About Us
The Western New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO includes 5 Central Labor Councils (CLCs): Buffalo/Erie County; Cattaraugus/Allegany Dunkirk; Jamestown; Niagara/Orleans. Our mission is to improve the lives of and increase the power for working families, bring fairness and dignity to the workplace and secure social equity.
We are working to build a strong, diverse, free and democratic labor movement in order to give a political voice to workers in our area.
We fight for a public policy agenda at all levels of government which benefits all working families, both union and non-union.
We are active in our community and strive to create a broad progressive coalition for social and economic justice.
Officers
| Peter De Jesus Jr. President 1199SEIU | Denise Szymura Vice President CSEA | Joe Cantafio Secretary NYSUT | Valerie Thomas Treasurer USW |
Central Labor Council Presidents
| Denise Abbott, CWA Buffalo CLC | Don Williams Jr., CSEA Dunkirk CLC | Ryan Sweeney, IAM Jamestown CLC | James Briggs, USW Niagara-Orleans CLC |
Diversity
| Charmaine Bowman | Louisa Fletcher-Pacheco | Earkiel Eaton Jr. |
General Vice Presidents
| James Lakeman UAW | Ryan Sweeney IAM | David Chudy PEF |
| Joe Vertalino USW | Joshua Moberly IATSE | Donna Walters NYSUT |
| Debora Hayes CWA | Jeffrey Richardson ATU | Michael Gaiser IBEW |
| Grace Bogdanove 1199SEIU | Will Westlake Workers United | David Grosskopf Jr. NALC |
| Lonnie Everett UAW | Richard Morris BCTGM | Cori Gambini CWA |
| Kevin Drysdale IBT | Mark Manna UFCW |
Staff
Peter De Jesús Jr
Angela Blue
Austin Morgan
