Alfred K. Whitehead (October 12, 1929 – September 5, 2021) was an American labor union leader.
He joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in the late 1940s.
[1][2][3] In 1982, Whitehead was elected as full-time secretary-treasurer of the IAFF, in which role he established a line-item budget, and averted a potential bankruptcy of the union.
In 1988, he was instead elected as president of the union, defeating incumbent leader Jack Gannon.
[2][3] From 2001 to 2005, he served on California's Public Employment Relations Board.