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Sonny
Hall, Sixth President, 1994-2004
SONNY HALL
was elected as International President of the Transport Workers
Union of America at the Unions 19th Constitutional Convention in
October, 1993. Previously Hall had served as President of TWU
Local 100, the largest Local union of TWU, representing nearly
38,000 members who operate the New York City subway system and
both public and private bus lines.
Mr. Hall served in virtually every Union position from Shop
Steward on up. He was named President of Local 100 in May, 1985
and subsequently elected to full three-year terms in
December,1985,1988 and 1991. He joined TWU in 1950 as a Bus
Cleaner for the old Omnibus Corp. and became a Bus Operator in
1957. In between, he served tours of duty in both the Marines
and the Army.
Mr. Hall was elected an International Vice President at TWUs
17th Constitutional Convention in September, 1985. He was
appointed Executive Vice President by the International
Executive Council on January 9, 1989, and was elected to that
post for a four-year term at the Unions 18th Constitutional
Convention in October, 1989.
Mr. Hall was elected Secretary Treasurer to the AFL-CIO
Transportation Trades Department in 1995 and President of that
organization in 1998. He was elected to the AFL-CIO's Executive
Council at the Federations convention in October, 1995. In
addition to the aforementioned duties Mr. Hall is also a Board
Member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Health and Safety Department;
on the Board of Governors of the New York Chapter Arthritis
Foundation, and the Presidents Advisory Council of the Deborah
Heart and Lung Center of the Deborah Heart and Lung Foundation.
He also serves as President of S.T.A.R.T. (Safe Transit And Rail
Transportation).
Mr. Hall holds a B.A. from the Cornell Labor College and studied
military and criminal law at the University of New Mexico. He is
the son of a retired New York City Bus Operator, now deceased,
who served the riding public for 30 years and was an early
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