Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Terrance Hinkle and Louis Rouse transport patients to and from their treatment procedures at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree member Mary Palmer sitting outside her flood-damaged Sidney, New York home showing one of several rejection letters she's received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, from which she's requested assistance. Palmer's frustrations and losses mirror those of hundreds of CSEA members, family, and friends who were affected by the severe late June flooding across much of the Southern, Capital and Central regions of New York State.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Delaware County, NY heavy equipment operator Terry Constable rebuilding the shoulders of County Route 4 near Tompkins. CSEA members in the Capital, Central, and Southern regions are working hard to help rebuild flood-devastated infrastructure.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members posing. Several weeks after severe flooding affected hundreds of CSEA members across Central New York State's Southern Tier, CSEA Central Region leaders and activists were helping with flood relief efforts. CSEA Madison County White Collar Unit members worked with administrative staff to collect food and school supplies for flood victims. They also raised money by paying to participate in a "jeans day" at work. Pictured standing are: Linda Jackson, confidential secretary to the Commissioner of Social Services, Russell Stewart, CSEA White Collar Unit president, Karen Bright, CSEA member. Kneeling are CSEA members Tiffany Canning and Jonel Stanhope.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Binghamton, NY Area Retirees Local President Olga White as she tells of her losses after Southern Tier flooding. White had no flood insurance and said the FEMA assistance wouldn't cover all her costs, but overall White said the aftermath of the flood left her with a postive outlook. "My priorities have shifted and now I don't pay attention so much to material things. The response I had from people I didn't even know was awesome."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, back to camera, greeting Senator Hillary Clinton at the 2006 International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, in Chicago.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. John Klamm, an Onondaga County Parks Department employee, grooms the baseball diamond at Alliance Bank Stadium in preparation for a Syracuse SkyChiefs game.
Albany, Ny's Diamond Dog team mascot "Homer" looking on as New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue tosses out the first pitch during "CSEA Night" at an Albany/Colonie Diamond Dogs game. CSEA members maintained the field for the now-defunct Capital District Independent League team.
A Delaware County, New York, Department of Public Works worker clears flood debris from a ravaged County Route 16. This scene is a familiar one in the dozen counties hit by recent floods. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members recorded much of the devastation the floods brought. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Ron Ruvo, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Mount Pleasant Blue Collar Unit president and a Traffic Safety Department worker, removes tree limbs damaged in a tornado that ripped through two communities in New York State's Westchester County on July 12, 2006.