Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Art Gerhardt, operating a paver, and Mike Flaherty, standing, work with a crew to pave a road in North Hempstead, NY.
An innovative Labor-management expedited resolution process at Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Services Office was recognized as one of New York Governor George E. Pataki's 2005 Workforce champions. The process was started in 2001 with an eye toward streamlining the settlement of disciplinary cases. Since the inception, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) has estimated its savings at over $150,000. The facility has also saved a similar amount. In this photo Finger Lakes DDSO CSEA officers speak with CSEA President Danny Donohue and New York State office of mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Thomas Maul. From left, Ed Figueroa, Donohue, Steve Hurley, Maul, Doug Drake, Kathy Button and Daniel Stone.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and certified nusing assistant, Venus McSpirit, helps fix a necklace for Golden Hill Health Care Center resident, Katherine Myers. McSpirit has worked at the Golden Hill Health Care Center for 22 years. Golden Hill Health Care Center is the Ulser County nursing facility located in Kingston, NY.
From left, State Senator Dale Volker, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Jeanne Kreavy, Ron Kreavy, representatives of the color guard, Assemblyman Jack Quinn II, CSEA member Neil Hodgson and Bob Lennartz celebrate the recent renaming of an Erie County highway as the "Erie County Veterans Memorial Highway." The Western Region Veterans Committee collected more than 800 petition signatures from the community to rename the section of Route 219 stretching from West Seneca to the Hamburg/Boston exit.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s first graduating LEAD class. LEAD is CSEA's Leadership Education and Development Program. Thirty-two CSEA activists from across the state completed the first-ever CSEA LEAD program, an intensive, 18-month program to help emerging union activists gain the skills and knowledge necessary to better address the challenges facing the union at every level.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Village of Suffern employee Scott Brown hands a flier to a Suffern Day attendee. CSEA members and village workers attended the second annual Suffern Day festival this fall, armed with fliers informing the public about the Village of Suffern mayor's anti-union efforts. The mayor lost in the 2005 elections. Village workers looking to organize under CSEA worked to oust Mayor James Giannettino from office after the mayor repeatedly rebuffed their union-forming efforts.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, urging people to get out and vote on November 8, 2005. It sends a message to CSEA members to vote for CSEA-endorsed candidates and to vote yes on Proposition 1.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Stockbridge Valley School District Bus Driver Fred Marshall reflects on the incident that killed one of his riders. Marshall was involved in an incident in May 2004 where an 8 year old child was killed stepping off of a bus that he was driving. After the incident, Marshall became an advocate for school bus safety.
Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Thomas Maul answers questions put forward by unidentified Civil Services Employees Association (CSEA) members at a OMRDD Labor-Management Summit. Maul also discussed the current state of OMRDD's functions during the meeting.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Capital Region, including Region President Kathy Garrison, joined other volunteers two days before Thanksgiving to assist Equinox with its annual Thanksgiving meal for Albany-area people in need. Volunteers helped with tasks that included cleaning, peeling potatoes and prepping turkeys. From left are Kim Wallace, Lori Jubic, Garrison, Jay Ingoldsby and his daughter Lauren.