A photo of Joseph Gavit at work in the State Library in 1946. A state library worker who began as a junior clerk in 1896, Gavit was integral in documenting what was lost in a fire that tore through the State Capitol on March 29, 1911, destroying vast amounts of New York's history. Gavit's knowledge of the library collection would serve him well in helping to address the fire's aftermath, a task that filled the rest of his career. He was active in the Association of State Civil Service Employees, the original name of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), and retired from state service in 1946 after 50 years.
A photo of Joseph Gavit as a young man. A state library worker who began as a junior clerk in 1896, Gavit was integral in documenting what was lost in a fire that tore through the State Capitol on March 29, 1911, destroying vast amounts of New York's history. Gavit's knowledge of the library collection would serve him well in helping to address the fire's aftermath, a task that filled the rest of his career. He was active in the Association of State Civil Service Employees, the original name of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), and retired from state service in 1946 after 50 years.
Thanks to a dedicated town street lighting crew, Hempstead is brighter and safer at night. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Gary Aue, a field supervisor for the town, oversees a crew of 12 workers who are responsible for maintaining nearly 50,000 lights ? enough to stretch from Long Island to Colorado if they were placed in a straight line. In the photo, Town of Hempstead street lighting crew member Nick Acuri repairs a streetlight in North Valley Stream, a hamlet within the town.
Teaching associates in the Niagara Falls School District took to the street to protest job cuts and stalled contract talks with management. At issue is the loss of 33 jobs, as well as health insurance proposals by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) that would level the playing field and create fair and equitable health insurance costs for unit members. Alida Barreto, a special education associate, leads co-workers during a demonstration against budget cuts.
Long Island Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members rally in Hauppague against Governor Andrew Cuomo's budget. This was part of a day of action to show support for public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Rockland Psychiatric Center Local activist Sheila Dunlop takes part in a Newburgh We Are One rally. This was part of a day of action to show support for public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and other union members take part in a Western New York Area Labor Federation We Are One rally in Buffalo. This was part of a day of action to show support for public employees in Wisconsin and elsewhere across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else.
A nurse at Poughkeepsie City School District's Krieger Elementary School, was hailed as a hero recently after saving the life of a student's grandfather during a school concert. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Poughkeepsie City School District Unit member Nancy Liber successfully revived the grandfather using CPR after the man collapsed because of a cardiac episode.
Two Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Town of Greece highway workers are credited with saving the life of an elderly man who somehow found himself in the middle of a fenced-in construction site next to the highway department and got stuck up to his armpits in mud and water and clinging to a post. The two workers heard the man's cries for help and stayed with him until emergency responders came and then helped pull the man to safety. Rescuers Dan O'Connell, left, and Ron Bandemer stand near the fence surrounding the construction site where the man became stuck in mud.
Twenty nursing instructors employed with Eastern Suffolk BOCES (adult/continuing education) recently decertified their union with UPSEU (United Public Service Employees Union) Local 424 to join the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). New BOCES Nursing Instructors Unit officers being sworn in by CSEA Suffolk County Education Employees Local President Maria Navarro, left are President Jim Van Tassel, Vice President Chris Villaneuva, Treasurer Christine McNally, and Secretary Kathleen Parente. The nursing instructors left their former union to get better representation with CSEA.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo Women's Committee member Catherine Custance, right, gives information to Erie County Local and Next Wave activists Alison Schoonover, Rachel Casey and Michele Weaver.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo Hudson Valley DDSO Local members Delcina Fisher, Dawn Woody, Tonya Miller and Michelle Dewitt learn self defense techniques.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo several young Capital Region Girls, Inc. members perform poetry and other readings honoring labor history.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. The CSEA Women's Committee poses in this photo with AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker and Irene Carr Leadership Award recipients Delphine Moultrie and Betty Jo Johnson. From left are committee staff adviser Sharon Lovelady-Hall, Janice Beaulieu, Rose Conti, Carlotta Williams, Committee Chair Jacqueline Stanford, Baker, Karen Pecora, Moultrie, Kim Wallace-Russo, Johnson, Catherine Custance, Cathy Baretta, CSEA Executive Vice President and committee officer liaison Mary Sullivan and Sylvia Thomas.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo CSEA Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan and Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio lead a standing ovation for AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker after Baker's address.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo Orange County Local activist Vanessa Bisone talks about involving members in the union.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo President Danny Donohue congratulates Betty Jo Johnson on the Irene Carr Leadership Award.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo Delphine Moultrie accepts the Irene Carr Leadership Award from President Danny Donohue.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo Standing Women's Committee Char Jacqueline Stanford welcomes members to the conference.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo National AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker addresses the conference.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo Sing-Sing Correctional Facility Local President Bonnie Wilber discusses the challenges facing CSEA members.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo, Green Haven Correctional Facility Local President Jim Eve shares his opinions with other conference attendees during the Cafe CSEA: Straight Talk session.
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. In this photo, Brooklyn Developmental Center Local activist Juliette Spruill looks over the Cafe CSEA "menu."
The central message at Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s recent Women's Conference was CSEA women ? and men ? have the power to win the battle against unprecedented attacks on workers by politicians, corporate interests and the media. Nearly 500 activists from across the state attended. CSEA President Danny Donohue, front row, center, poses with Women's Committee members and first-time conference attendees.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) participated in memorial events in New York City and Albany on March 25 to mark the centennial of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York's Greenwich Village that claimed the lives of 146 people, mostly young, immigrant women. This photo captures the Triangle Fire memorial display at the Albany event.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) participated in memorial events in New York City and Albany on March 25 to mark the centennial of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York's Greenwich Village that claimed the lives of 146 people, mostly young, immigrant women. In this photo Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio places a flower outside the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory building in Manhattan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) participated in memorial events in New York City and Albany on March 25 to mark the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York's Greenwich Village that claimed the lives of 146 people, mostly young, immigrant women. In this photo, attendees at the Albany event memorialize those who perished in the Triangle Fire.
An illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin in the May 2011 Work Force published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). Giant corporations enjoy huge profits, paying $0 taxes in 2010 while the tax burden fell to the average public employee.
A day of action was held across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else. From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Upstate Medical University Local officers Michele Martin, Kathy Yeldon and Doreen Jacobs attend a community rally in Syracuse, attended by more than 400 union members and their supporters, to show their solidarity for public workers.
The Photo of the Month in the May 2011 Work Force published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). More than 150 supporters of the Ulster County-run Golden Hill Health Care Center demonstrated in front of the Ulster County Office Building March 29 before a meeting of the Ulster County Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee. At that meeting, legislators continued the ongoing debate over the future of the county home. Support for building a new county home is growing among legislators on both sides of the aisle. One week later, a group of eight local Tea Party members attempted their own rally calling for the sale of Golden Hill.
The cover of the May 2011 Work Force: We Are One! Unions fight back against attacks on rights, public sector services. A day of action was held across the country on April 4, culminating in hundreds of We Are One rallies, emphasizing workers' rights and the growing gulf between the super rich and everyone else. Pictured here is a group of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists crossing the Brooklyn Bridge.