LETTER LABOR ADVISORY BOARD FEBRUARY 2016 Vol

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NEWS FROM THE America’s unions intensified comments as he warned steel production AFL-CIO, CTW, opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and auto manufacturing have moved over- INTERNATIONAL & trade deal now before Congress. On Janu- seas in part as a result of bad international ary 13, representatives from the AFL-CIO, trade deals. “The TPP will be a nail in the NATIONAL UNIONS United Auto Workers, United Steelworkers coffin for huge parts of the American in- and International Association of Machin- dustrial base,” he said. The proposed TPP Workers blocked bridges, ists testified before a mandated-hearing trade deal includes the U.S. and the nations marched through terminals and protested by the International Trade Commission of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, at nine airports during a day of civil dis- on the economic impact of the pact. “To Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zea- obedience on Martin Luther King, Jr. date, increased trade globalization of the land, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Day, January 18. They included cleaners, corporate model has led to increasing trade baggage handlers, fuelers, wheelchair at- deficits and a corresponding loss of jobs for West Virginia Governor Earl tendants and other low-wage workers de- America’s workers,” said Celeste Drake, a Ray Tomblin vetoed both the right to work termined to bring the nation’s attention trade and globalization policy specialist for and prevailing wage bills passed earlier this to their demand for better wages, said the the AFL-CIO. “Our manufacturing sector year. In a letter to Republican state Sen- Service Employees International Union. has been hollowed out, losing about 5 mil- ate President Bill Cole, Tomblin expressed The actions were the latest in the nation- lion jobs and 60,000 factories since 2000.” his disapproval of the Workplace Freedom wide campaign in support of a $15 hourly USW President Leo Gerard echoed her Act (SB 1). “I do not believe West Virginia minimum wage. Demonstrations were organized at Reagan National Airport serv- ing Washington, D.C., Boston, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Portland and Seattle. “These men and women are calling for real change at all these airports in the hopeful and vision- ary spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King,” said Jaime Contreras, head of 32BJ Service Employees International Union for the Washington area. “We are protesting what we already know is a gross injustice and humiliating working conditions.” Most of the airport workers earn as little as $6.75 an hour and are forced to work two or three jobs to sustain their families. They work for companies that are contracted by the airlines and some workers alleged dis- crimination, harassment and hostile work environments in addition to low pay. Protesting the TPP. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from cool revolution.

TERRY O'SULLIVAN, President - Laborers' International Union of North America, Chairman - AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board VICTOR KAMBER, Vice President - American Income Life Insurance Company, Executive Director - AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board ROGER SMITH, Chief Executive Officer - American Income Life Insurance Company, President - AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board DENISE BOWYER, Vice President - American Income Life Insurance Company, Secretary - AIL/NILICO Labor Advisory Board Pg 2 LABOR LETTER needs a right-to-work law, a law that would launch a race to the bottom on wages and The number of strikes and lead to little if any economy growth and may benefits for U.S. workers, including union worker protests in China increased dra- lower the wages of West Virginia workers,” construction workers. “The expansion of the matically at the end of 2015 in response to he wrote. Cole, in turn, issued a statement H-2B visa program is just the latest win for the nation’s economic slowdown, report- saying he was “not surprised,” but “disap- America’s economic elite. And as is too of- ed China Labour Bulletin. According pointed” with Tomblin’s decision. Tomb- ten the case, middle-class workers will pay to the human rights organization, there lin also sent a letter to Republican House the price for that victory,” he said. were 2,774 incidents in 2015, double the Speaker Tim Armstead to veto the repeal 1,379 incidents for 2014. Manufacturing, of prevailing wage (HB 4005), to which construction and mining all saw a mas- Armstead replied that the governor’s deci- INTERNATIONAL sive upsurge in disputes. The number of sion wasn’t the response he had hoped for. LABOR NEWS disputes heightened after the government Both the house and the Senate are expected devalued the yuan on August 11 and the to override both vetoes. Some 3,000 Greek public and subsequent stock market crash. But Chi- private sector workers, pensioners and na Labour Bulletin asserted the economic Congressional expansion of students peacefully marched through the downturn was only partially responsible the H-2B visa program is only the latest streets of Athens in January to protest the for the increase in labor turmoil. More example of America’s growing disdain for leftist-led government’s proposed pension than two thirds of all the disputes record- blue-collar workers, declared Sean McGar- cuts demanded by the country’s interna- ed in 2015, for example, were related to vey, president of the AFL-CIO Building & tional creditors as part of its third bailout. the non-payment of wages. “The funda- Construction Trades Department. McGar- The demonstrators rallied outside parlia- mental cause has been systematic failure vey said the newly enacted federal budget ment where they held banners proclaiming of employers to respect the basic rights will allow four times as many foreign mi- “You cannot bargain with social security” of employees, such as being paid on time grant workers to get non-agricultural jobs and chanted “Keep your hands off our pen- and receiving their legally mandated ben- in industries like construction and manu- sions!” “We will fight to protect our rights efits, and the failure of local government facturing via temporary H-2B visas. He and force the government to withdraw officials to enforce labor law,” it said. pointed out that the U.S. job market, how- this monstrous plan that it calls a reform,” ever, is so tight that a recent economic anal- the secretary-general of the private sector IndustriALL Global Union ysis reveals that six unemployed Americans union GSEE, Nikos Kioutsoukis, told Re- condemned the Thai military govern- are competing for every single job opening uters. Labor unions staged a 24-hour gen- ment for suppressing a peaceful protest in construction. “Those foreign workers eral strike against the planned reform, the by union members in Bangkok January 6. will quickly crowd out U.S. ones and throw third such walkout in three months. But The union members held a rally outside even more Americans into the unemploy- after five years of belt-tightening, turnout the Ministry of Labour in support of 500 ment lines,” he charged. McGarvey warned in recent protests has been weak due to aus- locked-out workers at Japanese-owned that expanding the H-2B visa program will terity fatigue and resignation. auto-part supplier Sanko Gosei. Invoking new powers under the Public Assembly Act 2015, police and military units used force to break up the demonstrator, who planned to spend the night in front of the ministry. Two union leaders were later detained, questioned and intimidated by authorities. They had participated earlier in the day in mediation negotiations with Sanko Gosei and the Ministry of Labour. “We are gravely concerned that the government is using the Public Assembly Act to curb the legitimate rights of workers to gather peacefully,” said Jyrki Raina, general secretary of IndustriALL. “This goes against all norms and international standards.” More than 600 Sanko Gosei workers, who are all union members, were locked out after negotiations broke down over a new collective bargaining agreement and bonuses. Protest in Greece. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from Des Byrne. LABOR LETTER Pg 3

