Tula Connell, managing editor of the AFL-CIO website, (www.aflcio.org) and AFL-CIO Now blog (www.aflcio.org/blog), has worked as a writer and editor in the union movement for the past 18 years. She has taught adult editing and writing courses in Washington, D.C., and has led communications workshops for union leaders across the country. Connell has worked on daily newspapers in Virginia and Texas, and holds a B.A. in Journalism from Marquette University, an M.A. in European History from Yale University and is completing a doctorate in American History at Georgetown University.

Michael Whitney is an online organizer with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Michael manages the online campaign for the Employee Free Choice Act as part of SEIU's Change that Works program. He got his start in online politics on Howard Dean's presidential campaign as one of the co-founders of Generation Dean, a web-based youth outreach organization. Michael is a contributor to techPresident.com, the Huffington Post, and his overly active Twitter feed.