Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member logging in to CSEA's new online E-Learning Center. The online learning center was developed to allow CSEA members to get training via any computer connected to the Internet. This advanced way of learning will enable CSEA members to remain the best and most knowledgeable employees in public sector employment. CSEA's Work Institute administers the programs. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Regional President Jim Moore firing up a crowd at a demonstration in support of an organizing drive in Syracuse, New York, in June 2003. Moore retired March 28, 2007, after serving an unprecedented 30 years in that office. When Moore began his career, New York 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.
Gloria Patmore, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and cook at the Great Valley Residential Center in western New York. When the kitchen is short on staff, youth development aides are brought in to help, leaving other services understaffed. As a result, CSEA has reached out to the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to discuss concerns union members have with communication, policy, staffing and regulations. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member connected to CSEA's new online E-Learning Center. The online learning center was developed to allow CSEA members to get training via any computer connected to the Internet. This advanced way of learning will enable CSEA members to remain the best and most knowledgeable employees in public sector employment. CSEA's Work Institute administers the programs. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region Education Committee Chair Jose Aravena (3rd from left) joined by other CSEA members and staff in presenting New York State Assemblyman Peter Rivera a plaque for his many contributions to CSEA during the recent Black and Puerto Rican Legisltive Conference in Albany. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gary Thompson, a plant utilities assistant at the New York State Office of General Services, performs maintenance on a boiler at the Sheridan Steam Plant in Albany, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, applauds as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer addresses a meeting of the union's Board of Directors after CSEA announced its endorsement of Spitzer's campaign to become the next governor of New York. To the right of Spitzer is CSEA Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves.
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, and CSEA Director of Communications Stephen Madarasz look up at the camera before a meeting of the union's Board of Directors where CSEA announced its endorsement of Spitzer's campaign to become the next governor of New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Chenango County Probation Supervisor Marc Yerton in his office at the Chenango County Office Building pointing to the office's only security measure ? a piece of red tape on the floor that probationers and other visitors to his office are supposed to stay behind. This photo appeared in the May 2006 Work Force as part of a series of articles illustrating the need for worksite security around New York State. CSEA led the fight to enact legislation through a statewide media campaign and grassroots member efforts. Governor George Pataki signed the Worksite Security Act June 7, 2006, making New York State a leader in protecting public work sites.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and Van Duyn Home and Hospital workers working the phone banks to fight to keep the home open. Van Duyn Unit officer Ruth Smith seated with her back to the camera, displays a T-shirt with the slogan CSEA developed, "Don't Cut Our Safety Net." The Onondaga County public nursing home was recommended by the Berger Commission to be taken over by a nearby private hospital late in 2006. However, it has been deterimined that the Van Duyn Home will remain publicly owned and operated.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, fifth from left, poses with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers a meeting of the union's Board of Directors after CSEA announced its endorsement of Spitzer's campaign to become the next governor of New York. From left to right are: Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, Central Region President Jim Moore, CSEA President Danny Donohue, Southern Region President Diane Hewitt, Spitzer, Western Region President Flo Tripi (front), Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves (rear), Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Treasurer Maureen Malone, Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte and Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Director of Communications Stephen Madarasz introduces former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, second from left, at an Albany NY reception hosted by the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health. The event helped focus attention on the importance of overcoming stigma and addressing mental health needs. CSEA President Danny Donohue is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health and CSEA co-sponsored the event. To the right of Carter is former First Lady of New York Matilda Cuomo.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Maureen Malone greets former First Lady Rosalynn Carter at an Albany, NY reception hosted by the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health. The event helped focus attention on the importance of overcoming stigma and addressing mental health needs. CSEA President Danny Donohue is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health and CSEA co-sponsored the event. Looking on is former First Lady of New York Matilda Cuomo.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from left, Barbara Simpson, Brooklyn Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local President Denise Berkley and Maureen Richardson. Simpson and Richardson were attacked by a consumer at the DDSO. Richardson and Simpson praised CSEA and the Brooklyn DDSO Local for coming to their defense and for demanding improved workplace safety improvements throughout the facility.