As principal officer of Teamsters Local 986, Chris Griswold leads one of the largest local unions in the International. Local 986 has more than 18,500 members and extends across five western states plus Hawaii and Guam.   

Chris originally joined Teamsters Local 986 as a teenager, working as an operations worker at Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) in 1974. He served as a shop steward until he became a business agent in 1988. He served as the local’s recording secretary for 10 years and was elected Local 986 secretary-treasurer in 2007. 

Griswold also serves as a Joint Council 42 trustee, Western Region Coordinator of the International’s Express Division, a board director of the California Teamsters Hispanic Caucus, and as a trustee on the Teamsters Miscellaneous Security Trust Fund.