Tim Costello

Tim Costello was an American labor and anti-globalization advocate who started his career as a truck driver, driving fuel trucks and as a long-haul trucker. He was one of the founders of the North American Alliance for Fair Employment (NAAFE), a network of organizations opposed to the use of temporary workers. In 2005, Costello co-founded Global Labor Strategies to foster the formation of international alliances opposed to the lowering of working standards and wages resulting from globalization. Tim died at age 64 in 2009 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.