The LMC congratulates the following new leaders of member organizations:

•Mike Louis, new president, and Jake Hummel, new secretary-treasurer, of the Missouri AFL-CIO. And best wishes to retiring president Hugh McVey, who has a new role with the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

•Rick Rodriguez, new business manager, and BZ Parscale, new financial secretary of IBEW Local 124.

•Joe Lewandowski, new business manager of Boilermakers Local 83.

•Vicki Hale, new president, and Dave Barnhart, new secretary-treasurer, of UAW Local 31.

•Steven White, who becomes the new business manager of IBEW Local 53 on July 23.

We also thank their predecessors, Terry Akins, Donna Birks, Scott Albertson and Robert Stuart, for outstanding service to the LMC. Terry has been our labor co-chair and Donna served on the executive committee.