Executive DirectorUnited for Respect
Andrea is Executive Director of United for Respect and the United for Respect Education Fund, a national organization building power for people working in low-wage jobs by centering their voices, experiences and solutions in the national movement fighting for the future of work, our economy, and corporate regulation. Andrea’s roots in the movement go deep and include seminal experiences winning major victories with people working in the most unstable and precarious low-wage service jobs, from janitors to hotel workers. Andrea leveraged these critical advances and learnings into developing innovative models of leveraging technology and internet-based activation to support working people build power and voice. Prior to United for Respect, Andrea worked on some of the labor movement’s most innovative campaigns including Justice for Janitors, Airport Workers United, and hotel worker organizing in Las Vegas. She lives in Oakland, CA with her fourteen-year-old son.