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.”