Senator Williams knows firsthand that it takes courage to stand up for what’s right and to fight for working families because that is the life she’s lived. Raised in a union household, Lindsey’s parents stressed hard work and education through both words and actions. She knows how strong unions and protections for workers’ rights can help families achieve the American Dream because she watched them in action.
Lindsey attended Duquesne University School of Law after graduating from Dickinson College. During law school, she worked at a workers’ compensation firm, fighting for the rights of injured workers. She also clerked with the United Steelworkers. At the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Lindsey assisted with strikes and organizing fights with large national and multinational corporations. In 2014, she joined the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers to continue the fight for a quality education for every child.
Lindsey is a member of One Pennsylvania and an Executive Board member of Fight Back Pittsburgh. She was named the 2016 Allegheny County Young Democrat of the Year and to the Incline’s 2017 Who’s Next: Politics class in recognition of her hard work. Lindsey proudly graduated in the inaugural class of Emerge Pennsylvania.