Across New York state, Civil Service Employees..., 2009 April
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Across New York state, Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) members are showing up wherever the Governor appears to protest and confront him about his threat to lay off 8,700 state employees. Union members are also holding rallies and demonstrations in front of the offices of legislative leaders who are backing the governor's plan. Jorge Padilla, a general mechanic at Helen Hayes Hospital, was one of a number of CSEA members who demonstrated against the impact of the state budget outside the office of Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski. Workers from the state hospital said the already lean work force there will be hurt by layoffs.