Newspaper advertisement put out by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Political Action Committee and Lois Ann Minozzi in the Utica, New York Observer-Dispatch to encourage state workers to vote. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Oneida County, NY Chapter of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and guests celebrate a "Party Night" at the Vernon Downs Racetrack in June of 1967. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
A ticket from the Oneida County, NY Chapter Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and guests celebrate a "Party Night" at the Vernon Downs Racetrack in June of 1967. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Thirty-seven regional employees of the Civil Service Employees Association' State Department of Transportation were honored by more than 200 fellow employees at a retirement dinner in Hart's Hill Inn. Nicholas Cimino, front left, president of the DOT Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association, presented gifts from his organization. With him are Miss Clara Jones, retiring after 42 years service, and Herbert A. Anderson, 46½ years service. Retirees in the background include: Aldi, Thomas H. Demsey, Nicholas J. Grande, Marie H. Helfert, Sam Moraco, Nicholas P. Papagno, Spencer Roberts, Thomas Salerno, Raymond W. Smith, Gordon W. Snyder and Katherine Thomas. Nicholas V. Serio was toastmaster and general chairman. Speakers included Thomas McDonough, first vice president of the Civil Service Employees Association, and Rocco Clemente, acting regional director, DOT, who presented 25-year pins. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Members of the Oneida County Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) dined in Harts Hill Inn. Here, from left, are Thomas McDonough and John Gallagher, both officers in the State CSEA and Clara Boone and Philip J. Caruso, first vice president and president of the local organization. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
The Utica Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) held its 25th anniversary and installation dinner this week at Harts Hill Inn. From left, Philip J. Caruso, president; Jean Treacy, assistant treasurer; Thomas McDonough, state officer; John Gallagher, a state officer and Clare Boone, first vice president. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
The Central New York Conference of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) opened its two-day summer meeting in Hotel Utica last night. Getting acquainted prior to the opening session were, from the left, Lois Minozzi, of the state tax department in Utica; Eunice Cross, of the Ray Brook State Hospital; Walter Erickson, of Rome State School, and Harold Conant, Potsdam State Teachers College Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, joining VOICE CSEA (Voice of Independent Childcare Educators) day care providers and staff on stage during a program to introduce the VOICE providers to CSEA members at the 2007 Spring workshop. The VOICE group presented Donohue with a large thank you card, in the background, in thanks of CSEA's support for the providers in their fight to form a union with CSEA. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York state attended the union's annual Spring Workshop in Rochester, New York. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, left, addressing the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Spring Workshop during a Saturday session. DiNapoli thanked CSEA for its support and discussed the state pension system's fiscal health. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York attended the union's annual Spring Workshop in Rochester, New York. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
New York State Veteran's Home at Batavia Director of Nursing Barbara Bates, Administrator Joanne Hernick, Certified Nurse Aide Paul Blujus and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occpational Health and Safety Specialist John Bieger discussing the nursing home's success with zero lift at a safe patient handling seminar in Albany, New York. CSEA is leading a statewide coalition of health care organizations, labor organizations and safety advocates that say it's time to stop requiring New Yorks health care workers to manually lift patients in their care, seriously injuring thousands of hospital and nursing home workers every year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue firing up the crowd during a demonstration in support of Rochester, New York hotel workers trying to form a union. The demonstration, organized by UNITE-HERE, was held during the 2007 CSEA Spring Workshop. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York attended the union's annual Spring Workshop in Rochester. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members taking part in the 2007 spring workshop sessions addressing issues such as health care reform, safety and health and political action. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York attended the unions annual Spring Workshop in Rochester, New York. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, left, and CSEA President Danny Donohue, right, congratulating SUNY Old Westbury Local President Mary D'Antonio, center, on winning the union's 2007 Mission Achievement Award at the Spring Workshop in Rochester, New York. D'Antonio was honored for her longtime service on the Long Island campus of SUNY Old Westbury and for her dedication to the union and education.
