Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Retiree Division Chair Charles Peritore, right, congratulate Sam Mogavero on being honored with the Donald Webster Memorial Mission Achievement Award. Mogavero, 89, retired in 1980 after more than 23 years as a building custodian for the Lake Shore Central School District in Erie County. Now, he continues his union activism as vice president of the Buffalo-Niagara Frontier Retirees Local.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, introducing AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee at the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
CBS Early Show anchor Hannah Storm posing with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue as a group of delegates take part in a live broadcast of the program during the 2006 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting in Manhattan, New York. CSEA's 96th Annual Delegates Meeting drew more than 1,000 delegates to conduct the union's annual business. This year's theme, "Meeting the Challenge," focused on the challenges unions face with a business-friendly National Labor Relations Board and federal efforts to dismantle worker protections and strip union workers of their collective bargaining power.
Leaders of New York State's Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and Lifespire, a not-for-profit provider of services to people with developmental disabilities, recently met to strengthen labor-management relations and plan strategies to improve quality of care in their operations. Last year, 1,200 Lifespire employees formed a union with CSEA and were recognized by management. Their first contract is in the works. From left are Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, New York AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes, CSEA President Danny Donohue, Lifespire Inc. President Mark Van Voorst, Lifespire Executive Vice President Tom McAlvanah and Lifespire Vice President for Human Resources Cassandra Dancy-Potts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, Western Region Delegate Michael Flaherty, and CSEA President Danny Donohue celebrate the Western Region's win of the PEOPLE Cup and Flaherty's win of the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year. The awards were handed out at CSEA's 95th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Buffalo, NY.
From left, University at Albany Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 691 President David Harrison, CSEA President Danny Donohue, graduate interns Erin Hvizdak and Sarah Cross, Associate Professor of History Ivan Steen, and head of University at Albany's M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Brian Keough celebrate the formal opening of CSEA's archives at the university. Grenander's state of the art facility is housing and preserving important documents, publications and other materials from CSEA's history for future use and research.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) University at Albany Local 691 President David Harrison, CSEA President Danny Donohue, and head of University at Albany's M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Brian Keough search through historic documents at the opening of CSEA's archives at the university. Grenander's state of the art facility is housing and preserving important documents, publications and other materials from CSEA's history for future use and research.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Dohonue, head of University at Albany's M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Brian Keough, and University President Kermit Hall at the opening of CSEA's archives at the university. At right is a display containing CSEA buttons and other memorabilia. Grenander's state of the art facility is housing and preserving important documents, publications and other materials from CSEA's history for future use and research.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, hands University at Albany President Kermit Hall a framed poster depicting the union's 95-year history at the opening of CSEA's archives at the university's M.E. Granander Department of Special Collections and Archives. Grenander's state of the art facility is housing and preserving important documents, publications and other materials from CSEA's history for future use and research.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, New York City Mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer, Long Island Region President Nicholas LaMorte, and CSEA President Danny Donohue lead CSEA members in the NYC Labor Day Parade.