Steven Tolman

{{short description|American labor union leader (born 1954)}}

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| caption = Tolman in 2008

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|2}}

| birth_place = Brighton, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| office = President of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO

| term_start = October 6, 2011

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| predecessor = Robert Haynes{{cite web |title=Lawmaker Steven Tolman poised to take reins of Mass. AFL-CIO union |url=https://www.masslive.com/business-news/2011/10/lawmaker_steven_tolman_poised_to_take_re.html |website=MassLive |agency=The Associated Press |access-date=25 August 2023 |language=en |date=5 October 2011}}

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| state_senate1 = Massachusetts

| district1 = 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex

| term_start1 = January 6, 1999

| term_end1 = October 13, 2011

| predecessor1 = Warren Tolman

| successor1 = Will Brownsberger

| state_house2 = Massachusetts

| district2 = 18th Suffolk

| term_start2 = 1995

| term_end2 = 1999

| predecessor2 = Kevin G. Honan

| successor2 = Brian P. Golden

|party = Democratic

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Steven A. Tolman (born October 2, 1954, in Brighton, Massachusetts) is an American labor union leader who is the current president of the Massachusetts AFL–CIO. He is a former state legislator who served in the Massachusetts Senate (1999–2011), representing the 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1995–1999). Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature, he was a commissioner for the Watertown Housing Authority and a member of the Democratic State Committee."[http://www.malegislature.gov/People/PeopleBio/191 Member Profile – Steven A. Tolman]." Massachusetts General Court.[http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/43415/ocm09668846-20072008.pdf Public Officers of Massachusetts (2007–2008)]: p. 74. Massachusetts General Court.

He was elected president of the Massachusetts AFL–CIO on October 6, 2011.{{cite news|last=Sperance|first=Cameron|title=Mass. AFL-CIO elects Steven Tolman as new president|url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1371443|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120727013124/http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1371443|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2012|accessdate=9 October 2011|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=October 6, 2011}} He remained in the state senate until October 13, 2011, following the vote on the casino gambling bill.{{cite news|title=AFL-CIO head will leave Senate after casino vote|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/10/07/afl_cio_head_will_leave_senate_after_casino_vote/|access-date=9 October 2011|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 7, 2011|archive-date=2012-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527222105/http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-07/news/30255070_1_afl-cio-head-state-afl-cio-labor-group|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Special election set to fill Mass. Senate seat|url=http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-14/news/30280333_1_senate-seat-special-election-casino-gambling-bill|accessdate=3 November 2011|newspaper=Associated Press|date=October 14, 2011}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Tolman is a resident of the Brighton neighborhood in Boston and is a member of the Democratic Party. He is the brother of former state senator Warren Tolman.