SUNY New Paltz Local Vice Presidents Janice Beaulieu, left, and Mary Griffin taking part in a rally for the right for private food service employees at SUNY New Paltz to unionize. Sodexho-Marriot, an international, multibillion-dollar corporation, took over operations of the campus dining services in 2001. The workers approached the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) for help in forming a union in 2002 after Sodexho managers would subject employees to intimidation, reprimands and humiliation on the job. Nearly 100 workers voted to join CSEA in 2003. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Unidentifed members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Standing Women's Committee with some of the non-perishable food items they collected from the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference attendees to donate to local food pantries. More than 500 women and men participated in conference held in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s 2002 Irene Carr Leadership Award winner Ellen Burke, third from left, at the 2002 CSEA Women's Conference as she receives the award from (left to right) New York Statewide Secretary Barbara Reeves, President Danny Donohue, and CSEA Standing Women's Committee Chairperson Jackie Stanford. Burke, a former SUNY Albany Local activist and now member of the Capital District Retirees Local, has dedicated more than 37 years of activism with CSEA. Burke was interviewed in 2005 as part of a video documentary for CSEA's 100th anniversary. The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Cathy Collette, retiring director of AFSCME's Women's Rights Department, who was honored at the 2002 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. CSEA saluted Collette for more than 21 years of service and expertise on women's issues on and off the job which helped broaden the opportunities for working women. AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, is CSEA's international affiliation, of which CSEA is the largest union.
United States Congresswoman Nita Lowey speaking at the 2002 the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Women's Conference in Rye Brook, Westchester County, New York. Lowey represents Westchester County. More than 500 women and men participated in many energy-packed programs and workshops that empowered members personally and professionally and laid the foundation to build an even more powerful union.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members employed at the New York State Department of Civil Service stand in front of their new work site, the Alfred E. Smith State Office Building. From left are Beth Stamas, Zofia Draus, Joann Delsignore, Zelda White, Sharon Connors and Christine Pivoda. The historic downtown skyscraper housing state offices is seeing new life after four years of extensive renovations.