Persistent and efficient efforts of a dozen Oyster Bay Local members working in the Sign Bureau Division help to prevent pandemonium on the streets by developing, producing, installing signs and maintaining the signs and lines on town roads and parking lots with limited personnel. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Oyster Bay sign shop worker Mike Kremler replaces a street sign.
A photo of John Damato, a Nassau County Local member, used in the special section of the September 2011 edition of The Work Force, Always Remember: A commemorative 10th anniversary retrospective published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Damato, who works for the Department of Public Works as a sewer maintenance worker and is also a volunteer firefighter and member of the National Guard, was deployed in the days following the September 11, 2001, attacks on a six-month Guard tour during which he alternately sifted through piles of rubble at Ground Zero searching for human remains and guarded security check points at the World Trade Center site.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members honored workers on Labor Day through parades, picnics and other events across the state. In New York City, CSEA also paid a special tribute to all of those lost on September 11, 2001, as the city's Labor Parade coincided with the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attacks. In this photo CSEA members get fired up at the New York City Labor Parade.
The cover of the November 2011 Work Force. Standing for America in Nassau County: Thousands protest county executive's anti-American agenda in Nassau County. More than 5,000 demonstrators from dozens of unions across the state, including the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) came together on October 17 to fight against the anti-American and anti-union agenda of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.
Thousands protest county executive's anti-American agenda in Nassau County. More than 5,000 demonstrators from dozens of unions across the state came together on October 17 to fight against the anti-American and anti-union agenda of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. Speakers who addressed the crowd included Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Secretary Denise Berkley, Treasurer Joe McMullen, Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte (pictured at microphone), Capital Region President Kathy Garrison and Nassau County Local 830 President Jerry Laricchiuta.
Before Hurricane Irene hit, workers at SUNY New Paltz answered management's call for round-the-clock staffing to safeguard electrical systems, handle plumbing issues, and deal with expected power outages. Fred A. DeStefano, an electrician and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, shows how he rushed to shut down electrical systems in van den Berg Hall at SUNY New Paltz in order to prevent a fire.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and activists renewed the union's commitment to lifting all working people, on and off the job, at the 101st Annual Delegates Meeting held in New York City. Jim Garity, president of AFSCME Wisconsin Council 40, addresses CSEA delegates.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, shown in photo at a demonstration in Manhattan, 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.
Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, front, and Central Region Judiciary Local activist Stephanie Beck haul away debris from the home of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Carol Pfleghardt. Also helping in the flood cleanup were Tammy Witteman, Tom Witteman, Andy Witteman, Phil Graham, Amy Graham, Sarah Graham, George Lawson, Sandi Badger, Janice Danaher and Mark Kotzin.
A wreath was hung at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Headquarters building in memory of those children and teachers who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, from left, Marcia McCabe, Andy Aitken and Lisa Klein sit before a small sampling of toys that they and their co-workers collected for children of domestic violence victims. All three work as probation officers for Ulster County.
Westchester County Unit President Karen Pecora, second from right, speaks at a December 2011 news conference in White Plains, NY as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and activists listen in support, including Westchester County Local President John Staino, third from right, and Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, far right.
Woodworker John Parmiter replaces the trim on an office door at the town of Hempstead Department of Public Works building after it was flooded during Sandy.
A dinghy represents the variety of debris Sanitary District No. 2 workers in Nassau County dealt with in Sandy cleanup. Coincidentally, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members had recently helped defeat a proposed dissolution of the district, saving 68 jobs and assuring uninterrupted delivery of public services during nature's worst.
An illustration by Jeanne A. Benas of the Jeanne A. Benas Art Studio shows the impact of the New York State 2013-2014 Executive Budget on "Main Street" and the risk to the value of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the community.
Office of People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) Commissioner Courtney Burke speaks with members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) OMH/OPWDD Advisory Committee at a meeting in Albany about improving employee morale while the agency proceeds to move work to private agencies and undermine the future for CSEA members and the communities in which they work.