Members of the 90 Church Street Labor Coalition, flanked by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Canary, accepting a New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health Award on behalf of the 90 Church Street Labor Coalition, which consisted of CSEA and other labor union members who helped improve safety and health conditions at the 90 Church Street office building, adjacent to the World Trade Center site in New York City. CSEA members and staff accepting the award are, from left, CSEA Labor Relations Specialist Barbara Moore, Public Service Commission Local President Renee Jackson, Department of Health Local activist Mark Hammer, Health Research Inc. Local President Deb Hanna, Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, former CSEA Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Komilla John, Metropolitan Region Occupational Safety and Health Committee Chair Frank Cosentino, CSEA Industrial Hygienist Mark Stipano and Department of Health Local activist Marie Rogers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Western Region President Flo Tripi, right, congratulating Erie County Local President Joan Bender on receiving the CSEA's Mission Achievement Award at the Spring Workshop, held in Rochester, New York. As Erie County employees grappled with major budget cuts and layoffs, and the Berger Commission's recommendation to close Erie County Medical Center and another Buffalo area hospital, Bender helped lead CSEA members through the crisis, constantly keeping them informed of developments and mobilized them to action.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Yonkers School District Unit 9169 member Suzanne Fuller, a special education aide at Montessori School 31. The photo appeared in the 2007 CSEA calendar. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Yonkers School District Unit 9169 member Lori Riccardi, a teacher aide at Montessori School 31. The photo appeared in the 2007 CSEA calendar.
Long Island Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Vincent Cagmone speaking to Zoranda Wilson of the CSEA/NYS Partnership about continuing education benefits at the Long Island Region International Day and Women's Health Fair. The annual event is held at the Long Island Region office through the combined efforts of the region's Women's and Human Rights Committees. It is one of many CSEA events, often called information fairs, held throughout the year around the state to make information available to members about CSEA's union benefits and services. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) leaders and activists joined hundreds of AFSCME brothers and sisters for a Capitol Hill rally against the Bush administrations's ill-conceived scheme to privatize Social Security. The Social Security event was part of a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
New York Senator Chuck Schumer addresses Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists along with those from AFSCME District Councils 37 and 1707 at a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). As part of the event, hundreds of union members and other groups were joined by an impressive united front of Democratic House and Senate members for a Capitol Hill rally that demonstrated the resolve to protect Social Security benefits.
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. George Macy, a New York State Canal Authority employee, paints the tugboat 'Waterford' to prepare for the busy summer tourism season along the Erie Canal.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gordon Abbey, a mechanic for the Watkins Glen School District in Schuyler County, NY, maintains one of the district's school buses.
Western, NY Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and staff with "Union Pride," a CSEA/AFSCME sponsored dog statue which was part of an American Kennel Club program to raise funds for search and rescue dogs. Union Pride and numerous other dog statues were on display throughout New York City in the year following 9/11 to commemorate the canine search and rescue teams that took part in the recovery at Ground Zero. The idea for a sponsorship of a CSEA dog came from Finger Lakes DDSO Local President Kathy Button, pictured kneeling second from the left, and was promoted by CSEA Executve Vice President Mary Sullivan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, second from left, Hudson Valley DDSO Local President Sara Bogart, Westchester County Unit President Jack McPhillips, and Monroe County Unit President Jim Volpone in Washington, D.C., to protest against the Bush administration proposed Social Security reforms. The Social Security event was part of a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue introduces Senator Hillary Clinton at a legislative conference presented by CSEA's international union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). As part of the event, hundreds of union members and other groups were joined by an impressive united front of Democratic House and Senate members for a Capitol Hill rally that demonstrated the resolve to protect Social Security benefits.
