AFSCME. District Council 13 (Harrisburg, Pa.)

Remembering AFSCME President Gerald McEntee (1935-2022)

scaloia — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:12:43 -0400

The Reuther Library is saddened by the news that Gerald McEntee, former president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has passed away at the age of 87. read more »

(12106) Pennsylvania Collective Bargaining Bill

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:48:00 -0400

Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer signs senate bill 1333, the statewide collective bargaining bill that Gerald McEntee (behind and to the right of Governor Shafer) and AFSCME campaigned hard to pass.

(26833) Ernest Rewolinski

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:41:25 -0400

Ernest Rewolinksi was a leader of AFSCME Council 13 in Pennsylvania.

(26834) Scranton Hospital demonstration, 1979

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:56:03 -0400

Members of AFSCME's Pennsylvania Council 13 demonstrate to prevent a hospital merger and to save Scranton State Hospital.

(26835) Toasting McEntee

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:01:58 -0400

Former Pennsylvania Council 13 staffer Germaine Moran leads a toast to Gerald McEntee at the 1982 Council 13 Convention. McEntee had recently headed up Council 13 before becoming International President in 1981.

(26836) Council 13 signs contract

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:15:32 -0400

Council 13 signs a new 2-year contract with Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh. Seated from left: Pennsylvania Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee; Governor Thornburgh; standing center: Council 13 Treasurer Donna Wright; standing right: Council 13 President Bill Moran.

(26837) Pennsylvania Council 13 rally

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:50:55 -0400

Gerald McEntee, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Council 13, speaks at a rally about the state's economy.

(26839) Council 13 Founding Convention

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:54:13 -0400

Gerald McEntee speaks at the Pennsylvania Council 13 founding convention. Seated left is Joseph Ames, International Judicial Panel Chair. Seated right is Bill Lucy, International Secretary-Treasurer.

(26841) Council 13 Women's Conference

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:04:55 -0400

Gerald McEntee, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Council 13, speaks at Council 13's Women's Conference.

(26842) Council 13 protests

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:09:58 -0400

Members of AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 demonstrate against Governor Shapp.

(26843) McEntee testifies

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:17:03 -0400

Executive Director of Pennsylvania Council 13 Gerald McEntee speaks with International staffer Nanine Miekeljohn before delivering his testimony to Congress's Labor Appropriations Subcommittee.

(26844) McEntee speaks

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:29:56 -0400

Gerald McEntee, executive director of AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13, speaks at an event.

(26845) Council 13 protests

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:35:25 -0400

Members of AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 demonstrate against Governor Shapp.

(26846) Council 13 protests

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:39:17 -0400

Members of AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 demonstrate.

(26847) Council 13 marches

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:43:26 -0400

Members of AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 march for fair taxes.

(26848) Council 13 protests

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:47:50 -0400

Members of AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 participate in an informational picket in Pittsburgh.

(26849) Council 13 Founding Convention

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:00:41 -0400

AFSCME International president Jerry Wurf speaks at the Pennsylvania Council 13 founding convention.

(26850) Dent honored

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:09:00 -0400

AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee (left) and International President Jerry Wurf (right) honor Pennsylvania Congressman John H. Dent at the 1974 Council 13 convention.

(26851) McEntee, Shapp, Wurf

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:15:49 -0400

Dignitaries at the 1974 AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 convention. From left: Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee, Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf.

(26852) Council 13 signs clerical contract

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:24:30 -0400

AFSCME Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee (right) watches as Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp signs a contract with clerical workers. Wanda Weaver stands behind McEntee and Shapp.

(26854) Council 13 convention

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:43:48 -0400

AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee addresses delegates at the Council 13 1981 convention.

(26855) Council 13 convention

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:47:08 -0400

AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee addresses delegates at the Council 13 1981 convention.

(26856) Council 13 convention

jruss — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:51:00 -0400

AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee addresses delegates at the Council 13 1981 convention.

(26857) Kennedy at Council 13 convention

jruss — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:14:24 -0400

Senator Ted Kennedy (right) greets a delegate at the 1980 AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 18 convention. Kennedy was running for president at the time.

