Laird Cronk has significant experience in both labour and business endeavours. A Red Seal electrician by trade, he spent over two decades working in the marine, communication, commercial, industrial, and residential sectors in B.C. He was the Vancouver Island representative for the BC Building Trades Council and worked as an employment standards officer for the BC Ministry of Labour. From 2001 to 2018, he was the international representative with the 1st District Office of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, servicing IBEW local unions throughout B.C., Yukon Territory, and Alberta. From 2018 to 2022, Cronk was elected twice as president of the BC Federation of Labour, representing the views of more than 500,000 affiliated members from across the province. Laird is a Certified Chartered Director and currently serves as a Director on the Board of Worksafe BC and is Vice Chair of the Board of Skilled Trades BC.