Warren Fairley

Warren Fairley is the International President of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and a 33-year member of Local 693 (Pascagoula, Mississippi). Prior to a brief retirement, he most recently served as International Vice President for the Southeast Section. He began his career in 1990 working in the rigging department at Ingalls Shipbuilding and was elected L-693 business manager in 1996. He became an International Rep at the completion of his term, and in 2003, he was made Assistant to the International President and Assistant Director of the Shipbuilding Division. One month later, he was promoted to Deputy Director of that division, and in 2005, he became Executive Assistant to the International President and Director of the Shipbuilding and Marine Services Division. In 2007, Fairley was elected International Vice President-At-Large for the Industrial Sector, a position he held until October 2010, when he was elected to the office of International Vice President for the Southeast Section. Fairley has served as an International Vice President on the AFL-CIO’s Executive Council since 2018.