Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s cartoon depicting Flotsam and Jetsam: New York taxpayers drowning in a flood, waving a flag for help, while Governor Paterson offers to cut more services and programs and add more fees and taxes. CSEA (lifeboat) offers to throw a life preserver (Revenue-raising ideas).
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicts Governor George E. Pataki as oblivious to the needs of state workers in their fight for a fair contract as well as their efforts to obtain one, which culminated in a 20,000 member-strong rally at the state Capitol. A contract agreement was reached a short time later in early Jan. 2000.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, warns of the devastating impact the 1995 congressional budget would have on New York state jobs and services, including health care and education.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicted the horrific violence of the 1995 bombing attack on innocent public employees working at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The union had long made efforts to secure worksites in New York State.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicts the union's successful efforts to stop an ill-conceived Internal Revenue Service attempt in 1988 to tax unused public employee sick leave and vacation time.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, lampooned Governor Hugh Carey's infamous 1982 comments about "drinking a glass of PCBs" following the contamination of the Binghamton State Office Building following a transformer fire.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, was drawn prior to the union's 70th Annual Delegates Meeting in 1980 but was never published in the CSEA newspaper. CSEA delegates decided to support Carter's presidential bid and invited Carter to speak at their convention.