Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue congratulating Catherine Custance on winning the Irene Carr Leadership Award at the 2006 Annual Women's Conference. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
From left to right, New York State Assemblyman Paul Tonko, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, New York State Senator George Maziarz, and Special Olympics New York President Neal J. Johnson at the 2006 Special Olympics New York Salute to Labor event honoring Donohue for his continued efforts in an ongoing fight for fairness and respect of all individuals, including those with intellectual disabilities. CSEA has been a longtime supporter of Special Olympics and more than 16,000 CSEA members work with developmentally challenged individuals every day.
An innovative Labor-management expedited resolution process at Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Services Office was recognized as one of New York Governor George E. Pataki's 2005 Workforce champions. The process was started in 2001 with an eye toward streamlining the settlement of disciplinary cases. Since the inception, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has estimated its savings at over $150,000. The facility has also saved a similar amount. In this photo Finger Lakes DDSO CSEA officers speak with CSEA President Danny Donohue and New York State office of mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Thomas Maul. From left, Ed Figueroa, Donohue, Steve Hurley, Maul, Doug Drake, Kathy Button and Daniel Stone.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2002 Irene Carr Leadership Award winner Ellen Burke, third from left, at the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference as she receives the award from (left to right) New York Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, President Danny Donohue, and CSEA Standing Women's Committee Chairperson Jackie Stanford. Burke, a former SUNY Albany Local activist and now member of the Capital District Retirees Local, has dedicated more than 37 years of activism with CSEA. Burke was interviewed in 2005 as part of a video documentary for CSEA's 100th anniversary. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as she speaks at a rally for New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall's gubernaorial bid in front of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Headquarters in Albany, New York. Clinton is joined by several prominent union and political leaders including CSEA Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, second from left, CSEA President Danny Donohue, right of Clinton, Congressman Michael McNulty, right of Donohue, Albany County Executive Michael Breslin, second from right, and State Senator Paul Tonko, right.
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.
Senator Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue meet with child care providers from across New York state attending a two-day child care advocacy summit in Albany hosted by CSEA and the Voice of Independent Childcare Educators (VOICE). VOICE is a professional association of more than 700 family child care providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve. Bruno expressed his commitment to working with CSEA and VOICE on the challenges providers face.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue presents a $5,000 check to the Red Cross for relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The check was donated to the Red Cross during the CSEA Day ceremony at Syracuse University's football home opener. Standing with Danny Donbohue is Red Cross' Onondoga-Oswego Chapter Board Chair John Murad and Syracuse University Athletic Director Dr. Daryl Gross.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Irene Carr, President Joseph E. McDermott, Executive Vice President Danny Donohue (behind McDermott) and Region VI President Robert Lattimer, lead marchers through downtown Buffalo, New York, to the NYNEX picket lines. Hundreds of CSEA delegates at the 79th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo participated in a picket and rally to show the union's support for Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) who are fighting for survival with NYNEX. NYNEX Corporation was a telephone company which served five New England states (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) as well as New York. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Long Island Region President Danny Donohue addressing the panel during a discussion at CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Rochester. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.