Maria Elena Durazo

Maria Elena Durazo

Maria Elena Durazo is the current executive secretary–treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. She was appointed the interim executive secretary–treasurer following the resignation of Martin Ludlow in February 2006, and was voted as the permanent replacement on May 15, 2006.^[1] She is the widow of Miguel Contreras, who preceded Ludlow as the executive secretary–treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.

From May 1989 until March 2006, Durazo was the president of UNITE-HERE local 11.

On January 15, 2008 Durazo endorsed Barack Obama for president, and took a three week leave of absence from her job as executive secretary–treasurer of the LA County Federation of Labor in order to campaign for Obama.^[2] She then became a national co-chair of the Obama for President campaign committee, and was a pledged delegate for Obama at the National Convention in Denver.^[3]

On August 11, 2008, Durazo was elected to serve as the new chair of the UCLA Labor Center advisory committee. The vote was by acclamation.

References

1. ^ Press release by the LA County Federation of Labor announcing the election of Maria Elena Durazo to secretary–treasurer
2. ^ Abcarian, Robin (January 16, 2008). "Obama gets major labor endorsement". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-labor16jan16,0,656548.story?coll=la-home-center. 
3. ^ "California Democratic Delegation 2008". thegreenpapers.com. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/CA-D.phtml. 

External links

• Bio page at the LA County Federation of Labor web site
• Maria Elena Durazo at the Center for Labor Research and Education at UCLA

Preceded by Martin Ludlow

Executive Secretary – Treasurer, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor 2006 – present

Succeeded by incumbent

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