 Manny Peralta didn’t waste any time becoming active in the NALC. He started his career in October 1979 at Brookhurst Station in Anaheim, California, and became a shop steward shortly after his probation ended. He served Garden Grove, California Branch 1100 as an EEO representative, as a member of its executive council, and then six years as a full-time officer, first as vice president and later as executive vice president. He was executive vice president in December 1990 when NALC President Vince Sombrotto appointed him as a Regional Administrative Assistant for Region 1. In 2006, he was elected Region 1 National Business Agent by acclamation at the Las Vegas National Convention.
“In my life and career, I have been blessed with encouragement and opportunity,” he said. “My first union mentor, a truck driver named Jim Linton, preached about the need for and the value of unions, and the good they offer to society to this day.”
Peralta says he was “guided and inspired” to become a shop steward “by Tom Young, and then Brian Farris—both of whom served as National Business Agents in Region 1.”
He follows in their footsteps with great pride. “They taught me that our role as union leaders is to always teach, inspire and guide the youth of our union,” he said, “never holding back what we know and always guiding them toward success.”
“It is becoming more difficult each day to find activists with the time and energy to make the sacrifices necessary to serve this union,” he noted. “That is our challenge and we must all meet it.”
Manny and his wife, Gina, have been married more than 30 years. They have two adult children, son Michael and daughter Amy.
“I thank my wife and children for the support they have given me and the NALC through the years. I would not have been able to make the necessary sacrifices without them,” he said.
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REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS
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Bryant Almario (North Office)
Christopher Jackson
Brian Voigt (North Office)
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