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| ¶ John J. Sweeney was elected president
of the AFL-CIO at the federation's biennial convention in October 1995.
At the time of his election, he was serving his fourth four-year term as
president of the Service Employees, which grew from 625,000 to 1.1 million
members under his leadership. Sweeney had been a vice president of the
AFL-CIO since August 1980. Born May 5, 1934, in Bronx, N.Y., Sweeney began his trade union career as a research assistant with the Ladies Garment Workers. He joined SEIU in 1960 as contract director for Local 32B in New York City. He later became president of the union and led two citywide strikes of apartment maintenance workers. He was elected president of the international in 1980. ¶ Richard L. Trumka was elected Oct. 25, 1995 as the youngest secretary-treasurer in AFL-CIO history. At the time of his election, he was serving his third term as president of the Mine Workers. Born in Nemacolin, Pa., on July 24, 1949, Trumka was elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council in 1989 as the UMWA reaffiliated with the federation. At the UMWA, Trumka led two major strikes against the Pittston Coal Co. and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association that resulted in significant advances in employer-employee cooperation and the enhancement of mine workers job security, pensions and benefits. In 1994, President Clinton named him to the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform, where he represented the interests of working families. ¶ Linda Chavez-Thompson, elected to the new position of executive vice president of the AFL-CIO on Oct. 25, 1995, was the first person of color elected to an executive office of the AFL-CIO and is the highest-ranking woman in the labor movement. Chavez-Thompson, born Aug. 3, 1944 in Lubbock, Texas, was first elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council in 1993. At the time of her election, she was vice president of AFSCME and executive director of AFSCME Council 42. She had directed the unions efforts in a seven-state district Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah that traditionally has been unfriendly to labor. But she achieved numerous successes there, including an organizing drive in Texas that brought in 5,000 new members over the past five years, and the passage of a collective bargaining law for public employees in New Mexico. ¶ J. Randolph Babbitt is president of the Air Line Pilots Association, a post he has held since Jan. 1, 1991. Born in Coral Gables, Fla., June 9, 1946, Babbitt was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. He currently serves as vice president of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department and chairman of the Railway Labor Act Committee. Before becoming ALPA president, Babbitt for six years served as the union's executive administrator. A former Eastern Airlines pilot, he served for a number of years representing all 4,000 Eastern pilots for ALPA, and chaired ALPA's National Collective Bargaining Committee, Negotiator's Conference and Presidential Committee on Labor Standards. ¶ Morton Bahr is president of the Communications Workers of America, a post to which he was first elected July 16, 1985. Born July 18, 1926, in New York, N.Y., Bahr was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Aug. 13, 1985. He is a member of the Labor Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations for the U.S. Trade Representative and is among the founders and co-chair of Jobs with Justice. He is an executive committee member of the Democratic National Committee. Bahr served 16 years as vice president of District 1, CWA's largest district, which includes New York, New Jersey and the New England states, where he directed the union's first public-sector organizing campaign. He holds a B.S. degree from Empire State College, is adjunct professor at the Harriman School for Labor-Management Policy at Stony Brook College and serves on the Board of Directors of the Economic Policy Institute. ¶ John J. Barry is international president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a post he has held since Aug. 25, 1986. Born May 19, 1924, in Syracuse, N.Y., Barry was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 28, 1987. He also serves as vice president of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department, the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department and AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department, as well as executive board member of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. Barry also is a board member of the AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute, the National Coordinating Committee for Multi-Employer Plans, Union Privilege Benefit Program, the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the AFL-CIO's African-American Labor Center and Asian-American Free Labor Institute [AAFLI has been extremely reactionary, probable CIA ties --risephoenix], and Union Labor Life Insurance Co. ¶ George F. Becker is international president of the United Steelworkers of America, a post he has held since March 1, 1994. Born Oct. 20, 1928, in Madison, Ill., Becker was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Feb. 24, 1994. Earlier, as a vice president, he led USWA's collective bargaining in the aluminum industry. Becker also led the USWA's organizing program and chaired the union's Task Force on Organizing and Task Force on Environment. As a staff technician in the union's Safety and Health Department, Becker helped establish some of the first national health standards adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for workers exposed to lead, arsenic and other toxic substances. ¶ Moe Biller is president of the American Postal Workers Union, a post to which he was first elected in November 1980. Born Nov. 5, 1915 in New York City, Biller was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Nov. 15, 1989. He serves as executive vice president of the AFL-CIO Public Employee Department, is a board member of the