Sonny Hall is International President of the Transport Workers Union of America, representing more than 100,000 men and women employed in the nation’s transportation and allied industries. Hall was elected to this post at the Union’s 19^th Constitutional Convention in October, 1993, and reelected at the 20^th Convention in September 1997.

   Previously Hall had served as President of TWU Local 100, the largest Local union of TWU, representing nearly 38,000 members who operate the New York City subway system and both public and private bus lines.

   Mr. Hall served in virtually every Union position from Shop Steward on up. He was named President of Local 100 in May, 1985 and subsequently elected to full three-year terms in December, 1985,1988, and 1991. He joined TWU in 1950 as a Bus Cleaner for the old Omnibus Corp. and became a Bus Operator in 1957. In between, he served tours of duty in both the Marines and in the Army.

   Mr. Hall was elected an International Vice President at TWU’s 17^th Constitutional Convention in September, 1985. He was appointed Executive Vice President by the International Executive Council on January 9, 1989, and was elected to that post for a four year term at the Union’s 18^th Constitutional Convention in October, 1989.

   Mr. Hall was elected Secretary Treasurer to the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department in 1995, and he was elected to the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council at the Federation’s conventions in October, 1995 and 1997. In addition to the aforementioned duties, Mr. Hall is also a Board Member of the Mount Sinai Hospital Health and Safety Department; on the Board of Governors of the New York Chapter Arthritis Foundation, and the President’s Advisory Council of the Deborah Heart and Lung Center of the Deborah Heart and Lung Foundation. Mr. Hall is also a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor award.

   Mr. Hall holds a B.A. from the Cornell Labor College and studied military and criminal law at the University of New Mexico.

   He is the son of a retired New York City Bus Operator, now deceased, who served the riding public for 30 years and was an early member of Local 100.

   Mr. Hall and his wife, Maureen, are proud parents of a son, Kevin Hall.

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