26 Union Leaders Cast Electoral College Votes for Biden
9 states and DC chose union members to represent them at the Electoral College
On Monday, December 14th, the Electoral College met to officially vote on the 2020 Presidential election. According to the Constitution, the national election in November determines which slate of electors your state will send to the Electoral College, for example, voters in New York voted to send the Democratic slate while voters in Florida voted to send the Republican. According to the November results 306 electors are being sent to vote for Joe Biden and 232 are being sent to vote for Trump.
As the electors meet around the country and cast their votes there are a few familiar names to union members. While some states only chose party insiders, like county party chairs, or elected officials, other states include a mix of activists and elected officials. This year 26 of the votes will be cast for President-elect Joe Biden by union leaders. Below are the union electors by state.
Arizona
Luis Alberto Heredia- Executive Director of the Arizona Education Association
James McLaughlin- President of the Arizona AFL-CIO, President of UFCW Local 99 and Vice President of the UFCW International Union.
Fred Yamashita- Executive Director of the Arizona AFL-CIO and a former member of UFCW Local 99
District of Columbia
Jacqueline Thompson-Echavarria- UFCW Local 400 and a cashier at a Safeway grocery store
Meedie Bardonille- nurse and member of the DC Nurses Association
Georgia
Ben Myers- Political/ Legislative Affairs Director of IBEW Local 613
Michigan
Blake Mazurek- President of the Grandville Education Association and a public school History teacher
Bonnie Lauria- Retired GM worker and UAW representative
Tim Smith-UniServ Director for the Michigan Education Association
Steven Rzeppa- Political and Communications Director for AFSCME Council 25 and the Mayor of Trenton
Michael Kerwin- a retired UAW International representative and a member of UAW Local 174
Chuck Browning- Director of UAW Region 1
Minnesota
Diana Tastad-Damer- Assistant Director of Organizing for UFCW 1189.
Nevada
Artie Blanco- Western Region Campaign Coordinator for the AFL-CIO
Yvanna Cancela- former Political Director of the Culinary Workers Union and current State Senator
New Mexico
Vince Alvarado- President of the New Mexico Federation of Labor and the Financial Secretary and Business Manager for SMART Local 49.
New York
Mario Cilento- President of the New York State AFL-CIO and a member of the Newspaper Guild-CWA
Gary LaBarbera- President of the New York City Building and Construction Trades Council
Stuart Appelbaum- President of RWDSU
George Gresham- President of SEIU Local 1199
Rhonda ‘Randi’ Weingarten- President of the American Federation of Teachers
Mary Sullivan- President, CSEA, AFSCME Local 1000
Pennsylvania
Rick Bloomingdale- President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, he came out of AFSCME Council 13
Ryan Boyer- Business Manager of the Laborers District Council of Metropolitan Philadelphia and Vicinity
Daisy Cruz- Mid-Atlantic District Leader of SEIU 32BJ
Wisconsin
Ron Martin- President of the Wisconsin Education Association Council and an Eau Claire social studies teacher.