Sara Horowitz
Sara Horowitz (born January 13, 1963) is a founder of the
Freelancers Union and a proponent of
mutualism. She has been working for unions since age 18, when she held a summer internship at the
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. She has worked for the
UAW, CSEA, and
SEIU, and she currently serves on the board of the
Albert Shanker Institute. Under her direction, the Freelancers Union built a first-of-its-kind Portable Benefits Network in 2004 and launched the Freelancers Insurance Company in 2009, which provided health insurance to more than 25,000 New York freelancers before it was closed in 2014.
In her work, Horowitz advocates for the role of mutualist organizations, including unions,
cooperatives, mutual aid groups, and faith-based groups, as the foundation for the next labor economy and
social safety net in the United States.
Earlier in her career, Horowitz worked as a union organizer with 1199, SEIU, a public defender with the
Legal Aid Society, and as a union-side labor lawyer. She was named a
MacArthur Fellow in 1999 and has served on the board of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, serving as Chair from 201x-201x. In addition, she served on the board of the
Nathan Cummings Foundation and currently sits on the Board of Directors of Ashoka.
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