Board of Trustees

Chair

Elizabeth Shuler
President, AFL-CIO

Secretary Treasurer

Fred Redmond
Secretary Treasurer, AFL-CIO

Members

Gabrielle Carteris
President, International Federation of Actors (FIA)

Thomas M. Conway
President, United Steelworkers (USW)

Ray Curry
President, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)

Evelyn DeJesus
Executive Vice President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO

Robert Martinez, Jr.
President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)

Terrence L. Melvin
Secretary-Treasurer, New York State AFL-CIO, and President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Doug Moore
Executive Director, United Domestic Workers (UDW/AFSCME Local 3930)

Art Pulaski
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

Alvina Yeh
Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)

Publications

The True Cost of Shrimp (2008)

The True Cost of Shrimp (2008)

In little more than 30 years, the shrimp industry has been revolutionized through an unprecedented increase in efficient production, resulting in tremendous profitability for producers. But the “shrimp boom” is sustained through a staggering, largely hidden, cost to...

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The Struggle for Worker Rights in Guatemala (2008)

The Struggle for Worker Rights in Guatemala (2008)

Guatemala’s laws include unreasonable restrictions and requirements on union membership and the right to strike. Women workers are usually paid less than their male counterparts for work of equal value. Indigenous workers and rural workers, with few legal rights, are...

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Justice for All (2008)

Justice for All (2008)

"Justice for All" examines the effects of global economic integration in the late 20th century on worker rights, including the growth of the informal economy and migration and human labor trafficking, and looks at how government, corporations and unions can help...

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