William Scheuerman is leaving his job as head of United University Professions, which represents 33,000 academic and professional faculty at the State University of New York. He is headed to Maryland, where he will serve as president of the National Labor College as of Dec. 3.
The National Labor College is the only accredited college in the world that is dedicated exclusively to educating union members, leaders, activists and staff. It was founded by the AFL-CIO in 1969 as the George Meany Center for Labor Studies and became the NLC in 1997, the year it became a degree-granting institution.
During his 14-year tenure with UUP, the union’s ranks have grown from 21,000 to 33,000.
“I leave my colleagues at UUP with mixed emotions because working together, UUP has become an extraordinarily successful higher-education union,” Scheuerman said in a statement. “At the same time, I look forward with great enthusiasm to working with (National Labor College Board of Trustees Chairman) John Sweeney to strengthen and grow organized labor by educating the next generation of unionists.”
Originally from Staten Island, Scheuerman has been involved in union leadership since 1978.
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