Bio

Brendan Griffith currently serves as President of the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO (the “NYC CLC”).  He was elected to this post in July 2025, upon the retirement of long-serving NYC CLC President and HIT Board member Vincent Alvarez.

Although Mr. Griffith is new to his current position, he has a long, proud and proven commitment to the NYC labor movement.   He joined the NYC CLC in 2009, progressing from Assistant to the President to Chief of Staff before being elected President.  During this time, he coordinated key CLC programs and oversaw day-to-say operations to support the CLC’s mission of advancing workers’ rights and building union power.  The NYC CLC’s major annual events are among his most rewarding and visible efforts, including the Annual Workers Memorial Day Commemoration, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Commemoration, and their Annual Labor Day Parade, the oldest and largest in the nation.

President Griffith completed an apprenticeship with Iron Workers Local 40 and is a graduate of the NYS AFL-CIO / Cornell Union Leadership Institute as well as Fordham University (B.A., Political Science).