Blatz, Albert

AFSCME's History-Making 1964 Convention

scaloia — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:04:06 -0400

Fifty-five years ago, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees elected a new president who would dramatically change the trajectory of the union.

A founding member of the Wisconsin Service Employees Association in 1932, Arnold Zander took the lead in forming the national public employee union that would become AFSCME. read more »

(10511) 1965 AFL-CIO Convention

jruss — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:32:29 -0400

Members of the AFSCME delegation at the 1965 AFL-CIO Convention in San Francisco listen to a speaker. Clockwise from the front left: Secretary-Treasurer Gordon Chapman, Area Director James McCormick, Vice President Ruby Wicker, Contra Costa Local 1675 business agent Harry Clarke, Vice President Harry Gray, Vice President James Broyer, Mendicino State Hospital Local 519 member Sidney Lee, Cincinnati Labor Council delegate Al Bilik, Vice President Father Albert Blatz, Vice President Joseph Ames, assistant to the president Robert Hastings, Vice President Don McCullar, and President Jerry Wurf.

(11409) 1966 AFSCME Convention

pneirink — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:27:08 -0400

AFSCME leader Joseph Ames (left) and International Vice President Father Albert Blatz at the 1966 AFSCME Convention in Washington, D.C.

(11412) 1966 AFSCME Convention

pneirink — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:30:00 -0400

AFSCME leaders, including International Vice President Father Albert Blatz congratulate U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey following his address at the 1966 AFSCME Convention in Washington, D.C.

(11420) 1966 AFSCME Convention

pneirink — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:38:13 -0400

U.S. Vice President and AFSCME International Vice President Father Albert Blatz greet a delegate at the 1966 AFSCME Convention in Washington, D.C.

(11427) 1968 AFSCME Convention

pneirink — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:46:15 -0400

AFSCME officers are sworn in at the 1968 AFSCME Convention in Bal Harbour, FL. From left: Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Ames, President Jerry Wurf, International Vice President Father Albert Blatz.

(11567) Committee on Union Responsibility

jruss — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:02:16 -0400

Committee on Union Responsibility (COUR) leaders from left: Father Albert Blatz, Jerry Wurf, James Broyer, and Gordon Chapman. Blatz and Broyer were international vice presidents. Gordon Chapman was international secretary-treasurer under both Arnold Zander and Jerry Wurf.

(11664) Maritime Trades Department

jruss — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:36:02 -0500

AFSCME leaders, International Vice President Father Albert Blatz (left), President Jerry Wurf, and Secretary-Treasurer Gordon Chapman (right), speak with a fellow delegate at the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department Conference in 1965.

(12300) 25th Anniversary

jruss — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:02:59 -0400

Reverend Albert Blatz gives the benediction at the AFSCME 25th anniversary banquet. Father Blatz was president of the Minnesota Council of State Employees (AFSCME Council 6--now Council 5) and an AFSCME International Vice President. Left of Blatz is AFSCME President Arnold Zander, and right of Blatz is Leo Kramer, special assistant to President Zander.

(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.

(12387) HGEA, UPW, Affiliate with AFSCME, 1971

scaloia — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:07:14 -0400

Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) and United Pubilc Workers (UPW) leaders meet with AFSCME International leaders regarding affiliation, January 1971. Seated at the table, from left: Ronald Hirano, HGEA treasurer; Agnes Ross Rosa, UPW secretary-treasurer; Herbert Gonsalves, president of UPW; David Trask, Jr., executive director of HGEA; Father Albert Blatz, AFSCME International vice president; Jerry Wurf, AFSCME International president; Henry Epstein, state director of UPW; Charles Holt, president of HGEA.

(24735) AFSCME Leaders Remember King

jruss — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:06:44 -0400

AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Joe Ames (right) and Vice President Father Albert Blatz of Minnesota sit on the dais at the first anniversary remembrance of Martin Luther King’s assassination.

(24754) AFSCME Leaders Remember King

jruss — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:12:43 -0400

AFSCME International Vice President Father Albert Blatz (left) of Minnesota and Secretary-Treasurer Joe Ames (center) prepare to march in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the first anniversary of his assassination in Memphis.

(25546) AFSCME donates to Farm Workers

jruss — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:03:59 -0400

AFSCME International Vice President Father Albert Blatz (right) gives a $500 check to the Reverend Victor Salandini, a legislative representative of the National Farm Workers Federation. AFSCME’s donation was given to California grape strikers.

(27020) 1969 King anniversary

jruss — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:40:21 -0400

Labor and civil rights leaders participate in a march in Memphis on the first anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination. Among the marchers are civil rights leader James Lawson, AFSCME president Jerry Wurf, Reverend Ralph Jackson, Reverend Ralph Abernathy, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Ames, and AFSCME leader Father Albert Blatz.

(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).

(29051) AFSCME IEB and Carter

jruss — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:21:27 -0400

The AFSCME International Executive Board (IEB) met with President Jimmy Carter at the White House. At the head of the table is AFSCME International Vice President (IVP) Father Albert Blatz of Minnesota; right of Carter is AFSCME President Jerry Wurf; left of Carter is AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy; left of Lucy is IVP Gerald McEntee of Pennsylvania who went on to be AFSCME president 1981-2012.

(32695) Rev. Albert Blatz leading a picket in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1968

mcourtney — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:02:10 -0500

This photograph originally appeared in AFSCME's magazine, the Public Employee, in March 1968. It was captioned, "The Rev. Albert Blatz, International vice president, heads a picket line of Minnesota state employees outside of the state capitol in St. Paul that dramatized the demands of State Employees Council 6 for real bargaining. State employees from all over Minnesota kept the picket line in daily operation for three weeks. Father Blatz headed the contingent from St. Peter State Hospital, where he is chaplain, and treasurer of Local 614.”