High School Student
Interns Take on the Building Trades
Organized Labor
August 2009
Jackson Chen
My father worked in a factory before he retired. Our house is very broken down, and when something breaks, my uncle, who’s in construction, comes and fixes it. It was inspiring watching him work. He once took me on a jobsite and that was exciting.
My teacher signed me up for the program. It was fun seeing all the different construction fields. I followed a supervisor and a superintendent. I saw pipeliners and plumbers. When you think of a construction worker, you think of someone building a house, but it's much more. There are a lot of branches on the tree. I want to be a project manager.