Mike Kane

District 5

Term 2018 - Present. Elected to position in 2005.

Mike Kane

Mike Kane is the 5th District Commissioner of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.

Personal

  • DOB: March 16th, 1957
  • Marital Status: Married (Diane (Billaci) Kane)
  • Children: Michael T. Kane, II; & Meghan Kane

Education

Bishop Ward High School (1975)

Employment

  • Public Affairs Construction and General Laborers Local Union 1290 AFL-CIO.
  • Retired from the UAW/GM after thirty-five years of service.
  • Fairfax Assembly, Kansas City, KS.
  • Initiated General Motors, Fairfax Assembly Ergonomics Program – November 1992.
  • Former member of the Fairfax Assembly Plant Safety Review Board.

Civic Activities

  • Piper High School, Head Coach Junior Varsity Soccer (1992–1996)
  • Youth softball and soccer coach (1982–1992)

Union Membership

  • United Autoworkers, Local 31
  • Elected Alternate District Committeeperson (1984–1985)
  • Elected District Committeeperson (1985–1992)
  • Internationally Appointed Alternate Health & Safety Representative (1994)
  • Internationally Appointed Health & Safety Representative (1996)
  • Internationally Appointed Ergonomics Representative (1997)
  • Designated as United Auto Workers lead on Design-In Safety on New Tools & Technology: (2000–present)

Awards & Recognitions

  • Appointed to the Kansas Human Rights Commission by Governor Sam Brownback (2013).
  • Re-Elected to the UG Board of Commissioners, District 5 (2009).
  • Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force.
  • Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to Education in Kansas (2013).

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