Political Involvement (AFSCME)

(12364) Phone Bank for Get Out the Vote, Detroit, 1972

scaloia — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:06:32 -0400

Members of Council 77, Detroit, Michigan, make phone calls during a Get Out the Vote drive, 1972. On the far left is Flora Walker.

(12434) AFSCME Iowa Council 61 members

scaloia — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:06:36 -0500

AFSCME Iowa Council 61 members pose on the steps of the Iowa state house for Lobby Day.

(12435) AFSCME Iowa members put their feet up

scaloia — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:09:29 -0500

Three AFSCME Iowa Council 61 members take a break on lobby day.

(12436) Iowa labor representative at Governor Ray's office

scaloia — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:10:53 -0500

Iowa AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Don Rowen, Assistant Council 61 Administrator Don Miner and AFSCME Area Director Tom Kramer are shown with petitions that stopped bill to eliminate mileage reimbursement coverage.

(12458) AFSCME, rally, Mondale, Ferraro

scaloia — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:07:48 -0500

Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro stand onstage at a rally in San Antonio, Texas during the 1984 presidential campaign.

(12459) Ferraro, Lucy, Cisneros in San Antonio

scaloia — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:03:44 -0500

Geraldine Ferraro greets a supporter during her campaign for vice president of the United States with AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy (second from right) and San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros (foreground on left).

(24812) President Kennedy

jruss — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:03:51 -0400

President John F. Kennedy holds a press conference on Cuba.

(24813) John F. Kennedy

jruss — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:08:12 -0400

President John F. Kennedy discusses the arms race with Russia during a news conference.

(24829) Edmund Muskie

jruss — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:18:04 -0400

Senator Edmund Muskie introduces to AFSCME’s Public Employee Magazine the 1964 Christmas Seals whose purchase helps fund national tuberculosis associations.

(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.

(27884) 1984 AFSCME PEOPLE Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:31:24 -0500

Willie Brown, then California Assembly Speaker, later Mayor of San Francisco, speaks at the 1984 AFSCME PEOPLE Conference. Also seated on the dais from left: John Seferian, then AFSCME California Vice President, now AFSCME Judicial Panel Chairman; Gerald McEntee, AFSCME President; and Will Lucy, then AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer.

(27885) 1982 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Race

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:33:00 -0500

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee speaks at a rally for democratic candidate for Pennsylvania governor, Allen Ertel, and his running mate, James Lloyd. Ertel ultimately lost the 1982 election by a narrow margin to Dick Thornburgh.

(27888) 1982 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Race

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:36:56 -0500

(27889) AFSCME Political Action Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:38:28 -0500

AFSCME leaders and guests seated at the dais at the 1983 Political Action Conference in Boston. From left: AFSCME International Vice President (IVP) Joseph E. McDermott, AFSCME IVP Dominic Badolato, U.S. Senator George Mitchell of Maine, and AFSCME President Gerald McEntee.

(27890) AFSCME Political Action Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:39:37 -0500

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee chats with International Vice President and Massachusetts Council 93 Executive Director Joseph Bonavita at the 1983 Political Action Conference in Boston.

(27891) AFSCME Political Action Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:41:31 -0500

AFSCME International Vice Presidents Jack Merkel, Dominic Bodalato, and William McGowan, along with Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy and other guests applaud President Gerald McEntee at the 1983 AFSCME Political Action Conference in Boston.

(27893) AFSCME Political Action Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:44:26 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy listens as President Gerald McEntee speaks at the 1983 AFSCME Political Action Conference in Boston.

(27895) AFSCME Political Action Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:47:13 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy (right) listens as President Gerald McEntee speaks at the 1983 AFSCME Political Action Conference in Chicago.

(27896) AFSCME Political Action Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:48:21 -0500

Chicago mayoral candidate Harold Washington (left) and AFSCME President Gerald McEntee (center) applaud as former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale speaks at the 1983 AFSCME Political Action Conference in Chicago.

(27897) AFSCME Political Action Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:49:31 -0500

Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale speaks at the 1983 AFSCME Political Action Conference in Chicago. Applauding from left: AFSCME International Vice President and Illinois Council 31 Executive Director Steve Culen, Chicago mayoral candidate Harold Washington, and AFSCME President Gerald McEntee.

(27898) AFSCME Political Action Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:50:52 -0500

Dignitaries at the 1983 AFSCME Political Action Conference in Chicago. From left: AFSCME President Gerald McEntee, Chicago mayoral candidate Harold Washington, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy, and former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.

(27901) Mondale for President

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:57:03 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy and President Gerald McEntee celebrate Walter Mondale’s candidacy for presidency.

(27909) AFL-CIO Mondale Endorsement

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:14:11 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer leads AFSCME delegates at the 1983 AFL-CIO convention as they endorse Walter Mondale for president.

(27935) DNC Mid-Term Conference

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:48:16 -0500

Dignitaries sit on a panel on “Making Government Work Better” at the 1982 Democratic National Convention (DNC) “Mid-term Conference” in Philadelphia. From left: Willard McQuire, president of the National Education Association (NEA); William Lucy, secretary-treasurer of AFSCME; Madeline Kunin, democratic candidate for governor of Vermont; and Senator Carl Levin of Michigan.

