Chris Shelton (unionist)

Christopher M. Shelton is a former American labor union leader.

Shelton grew up in the Bronx. 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. He became vice-president of the union's district 1 in 2005, and then in 2015 won election as the union's president. In 2016, he led a strike involving 40,000 workers at Verizon. He also served as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO. He retired in 2023.