Panel: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: The Role of Unions in Job Creation for Local Offshore Wind Projects
Council Representative for the Los Angeles/ Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO. The council represents approximately 140,000 members within 44 affiliated local unions and 4 district councils for 14 Trades. A 25-year union member of Sprinkler Fitters UA Local 709 who installs, services, and maintains the automatic fire suppression systems in buildings. Now at the Building Trades, he represents the affiliated unions in the County of Los Angeles. Chris also serves on the Los Angeles Unified School District Bond Oversight Committee and Long Beach Call Advisory Committee.