AFSCME Members at Work

(12417) AFSCME Local 900 Panama Canal Zone worker

scaloia — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:17:02 -0500

This image appeared in the July 1966 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine with the caption:
“Agustin Brito, a charter member of Local 900, is one of the Locks Division employees who helps keep the Panama Canal in top operating condition.”

(7687) Money found in Philadelphia sewer

jruss — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:52:24 -0400

In January 1969 AFSCME Local 394, Council 33, members Louis Lagana and Cardell Williams were working to unclog a blocked sewer. The object clogging the sewer: a ten pound ball of money. The Philadelphia sanitation men turned the money into police who are shown here piecing the mostly hundred dollar bills back together. City Hall officials determined that Lagana and Williams could split the $92,400.

(9401) Water Department

jruss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:06:45 -0400

Harold Sprester, president of AFSCME Council 40 in Madison, Wisconsin, tests sewage for the water department.

(9703) Laboratory Technician

jruss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:16:51 -0400

Laboratory technician Odell Taliaferro was a member of Local 171 University of Wisconsin Employees.

(9704) X-ray Technician

jruss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:27:07 -0400

The Health Insurance Program (HIP) in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City provides speedy chest x-rays for the city employees and union members it served.

(9705) Highway Department

jruss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:34:30 -0400

Earl Allen works to put in a new manhole for the street department of Salt Lake City, Utah. Allen was secretary of AFSCME Local 1004.

(9706) Librarian

jruss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:41:35 -0400

Librarian Carol Fortman checks in resources for blind library patrons such as audio recordings and braille books. She was a member of AFSCME Local 426, Milwaukee Public Library & Museum Employees. This image appeared in the March 1952 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine.

(9707) Office Workers

jruss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:48:36 -0400

Staff at work in AFSCME Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

(9708) Unemployment Office Workers

jruss — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:55:26 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 694 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania are at work in the Employment Services & Unemployment Compensation (ESUC) Office.

(9802) Incinerator Steward

jruss — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:58:48 -0400

William Miller, chief steward of the Mt. Olivet Incinerator was a member of AFSCME Local 1 in Washington, D.C.

(9803) Furnace employees

jruss — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:06:21 -0400

Peter Redmand (left) and George Mason, members of AFSCME Local 44, clean ashes out of a furnace in Baltimore, Maryland.

(9804) Furnace Employee

jruss — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:12:25 -0400

A furnace employee and member of AFSCME Local 44 in Baltimore, Maryland pulls a cart containing a half ton of coal.

(9805) Hospital Messengers

jruss — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:25:18 -0400

Hospital messengers Larry Nelson and Albert Anderson, members of AFSCME Local 1363, help to distribute messages and supplies and to transport patients within Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.

(9810) Librarian

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:42:19 -0400

Among its many public employees, AFSCME represents librarians and library workers.

(9811) Children's Librarian

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:48:09 -0400

AFSCME Local 426 member children’s librarian Margaret Dixon hosted “Your Library Story,” a popular weekly television show in Milwaukee. This image appeared in the March 1952 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine.

(9813) Detroit Librarian

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:13:09 -0400

Helga Herz, librarian and member of Local 1259 in Detroit, shows a book on the Knights of Labor to Alvin Ruthenberg, staff representative for Detroit Area Council 77. This image appeared in the November 1959 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine.

(9905) Milwaukee Public Museum

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:13:29 -0400

Treasurer of AFSCME Local 526 Ed Stelachowski, a film technician at the Milwaukee Public Museum, rewinds a reel in the Museum laboratory.

(9906) Milwaukee Public Museum

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:21:41 -0400

AFSCME Milwaukee Public Museum Local 526 members Arthur Menger, Jr. (left) and Claude Roux look over one of the items on display in the “Streets of Old Milwaukee” exhibit.

(9907) Atlanta Jailers

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:29:38 -0400

AFSCME Local 315 members and jailers A.J. Jackson and Carl W. Smithwick inspect the jail in Fulton County, Georgia.

(9908) Denver courtroom

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:34:36 -0400

Bailiff Churchill Crowley (seated) and County Clerk Robert Uyeda, members of AFSCME Denver City Employees Local 158, administer the oath in a Denver courtroom.

(9909) Hospital Technician

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:43:42 -0400

AFSCME Local 1 member Lorraine J. Gordon, a radioisotope technician at Freedmen’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., tests a patient with a thyroid complaint.

(9910) Hospital Technician

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:48:24 -0400

This public health worker and hospital technician was a member of AFSCME Council 41 in Massachusetts.

(9911) Forest Ranger Flair

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:47:34 -0400

A member of AFSCME Local 1872, Glen Falls, NY Forest Rangers, sets off a flair to indicate where a helicopter should land to deliver aid.

