Daniel Reynolds, President

• Bio: Dan Reynolds is a native of Florida, whose family roots date back to the early 1800’s.
  
  He served in the U.S. Navy as a surgical technician during the early 1970’s. After leaving the Navy, he attended the University of Florida, and spent two years of directed study in economics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. While in Poland, he witnessed the birth and rise of the Solidarity trade union movement. Dan is a journeyman carpenter and a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. As a union carpenter he has engaged in construction job site organizing and brings a personal passion and commitment to our organization.
• Accomplishments: Dan has dedicated his life to building a better community for us all. He serves on numerous boards including; Florida AFL-CIO Executive Council, National AFL-CIO President’s Advisory Council, The Broward County Housing and Finance Authority, Broward Workforce Development Board, and the Board of the Broward County United Way.
• Qualifications: Dan’s qualifications read like a novel. Dan comes to the Presidency after having served as the elected Secretary-Treasurer of the National Federation of Public & Private Employees since 1994. His work with the Federation of Public Employees began in 1985. In addition to his involvement with the Federation, he is the President of the Broward County AFL-CIO. Delegates representing over fifty local union affiliates elected him to that position in 1995.
  
  He has worked extensively with numerous unions, community, consumer and political organizations as a consultant in the areas of organizing, special projects, corporate investigation and legislative affairs. Most recently he served as the Executive Director for the Federation of Public Employees. Prior to that Dan worked for ten years as the Director of Political Action for the Broward Teachers Union.

Glynda Linton, Secretary-Treasurer

• Bio: Glynda is a native Floridian and attended Miami-Dade Community College, studying Early Childhood Education. After one year she changed her major to Business and transferred to Barry University and Nova University, where she also studied Labor Law. She is divorced and has 3 sons, Corey, Darryl and Christopher.
• Accomplishments: Outside of her local union responsibilities, she was also on the Executive Board of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, as well as the Executive Board of The A. Philip Randolph Institute and was later elected President of the Miami-Dade Chapter, which she held until 2006 and currently the Executive Vice President of the State Chapter. The A. Philip Randolph Institute is the affiliate Constituent group of the AFL-CIO, which educates the minority community of issues as it relates to working families; they do community services, voter education, voter registration and get-out-the-vote activities.
  
  She was elected to the Executive Board of the Juvenile Justice Community Services Board for the Miami Halfway House; which housed juvenile offenders, she served 3 years; Executive Board of the Le Jardin Child Development Center, which provided affordable childcare to the minority community; oversaw the Budget and Operations of the Centers. On the Board of Human Services Coalition, which held a drive to bring a Living Wage Ordinance to Miami-Dade County, and after the Living Wage was enacted, Glynda was appointed to serve on the Board of the Living Wage Commission by Commissioner Dennis Moss. She was a key organizer on the March on Tallahassee against Governor Jeb Bush and his onslaught of attacks on the citizen of Florida. Glynda was invited by WLRN-17 to discuss the social security concerns back in 1998 and Channel 39 to give the views on the March on Tallahassee and the impact on the Black Community. She was loaned to the United Way by BellSouth as a Loaned Executive where she spent 3 months on the fundraising campaign, and a Union Counselor trained by the United Way/AFL-CIO. Alumni of Leadership South Dade, class of 93/94, this was a historical class after Hurricane Andrew as they were instrumental into the redevelopment of the South Dade Community. She was a member of the Florida Speakers Bureau, Toastmasters and the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE).
• Qualifications: Glynda was very active in her former local union, Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 3122. Her activism, lead her to hold several key positions within her union, she was a steward who represented mostly the Service Representatives, but she was occasionally called to assist in other units. Because she was such a strong advocate for workers, they elected her to Chair the Women and the Equity Committee within her local, which investigated and made recommendations for correction whenever discrimination was evident. Later, at the Communication Workers of America National Convention in Detroit, MI her Regional Representative for CWA voted her to be the Regional Representative for the Women and Equity Committee which covered nine states (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Kentucky). She held that position for 3 terms. While holding those positions, she was also elected to be the Legislative Chair for the Local Union where she traveled extensively between Washington D.C., Tallahassee and all states in between, lobbying Legislators on issues important to Telecommunications and CWA and working families. She held this position until she came to work for the Federation, where she has been a Business Representative since 1999. She has had many Leadership trainings from such schools as Florida International University, University of Georgia, University of Alabama and the George Meany Center.

Guy T. Masters, Vice President

• Bio: In the 1970’s, Guy attended a Community College in New York State for an Associates Applied Science degree. During which he worked for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In the early 1980’s, he attended two non-accredited courses for Labor and Industrial Relations at Cornell Extension University in Long Island, New York. After which he worked as an organizer, an assistant director, and then as Director of Organizing for the Nursing Home & Hospital Employees Union (District Council 1115, HERE/SCIU). In 2004, he attended the National Labor College (George Meany Center) for negotiating and writing contract language.
• Accomplishments: While working at the Federation as Director of Organizing, he has had eleven voting unit elections—five of those within the Public sector and six within the private sector. Of these elections, the Federation has won ten or 91 percent. Four contracts have been negotiated, six are in the process of being negotiated and projections are good for contract accomplishments.
  
  “What I would like to accomplish within the next five years is to see the Private sector grow at least three times its current size and the Public sector to increase its membership by 2000 members within a five year time frame.”
• Qualifications: Guy has been active in the Labor movement for over 25 years. He was influenced to join the labor movement due to a desire to help show workers how organized labor can improve workers’ lives and give them a voice, something that is taken for granted by many.
  
