Emiliana Sparaco - Results-Oriented Union Organizer

Emiliana Sparaco is a California-based labor professional with extensive union experience. As an experienced organizer, she has recruited thousands of worker activists to win issue-based campaigns, with a focus on worker-leadership development. She is also a volunteer with local civic nonprofits, among other community-based organizations.

Emiliana has led countless negotiations, successfully securing meaningful gains for represented employees across the United States. She has created recruitment and onboarding materials for newly unionized workers. Emiliana's organizing experience includes working at SEIU locals across California and the Fight for $15, a campaign to raise minimum wage and advance worker rights. Most recently, she has worked tirelessly as a director and representative for IFPTE, helping guide the union through its exponential growth in the last few years.

She recently completed the Labor Relations Certificate Program at Cornell University. In 2024, Emiliana received the J.C. Turner Award for Outstanding Trade Unionist of the Year from the Metropolitan Washington Labor Council.

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Emiliana Sparaco
Bay Area, CA US