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Jimmy
L. Cooper, Detroit
Jimmy
L. Cooper
Biography
Mr. Cooper is Business Manager for Laborers’ Local 1191 –
a 3,500-member organization – and has held that position since
1997. A member of Local 1191 for 30 years and a co-founder of the
Michigan Labor Alliance, Mr. Cooper is vice president of the executive
board of the Michigan Laborers’ District Council and secretary
of the Laborers’ International Union African American Caucus.
He is also a member of the Michigan Transportation Team, a group
that lobbies Congress for funding state highway projects; and he
is a past president of Detroit Works!, a pre-apprenticeship and
union training program established by the skilled trade unions.
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