Stuart Harris Appelbaum (born 1953) is an American trade union leader.
Appelbaum has been the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) since May 1, 1998.
[1] In February 2022, he was elected board of directors of the National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S. government-funded non-profit.
[1] He graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University and received a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.
On September 1, 2019, he married MUFG Bank business analyst Michihito Osawa in Battery Park, New York City.