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For the second time in two years, city supervisory workers have voted to replace their union president.
The latest vote took place Thursday, when members of AFSCME Local 3144 elected Harold Brooks their new president.
Brooks (pictured above at a 2018 protest outside City Hall) defeated the incumbent, Malinda Figueroa, 163 – 94. Figueroa had won the presidency in 2017 when she challenged then-President Cherlyn Poindexter.
Click here for a previous story that details the issues in the Brooks-Figueroa contest.
“I think the members have overwhelmingly spoken,” Brooks told the Independent by phone on Friday afternoon. “My goal right now is to unite the union and make one union, so we can have a strong union for all current employees and for those coming after us.”
Local 3144 represents around 330 management and professional employees of city government, ranging from LCI neighborhood specialists to Building Department administrative assistants to parking enforcement supervisors.
Union members elected a full slate of officers Thursday. Following are the election results:
President
Harold Brooks 163
Malinda Figueroa 94
Vice President
Barbara Montalvo 155
Tom Verderame 99
Corresponding Secretary
Jeannette Pizarro 126
Dennice Pair 124
Treasurer
Jean Iannnuzzi 174
Billie Jo Wilson 76
District 2 Rep
Marquies Reshard 126
Velisha Cloud 119
District 5 Rep
Gwen Williams 131
Terry Cooper 116
UNCONTESTED
District 1 Rep – Evan Trachten
District 3 Rep– Maria Tonelli
District 4 Rep-Linda Hannans
Trustee 3 year- Carmen Berrios