Retiring Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves in her earlier union activist days. Reeves has devoted her union career to improving the lives of working people on and off the job. She has served as CSEA statewide secretary since 1994. She leaves a legacy of leadership and dedicated service to the union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Cliff Seguin could lose his job at Camp McGregor in Saratoga County, NY, under Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposal to close several Corrections and Office of Children and Family Services facilities across the state. Seguin, the founder of "Operation Adopt a Soldier," a volunteer organization that has sent thousands of care packages to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, says Operation Adopt a Soldier would be forced to close if Camp McGregor closes. The organization, which is spearheaded by CSEA staff at the facility, also helps families of soldiers, holds rallies and welcomes soldiers returning home. Seguin began "Operation Adopt a Soldier" in 2003.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Tammy Sugrue prepares to serve a five-gallon "ice treat," a fish and juice frozen into the shape of a heart, to an elephant. In conjunction with a family Valentine's Day event, animal handlers represented by CSEA held an "enrichment day" at the Buffalo Zoo. The event is one of many ways zoo staff educates visitors about the zoo's inhabitants.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Grace Perez, left, president of the Central Islip Library Unit and Jackie Scannella are shown in front of a voting machine used by community residents in a recent vote that approved construction and renovation project for the library. Perez and other unit members played a key role in gaining public support for the project that would allow the library workers to provide better services to the community, with the unit sending postcards to registered voters and placing an ad in the local newspaper. The project will include a children's activity center, new computer lab and a quiet study/local history room.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members show their support as CSEA Hudson Correctional Facility Local President Bob LaTour expresses his concerns about the state's plan to close Hudson and three other facilities to state Corrections Commissioner Brian Fischer. Hundreds of concerned citizens, including a large contingent of CSEA members, packed an auditorium at Columbia Greene Community College to let Fischer know the damage Spitzer's plan to close Hudson facility would cause to workers and their families, as well as local economies supported by the workers. Similar events were held at Camp Gabriels in Franklin County and Camp McGregor in Saratoga County.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members campaign in downtown Albany for Sen. Hillary Clinton on New York's Super Tuesday. CSEA's efforts helped Clinton carry New York.
The Polar Plunge raises funds that directly benefits Special Olympics athletes and gives access to families that otherwise couldn't afford to send their special needs family members to Special Olympics. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Polar Plungers in Rochester during the 2007-08 season.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Sullivan County Jail Unit President Robert Brewster, left, presents Cpl. Janet Calengelo a plaque honoring her as the CSEA Sullivan County Jail Officer of the Year. Jail Administrator Col. Hal Smith looks on. Calangelo, a correction officer since 1999, was chosen as the first Officer of the Year for her willingness to go above and beyond on the job and for performing immaculately every duty she is assigned.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, joins CCPT-NY organizers in cheering results of a State Employment Relations Board election allowing 17,000 child care providers to join CSEA. An overwhelming majority ? 96 percent ? of the providers voted in favor of joining CSEA. This brings the total of unionized childcare providers represented by CSEA in New York to 25,000, the other 8,000 belonging to Voice of Independent Childcare Educators (VOICE/CSEA). CCPT-NY now has the right to negotiate with the state.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Donna Keicher and Tom Muscarella, a senior public health sanitarian (health inspector) for Erie County, review plans during a Hepatitis A vaccination clinic at Erie Community College. CSEA members from several county and state agencies joined together to vaccinate thousands of area residents during a four-day period after a grocery store chain announced one of its produce employees had been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, working for more than 12 hours each day to register, guide, escort, educate, screen and monitor groups of people who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.