retirement benefit participation where 61 percent of workers have joined their workplace retirement plans. President Obama proposed a new wage insurance plan to help temporar- ily cushion the financial blow to displaced middle-class workers, including those hurt by free trade, globalization and technologi- cal change. Under the plan, workers who lose their jobs and take new ones at lower salaries would receive supplemental payments. According to the administration, the wage insurance plan would replace half of a worker’s lost wages, up to $10,000 over two years, for those earning up to $50,000 a year. “Displaced workers making less than $50,000 who were with their prior employer for at least three years would be able to le- CLC President Hassan Yussuff. Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons from United Steelworkers. verage these resources to help them get back on their feet and on the way to new careers, Canadian labour will be watch- our results understate the impact of the the White House said in a statement. The ing the new Liberal government closely to weakening labor movement on the hollow- plan was included in the administration’s see how it will implement commitments ing out of the U.S. middle class,” the study budget proposal which is expected to be around Employment Insurance, infrastruc- said. The report cited a recent report by the rejected by the Republican-controlled Con- ture and skills training, said the Canadian Pew Research Center which showed that gress. President Obama has proposed wage Labour Congress (CLC). CLC President the share of adults in the middle class—de- insurance twice before, in a 2011 jobs bill Hassan Yussuff said the country needs a fined as those households earning between and in his 2012 State of the Union address. “clear plan” that provides workers with the 67 percent and 200 percent of median U.S. skills and training to transition into the income—fell from 61 percent in 1971 to sectors of the economy with growing jobs. just 50 percent in 2014. “Making America a REGIONAL & “We are playing catch-up but with a new middle-class country once again will require LOCAL LABOR federal government, we can move quickly to policies that raise median earnings and in- NEWS turn things around, diversify our economy comes and that bring more workers and and ensure a just transition for workers into households into the middle class. Increas- A nearly month old strike at good, green jobs,” Yussuff said. He noted ing union coverage is important for both, two Chicago area Coca-Cola production Statistics Canada’s December 2015 Labour as well as for possibly increasing economic plants ended last month when workers ap- Force Survey results which pointed to a mobility,” the study concluded. proved a new three-year contract that in- rocky year for jobs in 2015 and trends in the cludes annual wage hikes and better health coming year which could get worse “with- At a time when workers are ex- benefits. The pact covers 319 production out government action.” pected to fund more of their retirement, and warehouse workers and transport driv- only about half of full-time employees par- ers at plants in Niles and Alsip who are ticipate in a workplace retirement plan, ac- represented by Teamsters Local 727. “From NATIONAL AND cording to a new report by the Pew Chari- the very beginning, the hardworking men POLITICAL EVENTS table Trusts. The study also found that re- and women at Coca-Cola Refreshments tirement benefits varied considerably by wanted their voices heard, and by standing The decline of labor unions state and industry. In 17 states, for example, together they’ve achieved a strong contract over the past 30 years accounts for 35 per- less than half of workers participate in a re- that respects the work that they do,” John T. cent of the falling share of middle-class tirement plan. These states include Florida, Coli, secretary-treasurer of Local 727, said workers, said a new report issued by the Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Cali- in a news release. The workers walked off Center for American Progress. “To the ex- fornia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia and their jobs December 3 in the first strike at tent that union-induced wage increases spill Mississippi. People who live in the Midwest the plants since 1985 to protest the com- over from union to nonunion workers and and New England have the most retire- pany’s unfair labor practices. The union had that union advocacy produces economic and ment plans available. Minnesota and Wis- earlier filed charges with the National La- social policies that benefit the middle class, consin are the two states with the highest bor Relations Board charging the soft drink Pg 4 LABOR LETTER giant was bargaining in bad faith. The new IN THE PUBLIC the court now rules in favor of the plaintiffs contract is retroactive to May 1 and expires in Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Asso- April 30, 2018. Workers will receive a 3 per- SECTOR ciation, the justices would be overturning a cent wage increase the first year and a 2.5 nearly 40-year precedent,” said CTA Presi- percent increase in the second and third Detroit teachers engaged in a dent Joshua Pechthalt. years. Coca-Cola also will establish a new “sickout” last month to protest unsafe, 401(k) retirement plan and match 50 per- crumbling, vermin-infested and inade- cent of worker contributions, up to 10 per- quately staffed buildings, and the failure of SIGNIFICANT cent of their total income. state lawmakers to agree on a plan to rescue LEGAL AND NLRB a system teetering on the edge of insolvency. RULINGS After 60 years in Brooklyn, The Detroit Federation of Teachers did not N.Y., Cumberland Packing Corp., the fam- authorize the action but leaders expressed A U.S. appeals court recently ily-owned company that created the sugar sympathy for the teachers’ action. “We ruled that the owner of the Trump Taj substitute Sweet’N Low, recently informed haven’t sanctioned the sickouts, but I want Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, its 300 employees that manufacturing and everyone to understand the frustration,” may break its agreement with union work- packing work would end over the coming Ivy Bailey, interim president of the Detroit ers which potentially clears the way for the year. Work will be shifted to other parts Federation of Teachers, told the news me- company to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy. of the country and only the headquarters dia. “I don’t support the method,” but she (Republican presidential candidate Donald would remain in the borough. Jahan Khan, refused to condemn the teachers who had Trump has said he no longer has a stake an employee on the United Food and Com- taken part, saying she understood their an- in the company he founded and which still mercial Workers Local 2013 bargaining ger. “There are rats, there’s rodents, there’s bears his name.) The resort filed for bank- committee, which had been in contract ne- dripping water, there’s holes,” she said. ruptcy in 2014 and convinced a U.S. bank- gotiations for several months, reported the “This is unacceptable. This is black mold. ruptcy judge that it needed to impose a closure was never mentioned “at any time Our children are in that building breathing new cost-cutting concessionary contract on at all with us.” Workers and elected officials this day in and day out. This is third world.” unionized workers in order to secure a bail- protested the closing but the company cited Gov. Rick Snyder and the Republican-led out deal with billionaire Carl Icahn. Unite New York’s high costs of labor and real es- legislature have been in talks for a year to Here Local 54, which represents the work- tate for making the move. The union and restructure the school system, but they have ers, filed an appeal. “The Taj Mahal will company are reportedly discussing ways to been unable to reach agreement on a plan. never turn around and be successful with- help employees find new jobs. Some have The school district is an independent entity out the full participation and involvement been with the firm for decades. with an elected board and was not a part of of its workers. That won’t happen while the city’s 2013-14 bankruptcy plan. people have to worry about their future,” said Local 54 President Bob McDevitt. Public sector unions prepared He said the union would evaluate its op- for the worse as the Supreme Court heard tions, including possible legal steps. At the oral arguments on “fair share” or “agency fee” time of the bankruptcy, the resort employed payments by non-union members under a about 3,000 people when the casino group collective bargaining agreement. The case, filed for bankruptcy which includes 1,500 Friedrichs v. California Teachers Associa- union workers tion, hinges on whether agency fee dues are a violation of workers’ freedom of speech. A decision in favor of the plaintiffs would overturn a 1977 Supreme Court ruling (Abood v. Detroit Board of Education) that unanimously protected the right of public workers to form unions and required those employees who refused to join the union LABOR LETTER to pay a mandatory “fair share” of monthly provided through dues to cover the union’s cost of bargaining on their behalf. “The court has already ruled that unions have an obligation to rep- resent non-members and that is not likely to change. It also ruled that non-members Flickr.com photo used under Creative Commons have an obligation to contribute to the Protecting Working Families from Bill & Vicki T. costs of representation and bargaining. If www.ailife.com AGENDA FEBRUARY 2016

