Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Western Region Labor Relations Specialist Penny Gleason, center, leads Dave Dunaj of the Erie Educational Local and Judy DiPaola from the Western Region Judiciary Local through a "courageous conversation" exercise at a recent state budget training, just one of several trainings CSEA will be conducting for members and activists in the upcoming weeks.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) activists Pat McVitty, left, and Jeff Tubbs are part of a group of CSEA members fighting to restore several dozen permanent job titles at the state-run ski area at Belleayre Mountain.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Betty Eagan, nurse for the Saratoga Springs School District, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Kevin Thompson, a bridge maintenance assistant, Jefferson Residency, Bridge Department at the state Department of Transportation, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Gerard Kent, a therapy aide at Taconic DDSO, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Mary Casale, residential program assistant at Hudson River Psychiatric Center, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Steve Borkofsky, right, a custodian at the Deer Park School District, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts. Walter Wojnarowski is on the left.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Maria Johnson, Buffalo Psychiatric Center Local, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Justin Lelonek, Department of Social Services, Erie County Unit and Next Wave member, appeared with a quote about the attacks on public employees and concern over budget cuts.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member and SUNY Upstate Local President Kathy Yeldon appeared with a story about budget cuts to SUNY hospital workers.
Upstate Medical University worker and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Tracy Devoise cares for a young patient. Health care services at public hospitals and nursing homes in New York are jeopardized by the proposed state budget.
An illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin: Words of Wisdom for Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members on defending public employees and unions against attacks.
A photo of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member Herman Williams, a Mental Hygiene Therapy Aide at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, appeared with a quote about cuts to the proposed state budget.
The Photo of the Month in the March 2011, Work Force. Nearly 100 VOICE/Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Monroe County child care providers met recently and eagerly submitted written commitments to help in fighting proposed budget cuts to child care. They also pledged to "Get on the bus" bound for Albany on May 14 to meet with hundreds of other providers from around the state.
The cover of the March 2011 Work Force published by the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA): State Budget not good for you: Unprecedented, unfair, unbearable!
Mary Jo Tubbs of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Livingston County Local in the Western Region posing with CSEA President Danny Donohue at the 2010 Annual Delegates Meeting, is the PEOPLE Recruiter of the Month for December, 2010.
After assisting numerous crime victims for the last eight years, no such help net existed for Fabian Feliciano who was among nearly 900 workers laid off at the end of 2010 when the Crime Victims Board was abolished.
Town of Ramapo Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Unit President Brian Spillman, Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo pose at the Ramapo Town Hall.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Southern Region President Billy Riccaldo, Town of Ramapo Unit President Brian Spillman and Rockland County Legislator Toney Earl in front of the tent city replica outside Ramapo Town Hall to memorialize the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti that killed nearly 300,000 people.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)Westchester County Unit President Karen Pecora, left, and the Polar Plunge mascot congratulate CSEA Westchester County Unit members Christina Garabedian, center, and Betty Lewis on a successful plunge held at Rye, NY Playland.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Westchester County Unit members Christina Garabedian, left, and Betty Lewis brave the chilly waters off the beach at Rye, NY Playland during the Special Olympics Polar Plunge event.
Paul Dyer, former state Capitol tour guide, points out a staircase at the Capitol on a tour given to Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) delegates in October.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Patchogue-Medford Library Unit members Mindy Musetti, Janet Baylis and Jane Drake pose next to the library's award as one of 10 recipients of the 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library service by the Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS).
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Patchogue-Medford Library Unit members Rona Dressler and Jean Kaleda, seated, provide essential services to their community.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)member Christina Marquez is back on the job as an ultrasonography technician at Westchester Medical Center after a long fight to negotiate a fair contract.
Former Dutchess County Department of Health worker Carrie Cocurullo and community activist Diane Ruffin helped provide essential HIV testing to community members including many who speak Spanish.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members from left, Jason Hull, John Regan, Westchester County Unit members Arthur Williams and Rick Lanza, Elvis Ulculmana and unit member John Ponce, floor supervisor, provide vital services to the county.
An illustration by Graphic Artist Ralph Distin depicts the overhaul of the public employee pension system by business coalitions and real estate groups.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members and staff, including state Office of General Services Local activist Tom Moylan, left, and state Education Department Local President Sally Bywater, participate in a candlelight vigil in Albany, NY.
Ad used on the back page of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s January 2011 Work Force addressing the issue of proposed layoffs and the value public sector workers bring to communities.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region Judiciary Local "Chain Gang," winners of the best costume award, pose with Special Olympics New York CEO Neal Johnson. From left are Darlene O'Hara, Brenda Leone, Johnson, Local President Don Lynskey, Natalie Spilman, Sheila Sears and Gaige Gonyeau-Spilman.
As Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Madison County Local activist Karen Bright watches, SUNY Binghamton Local President David Lee gets down and chilly in the waters of Oneida Lake.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Central Region "Polar Peeps" team members take the plunge in Oneida Lake, including Team Captain Jeffrey Colburn, dressed in the yellow Peeps suit. Central Region President Colleen Wheaton is to Colburn's immediate left.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Bronx Psychiatric Center Local President Abraham Benjamin speaks with a television station reporter while CSEA members demonstrate outside the center. The workers demonstrated over a lack of workplace violence law enforcement and layoffs.
The Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) volunteer member organizers from the Metropolitan Region were honored with the Nadra Floyd Award at CSEA's 100th Annual Delegates Meeting. The award recognizes members who have made an extraordinary contribution to the growth of CSEA's membership. In the picture, Metropolitan Region Organizing/Membership Committee Chair Ramon Lucas accepts the award from CSEA President Danny Donohue, left, and is joined by Metropolitan Region President George Boncoraglio, second from right, and Statewide Treasurer Joe McMullen, right.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members, including newly elected SUNY Canton College Association Local President Toni Besio, left, and Secretary-Treasurer Michelle Johnson help prepare a meal for students.
Fulton County Local President Ron Briggs speaks out about the county's proposed sale of public health services, as Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members hold signs in support.
Town of Hempstead welders and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members Harold Pinder, left, and Kenneth Hill help the town save money through welding to restore aging equipment.
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) memberr Anabel Rosa, a worker at the Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped and the only Spanish-speaking keyboard specialist in the state, is one of hundreds of state workers facing the loss of their jobs. She was one of hundreds of state workers targeted for layoffs by New York Governor David Paterson.
Illustration by graphic artist Ralph Distin in the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)'s January 2011 Work Force depicting Governor Andrew Cuomo as the newly elected governor of New York with his father, former Governor Mario Cuomo.