Patrick J Eiding

President, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Patrick J. Eiding is currently serving his 6th term as President of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO representing over 150,000 working families and 100 local unions in the Philadelphia area. Prior to first being elected President of the Council in January 2002, Eiding served for over 25 years as Business Manager and Financial Secretary of the Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local 14, covering Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Eiding has risen through the ranks of leadership throughout his career and currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Philadelphia Building Trades Council; as a member of the Executive Council of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO; and on the General Board of the National AFL-CIO representing Central Labor Councils in the Northeast. Eiding also represents the interests of working families by serving as an active member of numerous boards and commissions including the Philadelphia Area Labor Management Committee (PALM), the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, the Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC), the Philadelphia Works, Inc., and the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board. He has also served as a Commissioner on the Philadelphia City Planning Commission for the past 14 years. (http://www.pha.phila.gov/aboutpha/board-of-commissioners.aspx)