gets help from GCIU friends
A delegation of GCIU leaders in the New Jersey area convene with AFL-CIO and Electrical
Workers leaders to discuss strategies to elect Jim McGreevy governor of New Jersey this
November. McGreevy lost the 1997 governor's election by 1 percent. Attendees included
Philadelphia 4C Rec. Secy. John Foster; Jim Murphy of Local 4C; Philadelphia 14M Pres.
Andrew Douglas; Local 14M Secy.-Treas. John Potts; Local 14M Vice Pres. Kurt Freeman;
Newark 8N Pres. Ed Shown; Local 8N Fin. Secy. Jim Sherlock; Local 8N Vice Pres. Larry
Manziano; Local 8N Executive Board member Tom Mahon; North Jersey 31C Pres. Eric L.
Johnson; Local 31C Secy.-Treas. Sam Kaspar; New York 1L Pres. Patrick LoPresti; Local 1L
Secy.-Treas. Anthony Caifano; Local 1L 1st Vice Pres. Joe Curto; West Caldwell 612M Pres.
Edward A. Treacy; New York 2N Pres. John M. Heffernan; Local 2N Executive Board member
Frank M. Boccia; New York 51M Pres. Joseph Gurrieri; Local 51M Secy.-Treas. Ira Cohen;
New York 447S Pres. Mike Quaglia Sr. Representing the International union were Pres. George
Tedeschi; Richard J. Whitworth, executive assistant to the GCIU president; and International
Rep. Lawrence E. Peck.
GCIU Pres. George Tedeschi, standing left, talks with Newark 8N representatives during a
meeting at the Rutgers University Labor Education Center to mobilize support for Jim McGreevy,
the Democratic candidate for New Jersey governor. Seated from left from Local 8N are: Fin.
Secy. James Sherlock; Vice Pres. Larry Manziano; Pres. Ed Shown; and Tom Mahon, Executive
Board member.
Philadelphia 14M Pres. Andrew Douglas, left, pauses with New York 1L Pres. Patrick
LoPresti at a meeting to muster support for a Democrat for New Jersey governor.
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