Peggy Browning Virtual Awards Program - New York 2020

About Our Honoree Michael Apuzzo Mike is a fourth generation Union Plumber in the City of New York. He was initiated into Plumbers Local Union No. 1 in August of 1982 and completed the Apprenticeship Program to become a Journeyman Plumber, a General Foreman and Project Manager. Mike graduated from the Mechanic’s Institute-New York City in Plumbing Design. He is certified in Auto-CAD and served on the NewYork City Department of Buildings Plumbing Code Committee in 2011. Mike was elected to the Plumbers Local Union No. 1 Executive Board from 1996-2001. He was elected as a Business Agent in 2005. Appointed as the Business Agent-At-Large in 2012, Mike was elected as the Financial Secretary-Treasurer in 2015 then elected as the Business Manager in January 2017. He is also the Labor Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Plumbers Local Union No. 1 Benefit Funds. Mike takes tremendous pride in representing the hard- working members of Plumbers Local Union No. 1. He is a sitting member on the Executive Boards of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater NewYork and the New York State Pipe Trades Association. In 2019, Mike was appointed to the position of Participant Representative to the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund by General President Mark McManus.