Black Panther Demonstration taking place at the State University of New York at Albany Uptown Campus. UAlbany students are seated before an unidentified man speaking from a podium. Nine students can be seen raising their hand in a fist.
A March 1970 protest in support of the Black Panthers occurs on the steps of the State Capitol. The photograph was taken by a State University of New York at Albany student from the Class of 1971.
In this image from the 1986 Torch yearbook from the State University of New York at Albany, students demonstrate at the State Capitol against apartheid and racism in South Africa.
Black Panther demonstration takes place at the State University of New York at Albany uptown campus. Students are seated before an unidentified man speaking from a podium. Nine students raise their fists in the air.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Putnam County Unit members demonstrating outside the county's courthouse. More than 100 CSEA members demonstrated outside the county's courthouse before a public budget hearing in an effort to raise public awareness of the vital roles the public work force plays in Putnam County.
Unidentifed Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members demonstrating for a fair ORDA contract outside the Lake Placid Olympic Center during the 2007 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting held in Lake Placid, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Diana Gannon, a home health aide for the Herkimer County Public Health Department, demonstrates outside the Herkimer County Office Building. After more than a year and a half of working under an expired contract, 425 CSEA members employed by Herkimer County are fighting for a contract with a wage increase at least equal to what county managers got for 2006.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio leading marchers at a labor rally in New York City. Around New York State, CSEA members take part annually in labor events and parades around Labor Day weekend. In 2004 the rights of working people were under attack. Under the Bush administration Americans saw the loss of 1.7 million jobs, erosion of health insurance coverage along with higher prices, gutting of workers safety and health protections and a National Labor Relations Board hell-bent on benefiting employers at the expense of workers.
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center workers demonstrate outside the facility with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) rat in the background. The CSEA members are fighting on-the-job violence, overtime issues and short staffing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists and staff posing with president Danny Donohue during a rally at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in downtown Chicago to support the four-year struggle of Resurrection Health Care system workers to join a union. Delegates attending the International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, in Chicago approved the key components to create a $60 million war chest to expand worker power and reclaim rights under assault.
An unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree member participating in a COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) rally in Albany, New York. The retirees brought their message, part of the CSEA battle for annual cost-of-living increases for public employee retirees, to the Capitol and the Legislative Office building: "It's our turn . . . COLA now." The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue addressing a rally for permanent pension COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) for all public employee retirees in New York State. Thousands of members and retirees attended the rally held near the State Capitol in Albany, New York. Donohue chaired the AFL-CIO Pension Task Force and served on the Governor's task force, which recommended action. In August 2000, New York Governor George E. Pataki signed into law pension reforms granting the cost of living adjustment to all public employee retirees, ending a 20-year CSEA drive to enact the legislation. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
An unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree member participating in a rally in Albany, New York. The retirees brought their message, part of the CSEA battle for annual cost-of-living increases for public employee retirees, to the Capitol and the Legislative Office building: Governor Mario Cuomo said on April 24th 1991 his sympathies are not with retirees: "It's our money." The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
An unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) retiree member participating in a rally in Albany, New York. The retirees brought their message, part of the CSEA battle for annual cost-of-living increases for public employee retirees, to the Capitol and the Legislative Office building: "No COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) in '94, no Cuomo (Governor of New York State) in '95." The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue firing up the crowd during a demonstration in support of Rochester, New York hotel workers trying to form a union. The demonstration, organized by UNITE-HERE, was held during the 2007 CSEA Spring Workshop. More than 750 CSEA activists from across New York attended the union's annual Spring Workshop in Rochester. Union leaders participated in many programs to build leadership skills and present information on key issues such as health care reform, safety and health and union organizing.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Treasurer Maureen Malone greeting more than 50 representatives and supporters of the United Farmworkers as they marched past union headquarters in Albany, NY, en route to the State Capitol. The farmworkers were fighting for the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act. CSEA strongly supports their fight for fairness and respect. The proposed act would give farmworkers in New York the same on-the-job rights and protections other workers receive.
Unidentified Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members holding picket signs. Close to 100 members of the Westchester County (New York) Unit rallied outside a birthday fundraiser for Westchester County Executive Andy Spano at the Rye Town Hilton. Unit members have been working without a contract since December 31, 2005 and are at impasse. Sticking points are health insurance and wages. It is the third successful picket in a month for unit members. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Westchester County Unit President Jack McPhillips addressing several hundred members of Westchester County Unit 9200 who picketed outside the Westchester County Office Building in White Plains, along with CSEA's 15-foot inflatable rat, to protest the lack of progress in their contract negotiations. The rally was timed to coincide with County Executive Andy Spano's State of the County address. Westchester County Unit members have been working without a contract since Dec. 31, 2005. Sticking points in negotiations include wages and health insurance. Members sent a strong message to County Executive Spano, Deputy County Executive Larry Schwartz and members of the county Board of Legislators -- that they will not sit back and be silent while legislators are entertaining huge raises for county political appointees. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A news clipping from the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, about 80 local members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) left the Utica Bus Terminal this morning for Albany where they will join delegations from Long Island, New York City, and Albany in a protest demonstration. Target of the demonstration is J. Earl Kelly, state CSEA Director of Classification and Compensation, who this week rejected a CSEA proposal for salary upgrading of state office and clerical employees. Similar demonstrations were planned today in all large cities throughout the state. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Fort Ann School District workers demonstrated outside Fort Ann High School for settlement of a fair contract before the districts Board of Education meeting. District workers, without a contract since June 2006, were featured on a CSEA-created billboard which was used to raise public awareness in their community of the protracted contract fight. Fort Ann is in Washington County, New York.