Ron Ruggiero
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DSA activist
In 1996 Ron Ruggiero was a former Democratic Socialists of America Youth Section Chair and an organizer for the Service Employees International Union, Local 1199[1].
SEIU
In 1997 Ruggiero was awarded the SEIU Western Region Organizer of the Year. After organizing thousands of workers across the country, he began representing workers and negotiating contracts, including unique partnership efforts between labor and management within Kaiser Permanente. Most recently, as staff director at SEIU Local 49, he helped lead a local-wide revitalization effort. This culminated in the local being awarded “Most Improved Local” for member political engagement by the international. In 2007, he joined an ad hoc environmental committee within SEIU and helped launch the “Negotiating Green” handbook.[2]
AFL-CIO
Ruggiero is a graduate of the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute.[3]
Apollo Alliance
Andrea joined Apollo Alliance in September 2008 as National Field Director. Shortly after joining Apollo Alliance he commented,
- “It is clear to me that building the clean energy economy can both solve the climate crisis and help us solve our inequality crisis by revitalizing family wage-paying jobs in the United States.”[4]
