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.

 

AFL-CIO Union Veterans Council Members

Officers

• Chair: Mark Ayers, President, Building and Construction Trades Department (U.S. Navy)
• Vice-Chair: J. David Cox, Secretary-Treasurer, AFGE
• Vice-Chair: Ann Converso, President, United American Nurses

Members

Airline Pilots Association (ALPA)

• Brendan Kenny, Director of Government Affairs (U.S. Air Force)

American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

• Robert Nicklas, Political Director

American Postal Workers Union (APWU)

• Cliff Guffey, Executive Vice President, Postal Workers (U.S. Marines)

Alliance for Retired Americans

• George Kourpias, President

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)

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

Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)

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

Communications Workers of America (CWA)

• Brooks Sunkett, Vice President for Public Health Care and Education, (U.S. Army)

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)

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

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 Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC)

• John J. Flynn, President, Bricklayers
• Chuck Eberhart, International Union Representative, Bricklayers (U.S. Marines)

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)

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

Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS)

• Michael Gonzales, Western Pacific Regional Business Agent (U.S. Air Force)

Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA)

• Ted Kuczynski, Executive Administrator of the International Training Institute (U.S. Navy)

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)

• Cecil Roberts, President, Mine Workers (U.S. Army)
• John Lonetti, Assistant to the President, UMWA (U.S. Army)

United Steelworkers (USW)

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

Staff Coordinator, AFL-CIO

• Gordon Pavy (U.S. Navy)