Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists from the Metropolitan and Long Island regions attending the 2005 Political Action Liaison (PAL) training held in Port Jefferson, New York. Willie Gwynn (in foreground), 2nd vice president of the Long Island Developmental Center Local, studies the issues critical to CSEA members. Next to him are a liaison from the Metropolitan Region and Long Island Region President Nick LaMorte, third from right. Federal PALs are activist members of CSEA who have undertaken a critical mission: To carefully track the political and voting activity of their congressional representatives and senators; to communicate and lobby on behalf of union members to federal lawmakers; and to hold the lawmakers' feet to the fire when they are faced with votes of particular interest to CSEA members. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.