[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 110 (Friday, June 23, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E611-E612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CELEBRATING ROB STOKER

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                           HON. ERIC SWALWELL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 23, 2023

  Mr. SWALWELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the service of the 
president of the Building Trades Council of Alameda County and longtime 
member of Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 104 (Local 104), Rob 
Stoker, on the occasion of his retirement after over 30 years of 
service on Saturday, July 1, 2023.
  A lifelong resident of the Bay Area, Rob grew up in Castro Valley and 
graduated from Castro Valley High School in 1982. Rob's career in sheet 
metal began when his father, Wayne, signed him up for a class at Laney 
Community College. Upon completing his sheet metal apprenticeship in 
1989, Rob began working at the Monterey Mechanical Company in Oakland, 
moving his way up from a journeyman to a division manager.
  Rob is a proud Local 104 member. He has served as a part-time 
instructor for the union's apprenticeship programs and as Local 104's 
executive board officer. Rob was elected as Local 104's union business 
representative in 2006, where he found his passion for recruiting 
future unionized sheet metal workers.
  Rob has remained a fierce advocate for all trade workers throughout 
the Bay Area in his roles as Local 104's political and public relations 
director and then eventually assumed the role of president of the 
Building Trades Council of Alameda County. He has negotiated countless 
project labor agreements, including with large Bay Area municipalities, 
major transit agencies, federal government bodies, and nonprofit 
agencies.
  More specifically, Rob's advocacy efforts helped pass CA Assembly 
Bill 841 in 2020, creating the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus 
Program providing funds for schools to test and assess HVAC systems and 
supporting unionized labor.
  For over 30 years, Rob has dedicated his career to the industry and 
the men and women that work within it. He has remained an integral part 
of the building trade community in the Bay Area, and I am sure he will 
be missed at both Local 104 and the Building Trades Council of Alameda 
County. I wish him

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well-deserved rest and relaxation, filled with quality time with 
Christine, his wife of 34 years, and his children Will, Lane, and 
Natalie as he enters this new chapter.

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