José Ramírez

José Ramírez

San Juan, Puerto Rico

José Ramírez is a member of Servidores Públicos Unidos de Puerto Rico (SPU)/AFSCME Council 95. He has been a financial technician for the Administration of Vocational Rehabilitation in Puerto Rico since 1995, when he joined public service. Ramírez is the President of Local 3251 and became involved in SPU/AFSCME in 2001 through organizing at his workplace. He chaired the bargaining committee for his wall-to-wall unit and signed their first contract in 2003. He became the first Local 3251 president in 2002 and became a member educator in 2004. He attended the Harvard Trade Union Program in 2007. For the last two years, he has been a board member of the AFL-CIO Puerto Rico Labor Federation.