Teamsters Appoint Building Material & Construction Chief

Ed Jacobson is the new International Brotherhood of Teamsters Building Material and Construction Trade Division director, succeeding Richard Stern, who

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Ed Jacobson is the new International Brotherhood of Teamsters Building Material and Construction Trade Division director, succeeding Richard Stern, who officially retired in December 2007. A 34-year IBT veteran, Jacobson joined Local 252 in Centralia, Wash., as a scrap yard employee, proceeding after three years to the office of business agent, then secretary-treasurer Û the latter spanning 24 years. Since 1999, he has served as Building Materials and Construction Division Western Region Director.