Wally Green of the Suffolk County Local in the Long Island Region is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for October. PEOPLE stands for Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality.
Irving Flaumenbaum speaks at a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) event, circa 1966. Flaumenbaum was one of CSEA's most influential leaders throughout the growth of the union's local government units starting in the 1950s, the dawn of collective bargaining under the Taylor Law in the 1960s and the historic affiliation with AFSCME in the 1970s.
An illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin depicting the birth of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) in 1910 and the growth of a union through 100 years of progess in 2010, with much more to come.
Gary Farrell, 48, a state Department of Transportation highway maintenance worker, died Nov. 2, 2009, after being struck by a vehicle while he was working as a flagger.
Shenendehowa Central School District Unit Vice President Gary Lanahan drives buses for the district but also is a passionate booster of the school's hockey and baseball teams. Lanahan spearheaded the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) unit's efforts three years ago to provide fund-raising support to the teams.
Canastota Schools Groundsworkers Nick Campbell and Richard Mitchell carry bleacher seating to the inside of the track to set up for an athletic event at the school.
Canastota Schools Groundsworkers Nick Campbell and Richard Mitchell rake some new topsoil on top of the dirt at home plate to prepare the playing field at the school for spring's baseball season.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Lifespire Local President Pam Marshall, right, with bullhorn, leads CSEA members in demonstrating for a fair contract outside the Empire State building in Manhattan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Lynnet Witherell, left, writes down the violence concerns of library worker Yvonne Fuller, right, during workplace violence prevention training for library employees. Fuller was at an evening program at the Liverpool Library with her young children 15 years ago when a man lurking outside the library shot and killed his wife as she left the library. She is now an employee of the library. At the time of the murder, library workers feared for their safety, but weren't sure how to best respond to protect themselves and their patrons.