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.
Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, C/CO BCTC | Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer. AFL-CIO
Ed Hill Jr., Business Development Rep, IBEW 3rd District | U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown
Dave Meganhardt, Executive Director, ULA | Christine Mulhern and Lisa Abraham, Economists, RAND Corporation
Maryam Jameel, Reporter, ProPublica | Angel Cantu, Airline Representative, Teamsters
Hon. Mimi Tsankov, President, National Association of Immigration Judges | Tim Drea, President, Illinois AFL-CIO
Jeff Padellaro, Director of Teamsters Brewery, Bakery and Soft Drink Conference | Dave McCall, International President, United Steelworkers
Bill Samuel, Director of Government Affairs, AFL-CIO | Tony Cardwell, President, BMWED-IBT
Pete Ielmini, Executive Director, LMCT | Gina Walsh, Deputy Director LMCT and Board Member of Tradeswomen Builds Nations
Mike Podhorzer, Policitcal strategist and former senior advisor to President Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO | Tom Buffenbarger, independent labor voice
Wayne Creasap, Ironworkers, Safety and Health Organizer | Greg Regan, President, TTD
Jeff Stoffer, Director, American Legion Media & Communications | Rich Fiesta, Executive Director, Alliance for Retired Americans
Leila Grothe, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Arts Union | Davida Russell, Executive Secretary, North Coast Area Labor Federation
Darryll Bell, President, AFGE Local 31 | Charles Straley, Building Futures, Ironworkers Local 172
Melissa Cropper, President, OFT | Baldemar Velasquez, President and Founder, Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Brent Taylor, Secretary-Treasurer Teamsters Local 745 and Teamsters IVP of the Southern Region | Andrew Strom, Labor Lawyer
Zeph Capo, Texas AFT, President | Dan Loudermilk, IAM District Lodge 4, Business Representative
James Glimco, Teamsters Local 777, President | David Green, Director, UAW Region 2B
Travis Parsons, LHSFNA, Director of Occupational Safety & Health | Bruce Davis, AFSCME Local 2406, President
Frank Mathews, Administrative Director, CWA District 4 | Adam Keller, co-host of TVLR and member of IATSE Local 900
Senator Sherrod Brown | Sarah Lazare, Editor for Workday Magazine, Contributor for The Nation | Marjorie Kelly, Senior Fellow, Democracy Collective
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