General Vice President, Eastern Territory, IAM
Lynn Tucker began his career with the Machinists Union in 1976 working
for Miller Brewery, in Fulton, New York. He has held a variety of
elected offices in the IAM including Shop Steward, Senior Steward,
Local Lodge Vice President, President, and Vice President of the New
York State Council of Machinists. Lynn was active and served in the
Oswego, New York Labor Council and the Greater Syracuse, New York Labor
Council. He also served as Director of the United Way in Fulton, New
York, and was President of the Industrial Relations Research
Association, Central New York Chapter, Syracuse, New York, and was an
active member of CLUW and the NAACP.
In 1986, Lynn Tucker was elected to serve as Business Representative in District Lodge 137, Watertown, New York. Then in 1989, Lynn was appointed Special Representative for the Eastern Territory and in 1991 advanced to the position of Grand Lodge Representative. In 1992, then General Vice President George J. Poulin selected Representative Tucker to serve as his Administrative Assistant. After Vice President Poulin’s retirement in 1997, newly elected General Vice President Warren Mart selected him to continue as the Administrative Assistant of the Eastern Territory.
Elected as a General Vice President August 1, 2003, Brother Tucker is assigned to direct IAM programs and activities in the union’s Eastern Territory, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tucker and his wife, Diane, live in West Chester, Ohio.
