Mark Erlich
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| Born | October 25, 1949 |
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Mark Erlich (born October 25, 1949) is an American labor leader, author, and carpenter, recognized for his contributions to the construction industry, labor policy, and worker advocacy. He was the head of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters[1] and has published widely on labor issues, politics, and the construction industry.
Early life and education
Erlich earned a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1970 where he was named to the Dean’s List. He later completed a four-year carpentry apprenticeship with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBCJA)[2] in 1976, earning first place in the Boston Carpenters' Apprenticeship Contest.
Career
Carpentry and construction
A member of Carpenters Union Local 40 (now Local 328)[3] since 1975, Erlich worked as an apprentice, journeyman, foreman, and construction superintendent before running for union office.
Labor leadership
Erlich was field director for the 1988 No on 2 campaign[4] against a ballot initiative that would have repealed the prevailing wage law in Massachusetts. In 1992, he ousted the incumbent leadership when he ran for Business Manager for Local 40.[5] As head of the local, he steered the union into leadership in local and regional political and organizing efforts.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] When the Carpenters Union restructured into regional councils, he served as Organizing Director of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC) from 1997 to 2002. In 2005, he once again defeated an incumbent and was elected as Executive Secretary-Treasurer (EST) of NERCC, overseeing the 25,000 member organization.[13][14][15][16] As EST, he chaired the union’s Training Fund as well as its Health,[17] Pension, and Annuity Funds.
Research and teaching
Since retiring from the union in 2017, Erlich has been a Wertheim Fellow at the Center for Labor & a Just Economy at Harvard Law School.[18][19][20] Erlich has taught labor history at institutions including the Harvard Trade Union Program,[21] University of Pittsburgh Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI),[22] Brandeis University OLLI,[23] and the UMass Boston OLLI.[24]
Public service and advisory roles
Erlich served on numerous boards and advisory panels, including appointments by Boston mayors and Massachusetts governors to the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals, Economic Development Planning Council, the Board of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston board, and the board of MassINC. He was also Vice-President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Executive Board and a member of the Massachusetts Building Trades Council Executive Board.[25]
References
- ↑ "The New England Regional Council of Carpenters was rechartered as the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters in 2019".
- ↑ "United Brotherhood of Carpenters".
- ↑ "Carpenters Local 40 was rechartered as Carpenters Local 328 in 2018".
- ↑ Erlich, Mark. Labor at the Ballot Box: The Massachusetts Prevailing Wage Campaign of 1988. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
- ↑ Butterfield, Bruce (June 9, 1992). "Reform Candidate Takes Over Carpenter Local in Cambridge". Boston Globe.
- ↑ Lewis, Diane (August 15, 1993). ""Carpenters Leadership Hammers Out a New Era"". Boston Sunday Globe.
- ↑ McNeill, Lorna (November 12, 1992). ""MIT Project Steeped in History, Shrouded in Controversy"". Cambridge Chronicle.
- ↑ Carroll, Matt (June 25, 1994). ""Biogen Project Embroiled in Labor Dispute"". Boston Globe.
- ↑ Primack, Phil (September 15, 1994). ""Union Protests Biogen Hiring"". Boston Herald.
- ↑ Devine, Matt (November 8, 1994). ""Builder Immune Under Wage Law"". Quincy Patriot-Ledger.
- ↑ Kimmelman, Jay (February 13, 1996). ""Local 40 Pickets Harvard Project"". Harvard Crimson.
- ↑ Lewis, Diane (May 7, 1997). ""Workers Get Part of Pay"". Boston Globe.
- ↑ Erlich, Mark (December 16–22, 2005). "Union Wage". Boston Business Journal.
- ↑ "Carpenters Nail New Digs". Boston Herald. January 31, 2010.
- ↑ Erlich, Mark. "Holding the Union Together When the Economy is Coming Apart". Dissent (Winter 2011).
- ↑ "Diversity a Top Priority for New England Carpenters Union". Bay State Banner. January 18, 2014.
- ↑ Martinez, Barbara (October 6, 2006). ""How Quiet Moves by a Publisher Sway Billions in Drug Spending"". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Carpenters Union Head Erlich Set to Retire". Boston Globe. February 3, 2017.
- ↑ "A Labor Voice at Harvard". Boston Globe. July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Former Union Boss Continues Crusade at Harvard with New Labor Report". Boston Globe. June 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Harvard Trade Union Program".
- ↑ "University of Pittsburgh Osher Lifelong Learning Institute".
- ↑ "Brandeis University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute".
- ↑ "UMass Boston Osher Lifelong Learning Institute".
- ↑ "Mark Erlich, Wertheim Fellow".
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