CLUW Delegates Elect Elise Bryant President with Dynamic Team

Detroit, MI -- Elise Bryant is the new CLUW National President. Convention delegates elected her to a four year term on September 8th. She is CLUW’s eighth president. She noted that, “It is an honor and a privilege to serve the membership of CLUW as president. I am excited about taking on this work with a fabulous group of women who are smart, savvy, and dedicated trade unionists! We shall rally, we shall sing and we shall overcome – together!"

Elise joined CWA/TNG Local 32035 in 1998 and served as the bargaining unit chair at the National Labor College for eight years. She serves on TNG’s executive board as a member-at-large. Elise is a lifetime member of the Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World) as well as AFM Local 1000. She currently is the Executive Director of the Labor Heritage Foundation.

Other top officers include Carla Insinga who is the new National Executive Vice President and is the Director of Dauphin County Public Employees District Council 90 of AFSCME in PA. Judy Beard was re-elected as CLUW National Treasurer (serving since 2004) and is the National Legislative and Political Director of APWU, being the first woman elected in that position. Joanne M. Sanders is the new CLUW National Recording Secretary and serves as an International Representative for IATSE. Bennie R. Bridges was re-elected as CLUW National Corresponding Secretary (serving since 2011) and was appointed in 1979 as the AFGE District 12 National Women's Advisory Coordinator.

Officers elected to another term as National Vice President are: Shelvy Young Abrams, AFT; Janet M. Hill, USW; Tanya James, UMWA; Angela W. Johnson, UFCW; Shyla La’Sha, SAG-AFTRA; Vera A. Newton, UAW and Sarah Reynolds, ATU.

Lisa C. Blake, OPEIU; Rachel Bryan, IBEW; Carolyn Burton, TWU;  Patricia Chardavoyne, AFSCME; Debra Davis, SEIU; Jennifer Grigsby, AFGE; Karen Bellamy Lewis, IFPTE; Sylvia J. Ramos, CWA; Rhonda S. Rodgers, IAM; Rachel A. Walthall, APWU and Myra Warren, NALC are newly elected National Vice Presidents.

CLUW extends a big thank you to outgoing President Connie Leak and other officers who have contributed so much over the years.