Since 1996, Pulaski has served as Executive-Secretary Treasurer and Chief Officer of the California Labor Federation,[1] which represents 2.3 million workers of 1,200 manufacturing, service, construction and public sector unions.
[2] Pulaski's career in organized labor began in Connecticut at the age of 16, as a stock clerk in a supermarket, when he joined the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union.
Under Pulaski's leadership, the California Labor Federation's achievements have included restoring daily overtime pay,[6] raising the minimum wage,[7] increasing benefits for injured and unemployed workers,[8] creating collective bargaining opportunities for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, and passing the nation's first comprehensive Paid Family Leave law.
[12] He co-founded PalCare,[13] a model childcare center serving the families of workers at San Francisco International Airport.
[14] Pulaski has served on numerous gubernatorial panels and commissions on economic progress, workforce development and higher education.