Josh Hartford, a U.S. Army veteran, initiated into IAM Local 409 in Waterville, Maine as a machinist for the Springfield Terminal Railway Co., known as Pan Am Railways. He served in a variety of Local positions before being appointed IAM District 19 Employee Assistance Coordinator in 2012. He was elected President of the Central Maine Labor Council and served from 2017 to 2019.
Hartford became a IAM District 19 General Chairman in 2017 and was elected to another four-year term in 2019. His tenure included overseeing many railroad agreements and working in several bargaining coalitions with various railroad unions. He served as a member of the Federal Railroad Administration’s Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) from 2021 to 2025.
Hartford was appointed Special Assistant to the International President, assigned to head the IAM Rail Division, on May 1, 2022.Â
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