Governor Mario Cuomo prepares to sign the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) contracts with New York State. At the table are, from left, Governor's Office of Employee Relations Director Liz Moore, CSEA/AFSCME negotiator Ernie Rewelinski (standing), and CSEA President William L. McGowan. Cuomo and Rewelinski are shaking hands.
Utica, New York Chapter Meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) discuss a new division of employment (the Youth Opportunity Center) with speaker John J. Mahoney. The meeting also included discussion of the Nominating Committee Report and information on salary negotiations with the New York State Budget Director. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Utica New York Chapter Meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) to discuss a new division of employment (the Youth Opportunity Center) with speaker John J. Mahoney. The meeting also included discussion of the Nominating Committee Report and information on salary negotiations with the New York State Budget Director. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Utica New York Chapter Meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) to discuss a new division of employment (the Youth Opportunity Center) with speaker John J. Mahoney. The meeting also included discussion of the Nominating Committee Report and information on salary negotiations with the New York State Budget Director. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
A newsletter clipping from the Utica, NY chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), Irene Carr, president of the Oneonta chapter, Civil Service Employees Association, receives the oath of office from Raymond Castle, first vice-president of the Central Conference, CSEA, while Mrs. Clara Boone, conference president and Dr. Theodore Wenzl, CSEA president look on. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Buffalo State College Local President Helen Hughes, right, and 1st Vice President Jerry Richmond, on the steps leading into the college's tunnel system. The photograph illustrates safety concerns CSEA members have. CSEA members and activists across the state have been proactive in using the Worksite Security Act to address potential risks to workers and the public in public buildings and work sites.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, retirees, and their supporters in the Village of Skaneateles, New York, who lined the street to protest a vote by the Village Board that eliminated health care coverage in retirement for many current and future retirees. The union then packed a village board meeting to condemn the board members for failing to bring the issue to the union prior to their action.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County member and activist Ron Kreavy, a supervising maintenance mechanic for the county Department of Environment and Planning's Northern Region with the Barbara Smith Memorial Chapter Award he received at the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) at the Buffalo Chapters' annual awards dinner. The award recognizes a member who has shown true commitment to the Buffalo CBTU Chapter, the community and political action. Pictured with Kreavy are CSEA members Pamela Watson, Sylvia Thomas, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy, who is a founder of CBTU and the coalition's national president, Angelo Vellake (UFCW Local 1) and WNY-ALF President Oswaldo Mestre Jr. and Terry Melvin.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office Local President Debbie Downey, left and CSEA Hudson River Psychiatric Center Local President Micki Thoms, second from right, speaking with New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter, right, at a forum to address health care needs for New Yorkers with developmental disabilities. The two CSEA activists are among the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council leaders in New York working to show the power of labor solidarity in their communities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Fernando Correa on the job as a mailroom supply clerk at the New York State Division of Parole offices in Manhattan, New York. When Correa, a supply assistant for 16 years, wanted to receive better pay for the many jobs he and four other colleagues at parole offices throughout the city were performing, he went to CSEA for help. Correa and his co-workers in the same grade 4 position were reclassified by the state Department of Civil Service to Mailroom Supply Clerk, Grade 6, and were also given retroactive pay. CSEA is New York State's largest labor union.