New York State Canal Authority workers are dwarfed by an immense flood gate structure as they lower flood gates at Erie Canal Lock 8 in Rotterdam in 2012. Canal workers were critical in clearing debris and repairing locks and infrastructure following devastating storms in 2012. Now, thanks to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's politically motivated layoffs, there will be fewer workers for this type of work.

Date created

• 2013 May 1

Type

• Image

Creator

• CSEA staff

Master Format

• TIFF

Identifier

• nam_apap_015_2013_05_0006

Subject

• Work Force, May 2013
• Labor Unions
• Civil Service Employees Association (NY)

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

  
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ITEM CONTEXT

Part of

90e13b5a023aefdb6ab5d1de295703fc

Scope and Contents

Collection

Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the New York State Modern Political Archive