John Samuelsen (born 1967 or 1968) is an American labor union leader. Born in Brooklyn, Samuelsen became a track worker on the

New York Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 2 ...

and joined the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) in 1993. In 2009, he was elected president of the union's Local 100, in which role he negotiated an agreement covering 38,000 workers. Samuelsen was elected as president of the TWU in 2017, its youngest leader since

Mike Quill Michael Joseph "Red Mike" Quill (September 18, 1905 – January 28, 1966) was one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), a union founded by subway workers in New York City that expanded to represent employees in oth ...

. He credited Quill's career as an inspiration. He was also elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelsen, John Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American trade union leaders People from Brooklyn Trade unionists from New York (state) Vice presidents of the AFL–CIO