Labor leader and civil rights activist Yvonne Wheeler succeeds Ron Herrera, who stepped down from the Fed in October after his involvement in racist City Hall recordings.
, becoming the first Black woman to lead the powerful group in its nearly 140-year history.
Wheeler inevitably will be tasked with repairing the institution’s relationship with Black workers and building solidarity with Latino workers, and her background working with a wide range of both public and private sector unions and with a history of advocacy for more diversity in labor groups positions her well, labor leaders and experts said.
In an emailed statement, the Fed highlighted Wheeler’s roots in the civil rights movement, citing her experience having marched with Black student protesters as schools failed to integrate successfully. The Fed’s members and the communities it represents “rely on us, so we will fight to uplift their voices and build their power to make sure they are never put in this position again,” Wheeler said in a statement.
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