Shelby Bosley Leary

Education

Student labor studies, West Virginia University, 1974-1982.

Career

Tin flopper, Weirton Steel Company, Steubenville, Ohio., 1958-1961; selector, Owens-Illinois Glass Company, Fairmont, West Virginia, 1961-1966; owner, operator, Shelby's Restaurant, Core, West Virginia, 1966-1971; hand decorator, Davis Lynch Glass Company, Star City, West Virginia, 1971-1980; regional staff representative job corps recruiting project, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Appalachian Council, Inc., Charleston, West Virginia, 1980-1982; representative 32d district, West Virginia House of Delegates, Charleston, 1982-1988; with American Federation State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Charleston, 1983-1989; director wage and hour section, West Virginia Division Labor, Charleston, 1989-1994; commissioner, West Virginia Division Labor, Charleston, since 1994. Chairperson legislation task force on uncompensated health care West Virginia Legislation, chairperson house commission on health and human resources, member committees onjudiciary and constitutional revision, former member committees on labor and industry, select economics policy, government organization, agriculture and natural resouces.

Achievements

• Shelby Bosley Leary has been listed as a noteworthy State labor commissioner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Monogahela Valley Association Health Centers, Inc., Morgantown, West Virginia. Member occupational safety and health advisory board, institute for labor studies board West Virginia University, Morgantown. Member of national health care committee for national health insurance with Sen.

Edward Kennedy; member American Red Cross Board, Monongalia County, Mental Health Board, Monongalia County, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Bds., Monongalia County. Advisory board home economics West Virginia University. Board directors local 549 Iron Workers Union, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1974-1980.

President, member international union Executive Board local 542 American Flint Glass Workers Union, 1974-1980. President Monongalia-Preston Control Labor Council American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1974-1982. Secretary West Virginia Labor Federation American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Charleston, 1982.

Elected delegate Democratic National Convention, 1984. Commissioner West Virginia Women's Commission, 1980-1988. Elected member State Democratic Executive Committee, 1982-1988, associate chairperson, 1986-1988, vice chairperson, 1982-1986.

At-large delegate Democratic National Convention, Atlanta, 1988. Member Coalition Labor Union Women, Democratic Women's Club (eastern district). ALSO (Mailing) Shelby (Bosley) Leary PO Box 76 Blacksville, West Virginia 26521-0076 F C.