Background
Pillard, Charles Harry was born on October 26, 1918 in Buffalo. Son of Harry Alvin and Elizabeth Frances (Bates) Pillard.
Pillard, Charles Harry was born on October 26, 1918 in Buffalo. Son of Harry Alvin and Elizabeth Frances (Bates) Pillard.
Graduated from high school.
Member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Washington, since 1940, business manager local union 41, 1952-1968, member international executive council, 1961-1968, international president, from 1968, now president emeritus, co-chairman council on industrial relations for electrical industry, co-chairman national joint apprenticeship and training committee for electrical industry, since 1968. President New York State Association Electrical Workers, 1954-1968. Vice president maritime trades department Buffalo Port Council, 1955-1968.
Vice president department maritime trades, vice president department building and construction trades American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, since 1968, also member executive council, since 1968, vice president, member executive council department metal trades, member executive council department industrial union, member executive council department railway employees, since 1968, member social security committee, 1970, member public relations committee, since 1981, investment policy advisory committee, since 1982, member executive board department public employees, since 1983, member economic policy committee, member executive board council of unions for science and cultural employees, since 1971, member standing committee on housing, since 1976, vice president executive council, since 1976. Member advisory board task force for Burke-Hartke, 1972-1973. President Buffalo Bldg Trades Council, 1958-1968.
Vice president New York State Building & Construction Trades Council, 1959-1968. Member National Electrical Benefit Board, since 1968. Member national advisory committee Jobs for Veterans, 1970.
Member executive board National Council of Senior Citizens, 1970. Labor representative Construction Industry Stablzn. Committee, 1971-1974.
Member executive advisory committee National Power Survey, Federal Power Commission, since 1972. Member advisory board Electrical Power Research Institute, 1973-1977. Member People to People Committee for Handicapped, since 1972, National Council Alcoholism, 1974-1983, President's Committee Employment of Handicapped, 1974, Federal Committee on Apprenticeship, 1974-1982, National Council Low Interest Rates, since 1981.
Member construction advisory committee Federal Energy Administration, 1974. Member National Health Insurance Committee, 1974, Collective Bargaining Committee in Construction, 1975-1976. Chairman Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations, 1975.
Member advisory committee National Commission on Supplies and Shortages, 1976. Member National Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations, 1976-1979, National Institute Building Sciences, 1976. Board directors Labor Institute Public Affairs, since 1984, Occupational Health Legal Rights Foundation, since 1985.
Member United States Youth Council Labor Desk Advisory Committee, since 1984. Vice chairman industry-labor council White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals, 1976-1978. Member National Committee for Full Employment, 1976.
Member economic council United Nations Association, 1976. Board directors Rural Telephone Bank, 1971-1978, Laboratory Institute Human Enrichment, 1978, African-American Labor Center, 1980, Americans for Energy Independence, 1981. Co-chairman Industry-Labor Council for National Center Employment Handicapped, 1978.
Member Future Directions Committee, 1978, Labor Advisory Committee to Special Trade Republican, 1979. Member solar photovoltaic energy advisory committee Energy Research Advisory Board, 1980. Member Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy.
Member national steering committee Bob Hope United Service Organizations Center, 1979. Board governors United Way American, since 1982. Member National Citizens Coalition for Windfall Profits Tax, 1979.
Trustee American Institute Free Labor Development, 1980, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations National Safety Council, since 1982. Served to captain Army of the United States, 1941-1945. Member American Legion, Duane Ford Electrical Post.
Married Helen May Bratten, April 7, 1944. Children: Jane Elizabeth Pillard Carollo, Linda Charles Pillard Voye.