Joan Phelps, school nurse and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Oakfield-Alabama School District Unit president, uses one of the newly installed hand sanitizer dispensers in Oakfield-Alabama Middle and High School in Genesee County, New York. The sanitizers were installed after an outbreak of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) was reported in the school district. CSEA members working in schools and health care facilities across New York state are challenged to protect the public from the dangerous MRSA infections on a daily basis.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Ginny Dolph, a certified nursing assistant at Batavia Veterans Home in Genesee County, stands with a device for safely lifting patients. The veterans home has instituted safe lifting policies for workers, reducing injuries, but many direct care workers are still subjected to mandatory overtime. CSEA is pushing for an end to mandating overtime for workers.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Genesee Parks Local President Tom Cervone looks out over the water at Darien Lakes State Park from the wooden footbridge. CSEA-represented park workers across New York State prepared their facilities for an anticipated very busy summer season.