Ricarra Jones is the Political Director for 1199SEIU, the largest healthcare union in the country. She has spent her career empowering underserved communities and building coalitions to fight for social and economic justice. Ricarra has worked tirelessly to improve the lives and working conditions for low wage workers and successfully led the fight to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15. She also spearheaded efforts to ensure full-time employees earn paid sick leave.

Ricarra is currently working to ensure frontline workers have adequate health and safety protections at work during the pandemic. She is a champion for working families. She serves on the Executive Board of the MD/DC AFL-CIO, NAACP.