Painters and Drywall Finishers
District Council 16
Organized Labor
September 2009
Jerry Calderon, Apprentice Drywall Finisher Calderon works drywall during the day and performs in a rap group at night. How would I compare drywall to rapping? They both take drive and ambition. And you got to learn to keep going and not stop for nothing. Construction teaches you to not be small minded, to be on time, and to not talk back to your bosses. You learn to do what it takes, and to not quit.