Beaver Dam, US – 54 F
October 8, 2026

Alex Hoekstra, Directing Business Representative

Date Appointed to D10 Staff: November 1, 2008. Director since October 1, 2015

Third generation Machinist: Father Local 873, Grandfather Local 1947

Initiated into IAM UNION when: 1998 at John Deere

IAM Local: 873

Before coming on Staff I held the positions of Steward, Shop Committee and Local President.

Other Labor/ Workforce / Positions worth noting: President of the Wisconsin State Council of Machinists, Vice President of the Midwest States Council of Machinists. Board of Directors, Wisconsin AFL-CIO.