Community Services Director

Ramneek Saini serves as the Community Services Director for the San Francisco Labor Council. In that role, she works to improve the lives of workers and their families while increasing and mobilizing funds to build stronger and healthier communities. In particular, she assists active and retired workers and their families to become and remain self-sufficient and mobilizes community resources through referral and case management. One of Ramneek’s core priorities is to establish a program to recruit and train community members to take action to build a stronger safety net. She serves as an advocate for improved community support systems by developing relationships with public and community agencies.

Prior to her time on staff with the San Francisco Labor Council, Ramneek was the office director for the San Francisco Labor Council and San Francisco Democratic Party’s coordinated campaign during the 2010 election cycle. As office director, she oversaw the campaign’s entire volunteer operation, including recruitment, training and management. Additionally, she was a labor liaison for the campaign, working closely with various union leaders to organize phone banks and weekend mobilizations.

Ramneek got her start as an organizer working for the California Public Interest Research Group as their Field Organizer. With them, she organized in 22 key assembly districts advocating for federal health care reform by building coalitions, garnering media coverage, and mobilizing youth across California. She worked to ensure that health care laws help to lower costs, expand access to coverage, and protect consumers from being taken advantage of by the health insurance and prescription drug industries. She has also directed door-to-door and street public education/fundraising offices with the FUND for the Public Interest.

Ramneek received her Bachelors in Political Science and Sociology from University of California, Davis in June 2009. As a student at University of California Davis, she organized and executed campaigns on climate change, youth voter turn-out, hunger & homelessness, affordable education and High Speed Rail. As a result of Ramneek’s efforts as a successful young organizer, she was invited to speak at The Institute of Politics at Harvard University on the importance of young people organizing.