AFL-CIO Working for America Institute

"The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute (WAI) is a union-sponsored, nonprofit organization dedicated to creating good jobs and building strong communities. Created in 1998 as the successor to the AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute, WAI has made significant progress in articulating a vision of a high road economy—an economy that competes in today’s global marketplace on the basis of innovation, quality and skill rather than on low wages and benefits."

Board
Accessed April 2012:


 * Board President - Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
 * Board Secretary-Treasurer - Elizabeth H. Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
 * Peter Angelos, President, Law offices of Peter Angelos
 * Mark Ayers, President, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
 * Arlene Holt Baker, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
 * Jules Bernstein, Bernstein & Lipsett, P.C.
 * Julian Bond, Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
 * Robert Bruno, Director, Chicago Labor Education Program
 * John J. Flynn, President, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
 * Patricia Friend, International President, Association of Flight Attendants
 * John Gage, President, American Federation of Government Workers
 * Leo Gerard, President, United Steel Workers International Union
 * Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor (1997-2001), New Ventures
 * Edwin D. Hill, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
 * Theodore W. Kheel, President, Foundation on Prevention & Early Resolution of Conflict
 * Fred Mason, President, Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO
 * Gerald McEntee, President, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
 * Roger Ramjug, President, Student Alumni
 * William “Bill” Scheuerman, President and CEO, National Labor College
 * Martin E. Segal, Chairman Emeritus, Segal Company
 * Roger Smith, President and CEO, American Income Life Insurance Company
 * Michael Sullivan, President, Sheet Metal Workers International Association
 * Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
 * James Williams, General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
 * Kent Wong, Director, University of California, Los Angeles

Non-Voting Board Members
 * Roger Ramjug, President, Student Alumni, National Labor College
 * Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, Chair of the Faculty Senate, National Labor College
 * Executive Director - Nancy Mills
 * Assistant Director - Jeffrey D. Rickert

Contact
Web: http://www.workingforamerica.org