Evans Takes Reins At CWA 2108

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Les Evans was elected President of CWA Local 2108 in the November 18 election, defeating Larry Vick, 589-375. Evans succeeds outgoing President Bob Campbell on
January 1, 2006, along with Secretary-Treasurer Johnny Brown and Vice Presidents Jenny Sylvester and Marilyn Irwin, who ran unopposed and were reelected by acclamation. Campbell, who has served as shop steward, chief steward, Vice President and President for Local 2108 since 1987, has been active with the Metro Washington Council, including serving as Recording Secretary. "I did not pay too much attention to what the union
was...until I walked my first picket line," Campbell wrote in a farewell column in his local's newsletter. "It was then that I realized that the whole thing was much bigger than me. Walking and chanting along with hundreds of fellow union members left an impression in my brain that will never dim. It was then that I made the decision to become and active union member."