QSAC (Quality Services for the Autism Community) workers, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and activists from Jobs with Justice holding up letters at a Mets baseball game at Shea Stadium in New York City, that reads "Hey QSAC Union Yes." The workers were trying to organize a union at their workplace after they became fed up with short staffing, high turn over, arbitrary firings and disciplinary actions and problems with food and medical supplies. They formed a committee called QCARE (Quality Care Advocates for the Rights of Employees) which worked with CSEA to stand up and fight for fair representation on the job, and after more than a year-long fight won union representation and became part of CSEA in 2004.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "Stuck in Oz", big drug manufacturers letting go of the ropes of a balloon (Prescription drug costs, rising health premiums) that was tethered to money bags (ad budgets) with Uncle Sam in the basket saying "Help! I don't know how to stop this thing!" while Dorothy and Toto (you and me) stand hopelessly watching from the yellow brick road. Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Lion are running toward the balloon holding a sign that says "Buy Generic." The castle (prescription bottle and pills that say tough to swallow) is in the background. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members rally together in support of extending NYC rent control laws in front of the State Capitol in Albany,NY in June 1997.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members rally together in support of extending NYC rent control laws in front of the State Capitol in Albany,NY in June 1997.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue gives a thumbs up as he walks with a group of CSEA members at a rally in support of union representation at the LaSalle School in Albany, NY in June 1997.
Civil Service Employee Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue walks with a sign stating, "Working people who want decent treatment shouldn't have to pay with their jobs," at a rally in support of union representation at the LaSalle School in Albany, NY in June 1997.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up a banner at an organizing rally at the LaSalle School in Albany in June 1997. Walking behind the banner is CSEA President Danny Donohue giving the thumbs up.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue speaks to a group of workers and CSEA activists at a rally for union representation at the LaSalle School in Albany, NY in June 1997.
Governor Mario Cuomo prepares to sign the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) contracts with New York State. At the table are, from left, Governor's Office of Employee Relations Director Liz Moore, CSEA/AFSCME negotiator Ernie Rewelinski (standing), and CSEA President William L. McGowan. Cuomo and Rewelinski are shaking hands.
Lieutenant Governor Malcolm Wilson, an unexpected visitor at right, at a testimonial dinner for Joseph D. Lochner, executive director of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Lochner was being honored during the annual workshop of CSEA's New York City chapter at the Concord Hotel. The Lieutenant Governor was attending another dinner at the hotel and dropped by to pay his respects to Lochner.
Utica, New York Chapter Meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) discuss a new division of employment (the Youth Opportunity Center) with speaker John J. Mahoney. The meeting also included discussion of the Nominating Committee Report and information on salary negotiations with the New York State Budget Director. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Utica New York Chapter Meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) to discuss a new division of employment (the Youth Opportunity Center) with speaker John J. Mahoney. The meeting also included discussion of the Nominating Committee Report and information on salary negotiations with the New York State Budget Director. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Utica New York Chapter Meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) to discuss a new division of employment (the Youth Opportunity Center) with speaker John J. Mahoney. The meeting also included discussion of the Nominating Committee Report and information on salary negotiations with the New York State Budget Director. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
A newsletter clipping from the Utica, NY chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), Irene Carr, president of the Oneonta chapter, Civil Service Employees Association, receives the oath of office from Raymond Castle, first vice-president of the Central Conference, CSEA, while Mrs. Clara Boone, conference president and Dr. Theodore Wenzl, CSEA president look on. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Buffalo State College Local President Helen Hughes, right, and 1st Vice President Jerry Richmond, on the steps leading into the college's tunnel system. The photograph illustrates safety concerns CSEA members have. CSEA members and activists across the state have been proactive in using the Worksite Security Act to address potential risks to workers and the public in public buildings and work sites.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, retirees, and their supporters in the Village of Skaneateles, New York, who lined the street to protest a vote by the Village Board that eliminated health care coverage in retirement for many current and future retirees. The union then packed a village board meeting to condemn the board members for failing to bring the issue to the union prior to their action.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County member and activist Ron Kreavy, a supervising maintenance mechanic for the county Department of Environment and Planning's Northern Region with the Barbara Smith Memorial Chapter Award he received at the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) at the Buffalo Chapters' annual awards dinner. The award recognizes a member who has shown true commitment to the Buffalo CBTU Chapter, the community and political action. Pictured with Kreavy are CSEA members Pamela Watson, Sylvia Thomas, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy, who is a founder of CBTU and the coalition's national president, Angelo Vellake (UFCW Local 1) and WNY-ALF President Oswaldo Mestre Jr. and Terry Melvin.