City of Saratoga Springs Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrate outside of a state Conference of Mayors function in the Spa City. The workers were demonstrating over stalled contract talks with Saratoga Springs Mayor Scott Johnson.
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and CCPT-NY child care providers show their approval for a contract agreement at a negotiating session.
Long Island Region members, including Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte and Nassau County Local President Jerry Laricchiuta, demonstrate in front of the Rat, which has been in front of the Nassau University Medical Center since July 17, 2009.
State Department of Transportation Syracuse Local members Chuck Weiland, left, and John DeBottis display the AED device they used to save co-worker Dick Metott's life.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activist Betty Lennon greets a visitor to the CSEA table at the 2009 Clinton County Fair. CSEA's traveling history banner was on display at the fair.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists demonstrate outside Newburgh Town Hall. Former Unit President Katherine Otis, one of the town's layoff targets, is third from right.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Orange County Unit member Nick Ercoline holds a photo of him and his wife, Bobbi, taken at Woodstock in 1969. The photo has since become an iconic image of the festival.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Orange County Unit member Nick Ercoline, right, and his wife, Bobbi, embrace in an image taken at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. The image was later used on the cover of a live album from Woodstock. The Ercolines eventually married and are still together.
Southold Unit members listen to unit and local leaders explain the agreement putting an end to town Supervisor Scott Russell's plan to lay off 10 percent of the town work fore and severely cut the quality of public services.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi, right, rallies Monroe County members during a demonstration outside the county office building. Members protested the county's unfair labor practices, which have included Taylor Law violations, attempts to weaken the union, and a "whistleblower hotline" that encourages people to report "illegal" or "unethical" behavior by CSEA members.
Illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin depicting the wrong ways of trying to save the state money, including the issue of forced furloughs on local government workers.
Ruby Mims, Erie County Local member, was a PEOPLE recruiter for the month of July, 2009. PEOPLE stands for Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality.
Rosalind Conti, a Chautauqua County Local activist, was the PEOPLE recruiter of the month for June, 2009. PEOPLE stands for Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)statewide Secretary Denise Berkley swore in new Department of State Local officers at an event at Troy's Joe Bruno Stadium. Berkley was also on hand to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for that night's ValleyCats game. Berkley poses with ValleyCats fan Dylan Mendez, son of Department of State Local member Anna Mendez, and two ValleyCats players.
Joseph Lochner, known as "Mr. CSEA," was Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) first employee and would remain an employee for the next 45 years. Photo was taken around the time of his retirement in 1975.
Cover of the October, 2009, Work Force. In Erie County, hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members attending CSEA's 99th Annual Delegates Meeting joined with members of the CSEA Erie County Unit to rally in front of the county's Rath Building in downtown Buffalo. The county executive, Chris Collins, systematically has been dismantling county services and undermining CSEA representatives.
In Erie County, hundreds of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members attending CSEA's 99th Annual Delegates Meeting joined with members of the CSEA Erie County Unit to rally in front of the county's Rath Building in downtown Buffalo. Erie County Unit President Joan Bender addressed the crowd. The county executive, Chris Collins, systematically has been dismantling county services and undermining CSEA representatives.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Betty Robinson, Health Research Inc. Local President Deb Hanna, Damaris Rodriguez, Lizette Smoak, newly elected AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Suzy Lopez, and Division of Housing Local President Janet Ventrano-Torres. Trumka and his officers held a news conference on Wall Street.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue leads CSEA members and activists, including Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, statewide Secretary Denise Berkley, Western Region President Flo Tripi and Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, in a demonstration in front of Erie County's Rath Building.