Mac A. Fleming

Mac A. Fleming (born September 22, 1945) is a former American labor union leader.

Born in Walnut Grove, Missouri, Fleming began working for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) in 1968, and joined the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees. He was soon elected as chair of his local union, and then became a system federation officer, serving for six years as general chair of the AT&SF system federation. He was elected as secretary-treasurer of the international union in 1986, and then as president of the union in 1990.^[1][2]

As leader of the union, Fleming campaigned for improved safety and security, protection of workers' rights, and better funding of Amtrak.^[2] He undertook the largest example of negotiated rulemaking at the time, producing a proposal to improve safety for rail maintenance workers.^[3] In 1995, he was additionally elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO.^[2] In 2004, he retired, due to poor health.^[1]