The Washington Post, July 16, 2007, Monday

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The Washington Post

July 16, 2007 Monday

Suburban Edition

SECTION: METRO; Pg. B06

DISTRIBUTION: Maryland

HEADLINE: Obituaries

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Michael Thomas Lescault Union Official

Michael Thomas Lescault, 60, the deputy executive director of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, died July 3 of a carotid aneurysm at Prince George's Hospital Center. He lived in Cheverly.

Mr. Lescault had worked as a labor advocate since 1975. He was a union organizer with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in New Hampshire. In 1980, he joined the AFL-CIO African American Labor Center and lived in Botswana and Lesotho, advising trade unions in those countries and South Africa.

He moved to the Washington area in 1986 and continued working with the AFL-CIO. He was the union's European liaison, based in Paris, from 1995 to 1998.

Since 1998, he had worked with the Solidarity Center as director of program reporting and evaluation. He was named deputy executive director in December.

Mr. Lescault was born in Holyoke, Mass., studied at Drew University in New Jersey and was a graduate of the University of Massachusetts. He served in the Army and was a Vietnam veteran. He received a master's degree in labor and industrial relations from Cornell University in 1975.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Liz Lescault of Cheverly; a son, Matthew Lescault of Riverdale Park; his mother, Ellie Lescault of Holyoke; and four brothers, Guy Lescault of Washington and Atlanta, Tom Lescault of Phoenix, Jim Lescault of Springfield, Mass., and John Lescault of Silver Spring.

-- Matt Schudel