SUNY Downstate Local members lobby state legislators in their Albany offices about a reported restructuring that threatens the loss of thousands of jobs.
Capital Region Head Start and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members discussed specific concerns with United States Representative Paul Tonko after he spoke at the Capital Region Spring Conference about the dangers of the federal government's budget sequestration and its effect on working families. 750,000 jobs could be lost and government services including Head Start, meat inspection and border security will be reduced if this continues through 2013.
Erie County Local Executive Vice President Denise Szymura looks at a serving line in the new Terrace View public nursing home. The new home that replaces the 87-year-old Erie County Home and Infirmary, adjacent to the Erie County Medical Center, will save about $1 million annually in patient costs and is expected to reduce operating losses by about 60 percent.
From left, the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Metropolitan Political Action Coordinator Matthew D'Amico and Lottery Marketing Representative John Montelbano meet with State Assemblyman Micah Z. Kellner, far right, and his staff about privatizing and other issues at the New York State Lottery.
The Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley speaking to members of CSEA that work in the New York State Office of People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's state budget.
The Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan welcomes attendees at the 2013 Women's Conference in Rye Brook, NY.
The Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Women's Committee members congratulate Rose Conti on receiving the Irene Carr Leadership Award. From left, Metropolitan Region member Clarissa Mitchell, Capital Region member Gwen Parsons, Western Region member Sabrina Mitchell, Long Island Region member Cheryl Iannone, Chair Jacqueline Stanford, Officer Liaison Mary E. Sullivan, Rose Conti, Sourthern Region member Karen Pecora, Central Region member Cathy Barretta and committee Adviser Sharon Lovelady-Hall.
An illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin titled "Right Fight Knight" depicts unions and workers fighting for dignity and fairness for all against poor working conditions and lack of job protections for groups such as garment workers in Bangladesh and farm workers in New York state.
Bangladeshi Labor Activist Kalpona Akter translates Sumi Abedin's horrific story to New York state labor leaders, the New York State Labor-Religion Coalition and other social justice activists seeking a sweat-free New York and hoping to put pressure on major retailers who refuse to pay compensation for lost and unpaid wages for those injured.
More than 45 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region "Polar Peeps" team members were among the first "plungers" to enter Oneida Lake at the Polar Plunge at Oneida Shores to benefit the Special Olympics. The team was the largest team and largest fund-raiser at the event, bringing in more than $17,500.
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.
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Valeria Thomas holds up a "yes" ballot during the recent VOICE contract ratification count, during which members overwhelmingly approved its historic, first contract with the state Office of Children and Family Services. The contract includes provider program improvement grants; expanded access to Family Health Plus; guiding principles, or provider rights, to ensure more respect; technology upgrades to allow for more timely, accurate payments from the state and much more.
Lesly Senatus works the phones at the Rockland County Local Office, soliciting donations for earthquake victims in Haiti. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Rockland County Local's membership includes a large number of workers born in Haiti.
Photo of the Month in the April 2010 Work Force. Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson Unit member Ed Hembree has a camera's flash reflect off his safety vest while he works to clear a fire hydrant after a late-February blizzard. The efforts of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the lower parts of the New York State made it possible for utility crews to rectify the massive power outages that occurred.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrate outside Ogdensburg City Hall against the state correctional facility's proposed closure.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the Long Island Region "Bathing Beauties" show their union pride amid torrential rains and strong winds at the North Hempstead Beach Park Polar Plunge on March 13.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Humane Education Instructor Gelsy Freese with pomeranians Brandi, left, and Chanel, two of the dogs used in the Pet Therapy Program.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and Roswell Park Cancer Institute Local Women's Committee member Dale Franklin adds a toy to an Easter basket. Members of the committee received enough donations and supplies for the endeavor that they assembled a dozen baskets for children in the pediatric ward and also donated baskets to Haven House, a shelter for women and children.
?Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Albany County Department of Social Services Unit President Alex Whatley finds the transition to union officer challenging and rewarding. Whatley has elevated occupational safety and health awareness at the Albany County Department of Social Services.
