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Type:: Image
Date Created:: 2007 June
Collection:: Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records
Collecting Area:: New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:: apap015
Description:: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Western Region President Flo Tripi, right, congratulating Erie County Local President Joan Bender on receiving the CSEA's Mission Achievement Award at the Spring Workshop, held in Rochester, New York. As Erie County employees grappled with major budget cuts and layoffs, and the Berger Commission's recommendation to close Erie County Medical Center and another Buffalo area hospital, Bender helped lead CSEA members through the crisis, constantly keeping them informed of developments and mobilized them to action.
Subject:: Work Force (CSEA Monthly Publication), Berger Commission (N.Y.), Erie County Medical Center (N.Y.), Labor union members, CSEA Western Region (N.Y.), Labor unions, Tripi, Flo, Rochester (N.Y.), Donohue, Danny, Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.), CSEA Erie County Local (N.Y.), and Bender, Joan

Type:: Image
Date Created:: 2006 April
Collection:: Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records
Collecting Area:: New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:: apap015
Description:: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and Van Duyn Home and Hospital workers working the phone banks to fight to keep the home open. Van Duyn Unit officer Ruth Smith seated with her back to the camera, displays a T-shirt with the slogan CSEA developed, "Don't Cut Our Safety Net." The Onondaga County public nursing home was recommended by the Berger Commission to be taken over by a nearby private hospital late in 2006. However, it has been deterimined that the Van Duyn Home will remain publicly owned and operated.
Subject:: Photographers, Work Force (CSEA Monthly Publication), Berger Commission (N.Y.), Labor union members, Labor unions, Kotzin, Mark M., Smith, Ruth, Onondaga County (N.Y.), and CSEA Van Duyn Home and Hospital Unit Local (N.Y.)

Type:: Image
Date Created:: 2006 December
Collection:: Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records
Collecting Area:: New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:: apap015
Description:: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Sean Davis, a cook at Van Duyn Home and Hospital in Syracuse, NY, calls his area state lawmakers to urge them to vote against the Berger Commission report. Lawmakers have been deluged with thousands of faxes, telephone calls and testimony and it's become clear few of the commission's recommendations for hospital closings and consolidations, which could have heinous outcomes, will come about without more scrutiny and legislative wrangling.
Subject:: Photographers, Berger Commission (N.Y.), Syracuse (N.Y.), Labor union members, Labor unions, Kotzin, Mark M., Davis, Sean, Van Duyn Home and Hospital (N.Y.), and Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.)