Unity Committee member Barbara Jones, left, and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Nassau County, NY Local 830 President Tony Giustino, right, presented Nassau County Legislator Patrick Williams with a special award of recognition at the eighth annual Martin Luther King Jr. ceremonial brunch held on Long Island. Hundreds of union members and community supporters turned out for the Nassau County event, which was among several held statewide to honor the memory of the slain civil rights leader and to commemorate Black History Month. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue making a point in the St. Lawrence County, New York Manager's office in Canton while State Police Superintendent Jim McMahon and State Office of Mental Health Commissioner James Stone look on. Donohue had traveled to New York State's North Country in the aftermath of a devastating ice storm in January 1998 to help recognize the efforts of CSEA members responding to the disaster that left much of the region without power for weeks in the heart of winter.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, posing with CSEA St. Lawrence County Local President Betty Thomas and County Administrator Donald R. Brining outside the county office building in Canton, New York. Donohue had traveled to the North Country in the aftermath of a devastating ice storm in January 1998 to help recognize the efforts of CSEA members responding to the disaster that left much of the region without power for weeks in the heart of winter. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, joining AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, left, and AFL-CIO President John Sweeny for a videotaped discussion of the unions' agenda for the future. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
John J. Kelly Jr. with New York State Governor Thomas Dewey, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President John Powers and an unidentified woman at a 1954 testimonial dinner in honor of Dewey as the governor was leaving office. Kelly was the dinners toastmaster. Kelly was a young well-regarded Albany attorney who served as CSEA counsel during the 1950s. CSEAs J. J. Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund was created when he died unexpectedly, leaving behind a widow and several young children.
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. Union activists fired up and proud to be CSEA members during the parade in Syracuse, NY. Central Region President Colleen Wheaton is in front row on the left.
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. Cris Zaffuto, Monroe County Unit president and a Western Region Political Action Committee East member, front seat passenger; driver Judy Trost, a Monroe County Unit retiree and "Marilyn" (back seat), sister of a member employed at Monroe Community College, during the parade in Rochester, NY.
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. CSEA members from the Rochester DOT Local riding on a float in the Rochester, NY, parade.
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. Photo of union activists fired up and proud to be CSEA members during the parade in Syracuse, NY.
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. Western Region President Flo Tripi waves from her red-hot ride at the Labor Day Parade in Rochester, NY.