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local President Debbie Downey, left and CSEA Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local President Micki Thoms, second from right, speaking with New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter, right, at a forum to address health care needs for New Yorkers with developmental disabilities. The two CSEA activists are among the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council leaders in New York working to show the power of labor solidarity in their communities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Fernando Correa on the job as a mailroom supply clerk at the New York State Division of Parole offices in Manhattan, New York. When Correa, a supply assistant for 16 years, wanted to receive better pay for the many jobs he and four other colleagues at parole offices throughout the city were performing, he went to CSEA for help. Correa and his co-workers in the same grade 4 position were reclassified by the state Department of Civil Service to Mailroom Supply Clerk, Grade 6, and were also given retroactive pay. CSEA is New York State's largest labor union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Scholarship Committee members meeting to decide the winners of the union's Irving Flaumenbaum, Pearl Carroll and Met Life Scholarship Awards for 2007. From left are Janice Beaulieu, Anita Booker, Maria Navarro, Gary Lanahan, Donna Gavitt, Judy DiPaola and Committee Chair Helen Fischedick. CSEA presents college scholarship awards to children of CSEA members from across the state every year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Clifton Park Unit members helping to restore the historic Grooms Tavern in Clifton Park, New York, which opened in 1826 and housed a tavern and numerous other businesses over the years. It sat vacant since the 1970s. The town acquired the property and planned the restoration. The CSEA members pictured are, from left, Pat Gibbins, Ray Zeller and Dan Clemens standing in front of the Historic Grooms Tavern.
Suffolk County, New York daycare provider Roxanne Savage, pointing to the daycare's information center where tips on child care, nutrition and safety are posted. Independent child care providers across New York State came one step closer to having a union voice after Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an executive order on May 8, 2007, allowing them union representation.
Group provider Cheryl Oare with some of the children in her care. Independent child care providers across New York State came one step closer to having a union voice after Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an executive order on May 8, 2007, allowing them union representation.
Independent childcare provider Christine Longo of Saratoga County, NY with one of the children she cares for as a group provider. Independent child care providers across New York State came one step closer to having a union voice after Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an executive order on May 8, 2007, allowing them union representation.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Ann Marie Myruski, a senior foster care caseworker, in her office at the Orange County Department of Social Services, where she and her co-workers will see an increase in caseworkers. Orange County was the first county in New York State to hire more workers in response to the New York State Child Welfare Workload Study which recommended workers in child protective, foster care and preventative care departments in county social service offices handle a caseload almost half of the average load workers currently handle.
New York State Assemblyman Peter Rivera, standing, speaking with concerned Bronx Psychiatric Center (BPC) workers at a meeting where labor and management addressed the Center's safety risks. Listening are, from left, Office of Mental Health Director Lloyd Sederer, Public Employees Federation (PEF) Council Leader Darlene Williams, Bronx Psychiatric Center Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local President Abraham Benjamin, PEF Vice President Pat Baker and CSEA Metropolitan Region Executive Vice President Denise Berkley. At BPC alone, some 38 accidents and injuries had been reported the month before the meeting, the highest in any state mental health facility.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Dan Clemens showing a fireplace that had been covered in plaster before employees removed the plaster, filled holes, poured concrete and rebuilt the hearth at the historic Grooms Road Tavern in Clifton Park, NY. CSEA Clifton Park Unit members helped to restore the tavern which opened in 1826 and housed a tavern and numerous other businesses over the years. The tavern has sat vacant since the 1970s. The town acquired the property and planned the restoration.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Buffalo State College Local President Helen Hughes, right, and 1st Vice President Jerry Richmond, demonstrating a blind corner in the college's tunnel system. The photograph was used in CSEA's union publication, The Work Force, to illustrate safety concerns CSEA members have and how members and activists across the state have been proactive in using the Worksite Security Act to address potential risks to workers and the public in public buildings and work sites. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County member and activist Ron Kreavy, a supervising maintenance mechanic for the county Department of Environment and Planning's Northern Region, indicating one of the lines his department oversees. Kreavy received the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Barbara Smith Memorial Chapter Award. The award recognizes a member who has shown true commitment to the Buffalo CBTU Chapter, the community and political action.
