Union Veterans Council

http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/allies/unionveterans2008.cfm

AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council

The AFL-CIO launched its first-ever Union Veterans Council in July 2008 to bring together union veterans on the issues that matter most to veterans, their families and working men and women.

Officers

Chair: Mark Ayers, President, Building and Construction Trades Department (U.S. Navy)
Vice-Chair: J. David Cox, Secretary-Treasurer, AFGE
Vice-Chair: Cliff Guffey, President, APWU (U.S. Marines)

Executive Committee

Captain John Prater, President, ALPA
Warren Mart, Secretary-Treasurer, IAM (U.S. Army)
Walter Cahill, IATSE, (U.S. Army)
Joseph Hunt, President, Ironworkers
Ham Ghaffari, NATCA (U.S. Marine Corps)
Cecil Roberts, President, UMWA (U.S. Army)

Staff

James Gilbert, Director, (U.S. Navy)
Gordon Pavy, Staff Coordinator, AFL-CIO, (U.S. Navy)
Bryon Charlton, Legislation, AFL-CIO, (U.S. Air Force)
Greg Woodhead, (U.S. Air Force)

Governing Board

Airline Pilots Association (ALPA)

Brendan Kenny, Director of Government Affairs (U.S. Air Force)
Wes Reed (U.S. Marine Corps)

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

Robert Nicklas, Political Director

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Greg Humphrey

American Postal Workers Union (APWU)

Cliff Guffey, Executive Vice President, Postal Workers (U.S. Marines)
Sue Carney, National Human Relations Director

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)

Warren George, President, (U.S. Navy)
Oscar Owens, Secretary-Treasurer, ATU (U.S. Army)

Boilermakers (IBB)

Newton B. Jones, President

Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)

Dan Pickett, International President (U.S. Army)
Mark Ciurej (U.S. Navy)

Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Bob Ozinga

Elevator Constructors (IUEC)

Joe Devlin (U.S. Navy)

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)

Walter Cahill, Vice President (U.S. Army)

International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

Kevin Rader, Education Director

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Rick de la Fuente, Assistant Legislative Director (U.S. Army)

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

Brian Baker (U.S. Army)

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)

Timothy J. Rudolph, President Local 195 (U.S. Army)

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC)

James Boland, President, Bricklayers
Gerrard Scarrano, Executive V.P., Bricklayers

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)

James Williams, President (U.S. Army)
Chris Sloan, International Legislative Representative

Iron Workers

David Kolbe (U.S. Army)

Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Dan Duncan

Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Ronald Ault, President (U.S. Navy)

National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)

Ham Ghaffari, Western Pacific Regional Vice President (U.S. Marines)

National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

Ernie Kirkland, Director for Retired Members

National Postal Mail Handlers (NPMHU)

John F. Hegarty, President

Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS)

Michael Gonzales, Region IV National Assistant for Flight Standards (U.S. Air Force & Reserves)

Plasterers & Cement Masons (OPCMIA)

Patrick D. Finley, General President
Gerry Ryan (U.S.Army)

Plumbing and Pipe Fitting (UA)

William Hite, President
Rick Terven, Legislative and Political Affairs Director

State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Larry Scanlon

Transport/Communication (TCU)

Robert Scardelletti, President

Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)

Timothy Grandfield

United Auto Workers (UAW)

Kris Owen, Assistant Director of General Motors Department, UAW

United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)

John Lonetti, Assistant to the President, UMWA (U.S. Army)

United Steelworkers (USW)

Tom Conway, Vice President (U.S. Air Force)

United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (RWAW)

Kinsey M. Robinson, President (U.S. Marine Corps)

UNITEHERE! (UNITEHERE!)

John W. Wilhelm, President