Peter Gaughan

Peter (they/them) is the West Coast Regional Organizer on the NOLSW staff. They have been connected to the labor movement and union organizing since they were a teenager, starting as a volunteer field organizer for United Farm Workers. While at college on the East Coast, Peter organized undergraduates, field workers, artists, and tenants into unions while also studying economic and environmental justice. Prior to joining the NOLSW staff, Peter was a paralegal at the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC), an NOLSW unit based in San Francisco. At the EDC, Peter was a member of the bargaining team, handled grievances, and organized solidarity actions in support of EDC’s bargaining unit and their comrades in surrounding unions. As a paralegal, Peter supported attorneys and social workers in providing free legal representation and advocacy to tenants facing eviction. Peter lives in Oakland with their brilliant partner and the world's cutest dog.