The IAM Executive Council R. Thomas Buffenbarger International President Warren Mart General Secretary-Treasurer Lee Pearson GVP Western Territory Dave Ritchie GVP Canada Robert Roach, Jr. GVP Transportation Lynn Tucker  GVP Eastern Territory Robert Martinez GVP Southern Territory Richard Michalski GVP Headquarters Philip J. Gruber GVP Midwest Territory » Home

Robert Roach, Jr. General Vice President―Transportation Robert Roach, Jr. joined the IAM as a ramp serviceman for TWA and a member of Local Lodge 1056 in New York. He was elected shop steward in 1976 and served as Grievance Committee Chairman from 1979-1992. He was elected District 142 General Chairman in 1992. Roach was appointed as a Transportation Department Special Representative and a Grand Lodge Representative 1994-96; IAM Vice President of Transportation June 1, 1999. Roach earned a BS degree in Labor and Management Relations at the Empire State Labor College and graduated from Cornell School of Labor.

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