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.
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
Maximillian Alvarez, Editor, The Real News Network, and Chris Albright, LIUNA Local 1058 | Tom Buffenbarger, independent labor voice
Rachel Lablance, UA VIP Instructor | Mary Anne Trasciatti, Director of Labor Studies Hofstra and President of Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition | Greg Regan, President, TTD
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