Kate Sheets

Kate Sheets

Template:TOCnestleft Kate M. Sheets is a Tennessee activist. She graduated from Kent State in 2006, served in the Peace Corps then returned to Ohio to pursue a law degree. During law school, she served on Law Review, interned at the National Labor Relations Board and became active in several social justice organizations. She was admitted to the Ohio Bar in November 2012, and immediately took a job on the Fight for 15 campaign, organizing fast food workers in St. Louis and getting first-hand experience on the fringes of American labor law. While on the campaign she was briefly transferred to Nashville where she connected with the Service Employees International Union. Working at a union in the a right-to-work state sounded like an interesting professional opportunity, so Kate moved to Chattanooga and has been working as a labor organizer for the Local 205, the union that represents Chattanooga city workers.

She is married to Jefferson Hodge.

Fundraiser for VW workers

On April 18, 2014, Chattanooga for Workers hosted a potluck fundraiser to help send some Volkswagen workers to Washington DC for a national speak out on the truth about working at Volkswagen, their experiences at the plant and the situations that lead up to their injuries. Also their experiences in the UAW organizing drive, and where they are now --unemployed because of their injuries. The fundraiser was held at St. Marks United Methodist Church, in North Chattanooga.

SEIU local 205 organizer Kate Sheets opened up for the event, and introduced the speakers. Guest speakers included two former employees who were fired after both men were injured on the job, labor journalist Mike Elk, Brian Merrit of Mercy Junction, Jared Story of Concerned Citizens for Justice and United Campus Workers, and Michael Gilliland of Chattanooga Organized for Action.

As part of this event, attendees broke out into groups to brainstorm on ways to advance their communities and work forces. After everyone got back together, Chris Brooks of Chattanooga for Workers and a Tennessee Education Association organizer collected and put into shape the ideas for further discussion and action.

A.J. Sorenson reported the event for the People's World.

Chattanooga Organized for Action

Chattanooga Organized for Action Board of Directors as of 2015;

• Michael Gilliland - Board Chair
• Tiffany Rankins - Vice-Chair
• Beth Foster - Training Coordinator
• Megan Hollenbeck - Co-Founder
• Gloria Griffith - Board Member
• Kate Sheets, Board Member
• Jefferson Hodge, Board Member

Insure Tennessee protest

Chris Brooks February 11, 2015 ·

With Kate Sheets Hodge, Damien Crisp, Michael Gilliland, Todd Gardenhire and Tara Rose.

Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward

Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward was a phone in webinar organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization in the wake of the 2016 election.

Now what? We’re all asking ourselves that question in the wake of Trump’s victory. We’ve got urgent strategizing and work to do, together. Join Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson of the Movement for Black Lives and Freedom Road, Calvin Cheung-Miaw, Jodeen Olguin-Taylor of Mijente and WFP, Joe Schwartz of the Democratic Socialists of America, and Sendolo Diaminah of Freedom Road for a discussion of what happened, and what we should be doing to build mass defiance. And above all, how do we build the Left in this, which we know is the only solution to the crises we face?

This event will take place Tuesday November 15, 2016 at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm Pacific.

Those invited, on Facebook included Kate Sheets.

DSA Chattanooga Closed Facebook Group

Chattanooga Democratic Socialists of America Closed Facebook Group members, as of June 2 2017 included Kate Sheets .

DSA memner

In 2019 Kate Sheets helped administer the Democratic Socialists of America national convention in Atlanta.

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