Michael Yee

Michael Yee is the Director of the Educational and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry in New York City. Michael administers this collectively bargained trust fund to provide continuing education and cultural benefits for the industry’s IBEW-Local 3 workforce. Michael works with a team of over 200 instructors and administrative staff to implement courses that enhance the technical skills of Local 3 members and various programs that benefit those members and their families. Michael utilizes the 200,000 square feet of space in the fund’s four facilities to further the fund’s continuing education mission. Michael is a 38-year member of Local 3 and prior to his current position, he was an electrician for 20 years at a 16-megawatt co-gen plant in Brooklyn, New York, that provided electricity, hot water, and heat/cooling for 5,000 apartments. Michael also served the Local 3 membership as it’s elected Treasurer from December 2006 through January 2020. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Empire State College, State University of New York.