IP Newton B. Jones swears in D. David Haggerty as IVP-NE.
Fills position vacated by IVP Sean Murphy
THE BOILERMAKERS’ INTERATIONAL Executive Council (IEC) elected D. David Haggerty International Vice President for the Northeast Section July 16, just 10 days prior to the 32nd Consolidated Convention. Haggerty succeeds Sean Murphy, who vacated the office. Convention delegates re-elected the entire IEC by acclamation on July 26.
Haggerty previously served as Director of National Construction Agreements (D-NCA), a position he held since his appointment in 2006 by IP Jones. He simultaneously held the designation of Special Assistant to the International President.
As D-NCA, Haggerty worked out of a Washington, D.C., office representing the interests of the Boilermakers union across a range of labor-management agreements involving construction trade unions and contractors, including the General Presidents’ Project Maintenance Agreement (GPPMA), the National Construction Agreement (NCA), the National Maintenance Agreement (NMA), various specialty agreements, and project labor agreements (PLAs). As the Boilermakers’ representative, Haggerty participated in processing grievances involving multi-trade jurisdictions, among other responsibilities.
Haggerty began his career in the construction trades in 1974, working for his father at the Yorktown, Va., oil refinery while attending Virginia State College, majoring in Industrial Arts Education. He was indentured into the Boilermakers apprenticeship program in 1977, through Local Lodge 45 (Richmond, Va.), graduating as a journeyman in 1980.
Haggerty was elected president of Local 45 in 1984 and also served as an assistant business agent from 1984 through 1988.
He was elected business manager/secretary-treasurer for the lodge in 1993. In 1998, he was appointed as a safety rep for MOST (Mobilization, Optimization, Stabilization, and Training), a position he held until his appointment as D-NCA in 2006.
