Officer Aaron Dean of the Newark Police Department in Wayne County, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region, approaches a vehicle during a traffic stop on the village's main street.
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Local Vice President Crispin Booker, top, holding Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) sign, and Division of Housing Local President Janet Ventrano-Torres, right of sign, and other CSEA members demonstrate in front of New York Governor David Paterson's midtown Manhattan office in May as CSEA fought the governor's proposal to lay off 8,700 workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members of the City of White Plains Unit surround, from left, Unit President Joe Roche, Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo and White Plains Councilman Glen Hockley during a news conference.
Angelo Costanzo shows a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Monroe County T-shirt to Rochester Airport employee Gloria Kosta. Members wore the shirts to a county legislature member to remind politicians that "Monroe County works because we do."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi introduces CSEA President Danny Donohue, left, during a news conference held during CSEA's Spring Workshop to address Monroe County management's attacks on part-time workers. Tripi is flanked by all the other CSEA statewide officers and Monroe County CSEA activists.
Marcia Gould, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member in Monroe County Social Services, adds a "Stand Up For Probation" sticker to her T-shirt before a recent Monroe County Legislature meeting.
Warren County workers and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, including Warren County Unit President Mark Murray, far right, demonstrate in front of the county's municipal center.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist and Orangetown Unit President Mike Menegaux received the CSEA Local Government Mission Achievement Award.
Suffolk County Local President Bill Walsh addresses the Southold Town Board after a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) demonstration outside the Southold town hall against a proposal by the town supervisor to lay off 10 percent of the town work force and severely curtail the quality of resident services in the process.
Southold Unit member Ev Corwin, left, and unit President Tom Skabry urge town officials to "show some respect" to workers during a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) demonstration outside the Southold town hall against a proposal by the town supervisor to lay off 10 percent of the town work force and severely curtail the quality of resident services in the process.
Brookhaven Supervisor Mark Lesko, right, congratulates town housing inspector and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Jim Carlson for his heroic actions that helped save a young man's life.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo speaks out against a proposed merger of Sullivan County BOCES with Orange-Ulster BOCES at a public hearing held February 12, 2009 at Liberty High School.
Donna Mead, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)-represented school aide at the Port Jervis School District in Orange County, is being honored by her co-workers for saving a kindergarten student's life. When Mead noticed the boy, Matthew Fitterer, choking on cereal, she jumped into action and within seconds she successfully performed the Heimlich Maneuver on the child. Matthew was so grateful that he brought Mead flowers the next day. In the photo are Mead and Matthew Fitterer.
Mental Health Therapy Aide Sandra Martine tells Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) OSH Project Developer Matt Kozak about her assault by a patient at Bronx Psychiatric Center as part of a DVD CSEA is producing to help CSEA leaders and activists reduce the risk of violence at their work sites.
?Sally MacDougal, right, of Steuben County, and other Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, listen to presenters during a workshop on preventing workplace violence at the 2009 annual Spring Workshop.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Amy Simmons, St. Lawrence County Local Secretary, attended the 2009 annual Spring Workshop in Rochester.
From left, Bess Watts and Pat Martinez, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the Monroe County Community College Unit, Todd Plank of the Empire State Pride Agenda, and union member Neil Kirby of the New York City State Employees Local participate on a panel on marriage equality. The workshop, held during the 2009 annual Spring Workshop in Rochester, focused on marriage equality, domestic partnership, civil unions, and the movement toward equality for everyone.
Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center Local activist Rosemarie Richards is all smiles after purchasing raffle tickets Friday afternoon at the PEOPLE table during the 2009 annual Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Spring Workshop. CSEA's PEOPLE program protects and improves jobs, benefits, and pensions in Washington, D.C., Albany, and local communities.
Probation Officers and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Sue Cirencione, left, and Kevin Case, helped save an Ontario County woman's life. Cirencione and Case received a chief's citation award from the county in honor of their diligence and hard work
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, right, congratulate Mike Kaiser, a CSEA State Police Troop D Local activist and a 27-year police communications specialist with the New York State Police in Oneida, for receiving the 2009 State Mission Achievement Award.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region Women's Committee Chair Cathy Barretta and committee members Carmina Russo, Linda Stiefel, and Ann Marie Ellis collect hundreds of undergarments for women and children to be donated to women's shelters across the region as part of the "Underneath it all, we've got you covered" clothing drive held at the region's recent spring conference. Central Region members donated the clothing.
An illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin depicting the union's stand in stopping threats to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) negotiated bargaining agreement.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) state Department of Taxation and Finance activist Willie Terry speaks at a Capital District labor group meeting. Terry, a past president of the state Department of Taxation and Finance Local in New York City and a CSEA member for 28 years, received the Coalition of Black Trade Unionist's (CBTU) Capital District Chapter's 2009 Nadra Floyd Membership Award.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Broome Developmental Center Local President Deborah Davenport received a certificate of appreciation from Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter and John Monteiro, Deputy Commissioner for Workforce and Talent Development. Davenport is retiring after more than 34 years of state service.
