Ron Gettelfinger was elected President of the UAW on June 5, 2002 at the UAW's 33rd Constitutional Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For six years he served as Director of UAW Region 3, which represents UAW members in Indiana and Kentucky before being elected a UAW Vice President in 1998. As Vice President, Gettelfinger was director of the UAW Aerospace Department and the UAW Ford Department, where he led negotiations in 1999 that focused on "Bargaining for Families."

A member of UAW Local 862 since 1964, Gettelfinger is proud to be called a chassis line repairman. The workers at Ford's Louisville Assembly plant elected Gettelfinger to represent them as a committeeperson, bargaining chairperson and president, as well as a delegate to the National Ford Council and Sub-Council # 2. He was also a member of the UAW national negotiating team during the 1987 Ford negotiations.

Ron is a graduate of Indiana University. He and his wife, Judy, are the proud parents of two adult children and they also have four grandchildren.

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