Goldman Marks 20 Years At AFSCME Council 26
Tuesday, August 31, 2010(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman (r) has
been so busy organizing new members and serving existing locals that his 20th
anniversary at Council 26 slipped by last year without notice. The DC native has
been involved in the local labor movement for more than three decades, working
for a variety of different unions including the American Federation of
Government Employees, the National Treasury Employees Union and the
Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, before landing at AFSCME Council 26 in
1989. In addition to serving the 17 locals of AFSCME Council 26, as Executive
Director Goldman has overseen – and often personally led – efforts to
successfully organize units in the Department of Justice, Department of
Agriculture, Federal Aviation Administration headquarters, the Architect of the
Capitol and the Voice of America. Early in his labor career he was a DC-area cab
driver and was involved in two separate campaigns to organize the taxi companies
where he worked. Goldman, who lives in Silver Spring, also serves on the
Executive Board of the Metro Washington Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and is a
Vice-President of the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO. – photo:
Goldman (right) is seen with DC Mayoral Candidate Vince Gray (center) and Metro
Washington Council, AFL-CIO President Jos Williams (left) at July’s
Labor-For-Gray fundraiser; photo by Chris Garlock