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James D. Garraux graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He earned his law degree in 1978 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he was elected to the Law Review.
He began his career at U. S. Steel in 1979 in the labor arbitration section of the corporate labor relations department. He moved through a series of increasingly responsible assignments before he was named manager-labor arbitration in 1987. In 1990 he was named director-labor arbitration. He became general manager-labor relations the following year and was appointed general manager-employee relations in 1996.
Mr. Garraux was promoted to the position of vice president-employee relations in 2000 and in June 2003 he was named vice president-labor relations. In these capacities he served as the company’s chief labor negotiator and directed its safety and industrial hygiene activities. He was appointed to his current position in February 2007 adding legal and environmental affairs to his areas of responsibility.
Mr. Garraux is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He has served in Pennsylvania as a member of the Governor’s Committee on Economic Development Through Labor-Management Partnerships. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Three Rivers Area Labor Management Committee and a director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Red Cross. | 