Prior to joining the Department, he spent six years as a senior program coordinator at the
Free Trade Union Institute and worked as a legislative assistant to Sen.
The
Free Trade Union Institute (FTUI), run by the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFLCIO) and the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD), received $3 million from the NED in 1984-1990 for its work with anti-Sandinista trade unions.
came under Congressional scrutiny because of its support for right-wing Central American politicians, but its more recent forays into Eastern Europe, via the A.EL.-C .l.O.'s
Free Trade Union Institute, have gone almost unnoticed.