Position: | Executive Director, Upper Peninsula Construction Council |
Mike Smith is the Executive Director of the Upper Peninsula Construction Council (UPCC). Prior to joining the UPCC he was the AFL-CIO Community Services Labor Liaison at the United Way of Monroe/Lenawee Counties. He is a 29 year dues paying union member who has held a variety of union offices.
Throughout his 30 year career he has built relationships with organized labor, local, state, and federal government, communities of faith, and nonprofits with the aspiration of creating lasting change. Currently he is focused on building relationships, initiated strategic planning, organizing career fairs, laid the ground work for a Building Trades Summer Camp, Draft Day and has visited several UP high Schools creating awareness for post-secondary opportunities that are available through apprenticeship and great careers in the Building Trades
Mike is a member of Laborers Local 1329 and was recently appointed to the Governors Workforce Development Board. He is a 2006 graduate of Monroe County Community College and a 2009 graduate of the AFL-CIO Leadership Training at the National Labor College – George Meany Center.