(NEW YORK CITY) - Brendan Griffith has been elected President of the New York City AFL-CIO Central Labor Council. 

Griffith, a Member of Iron Workers Local 40 and United University Professions (UUP), joined the New York City Labor Council in 2009 and had previously been its Chief of Staff since 2011.

Griffith’s work has involved coordination of various Labor Council programs, as well as oversight of day-to-day operations. 

He has coordinated many projects, including the annual Workers Memorial Day Commemoration, the Annual Commemoration to the 146 victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Labor Council’s Annual Labor Day Parade.

Griffith currently serves on the Boards of the American Labor Museum-Botto House and the Worker Justice Project.

He is on the Advisory Board of the Mount Sinai Selikoff Center for Occupational Health and serves as Vice Chair of the Board of the New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health.

Griffith is an Adjunct Instructor at SUNY (State University of New York) Empire State College’s Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. School of Labor Studies.

He completed an Apprenticeship with Iron Workers Local 40, is a graduate of the New York State AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute and is also a graduate of Fordham University where he majored in Political Science.

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