Michael Golash was born in Albany, New York where he formed his early political conscious observing the city's political machine. In 1965 he began graduate study at Columbia University, where he got involved in the social movements that were sweeping the country at that time. It was then that he decided to drop out of his graduate program in chemical engineering and dedicate his life to organizing workers. In 1978, he had only been driving busses in Washington, D.C. for two years when he helped to lead a strike that shut down the Metrobus system for 7 days and won the drivers a strong contract. In the decades since he has remained a strong advocate for labor rights, taking on various roles in the Metro union. Retiring from driving buses in 2010, he continued to agitate for workers' rights and communism, again taking an important role in supporting the 2019 Cinder Bed Road bus drivers' strike. Michael Golash continues to live in 16th Street Heights with his wife Deidre. They often play host to their grandchildren in their home near Rock Creek Park.