New York City Central Labor Council and Union Labor Life Insurance Company and is on the Executive Committee of the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International. Biller also is a member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the NAACP, the board of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health and the Federal Thrift Advisory Council. ¶ Marvin J. Boede is president of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, a post he has held since Oct. 14, 1982. Born April 6, 1928 in Fon du Lac, Wis., Boede was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Feb. 22, 1983. He is vice president of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department and Metal Trades Department. Boede, who has headed the federation's committee on training, previously was assistant president and an international representative for his union and was president of the Wisconsin State Pipe Trades Association, among other posts. ¶ Clayola Brown is vice president of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial Textile and Employees, a post to which she was elected at the union's founding convention in July 1995. Born Aug. 4, 1948, Brown was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26. 1995. She also serves as director of UNITE's Department of Civil Rights and as manager and secretary-treasurer of the Amalgamated Service and Allied Industries Joint Board in New York. A graduate of Florida A&M University, Brown is a board member of Amalgamated Bank of New York and chair of the NAACP Labor Ad Hoc Committee. She also serves on the executive committees of the Workers Defense League, A. Philip Randolph Institute, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and Southern Christian Leadership Conference. ¶ William Bywater is president of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, a post to which he was first elected on Nov. 17, 1982. Born Sept. 10, 1920, Bywater was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Feb. 22, 1983. He also is a vice president of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department and chairs the Coordinated Bargaining Council Steering Committee, which coordinates 13 unions negotiations with General Electric and Westinghouse. Earlier, Bywater served as IUE secretary-treasurer, president of IUE District 3 in New York and New Jersey, District 3 executive secretary and in a number of posts with IUE Local 425, including president, and was chairman of the IUE-Sperry Rand Conference Board. ¶ Ron Carey is president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a post he has held since Feb. 1, 1992. Born March 22, 1936, in New York City, Carey was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Feb. 17, 1992. He also was elected president of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department in September 1994. The son of a Teamster, Carey served 25 years as president of Local 804, one of the largest locals in the nation, representing United Parcel Service drivers. ¶ Arthur Coia is general president of the Laborers International Union of North America, a post to which he was first elected in February 1993. Born March 21, 1943 in Providence, R.I., Coia was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Feb. 18, 1993. A lawyer admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, Coia earlier served as his union's secretary-treasurer, manager of the New England and Eastern Canada Region and business manager for the Rhode Island Laborers District Council. ¶ Richard W. Cordtz is president of the Service Employees International Union, a post to which he was first elected Dec. 12, 1995. Born Dec. 20, 1921, in Chicago, Cordtz was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. Cordtz has served as secretary-treasurer of the Conference of Secretary-Treasurers of the AFL-CIO and vice president of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department. He has been vice president of Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO, president of SEIU Joint Council 35, president of Service Employees Central States Conference and member of Wayne County (Mich.) Planning Commission. ¶ Douglas H. Dority is president of the United Food and Commercial Workers, a post to which he was first elected in 1994. Born Dec. 9, 1938, in Marion, Va., Dority was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Feb. 21, 1994. Earlier, Dority served as UFCW executive vice president, director of organizing, vice president, director of Retail Clerks Region 2, and a number of posts with the Retail Clerks, including executive assistant to the director of organizing, administrative assistant to the president and assistant director of the southeastern and eastern divisions. ¶ Mac A. Fleming is president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, a post he has held since 1990. Born Sept. 22, 1945 in Walnut Grove, Miss., Fleming was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. He also is chairman of the Railway Labor Executives Association's Legislative Committee, chairman of the Cooperating Railway Labor Organizations, vice president of High Speed Rail/Maglev Association and Advisory Board member of American Income Life Insurance Company. Fleming, who has an A.A. degree from Jones County Junior College in Laurel, Miss., has served as BMWE secretary-treasurer, and in a number of posts with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe System Federation, including general chairman, vice chairman, assistant chairman, secretary-treasurer and system organizer. ¶ Carolyn Forrest is vice president of the International United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, a post to which she was first elected on June 17, 1992. Born July 29, 1932, in paris, Tenn., Forrest was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. She also is director of UAW's Independents, Parts and Suppliers Department, Women's Department, Consumer Affairs Department, Conservation and Recreation Departments and Family Auxiliaries. Forrest is a member of the Defense Policy Advisory Committee on Trade and the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. Earlier, Forrest served as director of the union's National Aerospace Department. Forrest was a founding member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and a lifetime member of the NAACP. ¶ Patricia Friend is president of the Association of Flight Attendants, a post she has held since January 1995. Born Aug. 28, 1946 in the Midwest and raised in Oklahoma, Friend was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. Before becoming AFA president, Friend was president of the United Master Executive Council, where membership expanded from 12,000 to 15,000 during her tenure. She chaired the United AFA ESOP committee, representing flight attendants interest in the employee buyout negotiations. Formerly president of the AFA Local Executive Council in Chicago, Friend remains on the United seniority list. ¶ Robert A. Georgine is president of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department and chairman and CEO of Union Labor Life Insurance Co., posts he has held since 1974 and 1990, respectively. Born July 18, 1932, in Chicago, Ill., Georgine was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 30, 1985. Earlier, Georgine was BCTD secretary-treasurer and president of the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers International Union, where he also served as assistant to the president and as international representative. He is a member of the board of the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust and the Joint Administrative Committee of the Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes in the Construction Industry. ¶ Wayne E. Glenn is president of the United Paperworkers International Union, a post he has held since July 31, 1978. Born Aug. 24, 1924, in Oklahoma, Glenn was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Nov. 19, 1979. He is vice president of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department. Glenn also is a member of the U.S. Labor Department's Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations, the International Federation of Chemical, Energy and General Workers board, advisory board to the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta and the executive board of the National Center for Resource Recovery. Earlier, Glenn served as president and executive secretary of the Arkansas AFL-CIO. ¶ Michael Goodwin is president of the Office and Professional Employees International Union, a post to which he was first elected in 1994. Born Oct. 12, 1942, in Staten Island, N.Y., Goodwin was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. Goodwin is vice president of the New York State and New York City AFL-CIOs, trustee of the Maritime Port Council of Greater New York, president of the American Labor Museum Botto House National Landmark and a director of the AFL-CIO Union Privilege program. He also has served as vice president of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department. ¶ Joe L. Greene is president of the American Federation of School Administrators, a post he has held since 1991. Born July 9, 1937, Greene was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. Earlier, Greene served as executive board member of Metropolitan Detroit and Michigan AFL-CIOs, and building representative of the Detroit Federation of Teachers/AFT. He has held a number of school administrative positions and served as a consultant to many government bodies. He has a doctorate in school administration from the University of Michigan, an M.A. from the University of Detroit and a B.S. from Mississippi Valley State College. ¶ Sonny Hall is president of the Transport Workers Union of America, a post to which he was first elected in October 1993. Born Jan. 30, 1932, Hall was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. He is chairman of the Coalition of MTA Transportation Unions and the New York State AFL-CIO Transportation Department, as well as a board member of Mount Sinai Hospital Health and Safety Department. Earlier, Hall was TWU executive vice president and president of Local 100, TWU's largest local. He has a B.A. from Cornell Labor College. ¶ Edward T. Hanley is president of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, a post he has held since May 1, 1973. Born Jan. 21, 1932, in Chicago, Hanley was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 6, 1975. He also is vice president of the AFL-CIO Food and Allied Service Trades Department. Hanley has served as the Illinois AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, business agent for HERE Local 287 and president of the Chicago Joint Executive Board for culinary locals. He has been a director of the Chicago Convention Bureau and trustee of the Chicago Restaurant Health and Welfare Trust and Pension Trust. ¶ Frank Hanley is president of the International Union of Operating Engineers, a post to which he was first elected on Feb. 1, 1990. Born July 5, 1930 in New York, N.Y., Hanley was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Feb. 19, 1990. He is a board member of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, Industrial Union Department and Metal Trades Department, as well as a trustee of the AFL-CIO Housing and Building Investment Trusts. Hanley is a graduate of Notre Dame University and Harvard University's Trade Union Program. He has served as a director of Union Labor Life Insurance Co. and as a member of the Commission to Promote Investment in America's Infrastructure. ¶ Sumi Sevilla Haru is first national vice president of the Screen Actors Guild. Born Aug. 25, 1939, in Orange, N.J., Haru was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. A co-founder and former national chair of SAG's Ethnic Employment Opportunities Committee, Haru has served as national recording secretary with two presidents, and has been on the national board since 1974. A producer, actor, electronic and print journalist, writer and poet, Haru produces variety and touring programs for the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, and is co-producer and co-host of an award-winning magazine program on the city's arts and culture. She is president and co-founder of the Association of Asian Pacific American Artists, executive board member of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and co-chair of the Rainbow Coalition Commission on Fairness in the Media. ¶ James E. Hatfield is chairman and past president of the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union, and is president of the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department. Born Mar. 29, 1931, in West Virginia, Hatfield was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Nov. 18, 1981. He is vice president of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department and Industrial Union Department, and is a board member of the A. Philip Randolph Institute. ¶ Carroll Haynes is president of Local 237 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in New York, N.Y., a post he has held since April 1993. Born June 2, 1933, in Hinton, W.Va., Haynes was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. A graduate of West Virginia State College, Haynes served as Local 237 vice president and chief administrator for 10 years before becoming president. In more then 30 years service to the local, he has served as chapter chairman, business agent, division director and trustee. ¶ Frank Hurt is president of the Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers International Union, a post he has held since Oct. 1, 1992. Born Jan. 2, 1939, in Marfrance, W.Va., Hurt was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Feb. 18, 1993. Earlier, Hurt served as the union's secretary-treasurer, executive vice president and director of organization. He also has been a member of the UAW, the Teamsters and the Electrical Workers. ¶ Gloria Tapscott Johnson is a vice president of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, director of the union's Department of Social Action and chair of the IUE Women's Council. Born Oct. 28, 1927, in Washington, D.C., Johnson was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Aug. 3, 1993. She is president of the Coalition of Labor Union Women. Johnson is a vice president of the AFL-CIO Department of Public Employees, chairing its Committee on Salaried and Professional Women. She chairs the National Committee on Pay Equity and is a board member of the A. Philip Randolph Institute. ¶ John T. Joyce is president of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, a post he assumed in November 1979. Born Dec. 6, 1935, in Chicago, Ill., Joyce was elected AFL-CIO vice president on May 7, 1984. Joyce co-chairs the Democratic Party's Labor Advisory Council and is a board member of the Human Resources Development Institute, the League for Industrial Democracy, the National Housing Conference, the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing and Union Labor Life Insurance Co. He also serves on the executive committee of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the board of the AFL-CIO Asian American Free Labor Institute [AAFLI has been extremely reactionary, probable CIA ties --risephoenix] and the African American Labor Center. ¶ George J. Kourpias is president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, a post he has held since July 1, 1989. Born June 10, 1932, in Iowa, Kourpias was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Nov. 15, 1989. He is vice president of the National Council of Senior Citizens. Earlier, Kourpias was a IAM vice president, president of District 162, vice president of the Iowa AFL-CIO, and president and secretary of the Iowa State Council of Machinists. ¶ James La Sala is international president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, a post he has held since May 1, 1985. Born Nov. 7, 1926, La Sala was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. Earlier, La Sala served as ATU executive vice president, international vice president and special organizer, as well as Local 824 president. A World War II Navy veteran, La Sala has been an ATU member since 1947. ¶ William Lucy is secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a post to which he was first elected in May 1972. Born Nov. 26, 1933, in Memphis, Tenn., Lucy was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. Lucy is president of Public Services International, the world's largest union federation, is a founder and president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and is a vice president of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department, Maritime Trades Department and Department for Professional Employees. He serves on the board of directors of Trans-Africa, the AFL-CIO African American Labor Center and Americans for Democratic Action, and has served on the Commission on Skills of the American Workforce. ¶ Leon Lynch is vice president (human affairs) of the United Steelworkers of America, a post he has held since September 1976. Born June 4, 1935, Lynch was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Oct. 26, 1995. Lynch chairs the A. Philip Randolph Institute board and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, and is president of the Workers Defense League. Lynch chairs USWA's Container Industry Conference and Public Employees Conference, and serves on the executive board of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department. ¶ Jay Mazur is president of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), a post he has held since the 1995 merger convention of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Born May 21, 1932, in New York City, Mazur was elected AFL-CIO vice president on Aug. 5, 1986. Before becoming UNITE president, Mazur was president of the ILGWU, where he developed the first immigration legal services to union members. He is a founding board member of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance. [risephoenix adds: Mazur is also a member of the Trilateral Commission
and the Council on Foreign Relations, two hotbeds of bosses' plots, reaction,
and CIA connections. See here and here