Beth White guiding one of the children in her care on the monkey bars while another child looks on. White has been a strong advocate among Ulster County, New York daycare providers for the benefits and strength that come from joining a union. Independent child care providers across New York State came one step closer to having a union voice after Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an executive order on May 8, 2007, allowing them union representation.
Suffolk County, New York daycare provider Roxanne Savage, one of thousands of providers looking for the strength that comes from union membership. Independent childcare providers across New York State came one step closer to having a union voice after Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an executive order on May 8, 2007, allowing them union representation.
Claudia Ruiz and her assistant Jennifer Rios with the children in their care. Independent childcare providers across New York State came one step closer to having a union voice after Governor Eliot Spitzer signed an executive order on May 8, 2007, allowing them union representation.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Pat Gibbins showing some of his handiwork at the newly restored historic Grooms Tavern in Clifton Park, NY. CSEA Clifton Park Unit members helped restore the tavern, which opened in 1826 and housed numerous other businesses over the years. It sat vacant since the 1970s and the town acquired the property and planned the restoration.
Department of Health Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)representative Marie Rogers and CSEA Health Research Inc. Local President Deb Hanna discussing safety concerns at 90 Church St. in New York City with United States Representative Jerrold Nadler. Double windows were installed at the building after a long fight by CSEA activists to improve the health and safety of workers who were moved to the building which was contaminated during the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Services Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. Jason Muglio, a respiratory therapist at Westchester Medical Center, helps save babies' lives in the hospital's prestigious neonatal Unit.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Maureen Malone greeting more than 50 representatives and supporters of the United Farmworkers as they marched past union headquarters in Albany, NY, en route to the State Capitol. The farmworkers were fighting for the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act. CSEA strongly supports their fight for fairness and respect. The proposed act would give farmworkers in New York the same on-the-job rights and protections other workers receive.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, meets with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver during Lobby Day 2005. Hundreds of CSEA members traveled to Albany to meet with state lawmakers on health care and other issues during the annual CSEA/AFSCME Lobby Day.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other union members from around the state who attended the May 3, 2003, Rally for Public Education at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York, which was just one event in which union members were instrumental in the events leading to the state Legislature voting overwhelmingly to override Governor George Pataki's vetoes to restore $1.9 billion that Pataki sought to cut, primarily in education and health care funding. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "Your State Taxes at Work": A driver (management), stopped at a stop sign and pouring gas (tax dollars) in the tank of a "state-funded paver" (non-profits Union-Busting Campaigns) that's sitting on a flattened worker (worker rights). The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up signs at a demonstration in Rochester in May 1995 challenging Governor George Pataki's budget priorities.
A large crowd of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march with signs and banners at a New York City State Budget Rally in May 1991.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William McGowan with then CSEA Treasurer (now Executive Vice President) Mary Sullivan and then CSEA Secretary Irene Carr in front of the State Capitol in Albany, New York, preparing to cut a 24-foot, 450-pound birthday cake to be served to thousands of workers. May is Public Employee Recognition Month in New York State and CSEA was celebrating the anniversary of the signing of the nation's first civil service law by Governor Grover Cleveland in May, 1883.
Seated at a table during a press conference are AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan, and CSEA Executive Vice-President Tom McDunnough announcing CSEA's affiiation with AFSCME in Albany, New York.
