By Bryan Marquard

Though Joseph W. Nigro Jr. was born into a family of union electricians, his path to leadership wasn't foreordained. He was initiated into Local 103 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1960, a time when top offices were held by those who had lived through the Great Depression and served in World War II.

Youth and new ideas became part of the agenda when Mr. Nigro, at 28, was elected in 1968 as the union local's youngest-ever vice president. Two years later he was elected president, an office that let him shape policy by appointing people to key committee positions.

Read more

Source: https://www.bostonglobe.com/