Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Mike Guynup, left, poses with Capital Region Membership Committee Chair Patty Kaufman after being announced the winner of the "Biggest Loser" competition.
Michael Flaherty of the Western Region Buffalo-Niagara Frontier Retirees Local is the PEOPLE Retiree Recruiter of the Year. He recruited 66 new PEOPLE members. From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) PEOPLE Coordinator Cheryl Palmer, Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Michael Flaherty and CSEA PEOPLE Committee Chair Rutha Bush.
Gloria Smith of the Central Region SUNY Syracuse Local is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Year. She recruited 101 new PEOPLE members at the MVP level. From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan, Gloria Smith, Central Region President Colleen Wheaton and CSEA President Danny Donohue.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, congratulates the 2012 Excelsior Award recipient Gary Van Asselt. This award is given to a CSEA member who promotes and fosters athletic spirit in their local school district.
Western Region delegate Bob Pyjas speaks out on the convention floor during the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting.
From left, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Local (Downstate Medical Center) delegates President Althea Green, Mary Harmon, Maurie Dunaway and Juanita Nottingham listen to a workshop presentation during the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting.
Bronx Psychiatric Center Local President Abraham Benjamin and Port Washington School District Custodial, Transportation and Maintenance Unit President Richard Acevedo speak out at a workshop during the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting geared towards helping CSEA workers develop skills to fight on-going attacks on the middle class.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers pose with National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark G. Pearce. Back row, from left, Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullien, Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, Metropolitan Region President Lester Crockett, Pearce and Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan. In front row is Western Region President Flo Tripi.
AFSCME International President Lee Saunders, left, and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue show union solidarity at CSEA's 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting.
The Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Executive Vice President Mary E. Sullivan addresses delegates at CSEA's 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting concerning workers rights and on-going attacks against the middle class.
Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley addresses delegates at the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting urging CSEA members to "stand up for your rights" and fight back against the on-going attacks on the middle class.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue addresses delegates at CSEA's 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting urging CSEA members to "stand up for your rights" to curb attacks against the middle class.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members take part in a Nursing Home Summit. The summits are intended to coordinate the union's strategies in the fight to save public nursing homes across the state.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Blanca Maldonado looks through a photo album, one of the few of her possessions to survive Hurricane Sandy's wrath.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Blanca Maldonado enters the kitchen of her Staten Island home that was devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
Town of Stony Point Unit members Erick Brissing, Dan Cronk and Mike Finnerty remove a fallen tree after Hurricane Sandy swept through the lower half of the Southern Region of New York.
Town of Stony Point Unit member Erick Brissing clears tree debris after Hurricane Sandy swept through the lower half of the Southern Region of New York.
Activists from the SUNY at Binghamton traveled to Manhattan's Bryant Park to deliver donated blankets and coats to members of the SUNY Stony Brook and Nassau County locals who were affected by Sandy. From left, SUNY Stony Brook Local President Carlos Speight, SUNY at Binghamton Local Vice President Barbara Knighton, SUNY Stony Brook Local Treasurer Louise Melious, SUNY at Binghamton Local President David Lee, SUNY Stony Brook Local Vice President Marty Honeychuck, and Nassau County Local Activist Kelvin Lewis.
Village of Babylon Department of Public Works crew members, left to right, Greg Paeitto, Jack Christ and Henry Herman removed mounds of debris from neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
Town of Stony Point Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Brett Bulson clears a downed tree in an area heavily affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region activists Joe Palmisano, left, and David Lee staff a phone bank for New York State Assembly candidate Al Stirpe, who won his election.
From left, Maryann Arroyo of Malverne, Long Island child care providers Lisa Price of Hempstead and Sandra Smith,and Getty Njoku of Uniondale hand-delivered more than 1,300 letters to the Nassau County Department of Social Services commissioner to protest budget proposals that would diminish access to child care subsidies for many families in Nassau County.
Westchester Community College workers Jennifer Dawkins, left, a former WCC student, and Claudia Romano, office assistant, help keep the college running as the school, like many community colleges across the state, faces a swelling enrollment.
Westchester Community College Library Technicians Carrie Carpenter, left, and Linda Roberti, make sure study materials are available and accessible for students.
Illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin showing the importance of union members voting as if their future depended on it, against anti-union candidates who want to slash worker rights and break the unions.
State Education Department Local member and political action volunteer Pat Whalen, "We need candidates like Bill Owens, who looks out for working people and is going to make sure [working families] can put food on the table, make a decent living, send their kids to college. Nationally, if we fail to re-elect President Barack Obama and we elect Mitt Romney, I don't know what kind of a future is going to be possible for working people to have."
State Dormitory Authority Local Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Ira Bethea, "It's really important that we have candidates who are on our side because there is a lot at stake in these elections. Public services have been attacked by corporations and by other politicians unfairly. Millions of dollars have been put into these elections to blame working families for the fact that the economy is slow when in fact, that really hasn't the case."
Long Island Developmental Center Local President Rutha Bush, who is also chair of the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) PEOPLE program (CSEA and AFSCME's political action program) accompanies a quote: "CSEA has great strength in its numbers. When we are united, there is no limit to what we can accomplish.
Activists Michele Martin, Diane Burton, Dan Meenan and Don Page are part of the teams of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists who recently went door-to-door visiting labor households in the Syracuse area to get out the vote for union-endorsed candidates, including Dan Maffei for Congress and Al Stirpe Jr. for state Assembly.
U.S. Rep Steve Israel of Long Island addresses delegates to the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) 102nd Annual Delegates Meeting. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair urged CSEA members to get everyone they know to vote for candidates who will support working people in the upcoming election.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Richard Stutzman, right, a motor vehicle clerk at the Dutchess County Department of Motor Vehicles, assists a customer at the Poughkeepsie DMV branch. DMV clerks across the state helped register hundreds of voters for the upcoming elections.
From left, Village of Woodridge Unit members John Baker, Patrick Smith and Yury Batres play an important role in the Woodridge Fire Department. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members make up the core of many volunteer fire companies across the state.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Village of Floral Park Unit members Joe Karam, left, and Kevin Ginnane show off their certificates of appreciation from the mayor for helping a local woman recover her engagement and wedding rings.
New York State Canal Authority workers are dwarfed by an immense flood gate structure as they lower flood gates at Erie Canal Lock 8 in Rotterdam. Canal workers and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members were critical in cleaning debris, repairing locks and infrastructure, and helping to get the canal open on time this season following two devastating storms and an earthquake.