Across New York, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are reaching out to their communities to help make the holidays brighter for New Yorkers who are facing tough times. Town of Patterson mechanical equipment operators, from left, Joe Tresca, Russell Goff and Jason Kinash work inside a Santa's Workshop float the Highway Department entered in the Putnam Lake Fire Department's annual holiday parade.
Across New York, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are reaching out to their communities to help make the holidays brighter for New Yorkers who are facing tough times. Ulster County Local President Terry Gilbert, left, and Ulster County Shop Steward Christine Block sort through the pile of gifts collected for Toys for Tots. The Ulster Local Office served this year as a drop off point for Toys for Tots. Block, with Gilbert's support, spearheaded CSEA's local involvement with Toys for Tots. Numerous county departments collected toys, which will all be distributed locally.
Across New York, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are reaching out to their communities to help make the holidays brighter for New Yorkers who are facing tough times. CSEA members in the CSEA Oyster Bay Local recently made the holiday season happier for disadvantaged children in their communities. Chris Baranski, left, and Joe Damico work on a bike. At right, Chris Dane, Tim Brown and Jim Ort donated their time to the cause, along with several other local members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the Teachers' Aides Unit in the Riverhead School District demonstrate prior to a recent school board meeting. The unit has declared impasse in its contract talks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Mary Brownell, Brenda Facin and Heidi Holcomb, all of the Greenwich School District Unit, before jumping into a frigid Lake George to help raise money for Special Olympics athletes.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, officers and staff hit the streets to protest proposed layoffs in Lewis County. At the head of the line is Lewis County Local President Cal Farney, followed by CSEA Central Region President Colleen Wheaton.
Longtime Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Jimmy Gripper in a 1998 photo. CSEA will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2010. Throughout 2009 The Work Force is devoting the Leading Edge page to a look back at some of the key individuals who have helped shape our extraordinary history. This month we feature a interview with Jimmy Gripper. Gripper began his career in state service at what was then known as the Brooklyn Developmental Center in 1972. An activist in CSEA for 30 years, Gripper was the union's first African-American region president when he was elected to lead the Metropolitan Region in 1980. He is now retired and living in Virginia.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) reminding members to attend the March For Main Street rally at the Capitol in Albany, NY, on January 7, 2009, the date Gov. Paterson gives his State of the State address. The rally is a response by CSEA and other New York state labor unions to the governor's budget which puts jobs and services across the state at serious risk.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2008 Statewide Women's Conference Committee member Cathy Barretta poses with the journal published for former statewide Secretary Irene Carr's retirement dinner after Barretta gave a tribute to Carr.
Nearly 40 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under the age of 35 from around the state attended a workshop in Rennsselaerville to be a part of Next Wave; a new program designed to encourage younger activists to take an active role in building and maintaining the strength of CSEA by passing along the torch of activism to the next generation. Michael Nelson, right, executive secretary, Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Local with Kevin Norwood from Suffolk County Municipal Local during one of the weekend workshops.