and here.] ¶ Douglas J. McCarron is president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, a post he has held since September 1995. Born in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 1950, McCarron was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. Before becoming UBC president, McCarron was vice president and secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County District Council, where he negotiated the establishment of the Carpenters-Contractors Cooperation Committee. The CCCC redirects more than $519,000,000 in public works from nonunion to union contractors, with more than $216,000,000 in additional work for nonunion contractors blocked through bid protest and other mechanisms. ¶ Gerald W. McEntee is the third president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Born Jan. 11, 1935, in Philadelphia, McEntee was elected AFL-CIO vice president Feb. 15, 1982. He is co-founder and chairman of the board of the Economic Policy Institute and co-founder of Project 500, a multi-million-dollar effort to retain Democratic majorities in state legislatures across the country. McEntee also is on the President's Commission on Children. Before becoming president of AFSCME, McEntee was president of AFSCME Council 13, the largest public employee union in Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. degree in economics from LaSalle College and has completed graduate credits at Temple and Harvard Universities. ¶ Andrew McKenzie is president of the Leather Goods, Plastics, Novelty and Service Workers Union, a post he has held since September 1992. Born Oct. 23, 1937, he was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. Earlier, as general secretary-treasurer of the union, McKenzie established the union's Health and Welfare and Pension Fund. McKenzie has served on the board of directors of the A. Philip Randolph Institute and the United Fund. He also is a former chairman of the Board of Alliance for Community Control, an affiliate of the Human Development Corporation based in St. Louis. ¶ Lenore Miller is president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a post she has held since September 1986. Born March 10, 1932, Miller was elected AFL-CIO vice president Feb. 16, 1987. She was the first woman union president elected to the council. Miller also is an officer of two international trade secretariats the International Union of Food and Allied Workers Association and the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees. Miller is vice chair of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and is a member of the U.S. Commission on Leave. She also serves as president of the Jewish Labor Committee. In 1992, Miller was named Grand Marshal of the New York City Labor Day Parade. ¶ A. L. "Mike" Monroe is president of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, a post he has held since 1992. Born Nov. 25, 1931 in Alexandria, Va., Moore was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. He serves on the board of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, the Metal Trades Department, the Industrial Union Department, the Maritime Trades Department and the Union Labor Life Insurance Company. Before becoming IBPAT president, Monroe was secretary-treasurer for eight years. He began his union career in 1955 with IBPAT Local 890. ¶ Arthur Moore is president of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, a post he has held since July 1993. Born May 14, 1933, Moore was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. He also serves as a vice president of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department and as a member of the executive board of the AFL-CIO Metal Trades and Maritime Trades Departments. Moore has received numerous awards, including the Deversky Center's Labor and Industrial Relations Award; the Israel Peace Award and the Israel Unity Award for his concern for the economic security and survival of Israel; and the Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. ¶ James J. Norton is president of the Graphic Communications International Union, a post he has held since August 1985. Born June 9, 1930, Norton was elected AFL-CIO vice president Nov. 13, 1991. He also serves on the board of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department, the Union Labor Life Insurance Company and the American Red Cross. Before becoming GCIU president, Norton served as the union's recording and financial secretary. He also served on the six-person committee that negotiated the merger of the Graphic Arts International Union and the Printing and Graphic Communications Union to form the GCIU. ¶ Arturo S. Rodriguez is president of the United Farm Workers, a post he has held since 1992. Born June 29, 1949, in San Antonio, Texas, was elected to the AFL-CIO Executive Council Oct. 26, 1995. Before becoming UFW president, Rodriguez worked closely with UFW founder Cesar Chavez and led the union's intensive public education drive for the grape boycott in New York and in the South. He holds a B.A. degree in sociology from St Mary's University and an M.A. degree in social work from the University of Michigan. ¶ Michael Sacco is president of the Seafarers International Union, a post he has held since June 1988. Born Feb. 14, 1937, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Sacco was elected AFL-CIO vice president Nov. 13, 1991. He also serves as president of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. Sacco served 12 years as vice president of the SIU Great Lakes and Inland Waters division. Based in St. Louis, he served as secretary-treasurer of the St. Louis Port Council and executive board member of the Missouri AFL-CIO. Sacco also has been vice president of the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, which prepares young men and women for seagoing careers. ¶ Robert A. Scardelletti is president of the Transportation Communications Union, a post he has held since July 1991. Born Aug. 2, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio, Scardelletti was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. Before becoming TCU president, Scardelletti was a vice president and general chairman of System Board 86, the