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  Holland, Wayne
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NameWayne Holland
AddressWayne for Chair 5352 South Old Trenton Way
Murray, Utah 84123, United States
Emailwholland@uswa.org
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InfoUnion offical.Wayne Holland Jr. is an International Staff Representative for the United Steelworkers of America. The Staff Representative is the chief negotiator for collective bargaining, counsel in arbitration proceedings, and coordinator for legislative and political activities. Previously, he worked for the Utah AFL-CIO in community labor relations raising over $1 million per year for community, charitable and health services organizations. He was also the treasurer of his local union at Kennecott where he worked. He has taken numerous leaves of absence over the years to work on political campaigns since 1980. His most recent experience was with the 2004 Kerry Presidential campaign in the western battleground states Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado.

Wayne grew up in Magna, Utah. He comes from a strong labor and Democratic Party tradition and is a third generation copper miner (his father, Wayne Holland Sr., was the Subdistrict Director of the United Steelworkers). Given this background, he started working on his first campaign for Gov. Cal Rampton's re-election in 1968 and walked with Wayne Owens in 1972. He has been the labor liaison to a number of elected officials.


Wayne has also been active in the community as the President, Vice President, public relations director, and coach of the Hunter/Magna Little League teams for twelve years. Wayne is a single father of two boys, Justin and Nick, and the grandfather of two Kaden and Karlee. Wayne's son, Justin, is a fourth generation copper miner. Nick is currently a freshman at Weber State University where he plays hockey and is Vice Chairman of the campus's College Democrat.

Wayne's practical and on-the-ground political experience includes:

1980 - First elected as delegate to the Democratic State and County Convention

1980 - Full time Labor Liaison - U.S. Senate campaign

1982 - 6 month leave of absence - Ted Wilson for U.S. Senate campaign

1983 - Selected as a Young Leaders of America delegate to Europe for Political Economic and Social Systems exchange (Great Britain and West Germany)

1984 - Full time Labor Liaison - Wayne Owens for Governor campaign

1984 - Elected to serve as Labor's Community Liaison by the AFL-CIO Executive Board

1984 - 1994 - Developed Community Programs Based Program Labor CHIP - Community and Housing Improvement Program

1985 - Selected as a Young Leaders of America delegate to Europe for Political, Economic and Social Systems Exchange - Scandinavian countries (Finland, Sweden & Denmark)

1985 - 1998 - Served on the Board of Directors to the Children's Museum of Utah, Utah Issues, S.L. Tribune Common Carrier

1985 Coordinated voter registration of over 1,000 new voters along with Labor Council for Latin American Advancement

1986 - Labor Liaison - Wayne Owens for U.S. Congress campaign

1986 - 1992 - Part time Labor and Community Liaison - Congressman Wayne Owens

1988 - Full time Labor Liaison - Wayne Owens for Congress campaign

1990 - Full time Liaison - Wayne Owens for Congress campaign

1992 - Labor Liaison - Wayne Owens for United States Senate campaign

Labor CARE - Comprehensive Safety Awareness, Referral & Education program for Drug and Alcohol treatment and Awareness at the worksite

Developed and conducted community fund raising drives at worksites throughout Utah's Wasatch Front area raising over $1 million annually for community charities

Developed Loaned Labor Leader program to release over 30 workplace labor leaders for three months annually to assist in workplace payroll deduction giving to over 75 local charitable community service organizations

Developed Labor Leader Resource Allocation Program to distribute millions of dollars to area charities. Approximately 100 labor leaders visited local charities to personally observe service programs to allocate financial assistance



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