Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health Committee Chairman Jim McHugh, waving left, at a state worker protest in St. Paul, Minnesota, in support of striking public employees in that state. McHugh attended the protest, fresh off a state transportation emergency stint at Ground Zero in New York City, after Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura called the striking state workers there "unAmerican" in the wake of the World Trade Center attack. McHugh told the cheering crowd of AFSCME brothers and sisters that everyone working at Ground Zero was a union member. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health activists Jeff Hyman, George Lawson, Sarah Smith and Frank Cosentino represent management in a skit about getting occupational safety and health concerns addressed during collective bargaining.
The 2008 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Occupational Safety and Health Conference featuring a collage promoting solidarity and good health.
More than 150 Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members attended a collage workshop hosted by labor cartoonists Gary Huck and Mike Konopaki. Members used everyday items found in magazines and other publications to make engaging work site posters to promote safety and solidarity. Here, Konopaki works with an OSH activist.
Sabrina Mosseau, left, a nurse and volunteer at the American Cancer Society, with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Secretary Denise Berkley. More than 800 union officers and occupational safety and health activists attended the conference to learn more about how to keep workers safe in the workplace.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, Don Williams and Hank Hoisington memorialize fallen workers. Workers Memorial Day is observed on the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (April 28, 1970) and is an international day of mourning for those who die on the job. CSEA also dedicates April 28 to fighting for safe and healthy work sites for all workers.