Local 600 Officer Biographies

Jerry Sullivan, President, Local 600:

Accomplishments:

• 1999 - National UAW Ford Negotiator
• 1999 - Honoree of the Spirit of Detroit Award
• 1991 to 1997 - 2nd Vice President/ 1st Vice President of Local 600
• 1977 to 1991 - Committeeman, Bargaining Committeeman, Vice President and President - Maintenance & Construction Unit
• 1997 - Honoree of the Nelson Jack Edward Award - Presented by the Detroit Chapter of APRI-CBTU
• Lifetime Member of the NAACP
• Board Member of the Rouge Employee Credit Union
• Board Member of M-Tech
• United Way Committee Member-at-Large
• President - UAW Sub-Council #1
• Vietnam Veteran
• 1993-1996 Local 600 Negotiator
• Honoree of the 2001 American Red Cross Award

Education:

• Master's Degree - Central Michigan University
• Bachelor's Degree - Wayne State University

Bernie Ricke, 1st Vice President, Local 600:

Accomplishments:

• 2006 - Present - 1st Vice President, Local 600
• 1997 - 2006 - 2nd Vice President, Local 600
• 1984 to 1990 and 1997 to Present - Local 600 Executive Board Member
• 1999 - Honoree, Spirit of Detroit Award
• 1992 to 1997 - Director of Special Projects, Local 600
• 1989 to 1992 - Staff Representative, Local 600
• 1989 to Present - Local 600 Negotiator
• 1978 to 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.
• Board Member of the Rouge Employee Credit Union

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree - Wayne State University

Present Responsibilities:

• ArvinMeritor
• Bridgewater
• De-Sta-Co / De-Sta-Co Canton
• Health Alliance Plan Marketing; Labor Units
• Maintenance & Construction Unit
• Parts Depots Unit
• SeverStal
• TNT Sequence

• Joint Apprenticeship Committees
• Skilled Trades

Al Murlone, Recording Secretary, Local 600

Accomplishments:

• 1999 - Served on the International Resolutions Committee
• 1996 to July, 2002 - Elected Chairman of the Transportation Unit
• 1995 to July, 1996 - Served as Bargaining Representative
• 1985 to 1995 - Appointed Benefit Representative
• 1983 to 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
• TNT Truck
• Tool & Die
• Transportation Unit

• Benefits
• ERC
• JAC
• Recreation
• Quality
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  Dave Russell, Financial Secretary, Local 600
  Accomplishments:
  
  • April, 2004 – Elected Local 600 Financial Secretary
  • 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, 1976
  • Black Lake Education Center Scholarship Program, 1978
  • Walter & May Reuther UAW Family Education Center Scholarship Program 1979
  • UAW Leadership Training Institute, Adv. Collective Bargaining & Arbitration 1978
  • Dale Carnegie Human Relations Course
  • Region 1A and Local 600 Education Classes
  
  Present Responsibilities:
  • Ford-Brownstown PRC
  • Ford Medical Services
  • Visteon Medical Services
  • Arnold Nursing Home
  • ARC of Macomb
  • Express Scripts
  • HAP-Clerical
  • HAP-Labor
  • HAP-Marketing
  • Heritage Optical
  • HFHS-RN
  • HFHS-SMTC
  • Medilodge
  • Midwest Health
  • Midwestern Dental
  • Midwestern Vision
  • National Foot Care
  • New Directions
  • GEN