The National Railway Labor Conference (NRLC) announced this week that Brendan Branon will replace current Chairman Kenneth Gradia when he retires on January 1 after 34 years.
Branon, who most recently held a position as Delta’s managing director of labor and employee relations previously served as the principal negotiator, attorney and company spokesman for Delta Air Lines’ domestic labor unions. He has also been associated with the law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in Washington, DC.
Branon will be the seventh chairman since the freight railroads formed the conference in 1963. Read more about his appointment here.
