长期担任罗德岛州工会领袖的 J. Michael Downey 是 AFSCME 第 94 届理事会主席，意外去世，享年 70 岁。 Long-time Rhode Island union leader J. Michael Downey, president of Council 94 of AFSCME, dies unexpectedly at 70.

J·迈克尔·唐尼（J. Michael Downey）是罗德岛州最大的公共部门雇员工会，AFSCME第94理事会的长期主席，意外去世，享年70岁。 J. Michael Downey, long-time president of Rhode Island's largest public-sector employees union, Council 94 of AFSCME, died unexpectedly at 70. Downey于2005年首次当选,并多次再次当选,担任代表罗得岛大学工人的地方528主席近30年。 First elected in 2005 and re-elected multiple times, Downey served as president of Local 528, representing University of Rhode Island workers, for nearly 30 years. 他还曾是大学的特许水管工和前水管工。 He was also a licensed master plumber and former plumber at the University. 他的工会生涯包括为罗得岛工人的福祉而战。 His union career included fighting for the wellbeing of Rhode Island workers.