Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue presents the State Employee Mission Achievement Award to CSEA activist Bob Bostwick, a janitor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, at the Spring Workshop. CSEA members from across the state met at the union's annual Spring Workshop to unite, build and mobilize New York's Leading Union. Activists in attendance learned about the fight ahead to protect the Triborough Amendment and to tell the governor no tax breaks for his rich millionaire friends. CSEA awards its annual Mission Achievement Awards at the workshop to activists who exemplify the union's mission.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region President Colleen Wheaton, Special Olympics New York CEO Neal Johnson and CSEA President Danny Donohue pose with the Polar Cap Award at CSEA's annual Spring Workshop. The Central Region earned the award for the second straight year by raising the most money for the Polar Plunge for the Special Olympics. CSEA members from across the state met at the union's annual Spring Workshop to unite, build and mobilize New York's Leading Union. Activists in attendance learned about the fight ahead to protect the Triborough Amendment and to tell the governor no tax breaks for his rich millionaire friends. In addition to the plenary and mobilization sessions, workshops focused on state government negotiations, on CSEA's "Don't Zone Out" campaign, Working People's History, the CSEA Next Wave movement, and "Uniting for Today, Building for Tomorrow."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members filled the room to capacity in a workshop focusing on state contract talks with the Cuomo administration. CSEA members from across the state met at the union's annual Spring Workshop to unite, build and mobilize New York's Leading Union. Activists in attendance learned about the fight ahead to protect the Triborough Amendment and to tell the governor no tax breaks for his rich millionaire friends. In addition to the plenary and mobilization sessions, workshops focused on state government negotiations, on CSEA's "Don't Zone Out" campaign, Working People's History, the CSEA Next Wave movement, and "Uniting for Today, Building for Tomorrow."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Next Wave members Andre Medlock, Sheri Ambuske, Michele Weaver and Justin Lelonek staff their table at the Spring Workshop. CSEA members from across the state met at the union's annual Spring Workshop to unite, build and mobilize New York's leading union. Activists in attendance learned about the fight ahead to protect the Triborough Amendment and to tell the governor no tax breaks for the rich. In addition to the plenary and mobilization sessions, workshops focused on state government negotiations, on CSEA's "Don't Zone Out" campaign, Working People's History, the CSEA Next Wave movement, and "Uniting for Today, Building for Tomorrow."
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and South Colonie School District custodian Doug Hutton took quick action that helped save a 72-year-old man who had been playing basketball with an over-50 league at the Roessleville Elementary School when he collapsed on the court. Hutton used a defibrillator that delivered a shock to the man's body. Paramedics arrived and delivered a second shock and the man started talking.
From left, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Stony Brook Local President Carlos Speight, Suffolk County Legislator Sara Anker and SUNY Stony Brook Local Executive Vice President Debbie Nappi-Gonzales fight to keep the Elsie Owens Health Center open. More than 50 SUNY Stony Brook Local members demonstrated in front of the Health Center in Coram to protest the proposed closure of that facility, which treats about 30,000 people each year. The potential loss of this critical facility is directly related to drastic reductions in aid from the state and is likely to place an added burden on hospital emergency rooms in close proximity, putting the health of Suffolk County residents at greater risk.
Some of the more than 50 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) SUNY Stony Brook Local members demonstrate in front of the Elsie Owens Health Center in Coram to protest the proposed closure of that facility, which treats about 30,000 people each year. The potential loss of this critical facility is directly related to drastic reductions in aid from the state and is likely to place an added burden on hospital emergency rooms in close proximity, putting the health of Suffolk County residents at greater risk.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) High Peaks State Employees Local members fill sandbags at the Saranac Lake Village garage. As devastating floods swept through Clinton, Essex, Warren and parts of Saratoga counties CSEA members put their personal lives on hold as they scrambled to help residents and businesses and went into action on a moment's notice, staffing a pumphouse around the clock, delivering and laying sandbags and leading a relief effort that netted 15,000 sandbags.
CSEA Village of Rouses Point Unit President Jason Juneau stands by a flooded boat ramp in Rouses Point. As devastating floods swept through Clinton, Essex, Warren and parts of Saratoga counties, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members put their personal lives on hold as they scrambled to help residents and businesses and went into action on a moment's notice, staffing a pumphouse around the clock, delivering and laying sandbags and leading a relief effort that netted 15,000 sandbags.
CSEA members Jesse Fitzgerald, Jon Charland, John Lefebvre and Ross Robert lay sandbags at Swiss Marine in Saranac Lake. As devastating floods swept through Clinton, Essex, Warren and parts of Saratoga counties, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members put their personal lives on hold as they scrambled to help residents and businesses and went into action on a moment's notice, staffing a pumphouse around the clock, delivering and laying sandbags and leading a relief effort that netted 15,000 sandbags.
An illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin in the June 2011 Work Force, published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA), called Sharing the Pain, depicts Governor Andrew Cuomo's and the state Senate's push for tax cuts for New York's wealthiest residents in order to create jobs, while preaching budget restraint and cuts to public services which puts people out of work.
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) moves into next chapter: More than 200 VOICE/CSEA representatives from across New York State met in Albany where they reminisced and celebrated, retracing Local 100A's roots. They met with public officials and CSEA leaders and ratified an Action Plan moving Local 100A into 2012 with ambitious goals. In this photo, from left, CSEA Secretary Denise Berkley, Treasurer Joe McMullen, Executive Vice President Mary Sullivan, state Sen. Diane Savino and CSEA President Danny Donohue take part in the VOICE in our Capital conference.
VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) moves into next chapter: More than 200 VOICE/CSEA representatives from across New York State met in Albany where they reminisced and celebrated, retracing Local 100A's roots. They met with public officials and CSEA leaders and ratified an Action Plan moving Local 100A into 2012 with ambitious goals. In this photo, VOICE providers listen to speakers at the VOICE in our Capital conference.
Photo used as the Photo of the Month in the June 2011 Work Force. Ella Rascoe, 8, of Plattsburgh, warms up with a glove toss before taking the field on the opening day of Little League. Her "CSEA" team is sponsored by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Clinton County Local. The local began supporting Little League 10 years ago through sponsorship of the Plattsburgh Little League All Star Tournament.
The cover of the June 2011 Work Force: VOICE in our Capital: Excitement, enthusiasm as child care activists set their agenda. More than 200 VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) representatives from across New York State met in Albany where they reminisced and celebrated, retracing Local 100A's roots. They met with public officials and CSEA leaders and ratified an Action Plan moving Local 100A into 2012 with ambitious goals.
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.