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center Mental Health Therapy Aide Evelyn Wilson at work. Wilson has faced several on-the-job assaults inflicted by residents. CSEA is pushing hard to enact a law that would establish comprehensive security standards for public work sites across the state. The Worksite Security Act would require public employers with more than 20 employees to assess risk and develop an action plan to prevent potential workplace violence.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Crime Victims Specialist Fabian Feliciano helps crime victims and their families through the state Crime Victims Board. CSEA members at the Crime Victims Board provide critical and valuable support to crime victims and their families.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members working at the Baldwin Library demonstrate to let the community know that they are severely underpaid and have been working without a contract for too long.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Pedro Cintron works in the locksmith shop at Rockland Psyciatric Center. A 20-year employee, he is Rockland Psychiatric Center's only locksmith. His daily activities demonstrate that good security requires many components. The high-risk population served by the psychiatric center requires a sophisticated system which uses computers and electronics to control the locks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Capital District Judiciary Local President Colin Farley stands in front of a domestic violence prevention bulletin board at the Schenctady Civil Court. Farley launched the Lifeline Program, which donates cell phones to domestic violence victims, to allow them to reach emergency help.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the New York State Taxation and Finance Department Hispanic Heritage Committee during the 4th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month event held at the Department. CSEA member Rebecca Garcia, host and an event coordinator, holds a stand with mini flags representing the many nations of Latin America. The event is one of many cultural events held throughout the year in the Metropolitan Region celebrating CSEA's diversity. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan and CSEA President Danny Donohue listen as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer addresses a meeting of the union's Board of Directors after CSEA announced its endorsement of Spitzer's campaign to become the next governor of New York.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, left, speaks with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue prior to a meeting of the union's Board of Directors at which CSEA announced its endorsement of Spitzer's campaign to become the next governor of New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region Director and Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Long Island, New York, Chapter Trustee Alan Jennings, CBTU Long Island Chapter President Rudy Bruce, CSEA Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, Hempstead Council member Dorothy Goosby and CEO of the Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County John Kearse. Boncoraglio was given CBTU Long Island's Leadership Award for his tireless pursuit of equality and diversity for all working people. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was the guest of the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health at an Albany Reception April 24, 2006. The event helped focus attention on the importance of overcoming stigma and addressing mental health needs. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation of Advocacy for Mental Health. From left to right are: Senate Majority Leader Joeseph Bruno, Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings, Carter and former First Lady of New York Matilda Cuomo.
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. Curtis Melville, a hospital attendant at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, looks over recently cleaned medical coats in the hospital's uniform room.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Rochester, New York, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Chapter President and CSEA staff person Debbie Lee and Rochester City Councilman Wade Norwood. The Rochester Chapter of CBTU honored Donohue, an AFSCME International Vice President, for his long-time union leadership, advocacy for workers' rights, and a host of accomplishments and achievements for working people at its annual convention in Rochester in 2004. The CBTU consists of members from 50 international and national unions with 55 chapters across the country. The basic objectives of the CBTU include: putting forth greater and more creative efforts to improve the image of labor throughout the community; and working within the framework of the trade union movement to provide a voice and vehicle for greater black and minority participation. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
More than 500 workers at the Quality Services for the Autism Community, a not-for profit service provider that helps autistic and developmentally challenged individuals in Queens, gained the advantage of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) membership last year. About 16,000 CSEA members provide life skills, medical services and healthy community connections for nearly 10,000 group home residents of all ages and ability levels around the clock. CSEA OMRDD staff deliver care at about 1,200 homes statewide.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting the "Right Guard": Knight holding shield (whistle-blower protection bill) on horse (health care workers) slays dragon (health care employers) with a thrashing tail (employer retaliation) to save the maiden (improper quality patient care). The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up signs at a Brooklyn Developmental Center Demonstration over staff assaults in April 2001.
NYC Mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio join a group of CSEA members at a Brooklyn Developmental Center Demonstration over staff assaults in April 2001.
A group of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold up signs at a Brooklyn Developmental Center Demonstration over staff assaults in April 2001.
