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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
Cesar Chavez
Moniello, a 42-year-old journeyman and mother of three, is one of a select class of workers who left the white-collar world for the physical demands, camaraderie and steady benefits of the construction trades.
The reasons for such course changes are as varied as the people who make them.