Workers United Mid-Atlantic elect officers, including Peter Bostic as Regional Director
PRESS RELEASE
Delegates serving nearly 4,000 members of the Workers United Mid-Atlantic Region are pleased to announce the election of new leadership and the most diverse board in the history of the region after a two-day summit that took place in Baltimore. The Delegates elected the following leaders:
- Regional Director: Peter Bostic
- Secretary Treasurer: Angel Esparza
- Associate Director: David Bailey
- Executive Board President: Larry Bryant
- Vice-President: Chad McCroskey
- Chaplain: Greg Scott
- Recording Secretary: Rick Bailey
- Sergeant-at-Arms: Brian Heverly
- At-Large Members: Jose Martinez, Nahomy Mejia, Doug Rolon, Kathy Comiskey, Yvette Moore-Randall
- Audit Committee Chair and Executive Board Member: Kish Justice
- Audit Committee Members: Larry Dubbs, Cleveland Cook, Sharon Ampofo, Mary Kay Arnold
Workers United Mid-Atlantic President Emerita Lena Redmon (left side) swears in Peter Bostic, Local 863 (to the right of Sister Redmon) as the new Regional Director and the new Mid-Atlantic leadership.
Workers United President Lynne Fox, Secretary-Treasurer Edgar Romney and Organizing Director Richard Minter addressed the Delegates and welcomed their new leaders. The Delegates celebrated new contracts delivering millions of dollars from employers into the hands of thousands of Members, alongside the first organizing and growth wins in years, welcoming new members across a number of sectors.
Newly elected Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Peter Bostic said, “Across this country, workers are finding their voices again by organizing and standing together. They are demanding respect. Our responsibility is to meet that moment. I am reminded of the words of civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph who said: ‘Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.’”
Workers United Mid-Atlantic, an SEIU affiliate, represents thousands of workers at laundries, food services, manufacturing, hospitality, textiles and related sectors from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the District of Columbia and Ohio.
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