Steven Tolman
Steven Tolman | |
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| File:2008-05-29 housing 05web (Steven Tolman).jpg Tolman in 2008 | |
| President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO | |
| Assumed office October 6, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Haynes[1] |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district | |
| In office January 6, 1999 – October 13, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Warren Tolman |
| Succeeded by | Will Brownsberger |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 18th Suffolk district | |
| In office 1995–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin G. Honan |
| Succeeded by | Brian P. Golden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 2, 1954 Brighton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
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Steven A. Tolman (born October 2, 1954, in Brighton, Massachusetts) is an American labor union leader who is the current president of the Massachusetts AFL–CIO. He is a former state legislator who served in the Massachusetts Senate (1999–2011), representing the 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1995–1999). Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature, he was a commissioner for the Watertown Housing Authority and a member of the Democratic State Committee.[2][3]
He was elected president of the Massachusetts AFL–CIO on October 6, 2011.[4] He remained in the state senate until October 13, 2011, following the vote on the casino gambling bill.[5][6]
Tolman is a resident of the Brighton neighborhood in Boston and is a member of the Democratic Party.[2] He is the brother of former state senator Warren Tolman.
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators
- Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- American trade union leaders
- University of Massachusetts Boston alumni
- Politicians from Boston
- 21st-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
- 20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
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