Bill Samuel (AFL-CIO) / Bob Swanson (Finishing Contractors Association)

The first featured guest on America’s Work Force Radio Podcast was Bill Samuel, Government Affairs Director of the AFL-CIO. He spoke about OSHA needing to “beef up” safety standards post COVID-19 pandemic, the union difference in the workplace, the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, and the HEROES Act.

The second featured guest speaker was retired paint contractor with the Finishing Contractors Association, Bob Swanson, who spoke about mental health in the building trades and ending the stigma that mental illness makes a person “weak”.