Bio - Cecelie Counts

Commemoration of Equal Pay Day - April 28, 2011

Cecelie Counts, Legislative Representative, AFL-CIO

Cecelie Counts is a Legislative Representative for the AFL-CIO and a member of the Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America. She came to the AFL-CIO after working in the areas of human rights, international affairs, and community development for public interest organizations such as the NAACP, Children's Defense Fund, and TransAfrica. Cecelie has been a political activist and community organizer for more than 40 years and is a graduate of Howard University and the Harvard Law School.