Brian Renfroe

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Brian L. Renfroe (born April 7, 1980) is an American labor union leader.

Brian L. Renfroe is the 19th National President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, the union representing 285,000 active and retired city letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service. He is the youngest national president in the union's history and its first from the Deep South. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Renfroe was educated at Oak Grove High School and the University of Southern Mississippi, before following his father in becoming a letter carrier. He joined the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), and was elected as president of his local branch in 2008, then as president of the Mississippi State Association of Letter Carriers in 2011.{{cite news |last1=Perlis |first1=Wicker |title=Meet this Mississippi native who now runs a major labor union of nearly 300,000 members |url=https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/news/2023/01/17/hattiesburg-native-brian-renfroe-now-leads-major-postal-service-union/69805460007/ |access-date=12 June 2023 |work=Mississippi Clarion Ledger |date=January 17, 2023}}{{cite web |title=President |url=https://www.nalc.org/union-administration/national-officer-bios/president |website=NALC |access-date=12 June 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Haskel |title=HATTIESBURG'S RENFROE ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS |url=https://www.hubcityspokes.com/local-content/hattiesburgs-renfroe-elected-president-national-association-letter-carriers |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=Pine Belt News |date=January 10, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Troy |first1=Josh |title=Renfroe Leads National Postal Group |url=https://www.enterprise-journal.com/local-content/renfroe-leads-national-postal-group |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=Enterprise-Journal |date=January 27, 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Preston |first1=Benjamin |title=What can stop US Postal Service trucks? The inexorable march of time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/21/usps-mail-truck-fleet-replacement-bids |access-date=20 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=February 21, 2015}}

Later in 2011, Renfroe was appointed as a staffer at the union's Washington, DC Headquarters as a member of Contract Administration Unit, focusing on issues around city delivery. In 2013, he became a special assistant to the union's president. In 2014, he was elected as the union's director of city delivery. He was appointed as the union's executive vice president in 2016 to fill a vacancy, and ran unopposed in 2018, resulting in being re-elected to the position. He won election as national president of NALC in 2022 and has served in that capacity since December of 2022.

Renfroe also serves on the AFL-CIO Executive Council.{{cite web |title=Executive Council Members |url=https://aflcio.org/about-us/leadership/executive-council-members |website=AFL-CIO |access-date=12 June 2023}}

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Category:1977 births

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Category:American trade union leaders

Category:People from Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Category:Trade unionists from Mississippi

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