Stephen Koslow
Counsel to the Industrial Division of the Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA)
Stephen Koslow represented the EnerSys workers in Sumter, SC as
IUE's principal attorney in the legal proceedings. Koslow's 30-year
legal career includes a 10-year tenure with the National Labor
Relations Board and several years at the Department of Justice. He
holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia and a L.L.M. from New York
University.
Vince Gaillard
Illegally fired EnerSys employee
Vince Gaillard worked as a quality control inspector at EnerSys'
Sumter, SC plant for 26 years. After an exemplary work history spanning
two decades, Gaillard was fired in June 2001 following his testimony in
a case against the company. An outspoken union supporter, Gaillard
served as President of IUE Local 175 from 2000 until the plant closing
in November 2001. He currently works with the South Carolina Department
of Juvenile Justice as a Residential Specialist.
David Bunker
Former EnerSys employee
David Bunker worked for 23 ½ years as a 1st Stage Grid Caster for
EnerSys at the Sumter, SC plant. When the plant closed in November
2001, Bunker was laid off and unemployed for a year before finding work
with a local cabinet company.
David Bonior
American Rights at Work, Board Chair
Professor of Labor Studies, Wayne State University
David Bonior is Chair
of American Rights at Work, a new nonprofit advocacy organization
dedicated to investigating workers' rights abuses and promoting respect
for the right to organize. He is also a professor of labor studies at
Wayne State University. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in
1976, he was the premier advocate for working people on Capitol Hill
for over 26 years. When he retired at the end of 2002, he had held the
position of Democratic Whip, the second ranking Democrat in the House,
for ten years. Bonior serves as a board member of Public Citizen and
the Community Central Bank in Mount Clemens, MI.
Fred Feinstein
Former NLRB General Counsel
Professor, University of Maryland
Fred Feinstein served
as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the
federal agency charged with enforcing U.S. labor law, from 1994-99.
Feinstein is noted for instituting a system at the NLRB for case
prioritization and making significant progress toward assuring that
elections for union representation are consistently conducted in a
timely manner. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at the University
of Maryland's School of Public Policy and a Senior Fellow in the Office
of Executive Programs.
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