Fred Herschbach, President
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President Fred Herschbach’s career in the construction industry began in 1976, and he became a Local 3 member in 1986. In 1996, he became a business agent and was required to learn dispatching, contract negotiations and proper handling of grievances.
Herschbach led organizing drives, coordinated the Operating Engineers Community Action Team (OE CAT) for San Jose District 90 and after two years, he became the assistant district representative. In February 2001, he was promoted to district representative in San Jose.
As district representative in San Jose, Herschbach negotiated all contracts, handled all grievances and trained the agents. Additionally, he organized the largest number of construction members in Local 3’s history – 400 members – and was also involved in organizing a large public-employee unit.
Herschbach is a graduate of the Trade Union Program at the Harvard Business School. He also became District 90’s Hazmat instructor and participated in trustee seminars on the responsibility of being a trustee. He has served Local 3 as an auditor, conductor and trustee.