Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. has been involved in social justice work ever since he was a teenager. He has been active in the labor movement through his work as a welder in a shipyard and through working for various labor unions. Bill at one point served as a senior staff person in the national AFL-CIO. While working for the Service Employees International Union in the 1990’s he aided and strategized with local unions to help them achieve their goals. Bill is the former president of TransAfrica Forum, the author of several publications – nonfiction and fiction, and has served as a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies. He graduated from Harvard with a B.A. degree in government in 1976.