NC State A.F.L. – C.I.O.

Letter Carrier, United States Postal Service and member of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) since 1987. Current, two-term Vice President and Executive Board Chairperson of the North Carolina State Association of Letter Carriers (NCALC). Shop Steward and/or Chief Steward for more than 17 years serving, Local Branch 38 Central New Jersey and Local Branch 780 New Bern, NC. President of NALC Local Branch 780, New Bern, NC since 2005. Served as NCALC, Area One Representative and Executive Board member 2001-2007. NC State AFL-CIO Congressional Vice President since 2007. NCALC Legislative Liaison. Graduate of the NALC Leadership Academy conducted at the National Labor College. AFL-CIO “Labor 2008” NALC Full-time release for eastern NC. NALC Region Nine Outside Steward representing Letter Carriers throughout NC.

Employed by the Social Security Administration since 1974.  First joined AFGE in 1975 in the Albany, NY Social Security office.  Steward in the Albany and the Santa Barbara, CA offices.  Current member of AFGE Local 3509 representing S.S. offices in NC, SC, GA, and TN.  Presently serving as the steward in the Raleigh, NC office,  legislative director of Local 3509, and AFGE Atlanta Region employee hardship transfer coordinator.  Joined AFGE because he quickly realized the Union ensured equity and fairness in conditions of employment and provided employees with a real voice in how the work was done.

Graduated from UA Local 36 Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship program. Joined UA Local 421 in Charleston, SC in 1996. Became a field representative for UA 421, charged with building a UA local in NC. Former organizer for the GA / NC / SC Pipe Trades Group. Also served as teacher in UA Apprenticeship School. Currently serves on NC Apprenticeship Advisory Council and as the President of the NC Building Trades Council.

Prior to moving to Raleigh in 1976, JC was a member of A.T.U./Local 1321 in Albany, NY. He has held membership in A.T.U./ Local 1328 for twenty-nine years. Within the local union, he has held the positions of Executive Board member, Recording Secretary and Vice President. He is currently serving a third term as President of Local 1328. He is a member of Triangle Labor Council and has served on its Executive Board.

Member and Local President of Workers United 294T and employee at Karastan Rugs in Reidsville, NC.

Executive Officer of GMP and service officer for North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia. Member of GMP Local 222. Will become in January 2006 the Director of Organizing and looks forward to recruiting new brothers and sisters into the Labor Movement.

Union member of Local 959T for over 24 years. Local President since November 2003. Prior to union elected office, Darryl served as Division 1 chairman for the Curing, Final Finish, and Shipping Dept.

George Drexel is currently serving his second term as President of UAW Local 3520, which represents workers at Ford Motor Company, Metaldyne Corporation, and Daimler Truck North America (formerly Freightliner). He went to work for Daimler Trucks in 1995 after serving 4 years in the United States Marine Corps. Drexel graduated from Catawba College with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and has earned a master’s degree in Business Administration with a major of applied management from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Holds two Associate Degrees: one in Aircraft Maintenance and the other in Aviation Electronics. Hired in 1985 into a Union Shop at Piedmont Airlines and became a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. First elected to Shop Steward in 1986. Elected Local Lodge President in 1993 and held that position until 2000. Elected in 2000 as President of the Southern Piedmont Central Labor Council and assumed the position of Treasurer at the IAMAW's Local Lodge. Elected in 2005 as President of the North Carolina State Council of Machinists.

After completing his service as an Army MP in 1968, began working at the US Postal Service where he immediately joined the American Postal Workers Union. Larry served as APWU local union president in Asheville from 1980 to 2002. Since 2002, served as president of the State Council of the APWU and has dedicated himself to service as an arbitration advocate from 1984 to the present.

Member of West Coast Carpenters and Jointers from 1965 – 1966 and Teamsters Local 61 from 1966 – 1973. Currently a member of IAFF Local 865 member and has been since 1976. Also served as Local 865 President from 1984 – 1988. Active member of the Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of NC, serving as its Secretary-Treasurer (1986 to 1991) and twice as its President (1991-2003; 2005 to present). Has served as 11th Congressional District Vice President on our Executive Board since 1995.

Began career as flight attendant in 1976 with Piedmont Airlines and continued after the merger with US Airways. Member of System Board of Adjustment for a majority of last twenty years. Currently Vice President of Association of Flight Attendants Council 89.

Prior to moving to Raleigh in 1976, JC was a member of A.T.U./Local 1321 in Albany, NY. He has held membership in A.T.U./ Local 1328 for twenty-nine years. Within the local union, he has held the positions of Executive Board member, Recording Secretary and Vice President. He is currently serving a third term as President of Local 1328. He is a member of Triangle Labor Council and has served on its Executive Board.