AFSCME Staff and Leaders

(7467) AFSCME President Arnold Zander and Senator Ted Kennedy

jruss — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:19:02 -0400

Former AFSCME President Arnold Zander (right) and Senator Edward Kennedy speak in 1963.

(7468) Arnold Zander and Arthur Goldberg

jruss — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:22:37 -0400

Former AFSCME President Arnold Zander (right) and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg chat informally at a reception given for cabinet officers in Washington, D.C. in 1962.

(7469) Arnold Zander and George Meany

jruss — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:26:39 -0400

Former AFL-CIO President George Meany (left) introduces former AFSCME President Arnold Zander to present a resolution for the delegates' consideration at the 1961 AFL-CIO convention.

(7470) Roberts speaks, Wurf watches

jruss — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:17:45 -0400

Lillian Roberts, a leader of AFSCME Council 37 in New York City speaks as AFSCME President Jerry Wurf looks on in 1968.

(7479) Lucy testifies before Senate Finance Committee

jruss — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:26:03 -0400

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William (Bill) Lucy testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on the Reagan administration's tax reform proposal in 1985.

(7480) Wurf and McEntee shake hands

jruss — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:28:06 -0400

Jerry Wurf (right), AFSCME President 1954-1981, shakes hands with his future successor, Gerald McEntee, at the 1974 annual convention in California.

(8873) Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Ames

jruss — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:48:54 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Ames speaks at the AFSCME Michigan leadership conference in 1966.

(8874) Gordon Chapman

jruss — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:57:23 -0500

Former Secretary-Treasurer Gordon Chapman speaks at the 1960 AFSCME International Convention in Philadelphia.

(8875) Gordon Chapman and Arnold Zander

jruss — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:06:27 -0500

AFSCME President Arnold Zander (right) and Secretary-Treasurer Gordon Chapman at the 1954 International Convention.

(8876) Gordon Chapman and Jerry Wurf

jruss — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:20:17 -0500

Gordon Chapman (left) and Jerry Wurf are pictured here at a 1963 conference in Milwaukee for the Committee on Union Responsibility (COUR). The next year, running on reform, Wurf beat founding president Arnold Zander to lead the union, with Chapman as his running mate.

(8877) Colonel A.E. Garey

jruss — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:27:43 -0500

Colonel A.E. Garey was civil service counsel and head of the civil service division. In this role, he gave advice to local unions in matters concerning retirement plans, working agreements, and legislative programs, as well as civil service laws, amendments, and rules. In 1931, Colonel Garey, as head of the Civil Service Personnel in Wisconsin, encouraged civil service members to unionize. This local group grew until in 1936, the AFL chartered a new international union for civil service employees: AFSCME.

(8878) Arnold Zander and Leo Kramer

jruss — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:33:34 -0500

AFSCME International President Arnold Zander (left) stands with international representative and longtime personal assistant Leo Kramer.

(8879) William McEntee

jruss — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:44:13 -0500

William McEntee, president of AFSCME District Council 33 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, speaks here at the 1963 dedication of the AFL Medical Center in Philadelphia. William McEntee’s son, Gerald McEntee, became AFSCME International President in 1981.

(9812) Detroit Public Library

jruss — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:08:04 -0400

Members of Local 1259, Detroit, Michigan Public Library Employees, look at a library display on labor history at the Detroit Public Library. From left they are Rita Beck, vice president of Local 1259; Doris Detwiler, president; Helga Herz, chairman of policy committee; Cleo Taylor, former president; and David Cooley, treasurer. This image appeared in the November 1959 issue of AFSCME's Public Employee magazine

(9972) Staff meet with President Zander

jruss — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:43:05 -0400

AFSCME staff at the International Headquarters in Washington, D.C. meet with union president Arnold Zander.

