Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists Ron Kreavy, left, Jeanne Kreavy, Erie County Executive candidate Jim Keane, Erie County Local President Joan Bender, activist Steve Szymura and son Steve, and activist Susan Zilbauer looking over a piece of literature before a "Labor to Neighbor" walk before Primary Day 2007. CSEA endorsed Keane as Erie County Executive.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Danny Donohue, left, and Retiree Division Chair Charles Peritore, right, congratulate Sam Mogavero on being honored with the Donald Webster Memorial Mission Achievement Award. Mogavero, 89, retired in 1980 after more than 23 years as a building custodian for the Lake Shore Central School District in Erie County. Now, he continues his union activism as vice president of the Buffalo-Niagara Frontier Retirees Local.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County member and activist Ron Kreavy, a supervising maintenance mechanic for the county Department of Environment and Planning's Northern Region with the Barbara Smith Memorial Chapter Award he received at the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) at the Buffalo Chapters' annual awards dinner. The award recognizes a member who has shown true commitment to the Buffalo CBTU Chapter, the community and political action. Pictured with Kreavy are CSEA members Pamela Watson, Sylvia Thomas, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy, who is a founder of CBTU and the coalition's national president, Angelo Vellake (UFCW Local 1) and WNY-ALF President Oswaldo Mestre Jr. and Terry Melvin.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County member and activist Ron Kreavy, a supervising maintenance mechanic for the county Department of Environment and Planning's Northern Region, indicating one of the lines his department oversees. Kreavy received the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Barbara Smith Memorial Chapter Award. The award recognizes a member who has shown true commitment to the Buffalo CBTU Chapter, the community and political action.
Delegates to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 91st Annual Delegates Meeting in Buffalo, New York, demonstrating at a unity rally in front of the Erie County Office Building. In a show of labor solidarity in an atmosphere of tough economic conditions, CSEA activists were fired up about their union, fired up about democracy, and fired up for the challenges that lie ahead. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Tracy Auten keeps the public safe in her job as a dispatcher for Town of Amherst's Public Safety Department in Erie County, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members across the state marched in several 2008 Labor Day-related events. Union members and their families and friends marched for change this year, getting out the word to support Senator Barack Obama for president. Erie County Local 815 Section President Gary Ghosen with his grandson enjoy marching in the Buffalo, NY, parade.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Erie County Local members Gail Sharp-Zawadzki and Jeff Brzyski participated in a llama dressing contest at "America's Fair, the Erie County Fair," held in August. Brzyski and his llama, dressed as Zorro, won second-place. Sharp-Zawadzki and her llama took a third-place ribbon. The Erie County Local represents members in the western region of New York.
Diana Windsor, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Erie County Unit member, who volunteers with the annual Variety Kids' Telethon in Buffalo.The event raises money for a local hospital that specializes in caring for children. Windsor has served as secretary to the director of nursing at the 586-bed Erie County Home and Infirmary for about five years. Before that, she worked at the Erie County Medical Center.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Donna Keicher and Tom Muscarella, a senior public health sanitarian (health inspector) for Erie County, review plans during a Hepatitis A vaccination clinic at Erie Community College. CSEA members from several county and state agencies joined together to vaccinate thousands of area residents during a four-day period after a grocery store chain announced one of its produce employees had been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, working for more than 12 hours each day to register, guide, escort, educate, screen and monitor groups of people who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.