Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Local member Moira Skalski makes signs and passes out flags in preparation for the Buffalo Labor Day Parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County members protest against big business taking over county services in front of County Executive Joel Gaimbra's office on September 29, 2005.
President Jimmy Carter addresses delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY. Seated behind Carter are U.S. Rep. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, CSEA Executive Vice President Tom McDonough, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf and CSEA President Bill McGowan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio leading marchers at a labor rally in New York City. Around New York State, CSEA members take part annually in labor events and parades around Labor Day weekend. In 2004 the rights of working people were under attack. Under the Bush administration Americans saw the loss of 1.7 million jobs, erosion of health insurance coverage along with higher prices, gutting of workers safety and health protections and a National Labor Relations Board hell-bent on benefiting employers at the expense of workers.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "One Year Later". New York's Public Workers building a "house" with "reinforced resolve," "new challenges," "new purpose," "fighting back" frame on a foundation (remembering the heroism of Sept. 11) with foundation blocks of "volunteers," "donations," "doing our job" held together by cement (commitment). 911 signpost in front (Coming Soon: the Future), New York City skyline, with Twin Towers, in the background. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A plaque inscribed with the names of 39 state Department of Taxation and Finance workers who were killed in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center for the state Department of Taxation and Finance in the attacks.
A table decorated with mementos of 39 state Taxation and Finance workers who were killed in the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attack is displayed in the lobby of the state Deptartment of Taxation and Finance building in Albany, NY.
One of several maps that hang in the State Emergency Management Office command center, reporting the latest hot zones at ground zero. SEMO employees were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted directly or indirectly in rescue and recovery efforts following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
New York Governor George Pataki speaks to state Tax Department workers in New York City following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center for the state Department of Taxation and Finance in the attacks.