Joseph J. Nigro (April 27, 1950 – October 24, 2018) was an American labor union leader.

Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Nigro became a sheet metal worker in Boston, and joined the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. In 2011, he won election as general president of the international union. He also became a vice-president of the AFL-CIO.[1][2]

As leader of the union, he completed a merger which formed the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers. He became the new union's founding president, but was in increasingly poor health and so retired in 2015.[1][3] He died three years later.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "On the Retirement of Joseph Nigro". AFL-CIO. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  2. ^ "MTD MOURNS PASSING OF SMART'S NIGRO". Maritime Trades Department. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ Wilner, Frank (March 19, 2015). "SMART will have new president May 1". Railway Age. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ^ "On the Passing of Joseph Nigro". AFL-CIO. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
Trade union offices
Preceded by President of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association
2011–2011
Succeeded by
Union merged
Preceded by
New position
President of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers
2011–2015
Succeeded by