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Local 600 Officer Biographies


 


Bernie Ricke, President, Local 600:

Accomplishments:

  • 2009 - Present President, Local 600
  • 2003 - Present UAW-Ford National Negotiator
  • 2006 - 2009 1st Vice President, Local 600
  • 1997 - 2006 2nd Vice President, Local 600
  • 1984 - 1990 and 1997 - Present Local 600 Executive Board Member
  • 1999, 2004 Honoree, Spirit of Detroit Award
  • 1992 - 1997 Director of Special Projects, Local 600
  • 1989 - 1992 Staff Representative, Local 600
  • 1989 - Present Local 600 Negotiator
  • 1978 - 1989 Financial Secretary, District Committeeman, Bargaining Committeeman and Vice President of the Parts Depot Unit
  • Lifetime Member of the NAACP
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bridging Communities Inc.

Education:

  • Bachelor's Degree - Wayne State University


A.J. Freer, 2nd Vice President, Local 600:

Accomplishments:

  • 2010 – Present Local 600 2nd Vice President
  • 2010 – Local 600 Staff Representative
  • 2008 – 2010 Local 600 Guide
  • 2008 – 2010 Bargaining Representative Maintenance, Construction and Transportation Unit
  • 2006 – 2008 District Representative Maintenance Construction and Transportation Unit
  • 1998 – 2000 Bargaining Representative Brownstown PRC

Education:

  • Cornell University – Automotive Industry Studies
  • Bachelor’s Degree - University of Michigan Dearborn
  • Graduate of the UAW/Ford Apprenticeship
  • Wayne State Labor Studies
  • Associates Degree Business Administration and Paralegal Studies - Henry Ford Community College

Present Responsibilities:

  • Dearborn Truck Plant
  • Severstal North America
  • Severstal Firefighters
  • Severstal Salary Laboratory
  • Maintenance, Construction and Transportation
  • MOBIS North America
  • JCIM
  • CEVA
  • CEVA Commercial Fleet
  • Penske
  • Premier
  • Omnichem
  • Bridgewater Interiors
  • DeStaCo Industries
  • Ryder Integrated Logistics
  • St. Clair

Al Murlone, Recording Secretary, Local 600

Accomplishments:

  • 2002 - Present Recording Secretary, Local 600
  • 1999 - Served on the International Resolutions Committee
  • 1996 - 2002 - Elected Chairman of the Transportation Unit
  • 1995 - 1996 - Served as Bargaining Representative
  • 1985 - 1995 - Appointed Benefit Representative
  • 1983 -1985 - Elected Committee #1 Shift
  • 1974 - Became Skilled Tradesman
  • Lifetime member of the NAACP
  • Elected for two (2) terms as precinct delegate in community

Education:

  • Associates Degree - Henry Ford Community College

Present Responsibilities:

  • Milan Plastics
  • Ryder
  • Tool & Die
  • Benefits
  • ERC
  • JAC
  • Recreation
  • Quality
  • Retiree Chapter Liason


Dave Russell, Financial Secretary, Local 600

Accomplishments:

    • 2004 – Present Financial Secretary, Local 600
    • 1999 – 2004 Local 600 Staff Representative
    • 1993 – 1999 President, Brownstown PRC Unit of Local 600
    • 1990 – 1993 Unit Vice President
    • 1985 – 1993 Bargaining Committeeman
    • 1981 – 1985 Unit Recording Secretary
    • UAW Delegate to: Constitutional Convention, 1986, 1989, & 1992 General Council
    •1993 – 1999 Special UAW Collective Bargaining Convention
    • Member of Ford Bargaining National Resolution Committee 1999
    • Member of Unemployed Workers Conference

Education:

    • Bachelor of Science Degree – Eastern Michigan University
    • Black Lake Education Center Scholarship Program
    • Walter & May Reuther UAW Family Education Center Scholarship Program
    • UAW Leadership Training Institute, Adv. Collective Bargaining & Arbitration
    • Dale Carnegie Human Relations Course
    • Region 1A and Local 600 Education Classes

Present Responsibilities:

    • Ford-Brownstown PRC
    • Ford Medical Services
    • Visteon Medical Services
    • ARC of Macomb
    • HAP-Clerical
    • HAP-Labor
    • HAP-Marketing
    • Heritage Optical
    • HFHS-RN
    • HFHS-SMTC
    • Medilodge
    • Midwest Health
    • Midwestern Dental
    • Midwestern Vision
    • New Directions