Gerald McEntee

Gerald McEntee has become one of organized labor's most powerful leaders since he was first elected president of the 1.6-million-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in 1981.

Top Labor Figure Decides to Retire Kris Maher 2011

Proposals in Wisconsin and other states have "great ramifications" beyond the damage to union coffers and membership, said Gerald McEntee, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the nation's biggest public-sector union.

State Plans Anger Unions Kris Maher 2011

Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told a reporter from this newspaper last week that a union defeat in Wisconsin "can put Mr. Obama in some danger" of losing the next election.

Obama's Badger State Blues Karl Rove 2011

Gerald McEntee, president of the American, Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and other union presidents have declined to discuss the meeting.

Sparring Unions Now Working as One Kris Maher 2011

Gerald McEntee, who heads the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, told The Huffington Post several weeks ago that his union would be launching a recall effort against Walker himself.

Wisconsin Democrats Launch Recall Effort Against GOP Senators 2011

Associated Press Gerald McEntee greets attendees at a 2008 convention in San Francisco.

Top Labor Figure Decides to Retire Kris Maher 2011

In the months leading up to November's midterm elections, AFSCME officials pressed Democratic allies to speed or extend contract settlements before the "bad people" took office, said AFSCME president Gerald McEntee, referring to Republican candidates he feared would be tougher on government workers and unions.

Public-Worker Unions Steel for Budget Fights Melanie Trottman 2011

According to a senior AFL-CIO official, the labor leaders -- who could include AFL-CIO head John Sweeney, AFSCME chief Gerald McEntee, and others -- will be putting the finishing touches on plans for a national campaign, including possible TV ads, to press members of Congress for quick passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, one of labor's major agenda items.

At Private Meeting, Top Union Leaders To Plan Huge Campaign To Press For Labor's Demands 2009

Gerald McEntee is for supporting the strongest Democratic candidate?

AFSCME, Emily's List Deny Any Role In Anti-Obama 527 Scheme 2009

Another point -- if the labor leaders who have endorsed Hillary, like Tom Buffenbarger, Gerald McEntee and Ed McElroy, aren't on the phone to Hillary telling her, "either you fire Penn or we withdraw our endorsements," then perhaps they are the ones who will have truly earned James Carville's favorite insult: "Judas."

Report: Mark Penn Met With Colombian Ambassador To Talk Trade 2009