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Michigan Association of United Ways
330 Marshall Street
Suite 211
Lansing, MI 48912 (517) 371-4360 voice
(517) 371-5860 fax

State Labor Staff

1Michigan State AFL-CIO Community Services


State Labor Staff

Bob Cramer, Director
330 Marshall Street, Ste. 21
Lansing, MI 48912
(517) 371-4360 x2807
Email: bcramer@uwmich.org


Labor Liaison Program

The following Community Services representatives work to expand organized labor's knowledge and use of the community's health and human care services by:

  • Recruiting and training union members, and others from the community who have an interest in helping those in need.
  • Placing these volunteers on boards of directors, various committees and other positions within an agency in the community's health and welfare structure.
  • Developing and presenting one-day programs on specific community issues, highlighting those issues that are of importance to the American labor movement.
  • Providing information and referral services to those in need.
  • Enhancing the complete development of the AFL-CIO community services programs by establishing community services committees in local unions, union counseling, programs, union cities.
  • Providing technical assistance and consultation to local unions, United Way, and other agencies on community services activities.
  • And, enhancing the relationship between the United Way, community agencies and organized labor.

Download the "We Can Help" brochure, a directory of the labor liaisons.


Community Services Liaisons  Phone/Email 
Rickey Banks
United Way of Washtenaw County - Ann Arbor 
(734) 677-7214
rbanks@uwwashtenaw.org
Cindy Cromwell
United Way of Genesee County - Flint
(810) 762-5827
ccromwell@unitedwaygenesee.org
Glenn Freeman, III
Capital Area United Way - Lansing
(517) 203-5026
g.freeman@capitalareaunitedway.org 
Margaret Grose
United Way of Jackson County - Jackson 
(517) 796-5121
mgrose@uwjackson.org 
William Helwig II
United Way for Southeastern Michigan - Detroit 
(313) 226-9216
bill.helwig@liveunitedsem.org 
J. David Ivers
Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO - Detroit 
(313) 802-7777
union-yes@sbcglobal.net
 Steve Lamb
United Way of Saginaw County - Saginaw
 (989) 755-0433 x204
slamb@unitedwaysaginaw.org
Teresa McGinnis
United Way of Genesee County - Flint
 (810) 762-5831
uawlaborliaison@unitedwaygenesee.org
Charlie O'Boyle
United Way of St. Clair County - Port Huron
(810) 985-8169
uwscclabor@sbcglobal.net 
Sheila Pedersen
United Way of Washtenaw County - Ann Arbor
(734) 677-7218
spedersen@uwwashtenaw.org
Dean Poggiali
Capital Area United Way - Lansing
(517) 203-5027
d.poggiali@capitalareaunitedway.org 
Ed Ptasznik
United Way for Southeastern Michigan - Detroit 
(313) 226-9214
ed.ptasznik@liveunitedsem.org
Steve Rajewski
United Way of Bay County - Bay City 
(989) 893-7508
steve@unitedwaybaycounty.org 
Penny Salisz 
United Way of the Lakeshore - Muskegon
(231) 722-3134 x 227
penny@unitedwaylakeshore.org 
Michael J. Smith
United Way of Monroe County - Monroe 
(734) 242-1331
msmith@monroeuw.org 
Lori Stanaszek
Greater Kalamazoo United Way - Kalamazoo 
(269) 343-2524 x215
lstanaszek@kalamazoounitedway.org 
Dan Tenhoopen
Heart of West Michigan United Way - Grand Rapids
 (616) 752-8605
dtenhoopen@hwmuw.org
Erkeisha Terry
United Way for Southeastern Michigan - Detroit 
(313) 226-9215
erkeisha.terry@liveunitedsem.org