Thea Dooley has been a member of United Food & Commercial Workers Union for seventeen years. She started working for Albertsons at age seventeen and later worked for both Safeway and Fred Meyer.

Thea worked for Fred Meyer for six years during which time she was a picket captain in the 1994 strike and a shop steward.

In 1995 Thea attended the Union Summer program in Detroit Michigan. During the three week program, which is primarily geared towards organizing, she was able to work with United Auto Workers and Operating Engineers.

In 1996 Thea joined the staff of UFCW Local 555 as an organizer and has been working for the Local either as an organizer or a representative ever since.

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