[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28063]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH SELLERS

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 23, 2007

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor a man who 
rose through the Sheet Metal Worker ranks to become a figurehead and an 
important contributor to the Sheet Metal Worker community. Joseph 
Sellers, Jr. is a self-made man who has worked hard to get to where he 
is today. He began as an apprentice in 1980, and became a journeyman in 
1984.
  Joseph Sellers, Jr. began his career on the Local 19 Executive Board 
in 1994. Two years after, he was elected to the position of training 
coordinator, which he held for 4\1/2\ years. He followed this position 
with the position of business representative, and then was unanimously 
elected by the Local 19 Executive Board to the office of president and 
business manager. In June of 2003, he was again unanimously elected to 
this position. He is currently serving his third term in this office.
  During his tenure on the Local 19 Executive Board for the Sheet Metal 
Workers, Mr. Sellers has held a number of other important positions, 
and left his mark in each of them. These titles include President of 
the Pennsylvania State Council of Sheet Metal Workers, President for 
the Metropolitan Association of Presidents and Business 
Representatives, President of the Board of Directors for the National 
Energy Management Institute, Vice President of the Philadelphia 
Building and Construction Trades Council, and Vice President of the 
Philadelphia AFL-CIO.
  These are only a fraction of the prestigious positions Mr. Sellers 
has held. He has been an influential leader among all of the Sheet 
Metal Workers in Philadelphia and beyond. It is no small wonder, then, 
that he has been selected to receive the esteemed Labor Man of the Year 
Award for his unparalleled service and dedication to the Sheet Metal 
Workers community across Pennsylvania. I would like my colleagues to 
join me in honoring Joseph Sellers, Jr., without whom the title of 
Sheet Metal Worker would not have the same honor.

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