A group of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members march with signs at a Brooklyn Developmental Center Demonstration over staff assaults in April 2001.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, center, and CSEA Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, right, and CSEA members protesting a lack of adequate security at the Brooklyn DDSO in Brooklyn, New York. CSEA questioned why the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities never replaced a problematic security system following a violent sexual attack on two female workers at the center. After an investigation by the union and a highly publicized demonstration, the center's management agreed the security problem existed, upgraded the current system, and committed to install immediately a more effective system.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Cortland Local 605 President Willis Streeter Jr. is interviewed by a Syracuse Channel 5 reporter at a SUNY Cortland Parking Fee Demonstration in April 1990.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan, at right, delivers to New York State Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink postcards from 43,000 CSEA members opposing a plan to furlough New York State employees.
A news clipping from the Utica, NY Daily Press, Mrs. Clara Boone, right, president of the Utica Chapter, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), and third vice president of the Central Conference, addressed members of the Oneida County Chapter last night at a dinner in the PLAV Hall. From left: Roger Solimando, county president; Mrs. Helen S. Rauber, county secretary. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Several Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and their library directors in Albany, New York to take part in Library Lobby Day with other unions and the New York Library Association, to urge lawmakers to provide critical funding for public libraries. Ove Overmeyer, a member of CSEA's Western Region Political Action Committee and a Rochester Public Library worker, is second from left; CSEA member Janet Scheuering, a Rockville Centre Public Library worker, is third from left; Christa Lucarelli, a CSEA member in the Nassau County Local, is fifth from left. Robert Mannion, a CSEA Westchester Local member working at Warner Library in Tarrytown is second from right and Kathy Miller, New York Library Association Legislative Committee Chair, is at right. Several library directors are also pictured.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region Executive Vice President Ginger Sheffey, who has officially moved up to region president following Jim Moore's retirement. Sheffey, who worked for the Cayuga County Health and Human Services Department, had served four terms as executive vice president and has held numerous other positions throughout CSEA, statewide, regionally and locally. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Day care provider and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)/VOICE (Voice of Organized Independent Childcare Educators) founding member Fran Nantista with some of the children for whom she cares. With CSEA, she is fighting for collective bargaining rights for daycare providers across New York State. As a provider she has concerns with the State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) and thinks a union voice can help providers. Nantista was featured in the Leading Edge in the CSEA monthly pulbication Work Force. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Joseph McMullen, president of the State University of New York at Oneonta Local, was recently elected Statewide Treasurer by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Board of Directors. He fills the office left vacant by Maureen Malone's retirement from her union office and state job. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from the Port Washington, New York, School District Custodial Unit with a sketch of the Children's Health Fund Mobile Unit for which they helped raise money. The members are very involved in community events and help raise money for numerous area charities. From left, in front row, are Santos Palacios, James Oldford, Unit President Richie Acevedo and Mark Ell. In the back row from left are Owen Steve Stalvey, Jerry D'Agostino, Tom Garofalo, Long Island Region President Nick Lamorte and Monte Vane. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Maureen Malone at a table selling "CSEA Cooks From the Heart" cookbooks at the 2006 Women's Conference in Tarrytown, New York. Malone was a leader in CSEA's ongoing efforts to build CSEA Street in Louisiana, which suffered extreme damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. She spearheaded the cookbook consisting of recipes from union members and staff to help raise money toward the project. Malone is retiring from her union office as well as her state job after 33 years as a CSEA activist. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Patricia Smith with one of her canine charges. CSEA members across New York State are often called upon to come to the rescue of abused or neglected animals, while at the same time keeping the public safe from wild and feral creatures that pose a threat. In addition to the 40 hours per week her job requires, Smith makes extra night and weekend trips to the dog shelter ensuring the dogs receive hands-on care following their stints with homelessness or abuse. When she's not taking care of the eight or so dogs at the shelter, Smith is responsible for enforcing animal codes in the town. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Grand Island, New York, Animal Control Officer and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Greg Butcher. CSEA members across New York State are often called upon to come to the rescue of abused or neglected animals, while at the same time keeping the public safe from wild and feral creatures that pose a threat. On Grand Island, located on the Niagara River between Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Butcher and his two part-time deputies respond to domestic pet and wildlife calls. He is a peace officer who wears the uniform of the Grand Island Police Department, has graduated from an animal control academy and is qualified to investigate animal cruelty cases.
