Labor On The Move: Eitches Elected President of AFGE Council 222
Friday, July 27, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Eddie Eitches (at right), President of
AFGE Local 476 at HUD, was recently elected
president of AFGE Council 222, which includes
all HUD locals nationwide. He is also the chair
of the union team negotiating the general
contract. “Main Contract completion is the
Council's top priority,” said Eitches,
pledging to “use my personal relationship
with both the Secretary and the Deputy to bring
us to closure before election day.”