Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) HRI Local President Deb Hanna, State Employees Local representative Marie Rogers, and LRS John Labriel join a 2007 Labor Day Rally at the World Trade Center in New York City. Unidentified man at left of photo holding sign.
Just days before the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members who work in Lower Manhattan, New York joined Congressman Jerrold Nadler at Ground Zero as he introduced the September 11 comprehensive Health Benefits Act. From left, CSEA Public Service Commission Local President Renee Jackson, September 11 family representative Sally Regenhard, speaking, and Rep. Nadler discuss the proposed health legislation for people living or working around Ground Zero.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "One Year Later". New York's Public Workers building a "house" with "reinforced resolve," "new challenges," "new purpose," "fighting back" frame on a foundation (remembering the heroism of Sept. 11) with foundation blocks of "volunteers," "donations," "doing our job" held together by cement (commitment). 911 signpost in front (Coming Soon: the Future), New York City skyline, with Twin Towers, in the background. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Members of the 90 Church Street Labor Coalition, flanked by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Canary, accepting a New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health Award on behalf of the 90 Church Street Labor Coalition, which consisted of CSEA and other labor union members who helped improve safety and health conditions at the 90 Church Street office building, adjacent to the World Trade Center site in New York City. CSEA members and staff accepting the award are, from left, CSEA Labor Relations Specialist Barbara Moore, Public Service Commission Local President Renee Jackson, Department of Health Local activist Mark Hammer, Health Research Inc. Local President Deb Hanna, Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, former CSEA Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Komilla John, Metropolitan Region Occupational Safety and Health Committee Chair Frank Cosentino, CSEA Industrial Hygienist Mark Stipano and Department of Health Local activist Marie Rogers.
Western, NY Region Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) officers and staff with "Union Pride," a CSEA/AFSCME sponsored dog statue which was part of an American Kennel Club program to raise funds for search and rescue dogs. Union Pride and numerous other dog statues were on display throughout New York City in the year following 9/11 to commemorate the canine search and rescue teams that took part in the recovery at Ground Zero. The idea for a sponsorship of a CSEA dog came from Finger Lakes DDSO Local President Kathy Button, pictured kneeling second from the left, and was promoted by CSEA Executve Vice President Mary Sullivan.
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.