SULLIVAN	WILLIAMS	DOUGHERTY

Three building trades general presidents have won five-year terms to continue to lead their unions.

At the sheet metal workers' convention in Chicago Aug. 25, Michael J. Sullivan was re-elected to a second term. The union’s general secretary-treasurer, Thomas J. Kelly also was re-elected.

Painters' union chief James A. Williams was elected Aug. 24 in Washington, D.C. , to his first full five-year term. Williams was appointed to the top post in April 2002. George Galis was re-elected as general secretary-treasurer.

At their Aug. 16-19 convention in Las Vegas, the plasterers and cement masons re-elected John J. Dougherty to a second term as their union's general president. Dougherty was first appointed to the top post in 1996. Patrick D. Finley was re-elected as the union’s general secretary-treasurer.

(Sullivan photo courtesy of Sheet Metal Workers' Union and Williams photo courtesy of
Painters' Union)