Rising Star Awardee
Reynalda Cruz started as a member of New Labor and has since joined
the staff as an organizer. She is a single mother of three, and previously worked in
restaurants, hotels and warehouses through temp agencies.
She helps organize and motivate members to take action against abusive employers
that steal wages and for improved workplace health and safety conditions. She is
also involved in leadership development of members and coordinates New Labor’s
“Consejo” or Worker Council meetings.
Reynalda wants all workers to have a voice and a vote on the job around workplace
conditions; she wants workers to be unionized to help provide that opportunity,
including in the newly chartered local USW 4-555, in which she is serving as the first
President.