New York State Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Standing Women's Committee Chair Jackie Stanford welcoming attendees to the union's 2006 Women's Conference. In keeping with the conference's theme, "Union Women Building a Better Future," more than 400 CSEA members attended workshops and other presentations throughout the weekend to sharpen their union leadership skills and better manage their lives in and out of the workplace.
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.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Statewide Women's Committee Chair Jackie Stanford enjoys AFT organizer Lynn Marie Smith's performance of labor songs at the Statewide Women's Conference.