Representative Bob Hasegawa, Washington's 11th District
Bob Hasegawa is a lifelong resident of Beacon Hill and is living in the house he
grew up in. He is retired from the Teamsters Union where he was a member and union
leader for over 32 years. Bob is a longtime labor and social justice activist from
Seattle. He was the elected head of the largest Teamsters trucking local workers
union in the Pacific Northwest (Teamsters Local 174) for three terms (9 yrs.), and
was also a leader in the national Teamsters pro-union democracy reform movement, TDU (Teamsters for a Democratic Union).
Bob has long sought to build bridges between social justice organizations,
particularly those serving the labor, environmental and Asian Pacific Islander
communities. He serves on the national executive board of the Asian Pacific
American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA) as well as on the APALA Seattle Chapter
Executive Board, and has served on numerous other boards of community based
organizations.
Bob graduated from Antioch University with areas of concentration in Labor
Relations and Organizational and Social Change, and also holds an AA degr
ee in Labor Studies from Shoreline Community College.
Bob signed the America In Solidarity pledge in 2004.
