William J. Bowen (1868 – July 27, 1948) was an American labor union leader.
In 1916, he affiliated the union to the American Federation of Labor (AFL), within which he worked closely with Samuel Gompers.
[1][2] Bowen served on the government's labor commission during World War I.
After the war, he backed the union's construction of a brickworks in El Paso.
He retired as union president in 1928, but remained chair of its board of trustees.