State Dormitory Authority Local Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Ira Bethea, "It's really important that we have candidates who are on our side because there is a lot at stake in these elections. Public services have been attacked by corporations and by other politicians unfairly. Millions of dollars have been put into these elections to blame working families for the fact that the economy is slow when in fact, that really hasn't the case."
Long Island Developmental Center Local President Rutha Bush, who is also chair of the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) PEOPLE program (CSEA and AFSCME's political action program) accompanies a quote: "CSEA has great strength in its numbers. When we are united, there is no limit to what we can accomplish.
Activists Michele Martin, Diane Burton, Dan Meenan and Don Page are part of the teams of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists who recently went door-to-door visiting labor households in the Syracuse area to get out the vote for union-endorsed candidates, including Dan Maffei for Congress and Al Stirpe Jr. for state Assembly.
U.S. Rep Steve Israel of Long Island addresses delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair urged CSEA members to get everyone they know to vote for candidates who will support working people in the upcoming election.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region activists, including Western Region Political Action Committee Chair Tim Finnigan, far left, Finger Lakes DDSO Local President Kathy Button, second from left, and Cattaraugus County Unit activist Sheri Ambuske, second from right, meet with State Senator Catharine Young, center, on AFSCME Lobby Day, 2012 concerning the Tier 6 proposal.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and retirees from the Southern Tier, pictured with Southern Region Political Action Coordinator Chris Ludlow, lobby State Senator John Bonacic on Tier 6. Binghamton Retiree Local Secretary Jean Alverson, Binghamton Retiree Treasurer Cheryl Nolf (both are partially hidden in photo), Delaware County Local President Ken Nydam and Binghamton Retiree Local activist Richard Terpak.
Central New York DDSO Local activist Kathy Kelly, Syracuse State Employees Local President King Davis and Central New York DDSO Local activist Peter Jacobs meet with Assemblyman Samuel Roberts, far right, during AFSCME Lobby Day, 2012 concerning the Tier 6 proposal.
Kumiko Asao, far right, assistant director of the Compensation Division of the National Personnel Authority in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, listens as the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Director of Contract Administration Ross Hanna, far left, explains how public sector labor relations works in New York. From left are Hanna, CSEA Director of Research Don Kelly, CSEA Legislative and Political Action Representative Joshua Terry, CSEA Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan and Asao.
CSEA activists, including Retiree Division activist Dorothy Dutton left, join other CSEA members and Public Employee Federation (PEF) members at a rally at the State Capitol recently to let the governor and state legislators know that their political deal for Tier 6 will not be forgotten.
Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) union members, including Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, second from right, and State Educational Local President Sally Bywater, third from right, participate in a protest in Albany, NY outside a forum where corporate think tank head E.J. McMahon spoke. McMahon, who heads the Empire Center for New York State Policy, has advocated for pushing back public service working families' wages, benefits and pensions.