Harris L. Raynor
Vice President, UNITE HERE
Harris L. Raynor is the Southern Regional Director and an International Vice President of UNITE HERE. The Southern Region represents workers in the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Mississippi.
Mr. Raynor has been employed in various capacities by ACTWU and UNITE, predecessor to UNITE HERE, since 1984. From 1978 to 1984, Mr. Raynor was with United Furniture Workers of America where he directed that union’s OSHA and Job Training Programs as well as serving as an international representative. Mr. Raynor was a public school teacher in the Central Harlem School District of New York City from 1970 to 1978.
He is the recipient of the Groat Award from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations for 2005, to honor achievements in the field of Industrial and Labor Relations.
He is also one of the founding members of the groundbreaking labor management partnership between Levi Strauss and ACTWU, a predecessor to UNITE HERE.
Mr. Raynor currently serves on the Advisory Council of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and is a trustee of UNITE HERE National Multi-Employer Retirement and Insurance Funds.
He is married to Dr. B. Denise Raynor, Professor in the division of Maternal/Fetal Medicine at Emory University, School of Medicine. They have three children, Derek, a graduate of Cornell University, Shelley, a graduate of the University of Michigan, and Keith, a student at American University. They live in Decatur, Georgia.
Mr. Raynor received his B.S. from the NY State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1969. He was awarded a Master’s Degree in Education from New York University in 1974.