Labor On The Move: CWA's Boarman New Public Printer

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

William J. “Bill” Boarman -- former CWA vice president, president of the union’s Printing, Publishing & Media Workers Sector and former Metro Council Executive Board member -- has been sworn in as the 26th Public Printer of the United States (Obama To Tap CWA's Boarman For Public Printer Post 4/20/2010 UC). President Barack Obama announced his appointment on December 29, 2010. "I am honored and humbled by the confidence the President has placed in me to lead this historic agency," said Boarman. "This is a homecoming of sorts, as I began my career at GPO in the 1970s. For 150 years GPO has been serving the information needs of Congress, Federal agencies, and the public.  I look forward to serving as Public Printer and working with GPO’s talented group of men and women in continuing and improving on that legacy of service." Boarman, a resident of Severna Park, MD, will lead more than 2,300 employees at the GPO. Click here for the CWA report. - photo courtesy FDLP