Karen Nussbaum

Karen Nussbaum

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Karen Nussbaum has been a labor organizer for more than 50 years. She is a founder of 9to5, National Association of Working Women; District 925, SEIU; and Working America, AFL-CIO, where she is a senior advisor.

Contributions from Karen Nussbaum

Multiracial crowd of women, many yelling, some fists up, front and center an older-looking white woman in a kerchief and a sweatshirt that reads, "i Don't Want to Strike."

Organizing in Good Times and Bad: What We Need to Get Right

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Karen Nussbaum

"In good times, organizations wrest and secure our gains. In bad times, they help withstand the inevitable chaos from backlash, repression and sectarianism."

Women holding protest signs at a protest in the 70s

9to5: Hope and Lessons from ‘70s Working Women

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Karen Nussbaum

One of the founders of 9to5 reflects on the new film documenting office workers’ organizing in the 1970s

Photo of a woman wearing a red Working America tshirt talking to a man holding a flyer in his hands

Politics Should Look More Like Organizing

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Karen Nussbaum

Karen Nussbaum, founder of Working America, argues that deep investments in talking with voters, not at them, is key to building long-term power.