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)