LaQuita Honeysucker serves as the Legislative Director of the Legislative and Political Action Department of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, the largest private sector union in the United States. In this role, she advances the union’s legislative and regulatory priorities and works with elected officials at every level of government to support the issues that matter most to UFCW’s 1.3 million hard-working members and their families.
She lobbies members of Congress, federal agencies and states on labor issues including wage and hour, economic development, agriculture, civil rights and immigration.
Prior to assuming her role at UFCW, Ms. Honeysucker served as a Legislative Counsel in the office of Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott. Ms. Honeysucker provided counsel to the Congressman on pending legislation and policy initiatives including, but not limited to, housing, judiciary, civil rights, telecommunications, transportation, immigration, and health care.
Ms. Honeysucker received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Tennessee College Of Law in Knoxville, Tennessee. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Ms. Honeysucker is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.
