Terry O’Sullivan, general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America since 2000, will be retiring effective April 30, the union has announced. Succeeding O’Sullivan will be LIUNA Vice President Brent Booker, a third-generation member of the union.
O’Sullivan, 67, announced his retirement to the union’s general executive board on March 21, which then unanimously elected Booker as his successor. LIUNA formally announced the changes on March 28. With more than 500,000 members, the union is one of the largest among the building trades.