Chris Shelton (unionist)

Christopher M. Shelton is a retired U.S. labor union leader.

He began working for New York Telephone in 1968, as an outside technician.

He joined the Communication Workers of America (CWA) union, and became a shop steward.

He held numerous positions in his local union, then in 1988 began working full-time for the national union.

In 2016, he led a strike involving 40,000 workers at Verizon.