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Katie Garrow of Laborers 242 takes helm at MLK Labor
The following is from the MLK Labor Council:
In addition to the election of Garrow, Dustin Lambro (Teamsters Local 117) and Stefan Moritz (Unite Here Local 8) were re-elected as President and Vice President respectively. At-Large Board members and Trade Section Representatives were also elected to three-year terms.
“I am honored to have the opportunity to lead our local labor movement at this critical time,” said Garrow. “I join my voice in the chorus of other women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and young workers who are taking responsibility for the current state of the labor movement and looking to grow it.”
Garrow previously served as Deputy Executive Secretary-Treasurer of MLK Labor working under Nicole Grant, who opted not to run for a third term to lead the Labor Council. Garrow has also worked as a Union Representative at PROTEC17 and organized domestic workers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Garrow was born into a working-class family in Washington’s Grays Harbor County, where her father was a union boilermaker and her mother worked in rural economic development. She witnessed firsthand the decline of such logging towns like hers in the area. Consequently, she is rooted in the plight of the rural working class, but is also passionately devoted to making the labor movement relevant and representative of women, people of color, and LGBTQ workers who have been left out and at times excluded from our unions and American prosperity. Katie earned a BA in Spanish from Pacific Lutheran University. She is currently engaged to be married to a public school teacher. They have two daughters.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. County Labor Council is the central body of labor organizations in King County, Wash. It is affiliated with the national AFL-CIO, the central labor organization in the United States, representing more than 13 million working people. MLK Labor Council’s mission is to unify all labor organizations in King County to build power and strength for all workers. Learn more here.
Today’s the last day at MLK Labor for Executive Secretary-Treasurer @NicoleGrant206. Nicole took was first elected 6 years ago. She was the first woman to lead the Labor Council in its 130-year history. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/gjB0IT6UCp
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