
Lori Province
Field Mobilization Director
As
Field Mobilization Director Lori works with affiliates to support and encourage
the participation of individual members with many different political and
legislative programs. Her efforts are directed toward continuing the
success of the Council’s Labor Neighbor political program, and during the
legislative session she works on keeping individual members involved to support
organized labor’s legislative priorities.
Previously Lori worked as the WIA Labor Liaison
along with Bill Messenger. She was responsible for performing "rapid response" activities -- including outreach to inform
dislocated workers about the employment and training services available through the
Workforce Investment Act (formerly known as the Job Training Partnership Act); rapid response to plant closure and downsizing events in
coordination with the state Employment Security Department; technical assistance in
forming labor-management committees to deal with such events; and generally representing
the interests of dislocated workers in employment and training planning. In addition,
given advance notice of a pre-layoff situation, Lori and Jim worked with interested
principals in exploring options to prevent plant closure.
Lori joined the WSLC in July 1996 after serving as a union representative for the
Washington State Council of County and City Employees, AFSCME, in Lynnwood for eight
years. She has also served as a union representative for Service Employees International
Union Local 120 in Everett. A longtime labor activist, Lori has been active in the WSLC's
WISHA Monitoring Committee for years, along with several government task forces and
councils developing workforce development policies.
She was born and raised in Pierce County, Lori now resides in Bellingham with her
husband, Raleigh.
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