Career
Apprentice United Association Journeymen & Apprentices of Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry United States & Canada (UA), 1968—1972, journeyman, 1972, delegate to Chicago Federation Labor, 1983, business agent Local 597, 1986, assistant business manager, 1993, finance secretary-treasurer Local 597, international representative, 1996, administrative assistant to general president UA, 1999—2001, assistant general president, 2001—2004, general president Washington, since 2005. Appointed executive committee, member executive council American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.