Roly Pina

(Recording Secretary)

Roly was born in Pinal Del Rio, Cuba, on October 3, 1963. He escaped the communist regime and arrived in the United States in 1970 in search of the American dream.

Brother Pina graduated from Hialeah Senior High School in 1982. He attended Miami Dade Community College and Florida International University, where he took several courses in labor Relations. He has successfully completed labor leadership workshops conducted by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington, D.C..

At age 16 Roly took a job as a bag boy for the neighborhood Winn Dixie grocery store. He was soon promoted through a succession of jobs, and his excellent performance was rewarded when He became the youngest Winn Dixie manager in the company. In October, 1986, Brother Pina was hired by UPS as package car driver. In early 1987, following a transfer to the Hialeah UPS facility, Brother Pina answered the need of members by voicing their labor rights as Shop Steward. Brother Pina thereafter served his brother drivers at the Hialeah North Center for ten years as Shop Steward. In 1993 he was appointed to serve as Trustee on Teamsters Local Union 769’s Executive Board. In 1995 he was appointed Vice-President of Local 769, and in December 2004 he was appointed Secretary Treasurer of Local 769.

In January 1997, Roly resigned from UPS and accepted an offer as Business Agent for Teamsters Local Union No. 769. As an officer, and agent he negotiates collective bargaining agreements subject to the National Labor Relations Act and the Florida Public Employee Relations Act representing members in their grievances, and aggressively organizes new members in a wide variety of industries. He participates in the Southern Region Area Parcel Grievance Committee (SRAPGC), which decides hundreds of grievances per month. In January, 1999, General President James Hoffa appointed Roly to serve as Human Rights Co-ordinator for the state of Florida.

In July, 2000, he was elected to serve as Executive Board Member for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. In January, 2001, Cindy Hall, President South Florida AFL-CIO, appointed him as Vice-President at-Large for Monroe County, Florida. In March 2001, he was elected by the citizens of the city of Hialeah Gardens as their Councilman. In 1996 and 2001 he had the honor to serve as elected delegate to the International Brotherhood Of Teamsters conventions.

Roly and his wife Rebecca currently reside in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, with

daughter, Samantha.