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.
A day of action was held across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else. From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Upstate Medical University Local officers Michele Martin, Kathy Yeldon and Doreen Jacobs attend a community rally in Syracuse, attended by more than 400 union members and their supporters, to show their solidarity for public workers.
The Photo of the Month in the May 2011 Work Force published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). More than 150 supporters of the Ulster County-run Golden Hill Health Care Center demonstrated in front of the Ulster County Office Building March 29 before a meeting of the Ulster County Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee. At that meeting, legislators continued the ongoing debate over the future of the county home. Support for building a new county home is growing among legislators on both sides of the aisle. One week later, a group of eight local Tea Party members attempted their own rally calling for the sale of Golden Hill.
The cover of the May 2011 Work Force: We Are One! Unions fight back against attacks on rights, public sector services. A day of action was held across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else. Pictured here is a group of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region activists Delphine Moultrie, far left, and Joe Aravena, chair of the region's Education Committee, far right, helped U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region Director Dr. Jaime Torres coordinate a local launch for First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative, which is aimed at solving childhood obesity within a generation.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Carmel School District Unit members B.J. Hawthorne and Raena O'Brien saved several lives when they noticed smoke coming from a house as they were finishing their morning bus run. Hawthorne, a district bus driver, quickly radioed for help while O'Brien, a bus monitor, banged on the door to alert the residents of the home that it was on fire. The duo's heroics garnered local media attention.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver addresses AFSCME members at the 2011 AFSCME Lobby Day program in Albany. Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists met with their state senators and Assembly members to urge the lawmakers to oppose the governor's proposed state budget cuts and oppose cutting income taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.
An AFSCME member makes her voice heard at the 2011 AFSCME Lobby Day program in Albany. Hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists met with their state senators and Assembly members to urge the lawmakers to oppose the governor's proposed state budget cuts and oppose cutting income taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.
Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous addresses Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at the 2011 AFSCME Lobby Day in Albany. Libous was one of the featured speakers at the program before members met with their state senators and Assembly members to urge the lawmakers to oppose the governor's proposed state budget cuts and oppose cutting income taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue presents an AFSCME T-shirt to New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli at the 2011 AFSCME Lobby Day in Albany.