Goldman Marks 20 Years At AFSCME Council 26

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director Carl Goldman (r) has been so busy organizing new members and serving existing locals that his 20th anniversary at Council 26 slipped by last year without notice. The DC native has been involved in the local labor movement for more than three decades, working for a variety of different unions including the American Federation of Government Employees, the National Treasury Employees Union and the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, before landing at AFSCME Council 26 in 1989. In addition to serving the 17 locals of AFSCME Council 26, as Executive Director Goldman has overseen – and often personally led – efforts to successfully organize units in the Department of Justice, Department of Agriculture, Federal Aviation Administration headquarters, the Architect of the Capitol and the Voice of America. Early in his labor career he was a DC-area cab driver and was involved in two separate campaigns to organize the taxi companies where he worked. Goldman, who lives in Silver Spring, also serves on the Executive Board of the Metro Washington Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and is a Vice-President of the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO. – photo: Goldman (right) is seen with DC Mayoral Candidate Vince Gray (center) and Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO President Jos Williams (left) at July’s Labor-For-Gray fundraiser; photo by Chris Garlock