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NFFE President Richard N. Brown Passes Away at Age 47
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Randy Erwin, Legislative Director Phone: (202) 257-0948
"It is with great sadness and regret that I confirm the passing of
NFFE’s beloved national president, Richard N. Brown, who was found
unresponsive in his apartment in Arlington, VA yesterday afternoon. To
all who knew him, Rick was a strong leader, a dedicated trade unionist,
and a friend. As national president of NFFE, Rick steered the
organization out of a tumultuous period in the 1990s, and into
prosperity. The union saddled with debt when he took office as national
president, Rick orchestrated NFFE’s affiliation with the Machinists
Union (IAMAW), and reorganized internally to get the organization’s
books in the black, setting the course for renewed prosperity. In
recent years, NFFE was seeing the fruits of that prosperity. The
union’s membership has been on the rise and the organization has been
realizing success in the policy arena. Rick was a trade unionist at
heart. He came from a union family and maintained membership in
NFFE-IAM and the Laborers Union, the latter being a membership he
maintained after leaving construction to become a machinist. Rick was a
strong advocate for federal employees. Never one to back down, Rick was
a strong presence in the fight against several federal workforce
initiatives aimed at contracting out federal government jobs and
eliminating federal employees’ unions. His most impressive work was
done in opposition to NSPS. Just last week, Rick gave impassioned
testimony in opposition to NSPS before the Task Group of the Defense
Business Board, a panel that is conducting a review of the personnel
system. On a personal note, Rick was a great friend. He was fiercely
loyal and supportive to those around him. He was also tremendously fun
to be around, always ready with a joke or an amusing story. In his
passing, we have lost a strong voice and champion for working men and
women. We will mourn his loss greatly." -Bill Dougan, National
Secretary-Treasurer
Wake and Funeral information
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