  He started out as an organizer and moved up through the ranks to assistant director of organizing and Director of Organizing. While organizing approximately 10,000 workers in a ten year period for Nursing Homes and Hospital Employees Union District Council 1115 H.E.R.E. (Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees), AFL-CIO of New York and New Jersey. As Assistant Director of Organizing and Director of Organizing at District Council 1115, he supervised seven to twelve organizers. In the 10 period of active organizing, they kept a 75 percent winning average at NLRB elections and were able to negotiate contracts in 99 percent of the shops won. “The qualifications I have for my position is what I have learned, experienced and accomplished through my years in the movement and in life itself and a belief of holding true to the philosophy of teamwork, solidarity, union brothers and sisters uniting for one common cause as the betterment and enrichment of working families’ voices, rights and lives.”

Marilyn Swank, Vice President

• Bio: Marilyn Swank was born in Boston, Massachusetts where her father was a union truck driver and union bus driver. She moved to Florida when she was eight years old, where her father later became a police officer for Dade County. Her uncle, John McCormick was the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Another uncle became the Captain of Police for the City of Boston. It would be safe to say that politics and human rights were at the forefront of her life from an early age.
  
  As a teenager, Marilyn became involved with the campaign for John F. Kennedy, this was to be the first of many campaigns. She worked various jobs that were non-union, and quickly realized the many benefits that unions provide to workers.
• Accomplishments: After the birth of her children, Marilyn became involved with the PTA and Girl Scouts. She became a recruiter, leader, trainer, and ran summer camp. She was an assistant to a comptroller prior to going to work for the Broward County School Board in 1984. During this time she was active in the Civic/Homeowners Association and went on to become an elected official for two consecutive four-year terms. When her district was mandated to be annexed she wrote the bill for the legislature to protect her district before being annexed. She also helped her husband at that time to build two houses -- one of them being a two year project from the ground up. After becoming a single parent, she began working three jobs. Through all this she found time to resume her college studies. It took her sixteen years to finish her degrees. Her major at the Associate’s level was Clinical Psychology and Social Work. One of her two Bachelor ’s degrees is in Human Resources Management. She has taken classes at the Master’s level in labor relations at FIU from which she has earned a scholarship. She was a volunteer counselor for twelve years for the Broward County School Board for troubled children. She is a past member of the Florida League of Cities and a past member of Florida Government Finance Officers Association.
• Qualifications: After becoming an employee for the Broward County School Board, Marilyn became a member of the Federation of Public Employees. In 1999, she went on to become the Business Representative for the clerical employees of the School Board of Broward County. She now also represents the City of Ft. Lauderdale professionals and supervisors. She has been chipping away at the many outstanding issues that have faced the clerical employees for years. She has been instrumental in making many positive changes in the clerical contract. She also is on numerous committees that have benefited the union and its members such as the Policy Review Committee, the CAP Committee, and the Calendar Committee.
  
  Marilyn has always had a passion for what is right and has continuously fought the underdog. She never takes “no” for an answer but asks instead “Why Not?” She now finally has a place to put her passion to work for people and their rights. She had been that voice in everything she has ever done. Marilyn became the National Vice President of the Federation in 2005 and was re-elected in July of 2006 at the National Convention. Marilyn takes her position as an officer seriously. In the many committees she serves on she makes her decisions with all of the units in mind -- not just the ones she represents. Marilyn would like to see the union have more communication with its members by way of the website and move on with the newest technology to give the members the best service ever. To give our members every available advantage and to help them in any way she can is now an added passion to Marilyn’s already long list of impressive accomplishments.

Donna McClure, Vice President

• Bio: Being in the Labor Movement is not always rewarding, but “Nothing about us, without us, is for us,” together we can help bring back the status of the movement from early days.
  
  My name is Rev. Donna McClure and I am National Vice President of the National Federation of Public and Private Employees. It was a Great honor to have been chosen to serve as your interim National Vice President when the National Executive Committee nominated me to fulfill a vacancy left open 1 ½ years ago, prior to the 2006 election. This selection was pleasing to the membership, as our Executive Board now reflected the demographic of its membership.
• Accomplishments: I have been an ordained Minister since 1996. I was blessed with my own church in 2005, St. Joseph A.M.E., Jupiter, Fl. Although the location of my church may not be convenient, I take the responsibility of my duties very seriously and serve in this capacity with honor. I am a strong Believer in representing the people and putting aside personal issues, I don’t dwell on inconvenience. I get the job done, albeit, church or the Union Hall, I give you my word that the needs of our members will always come first.
  
  I am very active with our youth ministry, and have been a Piano Instructor and Voice Trainer since 2000. I participate yearly with the Voter Education/Voter Education Drives. I am active with the Angel Tree project; this is the prison Ministry which provides gifts to children of inmates during the Christmas holiday. Our church has a yearly Thanksgiving drive that provides groceries to the community.
• Qualifications: I have a strong union background, I have been an activist since the early 70’s, when I participated in the strike with CWA, and there I participated on the picket lines, demonstrations and phone banking. I later worked for a non-union company for a short period of time and in 1997 I came to work for the Clerk of Courts where I presently work as an In-Court Clerk at the West Courthouse, and after probation joined the Federation of Public Employees. In 2001, I was made Shop steward at the West Courthouse. That year I was appointed to the Contract Negotiation Team and the Labor /Management Team, which I currently still serve on. I was also asked to serve on the Credentials Committee for the last election cycle. Because of my professionalism and dedication, I was asked to fill in for my Business Representative, Glynda Linton, during an extended absence. At our work location, I encouraged a lot of non-members to become members and not just become members but to become active members, and each membership meeting they turn out and support the efforts of this union.
  
  My husband, Robert McClure, is also a very strong union activist; he once held the office of Secretary/Treasurer of the Machinist Union here in Broward County. He supports the Federation of Public Employees and participates in all events that I am invited to.