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
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