Joe now works for the Monterey/Santa Cruz Building and Construction Trades Council as the Political Director.

Joe led the charge for the first Starbucks in California to file for a union election. Successfully helping make Santa Cruz’s own Ocean & Water and Mission & Dufour the first unionized Starbucks in the state.

Joe stands with the working class, defeating the largest union-busting firm in the country, and a multi-billion-dollar corporation.

Joe will always stand with working families by fighting for a project labor agreement and prevailing wages, and will put workers before Corporations.

Read about the unionization efforts in the Santa Cruz Sentinel here.

Watch The Washington Post’s video featuring Joe here.