{"id":1330,"date":"2019-03-12T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uniontrack.com\/blog\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2019-03-14T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:45:48","slug":"19-young-labor-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/19-young-labor-leaders","title":{"rendered":"The Next Generation: 19 Young Labor Leaders to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Green<br \/>\nCEO\/Founder<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniontrack.com\/\">UnionTrack, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next generation of young labor leaders are already making their mark on American unions. These digital natives are helping unions progress and stay relevant to younger workers now entering the workforce. They are leading by example and pushing unions to evolve. <\/p>\n<p>And their leadership is making a difference. According to a study by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epi.org\/publication\/biggest-gains-in-union-membership-in-2017-were-for-younger-workers\/\">Economic Policy Institute<\/a>, workers younger than 35 have accounted for 76 percent of new union membership since 2017. <\/p>\n<p>Below are some of the most active young union leaders helping to build the next generation of labor advocates and activists.<\/p>\n<h2>Jim Conigliaro, Jr.<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimconig?lang=en\">James Conigliaro Jr.<\/a> is the founder of the Independent Drivers Guild, a nonprofit organization representing app-based drivers and fighting for a fair for-hire vehicle industry. Last year, the IDG became the first drivers\u2019 group to sign an agreement with Uber to provide basic worker protections and a voice in the workplace. The son of International Association of Machinists general vice president James Conigliaro Sr., Conigliaro began his career with the Machinists after he graduated from college in 2006, as an organizer for District Lodge 15, which represents over 19,000 workers in the Northeast. He then attended St. John\u2019s University School of Law and worked as a labor lawyer for Pitta &#038; Giblin LLP before rejoining the Machinists as general counsel in 2011. He serves on the New York City Central Labor Councils\u2019 executive board, and was also chief of staff of the Machinists\u2019 Eastern Territory.<\/p>\n<h2>Saru Jayaraman<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarujayaraman\">Saru Jayaraman<\/a> is president of Restaurant Opportunities Centers (ROC) United &#038; ROC Action, which she co-founded with displaced World Trade Center workers after 9\/11 to help fight for restaurant workers\u2019 rights. She is also director of the Food Labor Research Center. Her books and work have received acclaim and earned her numerous recognitions, including Champion of Change by the White House in 2014. <\/p>\n<h2>Reesa Kossoff<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reesakossoff\">Reesa Kossoff<\/a> is executive director of Service Employees International Union Pennsylvania State Council, where she has been recognized for advocating for workers\u2019 rights. She uses her background as a campaign communications professional \u2014 which includes serving as director of regional press for President Obama\u2019s 2012 campaign \u2014 to fight for the rights of workers to join together to negotiate better pay and benefits.<\/p>\n<h2>Bernard Pollack<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bernardpollack\">Bernard Pollack<\/a> is chairman of the board of Food Tank, a nonprofit think tank that focuses on sustainable food. He started his career making waves with the national AFL-CIO by organizing state and national campaigns that saw dozens of pro-labor candidates elected to office. Pollack has worked with various unions to create communication plans and with the media on reporting workers\u2019 issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Brittany Anderson<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zigahzagah\">Brittany Anderson<\/a> wears many hats as a labor and community organizer. She is currently serving as field director of Southeast Minnesota Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO; a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; and community liaison for Pride at Work, a nonprofit organization that represents LGBTQ union members and their allies. In her many roles, Anderson has remained an advocate for fairness and equality in the workplace.<\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Mariategue <\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanmariategue\">Ryan Mariategue<\/a>, a self-described \u201cprogressive activist, organizer and campaigner,\u201d has spent his career helping others to organize and fight for their rights. Currently serving as senior campaigns associate at Working America, Mariategue\u2019s history as a labor organizer also includes serving as a national executive board member for the Asia Pacific American Labor Alliance and as an organizer for Service Employees International Union Local 1021. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image3-1.jpg\" alt=\"young labor leaders\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image3-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image3-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Victoria Fisher<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/victoriacwa\">Victoria Fisher<\/a> is one of a group of young activists known as the Next Generation Lead Activists, who are helping the Communication Workers of America engage union members and bring the younger generation into union activism. She also serves on CWA Local 1037\u2019s Human Rights Committee and Women\u2019s Caucus and was elected Shop Steward for New Jersey\u2019s Board of Public Utilities in 2010. <\/p>\n<h2>Jessica Akers Hughes<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaleeakers\">Jessica Akers Hughes<\/a> is currently an executive officer for the Arkansas AFL-CIO and a member of the AFL-CIO\u2019s Young Worker Advisory Council. She has a long history with organized labor, belonging to and working with Working America, the Communication Workers of America, the United Steelworkers Union, and the Office and Professional Employees International Union. She has the distinction of being the youngest officer elected to a state federation in the country following her 2013 election as secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas AFL-CIO.