Effective Communication Facilitator Elizabeth Heilpern, left, discussing real-life strategies for workplace communications with Saratoga Springs School District employees Lorraine Montgomery, middle, and Rachel Thorne, right, during a staff development day at the school district coordinated by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s WORK (Worker's Opportunities, Resources and Knowledge) Institute. CSEA members attended workshops on topics that included dealing with difficult students, improving communication skills and gang awareness. The WORK Institute was created as part of CSEA's mission to recognize working men and women as our greatest resource. Through the WORK Institute, CSEA is committed to expanding education and training opportunities that enable workers to reach their career goals and potential. Photo appeared in the CSEA monthly publication the Work Force.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Krista Neville, at work as a cashier in the Cayuga County Department of Motor Vehicles in Auburn, New York. Neville's suggestion that something be put in the computer system asking about club membership for snowmobile registrants was adopted statewide in the form of a new pop-up screen that asks about club membership and automatically calculates the correct fee.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, John Hewitt, a state Canal Corperation worker in Waterford, New York, hauls a cable aboard a Canal Corperation derrick boat. Hewitt, who first came to the United States from Guyana in 1978, became a citizen in February, 2007.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Jim Moore, who has served in that office for nearly 30 years, being interviewed in Syracuse, New York, on his long, distinguished union career for the CSEA 100 History Project. CSEA has been conducting video interviews with dozens of key individuals who have played a role in CSEA's activities over the past 50 years to gain their insight and perspective on the numerous events and personalities that have made impact. Identifying and collecting information and materials about the events and personalities that shaped CSEA is an ongoing project.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Kevin McDonough holding an 11-foot Burmese python the city shelter received after the snake outgrew its owner. CSEA members across New York State are often called upon to come to the rescue of abused or neglected animals, while at the same time keeping the public safe from wild and feral creatures that pose a threat. As Troy's only Animal Control Officer, McDonough is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week doing investigative work, including finding owners, issuing tickets and tracking the outcome of the cases in which he is involved. He is part of a county-wide (Renssealer County) task force that is forming to prevent animal abuse.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Thomas Schroeder, a chief lock operator and vice president of the New York State Canal Corperation Local, waiting for installation of steel miter gates at Erie Canal Lock 4 in Waterford, New York. State Canal Corperation employees at the canal shop in Waterford played a key role in the gate replacement project, part of routine maintenance of the canal system.
A graphic depicting the New York state Office of Children and Family Services as a troubled agency. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has concerns that the OCFS is an agency in crisis unable to serve those in need of services and unwilling to develop clear-cut policies and procedures to help its employees do their jobs.
Tioga County Department of Social Service Foster Care Caseworker and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Andrew Kneller handing a CSEA balloon to a young attendee at the Tioga County, New York, Safety Fair sponsored by CSEA. The event focused on safety education and accident prevention. Event organizer Joan Kellogg, a principal account clerk in the Health Department, developed the project through her participation in the CSEA LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) program. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Tioga County Department of Social Services Adult Protective Services Caseworker and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Dan Young, dressed as McGruff the Crime Dog, greeting a young attendee at the Tioga County, New York, Safety Fair sponsored by CSEA. The event focused on safety education and accident prevention. Event organizer Joan Kellogg, a principal account clerk in the Health Department, developed the project through her participation in the CSEA LEAD (Leadership Education and Development) program. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
WORK Institute facilitator Deb Baum leading a discussion on Dealing With Difficult Students during a staff development day at the Saratoga Springs School District coordinated by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s WORK (Worker's Opportunities, Resources and Knowledge) Institute. CSEA members attended workshops on topics that included dealing with difficult students, improving communication skills and gang awareness. The WORK Institute was created as part of CSEA's mission to recognize working men and women as our greatest resource. Through the WORK Institute, CSEA is committed to expanding education and training opportunities that enable workers to reach their career goals and potential.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Town of Shelter Island Unit in Suffolk County, New York, voting on their first contract. It was ratified by a 7 to 2 margin and is their first contract since voting to join CSEA in 2005. According to Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte the contract lays the foundation for an atmosphere of fairness and cooperation between the union and the town and is a win-win for everyone. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Pataki's recklessness could cost you! Gov. George Pataki's state budget proposal blows up a balloon rife with future deficits that could force massive service cuts, and leave New Yorkers to pick up the pieces after the governor is out of office.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Virginia Covington, a reference librarian at the Hempstead, Public Library, coordinates library events for patrons. She is shown here working in the library's job and education information center.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Albany, NY daycare provider Fran Nantista, left, speaks to a news reporter following a rally against President Bush's 2007 proposed budget which recommended a spending freeze on childcare assistance. Nantista is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero, left, contratulates Sgt. Kevin Owens on his honor of being named New York State Deputy Sheriff of the Year. A Civil Service Emplpoyees Association (CSEA) member of the Ontario County Sheriff's Department, Sgt. Owens was shot in April 2005 while responding to a bank robbery.
