Plumbing Apprenticeship
Program, Local 38
Organized Labor
May 2009
Apprentice Conor Comyns’s father is a dentist, but going to school wasn’t for him. “I started doing custom kitchens and bathrooms until I was running a cabinet shop. I was making $22 an hour with no benefits and had a child on the way, so I decided I needed something better for myself, like guaranteed health benefits and a pension. My buddy told me they were giving a test in San Francisco for plumbers, and I was lucky enough to make it. I like the mechanics and working with my hands, and it gives me the opportunity to be in the city. I get to work on some really cool buildings that I wouldn’t be able to get into otherwise.