America’s Work Force Union Podcast
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Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper was the first featured guest on today’s edition of the AWF Union Podcast. Cropper spoke with host Ed “Flash” Ferenc about Ohio Governor Mike DeWine calling out school districts in Ohio for not opening schools back up by March 1, priorities for teachers and school staff receiving the vaccine and calling out inequities in Ohio school funding.
Also featured on the podcast today was Florida Education Association President Andrew Spar. Spar discussed the teacher shortage during the pandemic, teachers dying from COVID-19 after constant exposure and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis not allowing teachers to move up in priority to receive the vaccine, but allowing schools to open.
Scott Paul, President, Alliance for American Manufacturing | Tom Buffenbarger, Independent Labor Voice
Dr. Janet Choi, reproductive endocrinologist, and Stacey Hofert, VP of Labor and Trust, Progyny | Roland “Rex” Rexha, Secretary-Treasurer, MEBA
Jeff Stoffer, Director of Media and Communications for the American Legion | Norm Wernet, President, Ohio Alliance for Retired Americans
Katelyn Parady, Staffer, NCOSH | Dave Jamieson, Labor Journalisty, HuffPost
Jessica LaPointe, President AFGE Council 220 | Rick Miedema, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 997
Melissa Cropper, President, OFT | James Cahill, VP, Labor and Trust Anthem, BCBS
Ed Hill, Jr.,Business Development Business Rep, IBEW | Jonathan Rigsby, Author/Crime Intelligence Analyst
Jared Cassity, Alternate National Legislative Director and Chief of Safety, SMART TD | Andrew Strom, Labor Lawyer
Gary LaBarbera, President, NYSBCTC NYCBCTC | Len DiCosimo, Executive Secretary, North Shore AFL-CIO
Adam Keller, Co-Host of TVLR and Trustee for North Alabama Area Labor Council | Steven Overby, Business Manager, Insulators Local 69
Frank Mathews, Administrative Director, CWA D4 | Dr. Steven Volk, Professor Emeritus of History, Oberlin College
Kim Kelly, Author and Labor Activist | Johnnie Kallas, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations
Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, C/CO BCTC | Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Peter Manikowski, President, PSRA | Adam Kaat, Author, Life on the Grocery Line
Mike Knisely, Ohio State BTC | Doreen Cannon, Chair, Tradeswomen Committee at the Cleveland BCTC
Tim Burga, President, Ohio AFL-CIO | Jon Schleuss, President, The NewsGuild | Dave Jamieson, Labor Reporter, HuffPost
Doreen Greenwald, President, NTEU | Pat Gallagher, President, North Coast Area Labor Federation
Merrilee Logue, Executive Director, BCBS NLO | Andrew Snell, Organizing Committee Member, AQAU-CWA
Bill Samuel, Director of Government Affairs, AFL-CIO | Chelsea Fenton, Executive Board Recording Secretary and Labor Steward, LIUNA Local 596
Pete Ielmini, Executive Director, Insulators LMCT | Latoya Mathis, Union Rep, UFCW Local 75
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