Capital District DDSO Local President Joseph Howard and Western New York DDSO Local President Dawn Smith with certificates of appreciation they received from the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter and John Monteiro, Deputy Commissioner for Workforce and Talent Development. Both are retiring from state service.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) was a proud major sponsor of the WPBS-TV "All Star Auction" in Watertown in 2009. Dozens of CSEA volunteers from around the North Country helped the TV station answer phones, sell auction items, and work behind the scenes to make the magic happen and raise money for the last night of the annual television auction.
Former Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Greg Szurnicki who died recently at age 83. Szurnicki began his public career as an attendant at the now defunct Kings Park Psychiatric Center in New York City. He went on to become president of the CSEA local there and the union became his passion. He is particularly remembered for the many years he served as chairman of the Statewide Election Committee.
An invitation to all stockholders of the Utica (New York) Chapter to attend their chapter meeting in order to discuss an upcoming legislative session in Albany that would determine "how our 'New York State Corportation' will run." Issues discussed included lump sum payment for accumulated unused sick leave upon retirement, separation from service, and vested rights. Courtesy of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Salamanca, New York, Police officers Chris Hutchison and Jeffrey DaHill and Chief Troy Westfall are members of a police department that makes twice as many arrests as departments in bigger cities and towns, but with half as many officers. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members in the department were part of an investigation that led to a major drug bust in predominantly rural Cattaraugus County in Western New York, taking a large amount of crack cocaine off the streets and serving 21 federal arrest warrants.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Research Department staff at work. From head of table to right: Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec, Assistant Director of Research Tom Coyle, Director of Research Bill Blom and consultant Joe Watkins. (People on left side of table are unidentified.)
The Oneida County Chapter, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), presented service plaques last night to Mrs. Helen Rauber, salary committee chairman, and William Blom of Albany, second from left, its state research director. Others honored by president Roger Solimando, right, and meeting chairman Louis Sunderhaft, left, were Mrs. Edna Fredricks, Louis Wroblewski, Mrs. Marian Dersherl and William Freiberger. The group met in PLAC Hall and heard Irving Flaumenbaum, state membership committee chairman and president of the Nassau County CSEA, describe his chapter's growth to 10,000 members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan (1977-88), with trademark cigar, pins 30-year Barge Canal veteran Henry Paul of CSEA Local 502 as Local President Frank Zammiello looks on.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue being congratulated by Special Olympics New York President Neal J. Johnson. Donohue was honored by Special Olymbics New York at its Salute to Labor for his continued efforts in the fight for fairness and respect of all individuals, including those with intellectual disabilities.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Research Department staff, from left, Assistant Director of Research Tom Coyle, Research Analyst Cindy Chovanec, Director of Research Bill Blom and consultant Joe Watkins. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and Manlius Highway Department Heavy Equipment Operator Dave Hale shows a student how to operate his snowplow during a visit to the Enders Road Elementary School. Hale visits local schools every year to talk about snowplow safety and show the kids whats involved in keeping town roads clear and safe. The town of Manlius is in Onondaga County, New York.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) slams Governor Paterson's budget. Services, jobs and communities will all be hard hit and middle income New Yorkers will bear the brunt of the cost under Governor Paterson's proposed 2009-10 state budget.
Jerry Knapp of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Cortland County Local agrees with his local's decision to bargain for the Strategic Benefit Trust's prescription drug buying program. Negotiating the trust's benefits into a contract can be a more cost-efficient way to provide health benefits for some public employees and could in some cases, be the only way to get benefits to the private sector.
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka fires up the crowd at the 2009 AFSCME Lobby Day. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and AFSCME members from across the state came by the busload for AFSCME Lobby Day on March 31, meeting with lawmakers and lobbying them to oppose Governor David Paterson's proposed layoffs of 8,700 state workers.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Headquarters staff posing for a photo after being interviewed by a reporter from WNYT-Channnel 13 of Albany, NY during a fund-raiser for tsunami victim relief efforts. The mini-telethon held at CSEA Headquarters raised more than $100,000 that day, with CSEA activists and staff taking pledges. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrating at the Peru School District because the district refused to pay retiree health benefits to Ken LaMoy, a former co-worker who is battling cancer. Nearly 100 North Country members turned out for the demonstration, held before a board of education meeting at which the grievance was heard.
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan speaking to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members at an unidentified meeting. Moynihan is wearing a baseball cap and holding a plaque. Behind Moynihan is CSEA President William McGowan and other unidentified CSEA members.
Former Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Executive Director Joseph Dolan, left, shown with former Governor Hugh Carey. Dolan died May 7 at age 73. He began his career at CSEA in 1965 as an Albany, NY, field representative, working his way up to executive director, a job he left in 1982.
Civil Sercive Employees Association (CSEA) President Dr. Theodore C. Wenzl (1967-77) addresses thousands of CSEA members at an April 1975 rally at the state Capitol over state cutbacks.