Victoria Kane, a kennel attendant at the Riverhead Animal Shelter, provides quality care to animals in her care despite short staffing and attacks by a local rescue group. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Suffolk Municipal Employees Local members Lou Coronesi, an animal control officer, and kennel attendant Victoria Kane are the only public employees working at the Riverhead Animal Shelter, as the town increasingly relies on part-time "volunteers" to handle daily functions in an apparent move toward privatization.
Photo used for the cover of the July 2011 Work Force: Fighting back in Local Government: Nassau, Erie County workers fight for jobs. Across the state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members working in local government are facing job losses and difficult contract negotiations as communities struggle with loss of revenue from a weak economy. At the June 28 special meeting of the Nassau County Legislature, legislators voted 10-9 to lay off CSEA members working for Nassau County. Hundreds of CSEA members, friends and families packed the chamber to dispute the layoff proposal brought forward by County Executive Ed Mangano.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Stony Brook Local President Carlos Speight, Suffolk County Legislator Sara Anker and SUNY Stony Brook Local Executive Vice President Debbie Nappi-Gonzales fight to keep the Elsie Owens Health Center open. More than 50 SUNY Stony Brook Local members demonstrated in front of the Health Center in Coram to protest the proposed closure of that facility, which treats about 30,000 people each year. The potential loss of this critical facility is directly related to drastic reductions in aid from the state and is likely to place an added burden on hospital emergency rooms in close proximity, putting the health of Suffolk County residents at greater risk.
Some of the more than 50 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Stony Brook Local members demonstrate in front of the Elsie Owens Health Center in Coram to protest the proposed closure of that facility, which treats about 30,000 people each year. The potential loss of this critical facility is directly related to drastic reductions in aid from the state and is likely to place an added burden on hospital emergency rooms in close proximity, putting the health of Suffolk County residents at greater risk.
Thanks to a dedicated town street lighting crew, Hempstead is brighter and safer at night. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Gary Aue, a field supervisor for the town, oversees a crew of 12 workers who are responsible for maintaining nearly 50,000 lights ? enough to stretch from Long Island to Colorado if they were placed in a straight line. In the photo, Town of Hempstead street lighting crew member Nick Acuri repairs a streetlight in North Valley Stream, a hamlet within the town.
Long Island Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members rally in Hauppague against Governor Andrew Cuomo's budget. This was part of a day of action to show support for public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere 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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Walter Wojnarowski, left, Steve Borkofsky and other CSEA members in the Deer Park School District (Long Island) were instrumental in stemming a potentially dangerous situation after a pre-school student was diagnosed with typhoid fever. The comprehensive cleansing efforts of CSEA members helped prevent other students and staff from contracting the disease.
The Long Island Region Bathing Beauties prepare to plunge. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Long Island Region participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics. They raised nearly $3,000.