DETROIT, MI –This weekend the Metro-Detroit Central Labor Council held its 24th Constitutional Convention, attended by union members across the region. The event included messages from Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber, and a keynote address from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. The convention elected members to its Executive Council and re-elected Daryl Newman, AFT Michigan, as President and Jeannette Bradshaw, IBEW 58, as Secretary-Treasurer.
Delegates elected the following Unity Slate unanimously:
President – Daryl Newman, AFT Michigan
Secretary-Treasurer – Jeannette Bradshaw, IBEW 58
Executive Vice-President – James Dennis, CWA 4009
Vice-Presidents
Michael Aaron, LiUNA 1191
Dorothea Brown-Maxey, NABET-CWA 43
Joe Miller, IATSE 38
Other members elected at the Convention will serve as Trustees and Members at Large for the council.
“The Unity Slate is composed of labor leaders from across the Metro-Detroit area, well poised to help us elect labor-friendly candidates up and down the ballot this November and to continue fighting for working people in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties,” said Daryl NEWMAN, President of the Metro-Detroit Central Labor Council. “My fellow officers and I are honored to be re-elected and we look forward to working with our unified labor movement to protect the rights of working families in the Metro-Detroit area.”
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