




(left to right) John Geagan, SEIU directorof organization; AFT President Albert Shanker; John J. Sweeney, SEIU Vice-President; Cecil E.Ward, New York area local vice president; and John Kraemer, SEIU field representative, hailing the AFL-CIO victory of the Public Employee Federation, made up of NYSUT/AFT and the Service Employees International Union, in one of the largest bargaining unit elections in recent history.