Bob Hasegawa is a lifelong resident of Beacon Hill and is living in the house he grew up in.

Bob is a longtime labor and social justice activist. He was a member of the Teamsters Union for 32 years where he rose through the ranks to become the elected leader of the largest Teamsters trucking local workers union in the Pacific Northwest (Teamsters Local 174) for three terms (9 yrs.), and was also a leader in the national Teamsters pro-union democracy reform movement, TDU (Teamsters for a Democratic Union).

Bob has long sought to build bridges between social justice organizations, particularly those serving the labor, environmental, religious, and Asian Pacific Islander communities. He serves on the national executive board of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA) as well as on the APALA Seattle Chapter Executive Board, and has served on numerous other boards of community based organizations.

Bob graduated from Antioch University with areas of concentration in Labor Relations and Organizational and Social Change, and also holds an AA degree in Labor Studies from Shoreline Community College.