"Leading the Fight" Around the World

Public Services International (PSI) Vice Pres. Wasike Ndombi addressed the Convention on behalf of the 17 fraternal delegates from PSI affiliates who attended.

He was introduced by AFSCME Sec.-Treas. William Lucy who has served as president of PSI since 1994. "Brothers and Sisters-you lead the fight. We, in the Public Services International all over the world, will fight to-gether with you," said Ndombi, of Kenya.

Other PSI fraternal delegates included: Carlos Teodoro Quintana, José Antonio Villa and Mario César Murias, all from the Public Services Union, Argentina; Alexander Burros, First Vice President, Public Services Union and Harold Fernander, Trustee, PSU, Bahamas; Elson Harris, Second Vice President, National Union of Public Workers, Barbados; Edward Ball Jr., Assistant to the General Secretary, Public Services Association, Bermuda; Jarmo Lehtonen, Chief Executive Officer, Municipal Workers Union, Finland; Andreas Braun, Public Service and Transport Workers Union, Germany; Gianni Bosnello, Federation of Electrical Workers, Italy; Héctor Valdés Romo and Héctor Miranda García, Federation of Public Service Workers, Mexico; Sen. Carlos Jiménez Macías, former President of the Federation of Public Service Workers, Mexico; Kerstin Lind, National Auditor, Municipal Workers Union, Sweden; Gunilla Wikman, Executive Committee member, Union of Local Government Officers, Sweden; Tim Beaty, the Inter-American Regional Secretary of PSI, Florida, USA; and Haruo Sato, General Secretary, the All Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union (JICHIRO), Japan.