Career
Grocery store meat cutter, Milwaukee, 1962—1973. Volunteer organizer, Local 73 Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen North America. Appointed Northcentral region director United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), Minnesota, 1985, international vice president UFCW, 1986, appointed Pacific region director California, 1990—1994, director food processing, packing & manufacturing division, 1994—1997, international secretary-treasurer UFCW, 1997—2004, international president, since 2004.
Chair Change to Win Federation, since 2010. President Union Network International, 2003—2005, 2005. Founding architect Change to Win Federation, 2005.
Appointed member Citizens' Health Care Working Group, since 2005. Founding national chair National Commission Immigration & Customs Enforcement.