Sean McGarvey Elected Building Trades President

The Governing Board of Presidents of the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD) on April 16 unanimously elected Sean McGarvey to be its president.  He succeeds Mark Ayers, who died suddenly on April 8 of natural causes.   McGarvey, who was serving his second five-year term as BCTD’s secretary-treasurer when elected, took office immediately.  McGarvey comes from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 252 in Philadelphia.  A new secretary-treasurer has not yet been announced.