(27937) AFSCME Get Out the Vote

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:50:59 -0500

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy makes a get-out-the-vote phone call from the Maryland Council 67 Baltimore election headquarters. The Baltimore office made 40,000 calls.

(27938) Election night

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:52:31 -0500

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee shakes hands with Kentucky Senator Wendell H. Ford at a 1982 DNC election night meeting. McEntee is flanked by AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy (left) and South Carolina Senator Ernest F. Hollings, while DNC Chair Charles Manatt speaks at the lectern.

(27939) Election night

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:53:40 -0500

On election night, AFSCME President Gerald McEntee points at the name of Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, one of the labor-backed winners in the 1982 election.

(27940) Economic recovery program

jruss — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:54:55 -0500

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee (right) meets with Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd regarding AFSCME economic recovery program.

(29044) Carter and CAPE Officials

jruss — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:35:14 -0400

Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter meets with civil rights leader and Coalition of American Public Employees (CAPE) Associate Director James Farmer (left) and CAPE Executive Director Harvey Zorbaugh. AFSCME Illinois Local 2000 President Max Liberles looks on.

(29045) Carter and Young

jruss — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:42:33 -0400

Detroit Mayor Coleman Young (left) introduces presidential candidate Jimmy Carter to a crowd at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium.

(29046) Carters and Mondales

jruss — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:50:38 -0400

Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale and their wives at the Americana of New York. From left: Joan Mondale, Walter Mondale, Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter.

(29047) Carter phone banking

jruss — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:55:14 -0400

Women make phone calls on behalf of the Jimmy Carter presidential campaign in Memphis.

(29048) Carter phone banking

jruss — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:01:13 -0400

Volunteers make phone calls on behalf of Jimmy Carter during the Florida Primary in March 1976.

(29049) Wurf and Carter

jruss — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:06:01 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (standing) speaks with President Jimmy Carter. Seated behind Wurf are AFSCME officials David Trask (right) and Father Albert Blatz (center).

(29050) Carter and Johnson

jruss — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:14:09 -0400

AFSCME Michigan Council 25 President and International Vice President Robert Johnson assures President Jimmy Carter of AFSCME support for his reelection campaign.

(30460) California AFSCME PEOPLE Training

jruss — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:09:18 -0400

Officials at a training for California PEOPLE, the political fundraising arm of AFSCME. From left: AFSCME California Area Director Vernon Watkins, California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and AFSCME Council 36 Director Ron Coleman.

(30611) Taft-Hartley 14(b) Repeal

jruss — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 12:09:31 -0400

In 1965, labor urged newly elected democrats to repeal section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. 14(b) allowed states to establish right-to-work laws. The U.S. House passed the repeal, but the Senate failed to overcome a filibuster, and so 14(b) remained law. This cartoon was published on the day of the House vote. This version was sent to AFSCME President Jerry Wurf from Jim Patton, president of the National Farmers Union.

(32012) AFSCME District Council 61, Shoe Auction, 1985

mcourtney — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:01:31 -0400

Iowa District Council 61 Director Don McKee auctions off the shoes of an AFSCME lobbyist who walked the halls of the State Capitol so much he wore holes through the soles. They brought $200 into AFSCME’s PEOPLE program in 1985.

(32065) AFSCME Voter Registration

mcourtney — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:39:53 -0400

Members of AFSCME Local 420 promote voter registration. Associate Director of AFSCME District Council 37 Lillian Roberts is seated below the banner.

(32277) AFSCME members with Chicago Mayor Harold Washington

mcourtney — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 10:43:51 -0400

Lois Davis and Ethel Streeter of AFSCME Local 505, City of Chicago Police, greet Mayor Harold Washington.

(32282) Macomb County, Michigan, political canvassing

mcourtney — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 09:46:08 -0400

This AFSCME Local 1015 president visits residents in Macomb County, Michigan, to discuss the upcoming election.

(32649) Everett Sanderson and William Suzor, AFSCME Local 25, Wayne County, Michigan

mcourtney — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:37:34 -0500

Originally printed in AFSCME’s magazine Public Employee, this photograph carried the caption, “Everett Sanderson, president of Wayne County General Hospital, Local 25, shown discussing events with William Suzor, (r) clerk of Lincoln Park, who carries labor’s endorsement as a candidate for the Michigan Constitutional Convention.”

(32692) AFSCME Local 420 member hands out political literature, New York, 1973

mcourtney — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:13:58 -0500

This photograph originally appeared in AFSCME's magazine, the Public Employee, in November 1973. It carried the caption, "Mary Herdon, member of DC 37, Local 420 (Hospital Workers), hands out Beame literature in Manhattan on Election Day."

(32693) AFSCME Local 420 members board bus for Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, 1957

mcourtney — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:56:49 -0500

AFSCME New York Local 420 members board a bus headed for the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom in Washington D. C. The Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s first speech before a national audience, entitled “Give Us The Ballot.” The event marked the third anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, and aimed to promote both school integration and increased protections of voting rights for African-Americans.

(32795) McEntee speaks in Milwaukee

mcourtney — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:49:04 -0500

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee speaks at a Labor Day rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1996.

(32796) McEntee speaks in Milwaukee

mcourtney — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:53:36 -0500

AFSCME President Gerald McEntee gives an impassioned speech at a Labor Day rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1996.