Awards & Recognition
★First woman elected AFL-CIO President in its 68-year history
★First woman and youngest person elected AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer
★Highest-ranking woman in AFL-CIO history
Notable Facts
→President of AFL-CIO, representing 60+ unions and nearly 15 million workers
→First woman to serve as AFL-CIO President in the federation's 68-year history
→Previously served as Secretary-Treasurer from 2009-2021
→Started career as union organizer with IBEW Local 125 in Portland, Oregon
→Graduated from University of Oregon with journalism degree
→Led successful effort to defeat California Proposition 226 in 1998
→Serves on boards of National Women's Law Center, Economic Policy Institute
→Spoke at 2024 Democratic National Convention
→Born 1970 in Gladstone, Oregon