MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY LABOR- MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST FUND
Denise E. Velasco has extensive experience in labor relations and non-profit consulting, currently serving as the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Interim Executive Director at the Maintenance Industry Labor-Management Cooperation Trust Fund since February 2019. Previous roles include working as a Non-Profit and Campaign Consultant since August 2012, Member Engagement Director and Senior Labor Relations Representative at the Orange County Employees Association from May 2013 to May 2018, and Political Coordinator at SEIU Local 721 from January 2008 to July 2011. Additionally, Denise held organizing and program assistant positions for various labor-related initiatives and has educational credentials from Harvard Kennedy School, earning a Master of Public Administration, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.
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MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY LABOR- MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST FUND
The Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF) is a nationally-recognized statewide watchdog that works to eliminate illegal and unfair business practices in the janitorial industry in California. We believe that legal, responsible business practices provide the necessary stability to create sustainable upward mobility for all stakeholders. Our investigators, former janitors themselves, work with janitors to identify potential employment law violations and expose unlawful business practices. We partner with responsible janitorial contractors as well as local, state and federal enforcement agencies to hold law-breaking employers accountable in the industry. The MCTF was established in 1999 to combat the growth of the underground economy in the janitorial industry. Since our founding, the MCTF has won more than $80 million in back wages, referred more than 40 illegal operators for criminal prosecution, and brought over 8,000 jobs from the predatory underground economy into the formal economy. A partner on landmark legislation to protect janitors through a statewide registry, the MCTF is recognized for cutting-edge work in public-community enforcement partnership. The MCTF has built a bridge between unlikely partners: exploited workers and responsible undercut employers. This connection has served as an effective tool in advocating for a level playing field and workplace fairness for workers and responsible employers in California. The MCTF’s enforcement partners include: Labor & Workforce Development Agency Division of Occupational Safety & Health (Cal/OSHA) Employment Development Department (EDD) Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) Department of Fair Employment & Housing Department of Insurance, Enforcement Branch Local Prosecutors Private Bar Lawyers