Jeffrey Ballinger

Jeffrey Ballinger UKNUnknown

American labor organizer and author

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Jeffrey BallingerUKNUnknown American labor organizer and author
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Jeffrey Ballinger (born March 21, 1953) is an American labor organizer and writer, and is the founder of Press for Change, a labor group opposed to sweatshop practices. Ballinger is noted by The New York Times for having "exposed exploitation of factory workers in Asia." He is the editor of the book Behind the Swoosh. Ballinger is a former Massachusetts candidate for the House of Representatives in the United States Congress.

Education4 - 4 of 2
New York Law School
JD International Human Rights
1983
Franklin College
BA Political Science
1976
Past Positions1 - 6 of 6
Co-Founder
SparkLED Nitlites
2017 - Current
Chief Legal Officer
Ghazni, Afghanistan, Provincial Reconstruction, United States State Department
2012 - 2013
Rule of Law Advisor
Ghazni Province, United States Agency for International Development
2011 - 2012
Vice President of Sourcing
No Sweat Apparel
1999 - 2009
Program Director
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and Free Trade Union Institute
1983 - 1996
Country Director
Asian American Free Labor Institute
1984 - 1987
Other Experience1 - 2 of 2
Organizer
UNITE, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
1977 - 1983
Co-Founder
Committee in Support of Solidarity
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