Executive Council Statement
On the Retirement of Tom Buffenbarger
… ranks and made history in 1997 when he became the youngest IAM international president ever elected. Always committed to fairness, organizing and winning, Buffenbarger bargained industry-leading contracts, amplified the voices of working people in the halls of power and made good on the IAM’s promise to diversify its local and senior leadership. Today’s IAM Executive Council is among the most diverse in the labor movement, … through the American political establishment when that all-but-assured piece of bad legislation suddenly was pushed to the brink of defeat. On trade and so much more, Buffenbarger has been a strong voice for good jobs, quality health care, …