(11672) AFSCME Staff and Leaders

jruss — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:11:34 -0500

AFSCME leaders and staff pose in front of the International Headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin in 1949. AFSCME moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. in 1957. In the front row, the first three from left are Colonel A. E. Garey, civil service counsel for AFSCME; Secretary-Treasurer Gordon Chapman; and President Arnold Zander. A young Jerry Wurf, who became President in 1964, can be seen in the second standing row between Chapman and Zander.

(11736) AFSCME Staff

jruss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:07:11 -0500

AFSCME headquarters staff work in Washington, D.C. in August 1966. Seated is associate director of community action William Lucy. Standing is assistant to President Jerry Wurf, Al Bilik.

(11737) City of Peace Award

jruss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:18:06 -0500

Charles H. Dade, Sr. (left), president of AFSCME District Council 33 in Philadelphia, accepts a City of Peace Award from Emanuel Shimoni (right), consul general of Israel. Joining them at the State of Israel tribute dinner in Philadelphia are AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy (center left) and President Jerry Wurf (center right).

(11744) Lucy and McEntee

jruss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:22:24 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy welcomes President Gerald McEntee to the podium at an AFSCME meetings.

(11747) Riots, Rebellions, Arson, 1967

jruss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:57:23 -0500

AFSCME Council 77 Administrator William Lucy (left) surveys a building ravaged during the 1967 Detroit riots. Other members of the Council’s disaster committee also look on at the damage. From left: Fred Roberts, Local 26 President Al Cobb, James Carter, and Eddie Edwards. Council 77 provided relief to citizens after the riots.

(11750) Wurf and Lucy

jruss — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:19:51 -0400

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy (left) and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf pose at the January 1979 National Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.

(11771) Local 685 Scholarship

jruss — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:39:59 -0400

In January 1968, Los Angeles Probation Officers Local 685 presented scholarship checks in sociology to two seniors at California State College. From left: Local 685 Representative Ralph Merola, recipients Ephriam Woods and Kenneth Edwards, and Local 685 President Mel Trickey.

(12091) Local 1549 Humanitarian of the Year

jruss — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:17:03 -0400

Teri Washington, Local 1549 shop steward-designate, received the Humanitarian of the Year award from Sanhedrin Church in New York City in December 1979.

(12094) Wurf and Randolph

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:55:35 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf shakes hands with A. Philip Randolph in May 1969.

(12095) Wurf and Kirkland

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:00:52 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf chats with Lane Kirkland, then assistant to AFL-CIO President George Meany, in 1966. Kirkland succeeded Meany as AFL-CIO president in 1979.

(12096) Wurf, McEntee, and Clark

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:09:19 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (left) and Pennsylvania Senator Joseph Clark (right) congratulate William McEntee on his retirement from his post as director of AFSCME District Council 33 in Philadelphia. McEntee’s son Gerald became AFSCME president in 1981.

(12097) Wurf and McCarthy

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:16:08 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf and Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy appeared together on the television show It’s Your Business in September 1979.

(12098) Wurf and Zander

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:08:01 -0400

AFSCME President Arnold Zander (right) and Jerry Wurf, who became AFSCME president in 1964, speak with members.

(12099) Wurf, Wurf, and Ames

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:13:08 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (left); his brother, Al Wurf (middle), director of New York’s AFSCME Council 50; and AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Joe Ames (right) clasp hands in August 1967.

(12100) Zander, Keenan, DeLury, and Wurf

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:26:22 -0400

AFSCME leaders pose at the April 1950 John DeLury dinner in New York City. From left: President Arnold Zander; Joseph P. Kennan; John J. DeLury, president of AFSCME Local 308
who went on to establish New York City's Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association Local 851 and eventually had a city plaza named after him; and Jerry Wurf, a New York City AFSCME leader who became international president in 1964.

(12105) McEntee and Kramer

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:34:38 -0400

Philadelphia AFSCME District Council 33’s Gerald McEntee (left) receives his diploma upon completing AFSCME staff training from assistant to the president Leo Kramer.

