Ruby Mims, the top statewide Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized for Political and Legislative Equality) recruiter for 2009, poses with AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy at the 2010 Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Conference in Albany.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio demands respect for CFS (Child and Family Service) workers at a rally, surrounded by CFS workers and other supporters.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan and Secretary Denise Berkley joined CSEA members at the union's booth during the 2010 Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Conference in Albany. Members participated in several workshops and panel discussions on topics ranging from public education to economic development. AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William "Bill" Lucy also delivered the keynote address during the event's labor luncheon.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and State Department of Taxation and Finance Local activist Douglas Murphy, left, with his son, Douglas Murphy Jr.
The cover of the May 2010 Work Force. More than 300 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, other school workers, administration and Board of Education representatives, PTA representatives, students and concerned community members demonstrate in Yonkers against proposed budget cuts and layoffs in the district.(12 x 13 photograph)
?A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Yonkers School District member gets some help during a demonstration from one of the district's pupils. More than 300 CSEA members, other school workers, administration and Board of Education representatives, PTA representatives, students and concerned community members demonstrated in Yonkers against proposed budget cuts and layoffs in the district.
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) New York City State Employees Local activist Marie Rogers and State Insurance Fund Local activist Lester Crockett demonstrate against the governor's furlough plan.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Thomas Rosa, a filter plant operator at Riverbank State Park in Manhattan, uses the large skimmer to clean and maintain the park's pool for thousands of visitors.
Lovetta Nixon, a therapy aide at the Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center was used as a voice in the Work Force: Making Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) stronger with PEOPLE. PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality) is AFSCME's political legislative and fund-raising program.
Activists from the Civil Service Employees Association's (CSEA) Metropolitan Region, including region Executive Vice President Lester Crockett, gather on stage during the One Nation Working Together march in Washington, D.C.
Crispin Booker, Vice President at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center, hands out campaign literature to subway commuters in Brooklyn's busy Atlantic Terminal on Election Day.
Lelia Hoskins, with State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, from the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Local in the Metropolitan Region was the October 2010 PEOPLE recruiter of the month.
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Local Vice President Crispin Booker, left, and Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Local President Fitzroy Wilson discuss the recent report calling for the closure of inpatient services.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), Westchester Local 2nd Vice President Junio Ismael Alvarado, center, dressed as King Melchor, joins retired CSEA member Donald Michael Friedman, right, as King Gaspar and SEIU Local 32BJ member Marcus Luna as King Baltasar in the annual Puerto Rican and Latino holiday tradition of celebrating Three Kings Day. On January 6 of every year since he was 7, Alvarado has worn an intricate, homemade costume, which usually takes him about a month to make, and participates in celebrations and parades.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members employed by Westchester Medical Center recently attended a press conference to blast hospital management for outsourcing jobs with a company with a record of failure.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Westchester County Local President John Staino, second from right, meets with Westchester County Legislators Catherine Borgia, far left, and Virginia Perez. (Person on far right is unidentified.)
Workers at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center held a lively lunchtime demonstration in front of the offices of Stephen Berger's investment firm, Odyssey Investment Partners. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President Lester Crockett leads workers in a demonstration in front of Berger's Manhattan investment firm.