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Theodore C. Wenzl hold the bill the Governor signed into law covering pay raises and other benefits for State employees as members of the Civil Service Employees Association Institutional Service Unit bargaining team look on. From left are team chairman Felice Amodio, Clarence Laufer, Wenzl, Zelda Kessler, Juanita Morris, Eva Nelson, CSEA research assistant Cynthia Walker, CSEA collective bargaining specialist Robert Guild, Connie Hatcher, Rockefeller, team secretary Amos Royals, Robert Redifore, and CSEA attorney James D. Featherstonhaugh. Missing are team vice-chairman Donald Brouse and Marie Donaldson.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) bargaining team which negotiated benefits for employees in the Administrative Services Unit poses with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller after signing bills implementing the recently negotiated contract into law. From left are CSEA attorney James Roemer, team vice-chairman John Wolfe, team secretary Ann Chandler, CSEA collective bargaining specialist John A. Conoby, Libby Lorio, Irving Fisher, Rockefeller, team chairman Thomas McDonough, Gerald Toomey, Grace Fitzmaurice, Martha Owens, and CSEA President Theodore C. Wenzl. Missing are team members Shirley Lighthall and Nancy Avery.
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller signing into law bills implementing salaries and other benefits negotiated by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) for 133,000 state employees. Viewing the occasion from left are State Senators Walter B. Langley and John E. Flynn; Abe Lavine, director of the Office of Employee Relations and chief negotiator for New York; CSEA President Theodore C. Wenzl; and CSEA Executive Director Joseph D. Lochner.
Members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) bargaining team which negotiated a contract covering professional, scientific and technical employees in State service look over the bill implementing the benefits after Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller had signed it into law. From left are CSEA research analyst Thomas Linden, CSEA collective bargaining specialist Bernard J. Ryan, Samuel Cippola, John Maddaloni, Dr. Ralph Rovere, George Shivery, Abraham Kranker and John Daley (both partially hidden), Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz, team chairman Paul Cooney, George Celentano, vice-chairman Daniel Maloney, Rockefeller, CSEA President Theodore C. Wenzl, and Ernst Stroebel. Team member Seymour Shapiro was absent when the picture was taken.
A news clipping from the Civil Service Leader that includes an image of Theodore C. Wenzl, right, president of the Civil Service Employees Association, and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller as the Governor prepares to sign a bill covering pay raises for 133,000 state employees. The previous week the governor also signed bills covering retirement improvements and other benefits negotiated by CSEA for state employees at ceremonies in the Red Room of the State Capitol.
Members of the Operational Services Unit Bargaining team of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) pose with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller after the governor signed into law bills covering pay raises and other benefits negotiated by CSEA. From left are Frederick C. Riester, CSEA attorney; Joseph P. Reedy, CSEA collective bargaining specialist; William McGowan; Francis Mitchell; Theodore Anderson; Yvonne Mitchell, unit secretary; Rockefeller; John Clark, unit vice-chairman; Theodore C. Wenzl, CSEA president; Sal Butero, team chairman; Robert Marshall; Ernest Hemstock; and Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz. Missing are team members Edward Malone and Clifford Miller.
New York State Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller posing with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) representatives following the signing of the 1970 contract and salary bill. From left are: Collective Bargaining Specialist Joe Reedy, GOER staffer Marvin Naylor, CSEA Executive Director Joe Lochner (front) Collective Bargaining Specialist Jack Conoby, unknown woman, Political Action Director Bernie Ryan, Assistant Research Director Tom Coyle, Rockefeller, CSEA President Ted Wenzl, Research Director Bill Blom, State Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz, Jack Carey, Tom Lindon, Bob Guild and attorney Jim Roemer.
