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A news clipping from the CSEA Publication, The Civil Service Leader, that includes an image of members of the Operational Services Unit Bargaining team of the Civil Service Employees Association pose with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller after the governor signed into law bills covering pay raises and other benefits negotiated by CSEA. From left are Frederick C. Riester, CSEA attorney; Joseph P. Reedy, CSEA collective bargaining specialist; William McGowan; Francis Mitchell; Theodore Anderson; Yvonne Mitchell, unit secretary; Rockefeller; John Clark, unit vice-chairman; Theodore C. Wenzl, CSEA president; Sal Butero, team chairman; Robert Marshall; Ernest Hemstock; and Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz. Missing are team members Edward Malone and Clifford Miller. Governor Mario Cuomo prepares to sign Civil Service Employees Association contracts with New York State. At the table are, from left, Governor's Office of Employee Relations Director Liz Moore, CSEA/AFSCME negotiator Ernie Rewelinski (standing), and CSEA President William L. McGowan. Cuomo and Rewelinski are shaking hands. Then Lieutenant Governor Mario Cuomo speaking at the Capital Region CSEA meeting in Lake Luzerne. Also shown are, from left, CSEA Department of Transportation Local President and Board of Directors Representative Joan Tobin, Statewide Secretary Irene Carr, then Pennsylvania AFSCME leader (present (2005) AFSCME President) Gerald McEntee, CSEA Capital Region President Joseph E. McDermott, and CSEA President William L. McGowan. AFSCME District Council 37 Director Victor Gotbaum with his head at his head while standing at the lecturn at a Civil Service Employees Association event. At right are CSEA President William L. McGowan and Executive Vice President Tom McDonough. Governor Mario Cuomo accepting the Civil Service Employees Association's endorsement for reelection. From left to right are CSEA Federal Issues Coordinator Joe Conway, CSEA President William L. McGowan, Cuomo, and Executive Vice President Joseph E. McDermott. CSEA President William L. McGowan and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf shake hands over the agreement for CSEA affiliation with AFSCME in 1978. CSEA President William L. McGowan shaking hands with Governor Hugh Carey at the 1979 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting.
CSEA Metropolitan Region President Frances Dubose Baptiste, U.S. Presidential Candidate Walter Mondale, CSEA President William L. McGowan, and Statewide Secretary Irene Carr at the 1984 CSEA Annual Delegates Meeting. Seated at a table during a press conference are AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer Bill Lucy, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, CSEA President William L. McGowan, and CSEA Executive Vice-President Tom McDunnough announcing CSEA's affiiation with AFSCME in Albany, New York. U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, left, reads a CSEA petition delivered to Washington DC by CSEA President William L. McGowan, right. The petition called for helping to halt an IRS plan to tax unused sick leave. CSEA President William L. McGowan, third from left, looks on as Governor Hugh Carey signs the Public Employee Safety and Health Act. The union played a major role in passage of the law which made safe workplaces a right instead of a priviledge for thousands of public employees in New York State. CSEA President William L. McGowan with New York State Senator Joe Bruno. Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William L. McGowan, at right, delivers to New York State Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink postcards from 43,000 CSEA members opposing a plan to furlough New York State employees. William L. McGowan served as the 20th president of CSEA from 1977 until 1988. McGowan is credited with transforming CSEA into one of New York's most powerful labor unions. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). His many accomplishments include: passage of the Public Employee Safety and Health Act, creation of the CSEA Employee Benefit Fund, fighting sex-based wage discrimiation, establishing employee assistance and tuition reimbursement programs and promoting workplace day care centers.
U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan speaking to CSEA members at an unidentified meeting. Moynihan is wearing a baseball cap and holding a plaque. Behind Moynihan is CSEA President William McGowan and other unidentified CSEA members. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88), fourth from left, at a Public Employee Conference breakfast in 1982. Also in photo are Governor Hugh Carey, speaking, Lt. Governor Mario Cuomo, to McGowan's right, and Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson to McGowan's left United States President Jimmy Carter speaks at CSEA's 1980 Annual Delegates Meeting in Niagara Falls, NY after the union endorsed his candidacy. To the right of Carter are New York Governor Hugh Carey, CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) shares a light moment with Lt. Governor Mario Cuomo, left and Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson, right, at a 1982 Public Employee Conference breakfast. CSEA Executive Vice President Joseph E. McDermott, CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf confer at an AFSCME Executive Board Meeting at AFSCME Headquarters in Washington D.C. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the international union, making CSEA its largest affiliate. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) being interviewed by Capital District news media. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the international union, making CSEA its largest affiliate.
CSEA President William L. McGowan, right, with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf at AFSCME Headquarters in Washington D.C. McGowan spearheaded CSEA's 1978 affiliation with the international union, making CSEA its largest affiliate. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88), right, talks with AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, left, and United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in Washington D.C. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, and CSEA attorney Jim Featherstonhaugh, center, chat with Senate Majority Leader Warren Anderson, right. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, speaks with New York Governor Hugh Carey at CSEA's 1982 Annual Delegates Meeting in Buffalo. At right is Governor's Office of Employee Relations Director Sandy Fucher. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88), left, with New York Governor Hugh Carey at CSEA's 1982 Annual Delegates Meeting in Buffalo. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88), right, welcomes New York Governor Hugh Carey to CSEA's 1982 Annual Delegates Meeting in Buffalo. CSEA President William L. McGowan (1977-88) listens intently during a contract negotiating session.

    

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