The newly-formed
Upper Peninsula Regional Labor Federation announced it has hired on a new employee.
Kathleen Carlson will serve as field coordinator, which means she'll be responsible for developing solidarity across the varied labor groups belonging to the federation, and overseeing labor mobilization. That includes training and organizing union leaders and members, and helping to strengthen the U.P.'s local labor councils and build them into self-sustaining organizations.
Carlson has an accounting degree and has been a delegate to the Marquette County Labor Council for 16 years. She also has experience on the labor advisory planning committee of the council and has planned conferences and events.
The new federation was created from the unification of the Marquette County Labor Council and the Delta County Trades and Labor Council, both AFL-CIO chartered councils. Next is planned unifications with three other AFL-CIO councils; the Dickinson-Iron Counties Labor Council, the Eastern Upper Peninsula Central Labor Council, and the Northwest Upper Peninsula Labor Council, according to the federation's website.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: U.P. Regional Labor Federation
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