From one defender of labor to another: John Dougherty to succeed Pat Gillespie as head of Building Trades Council

Photograph by Adam Jones

On Wednesday, September 2, 2015, John Dougherty, IBEW Local 98 business manager, was selected as the next leader of the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council. He succeeds Pat Gillespie, who has served as the organization’s business manager for 34 years. . As business manager of the union coalition for nearly 40 unions, Pat has left a lasting legacy on union labor in Philadelphia, which John will continue when he officially starts his term on December 1, 2015.

Union Services Access congratulates John on his appointment as president. We are confident that under John’s leadership, the Building Trades Council, which includes many Union Services Access unions, will continue to strengthen the presence of union labor in the Philadelphia area.