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Listed below are the Central Labor Councils and their Presidents.  If you need more information contact the wvaflcio@wvaflcio.org or call the WV AFL-CIO at 344-3557 or your AFSCME state office at 304-342-2114.  

Brooke-Hancock Labor Council, Steve Merriner
Counties: Brooke and Hancock
Monthly Meeting: 6:30 PM -- 3rd Tuesday
Where: USW LU #2911 Union Hall, Weirton
Contact:  smerriner303@comcast.net

Kanawha Valley Labor Council, Mike Matthews
Counties: Boone, Braxton, Clay, part of Fayette, Kanawha, and Putnam
Monthly Meeting: 6:30 PM -- 2nd Monday
Where: WV State Building Trades, 600 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston
            (1st floor, 1st door on the right)
Contact: mikematthews@cbtwv.org 

Marion County AFL-CIO, Vernon (Vern) Swisher
County: Marion
Monthly Meeting: 7 PM -- 2nd Thursday
Where: UMWA Office, 310 Gaston Ave., Fairmont
Contact: vswisher@ma.rr.com   

Marshall-Wetzel-Tyler Labor Council,Shelva Smith
Counties: Marshall, Tyler and Wetzel
Monthly Meeting: 7 PM -- 1st Wednesday
Where: Marshall County Courthouse, County Commissioner’s Chambers,
              Seventh Street, Moundsville
Contact: gongolfin@netzero.com

Mason-Jackson-Roane Labor Council, Chuck Parker
Counties: Jackson, Mason, Roane
Monthly Meeting: 7:30 PM -- 2nd Tuesday
Where:  USW LU #5668 Union Hall, #1 NuChance Drive, Rt. 2 South, Ravenswood
Contact: cparker132@hughes.net

Monongalia-Preston Labor Council, Rita McCrobie
Counties: Monongalia, Preston and Tucker
Monthly Meeting: 5:30 PM -- 3rd Monday
Where: LIUNA LU #379 Union Hall, 168 Dents Run Road, Morgantown
Contact: grkinc@netscape.net

North Central West Virginia Labor Council, Tony Blidgett
Counties: Barbour, Doddridge, Gilmer Harrison, Lewis, Upshur, Taylor
Monthly Meeting: 6:30 PM -- 3rd Thursday
Where: Stanley Technical Institute, HRDF, 120 Linden Avenue, Clarksburg
Contact: sportsnut313@aol.com

Ohio Valley Trades & Labor Assembly, Frank Ellis
County: Ohio
Monthly Meeting: 7:30 PM -- 2nd Thursday
Where: Iron Workers LU #549 Union Hall, 2350 Main Street, Wheeling
Contact: e.cundiff@comcast.net  >Scott Cundiff ~ Financial Officer/Rec. Sec’y 

Parkersburg Area Labor Council, Gary Butler
Counties: Calhoun, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt and Wood
Monthly Meeting: 7 PM -- 4th Monday           
Where: LIUNA Union Hall, Parkersburg-Marietta Building Trades Office,
             3100 Dudley Avenue, Parkersburg
Contact: rembrandt@fhtm.us

South Central AFL-CIO, Clyde McKnight
Counties: part of Fayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Summers and Wyoming
Monthly Meeting: 7 PM -- 2nd Tuesday
Where: UMWA Union Hall, 2306 S. Fayette Street, Beckley
Contact: clydemcknightjr@aol.com

Southeastern Central Labor Council, Phil Bostic
Counties: Greenbrier, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas and Webster
Monthly Meeting: 7 PM -- 2nd Wednesday
Where: H.E.R.E./LIUNA Union Hall, 65 West Main Street, White Sulphur Springs
Contact: local_1182@yahoo.com

Southwestern District Labor Council, Randall May
Counties: Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, Logan, and Mingo
Monthly Meeting: 7 PM -- 3rd Monday
Where: LIUNA LU #543 Union Hall, 401 Seventh Avenue, Huntington
Contact:rtmcarporg@aol.com

Eastern Panhandle Central Labor Council, Kris Lundberg
Counties: Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan
Monthly Meeting: 6:30 PM -- 3rd Tuesday
Where: North Central WV Building & Construction Trades Council/Martinsburg Satellite Office, 312 Wilson Street, Martinsburg
Contact: mgoblu99@msn.com 

Area Cope Committees 

Bluefield-Princeton Area COPE -- William J. Hardee, Chairman
County: Mercer
Contact: bill43@frontiernet.net

State COPE -- Kenneth M. Perdue, Chairman
Counties: Pendleton and Randolph
Contact: kperdue@wvaflcio.org