He came from Spain in 1986 with his father's encouragement. He worked his way up to foreman. He left, came back and became a U.S. citizen in 2008. And somewhere in between, he spent decades restoring the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral — working on stone set by craftspeople a century before him, trying to be worthy of what they left behind.
On today's Trades Day episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast, Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 MVD foreman Victor Castro discusses his journey from Spain to four decades of historic restoration work in Washington, D.C., including a National Cathedral core drilling story involving a wedding, pressure loss and clouds of dust that will stay with you. Local 1 President Scott Garvin joins to reflect on what Victor's mentorship of the next generation means for the craft's future.
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