Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, congratulates the 2012 Excelsior Award recipient Gary Van Asselt. This award is given to a CSEA member who promotes and fosters athletic spirit in their local school district.
Town of Stony Point Unit members Erick Brissing, Dan Cronk and Mike Finnerty remove a fallen tree after Hurricane Sandy swept through the lower half of the Southern Region of New York.
Town of Stony Point Unit member Erick Brissing clears tree debris after Hurricane Sandy swept through the lower half of the Southern Region of New York.
Westchester Community College workers Jennifer Dawkins, left, a former WCC student, and Claudia Romano, office assistant, help keep the college running as the school, like many community colleges across the state, faces a swelling enrollment.
Westchester Community College Library Technicians Carrie Carpenter, left, and Linda Roberti, make sure study materials are available and accessible for students.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Richard Stutzman, right, a motor vehicle clerk at the Dutchess County Department of Motor Vehicles, assists a customer at the Poughkeepsie DMV branch. DMV clerks across the state helped register hundreds of voters for the upcoming elections.
From left, Village of Woodridge Unit members John Baker, Patrick Smith and Yury Batres play an important role in the Woodridge Fire Department. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members make up the core of many volunteer fire companies across the state.
A team of more than 30 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region participants, including Putnam County Unit members, from left, Linda Amicucci, Mark Semo and Cindy Kenworthy, took part in the Fishkill Polar Plunge on February 25, 2012 at the Fresh Air Fund-Run Camp Mariah. Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo credited team co-captains Guy Bilyou, Scott Rajczi, Jane Meunier-Gorman and Mark Semo for their hard work in getting the team fund-raising totals to an all-time high.
A winter rescue at Sterling Forest State Park reaffirms the importance of park rangers. On January 27, 2012, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) represented park rangers Doug Busche, right, and Dmitri Benzinger, left, helped rescue an elderly hiker who spent the night in the park after falling into a ditch and was unable to get out.
According to Town of Fallsburg Unit President and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gene Benson, the time is right for labor activists to run for office. In November 2011, he defeated an entrenched Republican incumbent in the race to represent Fallsburg and a portion of Neversink in the Sullivan County Legislature. Gene Benson, shown here on his day job at the Town of Fallsburg, successfully ran for county office after seeing injustices done to workers.
Photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), Westchester County Local President John Staino, shown attending a press conference in October 2011, used as a headshot in the February 2012 Work Force. Westchester Medical Center CEO Mike Israel told local media he plans to "restructure" the hospital's Behavioral Health Center which provides a variety of services for residents struggling with mental illness. He abruptly laid off 155 CSEA members who care for some of the hospital's most vulnerable patients and will replace them with lower-paid contractors. This attack comes on the heels of 105 CSEA layoffs in December 2011.
Joyce Howard, president of the Newburgh School District Unit and 3rd vice president of the Southern Region, has a 25-year history of steering Newburgh youths toward positive athletic activities. Outside of school, Howard has helped create a youth basketball league at the local Boys and Girls Club, served as president of a Pop Warner football league, and coached cheerleading.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gary Van Asselt coaches girls' varsity soccer and boys' lacrosse for Haldane and also assists with the district golf team. He is known to students as "Coach".
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) family child care providers Kim Brown, left, and Wendy Nashid-Jackson joined fellow Westchester County child care advocates at the "Rally 4 Kids" in White Plains, NY.