President James J. Claffey, Jr.

James J. Claffey, Jr. was born on January 24, 1964.  He is the proud son of a Local One Member and has five brothers that are all members of the Union.

President Claffey worked throughout the Local One jurisdiction since 1982 in venues including Radio City Music Hall, the City Center 55th Street Dance Theatre, Madison Square Garden, CBS-TV, ABC-TV and various Broadway theatres.

He is a graduate of both the Cornell University Labor Studies Certificate Program and the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.

President Claffey began his career as an Officer of Local One in 1996, serving as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees until 1998 at which time the membership elected him to the full time position of Theatrical Business Manager, a office he was then re-elected to in 2001. In May of 2004 James was elected as President of Local One and three years later was re-elected.

As President, James is the Chairman of all Committees of Local One, a Trustee and Co-Chair to the Local One Pension, Welfare and Annuity Funds and is Co-Chair to the Local One N.Y.C. Stagehands Political Action Committee.  He also serves as a Vice President of the New York City Central Labor Council and on the New York City Opera Board of Directors as well as The Actors Fund Executive Board.

Contact: 212-333-2500, Ext. 133.