Retiring AFSCME International Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy received a warm farewell from delegates attending the 39th International Convention in Boston, MA. Lucy, seated, surrounded by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates, has served in the post since 1972. He has been a leading voice for worker rights and social justice throughout the world.
Officer Aaron Dean of the Newark Police Department in Wayne County, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region, approaches a vehicle during a traffic stop on the village's main street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist and Orangetown Unit President Mike Menegaux received the CSEA Local Government Mission Achievement Award.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Amy Simmons, St. Lawrence County Local Secretary, attended the 2009 annual Spring Workshop in Rochester.
Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center Local activist Rosemarie Richards is all smiles after purchasing raffle tickets Friday afternoon at the PEOPLE table during the 2009 annual Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Spring Workshop. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves jobs, benefits, and pensions in Washington, D.C., Albany, and local communities.
VOICE and CCPT-NY activists listen to speakers at an Albany summit for the two groups. Leaders from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) VOICE and CCPT-NY child care groups met in Albany to advance CSEA's advocacy role with childhood educators.
Among those addressing a VOICE and CCPT-NY Leadership summit in Albany were New York State Assembly member Susan John. The summit brought together leaders from both child care campaigns, as well as state leaders and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) statewide officers.
Saratoga Springs Department of Public Works Unit President Gary Benincasa, right, presents Mark Roberts, left, and Mark Milks, center, with certificates of recognition by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) unit. The two public works employees are credited with saving the life of a stabbing victim.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Orange County Unit member Nick Ercoline, right, and his wife, Bobbi, embrace in an image taken at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. The image was later used on the cover of a live album from Woodstock. The Ercolines eventually married and are still together.
In Erie County, hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members attending CSEA's 99th Annual Delegates Meeting joined with members of the CSEA Erie County Unit to rally in front of the county's Rath Building in downtown Buffalo. Erie County Unit President Joan Bender addressed the crowd. The county executive, Chris Collins, systematically has been dismantling county services and undermining CSEA representatives.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members gut a Gowanda resident's house following the flooding as part of the cleanup effort, with the volunteers removing everything right down to the studs.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Bronx Psychiatric Center Local President Abraham Benjamin speaks with a television station reporter while CSEA members demonstrate outside the center. The workers demonstrated over a lack of workplace violence law enforcement and layoffs.
As Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Madison County Local activist Karen Bright watches, SUNY Binghamton Local President David Lee gets down and chilly in the waters of Oneida Lake.
Town of Ramapo Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Unit President Brian Spillman, Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo pose at the Ramapo Town Hall.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Maria Johnson, Buffalo Psychiatric Center Local, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
Senior information technology analyst and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region Judiciary Local member Richard Streichert, shown here working on a server, is among the court workers who have helped the state save thousands of dollars through the use of technology.
The Long Island Region Bathing Beauties prepare to plunge. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Long Island Region participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics. They raised nearly $3,000.
Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous addresses Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at the 2011 AFSCME Lobby Day in Albany. Libous was one of the featured speakers at the program before members met with their state senators and Assembly members to urge the lawmakers to oppose the governor's proposed state budget cuts and oppose cutting income taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.
A day of action was held across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else. From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Upstate Medical University Local officers Michele Martin, Kathy Yeldon and Doreen Jacobs attend a community rally in Syracuse, attended by more than 400 union members and their supporters, to show their solidarity for public workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) participated in memorial events in New York City and Albany on March 25 to mark the centennial of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York's Greenwich Village that claimed the lives of 146 people, mostly young, immigrant women. In this photo Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio places a flower outside the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory building in Manhattan.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo Orange County Local activist Vanessa Bisone talks about involving members in the union.
Long Island Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members rally in Hauppague against Governor Andrew Cuomo's budget. This was part of a day of action to show support for public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else.
A photo of Joseph Gavit as a young man. A state library worker who began as a junior clerk in 1896, Gavit was integral in documenting what was lost in a fire that tore through the State Capitol on March 29, 1911, destroying vast amounts of New York's history. Gavit's knowledge of the library collection would serve him well in helping to address the fire's aftermath, a task that filled the rest of his career. He was active in the Association of State Civil Service Employees, the original name of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), and retired from state service in 1946 after 50 years.