(26858) Kennedy speaks at Council 13 convention

jruss — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:19:42 -0400

Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee listens as Senator Ted Kennedy speaks at the 1980 AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 convention. Kennedy was running for president at the time.

(26859) Kennedy speaks at Council 13 convention

jruss — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:24:11 -0400

Senator Ted Kennedy speaks at the 1980 AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 convention. Kennedy was running for president at the time. Gerald McEntee, Executive Director of Council 13, is seated right of Kennedy.

(26860) Kennedy at Council 13 convention

jruss — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:27:34 -0400

Senator Ted Kennedy (right) greets a delegate at the 1980 AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 18 convention. Kennedy was running for president at the time.

(26861) Kennedy speaks at Council 13 convention

jruss — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:31:24 -0400

(26862) Council 13 supports Kennedy

jruss — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:37:57 -0400

Members of AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 support Ted Kennedy's bid for presidency. Center: Ruth Norman.

(26863) Kennedy at Council 13 convention

jruss — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:42:40 -0400

Senator Ted Kennedy (right) greets a delegate at the 1980 AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 18 convention. Kennedy was running for president at the time.

(26912) Council 13 Founding Convention

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:51:36 -0400

AFSCME International Judicial Panel Chairman Joseph Ames (left) passes the gavel to Pennsylvania Council 13 Executive Director Gerald McEntee at Council 13's founding convention.

(26913) Council 13 Founding Convention

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:56:22 -0400

AFSCME International Vice President William McEntee speaks at that founding convention for Pennsylvania Council 13.

(26914) Council 13 Convention

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:02:59 -0400

AFSCME leader William McEntee speaks at a 1982 Pennsylvania Council 13 convention. Seated at far right is his son Gerald McEntee who had just recently become AFSCME International President.

(26915) Council 13 Convention

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:07:27 -0400

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee sits next to his father, William McEntee on the dias at the 1982 Pennsylvania Council 13 convention.

(26916) McEntee honored

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:15:05 -0400

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee receives a standing ovation from the 1982 Pennsylvania Council 13 convention. He had led Council 13 until a year earlier. His father, William McEntee, a former International Vice President, wipes his eyes at his son's achievement.

(26917) Council 13 Convention

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:20:21 -0400

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee (center) shakes hands with his father William McEntee at the 1982 Pennsylvania Council 13 convention in Philadelphia. Gerald McEntee had been director of Council 13 until a year earlier. William McEntee had been an International Vice President for Pennsylvania.

(26918) Pennsylvania AFL-CIO

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:26:50 -0400

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee nominated Judy Heh of Pennsylvania Council 13 to her position as Secretary-Treasurer of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.

(26919) Council 13 Scholarship

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:35:33 -0400

Pennsylvania Council 13 President William J. Moran (left) congratulates graduate student Chris Becker, winner of Council 13's John F. Kennedy Award for Government Studies. At right is Donald Buzenski, chairman of the Department of Governmental Studies at King College in Wilkes-Barre, where Becker is enrolled.

(26931) Walter Mondale

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:40:51 -0400

Presidential candidate Walter Mondale speaks to AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 in Harrisburg for the Pennsylvania primary.

(26932) McEntee introduces Mondale

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:46:51 -0400

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee introduces 1984 presidential candidate Walter Mondale at an event hosted by Pennsylvania Council 13 for the Pennsylvania primary in Harrisburg. On the right is Ed Keller, and behind McEntee to the left is Wanda Weaver.

(26933) Walter Mondale

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:50:27 -0400

Presidential candidate Walter Mondale speaks to AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 in Harrisburg for the Pennsylvania primary.

(26934) McEntee at 1984 presidential primary

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:54:44 -0400

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee looks over a report with a member of Pennsylvania Council 13 during the 1984 Pennsylvania presidential primary in Harrisburg.

(26935) AFSCME for Mondale

jruss — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:58:31 -0400

At the Pennsylvania primary in Harrisburg, members of AFSCME Pennsylvania Council 13 support Walter Mondale (left of little girl) in his 1984 presidential bid.