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Text Box: Dino started as an Economist at BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program in 1979. Dino graduated with a BA in American Studies/American political-economy from the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. in 1979. Dino became a Steward in 1980. He has been an active member in National Office Safety and Health Committee, from 1982 and was the chair from 1990 to 1997 and 2007 to the present, has also been on the mid-term negotiating team since 1998. Dino has been the Chief Negotiator for the Original Transit Subsidy and an AFGE National Capital Area Council Delegate since 1983.

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Text Box: Tina graduated from North Carolina A&T State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1987. After floating from job to job, She landed a position as a claims examiner with the Division of Federal Employees Compensation in 1994. While working for DFEC at District 25, she joined the union. In 2003, Tina was promoted to a policy analyst with the Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation. She also linked up with a friend who is a very active union steward. Under her influence, Tina rejoined the union in 2007 and became a steward in 2009. Currently Tina is on the committee negotiating with management for the ground rules.

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Text Box: Michelyn is a Workforce Analyst in the area of labor market and workforce information with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration in Washington, D.C. Michelyn joined the department in 2001 from Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana where she implemented and managed the competitive Welfare-to-Work (WtW) Program for the City of New Orleans. Michelyn primarily considers herself an employment and training program planner and analyst, and has been employed in those capacities in Washington and Arlington County, Virginia. She has had articles published by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities, and has served as a panelist on televised programs and at many employment conferences, forums and workshops.

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Text Box: Salwa started with DOL in 1977 as an electrical engineer at MSHA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Salwa held several positions including supervisory positions. Salwa received a Masters Degree in communication and control engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Salwa joined Local 12 in 1996 and previously held positions within Local 12 such as, Assistant Treasurer, acting Agency Vice President for OASAM, and a steward in MSHA. Salwa is currently the Agency Vice President for MSHA. Salwa has three children and five grand children.

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Text Box: Danielle completed her Masters degree in Applied Social Science Research at West Virginia University, and worked in the private sector for 10 years as a consultant. On March 17, 2008, she joined the Department of Labor (DOL) and on her first day at DOL, she joined the Local 12 family. As a steward of the Local 12, Danielle hopes to continue improving the working conditions and economic status of DOL employees through the collective bargaining process. Previously, Danielle was a trainer for the Office of Workforce Development and Continuing Education’s Diversity Management Institute at Montgomery College. Examples of some of her training session topics included: sexual harassment and discrimination, cultural diversity in the workplace, conflict resolution and negotiation, and networking. She also taught a multidisciplinary course and an introduction to sociology course while completing on her Masters thesis. Once she graduated, Danielle began working for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where she served as an Equal Employment and Opportunities Counselor (EEOC) and liaison. She later joined the private sector as a consultant, where she developed one of her company’s sexual harassment and discrimination policies to help ensure her rights as well as the rights of her fellow employees.

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If you are an employees of ILAB, VETS you can contact Nicole Washington.

Text Box: Sarah Starrett joined the Department of Labor in February 2008. She works in the Office of the Solicitor, Fair Labor Standards Act Division, providing legal advice and handling trial and appellate litigation involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, Service Contract Act, and various whistleblower statutes. She also assists in developing regulations and Department policies involving the Family and Medical Leave Act and immigrant guest worker visa programs. She also serves as Agency Vice President for American Federation of Government Employees (“AFGE”) Local 12, and in that capacity is currently representing headquarters employees in collective bargaining negotiations with Department of Labor management. Throughout her career, she has represented employees and labor unions in a wide variety of labor and employment litigation. From 2005-2008, she was a national staff attorney for the American Federation of Government Employees, where she represented AFGE members and the union as a whole in federal courts, before the EEOC, in arbitration cases, and in contract negotiations. Working as part of a multi-union coalition, she helped protect federal employees’ collective bargaining, adverse action and appeal rights against the Bush administration attacks represented by the DoD National Security Personnel System (“NSPS”), and DHS Max HR personnel system. Prior to joining AFGE, she was a partner/shareholder in the law firm of Beins, Axelrod, Kraft, Gibson & Gleason, P.C., where she also represented federal employees, as well as public-sector and private-sector labor unions both nationally and locally, and served as a staff attorney at the United Mine Workers of America International Union. She came to Washington in 1991 as a Fellow at the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center, after a clerkship with the Honorable Warren Ferguson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She earned her bachelor’s degree cum laude from Wesleyan University, and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. She also holds an LL.M. degree in Advocacy from Georgetown University Law Center. Sarah is married, with three children, and in her spare time is an active soccer mom, swim team mom and sings in her local church choir.

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Text Box: American Federation of Government Employees, Local 12 AFL-CIO Frances Perkins Building 200 Constitution Ave, NW Room N-1503 Washington, D.C. 20210

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