Panel: Advancing Talent Strategies to Grow the Construction Workforce Pipeline in a Heavily Unionized Region

10:30 am - Tuesday 2nd June 2026

  • Understanding how unions are attracting talent, meeting long-term labor needs and scaling skilled electrical and mechanical trades
  • Identifying ongoing barriers to union entry and discussing what unions are doing to make recruitment easier
  • Exploring how union and non-union teams can better work together on data center projects, the pain points they face and what’s working best

Speakers:

PM
Henson Robinson
President
Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council
President
Gurtz Electric
Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President
Sargent Electric Company