Amy Chin-Lai

Amy Chin-Lai serves as the President of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU), IFPTE Local 70, which empowers thousands members at over 50 nonprofit organizations nationwide to advocate for their colleagues and defend workers’ rights. At NPEU, Amy has scaled up the union, addressed challenges of rapid growth, and set the union on a path of sustainable growth. In the time she has been President, NPEU has negotiated over a dozen successor contracts and 15 strong first contracts, including the Urban Institute and ACLU national staff, which has doubled the local’s membership.

 
As a software engineer at Action Network, Amy started getting involved in her workplace by fighting against salary inequities. She organized her colleagues and led the bargaining committee to negotiate a landmark collective bargaining agreement that has raised standards across the nonprofit tech industry. By empowering nearly 2,000 union members to advocate for their colleagues and defend workers' rights, Amy strengthens a union dedicated to building a more just and equitable world.