Jim Moore, right, on his first day in office as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region president in 1977, meeting with then Region Director Frank Martello. Moore retired March 28, 2007, after serving an unprecedented 30 years in that office. When Moore began his career, state employees didn't have the legal right to collectively bargain. His 40-year union career has outlasted the terms of eight United States Presidents, six New York State Governors and four CSEA statewide presidents. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
A newspaper clipping from The Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch, the chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) formally opened their new regional headquarters at 208 Lansing St. yesterday. Among those attending were, from the left, Frank Martello, local field representative; Alfred Kuchler, president of Oneida County Chapter; Mrs. Lois Ann Minozzi and Nicholas J. Cimino, co-chairmen, and J. Arthur Tennis, president of Utica State Hospital Chapter. Dr. Theodore Wenzl, Albany, state president of CSEA, also attended. Courtesy of CSEA Utica State Employees Local (formerly Oneida County Chapter).