Stuart Harris Appelbaum (born 1953) is an American trade union leader. Appelbaum has been the president of the

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a labor union in the United States. Founded in 1937, the RWDSU represents about 60,000 workers in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry pro ...

(RWDSU) since May 1, 1998. He is also president of the

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. In February 2022, he was elected board of directors of the

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, a U.S. government-funded non-profit. Appelbaum spent his childhood in

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

. As a youth, he was raised in a Conservative synagogue and was president of his

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chapter. He attended

Camp Ramah Camp Ramah ( he, מחנה רמה, Machaneh Ramah) is a network of Jewish summer camps affiliated with the Conservative Movement. The camps operate in the United States, Canada, and Israel. All Ramah camps serve kosher food and are '' Shabbat''-o ...

. He graduated summa cum laude from

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , pro ...

and received a

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degree from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

. On September 1, 2019, he married

MUFG Bank is the largest bank in Japan. It was established on January 1, 2006, following the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and UFJ Bank Ltd. MUFG is one of the three so-called Japanese "megabanks" (along with SMBC and Mizuho). As such, ...

business analyst Michihito Osawa in

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, New York City. New Jersey governor

Phil Murphy Philip Dunton Murphy (born August 16, 1957) is an American financier, diplomat, and politician serving as the 56th governor of New Jersey since January 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States ambassador to Germa ...

took part in the ceremony.

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Living people Trade unionists from Connecticut People from Hartford, Connecticut Jewish American trade unionists Brandeis University alumni Harvard Law School alumni United Food and Commercial Workers people American Conservative Jews Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union 1953 births {{trade-unionist-bio-stub