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Thomas Walker, PHEW

Richard Shorter

PHEW; Memphis, TN

Thomas is the Lead Activist for PHEW, the Public, Healthcare, & Educations Workers. He is a lifelong Tennessean who got started in the labor movement supporting campus workers who were organizing for a union and a living wage. As a rank-and-file member of United Campus Workers CWA 3865, he served as one of the youngest Executive Board members. He has helped to transform UCW-CWA into a statewide political force to be reckoned with, deep in Right-to-Work country, where public sector workers have no collective bargaining.

Thomas wants a union movement that agitates for all working people and prioritizes struggles for democracy and racial justice. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee, and leads communications work for his local.