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William J. Pienta was appointed District 4 Director by the International Executive Board on May 1, 2004, and elected by acclamation to a full term as District Director in 2005. He serves on the union's Corning Negotiating Committee.

Pienta is a son of a Steelworker, following his father to work in the former Allegheny Ludlum steel mill in Dunkirk, New York in 1966 where he was an electrician. He became a union activist and was elected to the grievance committee in 1970. He went on to serve as president of Local 2693 before joining the USW staff as an organizer in 1990. He was the first staff rep. in District 4 to graduate from the AFL-CIO's Organizing Institute.

In 1993 he was assigned to negotiate and service collective bargaining agreements in both the public and private sector. He was responsible for re-establishing the New York State Legislative committee and served as the chairman. Pienta was promoted to Buffalo Sub-district Director in 1997, and served as the Organizing and First Contract coordinator for the District.

In 2002, Pienta was named Assistant Director of District 4, and served in that capacity until his appointment as Director in 2004. He holds elected positions in both the Buffalo Central Labor Council and the Western New York Area Labor Federation, and is also a Director of the New York State Workforce Development Institute, Inc.

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