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 Haronid Javier of the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU).
Haronid Javier is a member of OPEIU Local 8 and serves on the bargaining team for International Rescue Committee (IRC) Workers Unite, a national organizing effort of workers at the the world's largest humanitarian nonprofit. “Coming from a Dominican immigrant family,” Javier says, “my work as a social service navigator at IRC helps me to support and advocate for our unaccompanied children, who come from many parts of Latin America, whose voices aren’t heard at times.”