(12107) U.S. Conference of Mayors

jruss — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:58:34 -0400

Dianne Feinstein, then mayor of San Francisco, listens as AFSCME President Gerald McEntee speaks at the 1984 United States Conference of Mayors.

(12247) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:53:05 -0500

Eric Berglund, member of the Public Services International (PSI) Executive Board, also served as the head of the Swedish Federation of State Employees Unions.

(12248) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:59:54 -0500

Stan Little, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) also served as a member of the Public Services International Executive Board.

(12249) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:07:04 -0500

S. I. Amole of the Nigerian Union of Local Authorities Staff (NULAS) also served as an executive board member of Public Services International.

(12250) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:13:27 -0500

D. P. Long, general secretary of the New Zealand Public Service Association, also served as an executive board member of Public Services International.

(12251) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:17:45 -0500

Jorgen Knudsen, president of the Danish Municipal Workers Union, also served as an executive board member of Public Services International.

(12252) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:21:26 -0500

Bengt Blomdahl of Stockholm, Sweden, served as an executive board member of Public Services International.

(12253) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:27:43 -0500

Moshe Bar-Tal, general secretary of the Union of Public Service, Clerical, and Administrative Employees in Israel, also served as an executive board member of Public Services International.

(12254) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:33:40 -0500

Jan Hoogerwerf, president of the Netherlands General Union of Civil Servants, also served as an executive board member of Public Services International.

(12255) Public Services International Executive Board Member

jruss — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:37:34 -0500

Arne Born, president of the Norwegian Union of Municipal Employees, also served as an executive board member of Public Services International.

(12296) Abernathy and Wurf

jruss — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:23:42 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (right) welcomes civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy to the podium at AFSCME Local 1644 in Atlanta.

(12297) Clyde Alsup

jruss — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:35:36 -0400

AFSCME member Clyde Alsup, a representative from a local in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, speaks at the microphone.

(12298) International Executive Board Meeting

jruss — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:43:38 -0400

AFSCME leaders chat at an International Executive Board meeting in New York City. From left: Steve C. Clark, International Vice President from the Wisconsin District; Arvid Anderson, director of New York City’s Office of Collective Bargaining; and Jerry Wurf, AFSCME President.

(12301) Minnesota Governor Freeman

jruss — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:15:35 -0400

Father Albert Blatz (right), president of AFSCME Council 6 (now Council 5) in Minnesota, sits with Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman (center) and Henry Ross. Freeman was governor of Minnesota 1955-1961.

(12302) Martin Bolle

jruss — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:33:10 -0400

Martin C. Bolle, a General Secretary of Britain’s International Federation of Unions of Employees in Public and Civil Services, speaks at an AFSCME event.

(12361) Arnold Zander appointment book, October 6-11, 1936

scaloia — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:18:34 -0400

AFSCME President Arnold Zander's appointment book and diary for the week of October 6-11, 1936. Zander attended meetings that week for AFSCME's charter with the AFL-CIO.

Zander's appointment books are part of the Leo Kramer Papers.

(12362) Arnold Zander appointment book, October 12-17, 1936

scaloia — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:44:37 -0400

AFSCME President Arnold Zander's appointment book and diary for the week of October 12-17, 1936. Zander attended meetings in Washington, DC that week for AFSCME's charter with the AFL-CIO.

Zander's appointment books are part of the Leo Kramer Papers.

(12391) Danny Donohue, AFSCME, CSEA

scaloia — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:04:47 -0400

Danny Donohue, president of CSEA’s Long Island Region, New York. Donohue was elected AFSCME International Vice President in 1984.

(12431) AFSCME Local 152 HGEA, David Trask, 1981

scaloia — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:30:20 -0500

Two men carry Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) leader David Trask on their shoulders at a dinner held in Trask’s honor. Trask was instrumental in HGEA’s affiliation with AFSCME in 1971.