Yvonne Wheeler Elected President Of LA County Federation Of Labor – Deadline

Yvonne Wheeler, a veteran labor chief and civil rights activist, has been elected president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO – the primary Black girl to carry the publish. She succeeds Ron Herrera, who resigned final month after being caught up within the leaked tape scandal that roiled Metropolis Corridor. IATSE 2^nd Vice President Thom Davis had been serving as interim president. The Federation represents 300 affiliated labor organizations representing greater than 800,000 members.

Wheeler, who had been vp of the Federation, is a nationwide consultant for the American Federation of Authorities Workers (AFGE). A labor organizer and chief for over 30 years, she’s a former president of the California State A. Philip Randolph Institute, an AFL-CIO-sponsored group. She has additionally labored as an AFL-CIO senior area consultant protecting all of Southern California and because the California director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers (AFSCME).

“I’m honored to be elected to steer throughout such a crucial time for staff,” mentioned Wheeler. “In a post-Covid actuality, now we have to rebound, re-stabilize and reimagine from the angle of staff to make sure we’re on the appropriate path, and that must be our precedence.”

“Change is rarely simple,” Wheeler mentioned in an announcement, apparently referring to the leaked tape scandal wherein Herrera may very well be heard laughing at racist and merciless feedback made by former Metropolis Council President Nury Martinez inside his workplace on the Federation. “However it’s what we’d like proper now. Our members, our communities depend on us, so we are going to battle to uplift their voices and construct their energy to verify they’re by no means put on this place once more.”