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UALE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

AND CONTACTS



Committees
Caucuses
Task Forces

Executive Board


President
Dennis Serrette

CWA


501 Third St. NW
Washington, DC 20001


dserrette@cwa-union.org

ph: 202-434-9503

University Vice President
Helena Worthen

Univ.of Illinois
ILIR


815 W. Van Buren
Rice Bldg.Ste # 110
Chicago, IL 60607


hworthen@ad.uiuc.edu

ph: 312-996-2623 8733 direct

Union Vice President

Verlene Jones

King County Labor Council


2800 1st Ave.
Seattle WA 98121


verlene@mlkclc.org


ph: 206-441-7102

Treasurer

Robert Ginsburg

Center on Work and Community Development


70 E. Lake St., Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60601


rginsburg@igc.org


ph: 312-346-2078
fx: 312-578-9285

Secretary
Tess Ewing

UMass Boston

Labor Resource Center


104 Auburn St.
Cambridge MA 02139


tess.ewing@umb.edu


ph: 617-287-7352

Eastern Region

Michael Wisniewski

AFSCME

37 Pleasant Rd.

Broomall, PA 19008

            

mikewis@earthlink.net


ph: 215-898-5931 

Southern Region

Joan G. Hill

USW International Union

3340 Perimeter Hill Drive

Nashville, TN 37211

johill@usw.org

ph: 615-834-8590

fax: 615-333-6667


Midwestern Region
Michelle Kaminski

School of Labor & IR


Michigan State U.
413 S Kedzie Hall
E.Lansing, MI 48824


mkaminsk@msu.edu

ph: 517-432-0933 Fax: 646-607-2348


Western Region

Betsy McConnell- Gutierrez


AFSCME WFSE Local 304


South Seattle Community College, Duwamish Apprenticeship Training Center
6770 East Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 98108-3405

bmcconne@sccd.ctc.edu
ph: 206-763-5134

fax: 206-764-7949

At-Large
Howard Kling

University of Minnesota


458 Laurel Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55102


hkling@umn.edu

ph: 612-624-4326

At-Large
Dawn Addy

Florida International Univ.
Center for Labor Research & Studies


Miami FL,33187


addyd@fiu.edu

ph: 305-348-2615

At-Large
Gregory Murray


IAMAW


P.O Box 688

California, MD 20619

gmurray@iamaw.org


ph: 301-373-3300

fax: 301-373-2850

Board Member for Community-Based Labor Educators
Steve Schnapp


United for a Fair Economy


29 Winter St.

Boston, MA 02108

sschnapp@faireconomy.org


ph: 617-423-2148

Board Member for U. & College Labor Centers
Sally Alvarez


Cornell ILR Extension


16 E. 34th Street

New York, NY 10016

sma21@cornell.edu


ph: 212-340-2816


Board Member for Union-Based Educators

Eric Muldoon

CSEA/ AFSCME Local 1000

159  Ontario St.

Albany, NY 12206

epmuldoon@yahoo.com

ph: 518-257-1458    



LSJ Liaison
Bruce Nissen

Florida International University


5130 Jackson Street
Hollywood, FL 33021


nissenb@fiu.edu


ph: 305-348-2616


 

Founding Executive Board

Photo of Founding EBoard
Our first Executive Board elected at founding meeting. From left, John Revitte, Kent Wong, Elise Bryant, Katarina Davis del Valle, Bruce Nissen, Edgar Moore, Roberta Till-Retz, Phyllis Ohlemacher, Tess Ewing, Donald Spatz, Charles Micallef.

 

Constitutional Standing Committees

Annual Conference Planning Committee: Helena Worthen hworthen@ad.uiuc.edu, Chair

Academic Standards: Chair and Committee to be named

Constitution and Bylaws: Chair and Committee to be named

Institutional Membership Committee: Sally Alvarez, sma21@cornell.edu, Chair

Professional Welfare Committee: Chair and Committee to be named

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Constitutional Caucuses


Membership is open to any member in good standing. Please contact the chair if you would like to participate in a caucus.

 

       Women Workers' Caucus: Monica Bielski mbielski@uiuc.edu, and
P.J. Dowsing-Buie, dowsingbuie@sbcglobal.net, Co-Chairs

 

Workers of Color Caucus: M. Thandabantu Iverson, Chair tiverson@iun.edu 

Union Caucus: (inactive at present)

 

Lesbian and Gay Caucus: Rae Sovereign,  nsoverei@iusb.edu, Chair

 

Task Forces

Central Labor Councils: Monica Bielski, Chair 

Monica Bielski

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Institute for Labor & Industrial Relations
Labor Education program
504 East Armory Ave. (Room 235)
Champaign, IL 61820
212-244-4094
mbielski@uiuc.edu


Immigration: Mike Prokosch and Deborah Rosenstein,Co-Chairs

Mike Prokosch
U Mass-Lowell
Labor Extension Program
1 University Ave.
Lowell, MA 01854
Phone: 978-934-3239
mike_prokosch@uml.edu

Deborah Rosenstein
University of Minnesota
Labor Education Service, IRC
321 19th Ave.S., #3-300
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone:612-626-2034
Fax: 612-624-1585
dgr@umn.edu


Organizing: Lynn Feekin, Chair 

University of Oregon
Labor Education and Research Center
1289 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1289
541-346-5054
feekin@oregon.uoregon.edu


Political-Economy: Robert Bruno, Chair  

University of Illinois
Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations
Chicago Labor Education Program
Rice Building, Suite 214
815 West Van Buren
Chicago, IL 60607
312-996-2491
bbruno@uic.edu


Women's Summer Schools: Monica Bielski and P.J Dowsing-Buie, Co-Chairs

Monica Bielski
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Institute for Labor & Industrial relations
Labor Education Program
504 East Armory Ave. (Room 235)
Champaign, IL 61820
217-244-4094
mbielski@uiuc.edu

Patricia(P.J.)Dowsing-Buie
AFSCME
5446 Maple Ave.
St Louis, MO 63112
Phone:314-995-9707
dowsingbuie@sbcglobal.net


Worker Participation: (inactive at present) Michelle Kaminski, Chair 

Labor Education Program
Michigan State University
413 S. Kedzie Hall
East Lansing MI 48824-1032
517-432-0933
mkaminsk@msu.edu


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