Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Pete Hillier, a driver with the New York state Department of Transportation, suffered bumps and bruises March 2, 2006, after his snowplow was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on route 390 in Wayland. It took two huge tow trucks to pull the plow back up and onto the road.
Chuck Parsons, Floyd Tosh, Pat Hillyard, and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) DOT Local 506 President Duane Wilcox gather at a memorial dedicated to DOT employees killed on the job. The memorial is in Pittsford, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region President Flo Tripi and DOT Region 4 (Rochester) President Chuck Parsons admire the spring flowers around the DOT memorial. Workers Memorial Day is observed on the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (April 28, 1970) and is an international day of mourning for those who die on the job. CSEA also dedicates April 28 to fighting for safe and healthy work sites for all workers.