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Dennis Williams (unionist)
Former American labor union leader
Dennis D. Williams (born May 1953[1]) is a former American labor union leader, who was convicted of embezzlement.
Union leader
Williams grew up with a foster family, and served in the United States Marines. After being demobbed, he became a welder with J.I. Case in Rock Island, Illinois, and in 1977 he joined the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
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In 1988, he began working full-time for the union's organizing department. He became a regional director in 2001, based in Chicago, during which time he was the first UAW leader to endorse Barack Obama's presidential bid.[2][3]
In 2010, Williams was elected as secretary-treasurer of the UAW.
In this role, he was prominent in negotiating contracts with carmakers in Detroit, and was credited with securing an increase in membership dues, improving the union's finances. He was elected as the union's president in 2014, proposing focusing on the