Karen Nussbaum
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Karen Nussbaum is the executive director
of Working America
, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO
. She co-founded the organization in 2003 and has overseen the group's climb to over 2.5 million members nationwide.
Nussbaum served as the director of the United States Department of Labor
, Women's Bureau, from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, she founded and served as president of District 925 of the Service Employees International Union
(SEIU) for almost 20 years.
Executive director
Executive director is a term sometimes applied to the chief executive officer or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation. It is widely used in North American non-profit organizations, though in recent decades many U.S. nonprofits have adopted the title "President/CEO"...
of Working America
Working America
Working America is an allied organization of the AFL-CIO which works to build alliances among non-union working people. Working America is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization which provides workers who are not union members input into the policies, goals, and legislative efforts of the AFL-CIO...
, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL–CIO, is a national trade union center, the largest federation of unions in the United States, made up of 56 national and international unions, together representing more than 11 million workers...
. She co-founded the organization in 2003 and has overseen the group's climb to over 2.5 million members nationwide.
Nussbaum served as the director of the United States Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor
The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The...
, Women's Bureau, from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, she founded and served as president of District 925 of the Service Employees International Union
Service Employees International Union
Service Employees International Union is a labor union representing about 1.8 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States , and Canada...
(SEIU) for almost 20 years.
"Every individual is capable of extraordinary things, but no one can accomplish anything by themselves. Working women should count, but the only way we'll make that true is if we work together."