R. Thomas Buffenbarger
{{Short description|American labor leader}}
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| name = R. Thomas Buffenbarger
| image = R. Thomas Buffenbarger cropped.jpg
| caption = Buffenbarger speaking at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2008
| birth_date ={{Birth year and age|1950}}
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| occupation = President of the IAM
| spouse = Linda
| children =Amy and Andrew
}}
Robert Thomas "Tom" Buffenbarger is an American labor leader and former president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).{{cite web| title = International President R. Thomas Buffenbarger| work = IAM 2004| publisher = IAM| url = http://www.goiam.org/index.php/headquarters/executive-council/5858-r-thomas-buffenbarger| access-date = 2010-05-11| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100617045014/http://www.goiam.org/index.php/headquarters/executive-council/5858-r-thomas-buffenbarger| archive-date = 2010-06-17| url-status = dead}}{{cite web| title = R. Thomas Buffenbarger International President| work = IAM Headquarters| url = http://www.goiam.org/content.cfm?cID=529| access-date = 2009-09-19| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081128103035/http://www.goiam.org/content.cfm?cID=529| archive-date = 2008-11-28| url-status = dead}}
Background
Buffenbarger is a member of the executive council of the AFL-CIO and a member of the Economic Policy Institute's board of directors, serves as chairman of the Labor Advisory Committee to the U.S. Trade Representative, and is a past member of the U.S. Treasury Department's Advisory Committee to the International Monetary Fund. Buffenbarger also once served on the National Advisory Board of the Apollo Alliance and was one of the original 130 founders of the Campaign for America's Future.{{cite book | title = Fool Me Twice | first = Aaron | last = Klein | first2 = Brenda | last2 = Elliott | isbn = 978-1721321575}}
Buffenbarger is a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, the organization's governing body.{{cite web| title = Boy Scouts of America Annual Report | year = 2011 | url = http://www.scouting.org/filestore/media/324-168.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121114024453/http://www.scouting.org/filestore/media/324-168.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-11-14 |access-date=2012-11-14 }} He is a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award. {{cite web| url = http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/SilverBuffalo/ThomasBuffenbarger.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120711184433/http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Awards/SilverBuffalo/ThomasBuffenbarger.aspx | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-07-11 | title = R. Thomas Buffenbarger | work = Silver Buffalo Award | publisher = BSA}}
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- {{cite web| url = https://www.c-span.org/person/?rbuffenbarger | title = R. Thomas Buffenbarger| work = C-SPAN}}
- {{cite web| url = http://www.americasagenda.org/who-we-are.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100310075244/http://www.americasagenda.org/who-we-are.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2010-03-10 | title = Who We are | work = Americas Agenda}}
- {{cite web| url = https://prospect.org/api/search.html?q=buffenbarger&sa= | title = R. Thomas Buffenbarger| work = America Prospect}}
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Category:American trade union leaders
Category:International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers people
Category:National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America members