Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Wayne County, workers demonstrate outside the county offices. CSEA members were objecting to a move by the Wayne County Board of Supervisors to hire an outside negotiator, which union officials said was a waste of taxpayer money.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue addressing attendees at the 2006 Special Olympics New York's Salute to Labor. Donohue was honored at the event for his continued efforts in the fight for fairness and respect of all individuals, including those with intellectual disabilities.
From left, New York State Assemblyman Paul Tonko, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, Special Olympics New York President Neal J. Johnson, Western Region President Flo Tripi, New York State CSEA Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, Southern Region President Diane Hewitt and New York State CSEA President Danny Donohue at the Special Olympics New York's Salute to Labor. Donohue was honored at the event for his continued efforts in the fight for fairness and respect of all individuals, including those with intellectual disabilities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue being presented with an award for his continued efforts in the fight for fairness and respect of all individuals, including those with intellectual disabilities, by Brianne Nobis, a Global Messenger for Special Olympics New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members answered the call in four Western New York State counties when a freak October storm ripped down trees and knocked out power to almost 400,000 households. Clarence Highway Department Heavy Equipment Operator Jamie Dussing clears broken tree limbs following an early lake effect snowstorm that socked the Buffalo area.
Highway Maintenance Supervisor Jerry Bartel, left, and Highway Maintenance Worker and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Department of Transportation Local President Mike Kam, looking over assignments for the day. Hundreds of highway and transportation workers from across the state conveged on Erie, Niagara, Orleans and Genesee counties following an October storm that brought down trees and power lines.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree Mary Mallgraf and Richard Chaffin, Capital Region Office of Children and Family Services Local president, work phone banks at CSEA's Capital Region office. Months of hard work by CSEA activists and staff produced Election Day success for most CSEA-supported candidates across the state. All of the union's New York statewide candidates, including Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer and United States Senator Hillary Clinton, scored impressive victories.
Members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region, NY Veterans Committee posing with four of the five children of the late John J. Kelly in front of a painting of Kelly following a Veterans Day ceremony at the Joseph E. Zaloga American Legion Post in Albany. From left: Bob Plunkett, James Kelly, Gail Stewart, Maureen Kelly Mayo, Paul Kelly, Joe McCormick and John J. Kelly Jr. Fifth child, Michael Kelly, was unable to attend. John J. Kelly Sr., an Albany native, was a decorated World War II veteran who saw action in North Africa, Sicily and in the invasion of Normandy, where he suffered serious injury. It was during his recovery that he met and married his wife Vicki, who served in the British WAF. Following the war Kelly served for a dozen years as lead counsel for CSEA from the law firm of DeGraff, Foy & Holt-Harris, until his untimely death in 1960 due to complications from his war injuries. Vicki Kelly passed away a short time later. The CSEA established a scholarship fund in Mr. Kelly's memory at the time of his death to provide college tuition help for the Kellys' five children. The John J. Kelly Scholarship Fund continues to provide assistance to the children of CSEA members who have lost a parent.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Jason Dickerson, a tree pruning supervisor from Saratoga Springs, uses a log-loader truck to clear storm debris from a street in the Village of Williamsville, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. CSEA members answered the call in four Western New York counties when a freak October storm that dumped nearly two feet of snow on the area ripped down trees and knocked out power to almost 400,000 households.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Kevin Clark, left, John Ribble, Mike Tomassi, John J. Mase and Michael Dowd of Hornell State Employees Local pose for a photo as the sun rises in the background. The crew, like many other from across the state, spent several days in the Buffalo area helping with clean-up from the October storm that dumped nearly two feet of snow. CSEA members answered the call in four Western New York counties when the freak October storm ripped down trees and knocked out power to almost 400,000 households.