Biography
Cathleen Jensen worked as a Registered Occupational Therapist for over 33 years. During the last 20 years of her career, Cathleen worked at the University of Illinois Chicago where she was instrumental in organizing professional workers into a new collective bargaining unit with SEIU Local 73. She served as Chief Steward, an Executive Board Member, and eventually was elected as a Union Vice President and Financial Trustee. During her term of Union Vice President, Cathleen helped lead 5200 University and University Medical Center employees in a historic ten day strike. Upon her retirement from the University of Illinois, Cathleen worked as a Union Representative and Organizer at SEIU Local 73. Cathleen currently holds a board position on the Illinois Single Payer Healthcare Coalition.