"Art Pulaski" is an organized labor leader in California. Since 1996, Pulaski has served as Executive-Secretary Treasurer and Chief Officer of the California Labor Federation, which represents 2.1 million workers of 1,200 manufacturing, Tertiary sector of the economy/service, construction and public sector Trade union/unions. He also served as the Executive Secretary of the San Mateo Labor Council in California from 1984 to 1996.

Pulaski’s career in organized labor began in Connecticut at the age of 16, as a stock clerk in a supermarket, when he joined the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union. Pulaski holds a Bachelor's degree from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut/New Haven, and master's degree in community organization at the University of Minnesota.

Early in his career, Pulaski built coalitions with union and community groups to reform energy policies and protect retirees, and has helped build stronger alliances between unions, community groups and faith-based organizations for numerous reform campaigns. In 2003, he led the creation of the Stand for California Coalition, a group of labor unions, religious organizations, civil rights groups and business interests. He also played a leadership role in the development of the Apollo Alliance, a national coalition for cleaner energy and better jobs.

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It was time for him to prove he was not in the pocket of the Chamber of Commerce and the big corporations, and he failed.

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It's a very deliberate attack against the voice of working people.