AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council

The AFL-CIO launched its first-ever Union Veterans Council in July 2008 to bring together union veterans on the issues that matter most to veterans, their families and working men and women.

Officers

• Chair: Mark Ayers, President, Building and Construction Trades Department (U.S. Navy)
• Vice-Chair: J. David Cox, Secretary-Treasurer, AFGE
• Vice-Chair: Cliff Guffey, President, APWU (U.S. Marines)

Executive Committee

• Captain Lee Moak, President, ALPA (US Marine Corps)
  
• Warren Mart, Secretary-Treasurer, IAM (U.S. Army)
• Walter Cahill, IATSE, (U.S. Army)
• Joseph Hunt, Retired President, Ironworkers
• Ham Ghaffari, NATCA (U.S. Marine Corps)
• Cecil Roberts, President, UMWA (U.S. Army)
  

Staff

• James Gilbert, Director, (U.S. Navy)
  
• Gordon Pavy, Staff Coordinator, AFL-CIO retired, (U.S. Navy)
• Bryon Charlton, Legislation, AFL-CIO, (U.S. Air Force)

Governing Board

• Brendan Kenny, Director of Government Affairs (U.S. Air Force)
• Wes Reed (U.S. Marine Corps)

• Robert Nicklas, Political Director

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

•   Greg Humphrey

American Postal Workers Union (APWU)

• Cliff Guffey, Executive Vice President, Postal Workers (U.S. Marines)
• Sue Carney, National Human Relations Director

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)

• Warren George, President, (U.S. Navy)  
• Oscar Owens, Secretary-Treasurer, ATU (U.S. Army)

Boilermakers (IBB)

• Newton B. Jones, President

Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)

• Dan Pickett, International President (U.S. Army)
• Mark Ciurej (U.S. Navy)
  

Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

• Bob Ozinga

Elevator Constructors (IUEC)

• Joe Devlin (U.S. Navy)

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)

• Walter Cahill, Vice President (U.S. Army)  

International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

• Kevin Rader, Education Director

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

• Rick de la Fuente, Assistant Legislative   Director (U.S. Army)
  

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)

• Brian Baker (U.S. Army)
  

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)

• Timothy J. Rudolph, President Local 195 (U.S. Army)

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC)

• James Boland, President, Bricklayers
• Gerrard Scarrano, Executive V.P., Bricklayers

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)

• James Williams, President (U.S. Army)  
• Chris Sloan, International   Legislative Representative

Iron Workers

• David Kolbe (U.S. Army)
  

Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO

• Dan Duncan

Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO

• Ronald Ault, President (U.S. Navy)

National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)

• Ham Ghaffari, Western Pacific Regional Vice President   (U.S.   Marines)

National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

• Ernie Kirkland, Director for Retired Members
  
  

• John F. Hegarty, President
  

Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS)

• Michael Gonzales, Region IV National Assistant for Flight Standards (U.S. Air Force & Reserves)
  
  

• Patrick D. Finley, General President
• Gerry Ryan (U.S.Army)
  

Plumbing and Pipe Fitting (UA)

• William Hite, President
• Rick Terven, Legislative and Political Affairs Director
  

State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

• Larry Scanlon
  

Transport/Communication (TCU)

• Robert Scardelletti, President

Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)

• Timothy Grandfield

United Auto Workers (UAW)

• Kris Owen, Assistant Director   of General Motors Department, UAW
  

United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)

• John Lonetti, Assistant to the President, UMWA   (U.S. Army)
  

United Steelworkers (USW)

• Tom Conway, Vice President (U.S. Air Force)

United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (RWAW)

• Kinsey M. Robinson, President (U.S. Marine Corps)

• John W. Wilhelm, President