William Lucy

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William Lucy was an associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and is a leader of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists.

Original CBTU founders

The original 1972 founders of Coalition of Black Trade Unionists were William Lucy, Nelson Edwards, Cleveland Robinson, Charles Hayes and William H. Simons^[1].

National Anti-Imperialist Conference in Solidarity With African Liberation

William Lucy, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers was named as a sponsor of the Communist Party USA dominated National Anti-Imperialist Conference in Solidarity With African Liberation held at Dunbar Vocational High School, Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, October 19 to 21 1973.^[2]

Democratic Agenda

More than 1,200 people attended the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee initiated Democratic Agenda Conference held November 16-18, 1979, at the International Inn and Metropolitan AM Church in Washington 1 DC. The conference focused on "corporate power'; as the key barrier to "economic and political democracy," concepts many Democratic Agenda participants defined as "socialism.'

The Democratic Agenda meetings attempted to develop anti-corporate alternatives" through influencing the direction of the Democratic Party during the period leading to the July 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York.

William Lucy, treasurer of AFSCME and president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, was a keynote speaker. Lucy was critical of President Carter's trimming of social services programs and said, "Black folks can't decide who will be President; but they can decide who will not be President. We have to reorganize priorities."^[3]

Democratic Socialists of America founding conference

William Lucy Sec/Treasurer AFSCME and president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, addressed a "special unity convention session" on day two of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee/New American Movement Unity Convention in Detroit March 21/22 1982, that resulted in the formation of Democratic Socialists of America^[4].

DSA member

In 1996 Lucy was a member of Democratic Socialists of America.^[5]

AFSCME International President Gerald McEntee and International Secretary/Treasure William Lucy placed an advertisement in Democratic Socialists of America's Democratic Left, Issue #4 1998, page 10, "AFSCME proudly salutes Democratic Socialists of America"

PSI President

In 1995 William Lucy, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, succeeded to the presidency of Public Services International (PSI), the world’s largest union federation.

The 10 million-member PSI, with about 200 affiliates from over 100 nations, is the largest of the International Trade Secretariats (ITS). It is comprised of unions representing public sector workers including, among other U.S. members, SEIU, AFT, CWA and AFGE.

Lucy, who had been serving as first vice president of PSI, succeeded PSI President Monika Wulf-Mathies, who resigned after accepting a senior position with the multinational European Union in Brussels. Lucy will fill the remaining three years of Wulf-Mathies’ four-year term^[6].

Apollo Alliance

In 2006, Bill Lucy, AFSCME, served on the National Advisory Board of the Apollo Alliance.^[7]

DSA Atlanta conference

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