Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) State Office of Children and Family Services Local members collect donations in Rensselaer, NY for "CSEA Street," a row of houses Habitat for Humaity will build in storm-ravaged Louisiana with money donated by CSEA members. Local members bought a doghouse to donate to one of the Habitat homes. Members will raise money by having donors pay to sign a shingle. Signers can include messages of hope to the family who will eventually live in the home that will include the doghouse. From left to right are Treasurer Irena Glogowski, Executive Vice President Mary Hamilton, Local President Richard Chaffin, Kristina Stuto and Sam Hjardemaal.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Village of Chatham Unit member Kelly Corbett distributes fliers and collects donations for the Red Cross relief effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Corbett was one of many CSEA members who staffed a Red Cross booth at the Columbia County Fair.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. Niagara Falls State Park workers Tim Koch and Derek McClain install a sign on Goat Island near Horseshoe Falls.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Long Island Region members picket near the Copiague School District for a fair contract for school custodians, groundskeepers, and maintenance workers. A visit by New York State Education Commissioner Richard Mills to the Copiague School District coincided with the picket.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Tracy Auten keeps the public safe in her job as a dispatcher for Town of Amherst's Public Safety Department in Erie County, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and child care provider Denise McFadden pleads with members of a Workers' Rights Board to address problems she and other providers are experiencing getting timely reimbursement payments. More than 100 independent daycare providers from across New York state attended a two-day child care advocacy summit in Albany hosted by CSEA and the Voice of Independent Childcare Educators, a professional association of more than 700 family child care providers working with CSEA to improve their profession and the quality of care for the children they serve.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Labor Relations Specialist Jim Wall investigates an accident that took the life of CSEA member and Miller Place School District maintenance worker, Michael Sallee. CSEA, in the wake of Sallees' death, has urged officials to institute policies and procedures to protect employee safety.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, State Emergency Management Office EMAC operations employees Ken Bergmann, Stacey Dunn, and Brian Head answer phones in the coordination center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. EMAC operations employees are the first to recieve calls from local governments looking for assistance.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Watkins Glen School District employee, Tom Harbot, cleans up a cafeteria table. Hobart is one of many CSEA members who will be helped by a newly passed law mandating the use of enviromental cleaning products in New York State schools.