Kooper Caraway

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Kooper Caraway is an American activist and labor leader. He was the youngest elected AFL-CIO central labor council president in the United States at the age of 27. [1] He is currently the executive director of the Colorado Education Association. [2]

Life and career

Caraway was born in a small town in the US state of Alabama but he lived in various Southern states throughout his youth. [3] Many of his older family members were active union members. [1]

After high school, Caraway worked as a community organizer in Dallas, Texas where he fought against police brutality and joined the labor movement. [4] He relocated to South Dakota in 2017 and served as a labor representative and organizer for AFSCME Council 65. In January 2018, he was elected the president of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO central labor council, becoming the youngest person ever to do so at 27 years old. [1] In 2020, he became the President of the South Dakota Federation of Labor and, at 29 years old, was the youngest ALF-CIO state president. Caraway left the organization in 2023. [5] Since 2024, he has worked as the executive director of the Colorado Education Association.

Caraway lives in Denver, Colorado with his partner and their two daughters. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kooper Caraway | South Dakota State Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO". sd.aflcio.org. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  2. 1 2 "CEA Leadership". CEA. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  3. ↑ Day, Meagan. "In South Dakota, a Young Labor Leader Wants to Rebuild a Culture of Solidarity". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  4. ↑ Zweig, Rebecca (2019-03-29). "'Organize or Die': Kooper Caraway Ushers in a New Labor Movement". ISSN   0027-8378 . Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  5. ↑ "The Future of Labor Is Growing in South Dakota". The New Republic. ISSN   0028-6583 . Retrieved 2025-10-11.
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