Aaron Gurnsey
President Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council
Seminars
Tuesday 2nd June 2026
Panel: Advancing Talent Strategies to Grow the Construction Workforce Pipeline in a Heavily Unionized Region
10:30 am
- 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
