For Black History Month, we're taking a look at a group of leaders who are currently actively making Black history across the labor movement. Check back daily for a new profile and meet some of the people working to improve not only their community, but also to improve conditions for working people across the country. Today's profile is Jeffrey Michael Betts of the Machinists (IAM).
Jeffrey Michael Betts is a radar operator at Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona, where he established the Range Operations Control Center and the Central Scheduling Program. Betts has been a member of the IAM since 2002. A retired U.S. Navy air traffic controller, he served in key training, operational and leadership roles throughout his naval career, including facility watch supervisor at NAS North Island, Alameda and Key West, and air operations supervisor aboard the USS Carl Vinson and the USS Kitty Hawk. Betts earned his Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist pin, two Navy Achievement Medals, five letters of commendation and three letters of appreciation.