ABOUT OUR TRAINER
Alfonso brings years of experience in building worker power. For over 15 years, Alfonso worked with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), training new organizers and supporting workers in starting new unions and winning contracts, as well as working with the Painters District Council 58, and Local 148 of the Operating Engineers and several union locals across the country. Alfonso led the Fight for $15 campaign from its epicenter in St. Louis, winning national recognition of fast food workers’ right to a living wage. Alfonso is also an Adjunct Professor of Latinx Studies at Holyoke Community College.
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