Stuart Appelbaum is President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. He is also an International Vice President and member of the Executive Board of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. He is an officer of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations and Union Network International and also currently serves as a vice president of the New York State AFL-CIO and the New York City Central Labor Council.