Background
Yokich, Stephen Phillip was born on August 20, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Yokich, Stephen Phillip was born on August 20, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
Trades apprentice, Heidrich Tool and Die Company, Oak Park, Michigan, 1956; region 1 staff, United Auto Workers, 1969-1977; director region 1, United Auto Workers, 1977; director agricultural implement department, United Auto Workers, 1980-1983; director organizing department, United Auto Workers, 1983-1989; vice president, United Auto Workers, 1989-1995; president, United Auto Workers, since 1995. Chair United Auto Workers National Cmty. Action Program; vice president, member executive county American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1995.
Active Democratic National Committee, Michigan Democratic Party State Central Committee. Delegate Democratic National Convention. Board member, member steering committee Economic Alliance Michigan, Michigan Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Michigan Cancer Foundation, Father Clement Kern Foundation.
Founder Community Caring Program, 1993. Co-chair Community Caring Program for Children. With United States Air Force, 1952-1956.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Coalition Labor Union Women.
Married Tekla Baumgartner.