Timothy Dale Paulson (born November 27, 1952) is a California labor leader, who currently serves as the Secretary-Treasurer of the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council after being unanimously elected in July 2018, and sworn in by San Francisco Mayor London Breed. Early life and education Paulson was born and raised in Virginia, Minnesota, a small mining town on northern Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range and later moved to the Twin Cities where he pursued his bachelor's degree at Macalester College, the private liberal arts school in St. Paul. While at Macalester, Paulson studied economics and political science, eventually earning his bachelor's degree there in 1975. Paulson later moved to San Francisco in the late 1970s, and currently lives in the Mission District. Career Paulson began his career in 1981 as a tile-setter for the Bricklayers, Tilesetters and Allied Craftworkers Local 3 Union, going on to serve in a variety of capacities including: Journeyperson, Foreman, Principal Officer, Business Agent, and Apprenticeship Training Coordinator for the Northern California Tilelayers and Tile Finishers Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee. In the late 1990s he served as the Organizing and Political Director for SEIU's Justice for Janitors campaigns in San Francisco, generating significant union membership growth and helping to jumpstart SEIU's successful campaign to organize and improve the lives of security officers. In 1997 delegates to the San Francisco Building and Construction Trades Council elected Paulson as their vice president. Paulson would then go on to work as the Political Director and Assistant Executive Officer of the San Mateo County Central Labor Council. At the San Mateo CLC, he directed all political activities of the council, and coordinated a wide range of Council activities, including the staffing of the council's Airport Labor Coalition, a monthly convening of labor unions which monitors, and coordinates labor activities at San Francisco's International Airport. Thereafter, Paulson spent the previous 14 years as Executive Director of the San Francisco Labor Council, having been unanimously elected every 2 years. The San Francisco Labor Council is the center of labor activity in San Francisco and comprises 150 local unions, representing over 100,000 working men and women in San Francisco. The mission of the Labor Council is to promote social and economic justice for all working people. As Executive Director, Paulson led and coordinated labor's political activities, organized events, fundraisers and rallies, coordinated the council's legislative campaigns at the local, state and