About me
Rigo Valdez, is currently on loan to MLK Labor, to Coordinate the Presidents’ Organizing Initiative (a partnership of National Unions and local labor movements to pilot new external organizing strategies) from UFCW Local 3000. He has been a Union Organizer for almost 30 years. In his previous posts with the UFCW he has organized workers in every sector the UFCW represents, including the historic victory at Smithfield foods in Tar Heel NC. In his tenure in the union he has brought together local unions, those in the civil rights, immigrant rights, and faith communities, and consumers to build a national network of support for workers to build a voice on the job. Currently, Rigo is the President of the MLK Worker Innovation Center, a member of the Executive Board of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Serves as a Vice President at WeTrain Washington, and is a Commissioner on the Los Angeles County, Immigrant Protection and Advancement Taskforce.
