Bob Wages

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Robert E. "Bob" Wages (born August 18, 1949) is a former American labor union leader.

Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Wages studied at the University of Kansas. He then followed his father in working at a Phillips Petroleum Company refinery, and joined the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers' International Union (OCAW). During this period, he studied law part-time at the University of Missouri. He graduated in 1975 and began working as an attorney for the city of Raymore, Missouri, then became an assistant legal counsel for OCAW.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 1981, Wages was appointed as the administrative assistant to the president of OCAW, and then at the end of the year, he was appointed as a vice-president of the union. He was elected to the post on an ongoing basis in 1985, and re-elected in 1988. In 1991, he was elected as president of the union, and in 1995 he was additionally elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO.^[1]^[2]^[3]

As leader of OCAW, Wages negotiated a merger which formed the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union, which was completed in 1999. He became executive vice-president of the new union. He retired in 2001, but agreed to continue leading the union's negotiations on agreements in the oil industry, which were concluded in August 2002.^[1]^[4]

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References

1 2 3 "Vice President Robert E. Wages". AFL-CIO. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
1 2 "Wages, OCAW VP, led Phillips local". Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union News. January–February 1984.
1 2 "Robert E. Wages". OCAW Reporter. May–June 1991.
↑ "PACE UNION EXEC RESIGNS BUT WILL LEAD NEXT OIL TALKS". Neftegaz. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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Preceded by Joseph Misbrener	President of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union 1991–1999	Succeeded by Union merged

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[aflcio-1] 1 2 3 "Vice President Robert E. Wages". AFL-CIO. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

[phillips-2] 1 2 "Wages, OCAW VP, led Phillips local". Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union News. January–February 1984.

[bio-3] 1 2 "Robert E. Wages". OCAW Reporter. May–June 1991.

[4] "PACE UNION EXEC RESIGNS BUT WILL LEAD NEXT OIL TALKS". Neftegaz. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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