Don't Zone Out. The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) new Occupational Safety and Health campaign is raising safety awareness around the state with a simple message: be careful driving through roadway work zones.
Lizette Marrero of the Long Island Developmental Center Local in the Long Island Region is the PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality) Recruiter of the Month for March 2010. Participation in PEOPLE strengthens Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) clout in the workplace, in the legislature, in the community and in the labor movement.
?Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Albany County Department of Social Services Unit President Alex Whatley finds the transition to union officer challenging and rewarding. Whatley has elevated occupational safety and health awareness at the Albany County Department of Social Services.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) volunteer member organizers demonstrate on behalf of Center for Family Support workers looking to join CSEA. On far left is Sheila Conroy, Staten Island DDSO Local president. Fourth from right is Abraham Benjamin, Bronx Psychiatric Center Local president, and to his left are Lester Crockett, Metropolitan Region executive vice president; Rosemary Hampton, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Local president and Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and Roswell Park Cancer Institute Local Women's Committee member Dale Franklin adds a toy to an Easter basket. Members of the committee received enough donations and supplies for the endeavor that they assembled a dozen baskets for children in the pediatric ward and also donated baskets to Haven House, a shelter for women and children.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and Roswell Park Cancer Institute Local Women's Committee members Nancianne Maynard and Sabrina Mitchell assemble Easter baskets for a dozen children in the pediatric ward. Members of the committee received enough donations and supplies that they also donated baskets to Haven House, a shelter for women and children.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and ??Herkimer County Unit President JoAnne LeClair shows the Public Employee Safety and Health violation notice the county received for failing to institute a proper Workplace Violence Prevention program and failing to include the union in the development of such a plan.
Rick Martinez, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member working for the state Department of Transportation, received recognition for an idea he submitted that has improved snow plow safety. Martinez recommended an additional mirror on the state's trucks, designed to assist drivers with blind spots.
?From left, Pawling School District Unit President Jeff Stevens, Unit Secretary Tammy Fielding and Unit Safety and Health Coordinator Dawn Marino say the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) successful push for improved lighting at the district bus garage is a win for district transportation workers and taxpayers alike.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Geneva School District Unit members and their supporters pose for a photo after a demonstration. CSEA school units throughout the Western Region are facing layoffs under New York Governor David Paterson's school funding cuts.