Began work in the CWA legal department in 1980 and retired as CWA Legal Counsel four decades later in 2024, serving five CWA presidents (Glenn Watts, Morty Bahr, Larry Cohen, Chris Shelton, Claude Cummings). Shea became the leading expert on the CWA Constitution, presiding over CWA conventions as parliamentarian and as an invaluable resource to CWA leaders in bargaining, arbitrations, and internal matters.
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