Lonnie Stephenson International President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers WHY THE dexed to the consumer price index, an in- demanding healthcare cutbacks in expecta- CADILLAC TAX creasing number of plans will be subject tion of increased costs in the near future. NEEDS TO GO to it year after year. In fact, more than 80 As U.S. News and World Report writ- percent of plans will trigger the tax by 2023 er Dean Clancy wrote over the summer: The Patient Protection and Afford- according to a 2014 Towers Watson survey, “At first, most employers will shrink ben- able Care Act was a progressive step with the total tax liability for companies efits just enough to avoid the tax. But when forward for working families. Thanks to reaching nearly $80 billion. the tax becomes unavoidable, they’ll drop the law, also known as Obamacare, more “This tax endangers and will dete- benefits altogether.” than 16 million Americans now have riorate health benefits for American work- There was no question that our health health coverage. And it includes desper- ers and their families,” said Matt Man- care system was broken previous to the pas- ately needed reforms to the insurance in- ders, President, U.S. Markets and Global sage of the ACA. But at least in one part of dustry, including one that prevents com- Health Care Operations for Cigna. “It will the economy, we had pioneered a private- panies from denying coverage to people hit a broad spectrum of plans, not just those sector model that showed that both labor with pre-existing conditions. with very rich benefits.” and management could come together to That’s why the IBEW – and most of The last thing our economy needs is a provide good coverage to all employees. the labor movement – supported the ACA disincentive to private employers to provide Now that model is in danger thanks to and continues to defend against efforts to health coverage. The goal of the ACA was one ill thought-out tax. abolish it. to increase the number of Americans cov- The good news is that a bipartisan co- But there is a provision in the law ered, not decrease it. alition in Congress has come together to that could end up undermining the whole Supporters claim it will help fight call for its repeal. purpose of the legislation. The so-called health-care inflation. But as any employer More than 300 members of Congress “Cadillac tax” imposes a levy on what the or employee who sat at the bargaining table – Republicans and Democrats alike – have federal government deems are high-cost in the last decade knows, containing health called for eliminating the tax. plans; in other words, plans that provide costs has been an ongoing priority long be- But there are still many holdouts – in- comprehensive medical coverage like fore the ACA went into effect. cluding President Obama. those that serve many union members The tax essentially puts the full onus Taxing hard-earned health benefits across the country. for containing health spending on middle- has always been a bad idea. It was bad As called for by ACA, an excise tax of class families – most of whom have already when then presidential candidate Barack 40 percent on health plans whose value is seen cutbacks to their benefits. Obama denounced Sen. John McCain (R- more than $10,200 for individual coverage The American Health Policy Institute Ariz.) for supporting it back in 2008. At and $27,500 for a family would go into ef- estimated in a November 2014 study that the time, Obama denounced it as “radi- fect in 2018. “employees could see up to a $6,150 reduc- cal” and “not a good deal for the American In effect, the law punishes employers tion in their health care benefits and little people.” It remains a bad deal for working that did the right thing by providing ex- or no increase in their pay.” families today as we’re learning at bargain- cellent medical benefits, while hurting em- While December’s Congressional ing tables across America. ployees, many of who had foregone wage budget deal delayed full implementation While Congress’s two-year delay in increases in lieu of better benefits. of the tax for an additional two years, al- the tax’s implementation is a step forward, Despite its name, the tax doesn’t just ready it’s causing bargaining headaches for what the American people really need is effect high-quality plans. Because it’s in- many unions, as employers are increasingly full repeal. Pg 2 AGENDA

