More than 1,000 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Onondaga County Localmembers shut down the street outside a county budget hearing, demanding a better budget.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan is presented with the Capital District Women's Employment & Resource Center's Harriet Rifkin Leadership Award by the center's Board Chairman Glenn Clermont. Sullivan was honored for her longtime efforts to advance working women. She also serves as the officer liaison to CSEA's statewide Women's Committee. The private, not-for-profit group helps women find success in the workplace by building their economic and personal independence.
Former Governor George Pataki recorded a video interview for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) 100 History Project. Pataki shared his perspective on his relationship with CSEA throughout his time in office. For more than 10 years CSEA conducted interviews with key individuals who played a role in CSEA's history to be archived at the University at Albany's Grenander Special Collections. The interviews were also used as part of the CSEA history book and video documentary for the union's 100th anniversary in 2010.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members pass out information to the public attending the parade at the Otsego County Faiir in 2008 to gain public support during their contract struggle.
Canastota Schools Groundsworkers Nick Campbell and Richard Mitchell rake some new topsoil on top of the dirt at home plate to prepare the playing field at the school for spring's baseball season.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, right, rallies Monroe County members during a demonstration outside the county office building. Members protested the county's unfair labor practices, which have included Taylor Law violations, attempts to weaken the union, and a "whistleblower hotline" that encourages people to report "illegal" or "unethical" behavior by CSEA members.
Bronx Psychiatric Center Local President Abraham Benjamin, Metropolitan Region Executive Vice President Lester Crockett and Health Research Inc. Local President Deb Hanna, far right, join other members on the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) float at the 2009 New York City Labor Parade.
Fulton County Local President Ron Briggs speaks out about the county's proposed sale of public health services, as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold signs in support.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, Town of Ramapo Unit President Brian Spillman and Rockland County Legislator Toney Earl in front of the tent city replica outside Ramapo Town Hall to memorialize the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti that killed nearly 300,000 people.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Justin Lelonek, Department of Social Services, Erie County Unit and Next Wave member, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Terry Nugent, a senior court analyst at the New York State Board of Law Examiners, now does much of her work electronically, helping the state save thousands of dollars in paper and postage.
Hundreds of union supporters from the Capital Region rally at the state Capitol in Albany on February 26 in support of Wisconsin public employees who lost their collective bargaining rights. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members participated in rallies across the state.
An illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin in the May 2011 Work Force published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Giant corporations enjoy huge profits, paying $0 taxes in 2010 while the tax burden fell to the average public employee.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) participated in memorial events in New York City and Albany on March 25 to mark the centennial of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York's Greenwich Village that claimed the lives of 146 people, mostly young, immigrant women. This photo captures the Triangle Fire memorial display at the Albany event.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo CSEA Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan and Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio lead a standing ovation for AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker after Baker's address.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo several young Capital Region Girls, Inc. members perform poetry and other readings honoring labor history.
Twenty nursing instructors employed with Eastern Suffolk BOCES (adult/continuing education) recently decertified their union with UPSEU (United Public Service Employees Union) Local 424 to join the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). New BOCES Nursing Instructors Unit officers being sworn in by CSEA Suffolk County Education Employees Local President Maria Navarro, left are President Jim Van Tassel, Vice President Chris Villaneuva, Treasurer Christine McNally, and Secretary Kathleen Parente. The nursing instructors left their former union to get better representation with CSEA.
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) moves into next chapter: More than 200 VOICE/CSEA representatives from across New York State met in Albany where they reminisced and celebrated, retracing Local 100A's roots. They met with public officials and CSEA leaders and ratified an Action Plan moving Local 100A into 2012 with ambitious goals. In this photo, VOICE providers listen to speakers at the VOICE in our Capital conference.