A clipping from the Syracuse Herald-Journal newspaper. Members of the Utica Chapter, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), will present skit during Central Conference of the Civil Service Employees' Association to be held in Binghamton, April 17-18. Preparing play, from left, are: Lois Ann Minozzi, chapter publicity chairman; Nick Cimino, member of State-Wide Civil Service Employees Assoc.; Clara Boone, president of Local chapter, and Mary Pat Bryan, director of skit. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
A news clipping from the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, Robert Guild, Cavanaugh Road, Marcy, has been appointed field representative for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) with jurisdiction over 21 chapters, seven of which are in Oneida County. His appointment was announced by Joseph Feily, president of the Association. A graduate of Holland Patent Central School, Guild attended MVCC and Utica College. He has worked at Marcy State Hospital for 16 years, and has been president of the Marcy State Hospital chapter of CSEA for two years. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter)
A news clipping from the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, Telephones shrilled constantly, and mountains of mail piled up in State and Federal tax offices as the deadline for the filing 1966 returns approached today. Staff members at the State Tax Office opened mail this morning before the onslaught of phone calls began. Because all returns must be postmarked before midnight tonight, those who haven't completed their returns yet are hastily doing so. John R. Smallwood at the Federal office said that his office was "flooded with calls," and the switchboard was "lit up like a Christmas tree." Edwin T. Smith at the State Tax Office described activity as "pretty good for a last day," compared with other years. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Ginger Sheffey, left, laying a wreath along with USW Local 1000 Financal Secretary Becky Coumbe, center, and Steuben County Local Secretary Sue Brace, right, at the regions 2007 Worker's Memorial Day ceremony. CSEA members across the state joined other AFL-CIO labor unions in remembering workers who were killed or injured on the job during the past year.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members participating in the "taking action puzzle" workshop led by instructors from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. CSEA activists and Syracuse, New York, City School District workers Laury Willoughby and Debra Martin used what they learned in the union's Labor Education And Development (LEAD) Program to turn a "staff development day" for their co-workers in the school district into an innovative "union development day" to help build union through learning. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Brenda Schaffer-Weiner singing the National Anthem during the Workers' Memorial Day commemoration sponsored by the Westchester-Putnam Central Labor Body. Union members, elected officials and family and friends of fallen workers gathered at the Kensico Dam in Valhalla, NY to remember those who have died on the job over the past year. Fund raising is in progress for a future Workers Memorial at the Kensico Dam. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A graphic illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin, titled "Quality Family Daycare: not all fun and games," depicting an independent family daycare provider with lack of protections and benefits, and confusing regulations. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and VOICE (Voice of Organized Independent Childcare Educators) are working with providers to encourage them to officially recognize VOICE as an advocate on their behalf on numerous issues they face, including dealing with agencies such as the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members holding picket signs. Close to 100 members of the Westchester County (New York) Unit rallied outside a birthday fundraiser for Westchester County Executive Andy Spano at the Rye Town Hilton. Unit members have been working without a contract since December 31, 2005 and are at impasse. Sticking points are health insurance and wages. It is the third successful picket in a month for unit members. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Director of Legislative and Political Action Fran Turner, right, meeting with New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Executive Director to the Comptroller Diane Lombardi. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, flanked by members of CSEA's State Contract Negotiating Team, at the start of negotiations with the state April 17, 2007, in Troy, New York
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) leaders and activists across the Central Region taking time out from the Region Spring Conference in Corning to honor those who lost their lives in workplace fatalities over the years. CSEA conference attendees participated in a moving ceremony, put together by the Region Safety and Health Committee, where a plaque was presented and candles were lit in the memory of more than 40 members from our Region who have been lost in the last two dozen years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) State Negotiating Team members planting a tree in front of the Troy Hotel where contract negotiations are taking place as part of a Workers Memorial Day ceremony. CSEA members across the state joined other AFL-CIO labor unions in remembering workers who were killed or injured on the job during the past year. This photograph appeared in the June, 2007 issue of the CSEA monthly newspaper The Work Force.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Westchester County Unit President Jack McPhillips addressing several hundred members of Westchester County Unit 9200 who picketed outside the Westchester County Office Building in White Plains, along with CSEA's 15-foot inflatable rat, to protest the lack of progress in their contract negotiations. The rally was timed to coincide with County Executive Andy Spano's State of the County address. Westchester County Unit members have been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2005. Sticking points in negotiations include wages and health insurance. Members sent a strong message to County Executive Spano, Deputy County Executive Larry Schwartz and members of the county Board of Legislators -- that they will not sit back and be silent while legislators are entertaining huge raises for county political appointees. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
