Labor On The Move: David Cohen Retiring from DPE
Wednesday, February 12, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
David Cohen,
Executive Director of the Department for Professional Employees,
AFL-CIO (DPE), is retiring. A reception in his honor will be held today,
Wednesday, February 12 from 2-4 pm at the AFL-CIO (RSVP to Marcie Lawrence at mlawrence@dpeaflcio.org). Cohen
joined DPE in 2002 and became its Executive Director in 2006. He worked with
the DPE officers, staff, and affiliated unions to identify common objectives
for
action and led collaboration on public policy, labor issues, and outreach to
professional associations. At the AFL-CIO Education Department from 1993 to
2002, Cohen led strategic planning for national unions, consulted on
organizational development, developed educational campaign materials, and
taught others to teach. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law
School, Cohen represented unions and multiemployer funds at the union law firm
Barr, Peer, Cohen & Camens from 1979 to 1993 and co-edited the 1997 edition
of Construction Organizing. Cohen's last day at DPE will be Feb. 14; after
that, he can be reached at David3209@aol.com. Says Cohen, “I count
myself very lucky to have worked with my sisters and brothers in the labor
movement for the remarkable people we represent, from construction laborers to
nurses to country music singers.”