Carpenters Training Committee
for Northern California’s
Organized Labor
Mar 2009
Joseph Brennan, apprentice “My stepdad works as a carpenter, and he got me into the trade. I’ve already learned a lot from the program, especially from the old-timers. They show you how to run circles around everyone else. I used to work installing insulation at a non-union job making 10 bucks an hour, crawling around in attics that were 110 degrees during the summer. That was no fun. Working a union job makes a big difference.”