State Department of Transportation workers participate in a Workers Memorial Day ceremony in Watertown's Jefferson Residency. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members participated in 2011 Workers Memorial Day remembrance ceremonies across the state to remember those who have passed away or sustained serious injuries while doing their jobs, including the members who have passed away during the past year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members participated in 2011 Workers Memorial Day remembrance ceremonies across the state to remember those who have passed away or sustained serious injuries while doing their jobs, including the members who have passed away during the past year. CSEA Western Region President Flo Tripi, center, speaks during the annual ceremony at Western New York DDSO in West Seneca.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, center, joined Erie County Local and Unit President Joan Bender, far right, Erie County Department of Social Services Section President Kevin Kumor and members of the Erie County Local Next Wave Committee for an anniversary party celebrating the committee's accomplishments during its first year. The section's Next Wave members participated in numerous union and community events, including the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting, regional conferences and meetings, campaigning for State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, marching in the Buffalo Labor Day parade, appearing in the AFSCME "A Better New York For All" video, hosting a "Union 101" seminar for new members and creating a Next Wave Facebook page and cleaning up of a local park. The Next Wave program is CSEA's initiative to recruit younger activists and respond to the needs of younger members.
The H.O.U.R. Westchester campaign ? Hourlies Organized and United for Respect ? began because Westchester County Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) leaders saw the need to strengthen the union by organizing these unrepresented employee groups. Nearly 1,000 hourly and seasonal workers work at the county's parks, pools, golf courses and an amusement park and some year-round employees work on an hourly basis with no benefits. In this photo, a Rye Playland seasonal worker talks with a CSEA organizer.
A photo of Frank Cosentino, a senior mail and supply clerk for state Liquor Authority, used in the special section of the September 2011 Work Force, Always Remember: A commemorative 10th anniversary retrospective. The horror of witnessing victims leaping from windows brought Consentino into the forefront of safety and health issues affecting working people. He is currently the statewide chair of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health Committee, serves as the Metropolitan Region health and safety chair and also chairs the State Labor/Management Safety and Health Committee.
A photo of Omayra Camacho, a crime victims specialist for the state Office of Victim Services, used in a special section of the September 2011 Work Force: Always Remember: A commemorative 10th anniversary retrospective published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Camacho was among the first responders assisting the families and victims of the September 11 attacks. She now assists people who were involved in the cleanup, many of whom have developed cancer, were exposed to asbestos and have other illnesses.
Lisa Vanderburg, a senior accounting clerk in the Health, Physical Education and Athletics Department at the Levittown district's Career and Technical Center and a Long Island Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist, was named this year's recipient of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association's Excelsior Award. The Excelsior Award honors CSEA members who show commitment in any role as a parent, coach, booster or staff member and results from individual volunteerism or the performance of one's daily job in a school district.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members honored workers on Labor Day through parades, picnics and other events across the state. In New York City, CSEA also paid a special tribute to all of those lost on September 11, 2001, as the city's Labor Parade coincided with the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Dutchess County Local members make themselves heard at the New York City Labor Parade.
Thousands protest county executive's anti-American agenda in Nassau County. More than 5,000 demonstrators from dozens of unions across the state came together on October 17 to fight against the anti-American and anti-union agenda of Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano. Speakers who addressed the crowd included Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Secretary Denise Berkley, Treasurer Joe McMullen, Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, Capital Region President Kathy Garrison (pictured at far left) and Nassau County Local 830 President Jerry Laricchiuta.
In the days following Hurricane Irene, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in many communities were in a race against the clock to get equipment up and running and avoid service interruptions. CSEA members from the Mount Tremper residency of the state Department of Transportation oversee shoring a bank of the Esopus Creek in Phoenicia.
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.
From left, SUNY Stony Brook Local 614 members John Garofalo, Matthew Shoen, Ray Santiago and Bob Healey who played an important role in renovating the hospital's Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Center and saved the state a significant amount of money.
