# From Fast Food to Union Carpenter: Taylor Dobson's Journey Into the Trades

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Podcast: [America’s Work Force Union Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/america-s-work-force-union-podcast-367664)
Published: 2026-06-02T20:53:28+00:00
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## Resource

Taylor Dobson left fast food management for a union carpentry apprenticeship with Carpenter’s Local 174 in Chicago — and she did it through Hire360, a paid nine-week pre-apprenticeship program that connects workers to union locals across the Chicago area. In her first year, she has already completed a three-month solar farm project and earned an invitation to the next one. Her message to anyone on the fence about the trades: show up, work hard and do not let yourself be the reason it does not happen.

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