Amy B Dean Author

Amy B. Dean served from 1993 to 2003 as the youngest elected leader of the AFL-CIO in Silicon Valley. She is founder of two national nonprofits, Working Partnerships USA and Building Partnerships. Dean served on the California Community College's Board of Governors and the California Secretary of Commerce's Economic Strategy Panel and has received awards from the American Leadership Forum, the Labor Education Research Association, and the Ms. Foundation. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and The Economist, among other publications. David B. Reynolds is Labor Extension Coordinator at the Labor Studies Center of Wayne State University and a field organizer for Building Partnerships USA. He is the author of Taking the High Road, Partnering for Change, and Living Wage Campaigns: An Activist's Guide to Building the Movement for Economic Justice. Harold Meyerson is Editor at Large of The American Prospect, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a member of the editorial board of Dissent.