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8. his first cousin is labor leader john wilhelm, former president of unite here international union .
john wilhelm plans to step down as national president of unite here effective nov. 29, he announced in an email message .
john w. wilhelm, jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. this listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the united states patent and trademark office (uspto) .
5. he' s had three legal names: warren wilhelm jr. , warren de blasio - wilhelm and bill de blasio .
john w. wilhelm is the general president of the hotel employees and restaurant employees (here) international union. he was elected to this position effective august 1, 1998. prior to his election as president, he had served here in the position of general secretary - treasurer since 1996. he has been employed by that union or its local unions since december 1969. here represents 75, 000 casino employees, more than any other union .
wilhelm has been married to elizabeth b. gilbertson since 1969. they are the parents of two sons .
wilhelm graduated from yale college, 1967, phi beta kappa, with high honors. after graduating from yale, wilhelm was actively involved with here' s local unions in connecticut, serving as a business manager, a trustee, an organizing coordinator, and chief negotiator .
wilhelm plans to recommend unite / here general vice president d. taylor as his successor when the general executive board meets on nov. 29 .
12. his paternal grandfather, donald wilhelm, graduated from harvard university, wrote nine books and collaborated with franklin d. roosevelt on a saturday evening post article .
wilhelm, who’s 67, came to new haven to attend yale, then stayed to work for its unions. he continued working for the organization for 43 years .
for the past ten years, wilhelm has been the chief negotiator for the union' s 45, 000 - member local in las vegas. most of the union' s nevada and new jersey members are employees of casinos and hotels .
in 1982, wilhelm was named the international vice president of here, a position he filled for the next 14 years. he has served as trustee of here' s welfare / pension funds and the southern nevada culinary and bartenders pension fund .
asked about his retirement plans, wilhelm responded by email: “i have agreed to my successor’s request to spend some time for the next year helping with the union’s pension and health programs. other than that, i have no specific plans in mind. ”
among his assignments with here, wilhelm has served as chief negotiator for the city - wide hotel contracts in boston in 1982 and 1985; san francisco in 1986; los angeles in 1988 and 1992; las vegas in 1989, 1994 and 1997; yale university in 1982, 1984 and 1987; along with numerous smaller contracts .
wilhelm presided over the blue - collar union, local 35 (formerly of the federation of university employees, then unite here), and then successfully led the organizing drive to create local 34, which represents clerical and technical workers. he succeeded where several other union organizers had failed in the 15 years previous to the successful 1983 vote to form the union; he then led a successful strike against yale to win a first contract .
wilhelm rose to president of the national unite here union, a position he has held for the past 15 years. he helped negotiate a landmark union contract with las vegas casinos. he meanwhile kept a home in this area (first new haven, then branford) and remained personally active in local demonstrations and yale labor issues, helping the two sides transform one of the country’s most contentious university - workforce relationships into a productive one. (click on the play arrow to watch him address an afl - cio convention at the omni. )
meet new york' s new mayor, bill de blasio. (steve sands / getty images )
1. bill de blasio was born across the street from gracie mansion in the now - closed doctors hospital. his mother was 44 .
2. his mother graduated from smith college, one of only two italian - americans in her class of 1938 .
3. he grew up in cambridge, mass. , but claims he never had a boston accent since his parents were new yorkers .
4. he' s the youngest of three: brother steven is 13 years his senior, and donald is eight years older .
6. he went to high school with patrick ewing, but says he can' t dunk even though he' s 6 - feet - 5 .
patrick ewing sure can dunk, but his former classmate bill de blasio can' t. (linda cataffo )
7. his 1979 high school yearbook identified him as
future president of the u. s. a. — the untied sneakers association .
9. he was baptized catholic, but is nonpracticing and describes himself as
spiritual .
robert redford in' the candidate,' bill de blasio' s favorite film. (handout )
13. he was evicted from his first new york apartment, a soho walkup that he later found out was an illegal sublet .
14. his scariest moment was traveling through a war zone on the road to nuevo leon in nicaragua in 1988 .
di fara pizza in midwood, brooklyn, is tops with bill de blasio. (johntracy for new york daily news )
17. he named his kids dante and chiara to honor his italian heritage .
18. his daughter chiara was a flower girl at the wedding of his friend patrick gaspard, now the u. s. ambassador to south africa .
