Executive Council Welcomes New Vice Presidents
Of the 51 vice presidents elected today to the AFL-CIO Executive Council, there are nine new additions, who are expanding the range of voices that will be heard. We congratulate the following new vice presidents of the AFL-CIO:
- Patrick D. Finley, Plasterers and Cement Masons (OP&CMIA)
- M.B. “Mike” Futhey, United Transportation Union (UTU)
- Newton Jones, Boilermakers (IBB)
- D. Michael Langford, Utility Workers (UWUA)
- Robert McEllrath, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
- Roberta Reardon, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
- John Ryan, Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Works (GMP)
- DeMaurice Smith, Professional Athletes
- Baldemar Velasquez, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
NFL Players: Football Doesn’t Define Them
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Millions of men and women are watching NFL football today, but for most of the players on the field, football is not the only thing that defines them. NFL Players, the marketing arm of the NFL Players Association, is running its REAL campaign featuring 18 NFL players who tell the stories of their lives off the gridiron and demonstrate the wide range of personalities, ideas and emotions of the more than 1,800 members of the union.
This year’s campaign is built around the theme that “Football Doesn’t Define Me.” The players’ personalities were captured through a series of photo shoots featuring Drew Brees (New Orleans), Kris Brown (Houston), Luis Castillo (San Diego), Braylon Edwards (Cleveland), Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona), Walt Harris (San Francisco), Patrick Kerney (Seattle), Shawne Merriman (San Diego), Ryan Nece (Tampa Bay), Clinton Portis (Washington), Matt Ryan (Atlanta), Ephraim Salaam (Houston), Bob Sanders (Indianapolis), Steve Smith (Carolina), Jonathan Stewart (Carolina), Fred Taylor (Jacksonville), DeMarcus Ware (Dallas) and Jason Witten (Dallas).
