AFSCME Wisconsin Council 40 President Jim Garity speaks at the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting about leading the fight for collective bargaining rights in his state.
Illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin titled "The People Have Spoken" depicts Ohio voters on election day and their sound defeat of Senate Bill 5 which would have withdrawn collective bargaining rights for Ohio's state public employees.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Chrs Chimera stands in support of libraries and county services during a "We Are Erie County" rally in downtown Buffalo earlier this year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists and officers, including Veterans Committee Chair Maryann Phelps, Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, Treasurer Joe McMullen, Metropolitan Region President Lester Crockett, and recently retired Shenendehowa School District Unit activist Gary Lanahan, a disabled war veteran, take part in the New York City Veteran's Day Parade. This marked the first time CSEA had a contingent in the parade.
Voters elect Mark Poloncarz as the new county executive in Erie County. The victory marks the end of the reign of Chris Collins, an out-of-touch politician who became known as "King Collins" for his my-way-or-the-highway style.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Outgoing Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio gets a standing ovation from delegates during the 2011 Annual Delegates Meeting. Boncoraglio retired in 2011 after 40 years in the labor movement.
Statewide PEOPLE Committee Chair and Long Island Developmental Center Local President Rutha Bush displays the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) PEOPLE cup that was presented to the Long Island Region at the 2011 Annual Delegates Meeting. The cup honors the region that recruits the most new PEOPLE members during the year.
Town of Hempstead Local member A.J. Smith discusses the PEOPLE program with another Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member. Smith was the PEOPLE recruiter of the month for September 2011.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, shown in this 1971 photo when he first began working at the South Beach Psychiatric Center, retired after 40 years in the labor movement. A hands-on leader since his days as a mental health therapy aide at South Beach Psychiatric Center, Boncoraglio was always known and feared by management. While the topic of race played a very sensitive and often tense role during his early years as region president, Boncoraglio's fairness and insistence on coalition building helped the region become very important in terms of influence within the union.