United States Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand speaking at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Federal Political Action Program training. Gillibrand, who represents New York State's 20th Congressional District that includes a large area of the Capital Region, Hudson Valley and Champlain Valley spoke to CSEA's Federal Political Action Liaisons (PALs) recently, discussing congressional priorities and issues that relate to CSEA members. The weekend Federal PALS training session included a workshop on using the CSEA website to lobby congressional leaders and discussions about universal health care. CSEA's Federal PALS lobby federal lawmakers on issues that affect CSEA members. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Jim Moore, right, on his first day in office as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region president in 1977, meeting with then Region Director Frank Martello. Moore retired March 28, 2007, after serving an unprecedented 30 years in that office. When Moore began his career, state employees didn't have the legal right to collectively bargain. His 40-year union career has outlasted the terms of eight United States Presidents, six New York State Governors and four CSEA statewide presidents. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Daycare provider Sally Heater, from East Syracuse, New York, with the children for whom she cares. Heater is working hard to help give daycare providers the loud and clear voice of advocacy that comes with belonging to a union. She was a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)member for 30 years before becoming an independent daycare provider. The VOICE (Voice of Organized Independent Childcare Educators) campaign began in 2002 when CSEA was contacted by a group of family daycare providers in Schenectady looking for assistance with an unclear county payment system and the threat of proposed cuts in the childcare subsidy funding. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Member Benefits Specialist Bonnie Loyche speaking with CSEA members about the benefits and services they get through their union membership. CSEA activists and Syracuse, New York, City School District workers Laury Willoughby and Debra Martin used what they learned in the union's Labor Education And Development (LEAD) Program to turn a "staff development day" for their co-workers in the school district into an innovative "union development day" to help build union through learning. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Jim Peterniti, left, a maintenance assistant, and General Mechanic Rod Mitchell, who work to maintain the Great Valley Residential Center in western New York, despite understaffing at the youth facility. Many CSEA members who work for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services say the agency has become a rudderless ship. CSEA, New York State's largest union, has reached out to the Office of Children and Family Services to discuss concerns union members have with communication, policy, staffing and regulations.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Terry R. Brassfield and Steven L. James display the Mini-Belts they invented. After years of helplessly watching their patients at South Beach Psychiatric Center use whatever means at their disposal to hold their pants up, often unsuccessfully, they put their minds together with a nurse at the center and devised a kinder, safer way for patients to keep their pants and dignity in place. They recently obtained a Patent Pending trademark and related business certificates for the Mini-Belts and Tenoren Technologies L.L.C. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Robert Rauff, Equipment Operator 3 and Oyster Bay Local executive vice president, with United States Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Federal Political Action Program training. Gillibrand, who represents New York State's 20th Congressional District that includes a large area of the Capital Region, Hudson Valley and Champlain Valley spoke to CSEA's Federal Political Action Liaisons (PALs) recently, discussing congressional priorities and issues that relate to CSEA members. The weekend Federal PALS training session included a workshop on using the CSEA website to lobby congressional leaders and discussions about universal health care. CSEA's Federal PALS lobby federal lawmakers on issues that affect CSEA members. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Montgomery County Local President Ed Russo surveying the flood damage caused by devastating rains that hit many areas of central and southern New York and the Capital Region in June 2006. Russo and other CSEA members of the Montgomery County Departement of Public Works were among those being honored as Hometown Heroes by the Red Cross for their efforts following the devastating floods. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Daycare provider Sally Heater, from East Syracuse, New York, holding cards to be distributed to other providers to authorize forming a union with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Membership of independent contractors would be a first for the union. Heater is working hard to help give daycare providers the loud and clear voice of advocacy that comes with belonging to a union. She was a CSEA member for 30 years before becoming an independent daycare provider. The VOICE (Voice of Organized Independent Childcare Educators) campaign began in 2002 when CSEA was contacted by a group of family daycare providers in Schenectady, New York, looking for assistance with an unclear county payment system and the threat of proposed cuts in the childcare subsidy funding. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
New York State Assemblyman Paul Tonko, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, Montgomery County (New York) employee Mark Hoffman, Montgomery County Local President Ed Russo, Montgomery County employee Terry Bieniek and CSEA President Danny Donohue at the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York's annual Salute to Hometown Heroes breakfast. The CSEA members of the Montgomery County Department of Public Works were among those being honored as Hometown Heroes by the Red Cross for their efforts following devastating floods in June 2006. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.