Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Andrea Vasquez of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU).
Andrea Vasquez, a member of OPEIU Local 42 and bookkeeper at UAW Local 598 in Flint, Michigan, grew up immersed in the labor movement, particularly with @UFWupdate’s campaigns to improve the lives of farmworkers. “We will always stand to fight another day,” she says, “because this is who we are.”