Aaron Gallant Email & Phone Number

Rochester, NY, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Wrote, produced and managed a daily email publication to 25,000 labor leaders and staff from all of our affiliated unions and federated bodies.
• Worked closely with communications staff from the AFL-CIO’s 58 union affiliates, representing workers in almost every industry, including education, health care, sports, entertainment, manufacturing, and construction.
• Created scripts, blog posts, stories, and talking points for use and dissemination through the AFL-CIO’s communications platforms, including social media, video, website/blog, and press.
• Actively collaborated with the AFL-CIO’s union economy partners, harnessing the collective buying power of the AFL-CIO’s 12.5 million members to make a lasting impact on the economy.
• Communicated on behalf of the AFL-CIO and management to the 200+ employees at headquarters and in the field.Accomplishments
• Cultivated and engaged the organization’s internal audience as the AFL-CIO’s first employee whose primary focus and priority are communicating with the labor family in every industry.

Rochester, New York Area

• Led communications and political action for a union of 8,300 members across Upstate New York and the Hudson Valley.
• Created all of Council 66’s digital communications platforms (website, Facebook, Twitter, e-blasts) from the ground up.
• Ran hybrid organizing campaigns and empowered our 87 local unions to retain membership and increase political influence.
• Successfully pitched stories to the local press on the union’s activities, events and campaigns.
• Created branded graphics for print and digital publications.Accomplishments
• Retained 99.8% of our union members following the Supreme Court’s attempt to gut public service unions.

Rochester, New York Area

• Drafted talking points, press releases, and social media posts to cover what the Assemblymember is doing.
• Streamlined our constituent service program for 130,000 constituents and responded to constituents on a wide range of legislative priorities. Supported constituents in getting a timely resolution to their issues with.
• Fostered professional relationships with staff from other state legislative offices, executive departments, community organizations, lobbyists, and constituents to join forces on various legislative priorities and.
• Helped draft legislation to create the Empire State Apprenticeship program to promote apprenticeship opportunities in non–building trades industries. This legislation was later passed and signed into law.
• Created social media presence and launched a monthly email newsletter to constituents.

Rochester, New York Area

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Public Policy And Management, A5

• Dissertation: quantitative study of the demographic and ideological distribution of the United State House of Representatives in.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Affairs, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Dobra Slovo National Slavic Honor Society, GW College DemocratsMinor in Political Science, graduated Cum Laude.

Associate'S Degree, Liberal Arts-Political Science, 3.3

Dean's Honor List recipient