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{{Short description|American labor union leader (Born 1949)}}
'''Robert E. "Bob" Wages''' (born August 18, 1949) is a former American labor union leader.
Born in [[Kansas City, Kansas]], Wages studied at the [[University of Kansas]].  He then followed his father in working at a [[Phillips Petroleum Company]] refinery, and joined the [[Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers' International Union]] (OCAW).  During this period, he studied law part-time at the [[University of Missouri]].  He graduated in 1975 and began working as an attorney for the city of [[Raymore, Missouri]], then became an assistant legal counsel for OCAW.<ref name="aflcio">{{cite web |title=Vice President Robert E. Wages |url=https://aflcio.org/about/leadership/statements/vice-president-robert-e-wages |website=AFL-CIO |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="phillips">{{cite news |title=Wages, OCAW VP, led Phillips local |work=Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union News |date=January–February 1984}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite news |title=Robert E. Wages |work=OCAW Reporter |date=May–June 1991}}</ref>
In 1981, Wages was appointed as the administrative assistant to the president of OCAW, and then at the end of the year, he was appointed as a vice-president of the union.  He was elected to the post on an ongoing basis in 1985, and re-elected in 1988.  In 1991, he was elected as president of the union, and in 1995 he was additionally elected as a vice-president of the [[AFL-CIO]].<ref name="aflcio" /><ref name="phillips" /><ref name="bio" />
As leader of OCAW, Wages negotiated a merger which formed the [[Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union]], which was completed in 1999.  He became executive vice-president of the new union.  He retired in 2001, but agreed to continue leading the union's negotiations on agreements in the oil industry, which were concluded in August 2002.<ref name="aflcio" /><ref>{{cite web |title=PACE UNION EXEC RESIGNS BUT WILL LEAD NEXT OIL TALKS |url=https://neftegazru.com/amp/news/russia/439184-pace-union-exec-resigns-but-will-lead-next-oil-talks/ |website=Neftegaz |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
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