MARJB Workers United,an SEIU Affiliate
Workers United Mid-Atlantic Celebrates New Leaders,
Historic Contracts & Organizing Victories
Delegates serving nearly 4,000 members of the Workers United Mid-Atlantic Region are pleased to announce the election of new leadership and the most diverse board in the history of the Region after a two-day summit that took place in Baltimore, MD on June 11-12, 2026. The Delegates elected the following leaders:
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Regional Director: Peter Bostic
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Secretary Treasurer: Angel Esparza
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Associate Director: David Bailey
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Executive Board President: Larry Bryant
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Vice-President: Chad McCroskey
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Chaplain: Greg Scott
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Recording Secretary: Rick Bailey
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Sergeant-at-Arms: Brian Heverly
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At-Large Members: Jose Martinez, Nahomy Mejia, Doug Rolon, Kathy Comiskey, Yvette Moore-Randall
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Audit Committee Chair and Executive Board Member: Kish Justice
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Audit Committee Members: Larry Dubbs, Cleveland Cook, Sharon Ampofo, Mary Kay Arnold
Workers United President Lynne Fox, Secretary-Treasurer Edgar Romney and Organizing Director Richard Minter addressed the Delegates and welcomed their new leaders. The Delegates celebrated new contracts delivering millions of dollars from employers into the hands of thousands of Members, alongside the first organizing and growth wins in years, welcoming new members across a number of sectors.
Newly elected Mid-Atlantic Regional Director Peter Bostic said, “Across this country, workers are finding their voices again by organizing and standing together. They are demanding respect. Our responsibility is to meet that moment. I am reminded of the words of civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph who said: ‘Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.’”
Workers United Mid-Atlantic, an SEIU affiliate, represents thousands of workers at laundries, food services, manufacturing, hospitality, textiles and related sectors from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, the District of Columbia and Ohio.
For more information, contact info@marjb.org.
2026 Scholarship Applications Available NOW...
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board has made a meaningful contribution to the continuing education of hundreds of recipients and is committed to providing working families opportunities and resources to build a better future.
As a Union member of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board, your child or grandchild can be the recipient of one of four scholarships offered annually. Our highest award is a $1,000 scholarship paid consecutively for four (4) years, we also award one (1) $2,000 scholarship and two (2) additional scholarships of $1,000 each.
See an officer of your Local, your Staff Representative, or contact the Regional Office for an application. You can also print an application directly from our website by clicking the appropriate pdf link.
Deadline for applications is August 1, 2026.
Golf Tournament Fundraiser Held
On November 6, 2025, the MARJB held it's annual golf tournament fundraiser for our Scholarship Fund on The Meadows Course at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, WV. Currently, this is the only fundraiser for our Scholarship Fund and it was a very successful event! Nineteen teams with 76 participants registered to play golf that day. The event netted approximately $8,000 that will be paid out in scholarships to the children and grandchildren of our union members. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board has been awarding scholarships for over a quarter century and to date has awarded over $275,000 in scholarships to more than 130 recipients. Thank you to all those who participated and made monetary donations, to The Greenbrier for hosting this event, and to MARJB Local 863 for staffing the event.
2025 Scholarship Winners
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Kiersten Parks
received the
Bruce Dunton /
Peter Nadash
Award
Kiersten's father
is a member of our
Local 371 -
NOV Containment Solutions
Mount Union, PA
Lynnsey Sarver
received the
Joe Bock
Award
Lynnsey's father
is a member of our
Local 2024 -
Celanese
Narrows, VA
Anna Hockenberry
received the
William Cannon
Award
Anna's father
is a member of our
Local 1034 -
Huntingdon Fiberglass
Huntingdon, PA
Summer Hartlaub
received the
Joseph Coponi
Award
Summer's father
is a member of our
Local 427 -
English American
Westminster, MD
Shawn Isom
received the
Scholarship
Award
Shawn's father
is a member of our
Local 2024 -
Celanese
Narrows, VA
Labor Council News
During the 31st Constitutional Convention of the WV AFL-CIO held in Charleston on November 4-5, 2025, MARJB Deputy Director Peter Bostic was elected to serve as a Vice President of the WV AFL-CIO's Executive Board for a four (4) year term. The WV AFL-CIO has a strong executive board that broadly represents West Virginia's working families. Delegates to the convention also adopted numerous position papers that include the need for the Legislature to require state agencies to purchase American-made products whenever possible; support of workforce development programs and apprenticeships; opposition to the privatization of government services; ensuring affordable healthcare for all West Virginians; opposing the outsourcing of jobs; and enacting more worker protections in state policy.
During a meeting of the delegates of the Metropolitan Washington Labor Council held at the Teamsters Local 639 Union hall in Washington, DC on October 20, 2025, Neza Xiuhtecutli was sworn in as a delegate representing the Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board and it's Local 2847-1. Neza works at National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Workers Guild Center for Rural Affairs and is a member of our newest organized non-profit. Neza is pictured (center) with Herbert Harris, 1st Vice President of the Metropolitan Washington Labor Council and MARJB Dues Director Chris Roell, who is also the Treasurer of the Metropolitan Washington Labor Council.
HCSC Baltimore Celebrates Employee Appreciation Day
HCSC in Baltimore, MD, celebrated Employee Appreciation Day on October 25, 2025. Employees were presented with certificates and recognized by the Company for their years of dedicated service and unwavering commitment.
This was a nice event and the employees were appreciative that the Company realizes it's success is contingent upon the contributions of it's employees!
Starbucks workers across the country have been organizing in an effort to get a number of improvements, including higher pay, more hours, and better safety protections. They want more say in what their working lives are like and they want to hold a company that talks progressive values accountable. Starbucks calls its employees "partners" but most employees feel they are not treated that way. Starbucks employees say they are seeing successful union votes at other locations and think they could improve conditions at their own stores by doing the same. Workers United is leading the effort to organize these workers and over 570 stores have been unionized representing over 11,000 union workers! For more information, please visit https://sbworkersunited.org.