Tom Kertes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tom Kertes
Occupation	Canadian Activist
Date Of Birth	Jan 4, 1973(1973-01-04)
Age	51
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Tom Kertes Biography

Tom Kertes is one of the most popular and richest Canadian Activist who was born on January 4, 1973 in United States. Tom Kertes (born January 4 1973) is an American-born Canadian human rights activist.

In 2007, Tom Kertes moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as a response to the human rights violations committed from government officials of the United State government and so that he could be in the country that recognizes marriage between couples of the same gender is recognized as valid [1111. Tom Kertes became an Canadian citizens in the year 2014 and is now a dual citizen of both the United States and Canada [1212.

In 2009 Tom Kertes moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where he currently works as a community organizer in the child care sector [10].

In 2012 Tom Kertes helped launch the Campaign for Child Care Equity at UBC as a grassroots organizer and a union member of BCGEU Local 303 [6]. The campaign seeks to achieve gender pay equity for the early childhood educators employed by UBC [7]. He is also an organizer with Liberation Learning [8], an organization of child care workers in British Columbia [9].

Tom Kertes worked with the United Workers Association as a volunteer advisor from 2003. He also served as a communications coordinator at the end of 2006 and then as consultant from 2007.

Tom Kertes Net Worth

Tom Kertes is one of the richest Canadian Activist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Kertes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Prior to his involvement in The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign, Tom Kertes owned Children’s Garden, a children’s toy and book store located in Silverdale, Washington. The store was shut down in 2001 because of losses from snow melt after an extreme snowstorm damaged more than the sum of $200,000 worth of inventory.

Tom Kertes has worked with the poor people’s economic human rights campaign since 2002. He has been involved on behalf of his organization, the University of the Poor’s School of Labor and forms part of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign. Tom Kertes has also worked with Friends and Residents, an group of residents living in public housing located in Washington, D.C. fighting HOPE VI development in their community. Since 2003, he has worked for the United Workers Association, an organization for low-wage workers from Maryland.

Tom Kertes was media strategist for the United Workers Association’s successful living wages campaign at Camden Yards. The association claimed that workers at Camden Yards were paid less than the state and federal minimum wage [1]. For over three years the United Workers Association fought to secure living wages at the stadium [2]. On September 6, 2007 the Maryland Stadium Authority voted to pay cleaners the Maryland living wage rate of $11.30 per hour. Adoption of the living wage policy occurred days after a scheduled hunger strike of 11 workers and 4 allies had been postponed [3], following positive remarks by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley [4].

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Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Canadian Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tom Kertes celebrates birthday on January 4 of every year.