Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue with Karen Burstein at a press conference announcing the union's endorsement of Burstein for New York Attorney General.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicted the horrific violence of the 1995 bombing attack on innocent public employees working at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The union had long made efforts to secure worksites in New York State.
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaking to the press at the 1996 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Annual Delegates Meeting. Giuliani was mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001.
This Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon, by CSEA graphic artist Ralph Distin, depicts Governor George E. Pataki as oblivious to the needs of state workers in their fight for a fair contract as well as their efforts to obtain one, which culminated in a 20,000 member-strong rally at the state Capitol. A contract agreement was reached a short time later in early Jan. 2000.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue and the 2000 CSEA State Contract Negotiating Team cheering. All are wearing CSEA logo t-shirts.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Mark Hoffman, while on the back of a Department of Public Works truck passing through more than 3 feet of flood water, speaks about flood damage done to the Montgomery County Annex building, shown behind him. Floods raged through New York's Central, Capital, and Southern regions on June 28, 2006. CSEA members recorded much of the devastation the floods brought.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members chanting "Main Street, not Wall Street," thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol in Albany, January 7, 2009 to participate in the March for Main Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue fires up marchers. Chanting "Main Street, not Wall Street," thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol in Albany, January 7, 2009 to participate in the March for Main Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region activists Barbara Shoates, a Department of Motor Vehicles' traffic violation division worker in Manhattan, and Johnnie Dinkins, a keyboard specialist at VESID in Brooklyn, rally before the March for Main Street. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other labor organizations stand together on and off the Capitol steps in their fight for middle-class New Yorkers. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region State Employees Local member Will James keeps the crowd fired up at the Times Union Center. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the Sullivan County Local make it an annual tradition to play Santa Claus to young students at Sullivan County Head Start in Woodbourne, purchasing holiday gifts for the children. Santa, as portrayed by Fallsburg School District Unit member Angelo Pacheco, visits with a student.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue leads the march for Main Street. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Schaunderlon White, right, serves Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance clients with the same dedication as she serves her union. The agency provides services for individuals who have been injured, have a disability or are unable to work and provide for themselves or their families for other reasons.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Hudson Valley DDSO Local President Nancy Hueben is fired up at the March for Main Street. Thousands of working New Yorkers converged on the state Capitol to March for Main Street to tell Governor David Paterson that his budget priorities should lie with Main Street, not Wall Street.
In 2004, New York's farmworkers stopped to rally at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) headquarters on their way to the Capitol, winding up a 10-day, 200-mile walk for equal rights. CSEA members and staff joined them and showed support, handing out water to the thirsty and tired workers. CSEA is a longtime supporter of the Justice for Farmworkers campaign, led by the Rural and Migrant Ministry, committed to overcoming prejudices and poverty. CSEA urged members to join a May 12, 2009, rally in Albany to show state lawmakers that farmworkers cannot be forgotten for another 70 years.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Yan Kushelman, a surgical techologist at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, assists doctors during a surgical procedure. CSEA represents nearly 500 workers at the medical center.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Rebecca McGrath, an addictions counselor at Hope House in Albany, NY, helps people with addictions get their lives back on track. CSEA is actively involved in organizing workers from facilities such as Hope House, whether they be addiction services, care for autistic adults and children, or private sector developmental disability service agencies.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon illustrating how Wall Street (a beaver) is biting into New York's economy (a tree) while New Yorkers (a sweating bird sitting on a branch) watch savings and investments (leaves shaken from a branch) blow away. A broken branch on the tree shows manufacturing decline. The state motto, "Excelsior" (Ever Upward) is crossed out and replaced with "Caveat Emptor" (Buyer Beware).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Head Start employees across the Capital Region in New York State recently met for a one-day conference to discuss issues affecting the program. Cecilia Perry from AFSCME's Department of Research and Collective Bargaining Services led the discussion that included new regulations, statutes, funding and reporting requirements. Capital Region President Kathy Garrison is fourth from left in the back row.
Nick Paolini, president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Amherst Unit, affixes address labels on postcards supporting Barack Obama for president. Members of the Western Region conducted the postcard campaign during the annual autumn region meeting. The cards were sent to union members in swing states.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Amy E. LaForte, a financial case manager at Hope House in Albany, NY, helps keep the center's records on track. CSEA is actively involved in organizing workers from facilities such as Hope House, whether they be addiction services, care for autistic adults and children, or private sector developmental disability service agencies.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2008 Statewide Women's Conference attendees do the conga to Lynn Marie Smith's labor version of the hit song "YMCA".
