Geri Palast was legislative director of SEIU, and then Assistant Secretary of Labor during the Clinton administration. She is executive director of the campaign for Fiscal Equality.
Gilda Turner was an active member of District 925 at the University of Cincinnati Hospital before joining the union staff as an organizer. She works for Local 925 in Seattle.
Gloria Steinem, a founder of Ms. Magazine and the National Women's Political Caucus, is a journalist and social activist. She is one of the best known feminist leaders of the 1970's and 1980's.
As of May 2006, Heather Tobis Booth served as an activist in the civil rights and women's movements. She founded the Midwest Academy and consults for progressive organizations and citizen's action groups. In this capacity she developed theories for…
Jacqueline Ruff was a founder then organizer with Local 925, and a director of District 925 until 1988. She has worked as an attorney in both the public and private sectors.
Jane Fonda, actress and anti-war activist, produced and acted in the movie “9 to 5.” She is founder, with Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem, of the Women’s Media Center, a non-profit progressive women’s media organization.
As of January 2006, Joe Buckley was the regional director of SEIU based in Boston. He advised SEIU District 925 founders on organizing union locals at this affiliate's founding. During that time, he worked for the Alliance, charged with organizing…
John Sweeney is president of the American Federal of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). As president of SEIU in the 1980’s he expanded 925 from a local in Boston to District 925, a union with a national jurisdiction.