 8 headquarters in Poughkeepsie. DOT workers maintain the garden, which is dedicated to co-workers who died on the job. CSEA members across the state marked Workers Memorial Day, April 28, with ceremonies and other observances to honor workers who have died or been severely injured on the job.
Steven Myers, vice president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Department of Transportation Region 4 Local, offers opening remarks during a Workers Memorial ceremony April 28 at the Pittsford shop. Behind him is a poster created in memory of Kevin Forsyth, 46, a DOT worker from Niagara County who died last year after being struck by a vehicle in a work zone.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members speak out about New York State Governor David Paterson's plan to move forward with 8,700 state employee lay offs, which is reckless and irresponsible on the governor's part. CSEA members deliver essential services every day that are now at serious risk.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, left, and Orange County Local 1st Vice President Charlie Romer check out the new sign the Orange County Local provided in Wallkill. The sign, emblazoned with the blue and red CSEA logo, is the design of Orange County Local 1st Vice President Charlie Romer, who works for the town's Highway Department. The local purchased the sign after town officials opted to tear down the existing welcome sign, which was in bad condition due to age.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Stony Brook Local President Carlos Speight fires up the crowd at a rally at the New York State Office Building in Hauppauge. CSEA's response has been swift and unrelenting in a drive to expose the dangers of Governor David Paterson's strong-arm threat to lay off 8,700 state employees if CSEA and other unions won't agree to his concession demands.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Suffolk Municipal Local activist Mike Morris is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for March. He recruited 40 new PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality) members at the MVP level. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community.