Latino helps others build union power
A decade of organizing Latino construction workers is paying off for Matta, 32, who recently became the first Latino organizing director of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters.
Born in Idaho to illegal migrant farmworkers, Matta spent much of his early childhood in the Central Washington cities of Quincy, Wenatchee and Ephrata and began working summers in the fields at age 10.
He is now among the union’s senior leadership, responsible for organizing efforts in Western Washington, which accounts for nearly half of the union’s 23,500 members in five states.”*
*From: seattletimes.nwsource.com
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