<\/p>\n<h2>Bethany Khan<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethanyKhan\">Bethany Khan<\/a> is the director of communications and digital strategy for The Culinary Union in Las Vegas. The Culinary Union had the state\u2019s strongest political operation in the 2016 presidential election and the 2018 midterm election. Bethany uses strategic communications, technology, data, and digital strategy to support working families in Nevada. She was named one of Vegas Inc.\u2019s Women to Watch in 2016 and also served as a board member for Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.<\/p>\n<h2>Alphonso Mayfield<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pres_seiu_fpsu\">Alphonso Mayfield<\/a> is president of Florida\u2019s Service Employees International Union-Florida Public Services Union, an executive board member of SEIU International and secretary-treasurer for SEIU Florida State Council. And these are just his current roles. He has a long history in a relatively short career of working with different factions of the SEIU across Missouri, Maryland and Florida.<\/p>\n<h2>Cesar Moreno Perez<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/profe_c\">Cesar Moreno Perez<\/a> is the associate director of the Human Rights &#038; Community Relations Department at the American Federation of Teachers, where he oversees the organization\u2019s work on immigration, unaccompanied children and refugee children. He has also served as the co-executive director for the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute and the deputy executive director for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. His passion for helping underserved children is helping him leave his mark on the country.<\/p>\n<h2>Josette Jaramillo<\/h2>\n<p>Josette Jaramillo has always been active in her unions and is currently serving as president of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFLCIOCo\">Colorado AFL-CIO<\/a>. But this isn\u2019t her first turn as a union president. She was also elected leader of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1335 in 2010 and AFSCME Council 76 in 2015. Jaramillo was also elected to the Southern Colorado Labor Council as the recording secretary and political chair for the lower 16 counties of Colorado in 2015. <\/p>\n<h2>Krystle Berry<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krystleafacwa\">Krystle Berry<\/a> is the mobilization LEC chair for the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Local 27019 in Seattle and government affairs representative for AFA Alaska. In her union roles, she fights for flight attendant protections and job security. Her efforts at her local earned her a position as a Next Generation Lead Activist with the Communication Workers of America. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image1-1.jpg\" alt=\"young labor leaders\" width=\"1200\" height=\"731\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image1-1-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image1-1-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uniontrack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/image1-1-1024x624.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Paul Talboo<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thepaultalboo\">Paul Talboo<\/a> is an active union member and leader. He is the executive treasurer of the Utilities Workers Union of America Local G-555 and a member of the UWUA\u2019s Young Workers Initiative Committee, which seeks to get younger workers more involved in labor, social issues and economic issues. Talboo is also a founding member and elected officer of the Ohio Utilities Trade Council.<\/p>\n<h2>Lorraine Barcant<\/h2>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lbarcant\">Lorraine Barcant<\/a> has made her mark on the architecture of the New York City school system as an architect, project manager and building code inspector. She currently serves as vice president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1740. Through her union work, Barcant strives to get more young workers into public service \u2014 and get more women into nontraditional jobs.<\/p>\n<h2>Jeremy Ginsburg<\/h2>\n<p>Jeremy Ginsburg fights to improve the working conditions of his union members as the in-house associate counsel for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CSEALocal1000\">Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000<\/a>, AFSCME AFL-CIO. But he doesn\u2019t just fight his battles in the courtroom. He also participates in union meetings and door-to-door campaigns to explain legal matters that impact his union. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Paul Kent<\/h2>\n<p>Paul Kent has spent the last 13 years as an activist and organizer for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iatselocal22\">International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 22<\/a> in Washington, D.C. Trained as a media broadcaster, Kent uses his communication skills and enthusiasm to encourage young workers to be active in union participation through his role on the AFL-CIO\u2019s Young Worker Advisory Council.<\/p>\n<h2>Courtney Jenkins<\/h2>\n<p>Courtney Jenkins is an active and outspoken leader for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/American-Postal-Workers-Union-Local-181-150099711743419\/\">American Postal Workers Union Local 181<\/a> in Baltimore, where he is currently serving as the director of organization and legislation. Jenkins was the youngest elected officer to the APWU Local 181 executive board. But his union work doesn\u2019t end there. He is also president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and a member of the AFL-CIO\u2019s Young Worker Advisory Council.<\/p>\n<h2>Over to You<\/h2>\n<p>The next generation of union leaders are already making their mark in their unions and on the bigger labor movement. These are just a few of the many labor advocates who are connecting with the younger generation of workers \u2014 the very people poised to comprise the majority of America\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p><small><em>Images by: <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@micheile\"><em>Micheile Henderson<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@rossf\"><em>Ross Findon<\/em><\/a><em>, kantver\/\u00a9123RF.com<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These next generation of young labor leaders are already assuming leadership positions and using those positions to encourage others to be union advocates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uniontrack-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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