California Grassroots Report

Dear roger,

Check Out The New ‘AFL-CIO Now’ Grassroots Report

California is in the spotlight in the “AFL-CIO Now” blog’s new column feature, Grassroots Report.

Among the four fresh voices from the grassroots whose insights and grassroots perspectives will deepen our coverage of issues that matter to working people and their unions is Anastasia Ordonez, communications director for the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

Read her new diary here.

Anastasia Ordonez joins three other columnists—Jeff Crosby, Steve Share and Rich Templin—who regularly will share with us the key events and action from their corner of the country, including the latest state legislative battles, bargaining updates, organizing wins and the nitty-gritty of door-to-door political mobilization.

Anastasia Ordonez brings to our new Grassroots Report a wealth of union activism, dedication and great communication skills.

A dedicated activist who was communications director for UNITE HERE, Ordonez also worked for BehindTheLabel.org, a multimedia website geared at developing a global network of activists and labor unions to end sweatshops.

After receiving her master’s degree in women’s and gender studies from Rutgers University, Ordonez worked as a researcher-liaison for INSTRAW, a United Nations agency in the Dominican Republic that provides comprehensive research and training on gender issues for the international community.

Ordonez recently took part in the state federation’s It’s Our Health Care: Road to Reform bus tour around the state and describes for us what she heard along the way about the nation’s broken health care system.

Add the “AFL-CIO Now” Grassroots Report to your favorites now and stop by often to check in on working family news in your state:

http://blog.aflcio.org/?page_id=3406

In solidarity,

Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO