Next Generation ‒ Tiffany Rivera

 
Tiffany Rivera (right) at the CWA Convention in St. Louis with former Next Gen Lead Activist Megan Simpson of IUE-CWA Local 83761 (left) and fellow Next Gen activist George Kerr (center).

Name: Tiffany Rivera
Local: IUE-CWA Local 81102 in Long Island City, N.Y.
Workplace: Final Voicer at Steinway & Sons
Title: IUE-CWA Lead Activist
Time with NextGen: Less than a month.
Mentorship: Michelle Smith and Dennis Morales from the Mentorship Program and fellow Next Gen activist Christian Gonzalez, who has shared advice on how to shape her future as an activist.
Inspiration: My experiences as a minimum-wage worker. I had to fight to get more money and benefits from people that didn't see the value in what my peers and I were doing. After months of back and forth, we were able to win what we deserved. That sparked within me the motivation to get more involved because, although it was a small win, there is and always will be so much more we can do.
Current Work: Uplifting my peers and assisting in anything that they need.
Future: Being involved in the NYC labor and renters’ rights movement.

For more information or to get involved in the CWA Next Generation program, either as an activist or mentor, visit https://cwa-union.org/nextgen!