union's largest board representing workers at Conrail, Amtrak and other properties from New England to Mississippi. Scardelletti also has assisted many other union boards with collective bargaining and contract enforcement issues. ¶ Albert Shanker is president of the American Federation of Teachers, a post he has held since 1974. Born Sept. 14, 1928, in New York City, Shanker was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 25, 1973. He currently serves as chairman of the board of the AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees and is founding president of Education International, a federation of some 20 million teachers from democratic countries around the world. Shanker was president of New York City's United Federation of Teachers for 22 years. Under his leadership, the union held its first major teacher collective bargaining election. Shanker was the first labor leader elected to the National Academy of Education. He also is a founding member of the A. Philip Randolph Institute and the Bayard Rustin Fund. [risephoenix adds: Shanker is also a member of the Trilateral Commission
and the Council on Foreign Relations, two hotbeds of bosses' plots, reaction,
and CIA connections. See here and here
and here.] ¶ Vincent R. Sombrotto is president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, a post he has held since 1978. Born June 15, 1923, in New York City, he was elected AFL-CIO vice president Nov. 18, 1981. Sombrotto also is chairman of the Fund for Assuring an Independent Retirement, a coalition of postal and federal unions and management associations, and of the Employee Thrift Advisory Council of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board. Prior to his election as NALC president, Sombrotto was president of Branch 36 in New York City, the union's largest local. In 1970, he was a leader of an eight-day strike that led to reforms including the passage of the Postal Reorganization Act. He also serves on the boards of the Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the American Diabetes Association and the United Way of America. ¶ John N. Sturdivant is president of the American Federation of Government Employees, a post he has held since August 1988. Born June 30, 1938, in Philadelphia, Sturdivant was elected AFL-CIO vice president Nov. 15, 1989. He also serves on the board of the AFL-CIO Public Employee Department, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, the Workplace Health Fund, the George Meany Center for Labor Studies and the National Coalition of Black Voter Participation. Prior to his election, Sturdivant served as the union's executive vice president, responsible for coordinating and managing daily operations of the union. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in labor studies from Antioch College and completed two years of law school at George Washington University. ¶ Gene Upshaw is president of the Federation of Professional Athletes, a post he has held since 1980. Born Aug. 15, 1945, Upshaw was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 30, 1985. He currently serves as a vice president for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and a member of the National Committee on Drug Prevention of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Before becoming president of the FPA, Upshaw was union representative and officer for 13 years. An NFL player for 16 years for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, Upshaw served as player rep or alternate rep for the Raiders for six years. ¶ Robert E. Wages is president of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers, a post he has held since 1991. Born Aug. 18, 1949, in Kansas City, Wages was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. Wages has served OCAW in many capacities including as vice president, assistant to the president and general counsel. He earned a law degree from the University of Missouri and B.A. degree from the University of Kansas. As an attorney for the international, Wages was instrumental in the development of legal strategies utilized in the union's right-to-know campaign. [risephoenix adds: Bob Wages was also one of the founders of the new Labor Party in the US.] ¶ Jake West is president of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, a position he has held since January 1989. Born May 29, 1928, West was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. He is a board member of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades, Metal Trades, Union Label and Service Trades and Maritime Trades Departments as well as the Union Labor Life Insurance Company. Before becoming president of the union, West was general secretary. He began his career in 1951 with Local 433 in Los Angeles. ¶ Alfred K. Whitehead is president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, a post he has held since 1988. Born Oct. 12, 1928, Whitehead was elected AFL-CIO vice president Oct. 26, 1995. He also serves on the board of the AFL-CIO Public Employee Department. Prior to his election, Whitehead was secretary-treasurer of the IAFF. He began his career as a fire fighter in the Los Angeles County Fire Department in 1954. He served as vice president on the California AFL-CIO and as vice president of the Los Angeles AFL-CIO. ¶ Stephen P. Yokich is president of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, a post he has held since June 14, 1995. Born Aug. 20, 1935, in Detroit, Yokich was elected AFL-CIO vice president Aug. 1, 1995. He serves on the board of the AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees, the Democratic National Committee, the Michigan Cancer Foundation and the Labor Policy Institute of the International Union Department. Before becoming UAW president, Yokich was vice president and headed the union's General Motors, Ford, Agricultural Implement and Organizing Department. He also is founder of Community Caring Program (initially known as the Arthur Ashe Scholarship Fund), which provides scholarships and pays for medical coverage for disadvantaged youth. |
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