Dorethea Brown-Maxey is the President of NABET-CWA Local 43 (National

Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians). She represents broadcast engineers and

operation technicians from WDIV TV/ Local 4 and WJBK/FOX 2 in Detroit and Southfield

Michigan. She is the first female President of Local 43 and has held this office for 10 years.

Dorethea has been a member of NABET-CWA Local 43 for over 30 years. Born and raised in

Detroit, Michigan. Dorethea, is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

where she majored in Multimedia Communications and African American Studies. She is

currently a News Editor and Camera Operator at WDIV Local 4, an NBC affiliate.

With a strong union upbringing Dorethea believes in unity and community. She

volunteers her time and experience with Labor Unions and schools throughout Southeast

Michigan. She helps teach media classes to students with journalism and television interest and

has served on the Detroit Public School District DSA Multimedia Advisory Board, along with

teaching the importance of unions and the role of Labor. She has been working with the

University of Michigan Dearborn Center for Labor and Community Studies since 2022 as an

Instructor and Facilitator for their Labor workshops and conferences. She was elected in

September 2020 a Vice President of her CLC the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO. In addition, she is

also the current Chairperson of the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO Civil Rights Committee. She sits on

the Labor Participation Committee for the United Way for Southeastern Michigan; A member of

the A. Philip Randolph Institution Detroit Downriver; Jobs with Justice; CBTU and CLUW;

CWA Minority Black Caucus; the CWA Minority Leadership Institute Class of 2008; CWA

Michigan State Unified Council Committee; CWA MAC representing Southeastern Michigan.

She was appointed to the CWA National Civil Rights and Equity Committee in 2013.