Brendan Griffith

Brendan Griffith is a proud member of Iron Workers Local 40 and the United University Professions. He joined the NYCCLC in 2009 and has been its Chief of Staff since 2011. 

Brendan’s work involves internal coordination of various CLC programs as well as oversight of day to day operations, but some of his most rewarding efforts are his work on the Annual Workers Memorial Day Commemoration as well as the Annual Commemoration to 146 victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. He also is the Central Labor Council’s Coordinator for its Annual Labor Day Parade.

He currently serves on the boards of the American Labor Museum – Botto House and the Worker Justice Project. He is on the Advisory Board of the Mount Sinai Selikoff Center for Occupational Health and serves as Vice Chair of the Board of the New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health. Additionally, Brendan is an Adjunct Instructor at SUNY Empire State College’s Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies.

Brendan completed an apprenticeship with Iron Workers Local 40, is a graduate of the NYS AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute and is also a graduate of Fordham University where he majored in Political Science.