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.