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.
Lyn Montgomery, President, TWU Local 556 | Alexandra Jacobi, Director of MAP, Bricklayers Union
President, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Melissa Cropper | General President, IUPAT, Jimmy Williams Jr.
Henry Howard, Deputy Director of Media and Communications, American Legion | Tom Vitiello, Leslie Russell and Mark Staniul Teamsters Cares
Jeff Stoffer, Director Media & Communications Division, American Legion | Rich Fiesta, Executive Director, Alliance for Retired Americans
Sonya Bohmann, Executive Director, CIASP | Erika Hughes, President, Central Alabama AFT
Jamie Becker, Director of Health Promotion with the Laborer’s Health and Safety Fund of North America | Greg LeRoy, Executive Director, Good Jobs First
Chris Carlough, SMART MAP Program Coordinator, SMOHIT | Connor Tobin, Executive Director, USLPA
Dr. Sally Specer-Thomas, Clinical Psychologist | Paul Capurso, NYC District Council of Carpenters, President
Ademola Oyefeso, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, International Vice President | Andrew Strom, Labor Lawyer
John Russo, Visiting Scholar, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University | Ileen DeVault, Labor Historian, Cornell ILR School
Renee Hersey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Supervisory Economist | Dave Megenhardt, Executive Director, United Labor Agency
Tim Burga, President, Ohio AFL-CIO | Dave Spero, National President, Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS)
Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO | Margaret Poydock, Senior Policy Analyst and Government Affairs Specialist, EPI | Tom Buffenbarger, Independent Labor Voice
Dave Arouca, National Legislative Director, TCU/IAM | Dorsey Hager, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, C/CO BCTC
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Vice President, Writers Guild of America East | Kenyon Johnson, Anisa Hosseinnezhaf, and Gabriella Ortega Ricketts, Documentary Workers United, CWA Local 9003
Sean McGarvey, President, NABTU | Rob Monak, Workforce Development/Organizer/Business Development, Ironworkers Local 55
Jon Schleuss, President, NewsGuild-CWA | Bob Funk, Founder and Executive Director, Labor Lab
Aurora Bihler, Conductor, Ironworkers Local 396 | John Samuelsen, Transport Workers Union, President
Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, Co-executive Director, NCOSH | Dave McCall, International Vice President, USW
Bill Samuel, Government Affairs Director, AFL-CIO | Kim Barboro, Co-Chair, CWA-IBT Passenger Service Association
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