America’s Work Force Union Podcast
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Merrilee Logue, executive director of the Blue Cross Blue Shield National Labor Office (NLO), and Mikal Sutton, the managing director of Medicaid policy for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to talk about the process for Medicaid redeterminations and how Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies are working to give American’s access to coverage.
In honor of International Painters Appreciation Day, America’s Work Force Union Podcast spoke with the General President for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Jimmy Williams Jr. He gave an overview of the work done by the union in 2023, their strength in diversity and how the increase in work creates a greater opportunity to fix worker misclassification.
Tyler Holmes, AFSCME Council 9 | Stephanie Jackson, SEIU 1
Jeff Stoffer, American Legion | Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
Jamie Walker, USW District 1 | Pat Gallagher, NCALF | Wendy Nolan, Iron Workers Local 17
Michael Murphy, President, AFGE Local 3448 | Frank Callahan, President, MBTU
Frank Mathews, Administrative Director, CWA D4 | John Nichols, Journalist, The Nation
Lyn Montgomery, Executive Council Member, TWU | Chris Lalevee, MAP Coordinator, IUOE Local 825
Cathy Drummond, District 11 Director, USW | Andrew Strom, Labor Lawyer
Liliana Calderon, Director of Health and Safety, BAC | Jacob Morrison and Connor Lewis, AFL-CIO
Allison Smartt, Organizer, The Animation Guild | Tim Burga, President, AFL-CIO
Melissa Cropper, President, OFT | Jeff Worthington, President, Utah AFL-CIO
Justin Azbill, Director of National Environment, Health and Safety, Milwaukee Tool | Rich Danko and Paul Ribarchak, IW Local 3 | Senator Sherrod Brown
Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, C/COBCTC | Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Sonya Bohmann, Executive Director, CIASP | Zack Tanner, President, Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh
Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, Clinical Psychologist, Program Trainer and speaker | Dave Megenhardt, Executive Director, ULA
Stephan Davis, Business Manager, IBEW Local 40 | Jeff Joines, National Legislative Director, BMWED
Donnie Blatt, District 1 Director, USW | Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Co-Executive Director, NCOSH | Roy Morrison, Director of Safety, BMWED-IBT
Bill Samuel, Government Affairs Director, AFL-CIO | Dan Poteet, Business Manager, Insulators Local 50
Pete Ielmini, Executive Director, Mechanical Insulators LMCT | Ken Grossinger, Author, How Organizers And Artists Are Creating a Better World Together
Scott Paul, President, Alliance for American Manufacturing | Tom Buffenbarger, Independent Labor Voice
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