Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates attend a plenary session at which AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy spoke during CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C. Delegates broke into work groups after Lucy's address aimed at mobilizing union members around issues related to political action, field representation and organizing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) veterans from left: Joe York, Bill Curtin, Maryann Phelps, Evans Quamina, Len Beaulieu, Bob Pyjas, Ron Gillespie, CSEA President Danny Donohue and Len Foster at the Arlington National Cemetery wreath laying ceremony. More than 200 CSEA members attended the ceremony during the union's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting which was held in Washington, D.C.
Delegates from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Long Island Region, all wearing matching yellow shirts, applaud during the general business session at CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting held in Washington, D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Cindy O'Bara, shown here at her office, has been recognized for her efforts in organizing "Law Day" in the state's 8th Judicial District in Buffalo, NY. The annual event gives the public, particularly students, the opportunity to learn how the courts work. For her efforts, O'Bara recently received the "Outstanding Educational Efforts Award" from the state Unified Court System.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Veterans Committee Chair Len Beaulieu, members Maryann Phelps and Bob Pyjas, and CSEA President Danny Donohue are escorted from Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns after presenting a wreath. More than 200 CSEA members attended the wreath laying ceremony during the union's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting which was held in Washington, D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members employed in the state Executive Branch get copies of the new state contract in the vendor area during CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C. The contracts were a popular item with state division members.
AFSCME President Gerald McEntee expresses frustration while commenting on the nation's financial crisis to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s delegates during CSEA's 98th Annual Delegates Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. A contingent of CSEA marchers representing the CSEA St. Lawrence County Local preparing to step off in the Massena, NY, parade. Local President Betty Thomas is holding the banner on the left.
Michael Asencio, who works for the Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities and is a member of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Westchester County Unit, at an afternoon demonstration to demand a contract after working without one for 1,000 days. As the October 2008 Work Force went to press, CSEA and Westchester County had reached a tentative agreement.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the Orange County Unit and their supporters, including Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, front row, second from left, recently demonstrated outside the county's government center in Goshen, NY, shortly before a recent county legislature meeting to urge county officials to reach a fair contract with CSEA.