CLUW 19th Biennial Convention Kansas AFL-CIO Convention AIL had a major presence at the CLUW’s 18th Biennial Convention held AIL PR Manager Cindy Cleary and PR Marketing Specialist Dee Hettinger recently in Sacramento, Calif. Susan Fuldauer, AIL VP of Public Relations attended the recently held Kansas AFL-CIO convention. Shown are (left (left), joins the winner of the AIL $100 Visa Gift card, Isabel Figueroa of to right) Cindy, Bruce Tunnell, Exec. Vice-President, Kansas AFL-CIO; AFSCME DC 37 Local 420 (center), along with Ruth Brantley, Secretary, Dee Hettinger. AFSCME DC 37 Local 957.

Food Delivery to Teamsters Local 59 Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus Gala Thirty-four members of Teamsters Local 59 in the New Bedford, MA area The Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus recently held their 8th Annual recently lost their jobs when a plant closed. AIL PR Rep Robin Andrade reports Gala in New Jersey. AIL PR Rep Brenda Di Somma attended the event the Laura Fisher SGA office donated food and gift cards, and Francisco Perez which honored Ron Herrera, Western Teamsters Reg. Int'l V.P. and and Albert Serur SGA offices donated food to assist the union families. Food Treasurer/Principal Officer, Local 396 & Executive Director, Teamster was delivered by Andrade, PR Manager Rosanna Gill, and the Fisher Agency’s National Hispanic Caucus. Shown are (left to right) Herrera; Maria S. Perez, Ryan Hall and Brian Zuzick of the Fisher SGA office. In the photo are (left President, Teamster Hispanic Caucus, New Jersey Chapter & Teamster to right) Hall, Zuzick, Local 59 Secy.-Treas. & Executive Officer George F. Local 97 Secretary-Treasurer; Di Somma; Alphonse Rispoli, Jr., Teamster Belanger, Andrade, and Local 59 office manager Donna Saunders. Joint Council 73 President & Teamster Local 863 Secretary-Treasurer. AGENDA Pg 3

Syracuse Anti-TPP Rally Lincolnshire IL., Galveston (Tex.) Central Anti-RTW Protest Labor Council The Greater Syracuse Labor Council recently held a rally to oppose the pending Trans-Pacific AIL PR Rep Susan Gilbert meets with Citizens' PR Manager Christa Davis (L) and PR Marketing Partnership trade pact, reports National Income Action founder William McNary during a protest Specialist Lacy Martin attended the Galveston Life PR Marketing Specialist Dave Scalisi. He is against a proposed Right to Work ordinance in (TX) Central Labor Council Christmas party. AIL shown in the center holding the NILICO sign. Lincolnshire, IL was a sponsor for the event.

AIL’s Sanchez Serves as LCLAA Delegate Fight for $15 in Tampa Representing OPEIU 277, AIL PR Marketing Specialist Steve Sanchez Joining an estimated 270 cities across America, union workers and their served as a delegate to the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement supporters recently held a major rally and march in Tampa in support of a regional conference held recently in Los Angeles. AIL was a supporter of the $15 minimum wage for low-wage workers. AIL’s PR Marketing Specialist Lisa event and sponsored a drawing for a gift card. In the photo, PR Manager Guay joined the demonstrators to show the company’s support. In the photo, Carmella Swanson (left) and Sanchez (right) congratulate the raffle winner. Guay (center, standing) joins other marchers at the event. Pg 4 AGENDA

YTD CONTRIBUTIONS Listed below are some of the contributions made on behalf of AIL/NILICO, its State General Agents, and directed by the Labor Advisory Board. 2015 YTD contributions totaled more than $1.9 million.

• AFL-CIO MLK Civil Rights Conference • Manitoba Federation of Labour • Alberta Federation of Labour Convention • Metal Trades Department • Alliance For Retired Americans • Midwest Academy • American Friends of Yitzhak Rabin Center • Museum of the Moving Image • American Sustainable Business Council • New England Center For Homeless Veterans • APALA • Newfoundland & Labrador Federation of Labour • Broadbent Institute • Next Up Young Worker Summit • Brother Rice High School - Bill Hite Scholarship • North America's Building Trades Unions Fund • Ontario Federation of Labour • Campaign For Migrant Worker Justice • OPCMIA Scholarship Foundation • Canadian Federation of Nurses Union • Partnership For Working Families • CBTU • PEI Federation of Labour • DC Labor FilmFest • SAG-AFTRA • District 1199C Training and Upgrading Fund • Saskatchewan Federation of Labour • Economic Policy Institute • Seafarers El Faro Assistance Fund • Elderly Housing Development & Operations • Sheet Metal Workers International Association Corporation Scholarship Foundation • Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation • Southwest Voter Registration Education Project • Empire State College - Bahr Scholarship • The Edwin D. Hill Charitable Trust • Gala Theatre • UFCW Leukemia • Guide Dogs of America • UNIFOR Ontario Region Golf Classic • Interfaith Worker Justice • Union Sportsmen's Alliance • IUPA • United Farm Workers • James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund • Working America • Jewish Labor Committee • Workmen's Circle • Jobs With Justice Education Fund • John H. Lyons Sr. Scholarship Foundation • LAANE • Labor of Love • LCLAA • LIUNA Charitable Foundation AGENDA LAB

LABOR ADVISORY BOARD These outstanding union leaders are members of American Income Life & National Income Life Labor Advisory Board.

With their advice, American Income Life & National Income Life AIL/NILICO might best serve the interests of their respective Insurance Company provides substantial financial assistance to members and the labor movement. labor and labor-related causes, and develops programs to best meet the needs of union members and their families. Labor Advisory Board members recognize that AIL/NILICO is a fully organized, 100 percent union company that offers supplemental Membership on the Labor Advisory Board constitutes neither an insurance plans primarily to union members. AIL is honored to endorsement of AIL/NILICO nor its products. The only obligation be among those “All-Union Wall-to-Wall” companies cited by the of membership on the Board is to provide guidance on how AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department.

