Editing David Bonior (section)

==Post-congressional career==
Following his retirement from the House, Bonior became a professor of [[trade union|labor studies]] at [[Wayne State University]],<ref>Wayne State University Public Relations. [http://www.media.wayne.edu/2003/02/19/former-us-congressman-david-bonior-donates-personal-papers-to-wayne-state-universitys-walter-p-reuther-library Former U.S. Congressman David Bonior donates personal papers to Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library]. 2003-02-19. Retrieved 2008-08-08.</ref> and founded [[American Rights at Work]], a [[trade union|union]] advocacy organization, of which he currently serves as chairman.<ref>American Rights at Work. [http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/david-bonior.html David Bonior] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011222948/http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/david-bonior.html |date=October 11, 2008 }}. Retrieved 2008-08-08.</ref> In 2006, former Senator [[John Edwards]] chose Bonior to run his [[John Edwards presidential campaign, 2008|campaign for the presidency in 2008]].<ref>Christensen, Rob. [http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/520248.html Edwards aide seen as pit bull] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613055010/http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/520248.html |date=June 13, 2008 }}. ''Raleigh News & Observer'' 2006-12-11. Retrieved 2008-08-08</ref> Bonior served as [[campaign manager]] for the duration of Edwards' candidacy.  Upon the election of Barack Obama in November 2008, Bonior was a member of the President-Elect's economic advisory board.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/08transition.html?ei=5070&emc=eta1 |title=Obama Seeks Speedy Action on Economy |last1=Zeleny |first1=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Zeleny |last2=Calmes |first2=Jackie |date=7 November 2008 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref>

[[File:MI 10th congressional district (106th Congress).PNG|thumb|right|Bonior's Congressional District from 1993 to 2003]]

He has also become a [[restaurateur]], owning and operating the restaurants Agua 301 and Zest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2015-02-04/how_congress_has_shaped_d_c_s_dining_culture |title=How Congress Has Shaped D.C.'s Dining Culture |last=Nnamdi |first=Kojo |author-link=Kojo Nnamdi |date=4 February 2015 |work=The Kojo Nnamdi Show |publisher=[[WAMU]] |access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref>

Bonior is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of [[Issue One]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.issueone.org/reformers/|title=ReFormers Caucus - Issue One|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref>

Bonior and his wife were described as "longtime" members of the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/detroitdsa/pages/70/attachments/original/1441479259/March_2015_DSA_Newsletter.pdf?1441479259|title=DSA Hosts Book Signing Event for Bonior Memoir|date=March 2015|first=David|last=Green|work=[[Democratic Socialists of America]]|access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref>