Labor On The Move: Terese Bouey Retires

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Terese Bouey, Assistant Director in the AFL-CIO’s Campaigns Department, retired on May 31. Her work with AFL-CIO affiliates focused on building capacity, allied support and direct assistance for affiliate and national campaigns and local labor movements for the past 17 years.  Bouey has worked as an organizer for 35 years, beginning her work in the labor movement at the AFL-CIO as an Assistant Director in the Organizing Department in 1996.  Prior to that, she worked as a national union organizer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) after having worked as a state director and community organizer for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). “Keep holding the banner high!” Bouey urged. Reach her at tybouey@gmail.com. photo: Bouey with retired Avondale Shipyard workers in 2012.