Terry O’Sullivan Victor Kamber Denise Bowyer Roger Smith President Vice President Vice President Chief Executive Officer Laborers’ International Union of American Income Life American Income Life American Income Life North America Executive Director Secretary President Chairman Labor Advisory Board Labor Advisory Board Labor Advisory Board Labor Advisory Board

Paul E. Almeida Stuart Ronald Ault Morty Bahr Dave Barrett James Boland Hon. David Clayola Brown Samuel Cabral President President President Emeritus Former Premier President President President Department for Appelbaum Metal Trades Communications Workers Province of British International Union of Bonior A. Philip Randolph Institute International Union of Professional Employees, President Department, AFL-CIO of America Columbia Bricklayers & Former US Police Associations AFL-CIO Retail, Wholesale & Allied Craftworkers Congressman Department Store Union, Chairman Emeritus Honorary Member Labor Advisory Board Labor Advisory Board Honorary Member UFCW Labor Advisory Board

James T. Frank Rose Ann Dave Durkee Barbara Patrick Finley Tefere Gebre Hon. Richard Robert E. Callahan Christensen DeMoro International Easterling General President Executive Vice Gephardt Gleason Operative Plasterers’ President General President General President Executive Director President President Former US Former Secretary- Bakery, Confectionery, & Cement Masons’ AFL-CIO International Union of International Union of California Nurses Alliance for Retired Congressman Treasurer Tobacco Workers & Grain International Association Operating Engineers Elevator Constructors Association Americans Honorary Member International Millers International Union of the US & Canada Labor Advisory Board Longshoremen’s Association AGENDA LAB

Raymond Hair Mary Kay Henry William Hite James Hoffa Paul Hogrogian Ken Howard Lorretta Newton B. Jones Greg Junemann President President President General President National President President International President American Federation Service Employees United Association of International Brotherhood National Postal Mail Screen Actors Guild Johnson International Federation Secretary-Treasurer President of Musicians International Union Journeymen & Apprentices of Teamsters Handlers Union - American Federation of International Brotherhood of Professional & American Federation of the Plumbing & Pipe Television & Radio Artists of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Technical Engineers of Teachers Fitting Industry of US & Builders, Blacksmiths, Canada Forgers & Helpers

D. Michael Matthew Loeb Harry Lombardo William Lucy Hon. Ray Mary McColl James “Bud” Sean McGarvey Terrence Melvin Langford International International President Emeritus Marshall Executive Director McCourt President President National President President President Coalition of Black Actors’ Equity Association General President Building & Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Former US Secretary Construction Trades Trade Unionists Utility Workers Union International Alliance of Transport Workers Union of Labor International Association of America, AFL-CIO Theatrical Stage Employees of America, AFL-CIO of Heat & Frost Insulators Department, AFL-CIO Honorary Member & Allied Workers Labor Advisory Board

Sara Nelson Oscar Owens Anthony “Marc” W. D. “Dan” Laura Reyes Kenneth E. Paul Rinaldi Clyde Rivers Robert Roach, Jr. International International Perrone Pickett Secretary-Treasurer Rigmaiden President President Emeritus General Secretary- President Secretary-Treasurer American Federation of National Air Traffic California School Treasurer (retired) General President President State, County & Municipal General President Association of Flight Amalgamated United Food & Brotherhood of International Union of Controllers Association Employees Association International Association Employees, AFL-CIO Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO Transit Union Commercial Workers Railroad Signalmen Painters & Allied of Machinists & International Union Trades, AFL-CIO Aerospace Workers

Cecil Roberts Kinsey Arturo Milton Rosado Michael Sacco Chris Shelton Elizabeth E. Bruce R. Smith DeMaurice President President President President President United Mine Workers Robinson Rodriguez Labor Council For Latin Seafarers International Communications Workers Shuler Glass, Molders, Pottery, Smith of America International President American Advancement Union & Maritime Trades of America Secretary-Treasurer Plastics & Allied Executive Director President United Farm Workers Department, AFL-CIO AFL-CIO Workers International National Football League United Union of of America Players Association Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers

Lonnie John J. George Richard Trumka Baldemar James Williams Diann Woodard President Velasquez General President President Stephenson Sweeney Tedeschi AFL-CIO American Federation of International President Emeritus President President Emeritus International Union of School Administrators President AFL-CIO Graphic Communications Farm Labor Organizing Committee Painters & Allied Trades International Brotherhood Conference/International of Electrical Workers Brotherhood of Teamsters Chairman Emeritus Labor Advisory Board