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.
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
Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasure, C/COBCTC | Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
Chuck Stiles, Director of Teamsters Solid Waste and Recycling Division, Teamsters | Robert Espinoza, Executive Vice President, PHI
Tim Burga, President, Ohio AFL-CIO | Remembering USW President Tom Conway
Bill Londrigan, President, Kentucky AFL-CIO | Ted Pappageorge, Secretary Treasurer, Culinary Workers Union Local 226
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Bill Samuel, Government Affairs Director, AFL-CIO | Roy Liggett, Contractor and Retired Pilot, Teamsters Airline Division and Aviation Operation Solutions
Pete Ielmini, Executive Director, Heat and Frost Insulators LMCT | Daniel Graff, Director, Higgins Labor Program of the Center for Social Concerns
Doreen Greenwald, National President, NTEU | Tom Buffenbarger, Independent Labor Voice
Dominique Hamilton, Chief Nurse Rep and ICU Nurse, NNU | Greg Regan, President, TTD
Co-host of The Valley Labor Report, Adam Keller | President of United Steelworkers Local 2599, Jerry Green
Arnold Scott, President, AFGE District 6 | Pat Gallagher, President, North Coast Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO
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