Union supporters at a solidarity rally for workers' rights at the New York state Capitol building in Albany used to illustrate pull out quotes from a book by Bill Fletcher Jr. titled "They're bankrupting us!" And 20 Other Myths About Unions.
Illustration by Michael Konopacki depicts Corporate CEO's as "The Maximum Wage" keeping the minimum wage worker below the cost of living standard and, in effect, opposes rewarding hard work with decent pay.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen tells Saratoga County officials of the crises communities have faced across the state after privatizing their nursing homes.
Town of Brookhaven Highway Unit member Billy Peters removes snow from a road dumped there by Nemo, the massive snowstorm that affected much of New York and the Northeast in February 2013.
Kevin Kumor of the Erie County Local in the Western Region was the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for December 2012. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community.
The Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley and Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo answer questions from Hudson Valley Developmental Disabilites Services Office (DDSO) members concerning New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's plans for Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).
Metropolitan Developmental Disabilities Services Office (DDSO) Local President and Direct Support Assistant Evans Quarmina speaking about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's state budget.
Maria Johnson of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center Local in the Western Region is the PEOPLE Recruiter for the month of March, 2013. The Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community.
City of Rochester Library Workers Unit Treasurer Lorry Wisse and President Ove Overmyer celebrate National Library Week by accepting a dozen copies of The Main Street Moment: "Fighting Back to Save the American Dream", a book by former AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee and current AFSCME President Lee Saunders that points out the ongoing attacks on middle-class working people and how Americans are fighting back.
Town of Southampton Unit members Philip Milo, Marie Deuel and Tom Cartino fight for respect for Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented individuals during a demonstration to speak out against Supervisor Linda Kabot's budget proposal that would lay off 49 town workers, close the town animal shelter and contract out two of the four town waste transfer stations.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Sheri Ambuski is part of CSEA's Next Wave initiative, or "Under 35 initiative," which is designed to extend a hand to younger CSEA members and develop the union's future.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and other community members, including Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, far left, attend a community meeting to oppose the closure of Ogdensburg Correctional Facility.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue meets with New York Senate Conference Leader John Sampson during CSEA/AFSCME Lobby Day 2010.
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Benita Whitlock, along with a child to whom she provides day care, participate in a rally against subsidy cuts in Buffalo. VOICE/CSEA joined with Voice-Buffalo, a coalition of faith-based organizations and the YWCAs of Erie County to rally to protest drastic cuts in child care subsidies for working families. Many child care providers may also be forced to close or to lay off employees.
The cover of the Civil Service Employee's Association (CSEA) April 2010 Work Force depicts members fighting for public services during budget discussions in New York State.
Illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin addresses the issue of work zone safety and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) road safety initiative "Don't Zone Out."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Greene County 911 Dispatcher Jim DePerna works in the Communications Center of the county's Emergency Services Building. The county's dispatchers were key in helping county residents after a winter storm dumped more than four feet of snow on the county.
Cattaraugus County Probation Officer and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Nila McIntyre poses with her 2009 Outstanding Service by a Probation Officer Award. McIntyre received the award in recognition of her service, dedication and professionalism, and her contributions to community corrections.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and Roswell Park Cancer Institute Local Women's Committee members Nancianne Maynard and Sabrina Mitchell assemble Easter baskets for a dozen children in the pediatric ward. Members of the committee received enough donations and supplies that they also donated baskets to Haven House, a shelter for women and children.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health mascot, the Canary, mingles with union members at CSEA's Occupational Safety and Health Conference. The conference included workshops, a memorial service for those killed on the job, a banquet, speeches and awards.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) held its Workers' Memorial Day commemoration 4/30/10 in Lake Placid NY as part of it's safety and health conference.
State Liquidation Bureau Local President Scott Lowman, seated, makes a point during a workshop as Statewide Occupational Safety and Health Committee member Anthony DeCaro stands by at the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Statewide Conference on Occupational Safety and Health in Lake Placid, NY.