Biography
Meg Lewis is Senior Field Representative with the AFL-CIO Central Region. In this role she serves as liaison between Central Labor Bodies in Illinois and Indiana and the National AFL-CIO. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO on April 4th, 2022, Meg was Director of Policy and Special Projects at AFSCME Council 31. She has held several positions in AFSCME from Strategic Researcher, to Campaign Coordinator and has led organizing, public policy and contract campaigns to build power, fight privatization and improve working conditions among healthcare workers, disability care workers, taxi drivers and human service workers. Prior to working for AFSCME, Meg served as Public Affairs Coordinator for 9to5, National Association of Working Women, a labor advocacy organization working to raise standards for low-wage women, and Community Organizer for a Living Wage campaign run by the South Central Federation of Labor, in Madison, WI. She also served as steward with UAW Local 2320 and worked as a line worker at a UFCW-represented meat processing plant. Meg has a BA in Journalism and Latin American Studies from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters' degree in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a proud 5th-generation union member originally from Sheboygan, WI, and currently lives in Oak Park, IL with her husband (an organizer with UE) and their three daughters.