President
Social Service Employees Union local 371, DC37, AFSME, AFL-CIO
Anthony Wells was elected President of SSEU Local 371 in 2011, after more than two decades working in every aspect of the union’s activities, from organizing to bargaining to pensions to research. Its 20,000 members include New York City social service workers in every mayoral agency. Additional members are located at Housing Authority, the Health and Hospitals Corporation, District Attorneys’ offices, community planning boards, and the Borough Presidents’ offices. Anthony Wells attended New York City public schools and graduated from Baruch College. He received an M.S.W. in Social Work from Stony Brook University in 1987 and a law degree from New York Law School in 2001. He is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey.