Rand Wilson

Who is Rand Wilson?

Rand Wilson has worked as a union organizer and labor communicator in the United States since the 1980s.

Wilson started in the labor movement as a member of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. While a member of Local 8-366, he led several organizing drives, was chief steward, and served on his local union's executive board.

For most of the 1980s, Wilson worked as an organizer for the Communications Workers of America and a member of the High Tech Research Group. In 1989 he helped coordinate solidarity efforts in Massachusetts during a successful three-month strike by 60,000 telephone workers against health care benefit cost-shifting.

The strike victory helped spur the formation of Massachusetts Jobs with Justice. As the founding director in the early 1990s, Wilson spearheaded efforts in Massachusetts to support legislation for universal health care and against international trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization.

In 1995, Wilson went to work for the Teamsters union. While at the Teamsters, he helped develop the union's 1997 contract strategy for national negotiations for 185,000 members at United Parcel Service.