Trades Council

In 1952 she became the first woman president of the Trades Council and a blue plaque was later placed on the Bristol street where she lived.

The training center, which opened in 2020, was created in a partnership with the authority; the city of Selma; the Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings Building Trades Council; the Fresno Economic Development Corp.; and the Fresno Economic Opportunity Commission.

Chuck Riojas, executive director of the trades council, has led the training center since 2020.

It’s registered as a limited liability company, or LLC, with four partners: the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, the University of California system, the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California and the Renewables 100 Policy Institute.

The legislation was sponsored by the State Building and Construction Trades Council and is also backed by the American Lung Assn. in California and the Western Occupational & Environmental Medical Assn.