Pat Eiding, president of the AFL-CIO in Philadelphia and secretary-treasurer of the building trades council, said the fund was announced after a meeting last week, which Dougherty himself attended. Pat Gillespie, who led the council for 34 years before retiring in 2015 and selecting Dougherty as his replacement, made the pitch. Wayne Miller, leader of Sprinkler Fitters Local 692, will run the fund with Gillespie, Eiding said.