U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan led a CSEA/AFSCME rally against President Bush's proposed budget including its recommended freeze on childcare assistance. Day care provider and VOICE activist, Fran Nantista, far left, is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan led a CSEA/AFSCME rally against President Bush's proposed budget including its recommended freeze on childcare assistance. Day care provider and VOICE activist, Fran Nantista, far left, is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Albany NY daycare provider Fran Nantista, left, introduces U.S. Rep Michael McNulty to two of the children in her care at a rally against President Bush's 2007 proposed budget which recommended a spending freeze on childcare assistance. Nantista is one of a growing number of family childcare providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, state park employees Kevin Julius, left, Rich Trudeau, center, and Dan Urkevich work to remove fallen trees from the Avenue of the Pines at Saratoga Spa State Park. About 30 trees were downed along the avenue. A falling tree killed CSEA state Department of Transportation worker George Green. Saratoga County was the worst hit area in the Capital Region in the wake of a severe windstorm that left thousands without heat or electricity. CSEA members from the Capital Region stepped up to help others weather the storm.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Deborah Johnson, standing at right, joined fellow Wayne County Nursing Home employees in Albany for Nursing Home Lobby Day. The group met with State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio, R-Seneca Falls, outside Senate Chambers. Clockwise, from left, Dawn Wuilliez, Suzanne Wild, Debra Welt, Nozzolio, Johnson, Brenda Brown and John Allen. Dozens of activists met with their elected officials on March 14, nursing home lobby day, to urge state Senate and Assembly members to make the right choices in funding public health care, and in particular nursing homes.
Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME members from across the state pack the Empire State Convention Center for AFSCME Lobby Day. After the rally, members met with elected officials from their districts, urging them to vote against Gov. George Pataki's wrong budget choices to protect working families.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Pete Hillier, a driver with the New York state Department of Transportation, suffered bumps and bruises March 2, 2006, after his snowplow was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on route 390 in Wayland. It took two huge tow trucks to pull the plow back up and onto the road.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Bob Stempert and Chris Banghart with Joseph Ostrom. The two members, employees of the Port Jervis, New York, Department of Public Works, rescued Ostrom's father and brother from a burning building. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region retirees signing letters to President Bush and Congressional leaders demanding they fix the Medicare Law. They also wore stickers and distributed lollipops and fliers that said "Don't be a Sucker ? Bush's Medicare Scheme Makes you Suffer." CSEA members joined a coalition of union members, retirees and supporters of health care reform to bring attention to the glaring problems in the Medicare law that was passed by President Bush in 2003. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon declaring "You Decide!" Governor George E. Pataki shooting arrows (penalties, positions eliminated, employer decides) not hitting the target labeled "NYS" (retirement incentive). The target labeled "CSEA" (25/55, employee decides about retiring, fair to all public employees, no lost positions) has an arrow in the bullseye. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members wearing "Quality Workers Providing Quality Care" t-shirts at a "speakout" against New York State Governor Pataki's proposed budget cuts to the Office of Mental Health (OMH). CSEA bombarded the public and state lawmakers with information about the proposed plan to close two state-run psychiatric centers and thousands of CSEA members lobbied lawmakers, made phone calls and rallied to save vital mental health services. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Two Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) local presidents from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, standing next to a union-sponsored bus stop shelter ad supporting keeping the world-renown RPCI a public-owned facility. Brian J. Madden, left, is president of CSEA RPCI Local 303 and Jim Jayes, right, is president of CSEA Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo) Local 315. The ads appeared on several bus stop shelters, public transit buses and a billboard in the Buffalo area as part of a union-sponsored media advertising campaign in the Buffalo area.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrate outside the New York Sheraton in Manhattan to protest Governor George Pataki's budget priorities. Pataki was speaking inside the Hotel.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employyes Association (CSEA) members help hold a banner stating, "Emergency, Stop Pataki's Medicaid Cuts" at a demonstration in March 1995 outside the Sheraton New York where Pataki was speaking.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Director of Research William Blom, in shirt sleeves, confers with CSEA statewide President William L. McGowan about a bargaining proposal during the 1988 State Contract negotiations.
