“I grew up helping my dad do different construction projects, building my mom’s house, remodeling grandma’s kitchen, building a cabin… We were always doing some project.” His father, John McConnell, was a member of Carpenters Local 851 and a 37-year building inspector for the City of Minneapolis. Growing up in his family, McConnell relates, he was surrounded by building trades workers. He was a third generation graduate of Roosevelt High School and later graduated from the electrical construction program at Dunwoody. McConnell, 41, lives in the Longfellow Neighborhood of Minneapolis, where he was born and raised. “Now is the time to build.”ĭan McConnell visits the Flux Apartments jobsite, Minneapolis “We need to invest in our country, especially now when interest rates are low and prices are competitive and people need work,” he says. He was a candidate for Local 292 business manager earlier this year.Īdvocating with local government for investment in infrastructure will be one of McConnell’s roles as business manager of the Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council. McConnell has been a member of IBEW Local 292 since 1998 and served Local 292 as political director from 2005 to 2011. The appointment runs until July, 2012, when the next election for business manager is scheduled. McConnell was appointed unanimously to the business manager position by the Council’s executive board to fill out the unexpired term of Scott Gale, who resigned to return to the staff of Plumbers Local 15. MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council has named a new business manager, Dan McConnell, the former political director of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 292. Minneapolis Building Trades picks new business manager, IBEW's Dan McConnellįrom the Minneapolis Labor Review, August 26, 2011 Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Promote Your Page Too Take Action! Sign up with Minneapolis Unions Information for candidates seeking endorsement.
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