Ruby Mims, center, of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Local in the Western Region is PEOPLE recruiter for the month of December, 2009.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Don Lynskey stands in Oneida County Supreme Court. Lynskey works hard to increase the local's communication with members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Unit Coordinator Rosalind B. Douglas wears a protective face mask. Douglas returned to work after recovering from the flu unaware that her building had been quarantined because of H1N1.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Errol Odom stands in front of Newburgh City Court. Odom has experienced a surge in legal filings at the city court.
Mark Brantley, a senior management analyst and administrator for the New York County Clerk's Office and member of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), stands on the steps of the state Supreme Court Building in Manhattan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Freeport Unit President Pete Reinke, right, stands with Diane and George Mulholland, a married couple who have worked for the village for a combined 63 years and whose job titles are not funded in the proposed budget.
Photo used as faces of the work force in the 2007 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) calendar shows New York City Parks worker Ramon Grimotes preparing the field before a baseball game at the Roberto Clemente State Park. It is used here as a promotion for nominations for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's Excelsior Award.
Certified Nurse Aides Carina Shultis, left, and Jeanette Utter help lift a resident into his bed at the New York State Veterans Home at Oxford using a portable lift. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) strongly advocated the new safe patient handling lifts be installed in the new building at the home.
Illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin depicts the beginning a year-long celebration of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) centennial.