Labor Advisory Committee
The Labor Center maintains a Labor Advisory Committee of labor leaders from across Iowa and the Midwest. This Committee promotes ongoing dialogue between the university and the labor movement, offers guidance on keeping Labor Center education programs responsive to the interests of working people in Iowa, and promotes broader worker participation in UI educational programs.
Members of the Labor Advisory Committee meet with Labor Center staff and UI Division of Continuing Education representatives at least twice a year to review Labor Center activities, to evaluate proposals for course offerings and teaching innovations developed by Labor Center instructors, and to suggest and discuss relevant research projects.
Current Labor Advisory Committee members:
Stacey Andersen
International Representative, GMP
Jim Beach
President, Iowa State Association of Letter Carriers, NALC
Bruce Clark
President, Iowa Postal Workers Union (APWU)
President, Dubuque Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Mark Cooper
President, South Central Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Greg Cross
International Representative, UE
Gary Dunham
Secretary-Treasurer, IBT Local 238
Bill Gerhard
President, Iowa State Building & Construction Trades Council
Robert Gilmore
Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer, IUPAT District Council 81
Cathy Glasson
President, SEIU Local 199
Brad Greve
Interim President, Great River Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Roger Grobstich
International Representative, RWDSU
Bill Hanes
President, IBEW Iowa State Conference
John Herrig
Business Representative, IAM&AW District 6
Danny Homan
President, AFSCME Council 61
Jerry Kearns
Staff Representative, USW (retired)
Coy Marquardt
East Central Uniserv Director, ISEA
Rick Moyle
Executive Director, Hawkeye Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Doug Neys
President, Iowa Professional Fire Fighters
Jane Nygaard
National Vice President, District 8, AFGE
Kay Pence
International Representative, CWA
Ken Sagar
President, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Brad Schwanda
International Representative and Region 4 Education Coordinator, UAW
Midge Slater
President, Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans
Bob Waters
Representative, UFCW Local 431
Charles Wishman
Secretary-Treasurer, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Gail B. Agrawal (ex officio)
Dean and F. Wendell Miller Professor of Law, Univ. of Iowa College of Law