Bob Master retired last year after 45 years in the labor movement, the last 36 years with the northeast region of the Communications Workers of America.  At CWA, he served as Assistant to the District One Vice President, with responsibility for overseeing the union’s legislative, political and contract mobilization activities from New Jersey to New England. He served as a founding co-chair of the New York State Working Families Party for 20 years, and remains a member of the WFP National Executive Committee.  He is currently an adjunct professor at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies.