Richard J. Ward was appointed the general vice president on March 3, 2003.
Ward became an ironworker apprentice in 1963. He received journeyman status in 1966. He served as apprenticeship instructor several years and was elected business agent of Local Union 704, Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1984. Since 1985 he has served as delegate and elected officer of the Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council. He has worked with all jurisdictional matters within the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Ward was elected president of the Iron Workers District Council of the Tennessee Valley and Vicinity in 1989, and has also served as a trustee on the District Council of Tennessee Valley and Vicinity fringe benefits funds for over 20 years.
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