Thousands of unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members rally against Governor Hugh Carey's budget priorities at a 1975 demonstration on the steps of the state capital in Albany, NY.
New York State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz and Comptroller Arthur Levitt who were speaking to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Delegates' Convention while campaigning for office. The headline reads "Internal Affairs Dominate CSEA Delegates' Convention."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Port Washington Custodial Unit member Louie Calabrese on drums leading the Power Glide band at the Pride in Port parade in Port Washington, New York, on Long Island. Most of the unit participated in the local community event. More than 300 CSEA members live in the town and work in surrounding areas and are very civic minded. The members of the custodial unit helped raise thousands of dollars for area charities. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, presenting New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with a caricature drawn by CSEA's graphic artist Ralph Distin. The gesture was in appreciation of Silver's support on many of the union's initiatives. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, center, joining CSEA members in a march on City Hall in New York City. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) state transportation department members repairing a stretch of Interstate 87 near Albany, New York. The workers often find themselves inches from speeding traffic. This photo was used in the January, 2002, Work Force to illustrate the dangers DOT workers encounter daily. New York State Governor George Pataki had vetoed legislation for the second time that would have paid a hazardous duty differential to state Department of Transportation workers who work in or near traffic. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Tom Warzel, a plant utility engineer at the State University of New York in Buffalo. In 1997 Warzel appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman where he identified himself as a proud member of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, Special Assistant to the President Terry Melvin, and CSEA Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan converse at the Coaltion of Black Trade Unionists National Conference.
Congressman Michael McNulty attending an unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) event. McNulty represents New York's Twenty-first Congressional District.
New York State Senator Nick Spano with an unidentified person attending a Civil Service Employees Association event. Spano represents the 35th New York Senate District.
New York State Senator Chuck Schumer speaks at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region Women's Conference. CSEA Western Region President Robert Lattimer and Region Executive Vice President Flo Tripi are also pictured.
Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello speaks at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) rally challenging Governor George Pataki's budget priorities, while CSEA member Karen Gambino signs for the hearing impaired and New York State Assemblyman Francis Pordum listens.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, was part of a priority campaign by the union to win a permanent cost of living allowance for New York's public employee retirees. The COLA and other pension improvements became a reality in 2000 because of the union's persistence.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Jim Moore marches with Sidney Hospital Unit President Karen Eggleston and other members at a Sidney Hospital contract demonstration in Delaware County.
Frank Marco, Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, speaking at a meeting of the New York State Senate. The Fiscal Policy Institute is a think-tank support by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other organizations.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 813 President Karen Eggleston, Local Vice President George Lawson, and Unit President Carlton Shelton hold up signs at a Deleware County Picket.
Danny Donohue serves as the 22nd president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1994 to the present . Under his leadership, CSEA is stronger and more effective because of his multi-pronged agenda that emphasizes contract negotiations, political action and organizing. Under Donohue's leadership, CSEA has earned a reputation for being at the forefront on a wide range of public policy issues. Donohue has been a leading advocate on issues of importance to all New Yorkers including fair and responsible budgets, affordable prescription drug coverage, preserving quality health care, and improving public education. CSEA was the first union in the state to negotiate for less-expensive prescription drugs from Canada. Donohue's leadership on the New York State AFL-CIO's Pension Task Force produced the most sweeping pension improvements in a generation for public employees, securing permanent cost-of-living allowances for retired public employees.