(9912) Forest Rangers Lift

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:51:45 -0400

Forest rangers of AFSCME Local 1872 load someone onto a life flight lift in Glen Falls, NY.

(9913) Forest Rangers

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:54:43 -0400

Forest rangers of AFSCME Local 1872 exit a helicopter to deliver aid in Glen Falls, NY.

(9914) Forest Ranger Rappelling

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:00:43 -0400

A forest ranger rappels from a helicopter during rescue operations in Glen Falls, NY. The rangers in Glen Falls were represented by AFSCME Local 1872.

(9915) Forest Rangers

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:04:16 -0400

Forest Rangers, members of AFSCME Local 1872, prepare to lift a person to safety in Glen Falls, NY.

(9916) Nurse

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:12:44 -0400

Nurse Mae Francis Davis, a member of AFSCME Local 1, covers a napping child at Junior Village in Washington, D.C.

(9917) Occupational Therapist

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:22:31 -0400

Occupational therapist Esther Mayborn, member of AFSCME Local 1464, Colorado Western Slope State Employees, adjusts a head strap on a young patient in Grand Junction, Colorado. The strap was designed by an AFSCME member to give the child more mobility.

(9918) Occupational Therapist

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:36:44 -0400

During the 1960s, the government created a grant project called the Hospital Improvement Program (HIP) to focus on helping special needs patients. One of the recipients was the Fircrest School in Seattle, Washington. Before participating in HIP at Fircrest in 1964 and 1965 the children pictured here were considered beyond help, and only two of the five could sit by themselves. The HIP program greatly aided these children who are further assisted by an occupational therapist and AFSCME member.

(9919) Hospital Food Services

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:48:16 -0400

An AFSCME member prepares food in a hospital kitchen.

(9920) Washington, D.C. Food Services

jruss — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:03:57 -0400

AFSCME Local 1 members, Dennis Burleson (left) Local 1 steward, Alexander Brown (middle) chapter chairman, and Charles Bussey, prepare food at D.C. Village, a nursing home in Washington, D.C.

(9923) Hospital Food Services

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:46:35 -0400

Mrs. Braxton, a member of Washington, D.C. Local 1, serves patients’ meals in D.C. General Hospital.

(9924) Hospital Food Services

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:51:01 -0400

Butchers carve meat in a Pueblo, Colorado hospital. The men are members of AFSCME Local 123 Southern Colorado State Employees.

(9925) Hospital Food Services

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:54:55 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 123, Colorado State Hospital Employees, bake bread in a Pueblo, Colorado hospital.

(9926) Hospital Food Services

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:00:36 -0400

AFSCME members perform their food service duties in Boston City Hospital.

(9927) Hospital Food Services

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:06:42 -0400

An AFSCME Local 44 member performs his food services duties at City Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

(9928) Highway Department

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:18:33 -0400

A member of AFSCME Local 65 of Dane County in Madison, Wisconsin, operates heavy machinery on his job with the highway department.

(9929) Highway Department

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:23:58 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 65 of Dane County in Madison, Wisconsin perform their highway department work.

(9930) Highway Department

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:28:11 -0400

AFSCME member Melvin J. Williams operates a road scraper.

(9931) Highway Department

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:33:05 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 376 work on the roads of New York City in 1972.

(9932) Highway Department

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:38:02 -0400

AFSCME Local 315 Fulton County, Georgia member George Johnson operates an air pump on an asphalt kettle near Atlanta.

(9933) Highway Department

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:42:44 -0400

AFSCME Local 101 president Elwyn DuHadway controls the Fort Wayne Street Bridge over the River Rouge in Detroit, Michigan.

(9934) Highway Department Snow Removal

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:46:34 -0400

AFSCME highway department employees plow snow in Pennsylvania.

(9935) Highway Department Snow Removal

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:49:37 -0400

AFSCME highway department employees plow snow in Wisconsin.

(9936) Highway Department

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:53:16 -0400

AFSCME Local 927 member Alden Mobley works for the Street Maintenance Department in New Orleans, Louisiana.

(9937) Highway Department

jruss — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:57:26 -0400

AFSCME Local 1586 president Henry C. Hodges operates equipment in Paducah, Kentucky.

(9968) Aquarium Employees

jruss — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:13:14 -0400

Whitey Blackstone (left) and Albert Sortino, New York aquarium employees and AFSCME Local 1501 members, transfer new fish from a ship to a truck on their way to their aquarium tank.

(9969) Aquarium Employee

jruss — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:18:54 -0400

AFSCME New York Local 1501 member Pedro Ponciano helps fish new to the aquarium settle into their tanks.

(9970) Office Workers

jruss — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:32:00 -0400

AFSCME international staff work at the headquarters in Washington, D.C.