Good Jobs and Skilled Trades: Standing With Fairfield’s Working Families
K. Patrice Williams with union members from SMART Local 104 and Ironworkers Local 378

Good Jobs and Skilled Trades: Standing With Fairfield’s Working Families

Fairfield works because people work. Ironworkers, sheet metal workers, electricians, plant employees, teachers, nurses and first responders keep this city running, and they deserve a City Council that takes good-paying jobs seriously.

K. Patrice Williams standing with a SMART Local 104 sheet metal worker wearing a These Hands Build Union shirt
With a member of SMART Local 104, the sheet metal workers’ union.

What That Looks Like on the Dais

  • Shipbuilding and regional jobs. I voted yes to explore major shipbuilding opportunities involving Collinsville, Mare Island and the broader Solano County economy. Our region has lost major employers over the years, and we should go after opportunities that create skilled trade careers, apprenticeships and manufacturing jobs.
  • Development that fits the community. Growth has to make sense for the neighborhoods around it. That’s why I listen closely when residents raise concerns about truck traffic and land use.
  • Fair local elections. I was the lone NO vote on allowing unlimited campaign contributions in Fairfield. Working families, first-time candidates and people without wealthy networks should still have a real chance to run for local office.
  • Fiscal responsibility. Careful budgeting has kept Fairfield’s departments fully funded with zero layoffs. That protects the services residents rely on and the people who deliver them.
K. Patrice Williams seated on a Proud to Be Union Ironworkers Local 378 chair
At Ironworkers Local 378.

Showing Up

I spend time with our building trades and labor partners, and I show up at community events like Trucks of the Trade and Manufacturing Week. Those conversations shape how I think about jobs and economic development in Fairfield.

When workers do well, families do well, and Fairfield does well.

You can see how I have voted on my Voter Record page and every public event I have attended on my Community Engagement Record.

For campaign and election information, visit ElectKPatriceWilliams.com.