Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records✖[remove]943
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Suffolk Municipal Local activist Mike Morris is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for March. He recruited 40 new PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality) members at the MVP level. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves our jobs, benefits and pensions in Washington, Albany and in your community.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Capital Region Women's and Community Outreach Committee members pose with items collected for Military Mom in Action, which collects supplies and letters for U.S. soldiers stationed overseas. After reading a newspaper article about the group, committee member Bonnie Roy suggested the committee get involved in collecting donations, an idea committee members enthusiastically embraced. Committee members coordinated donation boxes at state agency buildings and other area work sites in March, and recently helped Military Mom in Action representatives pick up and deliver the donations. Seated, front row, from left, are Gail Connell, Chair, Marie DeShaw and Liz Habiniak. Back row, from left, are Nicole Bishop, Bonnie Roy, Tom McKenna, Suzanne Williams, Lisa Tricozzi and Kim Wallace, Capital Region secretary and committee officer liaison.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide George Reinhard writes patient notes on a chart on Unit 2E at the Greater Binghamton Health Center. CSEA members working in the state's executive branch agencies aren't convinced that Governor David Paterson's proposal to lay off 8,700 workers is going to bring any savings to the state. In fact, it will likely cost the state more with lost productivity, overtime, unemployment benefits and the loss of morale the layoffs could bring to a work force that's already stretched thin.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Thurlus Cordon, left, and Mack Roberts III work as mental health therapy aides at Rockland Psychiatric Center. CSEA members working in the state's executive branch agencies aren't convinced that Governor David Paterson's proposal to lay off 8,700 workers is going to bring any savings to the state. In fact, it will likely cost the state more with lost productivity, overtime, unemployment benefits and the loss of morale the layoffs could bring to a work force that's already stretched thin.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s New York State Thruway Authority Local President Nick Chiesa, Thruway Authority Executive Director Michael Fleischer and CSEA President Danny Donohue sign copies of the new agreement, as CSEA Labor Relations Specialist Mike Sheldon, seated, far right, and members of CSEA's negotiating team, back row, look on.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Sullivan County Jail Unit President Robert Brewster, Corrections Officer Jonathan Kurtz, and Col. Hal Smith, jail administrator. Kurtz was presented a plaque honoring him as the unit's second annual Officer of the Year. Brewster said Kurtz, a 17-year corrections officer at the county jail, is a role model for other corrections officers and is known for his professionalism on the job. From left, Sullivan County Jail Unit President Robert Brewster, Corrections Officer Jonathan Kurtz, and Col. Hal Smith, jail administrator. Kurtz was presented a plaque honoring him as the unit's second annual Officer of the Year. Brewster said Kurtz, a 17-year corrections officer at the county jail, is a role model for other corrections officers and is known for his professionalism on the job.
Judiciary Local activist Judy DiPaola, Rochester State Employees President Doris Cota, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region Political Action Coordinator Courtney Brunelle, Western Region President Flo Tripi and Western Region Political Action Committee Chairman Tim Finnigan demonstrate outside Assemblyman Joe Morelle's Irondequoit office. CSEA members also demonstrated at Assemblyman Sam Hoyt's office in Buffalo. CSEA's response has been swift and unrelenting in a drive to expose the dangers of Governor David Paterson's strong-arm threat to lay off 8,700 state employees if CSEA and other unions won't agree to his concession demands.
New York State Governor David Paterson, left, is confronted in Saratoga Springs by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Capital Region President Kathy Garrison, who is flanked by Public Employees Federation Secretary-Treasurer Arlea Igoe and CSEA Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan. CSEA's response has been swift and unrelenting in a drive to expose the dangers of Governor David Paterson's strong-arm threat to lay off 8,700 state employees if CSEA and other unions won't agree to his concession demands.
Across New York state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are showing up wherever the Governor appears to protest and confront him about his threat to lay off 8,700 state employees. Union members are also holding rallies and demonstrations in front of the offices of legislative leaders who are backing the governor's plan. Leonard Cheff of the Niagara state Department of Transportation Local leads the way for demonstrators April 29 in Buffalo while Governor David Paterson was hosting international visitors for dinner in the city. CSEA and PEF delivered the message to rush hour traffic that the governor's state layoffs are not the answer.
Across New York state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are showing up wherever the Governor appears to protest and confront him about his threat to lay off 8,700 state employees. Union members are also holding rallies and demonstrations in front of the offices of legislative leaders who are backing the governor's plan. CSEA members demonstrate in front of the governor's midtown Manhattan office.