After more than seven years as a member of the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation’s professional staff, Vicki Beebe resigned last month to accept a position as community relations officer with St. Paul Federal Credit Union. Her last day was July 12.

Beebe served as a political organizer for the St. Paul RLF and as an AFL-CIO Community Services liaison with the RLF’s nonprofit organization, St. Paul Labor Studies and Resource Center.

“I really will miss the people I worked with and the relationships I’ve built,” Beebe said. “I look forward to maintaining them in my new job – and building new ones, too.”

As a political organizer, Beebe worked closely with the federation’s labor assemblies in Chisago and Dakota counties, coordinating phone banks, door-knocks and other volunteer activities in support of local labor-endorsed candidates.

As a Community Services liaison, she recruited volunteers for service projects, served as a founding board member at the East Side Freedom Library and helped plan the RLF’s participation in the State Fair parade on Labor Day.

“It was very rewarding to get people in the labor movement out in the community, whether it was for a United Way project or a parade,” Beebe said. “I hope to continue helping union members at my next job, to build more bridges and more relationships.”

St. Paul RLF President Bobby Kasper credited Beebe as the driving force behind the annual Union Jobs and Resource Fair, which has expanded each year since launching in 2016.

“Our job fair has introduced so many people to the opportunities available when you work union, and it wouldn’t have happened without Vicki’s hard work,” Kasper said. “Sometimes it seemed like she had only one word in her vocabulary – ‘yes.’ Vicki is a true union sister, and she will be well missed.”

Beebe is a longstanding member of the Machinists union and retirees organization, stemming from a 36-year career with Northwest and, later, Delta Air Lines.