Joseph J. Nigro

General Secretary-Treasurer

Joseph J. Nigro was elected General Secretary-Treasurer of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association by the union's General Executive Council effective March 13, 2006. He had been Assistant to General President since September 1999. In his new capacity, he directs the union's financial and administrative operations at its headquarters' office in Washington, D.C.

In addition to these duties, Joe Nigro stays actively involved in labor-management relations at the national level through the National Joint Adjustment Board, as a trustee to the International Training Institute (ITI), the National Joint Apprentice Training Committee, the SMWIA/SMACNA Joint Executive Committee and as a member of the Labor Committee to modify the Standard Form of Union Agreement. Joe is a major contributor in planning the Labor-Management Partnership Conferences and has participated in the Mutual Gains Bargaining training program. He is also on the Executive Board of the Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO.

Joe served his apprenticeship as a Sheet Metal Worker from 1969 until 1973 in Boston, Massachusetts at Sheet Metal Workers Local 17. Following his election as Trustee of his local in June 1976, he was next elected Vice President in 1982, President in 1985, and Business Agent in 1988 and again in 1991. He won the election of Business Manager in 1994 and was re-elected in June 1997. Joe also served as Vice President of the Massachusetts State AFL-CIO.

Joe brings good humor and common sense to the labor-management relationship, always looking out for the best interests of the members of the SMWIA in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. He and his wife, Pat, enjoy time with their daughter and her family in North Carolina and their many friends in Massachusetts.

Joseph J. Nigro

General Secretary-Treasurer

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