America’s Work Force Union Podcast
Business:Careers
Melissa Cropper, President of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to talk about the organizing wins at CCAD and the Pickerington Public Library. Cropper also talked about OFT’s efforts to organize other libraries in the state and the difficulty of winning a first contract in the private sector.
A visiting scholar at the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, John Russo, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss contributing factors to the banner year for labor. He also discussed the impact of United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and what the record contracts earned in 2023 could do for future negotiations.
Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, Clinical Psychologist, Program Trainer and speaker | Dave Megenhardt, Executive Director, ULA
Merrilee Logue, Executive Director of NLO, Mikal Sutton, Managing Director of Medicaid Policy for BCBSA | Jimmy Williams Jr., General President, IUPAT
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
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
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