Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue and CSEA Western Region President Flo Tripi, centered behind a Monroe County banner, leading a contingent of CSEA members in the 2001 Rochester Labor Parade in Rochester, New York. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue observes the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center destruction with New York Secretary of State Randy Daniels, left, and New York State Governor George E. Pataki. CSEA lost five members who worked in the World Trade Center at the state Department of Taxation and Finance. In the early days following the attack, CSEA members responded with blood drives and monetary contributions, and many were involved either directly or indirectly in the rescue and recovery efforts.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and children march with a sign stating, "CSEA, Americans United" at the Albany labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and members of the Albany/Capital District Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) march with a banner at the Albany labor Parade in honor of the September 2001 victims of the World Trade Center, just weeks following the tragic events.
State Emergency Management Office workers were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted directly or indirectly in rescue and recovery efforts following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Town of Hempstead Bay Constables arrive on the scene of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. The Bay Constables were among many Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who assisted with rescue and recovery efforts in the early days following the attacks.
NY Guard Major Bob Peace, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Micki Thoms, NY Guard Capt. Mike Wilson, NY Guard Major Denis Uminski, and Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local President Judy Watts-Devine move relief supplies. Two vacant buildings at the Hudson River Psychiatric Center's Poughkeepsie campus became a staging facility for relief supplies when other facilities in New York City filled quickly following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
Two Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members give the thumbs up as they watch checks being printed out at the pension check printing at the NYS audit and control facility in East Greenbush, NY in September 2001. The checks for the first time reflected a Cost of living Adjustment (COLA), a long sought CSEA legislative goal which was enacted by the legislature and signed into law by Governor George Pataki in 2000. New York State Comptroller Carl McCall was also instrumental in the legislation.