UnoBlessed Coons

UnoBlessed was named the new State Director of the Indiana AFL-CIO in February 2021 after serving five years as the organization’s Deputy Director. Before stepping into the role, Uno served as an organizer in Central Indiana and Field Director for the Labor 2016 member-to- member program. Uno served two years as an Americorps member in SE Washington, DC before completing her Urban Studies degree from Butler University. After graduation, she worked as a non-profit recruiter and community organizer in the Washington, DC area focusing on strategic partnerships in the Mid Atlantic before moving to do the same in Chicago. In 2016, her love and commitment to her family and her community drove her home to organize working Hoosiers with the AFL-CIO. With her background in organizing, the federation has developed an internal organizing training academy with the support of the National AFL-CIO Organizing Institute. She also leads an organizing-inspired political program that is centered on issue-based conversations. Uno is passionate about organizing and workers rights and building an inclusive labor movement in Indiana and across the country.