Last Thursday, AFSCME members elected Patrick Moran as AFSCME International president at the union’s 47th International Convention in Chicago. Nicole Pollard was elected International secretary-treasurer.
Moran and Pollard ran as a ticket, pledging to build on that momentum of outgoing President Lee Saunders. they pledged to invest in bold, direct member engagement and mobilization. Their platform focused on growing worker power, protecting and expanding public services, and improving the lives of working people by taking on the fights ahead.
Moran previously served as an AFSCME International vice president and president of Maryland Council 3. He expanded collective bargaining for Maryland’s public service workers, strengthened safety standards and built power by expanding membership.
Pollard, an AFSCME member for 23 years, served as AFSCME International executive assistant to former President Lee Saunders. She makes history as the first African American woman to hold this position within AFSCME.