Education
Student, Providence College student, Boston University.
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Arthur A. Coia
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Arthur A. Coia, Labor union executive. Bar: Supreme Court of the United States Court. Named Samaritan of Year, Samaritans of Washington, 1994; recipient Labor Social Responsibility award Martin Luther King Center, Atlanta, 1996, Human Rights award National Conference Black Mayors/World Conference Mayors, 1996.
Career
Various positions as member and laborer, Laborer's International Union North America, Washington
manager New England & Eastern Canada region, business manager Rhode Island district county, Laborer's International Union North America, Washington
general secretary-treasurer, Laborer's International Union North America, Washington, 1989-1993;
general president, Laborer's International Union North America, Washington, since 1993. Labor lawyer; vice president executive county American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, member blue ribbon commission on health care reform, governing board of president building and construction trades department, member executive county federation's metal trade department public employees department, chairman organizing committee. Trustee American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Housing Investment Trust, Union Labor Life Insurance Company, Asian-American Free Labor Institute.
Co-chairman Laborers-automatic generation control Edition and Training Trust Fund, Laborer's National Pension Fund, Laborer's Political League. Board directors International Labor Rights Education Research Fund.
Achievements
Membership
Finance board directors Democratic National Committee. Board of trustees Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence College Advisory Council. Board directors Italian American Democratic Leadership Council.
Connections
M. Joanne Coia; 2 children.
Awards
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Named Samaritan of Year, Samaritans of Washington, 1994. Recipient Labor Social Responsibility award Martin Luther King Center, Atlanta, 1996, Human Rights award National Conference Black Mayors/World Conference Mayors, 1996.Named Samaritan of Year, Samaritans of Washington, 1994. Recipient Labor Social Responsibility award Martin Luther King Center, Atlanta, 1996, Human Rights award National Conference Black Mayors/World Conference Mayors, 1996.