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Robert Thomas "Tom" Buffenbarger is an American labor leader and former president of the
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is an AFL–CIO/ CLC trade union representing over 600,000 workers as of 2024 in more than 200 industries with most of its membership in the United States and Canada. Orig ...
(IAM).


Background

Buffenbarger is a member of the executive council of the AFL-CIO and a member of the Economic Policy Institute's board of directors, serves as chairman of the Labor Advisory Committee to the U.S. Trade Representative, and is a past member of the U.S. Treasury Department's Advisory Committee to the International Monetary Fund. Buffenbarger also once served on the National Advisory Board of the Apollo Alliance and was one of the original 130 founders of the Campaign for America's Future. Buffenbarger is a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, the organization's governing body. He is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buffenbarger, Tom 1950 births American trade union leaders Living people Machinists International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers people National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America members Vice presidents of the AFL-CIO