Early Career
Manley was born in Azusa, California and attended Lowell High School in Whittier, California. During the 1970s and early 1980s, Manley was a prominent California labor organizer. He held positions with the Hotel, Restaurant Workers in Monterey, California(now UNITE), Hospital Workers Local 250 of the Service Employees (SEIU), and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). He was among the earliest union organizers in Silicon Valley, directed a large community-based campaign in Silicon Valley during the1984 US Presidential election, and was a frequent and prominent critic of AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland.
Following the 1984 presidential election, Manley became one of the few union leaders to enter Harvard Business School, where he graduated with distinction in 1987 and joined McKinsey & Company in San Francisco.
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