Utica, NY Mayor Edward Hanna discusses his position on negotiating the possibility of putting some of 25 laid-off city parks system workers back on the payroll while Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Oneida County chapter president Louis Sunderhaft listens. The settlement which was agreed to had to be ratified by both the Utica City Council and the CSEA membership. In return for the reinstatement of the workers, the union would lower its wage demands for its 1975 contract. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
New York State Assemblyman Jack McEneny speaking at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) press conference on the steps of the State Capitol. CSEA members, Senator Paul Tonko, Senator Neil Breslin, and Assemblyman Ronald Canestrari stand behind John McEneny. A stuffed turkey is featured in the forefront of the photo to symbolize Governor George Pataki's budget. The legislators were calling for a "slice" of the turkey for public employees, but the governor did not leave a piece for them. The turkey was carved at the end of the press conference. A sign in front of McEneny reads "Show Some Respect!"
The Utica, NY chapter, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) is again undertaking its annual Christmas project of gathering and repairing jewelry for area retarded children. Members assist the children in repairing the jewelry, which is then exchanged among the retarded children. Helping out are, Jane Lis, Division of Employment; Lois Ann Minozzi, project chairman, Department of Taxation and Finance; Phyllis Bowen, Department of Motor Vehicles; Frank Lasky, Department of State, and Philip J. Caruso, Utica chapter president. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
A newspaper clipping from The Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, the chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) formally opened their new regional headquarters at 208 Lansing St. yesterday. Among those attending were, from the left, Frank Martello, local field representative; Alfred Kuchler, president of Oneida County Chapter; Mrs. Lois Ann Minozzi and Nicholas J. Cimino, co-chairmen, and J. Arthur Tennis, president of Utica State Hospital Chapter. Dr. Theodore Wenzl, Albany, state president of CSEA, also attended. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Onondaga County, NY, Local member Brian Nemier adjusting a lighting display for the county's 2007 "Lights on the Lake" holiday display.
Joan Phelps, school nurse and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Oakfield-Alabama School District Unit president, uses one of the newly installed hand sanitizer dispensers in Oakfield-Alabama Middle and High School in Genesee County, New York. The sanitizers were installed after an outbreak of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) was reported in the school district. CSEA members working in schools and health care facilities across New York state are challenged to protect the public from the dangerous MRSA infections on a daily basis.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member John Giffone, chief custodian at Deer Park High School in Long Island, NY, one of many CSEA members across the state who have been working to prevent outbreaks of a potentially deadly form of bacteria. CSEA members working in schools and health care facilities across New York state are challenged to protect the public from the dangerous MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections on a daily basis.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Ann Spaeth, a school nurse at Dover Elementary School in Dutchess County, NY, educating a student on hand washing techniques with simple soap and water. CSEA members working in schools and health care facilities across New York state are challenged to protect the public from the dangerous MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections on a daily basis.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s billboard featuring Fort Ann School District workers who have been without a contract since June 30, 2006. CSEA created the billboard to raise public awareness of the workers' contract fight. Fort Ann is in Washington County, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon shows New York's Public Employees working in hospitals, institutions, nursing homes and schools, depicted as characters from the Wizard of Oz armed with sanitizers, soap and disinfectants confronting the "wicked witch" MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections on a daily basis.