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Carla A. Katz (born 1959) served as president of Local 1034 of the Communications Workers of America from 1999 until 2008, representing 16,000 public and private sector workers in the state of New Jersey. Katz is currently full-time faculty at Rutgers University and an attorney with the firm of Cohen, Placitella and Roth in Red Bank, New Jersey. ==Biography== Katz was born to Arnold and Angelina Katz and was raised in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey before moving with her family to Edgewater Park, Burlington County, New Jersey.〔Stilwell, Eileen. ("Katz talks of roots as organizer" ), ''Courier-Post'', June 6, 2008. Accessed February 3, 2013. "Carla Katz charmed a roomful of professional women Thursday as guest speaker at a business forum with tales of how a little girl from Edgewater Park whose dad was mayor for nearly a decade became a tough union leader."〕 Her father worked as a factory laborer in Paterson before getting a sales job in Burlington County, where he later served as mayor of Edgewater Park Township in 1982 and 1983.〔"Out of a shadow: Union boss talks about her life and career, but not Jon Corzine", ''The Star-Ledger'', September 4, 2005.〕〔"South Jersey Deaths", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', June 23, 1991.〕 Katz attended Burlington County College and graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in labor studies in 1981. In 1995, she received a master's degree from Rutgers in labor and employment relations. A year after graduating from Rutgers, she started as an organizer for the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and rose through the ranks to become president of Local 1034 in 1999. Local 1034 was CWA's largest local union in the country with more than 16,000 members in both the public and private sector. Katz served as a Commissioner of the Public Employment Relations Commission for five years on an appointment by Governor Donald DiFrancesco. Katz enrolled at Seton Hall University School of Law in 2004〔 and graduated with a juris doctor four years later.〔() 〕 She has been a visiting part-time lecturer at Rutgers and contributes to the "NJ Voices" blog on NJ.com. In May 2009, the radio station WKXW (101.5 FM) announced that Katz would join the afternoon drive show "The Jersey Guys" in a series of appearances. In March 2010, Katz joined the Livingston, New Jersey law firm Fox & Fox LLP. She was "of counsel" to the firm, specializing in labor law.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.foxandfoxllp.com/katz.html )〕 Katz has two children, Montana and Cooper McKim, with her ex-husband Larry McKim, a New Jersey artist.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carla Katz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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