Paul Ortiz is a professor of labor history and Director of Graduate Studies for the Latina/o Studies Program at Cornell University. He is the former President of the United Faculty of Florida, UF (FEA/AFT/AFL-CIO) and PEN award-winning author of An African American and Latinx History of the United States. He began working in the labor movement in 1989 as an organizer with the United Farm Workers of Washington State during their successful campaign to unionize Chateau Ste. Michelle wine vineyards. Paul is the incoming Vice President of the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA).
