Two unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates registering for the CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) General Counsel Marjorie E. Karowe discussing Constitution and By-Laws amendments. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the unions constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified delegates attending the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting listening as CSEA President Bill McGowan addresses the crowd, while other CSEA officers and guest speakers sit on the dais. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members arriving at the CSEA's 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting held in Rochester, New York. Dozens of tables were set up with information and materials available to the delegates to take back to their co-workers. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended the meeting. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Irene Carr speaking at the CSEA 1987 Annual Delegates Meeting in Rochester, New York. For the 77th consecutive year delegates elected by the membership to help determine the present and future course of their union participated in the democratic process known as the CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. More than 1,200 delegates attended. Delegates rejected a proposed dues increase; approved several changes in the union's constitution and by-laws; approved the affiliation of CSEA's Retirees Division with AFSCME and reaffirmed overall union policy.
Bill Jordan, left, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member representing Region VI Institutional Services Unit and Tom Ward, a Region V representative of the Operational Services Unit discussing preparations for contract negotiations with New York State in 1987. The State's contract with ISU and OSU, as well as the Division of Military and Naval Affairs (DMNA) and the Office of Court Administration (OCA) would expire on March 31, 1988. The CSEA teams represented 110,000 New York State employees.
Negotiating team leaders and representatives from Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and New York State discussing contract language during negotiations which would affect CSEA members in the state Institutional, Operational and Administrative Services Units. Tens of thousands of CSEA members were expected to vote on tentative contracts by the May 13, 1985, ratification deadline. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Administrative Services Unit negotiating team members from Metropolitan Region Ann Worthy and Elliot Bernstein listening and taking notes during contract negotiations with New York State. The negotiating team and the collective bargaining specialists assigned to each of the three bargaining units, Administrative Services Unit, Operational Services Unit and Institutional Services Unit, prepare demands to improve the contract language in each unit. CSEA staff and the negotiating teams use contract demand sheets sent in by thousands of members as a basis for formulating the union's demands. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Operational Services Unit negotiating team member from the Capital Region Leroy Holmes, left, and collective bargaining specialist John Naughter, right, listening during contract negotiations with New York State. The negotiating team and the collective bargaining specialists assigned to each of the three bargaining units, Administrative Services Unit, Operational Services Unit and Institutional Services Unit, prepare demands to improve the contract language in each unit. CSEA staff and the negotiating teams use contract demand sheets sent in by thousands of members as a basis for formulating the union's demands. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Institutional Services Unit negotiating team member from the Western Region Elaine Mootry listening during contract negotiations with New York State. The negotiating team and the collective bargaining specialists assigned to each of the three bargaining units, Administrative Services Unit, Operational Services Unit and Institutional Services Unit, prepare demands to improve the contract language in each unit. CSEA staff and the negotiating teams use contract demand sheets sent in by thousands of members as a basis for formulating the union's demands. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.