Newly Elected Cleveland AFL-CIO Board Members

The strength of the Cleveland AFL-CIO Federation of Labor is our affiliated unions. We have strong, diverse leadership from those unions. They all serve without compensation to help lead the labor movement. We thank them for their incredible leadership:

President:

Loree Soggs , Executive Secretary, Cleveland Building & Construction Trades Council (CBCTC)

Chairperson:

Mike Bauer, Regional Director, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Ohio Council 8

Executive Secretary:

Harriet Applegate, North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor

Treasurer:

Jim Astorino, President, Northern Ohio Fire Fighters (NOFF)

Reporting Secretary:

Meryl Johnson, Trustee, Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) Local 279

Trustees:

Patrick Gallagher, Staff Representative, United Steel Workers (USW)

Tom Robertson, President, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 880

Vice Presidents:

Julie Albers, President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 3360

Frank Burdell, President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 407

Tim Buxton, Staff Representative, United Steel Workers (USW)

Jim Caruso, Lake County Vice Chair

Terry Conroy, Business Manager, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District 6 Council

David Quolke, President, Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) Local 279

Jim Embrescia, Business Agent, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 38

John Gallo, Cleveland Retirees Council

Mark Granakis, President, United Steel Workers (USW) Local 979

Robert Grauvogl, Secretary-Treasurer, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 880

Gary Johnson, President, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 268

Meryl Johnson, Trustee-At-Large, Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) Local 279

Kendra Kostiha, Service Employees International Union, (SEIU) District 1199

Terry McCafferty, President, United Association of Journeyman and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry (UA) Local 120

Annie Murrell, President, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 4309

Danny Pride, President, American Postal Workers Union (APWU) 72

Davida Russell, President, Ohio Association of Public School Employees/American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (OAPSE/AFSCME) Local 744

Bob Schiebli, Lake/Geauga County Chair, General Organizer, Iron Workers Int'l Union

Dallas Sells, Executive Director, Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees-Hotel and Restaurant Employees (UNITE-HERE) Local 10

Ed Thomas, Vice President, Bakers, Confectioners, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 19

Darlene Tinsley, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) 3448

Dean Wright, President and Directing Business Representative, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW) District 54