19. he keeps louis armstrong lps that used to belong to his parents in his office .
20. his favorite book is
nothing to fear
by adam cohen, and his favorite movie is
the candidate .
21. he decorates his park slope living room with an anti - apartheid poster from the group art against apartheid .
bill de blasio' s beloved sports team is best left unsaid. (handout )
23. his favorite athlete is david ortiz, star slugger for his beloved boston red sox .
24. he loves di fara' s pizza in midwood, brooklyn, because it uses buffalo - milk mozzarella, beloved in his grandmother' s province in italy .
25. if he could get one musician to appear at his inauguration, he said it would be bruce springsteen. [ his wish apparently didn' t come true. ]
new haven’s top labor leader over the past half - century is retiring his union - made jersey .
today those unions represent the most significant private - sector workforce in town and have become a potent force in local and state elections .
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the national capital immigration coalition held a rally on the national mall. the protest was billed by immigration rights…
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john w. wilhelm was elected president/hospitality industry of unite here at the union 's founding convention on july 9 , 2004 . he was elected president on june 30 , 2009 , at the union ’s first constitutional convention . previously , wilhelm became president of here on august 1 , 1998 , elected by the union 's general executive board to fill a vacancy , and was elected to a full term at the union 's 43rd general convention , july 17 , 2001 . during his here presidency , wilhelm furthered the union ’s reputation as an organizing union , and achieved net growth after more than 25 years of membership decline . the union also substantially diversified its national leadership , including election in 2001 of the union 's first women general officers , its first general officer of color , its first asian-american vice president , significant increases in the number of african-american , latino , and women vice presidents , and its first elected canadian director . since 1999 , he was the chairman of unite here health . he is a trustee of the national retirement fund , the consolidated retirement fund , and the southern nevada culinary and bartenders pension fund . he serves as a board member of the brookings institution and the catholic legal immigration network , inc. , and is a member of the afl-cio executive committee and executive council . wilhelm retired from unite here in 2012 , closing out 40 years of union work and leadership for working people and families . wilhelm is a first cousin of new york city mayor bill de blasio . 
john w. wilhelm was elected president/hospitality industry of unite here at the union's founding convention on july 9, 2004. he was elected president on june 30, 2009, at the union ’s first constitutional convention. previously, wilhelm became president of here on august 1, 1998, elected by the union's general executive board to fill a vacancy, and was elected to a full term at the union's 43rd general convention, july 17, 2001. during his here presidency, wilhelm furthered the union ’s reputation as an organizing union, and achieved net growth after more than 25 years of membership decline. the union also substantially diversified its national leadership, including election in 2001 of the union's first women general officers, its first general officer of color, its first asian-american vice president, significant increases in the number of african-american, latino, and women vice presidents, and its first elected canadian director. since 1999, he was the chairman of unite here health. he is a trustee of the national retirement fund, the consolidated retirement fund, and the southern nevada culinary and bartenders pension fund. he serves as a board member of the brookings institution and the catholic legal immigration network, inc., and is a member of the afl-cio executive committee and executive council. wilhelm retired from unite here in 2012, closing out 40 years of union work and leadership for working people and families. wilhelm is a first cousin of new york city mayor bill de blasio.
john w. wilhelm was elected president/hospitality industry of unite here at the union's founding convention on july 9, 2004. he was elected president on june 30, 2009, at the union ’s first constitutional convention. previously, wilhelm became president of here on august 1, 1998, elected by the union's general executive board to fill a vacancy, and was elected to a full term at the union's 43rd general convention, july 17, 2001. during his here presidency, wilhelm furthered the union ’s reputation as an organizing union, and achieved net growth after more than 25 years of membership decline. the union also substantially diversified its national leadership, including election in 2001 of the union's first women general officers, its first general officer of color, its first asian-american vice president, significant increases in the number of african-american, latino, and women vice presidents, and its first elected canadian director. since 1999, he was the chairman of unite here health. he is a trustee of the national retirement fund, the consolidated retirement fund, and the southern nevada culinary and bartenders pension fund. he serves as a board member of the brookings institution and the catholic legal immigration network, inc., and is a member of the afl-cio executive committee and executive council. wilhelm retired from unite here in 2012, closing out 40 years of union work and leadership for working people and families. wilhelm is a first cousin of new york city mayor bill de blasio.