Michael Coleman is an American labor union leader.
Coleman became a sheet metal worker in Cleveland, and joined the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association in 1985. He held various positions in his local union, before becoming its president and business manager in 2012. By this point, the union had merged into the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART). As leader of the local union, he became known for innovative methods of organizing workers, providing more flexibility to them, and restructuring pension and benefit packages.[1][2]
In 2019, Coleman was appointed as SMART's director of business and management relations, then he became assistant to the general president. In 2023, he succeeded as president of the union.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Michael Coleman is elected SMART General President, succeeding Joseph Sellers". SMART. June 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Luczak, Marybeth. "People News: Alstom, HDR, SMART". Railway Age. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "SMART-TD members ratify crew-consist pact with UP; Coleman elected union's general president". Progressive Railroading. June 2, 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.