| Birth Date: | 2 October 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Brighton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Term Start: | October 6, 2011 |
| Predecessor: | Robert Haynes[1] |
| Term Start1: | January 1999 |
| Term End1: | October 13, 2011 |
| State House2: | Massachusetts |
| Term Start2: | 1995 |
| Term End2: | 1999 |
| Party: | Democratic |
Steven A. Tolman (born October 2, 1954, in Brighton, Massachusetts) is an American labor union leader who is the current president of the Massachusetts AFL–CIO. He is a former state legislator who served in the Massachusetts Senate (1999–2011), representing the 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1995–1999). Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature, he was a commissioner for the Watertown Housing Authority and a member of the Democratic State Committee.[2] [3]
He was elected president of the Massachusetts AFL–CIO on October 6, 2011.[4] He remained in the state senate until October 13, 2011, following the vote on the casino gambling bill.[5] [6]
Tolman is a resident of the Brighton neighborhood in Boston and is a member of the Democratic Party. He is the brother of former state senator Warren Tolman.
p. 74. Massachusetts General Court.