Goshen Secure Center Local Secretary Amber Bradshaw and Goshen Secure Local member Karen Wright at the Civil Service Employee Association (CSEA)'s 2008 Statewide Women's Conference.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists Guadalupe Johnson and Terry Lester march to Lynn Marie Smith's labor version of the hit song "YMCA" at the Statewide Women's Conference.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Vice President and Women's Committee officer liaison Mary Sullivan applauds Lynn Marie Smith's performance at the Statewide Women's Conference.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Orange County Local activists Betty Lou Kranz and Joyce Howard listen at a workshop at the 2008 Statewide Women's Conference.
AFSCME member Tamika Felder, a cervical cancer survivor who founded "Tamika & Friends" to fight the disease, tells her story at the "Say Something" workshop at the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) statewide Women's Committee member Catherine Custance, far left, and Tamika & Friends activists listen.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2008 Statewide Women's Conference Committee poses at the end of the statewide Women's Conference. Standing, from left, are Committee Adviser Sharon Lovelady-Hall; Retiree member Sylvia Thomas; Southern Region member Janice Beaulieu; Capital Region member Kim Wallace; Metropolitan Region member Carlotta Williams; Western Region member Rose Conti; Executive Vice President and committee officer liaison Mary Sullivan; committee Chair Jackie Stanford and Long Island Region member Catherine Custance. Front row, from left, are Central Region member Cathy Barretta and Southern Region member Karen Pecora
Master of Ceremonies Nick Paolini, president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Amherst Unit, and Western Region Veterans Committee Chairman Bob Pyjas of the Erie County Unit place a wreath on the dock near the USS Little Rock at Naval and Military Park in Buffalo, NY, during the region's annual Veterans Day ceremony.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities aide John Normile stands with a framed New York Times sports section front page. He took the photo of Drew Bledsoe getting sacked.
Nearly 40 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under the age of 35 from around the state attended a workshop in Rennsselaerville to be a part of Next Wave; a new program designed to encourage younger activists to take an active role in building and maintaining the strength of CSEA by passing along the torch of activism to the next generation. CSEA President Danny Donohue addresses the attendees of the weekend program.
Nearly 40 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under the age of 35 from around the state attended a workshop in Rennsselaerville to be a part of Next Wave; a new program designed to encourage younger activists to take an active role in building and maintaining the strength of CSEA by passing along the torch of activism to the next generation. Shannon Wade, right, from Guild for Exceptional Children, with Scott Gould from Health Research Inc. Local in Buffalo.
Nearly 40 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members under the age of 35 from around the state attended a workshop in Rennsselaerville to be a part of Next Wave; a new program designed to encourage younger activists to take an active role in building and maintaining the strength of CSEA by passing along the torch of activism to the next generation. Guadalupe Johnson, Nassau County Local Administrative Assistant, enjoys a light moment with other members at the weekend workshop.
Union members from the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other labor groups demand fairness at a November 18 rally near the state Capitol in Albany, NY, the same day Governor Paterson called for a special legislative budget session which broke down without any resolution to the state's budget deficit. CSEA's position is that the governor's budget proposals have only been about cutting back essential public services and shifting more burden to working New Yorkers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists from eastern Long Island spoke out against Town Supervisor Phil Cardinale's posposed 2009 budget, particularly his plan to eliminate funding for public safety dispatchers in the town's Police Department.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region activists raised more than $3,300 for the Special Olympics to sponsor the region's team for the state's first "Polar Plunge" of the 2008-09 season. Funding raised directly benefits Special Olympics athletes and gives access to families that otherwise couldn't afford to send their special needs family members to Special Olympics. The "Central Region Polar Peeps" Team, from left to right: Barb Carnrike, Karen Bright, Betty Jo Johnson, Jeffrey Colburn, Sarah Gilkinson, Tammy Witteman, Ellen Englert, Casey Walpole, Janice Danaher, Nick Kadick and Jeannette Engle.
A plan to contract out part of the busing operation in the Warwick Valley Central School District and consolidate bus runs is facing fierce opposition from members of the district's Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) unit. CSEA activists, from left, Martha Langlitz, Wendy Vandercliff and Barbara Watch say proposed cuts to the Warwick Valley Central School District's transportation department must be stopped.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, right, presents a check for $1,757 to Jolie Bonaparte from the American Cancer Society for its "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" fund-raiser. The region raised the money at its fall conference by raffling gift baskets. The donations will be used toward fighting breast cancer, including research, education and patient care programs.
Pat Whalen, secretary of the state Education Department Local and a 23-year Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, was recently honored by the Capital District Gay and Lesbian Community Council with its 'Straight But Not Narrow' award. Whalen, a visitor assistant at the New York State Museum in Albany, works closely with the council on projects year round and recently coordinated events at the state museum for Gay Pride Month. The council honored him for his commitment to the labor and LGBT communities, calling it "solidarity."
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicts Governor David Paterson as a fire chief putting out smoldering wildfires (public services and quality of life in NYS) with fire extinguisher (budget proposals) and an axe (service cuts).