Dennis Martire: A Fulfilling Legacy of Union Leadership and Worker Empowerment

Dennis Martire’s career with the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) started way back in 1990. Therefore, it can be said Dennis has come a long way in what has been a long and satisfying careers a labor union official. For over three decades, Dennis has emerged as a leader on a large number of successful LiUNA initiatives. In March 2000, Dennis Martire was appointed to Assistant Regional Manager of the Mid-Atlantic Region and, two years later, he was elected Vice President and Regional Manager. He is currently the Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager for the prestigious labor union, a job he has held since January 2002. Among the finest examples of his leadership include the instrumental role he played in the process that gave workers on Fluor-Lane’s expansion of Route 495 Hot Lanes Project a choice on whether to join a union. That was a critical initiative because those workers voted overwhelmingly to join LiUNA Local 11. That turned out to be one of the most impressive union victories in the construction industry to happen in many years in the state of Virginia.

Another stellar example of Dennis Martire’s union stewardship also worked tirelessly with Montgomery County, Maryland officials to pass a prevailing wage law to ensure that working families could count on fair wages from their employers. He did this because such wage laws also serve another purpose; to ensure that taxpayers receive a greater return on their public investments. Overwhelmingly, studies show that prevailing wage laws do not drive up costs for employers, but they do improve worker efficiency, which means public works projects are completed faster and more easily.

Dennis Martire also oversees LiUNA’s top-notch training program that serves to provide continuing training for members, as a way to assist them with performing their job-related tasks more competently and efficiently. The training is available in a wide range of subjects and specialties and it helps workers advance in their careers, even as it assures employers that union workers are more competent and efficient than other workers.