Arlene Holt Baker

Arlene Holt Baker
Arlene Holt Baker
	Arlene Holt Baker after speaking at the AFL-CIO Quadrennial Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 16, 2009.
Born	1951; Fort Worth, Texas
Occupation(s)	Union organizer, Labor activist
Known for	Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO

Arlene Holt Baker (born 1951) is an American trade union activist and labor leader. A staff assistant with the AFL-CIO since 1995, she was appointed executive vice-president of the labor federation by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in 2007 and won re-election in 2009. She became the first African American in the federation's history to serve as an officer.

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