Karen Nussbaum is Executive Director of Working America, AFL-CIO. She was a founder and president of both 9 to 5 and District 925 until she was appointed to head the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor in 1993. She has worked at the AFL-CIO…
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.
Debbie Schneider was an active member and organizer with 9 to 5 in Boston and New York, and was an organizer for District 925 in Chicago and Cincinnati until she became president of District 925 in 1993. She is director of global organizing…
Barbara Rahke became one of the early organizers of 9 to 5-National Association of Working Women while working at Boston University in the 1970’s. After the winning the union contract at BU Rahke went on to work for the UAW-United Auto Workers…
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.