Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. Kaycee Kzyzak, an attendant at Putnam County's Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster, NY proudly grooms one of the farm's horses.
Faces of The Work Force are photos taken by Civil Services Employees Association (CSEA) staff from around the state showing members at work throughout the year. Jason Muglio, a respiratory therapist at Westchester Medical Center, helps save babies' lives in the hospital's prestigious neonatal Unit.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Pedro Cintron works in the locksmith shop at Rockland Psyciatric Center. A 20-year employee, he is Rockland Psychiatric Center's only locksmith. His daily activities demonstrate that good security requires many components. The high-risk population served by the psychiatric center requires a sophisticated system which uses computers and electronics to control the locks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Bob Stempert and Chris Banghart with Joseph Ostrom. The two members, employees of the Port Jervis, New York, Department of Public Works, rescued Ostrom's father and brother from a burning building. CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Supporters of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s Campaign for Quality Care in New York's developmental disabilities system at a news conference in White Plains included Westchester County Legislator Clinton Young, State Senator Thomas Morahan, Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, Assemblyman Adam Bradley, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, County Legislator Jose Alvarado, and Assemblyman George Lattimer. CSEA Southern Region President Diane Hewitt is also pictured with CSEA President Danny Donohue. The Quality Care campaign is necessary because of an epidemic in turnover rates ? up to 40 percent annually among front line employees of many not-for-profit agencies that threaten the long-term quality standards of services and care.
Civil Services Employees Association (CSEA) members, Putnam County child support specialists, Sue Watkins, Dawn Alterman, and Michelle Aaronson pose for a photograph. The three CSEA members are dedicated to helping Putnam County families secure the financial support needed to raise children.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members employed by the Yonkers Public Schools demonstrated before a school board of Trustees meeting. More than 700 members of the CSEA Yonkers Public Schools Non-Teaching Unit demonstrated outside of Saunders Technical and Trades High School before the meeting then filed into the auditorium where Unit President Bobbie DiBattista addressed the board members.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and certified nusing assistant, Venus McSpirit, helps fix a necklace for Golden Hill Health Care Center resident, Katherine Myers. McSpirit has worked at the Golden Hill Health Care Center for 22 years. Golden Hill Health Care Center is the Ulser County nursing facility located in Kingston, NY.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Village of Suffern employee Scott Brown hands a flier to a Suffern Day attendee. CSEA members and village workers attended the second annual Suffern Day festival this fall, armed with fliers informing the public about the Village of Suffern mayor's anti-union efforts. The mayor lost in the 2005 elections. Village workers looking to organize under CSEA worked to oust Mayor James Giannettino from office after the mayor repeatedly rebuffed their union-forming efforts.
Jim Rose, a Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) regional attorney in the Southern, NY Region, shows off his collection of union buttons and pins. He is an avid collector of union memorabilia, with a collection of more than 1,000 buttons from CSEA and other unions. His office doubles as a small labor museum of sorts, showcasing the many years of progress.