Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members participating in the "taking action puzzle" workshop led by instructors from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. CSEA activists and Syracuse, New York, City School District workers Laury Willoughby and Debra Martin used what they learned in the union's Labor Education And Development (LEAD) Program to turn a "staff development day" for their co-workers in the school district into an innovative "union development day" to help build union through learning. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, right, speaks with Cornell University President David Skorton and School of Industrial and Labor Relations Dean Harry Katz at a celebration of the schools 60th anniversary. CSEA helped sponsor the event. Also pictured is CSEA General Counsel Nancy Hoffman, an ILR alumna who served on the events planning committee. Cornell ILR is the leading school of its kind and has long maintained a close working relationship with organized labor. CSEA is New York State's largest union.